1993 Japanese Grand Prix

1993 Japanese Grand Prix
Race 15 of 16 in the 1993 Formula One World Championship
Race details
Date 24 October 1993
Official name XIX Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix
Location Suzuka Circuit
Suzuka, Japan
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 5.860 km (3.641[1] miles)
Distance 53 laps, 310.580 km (192.985 miles)
Weather Dry/wet, warm, cloudy
Attendance 350,000[2]
Pole position
Driver Williams-Renault
Time 1:37.154
Fastest lap
Driver France Alain Prost Williams-Renault
Time 1:41.176 on lap 53
Podium
First McLaren-Ford
Second Williams-Renault
Third McLaren-Ford
Lap leaders

The 1993 Japanese Grand Prix (formally the XIX Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held at Suzuka on 24 October 1993. It was the fifteenth race of the 1993 Formula One World Championship.

The 53-lap race was won by Ayrton Senna, driving a McLaren-Ford, after he started from second position. Alain Prost finished second in a Williams-Renault, having started from pole position, while Senna's teammate Mika Häkkinen came third, achieving his first podium finish.

Jordan drivers Rubens Barrichello and Eddie Irvine (the latter making his F1 debut) scored their first points by finishing fifth and sixth respectively. Irvine was subsequently punched by Senna for unlapping himself during the race.[3] Two other drivers made their F1 debuts at this race, Jean-Marc Gounon and Toshio Suzuki. Only 24 cars were entered, following the withdrawal of the BMS Scuderia Italia team from F1 in the run-up to the race.

  1. ^ "1993 Japanese Grand Prix | Motorsport Database".
  2. ^ "Formula 1 Honda Japanese Grand Prix 2022 – Media Kit" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 5 October 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Ayrton Senna Suzuka 1993". Themagicofsenna.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2011-05-28.

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