1993 French Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 8 of 16 in the 1993 Formula One season | |||
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| Date | 4 July 1993 | ||
| Location | Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny-Cours, France | ||
| Course | Permanent circuit | ||
| Course length | 4.250 km (2.651 mi) | ||
| Distance | 72 laps, 306.000 km (190.892 mi mi) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Williams-Renault | ||
| Time | 1:14.382 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Michael Schumacher
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Benetton-Ford | |
| Time | 1:19.256 on lap 47 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Williams-Renault | ||
| Second | Williams-Renault | ||
| Third | Benetton-Ford | ||
The 1993 French Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Magny-Cours on 4 July 1993. The race was the eighth round of the 1993 Formula One season and was contested over 72 laps. It was won by Williams driver, and home favourite, Alain Prost, who extended his lead in the Drivers' Championship; his team-mate Damon Hill was second, and Michael Schumacher completed the podium for Benetton. The race was also the last for Fabrizio Barbazza.
With local hero Prost taking pole in all of the previous seven races, there was a massive turnout for qualifying where the Williams were usually dominant. The Williams did take 1-2 in qualifying, but it was Hill who took his first Formula One pole ahead of Prost. The Ligier team, in its home race, filled the second row with Martin Brundle ahead of Mark Blundell, and thus completed a 1-2-3-4 for Renault-powered cars. Ayrton Senna in the McLaren and Jean Alesi in the Ferrari were on the third row, Schumacher in the Benetton and Rubens Barrichello in the Jordan made up the fourth, and the Larrousse team, also contesting its home race, took up the fifth with Érik Comas ahead of Philippe Alliot.
At the start, the top 5 stayed the same while Schumacher got ahead of Alesi. Hill led from Prost, Brundle, Blundell, Senna and Schumacher.
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