Race · Round 12 of 16 · 29 August 1993

1993 Belgian Grand Prix

Damon Hill won for Williams from 2nd on the grid at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. 10 of the starters were not classified.

Dry · High of 16 °C, no rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)

How it is modelled

ERA5's reanalysis, through Open-Meteo, of the circuit's whole local day and not the race's hours, for the grid cell the circuit sits in and not the track, so a shower can be missing from it. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.

Circuit: Circuit de Spa-FrancorchampsStavelot, Belgium
Winner: Damon HillWilliams
Pole: Alain Prost
Fastest lap: Alain Prost
Entries: 2615 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Damon Hill	Williams	FW15C	2	44	Finished	10
2	Michael Schumacher	Benetton	—	3	44	Finished	6
3	Alain Prost	Williams	FW15C	1	44	Finished	4	fastest lap
4	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	MP4/8	5	44	Finished	3
5	Johnny Herbert	Team Lotus	107B	10	43	Finished	2
6	Riccardo Patrese	Benetton	—	8	43	Finished	1
7	Martin Brundle	Ligier	JS39	11	43	Finished	0
8	Michael Andretti	McLaren	MP4/8	14	43	Finished	0
9	Jyrki Järvilehto	Sauber	C12	9	43	Finished	0
10	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	F93A	16	42	Collision	0
11	Mark Blundell	Ligier	JS39	15	42	Collision	0
12	Philippe Alliot	Larrousse	LH93	18	42	Finished	0
13	Luca Badoer	Lola	T93/30	24	42	Finished	0
14	Michele Alboreto	Lola	T93/30	25	41	Finished	0
15	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell	—	23	40	Finished	0
DNF	Érik Comas	Larrousse	LH93	19	37	Fuel pump	0
DNF	Derek Warwick	Footwork	—	7	28	Engine	0
DNF	Karl Wendlinger	Sauber	C12	12	27	Engine	0
DNF	Andrea de Cesaris	Tyrrell	—	17	24	Engine	0
DNF	Christian Fittipaldi	Minardi	M193	22	15	Accident	0
DNF	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	M193	21	15	Spun off	0
DNF	Aguri Suzuki	Footwork	—	6	14	Gearbox	0
DNF	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan	193	13	11	Wheel bearing	0
DNF	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	F93A	4	4	Suspension	0
DNF	Thierry Boutsen	Jordan	193	20	0	Gearbox	0
DNS	Alex Zanardi	Team Lotus	107B	—	—	Accident in practice	0

A blank chassis is a season the team ran more than one design and no source says which car raced here.

F1DB layout spa-francorchamps-2 · 6.94 km · 19 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Damon Hill	2	1	44
Michael Schumacher	3	2	44
Alain Prost	1	3	44
Ayrton Senna	5	4	44
Johnny Herbert	10	5	43
Riccardo Patrese	8	6	43
Martin Brundle	11	7	43
Michael Andretti	14	8	43
Jyrki Järvilehto	9	9	43
Gerhard Berger	16	10	42
Mark Blundell	15	11	42
Philippe Alliot	18	12	42
Luca Badoer	24	13	42
Michele Alboreto	25	14	41
Ukyo Katayama	23	15	40
Érik Comas	19	DNF	37
Derek Warwick	7	DNF	28
Karl Wendlinger	12	DNF	27
Andrea de Cesaris	17	DNF	24
Christian Fittipaldi	22	DNF	15
Pierluigi Martini	21	DNF	15
Aguri Suzuki	6	DNF	14
Rubens Barrichello	13	DNF	11
Jean Alesi	4	DNF	4
Thierry Boutsen	20	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Alain Prost	Williams	2	1:47.571	—	0 m	—
2	Damon Hill	Williams	0	1:48.466	+0.895	58 m	+0.895
3	Michael Schumacher	Benetton	5	1:49.075	+1.504	98 m	+0.609
4	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	27	1:49.825	+2.254	147 m	+0.750
5	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	8	1:49.934	+2.363	154 m	+0.109
6	Aguri Suzuki	Footwork	10	1:50.329	+2.758	180 m	+0.395
7	Derek Warwick	Footwork	9	1:50.628	+3.057	199 m	+0.299
8	Riccardo Patrese	Benetton	6	1:51.017	+3.446	224 m	+0.389
9	Jyrki Järvilehto	Sauber	30	1:51.048	+3.477	226 m	+0.031
10	Johnny Herbert	Team Lotus	12	1:51.139	+3.568	232 m	+0.091
11	Martin Brundle	Ligier	25	1:51.350	+3.779	246 m	+0.211
12	Karl Wendlinger	Sauber	29	1:51.440	+3.869	252 m	+0.090
13	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan	14	1:51.711	+4.140	270 m	+0.271
14	Michael Andretti	McLaren	7	1:51.833	+4.262	278 m	+0.122
15	Mark Blundell	Ligier	26	1:51.916	+4.345	283 m	+0.083
16	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	28	1:52.080	+4.509	294 m	+0.164
17	Andrea de Cesaris	Tyrrell	4	1:52.647	+5.076	331 m	+0.567
18	Philippe Alliot	Larrousse	19	1:52.907	+5.336	347 m	+0.260
19	Érik Comas	Larrousse	20	1:53.186	+5.615	366 m	+0.279
20	Thierry Boutsen	Jordan	15	1:53.465	+5.894	384 m	+0.279
21	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	24	1:53.526	+5.955	388 m	+0.061
22	Christian Fittipaldi	Minardi	23	1:53.942	+6.371	415 m	+0.416
23	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell	3	1:54.551	+6.980	454 m	+0.609
24	Luca Badoer	Lola	22	1:54.978	+7.407	482 m	+0.427
25	Michele Alboreto	Lola	21	1:55.965	+8.394	547 m	+0.987

