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The 1993 Italian Grand Prix (formally the Pioneer 64º Gran Premio d'Italia<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>) was a Formula One motor race held at Monza on 12 September 1993. It was the thirteenth race of the 1993 Formula One World Championship.

The 53-lap race was won by British driver Damon Hill, driving a Williams-Renault, after he started from second position. Frenchman Jean Alesi finished second in a Ferrari, while American Michael Andretti finished third in a McLaren-Ford, in his final F1 race before returning to IndyCar. Hill's teammate, Frenchman Alain Prost, took pole position and led until suffering an engine failure with five laps to go, allowing Hill to take his third consecutive victory.

ReportEdit

The Williams cars dominated qualifying, locking out the front row of the grid with Alain Prost on pole and Damon Hill alongside him. Jean Alesi took third in his Ferrari; he was joined on the second row by Ayrton Senna in the McLaren. Michael Schumacher in the Benetton and Gerhard Berger in the second Ferrari made up the third row. Further down the grid, Pedro Lamy was making his Grand Prix debut for the cash-strapped Lotus outfit, taking the place of the injured Alessandro Zanardi, while the Jordan team, needing a replacement for Thierry Boutsen following the Belgian's retirement from F1, had decided to evaluate Japanese Formula 3000 driver Marco Apicella, after their test driver Emanuele Naspetti had turned down the opportunity to race.Template:Fact

At the start, Alesi got ahead of a sluggish Hill and Senna tried to do the same, but there was contact between Hill and Senna, resulting in both drivers dropping back, with Senna ending up in 9th and Hill in 10th. Further back, two separate incidents saw five cars eliminated at the first chicane. In the first incident, the Footworks of Derek Warwick and Aguri Suzuki collided and took each other out. In the second incident, Sauber driver JJ Lehto, who had to start from the back of the grid, took himself and the Jordans of Rubens Barrichello and Apicella out of the race. Apicella's debut, which would also turn out to be his only Grand Prix start, had lasted no more than 800 metres, unofficially making him the driver with one of the shortest careers in Formula One.Template:Fact Prost led Alesi, Schumacher, Berger, Johnny Herbert and Martin Brundle into lap 2. On lap 4 Schumacher passed Alesi to take second position.

On lap 8, Senna collided with Brundle's Ligier, putting them both out. Prost's championship ambitions received a major boost with Senna's retirement. Johnny Herbert spun off and hit the tyre barriers at Parabolica as he retired from 5th position since Berger pitted for tyres on lap 15, putting Berger back in 5th position but soon retired from 5th position with suspension problems 1 lap later. Hill in the meantime had moved up to fourth place and passed Alesi for third on lap 10, as Blundell in the remaining Ligier like Herbert had clipped the barrier at Parabolica and retired with a left-rear puncture and damaging his left-rear suspension on lap 21 whilst battling Wendlinger for 7th. Before Hill moved up to second on lap 22 when Schumacher's engine failed. At this point, Prost led by nearly 20 seconds, but by lap 48 Hill had reduced this lead to two seconds. Then, on lap 49, five from the end, the Renault engine in Prost's car blew. Hill took his third consecutive win by 40 seconds from Alesi, with Michael Andretti third (achieving his only podium) and Karl Wendlinger, Riccardo Patrese (scoring his final points in F1) and Érik Comas completing the top six.

The Minardis of Pierluigi Martini and Christian Fittipaldi had approached the chequered flag with Fittipaldi closely following Martini. Fittipaldi's left front wheel made contact with his teammate's right rear wheel, and the contact launched Fittipaldi's car into the air. The car completed a back flip before landing back on its wheels and skidded across the line. Neither driver was hurt and both finished the race without losing a position.

This was the Williams team's seventh consecutive victory. Prior to the race weekend, Andretti and McLaren mutually agreed to part ways and that this would be his final race with the team. He would be replaced by the team's test driver, Mika Häkkinen. His final Formula One race returned his best result of the season with his third-place finish. By winning in Italy, Hill became the first Formula One driver to take their first three wins at consecutive Grands Prix, a feat only repeated by Mika Häkkinen, though only Hill won all three races in the same year.

As of 2025, Andretti's podium finish remains the last for an American driver in Formula One.

