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Ayrton Senna won the 1993 European Grand Prix

Ayrton Senna won the 1993 European Grand Prix for McLaren, ahead of Damon Hill and Alain Prost at Donington Park.

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Race recap

Winner
Ayrton Senna
Team
McLaren
Top listed
Ayrton Senna, Damon Hill, and Alain Prost
Race date
April 11, 1993
Pole
Alain Prost
Fastest lap
Ayrton Senna
Classified drivers
26
Circuit
Donington Park

The decisive result

Ayrton Senna finished first for McLaren. Damon Hill is listed 2 for Williams, with Alain Prost 3 for Williams.

Grid to finish

Fabrizio Barbazza from P20 to P6 (+14), Michele Alboreto from P24 to P11 (+13), and Christian Fittipaldi from P16 to P7 (+9) recorded the largest positive grid-to-finish changes in the classification. Alain Prost started from the listed P1 grid position.

Status and fastest lap

The classification lists 4 Gearbox, 3 Collision, 3 Spun off, 2 +1 lap, and 2 +2 laps. Ayrton Senna holds the fastest-lap entry at 1:18.029 on lap 57. It records the result without speculating about incidents or strategy.

This summary sticks to the classification and does not speculate about incidents, strategy, weather, or causes. Source: F1DB (CC BY 4.0) · updated Jul 26, 2026.

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Race classification
PosDriverConstructorTime / statusPoints
1Ayrton SennaMcLaren1:50:46.57010
2Damon HillWilliams1:52:09.7696
3Alain ProstWilliams+1 lap4
4Johnny HerbertTeam Lotus+1 lap3
5Riccardo PatreseBenetton+2 laps2
6Fabrizio BarbazzaMinardi+2 laps1
7Christian FittipaldiMinardi+3 laps0
8Alex ZanardiTeam Lotus+4 laps0
9Érik ComasLarrousse+4 laps0
10Rubens BarrichelloJordanFuel pressure0
11Michele AlboretoLola+6 laps0
DNFDerek WarwickFootworkGearbox0
DNFThierry BoutsenJordanThrottle0
DNFAndrea de CesarisTyrrellGearbox0
DNFJean AlesiFerrariGearbox0
DNFAguri SuzukiFootworkGearbox0
DNFPhilippe AlliotLarrousseCollision0
DNFMichael SchumacherBenettonSpun off0
DNFMark BlundellLigierSpun off0
DNFGerhard BergerFerrariSuspension0