1993 British Grand Prix

With Nigel Mansell now racing Indycars in America, British racing fans had taken Damon Hill to their hearts. Williams took 1–2 in qualifying with Prost on pole ahead of Hill, Schumacher, Ayrton Senna, Patrese and Martin Brundle.

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.

Damon Hill was leading when his engine blew on lap 42.

Gradually Prost closed up on Hill, narrowing the gap to three seconds after the mid-race pit stops. Then, Luca Badoer 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, Johnny Herbert, Senna (who was classified fifth) and Derek Warwick.

Complimenting the Lotus team on Herbert's fourth-place finish, Murray Walker closed his broadcast with the words "Lotus are back!". As it turned out, the team only scored points once more.

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Alain Prost 67 2 Ayrton Senna 47 3 Michael Schumacher 30 4 Damon Hill 28 5 Martin Brundle 9 Source: [3]

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Williams-Renault 95 2 McLaren-Ford 50 3 Benetton-Ford 39 4 Ligier-Renault 15 5 Lotus-Ford 10 Source: [3]

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

• Henry, Alan (1993). AUTOCOURSE 1993–94. Hazleton Publishing. ISBN 1-874557-15-2.