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Ayrton Senna won the 1993 Monaco Grand Prix

Ayrton Senna won the 1993 Monaco Grand Prix for McLaren, ahead of Damon Hill and Jean Alesi at Circuit de Monaco.

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Race recap

Winner
Ayrton Senna
Team
McLaren
Top listed
Ayrton Senna, Damon Hill, and Jean Alesi
Race date
May 23, 1993
Pole
Alain Prost
Fastest lap
Alain Prost
Classified drivers
26
Circuit
Circuit de Monaco

The decisive result

Ayrton Senna finished first for McLaren. Damon Hill is listed 2 for Williams, with Jean Alesi 3 for Ferrari.

Grid to finish

Fabrizio Barbazza from P25 to P11 (+14), Alex Zanardi from P20 to P7 (+13), and Christian Fittipaldi from P17 to P5 (+12) 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 6 +2 laps, 3 Engine, 3 Finished, 2 +3 laps, and 2 Gearbox. Alain Prost holds the fastest-lap entry at 1:23.604 on lap 52. 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 SennaMcLaren1:52:10.94710
2Damon HillWilliams1:53:03.0656
3Jean AlesiFerrari1:53:14.3094
4Alain ProstWilliams+1 lap3
5Christian FittipaldiMinardi+2 laps2
6Martin BrundleLigier+2 laps1
7Alex ZanardiTeam Lotus+2 laps0
8Michael AndrettiMcLaren+2 laps0
9Rubens BarrichelloJordan+2 laps0
10Andrea de CesarisTyrrell+2 laps0
11Fabrizio BarbazzaMinardi+3 laps0
12Philippe AlliotLarrousse+3 laps0
13Karl WendlingerSauber+4 laps0
14Gerhard BergerFerrariCollision0
DNFJohnny HerbertTeam LotusGearbox0
DNFRiccardo PatreseBenettonEngine0
DNFÉrik ComasLarrousseEngine0
DNFAguri SuzukiFootworkSpun off0
DNFDerek WarwickFootworkThrottle0
DNFMichael SchumacherBenettonHydraulics0