Alain Prost took his fourth and final World Championship for Williams-Renault, scoring 99 points across 16 races. The FW15C was an electronics laboratory on wheels: active suspension, traction control, ABS, launch control and semi-automatic gearbox — the apotheosis of a technology arms race the FIA would ban for 1994.

Donington, Eleven Minutes

Ayrton Senna's first lap at Donington Park, in the rain, is the drive everyone remembers from 1993. From fifth on the grid, in a McLaren-Ford down on power, he passed Wendlinger, Schumacher, Hill and Prost before turn one of lap two. He won the European Grand Prix by over a minute and lapped everyone up to second place. His five wins (Brazil, Donington, Monaco, Japan, Adelaide) in an underpowered customer Ford HB were a season-long masterclass. Monaco was his record sixth win in the Principality — a mark only equalled by Michael Schumacher with entirely different dominance.

Williams Internal, Hill Arrives

Damon Hill, promoted from test driver to replace Mansell, won three in a row at Hungary, Belgium and Italy — announcing himself as a future title contender. Team orders at Williams sided clearly with Prost, and Hill accepted his role until mid-season when his pace forced the team to let him race. Prost announced his retirement at Estoril, having clinched the title.

The End of an Era

Adelaide was Ayrton Senna's last Formula One victory. On the podium, he asked Prost to join him — a rare gesture after years of hostility. Four months later Senna would be dead at Imola, wearing Williams colours. The 1993 car had been his dream seat; the FW16 that replaced it, stripped of its electronics, would kill him. Schumacher took a single win for Benetton-Ford (Portugal). The season closed with Williams's 168 constructors' points against McLaren's 84, and a sport about to tear itself apart at Tamburello.

Race Calendar

Rnd	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date	Winner
01	South African GP Kyalami	Kyalami	14 Mar 1993	ProstWilliams
02	Brazilian GP Autódromo José Carlos Pace	Autódromo José Carlos Pace	28 Mar 1993	SennaMcLaren
03	European GP Donington Park	Donington Park	11 Apr 1993	SennaMcLaren
04	San Marino GP Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	25 Apr 1993	ProstWilliams
05	Spanish GP Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	9 May 1993	ProstWilliams
06	Monaco GP Circuit de Monaco	Circuit de Monaco	23 May 1993	SennaMcLaren
07	Canadian GP Circuit Gilles Villeneuve	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve	13 Jun 1993	ProstWilliams
08	French GP Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	4 Jul 1993	ProstWilliams
09	British GP Silverstone Circuit	Silverstone Circuit	11 Jul 1993	ProstWilliams
10	German GP Hockenheimring	Hockenheimring	25 Jul 1993	ProstWilliams
11	Hungarian GP Hungaroring	Hungaroring	15 Aug 1993	HillWilliams
12	Belgian GP Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	29 Aug 1993	HillWilliams
13	Italian GP Autodromo Nazionale di Monza	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza	12 Sept 1993	HillWilliams
14	Portuguese GP Autódromo do Estoril	Autódromo do Estoril	26 Sept 1993	SchumacherBenetton
15	Japanese GP Suzuka Circuit	Suzuka Circuit	24 Oct 1993	SennaMcLaren
16	Australian GP Adelaide Street Circuit	Adelaide Street Circuit	7 Nov 1993	SennaMcLaren

P	Driver	Pts	W
	Alain Prost	99	7
2	Ayrton Senna	73	5
3	Damon Hill	69	3
4	Michael Schumacher	52	1
5	Riccardo Patrese	20	0
6	Jean Alesi	16	0
7	Martin Brundle	13	0
8	Gerhard Berger	12	0
9	Johnny Herbert	11	0
10	Mark Blundell	10	0
11	Michael Andretti	7	0
12	Karl Wendlinger	7	0
13	Jyrki Järvilehto	5	0
14	Christian Fittipaldi	5	0
15	Mika Häkkinen	4	0
16	Derek Warwick	4	0
17	Philippe Alliot	2	0
18	Rubens Barrichello	2	0
19	Fabrizio Barbazza	2	0
20	Alessandro Zanardi	1	0

Data via Jolpica/Ergast · Telemetry not available