Overview[]
The 1993 South African Grand Prix was the first race of the 1993 FF1M Season.
Team and Driver Changes[]
Teams[]
- CBA Racing made their debut, replacing Tini Racing and taking customer Renault engines
- Goomba Engineering made their debut, replacing Darkfire and taking works Yamaha engines
- Tildesley GP made their debut, replacing JGR Meister and taking works Judd engines
- Andrew Racing switched from works Judd to works Lamborghini engines
- Pedersen switched from works Ford to works Ilmor engines
- Shake 'n' Bake Motorsport switched from works Honda to works Ford engines
- Willows Racing switched from works Ilmor to customer Ferrari engines
- FJR upgraded from customer to works Honda engines
- Mitchell downgraded from works to customer Renault engines
- Tornado Motorsport upgraded from customer to works Renault engines
Drivers[]
- Christian Fittipaldi made his debut with Pedersen, replacing Michele Alboreto who was left without a drive
- Eddie Irvine made his debut with Tildesley GP
- Gianni Morbidelli made his debut with Andrew Racing, replacing Nigel Mansell who had moved to Shake 'n' Bake Motorsport
- Rubens Barrichello made his debut with CBA Racing
- Alessandro Zanardi returned to FF1M with CBA Racing
- JJ Lehto returned to FF1M with FJR, replacing Johnny Herbert who had moved to Willows Racing
- Mark Blundell returned to FF1M with Pedersen, replacing Michael Schumacher who had moved to Mitchell
- Pierluigi Martini returned to FF1M with Andrew Racing, replacing Riccardo Patrese who had moved to Tornado Motorsport
- Roberto Moreno returned to FF1M with Tildesley GP
- Alain Prost moved from Tornado Motorsport to Willows Racing
- Ayrton Senna moved from Darkfire to Gojira AutoSport
- Damon Hill moved from FJR to Mitchell
- Derek Warwick moved from Mitchell to Goomba Engineering
- Gerhard Berger moved from Willows Racing to Tornado Motorsport
- Jean Alesi moved from Tornado Motorsport to Shake 'n' Bake Motorsport
- Karl Wendlinger moved from Gojira AutoSport to FJR
- Martin Brundle moved from Tini Racing to Goomba Engineering
- Mika Hakkinen moved from Shake 'n' Bake Motorsport to Gojira AutoSport
- Mauricio Gugelmin and Stefano Modena had retired from FF1M
- Andrea de Cesaris, Bertrand Gachot, Erik Comas, Gabriele Tarquini, Thierry Boutsen, and Ukyo Katayama were left without drives
Report[]
Qualifying[]
Conditions: Dry
| Pos.
|
No.
|
Driver
|
Team
|
Tyre
|
Time
|
Gap
|
| 1
|
8
|
Ayrton Senna
|
 Gojira-Ferrari (W)
|
|
1:16.554
|
|
| 2
|
25
|
Gerhard Berger
|
Tornado-Renault (W)
|
|
1:16.618
|
+0.064
|
| 3
|
26
|
Riccardo Patrese
|
Tornado-Renault (W)
|
|
1:16.641
|
+0.087
|
| 4
|
12
|
JJ Lehto
|
FJR-Honda (W)
|
|
1:16.731
|
+0.177
|
| 5
|
11
|
Karl Wendlinger
|
FJR-Honda (W)
|
|
1:16.738
|
+0.184
|
| 6
|
14
|
Rubens Barrichello
|
CBA-Renault
|
|
1:16.816
|
+0.262
|
| 7
|
29
|
Alain Prost
|
Willows-Ferrari
|
|
1:16.817
|
+0.263
|
| 8
|
7
|
Mika Hakkinen
|
 Gojira-Ferrari (W)
|
|
1:16.862
|
+0.308
|
| 9
|
27
|
Gianni Morbidelli
|
Andrew-Lamborghini (W)
|
|
1:17.095
|
+0.541
|
| 10
|
28
|
Pierluigi Martini
|
Andrew-Lamborghini (W)
|
|
1:17.109
|
+0.555
|
| 11
|
30
|
Johnny Herbert
|
Willows-Ferrari
|
|
1:17.176
|
+0.622
|
| 12
|
24
|
Christian Fittipaldi
|
Pedersen-Ilmor (W)
|
|
1:17.358
|
+0.804
|
| 13
|
15
|
Alessandro Zanardi
|
CBA-Renault
|
|
1:17.513
|
+0.959
|
| 14
|
1
|
Michael Schumacher
|
Mitchell-Renault
|
|
1:17.616
|
+1.062
|
| 15
|
3
|
Nigel Mansell
|
Shake 'n' Bake-Ford (W)
|
|
1:17.628
|
+1.074
|
| 16
|
23
|
Mark Blundell
|
Pedersen-Ilmor (W)
|
|
1:17.820
|
+1.266
|
| 17
|
4
|
Jean Alesi
|
Shake 'n' Bake-Ford (W)
|
|
1:17.856
|
+1.302
|
| 18
|
2
|
Damon Hill
|
Mitchell-Renault
|
|
1:17.971
|
+1.417
|
| 19
|
10
|
Derek Warwick
|
Goomba-Yamaha (W)
|
|
1:18.122
|
+1.568
|
| 20
|
9
|
Martin Brundle
|
Goomba-Yamaha (W)
|
|
1:18.333
|
+1.779
|
| 21
|
6
|
Eddie Irvine
|
Tildesley-Judd (W)
|
|
1:18.747
|
+2.193
|
| 22
|
5
|
Roberto Moreno
|
Tildesley-Judd (W)
|
|
1:19.134
|
+2.580
|
Race[]
Conditions: Dry
| Pos.
