Ayrton Senna's final career win, Alain Prost's last race, and the last F1 event with active suspension and electronic driver aids before a seven-season ban.
Key Facts
- Race laps
- 79 laps
- Senna career wins
- 41st and final victory
- Patrese career starts
- 256 Grands Prix (then-record)
- Championship round
- 16th and final race of 1993 season
- McLaren constructor wins
- Surpassed Ferrari as most wins in F1
- Last Lamborghini V12 in F1
- Larrousse LH93
By the Numbers
Location
Cause → Event → Consequence
The 1993 Formula One World Championship reached its final round at Adelaide, with Ayrton Senna set to leave McLaren for Williams and Alain Prost announcing his retirement from racing. The circuit hosted the finale of a season defined by Williams-Renault dominance and ongoing debate over electronic driver aids.
On 7 November 1993, Senna drove a McLaren-Ford to pole position and led the 79-lap race from start to finish, winning ahead of Prost in a Williams-Renault and Damon Hill in the other Williams. The race was the final F1 appearance for both Prost and Patrese, and the last to feature active suspension, electronic driver aids, and a Lamborghini V12-powered car.
Senna's win proved to be the last of his career, as he died at Imola in 1994. The FIA banned active suspension and electronic driver aids for seven seasons starting in 1994. McLaren briefly surpassed Ferrari in constructor wins, and Brazilian drivers would not win again in F1 until Rubens Barrichello at the 2000 German Grand Prix.
Result
at Adelaide Street Circuit, Adelaide