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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 =