The 1993 Canadian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on 13 June 1993. It was the seventh race of the 1993 Formula One World Championship. The 69-lap race was won from pole position by Alain Prost, driving a Williams-Renault, with Michael Schumacher second in a Benetton-Ford and Prost's teammate Damon Hill third. This was the last Formula One race to feature BBC commentary from James Hunt before his death aged 45. He was replaced by Jonathan Palmer partnering Murray Walker.
Report
Qualifying There was a two by two formation in qualifying in Canada as the Williams were ahead of the Benettons and the Ferraris. Prost took pole ahead of Hill, Schumacher, Patrese, Berger and Alesi. Uncharacteristically, Senna was down in 8th.
Race At the start, Hill beat Prost away, while the Benettons were slow and were passed by Berger and Senna (who had already got ahead of Brundle and then Alesi). Hill was leading Prost, Berger, Senna, Schumacher and Patrese.
Senna passed Berger for third on lap 2. On lap 6, Prost took the lead from Hill. Soon afterwards, Schumacher passed Berger with Patrese following him through five laps later. The order stabilised at: Prost, Hill, Senna, Schumacher, Patrese and Berger.
During the mid-race stops, Hill had a problem and dropped behind Senna and Schumacher. Schumacher now set off after Senna. Senna's alternator eventually gave out and he retired from the race. Prost won ahead of Schumacher, Hill, Berger, Brundle and Wendlinger.
Classification
Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap 1 2 Alain Prost Williams-Renault 1:18.987 1:19.135 2 0 Damon Hill Williams-Renault 1:19.491 1:20.145 +0.504 3 5 Michael Schumacher Benetton-Ford 1:20.808 1:20.945 +1.821 4 6 Riccardo Patrese Benetton-Ford 1:20.948 1:23.268 +1.961 5 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari 1:21.278 1:21.513 +2.291 6 27 Jean Alesi Ferrari 1:21.414 1:21.660 +2.427 7 25 Martin Brundle Ligier-Renault 1:21.603 1:22.026 +2.616 8 8 Ayrton Senna McLaren-Ford 1:21.706 1:21.891 +2.719 9 29 Karl Wendlinger Sauber 1:21.936 1:21.813 +2.826 10 26 Mark Blundell Ligier-Renault 1:22.097 1:22.622 +3.110 11 30 JJ Lehto Sauber 1:22.198 1:22.428 +3.211 12 7 Michael Andretti McLaren-Ford 1:22.751 1:22.229 +3.242 13 20 Érik Comas Larrousse-Lamborghini 1:22.263 1:22.977 +3.276 14 14 Rubens Barrichello Jordan-Hart 1:23.152 1:22.509 +3.522 15 19 Philippe Alliot Larrousse-Lamborghini 1:22.983 1:22.819 +3.832 16 10 Aguri Suzuki Footwork-Mugen-Honda 1:22.891 1:22.999 +3.904 17 23 Christian Fittipaldi Minardi-Ford 1:24.559 1:23.119 +4.132 18 9 Derek Warwick Footwork-Mugen-Honda 1:23.518 1:23.185 +4.198 19 4 Andrea de Cesaris Tyrrell-Yamaha 1:23.268 1:23.185 +4.198 20 12 Johnny Herbert Lotus-Ford 1:23.341 1:23.223 +4.236 21 11 Alessandro Zanardi Lotus-Ford 1:23.240 1:25.027 +4.253 22 3 Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell-Yamaha 1:24.391 1:23.824 +4.837 23 24 Fabrizio Barbazza Minardi-Ford 1:23.946 1:24.375 +4.959 24 15 Thierry Boutsen Jordan-Hart 1:24.632 1:23.960 +4.973 25 22 Luca Badoer Lola-Ferrari 1:25.212 1:24.357 +5.370 21 Michele Alboreto Lola-Ferrari 1:24.382 1:24.391 +5.395 Sources:
Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 2 Alain Prost Williams-Renault 69 1:36:41.822 1 10 2 5 Michael Schumacher Benetton-Ford 69 + 14.527 3 6 3 0 Damon Hill Williams-Renault 69 + 52.685 2 4 4 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari 68 + 1 Lap 5 3 5 25 Martin Brundle Ligier-Renault 68 + 1 Lap 7 2 6 29 Karl Wendlinger Sauber 68 + 1 Lap 9 1 7 30 JJ Lehto Sauber 68 + 1 Lap 11 8 20 Érik Comas Larrousse-Lamborghini 68 + 1 Lap 13 9 23 Christian Fittipaldi Minardi-Ford 67 + 2 Laps 17 10 12 Johnny Herbert Lotus-Ford 67 + 2 Laps 20 11 11 Alessandro Zanardi Lotus-Ford 67 + 2 Laps 21 12 15 Thierry Boutsen Jordan-Hart 67 + 2 Laps 24 13 10 Aguri Suzuki Footwork-Mugen-Honda 66 + 3 Laps 16 14 7 Michael Andretti McLaren-Ford 66 + 3 Laps 12 15 22 Luca Badoer Lola-Ferrari 65 + 4 Laps 25 16 9 Derek Warwick Footwork-Mugen-Honda 65 + 4 Laps 18 17 3 Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell-Yamaha 64 + 5 Laps 22 18 8 Ayrton Senna McLaren-Ford 62 Electrical 8 6 Riccardo Patrese Benetton-Ford 52 Physical 4 4 Andrea de Cesaris Tyrrell-Yamaha 45 Spun off 19 24 Fabrizio Barbazza Minardi-Ford 33 Gearbox 23 27 Jean Alesi Ferrari 23 Engine 6 26 Mark Blundell Ligier-Renault 13 Spun off 10 14 Rubens Barrichello Jordan-Hart 10 Electrical 14 19 Philippe Alliot Larrousse-Lamborghini 8 Engine 15
Championship standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings PosDriverPoints 1 1 Alain Prost 47 1 2 Ayrton Senna 42 3 Damon Hill 22 4 Michael Schumacher 20 3 5 Martin Brundle 7Source:
Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Williams-Renault 69 2 McLaren-Ford 44 3 Benetton-Ford 25 4 Ligier-Renault 13 2 5 Ferrari 9Source:
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