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The 1993 South African Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Kyalami on 14 March 1993. It was the first race of the 1993 Formula One World Championship.

The race was won by Frenchman Alain Prost, driving a Williams-Renault. Prost, returning to Formula One after taking the 1992 season off, took pole position and led the last 49 laps, winning by over a minute from Brazilian Ayrton Senna in a McLaren-Ford. Briton Mark Blundell finished third in a Ligier-Renault.

The racemarked the debut of the Swiss Sauber team, who scored their first points courtesy of Finn JJ Lehto's fifth-place finish.

This was the first time since 1974 that the first race of a season did not feature the defending Drivers' Champion in the field. Defending 1992 champion Nigel Mansell had moved to race in CART for the season. Defending Constructors' Champion Williams could not use No. 1 on either of its cars. Therefore, this was the first race since the 1973 United States Grand Prix that number 0 was used.


Offical Name
Panasonic South African Grand Prix
Date
1993-03-14
Circuit
Course Length
km \ miles
Distance
72 laps, km \ miles

Timetable (GMT+2)
1993-03-12 Friday
1st Free Practice 09:30 - 10:15
1st Qualifying 13:00 - 13:45
1993-03-13 Saturday
2nd Free Practice 09:30 - 10:15
2nd Qualifying 13:00 - 13:45
1993-03-14 Sunday
Warm-up 09:30 - 10:00
Race 14:00

Podium
Pos. Driver Constructor

Pole Position
Driver Consturctor Time

Fastest Lap
Driver Constructor Fastest Lap

This race saw...
  • Driver
    • 45th win for 
    • 1st podium for 
    • 1st Grand Prix for 
    • 100th Grand Prix for 
  • Team
    • 62nd win for 
  • Engine
    • 42nd win for Renault
Data
  • Weather: Very hot with torrential thunderstorms
  • Attendance:
  • Entries: 26
  • Qualified: 26
  • Classified: 7
Post-race Drivers' Standings
Pos. Driver Points
1 10
2 6
3 4
4 3
5 2
6 1
Post-race Constructors' Standings
Pos. Constructor Points
1 10
2 6
3 4
4 3
5 2
6 1


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