The 1993 Formula One season was the 44th FIA Formula One World Championship season. It commenced on March 14, 1993 and ended on November 7 after sixteen races. Alain Prost won his fourth Drivers' world championship, and his Williams team retained their Constructors' world title.
1993 saw a major shake-up of drivers, especially among the top teams. Across the grid a number of experienced drivers retired or moved to other series and new faces emerg...
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The 1993 Formula One season was the 44th FIA Formula One World Championship season. It commenced on March 14, 1993 and ended on November 7 after sixteen races. Alain Prost won his fourth Drivers' world championship, and his Williams team retained their Constructors' world title.
1993 saw a major shake-up of drivers, especially among the top teams. Across the grid a number of experienced drivers retired or moved to other series and new faces emerged.
In all, only seven drivers who lined up on the grid in South Africa were with the same team they had been with the previous year: Schumacher, Senna, Alesi, Johnny Herbert at Lotus, Andrea de Cesaris for Tyrrell, Aguri Suzuki and Christian Fittipaldi at Minardi.
The worldwide recession in the early 1990s had taken its toll: the March and Fondmetal teams had folded in the off-season, while the Brabham and Andrea Moda Formula teams had failed to complete the 1992 season, so the number of drivers and teams overall had reduced, down to 30...
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