Season 1993 · Round 1

South African Grand Prix

1993 Season R2 →
1993-03-14 · Kyalami · South Africa · South African Grand Prix · 72Lap · 306.792km
2 Alain Prost
Williams 1:38:45.082
Team win 10pt P1 · P21
8 Ayrton Senna
McLaren +1:19.824
26 Mark Blundell
Ligier
Fastest Lap
—
DNF
19
Martin Brundle L57 Michele Alboreto L55 Érik Comas L51 Riccardo Patrese L46 Michael Schumacher L39 Johnny Herbert L38 Karl Wendlinger L33 Rubens Barrichello L31 Jean Alesi L30 Philippe Alliot L27 +9
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Pole-to-win rate 4/20 20%
Most DNFs · all-time P5
Closest finish · all-time P41
Circuit Info
Kyalami Midrand, South Africa
72Lap 306.792km 20 races held (1967–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P3 Alain Prost 2 wins · → Niki Lauda -1
P6 Riccardo Patrese 1 wins · → Alain Prost -1
Starts
P6 Riccardo Patrese 9 starts · → Carlos Reutemann -1
P22 Alain Prost 6 starts · → Patrick Depailler -1
P22 Michele Alboreto 6 starts · → Patrick Depailler -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 L72 Prost · P1 → P1 1 Prost PRO 1 Prost PRO Senna · P2 → P2 2 Senna SEN 2 Senna SEN Blundell · P8 → P3 · +5 8 Blundell BLU 3 Blundell BLU Fittipaldi · P13 → P4 · +9 13 Fittipaldi FIT 4 Fittipaldi FIT Järvilehto · P6 → P5 · +1 6 Järvilehto JÄR 5 Järvilehto JÄR Berger · P15 → P6 · +9 15 Berger BER 6 Berger BER Warwick · P22 → P7 · +15 22 Warwick WAR 7 Warwick WAR Brundle · P12 → retired L57 Brundle · retired L57 12 Brundle BRU R Brundle BRU Alboreto · P21 → retired L55 Alboreto · retired L55 21 Alboreto ALB R Alboreto ALB Comas · P19 → retired L51 Comas · retired L51 19 Comas COM R Comas COM Patrese · P7 → retired L46 Patrese · retired L46 7 Patrese PAT R Patrese PAT Schumacher · P3 → retired L39 Schumacher · retired L39 3 Schumacher MSC R Schumacher MSC Herbert · P17 → retired L38 Herbert · retired L38 17 Herbert HER R Herbert HER Wendlinger · P10 → retired L33 Wendlinger · retired L33 10 Wendlinger WEN R Wendlinger WEN Barrichello · P14 → retired L31 Barrichello · retired L31 14 Barrichello BAR R Barrichello BAR Alesi · P5 → retired L30 Alesi · retired L30 5 Alesi ALE R Alesi ALE Alliot · P11 → retired L27 Alliot · retired L27 11 Alliot ALL R Alliot ALL Barbazza · P24 → retired L21 Barbazza · retired L21 24 Barbazza BAR R Barbazza BAR Suzuki · P20 → retired L21 Suzuki · retired L21 20 Suzuki SUZ R Suzuki SUZ Badoer · P26 → retired L20 Badoer · retired L20 26 Badoer BAD R Badoer BAD Hill · P4 → retired L16 Hill · retired L16 4 Hill HIL R Hill HIL Zanardi · P16 → retired L16 Zanardi · retired L16 16 Zanardi ZAN R Zanardi ZAN Andretti · P9 → retired L4 Andretti · retired L4 9 Andretti AND R Andretti AND Capelli · P18 → retired L2 Capelli · retired L2 18 Capelli CAP R Capelli CAP Katayama · P21 → retired L1 Katayama · retired L1 21 Katayama KAT R Katayama KAT de Cesaris · P23 → retired L0 de Cesaris · retired L0 23 de Cesaris DE R de Cesaris DE
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 2 Alain Prost Williams 1 72 1:38:45.082 10
2 8 Ayrton Senna McLaren 2 72 +1:19.824 6
3 26 Mark Blundell Ligier 8 71 +1 Lap 4
4 23 Christian Fittipaldi Minardi 13 71 +1 Lap 3
5 30 Jyrki Järvilehto Sauber 6 70 +2 Laps 2
6 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari 15 69 Engine 1
7 9 Derek Warwick Footwork 22 69 Spun off
R 25 Martin Brundle Ligier 12 57 Spun off
R 21 Michele Alboreto Lola 21 55 Overheating
R 20 Érik Comas Larrousse 19 51 Engine
R 6 Riccardo Patrese Benetton 7 46 Spun off
R 5 Michael Schumacher Benetton 3 39 Spun off
R 12 Johnny Herbert Team Lotus 17 38 Fuel system
R 29 Karl Wendlinger Sauber 10 33 Engine
R 14 Rubens Barrichello Jordan 14 31 Gearbox
R 27 Jean Alesi Ferrari 5 30 Suspension
R 19 Philippe Alliot Larrousse 11 27 Spun off
R 24 Fabrizio Barbazza Minardi 24 21 Collision
R 10 Aguri Suzuki Footwork 20 21 Collision
R 22 Luca Badoer Lola 26 20 Gearbox
R Damon Hill Williams 4 16 Collision
R 11 Alessandro Zanardi Team Lotus 16 16 Collision
R 7 Michael Andretti McLaren 9 4 Collision
R 15 Ivan Capelli Jordan 18 2 Spun off
R 3 Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell 21 1 Transmission
R 4 Andrea de Cesaris Tyrrell 23 0 Transmission
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
2 Alain Prost
2
8 Ayrton Senna
3
5 Michael Schumacher
4
Damon Hill
5
27 Jean Alesi
6
30 Jyrki Järvilehto
7
6 Riccardo Patrese
8
26 Mark Blundell
9
7 Michael Andretti
10
29 Karl Wendlinger
11
19 Philippe Alliot
12
25 Martin Brundle
13
23 Christian Fittipaldi
14
14 Rubens Barrichello
15
28 Gerhard Berger
16
11 Alessandro Zanardi
17
12 Johnny Herbert
18
15 Ivan Capelli
19
20 Érik Comas
20
10 Aguri Suzuki
21
21 Michele Alboreto
21
3 Ukyo Katayama
22
9 Derek Warwick
23
4 Andrea de Cesaris
24
24 Fabrizio Barbazza
26
22 Luca Badoer
Final grid as classified, including any pit lane starts. Source: Jolpica-F1. The arrow compares the grid slot with the qualifying classification; hover a drop to see the stewards document behind it.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2019 onwards.
Record Basis · Calculation basis
Race order is the final classification(post-race penalties applied) · qualifying session data 2003+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished statuses
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-09-05 14:15