1993 Canadian Grand Prix

The 1993 Canadian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on June 13, 1993. It was the seventh round of the 1993 Formula One season.

Qualifying

There was a two by two formation in qualifying in Canada as the Williams were ahead of the Benettons and the Ferraris. Prost took pole ahead of Hill, Schumacher, Patrese, Berger and Alesi. Uncharacteristically, Senna was down in 8th.

Race

At the start, Hill beat Prost away, while the Benettons were slow and were passed by Berger and Senna (who had already got ahead of Brundle and then Alesi). Hill was leading Prost, Berger, Senna, Schumacher and Patrese.

Senna passed Berger for third on lap 2. On lap 6, Prost took the lead from Hill. Soon afterwards, Schumacher passed Berger with Patrese following him through five laps later. The order stabilised at: Prost, Hill, Senna, Schumacher, Patrese and Berger.

During the mid-race stops, Hill had a problem and dropped behind Senna and Schumacher. Schumacher now set off after Senna. Senna suffered an electrical problem and had to retire. Prost won ahead of Schumacher, Hill, Berger, Brundle and Wendlinger.

This is the last race former world champion James Hunt commentated on. He died barely 48 hours after the race.

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	2	Alain Prost	Williams-Renault	69	1:36:41.822	1	10
2	5	Michael Schumacher	Benetton-Ford	69	+14.527	3	6
3	0	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault	69	+52.685	2	4
4	28	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	68	+1 Lap	5	3
5	25	Martin Brundle	Ligier-Renault	68	+1 Lap	7	2
6	29	Karl Wendlinger	Sauber	68	+1 Lap	9	1
7	30	Jyrki Järvilehto	Sauber	68	+1 Lap	11
8	20	Érik Comas	Larrousse-Lamborghini	68	+1 Lap	13
9	23	Christian Fittipaldi	Minardi-Ford	67	+2 Laps	17
10	12	Johnny Herbert	Lotus-Ford	67	+2 Laps	20
11	11	Alessandro Zanardi	Lotus-Ford	67	+2 Laps	21
12	15	Thierry Boutsen	Jordan-Hart	67	+2 Laps	24
13	10	Aguri Suzuki	Footwork-Mugen-Honda	66	+3 Laps	16
14	7	Michael Andretti	McLaren-Ford	66	+3 Laps	12
15	22	Luca Badoer	Lola-Ferrari	65	+4 Laps	25
16	9	Derek Warwick	Footwork-Mugen-Honda	65	+4 Laps	18
17	3	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell-Yamaha	64	+5 Laps	22
18	8	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Ford	62	Electrical	8
Ret	6	Riccardo Patrese	Benetton-Ford	52	Physical	4
Ret	4	Andrea de Cesaris	Tyrrell-Yamaha	45	Spun off	19
Ret	24	Fabrizio Barbazza	Minardi-Ford	33	Gearbox	23
Ret	27	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	23	Engine	6
Ret	26	Mark Blundell	Ligier-Renault	13	Spun off	10
Ret	14	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan-Hart	10	Electrical	14
Ret	19	Philippe Alliot	Larrousse-Lamborghini	8	Engine	15
DNQ	21	Michele Alboreto	Lola-Ferrari

Notes

• Pole position: Alain Prost - 1:18.987
• Fastest lap: Michael Schumacher - 1:21.500 on lap 57

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Alain Prost	47
2	Ayrton Senna	42
3	Damon Hill	22
4	Michael Schumacher	20
5	Martin Brundle	7

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Williams-Renault	69
2	McLaren-Ford	44
3	Benetton-Ford	25
4	Ligier-Renault	13
5	Ferrari	9

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

• "The Official Formula 1 website". Retrieved 2007-09-01.
• Henry, Alan (1993). AUTOCOURSE 1993-94. Hazleton Publishing. ISBN 1-874557-15-2.
• Menard, Pierre (2006). The Great Encyclopedia of Formula 1. Chronosports. ISBN 978-2847071238.