# 1993 British Grand Prix

The 1993 British Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Silverstone on 11 July 1993. It was the ninth race of the 1993 Formula One World Championship.
The 59-lap race was won from pole position by Alain Prost, driving a Williams-Renault. It was Prost's sixth victory of the season and the 50th of his Formula One career. Michael Schumacher finished second in a Benetton-Ford, with teammate Riccardo Patrese third.
This was the second race of 1993 to be held in Britain, after the European Grand Prix at Donington Park three months earlier. The next time Britain would host two races in a single season would be in 2020, when Silverstone hosted both the British Grand Prix and the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix.

## Report

With Nigel Mansell now racing Indycars in America, British racing fans had taken Damon Hill to their hearts. Williams took 1–2 in qualifying with Prost on pole ahead of Hill, Schumacher, Ayrton Senna, Patrese and Martin Brundle.
At the start, Hill took the lead from Prost, who was also passed by Senna. Michael Andretti in the other McLaren spun off at Copse on the first lap, while Hill pulled away at the front, and Senna held up both Prost and Schumacher. Prost finally passed Senna on lap 7 but Hill was already five seconds up the road. On lap 13, Schumacher passed Senna for third and pulled away as the order settled down.
Gradually Prost closed up on Hill, narrowing the gap to three seconds after the mid-race pit stops. Then, Luca Badoer crashed, bringing out the Safety Car and reducing the gap between Hill and Prost to nothing. The Safety Car came in on lap 40, before Hill's engine blew two laps later. Brundle's gearbox failed on lap 54 when he was fourth. Finally, on the last lap, Senna's car ran out of fuel. Prost took his 50th Grand Prix win ahead of Schumacher, Patrese, Johnny Herbert, Senna (who was classified fifth) and Derek Warwick.
Complimenting the Lotus team on Herbert's fourth-place finish, Murray Walker closed his broadcast with the words "Lotus are back!". As it turned out, the team only scored points once more, before closing its doors at the end of the following year.

## Classification
### Qualifying

| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Q1 | Q2 | Gap |
| 1 | 2 | Alain Prost | Williams-Renault | 1:34.483 | 1:19.006 | |
| 2 | 0 | Damon Hill | Williams-Renault | 1:36.297 | 1:19.134 | +0.128 |
| 3 | 5 | Michael Schumacher | Benetton-Ford | 1:37.264 | 1:20.401 | +1.395 |
| 4 | 8 | Ayrton Senna | McLaren-Ford | 1:37.050 | 1:21.986 | +2.980 |
| 5 | 6 | Riccardo Patrese | Benetton-Ford | 1:38.371 | 1:22.364 | +3.358 |
| 6 | 25 | Martin Brundle | Ligier-Renault | 1:38.384 | 1:22.421 | +3.415 |
| 7 | 12 | Johnny Herbert | Lotus-Ford | 1:41.037 | 1:22.487 | +3.481 |
| 8 | 9 | Derek Warwick | Footwork-Mugen-Honda | 1:39.433 | 1:22.834 | +3.828 |
| 9 | 26 | Mark Blundell | Ligier-Renault | 9:32.793 | 1:22.885 | +3.879 |
| 10 | 10 | Aguri Suzuki | Footwork-Mugen-Honda | 1:40.537 | 1:23.077 | +4.071 |
| 11 | 7 | Michael Andretti | McLaren-Ford | 1:38.283 | 1:23.114 | +4.108 |
| 12 | 27 | Jean Alesi | Ferrari | 1:37.899 | 1:23.203 | +4.197 |
| 13 | 28 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 1:37.976 | 1:23.257 | +4.251 |
| 14 | 11 | Alessandro Zanardi | Lotus-Ford | 1:41.908 | 1:23.533 | +4.527 |
| 15 | 14 | Rubens Barrichello | Jordan-Hart | 1:40.869 | 1:23.635 | +4.629 |
| 16 | 30 | JJ Lehto | Sauber | 1:39.821 | 1:24.071 | +5.065 |
| 17 | 20 | Érik Comas | Larrousse-Lamborghini | 1:41.926 | 1:24.139 | +5.133 |
| 18 | 29 | Karl Wendlinger | Sauber | 1:41.940 | 1:24.525 | +5.519 |
| 19 | 23 | Christian Fittipaldi | Minardi-Ford | 1:41.726 | 1:24.664 | +5.658 |
| 20 | 24 | Pierluigi Martini | Minardi-Ford | 1:40.851 | 1:24.718 | +5.712 |
| 21 | 4 | Andrea de Cesaris | Tyrrell-Yamaha | 1:40.624 | 1:25.254 | +6.248 |
| 22 | 3 | Ukyo Katayama | Tyrrell-Yamaha | 1:43.173 | 1:25.343 | +6.337 |
| 23 | 15 | Thierry Boutsen | Jordan-Hart | 1:42.957 | 1:25.363 | +6.357 |
| 24 | 19 | Philippe Alliot | Larrousse-Lamborghini | 1:41.985 | 1:25.397 | +6.391 |
| 25 | 22 | Luca Badoer | Lola-Ferrari | 1:41.838 | 1:26.239 | +7.233 |
| DNQ | 21 | Michele Alboreto | Lola-Ferrari | 1:42.844 | 1:26.520 | +7.514 |
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### Race

| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 2 | Alain Prost | Williams-Renault | 59 | 1:25:38.189 | 1 | 10 |
| 2 | 5 | Michael Schumacher | Benetton-Ford | 59 | + 7.660 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 6 | Riccardo Patrese | Benetton-Ford | 59 | + 1:17.482 | 5 | 4 |
| 4 | 12 | Johnny Herbert | Lotus-Ford | 59 | + 1:18.407 | 7 | 3 |
| 5 | 8 | Ayrton Senna | McLaren-Ford | 58 | Out of fuel | 4 | 2 |
| 6 | 9 | Derek Warwick | Footwork-Mugen-Honda | 58 | + 1 Lap | 8 | 1 |
| 7 | 26 | Mark Blundell | Ligier-Renault | 58 | + 1 Lap | 9 | |
| 8 | 30 | JJ Lehto | Sauber | 58 | + 1 Lap | 16 | |
| 9 | 27 | Jean Alesi | Ferrari | 58 | + 1 Lap | 12 | |
| 10 | 14 | Rubens Barrichello | Jordan-Hart | 58 | + 1 Lap | 15 | |
| 11 | 19 | Philippe Alliot | Larrousse-Lamborghini | 57 | + 2 Laps | 24 | |
| 12 | 23 | Christian Fittipaldi | Minardi-Ford | 56 | Gearbox | 19 | |
| 13 | 3 | Ukyo Katayama | Tyrrell-Yamaha | 55 | + 4 Laps | 22 | |
| 14 | 25 | Martin Brundle | Ligier-Renault | 53 | Gearbox | 6 | |
| NC | 4 | Andrea de Cesaris | Tyrrell-Yamaha | 43 | + 16 Laps | 21 | |
| Ret | 0 | Damon Hill | Williams-Renault | 41 | Engine | 2 | |
| Ret | 11 | Alessandro Zanardi | Lotus-Ford | 41 | Suspension | 14 | |
| Ret | 15 | Thierry Boutsen | Jordan-Hart | 41 | Wheel bearing | 23 | |
| Ret | 22 | Luca Badoer | Lola-Ferrari | 32 | Electrical | 25 | |
| Ret | 24 | Pierluigi Martini | Minardi-Ford | 31 | Physical | 20 | |
| Ret | 29 | Karl Wendlinger | Sauber | 24 | Spun off | 18 | |
| Ret | 28 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 10 | Suspension | 13 | |
| Ret | 10 | Aguri Suzuki | Footwork-Mugen-Honda | 8 | Spun off | 10 | |
| Ret | 7 | Michael Andretti | McLaren-Ford | 0 | Spun off | 11 | |
| Ret | 20 | Érik Comas | Larrousse-Lamborghini | 0 | Halfshaft | 17 | |
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## Championship standings after the race

| Pos | Driver | Points |
| 1 | Alain Prost | 67 |
| 2 | Ayrton Senna | 47 |
| 3 | Michael Schumacher | 30 |
| 4 | Damon Hill | 28 |
| 5 | Martin Brundle | 9 |
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| Pos | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Williams-Renault | 95 |
| 2 | McLaren-Ford | 50 |
| 3 | Benetton-Ford | 39 |
| 4 | Ligier-Renault | 15 |
| 5 | Lotus-Ford | 10 |
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* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.