Race · Round 15 of 16 ·
1993 Japanese Grand Prix
Ayrton Senna won for McLaren from 2nd on the grid at Suzuka Circuit. 9 of the starters were not classified. It was the first championship podium for Mika Hakkinen.
- Circuit
- Suzuka CircuitSuzuka, Japan
- Winner
- Ayrton SennaMcLaren
- Pole
- Alain Prost
- Fastest lap
- Alain Prost
- Entries
- 2415 classified
Classification
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Chassis | Grid | Laps | Out | Points | FL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ayrton Senna | McLaren | MP4/8 | 2 | 53 | Finished | 10 | |
| 2 | Alain Prost | Williams | FW15C | 1 | 53 | Finished | 6 | fastest lap |
| 3 | Mika Hakkinen | McLaren | MP4/8 | 3 | 53 | Finished | 4 | |
| 4 | Damon Hill | Williams | FW15C | 6 | 53 | Finished | 3 | |
| 5 | Rubens Barrichello | Jordan | 193 | 12 | 53 | Finished | 2 | |
| 6 | Eddie Irvine | Jordan | 193 | 8 | 53 | Finished | 1 | |
| 7 | Mark Blundell | Ligier | JS39 | 17 | 52 | Finished | 0 | |
| 8 | Jyrki Järvilehto | Sauber | C12 | 11 | 52 | Finished | 0 | |
| 9 | Martin Brundle | Ligier | JS39 | 15 | 51 | Finished | 0 | |
| 10 | Pierluigi Martini | Minardi | M193 | 22 | 51 | Finished | 0 | |
| 11 | Johnny Herbert | Team Lotus | 107B | 19 | 51 | Finished | 0 | |
| 12 | Toshio Suzuki | Larrousse | LH93 | 23 | 51 | Finished | 0 | |
| 13 | Pedro Lamy | Team Lotus | 107B | 20 | 49 | Accident | 0 | |
| 14 | Derek Warwick | Footwork | — | 7 | 48 | Collision | 0 | |
| 18 | Andrea de Cesaris | Tyrrell | — | 18 | 0 | Collision | 0 | |
| DNF | Riccardo Patrese | Benetton | — | 10 | 45 | Accident | 0 | |
| DNF | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | F93A | 5 | 40 | Engine | 0 | |
| DNF | Aguri Suzuki | Footwork | — | 9 | 28 | Spun off | 0 | |
| DNF | Ukyo Katayama | Tyrrell | — | 13 | 26 | Engine | 0 | |
| DNF | Jean-Marc Gounon | Minardi | M193 | 24 | 26 | Withdrew | 0 | |
| DNF | Karl Wendlinger | Sauber | C12 | 16 | 25 | Engine | 0 | |
| DNF | Érik Comas | Larrousse | LH93 | 21 | 17 | Engine | 0 | |
| DNF | Michael Schumacher | Benetton | — | 4 | 10 | Collision | 0 | |
| DNF | Jean Alesi | Ferrari | F93A | 14 | 7 | Engine | 0 |
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 | 1:37.154 | — | — |
| 2 | Ayrton Senna | McLaren | 8 | 1:37.284 | +0.130 | +0.130 |
| 3 | Mika Hakkinen | McLaren | 7 | 1:37.326 | +0.172 | +0.042 |
| 4 | Michael Schumacher | Benetton | 5 | 1:37.530 | +0.376 | +0.204 |
| 5 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 28 | 1:37.622 | +0.468 | +0.092 |
| 6 | Damon Hill | Williams | 0 | 1:38.352 | +1.198 | +0.730 |
| 7 | Derek Warwick | Footwork | 9 | 1:38.780 | +1.626 | +0.428 |
| 8 | Eddie Irvine | Jordan | 15 | 1:38.966 | +1.812 | +0.186 |
| 9 | Aguri Suzuki | Footwork | 10 | 1:39.278 | +2.124 | +0.312 |
| 10 | Riccardo Patrese | Benetton | 6 | 1:39.291 | +2.137 | +0.013 |
| 11 | Jyrki Järvilehto | Sauber | 30 | 1:39.391 | +2.237 | +0.100 |
| 12 | Rubens Barrichello | Jordan | 14 | 1:39.426 | +2.272 | +0.035 |
| 13 | Ukyo Katayama | Tyrrell | 3 | 1:39.511 | +2.357 | +0.085 |
| 14 | Jean Alesi | Ferrari | 27 | 1:39.535 | +2.381 | +0.024 |
| 15 | Martin Brundle | Ligier | 25 | 1:39.951 | +2.797 | +0.416 |
| 16 | Karl Wendlinger | Sauber | 29 | 1:40.153 | +2.999 | +0.202 |
| 17 | Mark Blundell | Ligier | 26 | 1:40.696 | +3.542 | +0.543 |
| 18 | Andrea de Cesaris | Tyrrell | 4 | 1:40.696 | +3.542 | +0.000 |