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Pit stops

Pit stops are recorded from 1994. F1DB, the source of every stop here, holds none before then, so this race has no stints to draw.

Practice sessions Practice 1 · Practice 2 · Warm-up

Practice 1

Practice 1
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Alain Prost	Williams	2	1:49.504	—	0 m	—	—
2	Damon Hill	Williams	0	1:51.802	+2.298	147 m	+2.298	—
3	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	8	1:52.748	+3.244	207 m	+0.946	—
4	Michael Schumacher	Benetton	5	1:52.931	+3.427	219 m	+0.183	—
5	Aguri Suzuki	Footwork	10	1:53.644	+4.140	265 m	+0.713	—
6	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	27	1:53.758	+4.254	272 m	+0.114	—
7	Derek Warwick	Footwork	9	1:54.692	+5.188	332 m	+0.934	—
8	Mark Blundell	Ligier	26	1:54.754	+5.250	336 m	+0.062	—
9	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan	14	1:54.896	+5.392	345 m	+0.142	—
10	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	28	1:54.976	+5.472	350 m	+0.080	—
11	Martin Brundle	Ligier	25	1:54.980	+5.476	350 m	+0.004	—
12	Michael Andretti	McLaren	7	1:55.056	+5.552	355 m	+0.076	—
13	Riccardo Patrese	Benetton	6	1:55.257	+5.753	368 m	+0.201	—
14	Andrea de Cesaris	Tyrrell	4	1:55.334	+5.830	373 m	+0.077	—
15	Johnny Herbert	Team Lotus	12	1:55.437	+5.933	379 m	+0.103	—
16	Jyrki Järvilehto	Sauber	30	1:55.539	+6.035	386 m	+0.102	—
17	Karl Wendlinger	Sauber	29	1:55.584	+6.080	389 m	+0.045	—
18	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	24	1:56.004	+6.500	416 m	+0.420	—
19	Philippe Alliot	Larrousse	19	1:56.963	+7.459	477 m	+0.959	—
20	Thierry Boutsen	Jordan	15	1:57.381	+7.877	504 m	+0.418	—
21	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell	3	1:57.726	+8.222	526 m	+0.345	—
22	Érik Comas	Larrousse	20	1:57.859	+8.355	534 m	+0.133	—
23	Christian Fittipaldi	Minardi	23	1:57.979	+8.475	542 m	+0.120	—
24	Luca Badoer	Lola	22	1:58.272	+8.768	561 m	+0.293	—
25	Michele Alboreto	Lola	21	1:58.577	+9.073	580 m	+0.305	—
26	Alex Zanardi	Team Lotus	11	2:05.188	+15.684	1,003 m	+6.611	—

