Race · Round 1 of 16 ·
1993 South African Grand Prix
Alain Prost won for Williams from pole at Kyalami. 19 of the starters were not classified. It was the first championship podium for Mark Blundell. With this win, Alain Prost set a new record of 45 championship Grand Prix wins.
- Circuit
- KyalamiMidrand, South Africa
- Winner
- Alain ProstWilliams
- Pole
- Alain Prost
- Fastest lap
- Alain Prost
- Entries
- 267 classified
Classification
A blank chassis is a season the team ran more than one design and no source says which car raced here.
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.
Grid to flag
Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.
Qualifying
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | No. | Time | Gap | Interval |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alain Prost | Williams | 2 | 1:15.696 | — | — |
| 2 | Ayrton Senna | McLaren | 8 | 1:15.784 | +0.088 | +0.088 |
| 3 | Michael Schumacher | Benetton | 5 | 1:17.261 | +1.565 | +1.477 |
| 4 | Damon Hill | Williams | 0 | 1:17.592 | +1.896 | +0.331 |
| 5 | Jean Alesi | Ferrari | 27 | 1:18.234 | +2.538 | +0.642 |
| 6 | Jyrki Järvilehto | Sauber | 30 | 1:18.664 | +2.968 | +0.430 |
| 7 | Riccardo Patrese | Benetton | 6 | 1:18.676 | +2.980 | +0.012 |
| 8 | Mark Blundell | Ligier | 26 | 1:18.687 | +2.991 | +0.011 |
| 9 | Michael Andretti | McLaren | 7 | 1:18.786 | +3.090 | +0.099 |
| 10 | Karl Wendlinger | Sauber | 29 | 1:18.950 | +3.254 | +0.164 |
| 11 | Philippe Alliot | Larrousse | 19 | 1:19.034 | +3.338 | +0.084 |
| 12 | Martin Brundle | Ligier | 25 | 1:19.138 | +3.442 | +0.104 |
| 13 | Christian Fittipaldi | Minardi | 23 | 1:19.285 | +3.589 | +0.147 |
| 14 | Rubens Barrichello | Jordan | 14 | 1:19.305 | +3.609 | +0.020 |
| 15 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 28 | 1:19.386 | +3.690 | +0.081 |
| 16 | Alex Zanardi | Team Lotus | 11 | 1:19.396 | +3.700 | +0.010 |
| 17 | Johnny Herbert | Team Lotus | 12 | 1:19.498 | +3.802 | +0.102 |
| 18 | Ivan Capelli | Jordan | 15 | 1:19.759 | +4.063 | +0.261 |
| 19 | Érik Comas | Larrousse | 20 | 1:20.081 | +4.385 | +0.322 |
| 20 | Aguri Suzuki | Footwork | 10 | 1:20.237 | +4.541 | +0.156 |
| 21 | Ukyo Katayama | Tyrrell | 3 | 1:20.401 | +4.705 | +0.164 |
| 22 | Derek Warwick | Footwork | 9 | 1:20.402 | +4.706 | +0.001 |
| 23 | Andrea de Cesaris | Tyrrell | 4 | 1:20.660 | +4.964 | +0.258 |
| 24 | Fabrizio Barbazza | Minardi | 24 | 1:20.994 | +5.298 | +0.334 |
| 25 | Michele Alboreto | Lola | 21 | 1:21.893 | +6.197 | +0.899 |
| 26 | Luca Badoer | Lola | 22 | 1:24.737 | +9.041 | +2.844 |
Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.
Pit stops
Pit stops are recorded from 1994. F1DB, the source of every stop here, holds none before then, so this race has no stints to draw.
