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1993 Belgian Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitSpa-Francorchamps, 44 laps
Round12 of 16
Race numbers

The 1993 Belgian Grand Prix was the:

  • 544th World Championship race
  • 40th World Championship Belgian Grand Prix
  • 28th World Championship race at Spa-Francorchamps
  • 1993 Constructors’ title decider
More 1993 season
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1(GBR) Damon HillWilliams-Renault441hr 24m 32.124s10
2+1(DEU) Michael SchumacherBenetton-Ford Cosworth44+3.668s6
3-2(FRA) Alain ProstWilliams-Renault44+14.988s4
4+1(BRA) Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Ford Cosworth44+1m 39.763s3
5+5(GBR) Johnny HerbertLotus-Ford Cosworth43+1 lap2
6+2(ITA) Riccardo PatreseBenetton-Ford Cosworth43+1 lap1
7+4(GBR) Martin BrundleLigier-Renault43+1 lap 
8+6(USA) Michael AndrettiMcLaren-Ford Cosworth43+1 lap 
9 (FIN) JJ LehtoSauber43+1 lap 
10PL(AUT) Gerhard BergerFerrari42DNF 
11+4(GBR) Mark BlundellLigier-Renault42DNF 
12+6(FRA) Philippe AlliotLarrousse-Lamborghini42+2 laps 
13+11(ITA) Luca BadoerLola-Ferrari42+2 laps 
14+11(ITA) Michele AlboretoLola-Ferrari41+3 laps 
15+8(JPN) Ukyo KatayamaTyrrell-Yamaha40+4 laps 
R (FRA) Erik ComasLarrousse-Lamborghini37DNF 
R (GBR) Derek WarwickFootwork-Mugen-Honda28DNF 
R (AUT) Karl WendlingerSauber27DNF 
R (ITA) Andrea de CesarisTyrrell-Yamaha24DNF 
R (BRA) Christian FittipaldiMinardi-Ford Cosworth15DNF 
R (ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ford Cosworth15DNF 
R (JPN) Aguri SuzukiFootwork-Mugen-Honda14DNF 
R (BRA) Rubens BarrichelloJordan-Hart11DNF 
R (FRA) Jean AlesiFerrari4DNF 
R (BEL) Thierry BoutsenJordan-Hart0DNF 
Did not start
  (ITA) Alessandro ZanardiLotus-Ford Cosworth   

Notes

  • Gerhard Berger ended lap 42 in P10 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Mark Blundell ended lap 42 in P11 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Alessandro Zanardi withdrew from the Grand Prix after a crash in practice.

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1(FRA) Alain ProstWilliams-Renault
2(GBR) Damon HillWilliams-Renault
3(DEU) Michael SchumacherBenetton-Ford Cosworth
4(FRA) Jean AlesiFerrari
5(BRA) Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
6(JPN) Aguri SuzukiFootwork-Mugen-Honda
7(GBR) Derek WarwickFootwork-Mugen-Honda
8(ITA) Riccardo PatreseBenetton-Ford Cosworth
9(FIN) JJ LehtoSauber
10(GBR) Johnny HerbertLotus-Ford Cosworth
11(GBR) Martin BrundleLigier-Renault
12(AUT) Karl WendlingerSauber
13(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloJordan-Hart
14(USA) Michael AndrettiMcLaren-Ford Cosworth
15(GBR) Mark BlundellLigier-Renault
16  
17(ITA) Andrea de CesarisTyrrell-Yamaha
18(FRA) Philippe AlliotLarrousse-Lamborghini
19(FRA) Erik ComasLarrousse-Lamborghini
20(BEL) Thierry BoutsenJordan-Hart
21(ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ford Cosworth
22(BRA) Christian FittipaldiMinardi-Ford Cosworth
23(JPN) Ukyo KatayamaTyrrell-Yamaha
24(ITA) Luca BadoerLola-Ferrari
25(ITA) Michele AlboretoLola-Ferrari
Started from the pit lane
 (AUT) Gerhard BergerFerrari

