Damon Hill claimed his first Formula One victory, becoming the first son of a Formula One World Champion to win a race.
Key Facts
- Race distance
- 77 laps
- Championship round
- 11th race of 1993 season
- Winner
- Damon Hill (Williams-Renault)
- Runner-up
- Riccardo Patrese (Benetton-Ford)
- Third place
- Gerhard Berger (Ferrari)
- Pole position
- Alain Prost (Williams-Renault)
Location
Cause → Event → Consequence
Damon Hill had retired from the lead in each of the two preceding races, leaving him without a Grand Prix victory despite competitive machinery. At Hungary, championship leader and teammate Alain Prost took pole but stalled on the warm-up lap and was forced to start from the back, then lost further time to a faulty rear wing.
The 1993 Hungarian Grand Prix was run over 77 laps at the Hungaroring on 15 August 1993. Hill led and converted the race into victory for Williams-Renault, with Patrese second and Berger third. Derek Warwick finished fourth, scoring his final Formula One championship points.
Hill's win made him the first son of a Formula One World Champion to win a race, launching a career that would culminate in the 1996 drivers' title. Patrese's second place proved to be his final podium, and Warwick's fourth was his last points finish, marking the end of an era for both veterans.