Practice sessions Practice 1 · Practice 2 · Warm-up
Practice 1
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | No. | Best lap | Gap | Interval | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ayrton Senna | McLaren | 8 | 1:18.133 | — | — | — |
| 2 | Alain Prost | Williams | 2 | 1:18.453 | +0.320 | +0.320 | — |
| 3 | Michael Schumacher | Benetton | 5 | 1:18.611 | +0.478 | +0.158 | — |
| 4 | Damon Hill | Williams | 0 | 1:18.932 | +0.799 | +0.321 | — |
| 5 | Michael Andretti | McLaren | 7 | 1:19.484 | +1.351 | +0.552 | — |
| 6 | Johnny Herbert | Team Lotus | 12 | 1:20.235 | +2.102 | +0.751 | — |
| 7 | Érik Comas | Larrousse | 20 | 1:20.655 | +2.522 | +0.420 | — |
| 8 | Martin Brundle | Ligier | 25 | 1:20.665 | +2.532 | +0.010 | — |
| 9 | Philippe Alliot | Larrousse | 19 | 1:20.820 | +2.687 | +0.155 | — |
| 10 | Karl Wendlinger | Sauber | 29 | 1:20.880 | +2.747 | +0.060 | — |
| 11 | Riccardo Patrese | Benetton | 6 | 1:21.010 | +2.877 | +0.130 | — |
| 12 | Mark Blundell | Ligier | 26 | 1:21.014 | +2.881 | +0.004 | — |
| 13 | Jyrki Järvilehto | Sauber | 30 | 1:21.294 | +3.161 | +0.280 | — |
| 14 | Ukyo Katayama | Tyrrell | 3 | 1:21.417 | +3.284 | +0.123 | — |
| 15 | Jean Alesi | Ferrari | 27 | 1:21.447 | +3.314 | +0.030 | — |
| 16 | Ivan Capelli | Jordan | 15 | 1:21.566 | +3.433 | +0.119 | — |
| 17 | Rubens Barrichello | Jordan | 14 | 1:22.087 | +3.954 | +0.521 | — |
| 18 | Fabrizio Barbazza | Minardi | 24 | 1:22.103 | +3.970 | +0.016 | — |
| 19 | Aguri Suzuki | Footwork | 10 | 1:22.167 | +4.034 | +0.064 | — |
| 20 | Alex Zanardi | Team Lotus | 11 | 1:22.417 | +4.284 | +0.250 | — |
| 21 | Andrea de Cesaris | Tyrrell | 4 | 1:22.922 | +4.789 | +0.505 | — |
| 22 | Derek Warwick | Footwork | 9 | 1:24.006 | +5.873 | +1.084 | — |
| 23 | Michele Alboreto | Lola | 21 | 1:24.742 | +6.609 | +0.736 | — |
| 24 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 28 | 1:25.305 | +7.172 | +0.563 | — |
| 25 | Luca Badoer | Lola | 22 | 1:27.325 | +9.192 | +2.020 | — |
| 26 | Christian Fittipaldi | Minardi | 23 | 1:34.080 | +15.947 | +6.755 | — |
Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.
Practice 2
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | No. | Best lap | Gap | Interval | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ayrton Senna | McLaren | 8 | 1:18.533 | — | — | — |
| 2 | Michael Andretti | McLaren | 7 | 1:18.896 | +0.363 | +0.363 | — |
| 3 | Riccardo Patrese | Benetton | 6 | 1:19.375 | +0.842 | +0.479 | — |
| 4 | Martin Brundle | Ligier | 25 | 1:19.380 | +0.847 | +0.005 | — |
| 5 | Mark Blundell | Ligier | 26 | 1:19.950 | +1.417 | +0.570 | — |
| 6 | Christian Fittipaldi | Minardi | 23 | 1:19.975 | +1.442 | +0.025 | — |
| 7 | Érik Comas | Larrousse | 20 | 1:20.003 | +1.470 | +0.028 | — |
| 8 | Ivan Capelli | Jordan | 15 | 1:20.029 | +1.496 | +0.026 | — |
| 9 | Jean Alesi | Ferrari | 27 | 1:20.083 | +1.550 | +0.054 | — |
| 10 | Michael Schumacher | Benetton | 5 | 1:20.127 | +1.594 | +0.044 | — |
| 11 | Rubens Barrichello | Jordan | 14 | 1:20.134 | +1.601 | +0.007 | — |
| 12 | Aguri Suzuki | Footwork | 10 | 1:20.198 | +1.665 | +0.064 | — |
| 13 | Alex Zanardi | Team Lotus | 11 | 1:20.279 | +1.746 | +0.081 | — |
| 14 | Derek Warwick | Footwork | 9 | 1:20.530 | +1.997 | +0.251 | — |
| 15 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 28 | 1:20.743 | +2.210 | +0.213 | — |
| 16 | Philippe Alliot | Larrousse | 19 | 1:20.813 | +2.280 | +0.070 | — |
| 17 | Alain Prost | Williams | 2 | 1:20.834 | +2.301 | +0.021 | — |
| 18 | Damon Hill | Williams | 0 | 1:20.934 | +2.401 | +0.100 | — |
| 19 | Jyrki Järvilehto | Sauber | 30 | 1:21.168 | +2.635 | +0.234 | — |
| 20 | Karl Wendlinger | Sauber | 29 | 1:21.296 | +2.763 | +0.128 | — |
| 21 | Andrea de Cesaris | Tyrrell | 4 | 1:21.638 | +3.105 | +0.342 | — |
| 22 | Johnny Herbert | Team Lotus | 12 | 1:22.032 | +3.499 | +0.394 | — |
| 23 | Luca Badoer | Lola | 22 | 1:22.058 | +3.525 | +0.026 | — |
| 24 | Fabrizio Barbazza | Minardi | 24 | 1:22.810 | +4.277 | +0.752 | — |
| 25 | Michele Alboreto | Lola | 21 | 1:22.960 | +4.427 | +0.150 | — |
| 26 | Ukyo Katayama | Tyrrell | 3 | 1:26.099 | +7.566 | +3.139 | — |
Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.
