1993 Belgian Grand Prix

1993 Belgian Grand Prix
Race 12 of 16 in the 1993 Formula One World Championship
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 France Alain Prost 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Lotus driver Alessandro Zanardi was withdrawn from the meeting following a huge crash in Friday practice, which ultimately ended his season.[2] In the race itself, his team-mate Johnny Herbert scored the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).

  1. ^ "1993 Belgian GP". Motor Sport. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  2. ^ Newbold, James (9 February 2021). "Top 10 F1 to Indycar converts ranked". Autosport. Retrieved 9 February 2021.