| 19 | Johnny Herbert | Team Lotus | 12 | 1:41.488 | +4.334 | +0.792 |
| 20 | Pedro Lamy | Team Lotus | 11 | 1:41.600 | +4.446 | +0.112 |
| 21 | Érik Comas | Larrousse | 20 | 1:41.769 | +4.615 | +0.169 |
| 22 | Pierluigi Martini | Minardi | 24 | 1:41.989 | +4.835 | +0.220 |
| 23 | Toshio Suzuki | Larrousse | 19 | 1:42.175 | +5.021 | +0.186 |
| 24 | Jean-Marc Gounon | Minardi | 23 | 1:43.812 | +6.658 | +1.637 |
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 | Damon Hill | Williams | 0 | 1:39.737 | — | — | — |
| 2 | Mika Hakkinen | McLaren | 7 | 1:40.003 | +0.266 | +0.266 | — |
| 3 | Jean Alesi | Ferrari | 27 | 1:40.728 | +0.991 | +0.725 | — |
| 4 | Michael Schumacher | Benetton | 5 | 1:41.013 | +1.276 | +0.285 | — |
| 5 | Eddie Irvine | Jordan | 15 | 1:41.917 | +2.180 | +0.904 | — |
| 6 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 28 | 1:41.931 | +2.194 | +0.014 | — |
| 7 | Derek Warwick | Footwork | 9 | 1:42.006 | +2.269 | +0.075 | — |
| 8 | Johnny Herbert | Team Lotus | 12 | 1:42.193 | +2.456 | +0.187 | — |
| 9 | Martin Brundle | Ligier | 25 | 1:42.341 | +2.604 | +0.148 | — |
| 10 | Jyrki Järvilehto | Sauber | 30 | 1:42.416 | +2.679 | +0.075 | — |
| 11 | Aguri Suzuki | Footwork | 10 | 1:42.473 | +2.736 | +0.057 | — |
| 12 | Rubens Barrichello | Jordan | 14 | 1:42.789 | +3.052 | +0.316 | — |
| 13 | Ayrton Senna | McLaren | 8 | 1:42.858 | +3.121 | +0.069 | — |
| 14 | Mark Blundell | Ligier | 26 | 1:42.914 | +3.177 | +0.056 | — |
| 15 | Andrea de Cesaris | Tyrrell | 4 | 1:43.804 | +4.067 | +0.890 | — |
| 16 | Riccardo Patrese | Benetton | 6 | 1:44.339 | +4.602 | +0.535 | — |
| 17 | Ukyo Katayama | Tyrrell | 3 | 1:44.922 | +5.185 | +0.583 | — |
| 18 | Pierluigi Martini | Minardi | 24 | 1:45.212 | +5.475 | +0.290 | — |
| 19 | Pedro Lamy | Team Lotus | 11 | 1:46.366 | +6.629 | +1.154 | — |
| 20 | Érik Comas | Larrousse | 20 | 1:47.514 | +7.777 | +1.148 | — |
| 21 | Toshio Suzuki | Larrousse | 19 | 1:47.598 | +7.861 | +0.084 | — |
| 22 | Jean-Marc Gounon | Minardi | 23 | 1:49.085 | +9.348 | +1.487 | — |
| 23 | Karl Wendlinger | Sauber | 29 | 1:50.079 | +10.342 | +0.994 | — |
| 24 | Alain Prost | Williams | 2 | 2:17.882 | +38.145 | +27.803 | — |
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 | Alain Prost | Williams | 2 | 1:37.984 | — | — | — |
| 2 | Damon Hill | Williams | 0 | 1:38.497 | +0.513 | +0.513 | — |
| 3 | Ayrton Senna | McLaren | 8 | 1:38.788 | +0.804 | +0.291 | — |
| 4 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 28 | 1:38.917 | +0.933 | +0.129 | — |
| 5 | Eddie Irvine | Jordan | 15 | 1:39.561 | +1.577 | +0.644 | — |
| 6 | Michael Schumacher | Benetton | 5 | 1:39.674 | +1.690 | +0.113 | — |
| 7 | Mika Hakkinen | McLaren | 7 | 1:40.069 | +2.085 | +0.395 | — |
| 8 | Derek Warwick | Footwork | 9 | 1:40.163 | +2.179 | +0.094 | — |
| 9 | Rubens Barrichello | Jordan | 14 | 1:40.203 | +2.219 | +0.040 | — |
| 10 | Jean Alesi | Ferrari | 27 | 1:40.253 | +2.269 | +0.050 | — |
| 11 | Ukyo Katayama | Tyrrell | 3 | 1:40.282 | +2.298 | +0.029 | — |
| 12 | Karl Wendlinger | Sauber | 29 | 1:40.382 | +2.398 | +0.100 | — |
| 13 | Jyrki Järvilehto | Sauber | 30 | 1:40.644 | +2.660 | +0.262 | — |
| 14 | Mark Blundell | Ligier | 26 | 1:40.982 | +2.998 | +0.338 | — |
| 15 | Riccardo Patrese | Benetton | 6 | 1:41.721 | +3.737 | +0.739 | — |
| 16 | Johnny Herbert | Team Lotus | 12 | 1:42.011 | +4.027 | +0.290 | — |
| 17 | Pedro Lamy | Team Lotus | 11 | 1:42.022 | +4.038 | +0.011 | — |