Warm-up
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | No. | Best lap | Gap | Interval | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alain Prost | Williams | 2 | 1:18.802 | — | — | — |
| 2 | Ayrton Senna | McLaren | 8 | 1:19.475 | +0.673 | +0.673 | — |
| 3 | Michael Schumacher | Benetton | 5 | 1:19.961 | +1.159 | +0.486 | — |
| 4 | Damon Hill | Williams | 0 | 1:20.592 | +1.790 | +0.631 | — |
| 5 | Michael Andretti | McLaren | 7 | 1:20.918 | +2.116 | +0.326 | — |
| 6 | Jean Alesi | Ferrari | 27 | 1:21.198 | +2.396 | +0.280 | — |
| 7 | Érik Comas | Larrousse | 20 | 1:21.331 | +2.529 | +0.133 | — |
| 8 | Jyrki Järvilehto | Sauber | 30 | 1:21.464 | +2.662 | +0.133 | — |
| 9 | Karl Wendlinger | Sauber | 29 | 1:21.822 | +3.020 | +0.358 | — |
| 10 | Riccardo Patrese | Benetton | 6 | 1:22.186 | +3.384 | +0.364 | — |
| 11 | Alex Zanardi | Team Lotus | 11 | 1:22.233 | +3.431 | +0.047 | — |
| 12 | Christian Fittipaldi | Minardi | 23 | 1:22.281 | +3.479 | +0.048 | — |
| 13 | Mark Blundell | Ligier | 26 | 1:22.316 | +3.514 | +0.035 | — |
| 14 | Aguri Suzuki | Footwork | 10 | 1:22.345 | +3.543 | +0.029 | — |
| 15 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 28 | 1:22.346 | +3.544 | +0.001 | — |
| 16 | Johnny Herbert | Team Lotus | 12 | 1:22.370 | +3.568 | +0.024 | — |
| 17 | Martin Brundle | Ligier | 25 | 1:22.402 | +3.600 | +0.032 | — |
| 18 | Derek Warwick | Footwork | 9 | 1:22.476 | +3.674 | +0.074 | — |
| 19 | Rubens Barrichello | Jordan | 14 | 1:22.754 | +3.952 | +0.278 | — |
| 20 | Philippe Alliot | Larrousse | 19 | 1:23.055 | +4.253 | +0.301 | — |
| 21 | Michele Alboreto | Lola | 21 | 1:23.320 | +4.518 | +0.265 | — |
| 22 | Ivan Capelli | Jordan | 15 | 1:23.560 | +4.758 | +0.240 | — |
| 23 | Andrea de Cesaris | Tyrrell | 4 | 1:23.796 | +4.994 | +0.236 | — |
| 24 | Ukyo Katayama | Tyrrell | 3 | 1:24.061 | +5.259 | +0.265 | — |
| 25 | Fabrizio Barbazza | Minardi | 24 | 1:24.071 | +5.269 | +0.010 | — |
| 26 | Luca Badoer | Lola | 22 | 1:24.566 | +5.764 | +0.495 | — |
Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.
The cars in this race
The photograph each car's Wikipedia article leads with, from Wikimedia Commons: taken wherever and whenever that was, not necessarily at this race.
Williams FW15C
Williams FW15C front-left 2017 Williams Conference Centre · Morio · CC BY-SA 4.0
McLaren MP4/8
Ayrton Senna - Mclaren MP4-8 during practice for the 1993 British Grand Prix (32873580103) · Martin Lee from London, UK · CC BY-SA 2.0
Ligier JS39
Martin Brundle 1993 Silverstone · Martin Lee · CC BY-SA 2.0 · unchecked
Minardi M193
Pierluigi Martini - Minardi M193 during practice for the 1993 British Grand Prix (33645875476) · Martin Lee from London, UK · CC BY-SA 2.0
Sauber C12
Karl Wendlinger - Sauber C12 during practice for the 1993 British Grand Prix (33302730550) · Martin Lee from London, UK · CC BY-SA 2.0
Ferrari F93A
Gerhard Berger - Ferrari F93A during practice for the 1993 British Grand Prix (33686722605) · Martin Lee from London, UK · CC BY-SA 2.0A photograph marked unchecked has a file name that does not name the car it is shown for. Most are still the right car, filed under the driver rather than the machine — but nobody has confirmed these one by one.
4 more photographs
Jordan 193
Thierry Boutsen - Jordan 193 during practice for the 1993 British Grand Prix (32843912224) · Martin Lee from London, UK · CC BY-SA 2.0
Larrousse LH93
Erik Comas - Larrousse LH93 during practice for the 1993 British Grand Prix (33302817820) · Martin Lee from London, UK · CC BY-SA 2.0
Lola T93/30
Michele Alboreto - Lola T93-30 during practice for the 1993 British Grand Prix (33557339751) · Martin Lee from London, UK · CC BY-SA 2.0
Lotus 107
Alessandro Zanardi - Lotus 107 during practice for the 1993 British Grand Prix (32873601273) · Martin Lee from London, UK · CC BY-SA 2.0Where this comes from
- Round
- 1 of 1993
- Grand Prix
- South African Grand Prix
- Dates
- Layout raced
- —
- Format
- Standard weekend
- Constructor
- Williams
- Entrant
- Williams-Renault
- Confidence
- reference
No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.