Season 1993 · Round 15

Japanese Grand Prix

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1993-10-24 · Suzuka Circuit · Japan · Japanese Grand Prix · 53Lap · 310.580km
8 Ayrton Senna
McLaren 1:40:27.912
Team win 14pt P1 · P3 1-3
2 Alain Prost
Williams +11.435
7 Mika Häkkinen
McLaren +26.129
Fastest Lap
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DNF
9
Riccardo Patrese L45 Gerhard Berger L40 Aguri Suzuki L28 Ukyo Katayama L26 Karl Wendlinger L25 Érik Comas L17 Michael Schumacher L10 Jean Alesi L7 Andrea de Cesaris L0
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Michael Schumacher active 6 wins
Pole-to-win rate 20/36 55.6%
Most SC/VSC · all-time P14
Closest finish · all-time P27
Most lead changes · all-time P1
Circuit Info
Suzuka Circuit Suzuka, Japan
53Lap 310.580km 36 races held (1987–) Lap record 1:30.965 · Andrea Kimi Antonelli (2025)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P1 Michael Schumacher 6 wins · GP #1
P5 Gerhard Berger 2 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -2
P5 Ayrton Senna 2 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -2
Starts
P2 Michael Schumacher 19 starts · → Fernando Alonso -3
P2 Rubens Barrichello 19 starts · → Fernando Alonso -3
P11 Jean Alesi 13 starts · → Sebastian Vettel -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 L53 Senna · P2 → P1 · +1 2 Senna SEN 1 Senna SEN Prost · P1 → P2 · -1 1 Prost PRO 2 Prost PRO Häkkinen · P3 → P3 3 Häkkinen HÄK 3 Häkkinen HÄK Hill · P6 → P4 · +2 6 Hill HIL 4 Hill HIL Barrichello · P12 → P5 · +7 12 Barrichello BAR 5 Barrichello BAR Irvine · P8 → P6 · +2 8 Irvine IRV 6 Irvine IRV Blundell · P17 → P7 · +10 17 Blundell BLU 7 Blundell BLU Järvilehto · P11 → P8 · +3 11 Järvilehto JÄR 8 Järvilehto JÄR Brundle · P15 → P9 · +6 15 Brundle BRU 9 Brundle BRU Martini · P22 → P10 · +12 22 Martini MAR 10 Martini MAR Herbert · P19 → P11 · +8 19 Herbert HER 11 Herbert HER Suzuki · P23 → P12 · +11 23 Suzuki SUZ 12 Suzuki SUZ Lamy · P20 → P13 · +7 20 Lamy LAM 13 Lamy LAM Warwick · P7 → P14 · -7 7 Warwick WAR 14 Warwick WAR Patrese · P10 → retired L45 Patrese · retired L45 10 Patrese PAT R Patrese PAT Berger · P5 → retired L40 Berger · retired L40 5 Berger BER R Berger BER Suzuki · P9 → retired L28 Suzuki · retired L28 9 Suzuki SUZ R Suzuki SUZ Gounon · P13 → P18 · -5 13 Gounon GOU 18 Gounon GOU Katayama · P24 → retired L26 Katayama · retired L26 24 Katayama KAT R Katayama KAT Wendlinger · P16 → retired L25 Wendlinger · retired L25 16 Wendlinger WEN R Wendlinger WEN Comas · P21 → retired L17 Comas · retired L17 21 Comas COM R Comas COM Schumacher · P4 → retired L10 Schumacher · retired L10 4 Schumacher MSC R Schumacher MSC Alesi · P14 → retired L7 Alesi · retired L7 14 Alesi ALE R Alesi ALE de Cesaris · P18 → retired L0 de Cesaris · retired L0 18 de Cesaris DE R de Cesaris DE
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 8 Ayrton Senna McLaren 2 53 1:40:27.912 10
2 2 Alain Prost Williams 1 53 +11.435 6
3 7 Mika Häkkinen McLaren 3 53 +26.129 4
4 Damon Hill Williams 6 53 +1:23.538 3
5 14 Rubens Barrichello Jordan 12 53 +1:35.101 2
6 15 Eddie Irvine Jordan 8 53 +1:46.421 1
7 26 Mark Blundell Ligier 17 52 +1 Lap
8 30 Jyrki Järvilehto Sauber 11 52 +1 Lap
9 25 Martin Brundle Ligier 15 51 Collision
10 24 Pierluigi Martini Minardi 22 51 +2 Laps
11 12 Johnny Herbert Team Lotus 19 51 +2 Laps
12 19 Toshio Suzuki Larrousse 23 51 +2 Laps
13 11 Pedro Lamy Team Lotus 20 49 Spun off
14 9 Derek Warwick Footwork 7 48 Collision
R 6 Riccardo Patrese Benetton 10 45 Spun off
R 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari 5 40 Engine
R 10 Aguri Suzuki Footwork 9 28 Spun off
W 23 Jean-Marc Gounon Minardi 13 26 Withdrew
R 3 Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell 24 26 Engine
R 29 Karl Wendlinger Sauber 16 25 Engine
R 20 Érik Comas Larrousse 21 17 Engine
R 5 Michael Schumacher Benetton 4 10 Collision
R 27 Jean Alesi Ferrari 14 7 Engine
R 4 Andrea de Cesaris Tyrrell 18 0 Collision
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
2 Alain Prost
2
8 Ayrton Senna
3
7 Mika Häkkinen
4
5 Michael Schumacher
5
28 Gerhard Berger
6
Damon Hill
7
9 Derek Warwick
8
15 Eddie Irvine
9
10 Aguri Suzuki
10
6 Riccardo Patrese
11
30 Jyrki Järvilehto
12
14 Rubens Barrichello
13
23 Jean-Marc Gounon
14
27 Jean Alesi
15
25 Martin Brundle
16
29 Karl Wendlinger
17
26 Mark Blundell
18
4 Andrea de Cesaris
19
12 Johnny Herbert
20
11 Pedro Lamy
21
20 Érik Comas
22
24 Pierluigi Martini
23
19 Toshio Suzuki
24
3 Ukyo Katayama
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.
No data for this session.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2012 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
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