| 18 | Pierluigi Martini | Minardi | 24 | 1:42.555 | +4.571 | +0.533 | — |
| 19 | Andrea de Cesaris | Tyrrell | 4 | 1:42.778 | +4.794 | +0.223 | — |
| 20 | Toshio Suzuki | Larrousse | 19 | 1:43.264 | +5.280 | +0.486 | — |
| 21 | Érik Comas | Larrousse | 20 | 1:43.818 | +5.834 | +0.554 | — |
| 22 | Aguri Suzuki | Footwork | 10 | 1:43.881 | +5.897 | +0.063 | — |
| 23 | Jean-Marc Gounon | Minardi | 23 | 1:45.652 | +7.668 | +1.771 | — |
| 24 | Martin Brundle | Ligier | 25 | 1:49.258 | +11.274 | +3.606 | — |
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 | 1:42.995 | — | — | — |
| 2 | Aguri Suzuki | Footwork | 10 | 1:43.287 | +0.292 | +0.292 | — |
| 3 | Michael Schumacher | Benetton | 5 | 1:43.561 | +0.566 | +0.274 | — |
| 4 | Ayrton Senna | McLaren | 8 | 1:43.694 | +0.699 | +0.133 | — |
| 5 | Damon Hill | Williams | 0 | 1:43.791 | +0.796 | +0.097 | — |
| 6 | Mika Hakkinen | McLaren | 7 | 1:43.891 | +0.896 | +0.100 | — |
| 7 | Karl Wendlinger | Sauber | 29 | 1:44.415 | +1.420 | +0.524 | — |
| 8 | Jean Alesi | Ferrari | 27 | 1:44.429 | +1.434 | +0.014 | — |
| 9 | Martin Brundle | Ligier | 25 | 1:44.711 | +1.716 | +0.282 | — |
| 10 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 28 | 1:44.802 | +1.807 | +0.091 | — |
| 11 | Jyrki Järvilehto | Sauber | 30 | 1:45.010 | +2.015 | +0.208 | — |
| 12 | Pierluigi Martini | Minardi | 24 | 1:45.422 | +2.427 | +0.412 | — |
| 13 | Érik Comas | Larrousse | 20 | 1:45.517 | +2.522 | +0.095 | — |
| 14 | Riccardo Patrese | Benetton | 6 | 1:46.108 | +3.113 | +0.591 | — |
| 15 | Ukyo Katayama | Tyrrell | 3 | 1:46.152 | +3.157 | +0.044 | — |
| 16 | Johnny Herbert | Team Lotus | 12 | 1:46.181 | +3.186 | +0.029 | — |
| 17 | Pedro Lamy | Team Lotus | 11 | 1:46.208 | +3.213 | +0.027 | — |
| 18 | Eddie Irvine | Jordan | 15 | 1:46.394 | +3.399 | +0.186 | — |
| 19 | Derek Warwick | Footwork | 9 | 1:46.722 | +3.727 | +0.328 | — |
| 20 | Rubens Barrichello | Jordan | 14 | 1:46.810 | +3.815 | +0.088 | — |
| 21 | Toshio Suzuki | Larrousse | 19 | 1:47.638 | +4.643 | +0.828 | — |
| 22 | Mark Blundell | Ligier | 26 | 1:47.643 | +4.648 | +0.005 | — |
| 23 | Jean-Marc Gounon | Minardi | 23 | 1:48.349 | +5.354 | +0.706 | — |
| 24 | Andrea de Cesaris | Tyrrell | 4 | 1:48.646 | +5.651 | +0.297 | — |
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.
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
Williams FW15C
Williams FW15C front-left 2017 Williams Conference Centre · Morio · CC BY-SA 4.0
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
Ligier JS39
Martin Brundle 1993 Silverstone · Martin Lee · CC BY-SA 2.0 · unchecked
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
Minardi M193
Pierluigi Martini - Minardi M193 during practice for the 1993 British Grand Prix (33645875476) · 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.
3 more photographs
Lotus 107
Alessandro Zanardi - Lotus 107 during practice for the 1993 British Grand Prix (32873601273) · 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
Ferrari F93A
Gerhard Berger - Ferrari F93A during practice for the 1993 British Grand Prix (33686722605) · Martin Lee from London, UK · CC BY-SA 2.0Where this comes from
- Round
- 15 of 1993
- Grand Prix
- Japanese Grand Prix
- Dates
- Layout raced
- —
- Format
- Standard weekend
- Constructor
- McLaren
- Entrant
- McLaren-Ford
- 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.