ClassificationEdit

QualifyingEdit

Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap
1 2 Template:Flagicon Alain Prost Williams-Renault 1:22.163 1:21.179
2 0 Template:Flagicon Damon Hill Williams-Renault 1:22.283 1:21.491 +0.318
3 27 Template:Flagicon Jean Alesi Ferrari 1:22.625 1:21.986 +0.807
4 8 Template:Flagicon Ayrton Senna McLaren-Ford 1:23.310 1:22.633 +1.454
5 5 Template:Flagicon Michael Schumacher Benetton-Ford 1:23.888 1:22.910 +1.731
6 28 Template:Flagicon Gerhard Berger Ferrari 1:23.750 1:23.150 +1.971
7 12 Template:Flagicon Johnny Herbert Lotus-Ford 1:25.463 1:23.769 +2.590
8 10 Template:Flagicon Aguri Suzuki Footwork-Mugen-Honda 1:26.127 1:23.856 +2.677
9 7 Template:Flagicon Michael Andretti McLaren-Ford 1:25.348 1:23.899 +2.720
10 6 Template:Flagicon Riccardo Patrese Benetton-Ford 1:26.082 1:23.918 +2.739
11 9 Template:Flagicon Derek Warwick Footwork-Mugen-Honda 1:24.673 1:24.048 +2.869
12 25 Template:Flagicon Martin Brundle Ligier-Renault 1:24.608 1:24.137 +2.958
13 30 Template:Flagicon JJ Lehto Sauber 1:24.298 1:24.419 +3.119
14 26 Template:Flagicon Mark Blundell Ligier-Renault 1:25.238 1:24.344 +3.165
15 29 Template:Flagicon Karl Wendlinger Sauber 1:25.016 1:24.473 +3.294
16 19 Template:Flagicon Philippe Alliot Larrousse-Lamborghini 1:25.529 1:24.807 +3.628
17 3 Template:Flagicon Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell-Yamaha 1:26.300 1:24.886 +3.707
18 4 Template:Flagicon Andrea de Cesaris Tyrrell-Yamaha 1:25.482 1:24.916 +3.737
19 14 Template:Flagicon Rubens Barrichello Jordan-Hart 1:26.664 1:25.144 +3.965
20 20 Template:Flagicon Érik Comas Larrousse-Lamborghini 1:26.323 1:25.257 +4.078
21 21 Template:Flagicon Michele Alboreto Lola-Ferrari 1:26.287 1:25.368 +4.189
22 24 Template:Flagicon Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ford 1:25.903 1:25.478 +4.299
23 15 Template:Flagicon Marco Apicella Jordan-Hart 1:51.300 1:25.672 +4.493
24 23 Template:Flagicon Christian Fittipaldi Minardi-Ford 1:26.135 1:25.699 +4.520
25 22 Template:Flagicon Luca Badoer Lola-Ferrari 1:26.049 1:25.957 +4.778
26 11 Template:Flagicon Pedro Lamy Lotus-Ford 1:26.380 1:26.324 +5.145
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RaceEdit

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 0 Template:Flagicon Damon Hill Williams-Renault 53 1:17:07.509 2 10
2 27 Template:Flagicon Jean Alesi Ferrari 53 + 40.012 3 6
3 7 Template:Flagicon Michael Andretti McLaren-Ford 52 + 1 lap 9 4
4 29 Template:Flagicon Karl Wendlinger Sauber 52 + 1 lap 15 3
5 6 Template:Flagicon Riccardo Patrese Benetton-Ford 52 + 1 lap 10 2
6 20 Template:Flagicon Érik Comas Larrousse-Lamborghini 52 + 1 lap 20 1
7 24 Template:Flagicon Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ford 51 + 2 laps 22  
8 23 Template:Flagicon Christian Fittipaldi Minardi-Ford 51 + 2 laps 24  
9 19 Template:Flagicon Philippe Alliot Larrousse-Lamborghini 51 + 2 laps 16  
10 22 Template:Flagicon Luca Badoer Lola-Ferrari 51 + 2 laps 25  
11 11 Template:Flagicon Pedro Lamy Lotus-Ford 49 Electrical 26  
12 2 Template:Flagicon Alain Prost Williams-Renault 48 Engine 1  
13 4 Template:Flagicon Andrea de Cesaris Tyrrell-Yamaha 47 Oil pressure 18  
14 3 Template:Flagicon Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell-Yamaha 47 + 6 laps 17  
Ret 21 Template:Flagicon Michele Alboreto Lola-Ferrari 23 Suspension 21  
Ret 5 Template:Flagicon Michael Schumacher Benetton-Ford 21 Engine 5  
Ret 26 Template:Flagicon Mark Blundell Ligier-Renault 20 Accident damage 14  
Ret 28 Template:Flagicon Gerhard Berger Ferrari 15 Suspension 6  
Ret 12 Template:Flagicon Johnny Herbert Lotus-Ford 14 Spun off 7  
Ret 25 Template:Flagicon Martin Brundle Ligier-Renault 8 Collision 12  
Ret 8 Template:Flagicon Ayrton Senna McLaren-Ford 8 Collision 4  
Ret 10 Template:Flagicon Aguri Suzuki Footwork-Mugen-Honda 0 Collision 8  
Ret 9 Template:Flagicon Derek Warwick Footwork-Mugen-Honda 0 Collision 11  
Ret 30 Template:Flagicon JJ Lehto Sauber 0 Collision 13  
Ret 14 Template:Flagicon Rubens Barrichello Jordan-Hart 0 Collision 19  
Ret 15 Template:Flagicon Marco Apicella Jordan-Hart 0 Collision 23  
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Championship standings after the raceEdit

  • Bold text indicates the World Champions.

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Drivers' Championship standings
Pos Driver Points
1 Template:Flagicon Alain Prost 81
2 Template:Flagicon Damon Hill 58
3 Template:Flagicon Ayrton Senna 53
4 Template:Flagicon Michael Schumacher 42
5 Template:Flagicon Riccardo Patrese 20
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Constructors' Championship standings
Pos Constructor Points
1 Template:Flagicon Williams-Renault 139
2 Template:Flagicon Benetton-Ford 62
3 Template:Flagicon McLaren-Ford 60
4 Template:Flagicon Ligier-Renault 21
5 Template:Flagicon Ferrari 20
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