|
No.
|
Driver
|
Team
|
Tyre
|
Laps
|
Time/Retired
|
Grid
|
Pts.
|
| 1
|
8
|
Ayrton Senna
|
 Gojira-Ferrari (W)
|
|
72
|
1:35:44.824
|
1
|
10
|
| 2
|
26
|
Riccardo Patrese
|
Tornado-Renault (W)
|
|
72
|
+8.287
|
3
|
6
|
| 3
|
25
|
Gerhard Berger
|
Tornado-Renault (W)
|
|
72
|
+33.520
|
2
|
4
|
| 4
|
14
|
Rubens Barrichello
|
CBA-Renault
|
|
72
|
+44.487
|
6
|
3
|
| 5
|
11
|
Karl Wendlinger
|
FJR-Honda (W)
|
|
72
|
+49.100
|
5
|
2
|
| 6
|
29
|
Alain Prost
|
Willows-Ferrari
|
|
72
|
+49.641
|
7
|
1
|
| 7
|
15
|
Alessandro Zanardi
|
CBA-Renault
|
|
72
|
+1:06.411
|
13
|
|
| 8
|
28
|
Pierluigi Martini
|
Andrew-Lamborghini (W)
|
|
71
|
+1 Lap
|
10
|
|
| 9
|
24
|
Christian Fittipaldi
|
Pedersen-Ilmor (W)
|
|
71
|
+1 Lap
|
12
|
|
| 10
|
30
|
Johnny Herbert
|
Willows-Ferrari
|
|
71
|
+1 Lap
|
11
|
|
| 11
|
3
|
Nigel Mansell
|
Shake 'n' Bake-Ford (W)
|
|
71
|
+1 Lap
|
15
|
|
| 12
|
2
|
Damon Hill
|
Mitchell-Renault
|
|
71
|
+1 Lap
|
18
|
|
| 13
|
4
|
Jean Alesi
|
Shake 'n' Bake-Ford (W)
|
|
71
|
+1 Lap
|
17
|
|
| 14
|
9
|
Martin Brundle
|
Goomba-Yamaha (W)
|
|
70
|
+2 Laps
|
20
|
|
| 15
|
6
|
Eddie Irvine
|
Tildesley-Judd (W)
|
|
64
|
+8 Laps/Transmission
|
21
|
|
| Ret
|
12
|
JJ Lehto
|
FJR-Honda (W)
|
|
40
|
Suspension
|
4
|
|
| Ret
|
7
|
Mika Hakkinen
|
 Gojira-Ferrari (W)
|
|
38
|
Suspension
|
8
|
|
| Ret
|
27
|
Gianni Morbidelli
|
Andrew-Lamborghini (W)
|
|
13
|
Accident
|
9
|
|
| Ret
|
5
|
Roberto Moreno
|
Tildesley-Judd (W)
|
|
5
|
Loose Wheel
|
22
|
|
| Ret
|
23
|
Mark Blundell
|
Pedersen-Ilmor (W)
|
|
1
|
Collision
|
16
|
|
| Ret
|
10
|
Derek Warwick
|
Goomba-Yamaha (W)
|
|
1
|
Collision
|
19
|
|
| Ret
|
1
|
Michael Schumacher
|
Mitchell-Renault
|
|
1
|
Accident
|
14
|
|
Driver of the Day: Ayrton Senna
Fastest Lap[]
| Pos.
|
No.
|
Driver
|
Team
|
Tyre
|
Time
|
| 1
|
8
|
Ayrton Senna
|
 Gojira-Ferrari (W)
|
|
1:17.436
|
Championship Standings[]
| Drivers Championship
|
Teams Championship
|
Engine Trophy
|
| Pos.
|
Driver
|
Pts.
|
Wins
|
-/+
|
Pos.
|
Team
|
Pts.
|
Wins
|
-/+
|
Pos.
|
Engine
|
Pts.
|
Wins
|
-/+
|
| 1
|
Ayrton Senna
|
10
|
1
|
=
|
1
|
 Gojira-Ferrari (W)
|
10
|
1
|
=
|
1
|
Ferrari
|
11
|
1
|
=
|
| 2
|
Riccardo Patrese
|
6
|
|
=
|
2
|
Tornado-Renault (W)
|
10
|
|
=
|
2
|
Renault
|
10
|
|
=
|
| 3
|
Gerhard Berger
|
4
|
|
=
|
3
|
CBA-Renault
|
3
|
|
=
|
3
|
Honda
|
2
|
|
=
|
| 4
|
Rubens Barrichello
|
3
|
|
=
|
4
|
FJR-Honda (W)
|
2
|
|
=
|
4
|
Lamborghini
|
0
|
|
=
|
| 5
|
Karl Wendlinger
|
2
|
|
=
|
5
|
Willows-Ferrari
|
1
|
|
=
|
5
|
Ilmor
|
0
|
|
=
|
| 6
|
Alain Prost
|
1
|
|
=
|
6
|
Andrew-Lamborghini (W)
|
0
|
|
=
|
6
|
Ford
|
0
|
|
=
|