The 1993 British Grand Prix was a

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motor race held at Silverstone on 11 July 1993. It was the ninth race of the 1993 Formula One World Championship. The 59-lap race was won from pole position by

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, driving a Williams-

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. It was Prost's sixth victory of the season and the 50th of his Formula One career.

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finished second in a Benetton-

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, with teammate

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third. This was the second race of 1993 to be held in Britain, after the

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at Donington Park three months earlier. The next time Britain would host two races in a single season would be in , when Silverstone hosted both the

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and the

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Report

With Nigel Mansell now racing Indycars in America, British racing fans had taken

Damon Hill Damon Graham Devereux Hill, (born 17 September 1960) is a British former professional racing driver from England and the 1996 Formula One World Champion. He is the son of Graham Hill, and, along with Nico Rosberg, one of two sons of a Formula ...

to their hearts. Williams took 1–2 in qualifying with Prost on pole ahead of Hill, Schumacher,

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, Patrese and

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. At the start, Hill took the lead from Prost, who was also passed by Senna. Michael Andretti in the other McLaren spun off at Copse on the first lap, while Hill pulled away at the front, and Senna held up both Prost and Schumacher. Prost finally passed Senna on lap 7 but Hill was already five seconds up the road. On lap 13, Schumacher passed Senna for third and pulled away as the order settled down. Gradually Prost closed up on Hill, narrowing the gap to three seconds after the mid-race pit stops. Then,

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crashed, bringing out the Safety Car and reducing the gap between Hill and Prost to nothing. The Safety Car came in on lap 40, before Hill's engine blew two laps later. Brundle's gearbox failed on lap 54 when he was fourth. Finally, on the last lap, Senna's car ran out of fuel. Prost took his 50th Grand Prix win ahead of Schumacher, Patrese,

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, Senna (who was classified fifth) and

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. Complimenting the Lotus team on Herbert's fourth-place finish,

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closed his broadcast with the words "Lotus are back!". As it turned out, the team only scored points once more.

Classification

Qualifying

Race

Championship standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings ;Constructors' Championship standings *

References

* {{F1GP 90-99

British Grand Prix

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