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Practice 2

Practice 2
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Alain Prost	Williams	2	1:49.460	—	0 m	—	—
2	Michael Schumacher	Benetton	5	1:50.144	+0.684	44 m	+0.684	—
3	Aguri Suzuki	Footwork	10	1:50.683	+1.223	78 m	+0.539	—
4	Damon Hill	Williams	0	1:50.818	+1.358	87 m	+0.135	—
5	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	8	1:51.194	+1.734	111 m	+0.376	—
6	Karl Wendlinger	Sauber	29	1:51.710	+2.250	144 m	+0.516	—
7	Derek Warwick	Footwork	9	1:51.914	+2.454	157 m	+0.204	—
8	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	27	1:51.960	+2.500	160 m	+0.046	—
9	Mark Blundell	Ligier	26	1:51.984	+2.524	162 m	+0.024	—
10	Jyrki Järvilehto	Sauber	30	1:52.014	+2.554	163 m	+0.030	—
11	Andrea de Cesaris	Tyrrell	4	1:52.016	+2.556	164 m	+0.002	—
12	Riccardo Patrese	Benetton	6	1:52.332	+2.872	184 m	+0.316	—
13	Martin Brundle	Ligier	25	1:52.370	+2.910	186 m	+0.038	—
14	Johnny Herbert	Team Lotus	12	1:52.458	+2.998	192 m	+0.088	—
15	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	28	1:53.130	+3.670	235 m	+0.672	—
16	Michael Andretti	McLaren	7	1:53.695	+4.235	271 m	+0.565	—
17	Érik Comas	Larrousse	20	1:54.004	+4.544	291 m	+0.309	—
18	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	24	1:54.050	+4.590	294 m	+0.046	—
19	Philippe Alliot	Larrousse	19	1:54.087	+4.627	296 m	+0.037	—
20	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan	14	1:54.862	+5.402	346 m	+0.775	—
21	Christian Fittipaldi	Minardi	23	1:55.036	+5.576	357 m	+0.174	—
22	Thierry Boutsen	Jordan	15	1:55.153	+5.693	364 m	+0.117	—
23	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell	3	1:55.209	+5.749	368 m	+0.056	—
24	Luca Badoer	Lola	22	1:55.872	+6.412	410 m	+0.663	—
25	Michele Alboreto	Lola	21	1:57.100	+7.640	489 m	+1.228	—

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Warm-up

Warm-up
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Damon Hill	Williams	0	1:53.194	—	0 m	—	—
2	Michael Schumacher	Benetton	5	1:53.557	+0.363	22 m	+0.363	—
3	Alain Prost	Williams	2	1:54.574	+1.380	85 m	+1.017	—
4	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	8	1:54.802	+1.608	99 m	+0.228	—
5	Martin Brundle	Ligier	25	1:55.404	+2.210	137 m	+0.602	—
6	Jyrki Järvilehto	Sauber	30	1:55.550	+2.356	146 m	+0.146	—
7	Johnny Herbert	Team Lotus	12	1:56.315	+3.121	193 m	+0.765	—
8	Michael Andretti	McLaren	7	1:56.525	+3.331	206 m	+0.210	—
9	Karl Wendlinger	Sauber	29	1:56.668	+3.474	215 m	+0.143	—
10	Aguri Suzuki	Footwork	10	1:56.713	+3.519	218 m	+0.045	—
11	Derek Warwick	Footwork	9	1:56.720	+3.526	218 m	+0.007	—
12	Mark Blundell	Ligier	26	1:56.782	+3.588	222 m	+0.062	—
13	Andrea de Cesaris	Tyrrell	4	1:56.793	+3.599	223 m	+0.011	—
14	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	28	1:57.118	+3.924	243 m	+0.325	—
15	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan	14	1:57.197	+4.003	248 m	+0.079	—
16	Riccardo Patrese	Benetton	6	1:57.440	+4.246	263 m	+0.243	—
17	Christian Fittipaldi	Minardi	23	1:57.498	+4.304	266 m	+0.058	—
18	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	27	1:58.031	+4.837	299 m	+0.533	—
19	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	24	1:58.045	+4.851	300 m	+0.014	—
20	Philippe Alliot	Larrousse	19	1:58.279	+5.085	315 m	+0.234	—
21	Érik Comas	Larrousse	20	1:58.643	+5.449	337 m	+0.364	—
22	Thierry Boutsen	Jordan	15	1:59.072	+5.878	364 m	+0.429	—
23	Luca Badoer	Lola	22	1:59.700	+6.506	403 m	+0.628	—
24	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell	3	1:59.792	+6.598	408 m	+0.092	—
25	Michele Alboreto	Lola	21	2:01.245	+8.051	498 m	+1.453	—

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

The cars in this race

The photograph each car's Wikipedia article leads with, from Wikimedia Commons: taken wherever and whenever that was, not necessarily at this race.

A photograph marked unchecked has a file name that does not name the car it is shown for. Most are still the right car, filed under the driver rather than the machine — but nobody has confirmed these one by one.

4 more photographs

Where this comes from

Round: 12 of 1993
Grand Prix: Belgian Grand Prix
Dates: 29 Aug 1993
Layout raced: Modern circuit · 7.004 km · 19 turns
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Williams
Entrant: Williams-Renault
Confidence: reference

The layout raced and its figures are this register’s, from its own sources; the figures under the race’s drawing are F1DB’s, and at some circuits the two disagree.