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1993 Belgian Grand Prix | |||
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Race 12 of 16 in the 1993 Formula One World Championship | |||
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Race details | |||
Date | 29 August 1993 | ||
Official name | LI Grand Prix de Belgique | ||
Location |
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Francorchamps, Wallonia, Belgium[1] | ||
Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
Course length | 6.940 km (4.312 miles) | ||
Distance | 44 laps, 305.341 km (189.730 miles) | ||
Weather | Sunny and clear | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Williams-Renault | ||
Time | 1:47.571 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Driver |
![]() | Williams-Renault | |
Time | 1:51.095 on lap 41 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Williams-Renault | ||
Second | Benetton-Ford | ||
Third | Williams-Renault | ||
Lap leaders |
The 1993 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Spa-Francorchamps on 29 August 1993. It was the twelfth race of the 1993 Formula One World Championship.
The 44-lap race was won by Briton Damon Hill, driving a Williams-Renault. Hill's French teammate, Alain Prost, took pole position and led the first 30 laps, before he suffered a slow pit stop and dropped to third behind Hill and German Michael Schumacher in the Benetton-Ford. Hill went on to win by 3.6 seconds from Schumacher with Prost a further 11 seconds back; the 1–3 finish secured Williams their second consecutive Constructors' Championship.
Lotus driver Alessandro Zanardi was withdrawn from the meeting following a huge crash in Friday practice, which ultimately ended his season.[2] In the race itself, his team-mate Johnny Herbert scored the final points ever for Team Lotus with his 5th position. Local driver Thierry Boutsen retired from Formula One following the race (after his race ended on the first lap with a gearbox failure).