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(FRA) Alain ProstWilliams-Renault1:47.571 
2(GBR) Damon HillWilliams-Renault1:48.4660.895
3(DEU) Michael SchumacherBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:49.0751.504
4(FRA) Jean AlesiFerrari1:49.8252.254
5(BRA) Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Ford Cosworth1:49.9342.363
6(JPN) Aguri SuzukiFootwork-Mugen-Honda1:50.3292.758
7(GBR) Derek WarwickFootwork-Mugen-Honda1:50.6283.057
8(ITA) Riccardo PatreseBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:51.0173.446
9(FIN) JJ LehtoSauber1:51.0483.477
10(GBR) Johnny HerbertLotus-Ford Cosworth1:51.1393.568
11(GBR) Martin BrundleLigier-Renault1:51.3503.779
12(AUT) Karl WendlingerSauber1:51.4403.869
13(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloJordan-Hart1:51.7114.140
14(USA) Michael AndrettiMcLaren-Ford Cosworth1:51.8334.262
15(GBR) Mark BlundellLigier-Renault1:51.9164.345
16(AUT) Gerhard BergerFerrari1:52.0804.509
17(ITA) Andrea de CesarisTyrrell-Yamaha1:52.6475.076
18(FRA) Philippe AlliotLarrousse-Lamborghini1:52.9075.336
19(FRA) Erik ComasLarrousse-Lamborghini1:53.1865.615
20(BEL) Thierry BoutsenJordan-Hart1:53.4655.894
21(ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:53.5265.955
22(BRA) Christian FittipaldiMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:53.9426.371
23(JPN) Ukyo KatayamaTyrrell-Yamaha1:54.5516.980
24(ITA) Luca BadoerLola-Ferrari1:54.9787.407
25(ITA) Michele AlboretoLola-Ferrari1:55.9658.394

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(FRA) Alain Prost81
2(BRA) Ayrton Senna53
3(GBR) Damon Hill48
4(DEU) Michael Schumacher42
5(ITA) Riccardo Patrese18
6(GBR) Martin Brundle11
7(GBR) Johnny Herbert11
8(GBR) Mark Blundell10
9(AUT) Gerhard Berger10
10(FIN) JJ Lehto5
=(BRA) Christian Fittipaldi5
12(FRA) Jean Alesi4
13(GBR) Derek Warwick4
14(USA) Michael Andretti3
15(FRA) Philippe Alliot2
16(ITA) Fabrizio Barbazza2
=(AUT) Karl Wendlinger2
18(ITA) Alessandro Zanardi1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Williams-Renault129
2Benetton-Ford Cosworth60
3McLaren-Ford Cosworth56
4Ligier-Renault21
5Ferrari14
6Lotus-Ford Cosworth12
7Minardi-Ford Cosworth7
=Sauber7
9Footwork-Mugen-Honda4
10Larrousse-Lamborghini2

Stats & milestones

Last start
Thierry Boutsen
Milestone race start
50th for JJ Lehto (79th driver to start 50 races, 2nd Finnish driver)
World Champion
6th title for Williams (4th constructor to win six championships)
Wins
2nd for Damon Hill
70th for Williams (4th constructor to win 70 races)
Podiums
103rd for Alain Prost
16th for Michael Schumacher
7th for Damon Hill
169th & 170th for Williams
49th for Benetton
Poles
31st for Alain Prost
64th for Williams
1-2 start
32nd for Williams
Fastest laps
40th for Alain Prost (1st driver to set 40 fastest laps, 1st French driver)
72nd for Williams
Front row starts
81st for Alain Prost EQUALLED RECORD (shared with Ayrton Senna)
10th for Damon Hill (39th driver to achieve ten front row starts, 11th British driver)
Points finishes
125th for Alain Prost