Season 1993 in Formula 1: The fourth in Prost's legendary career

Season 1993 in Formula 1: The fourth in Prost's legendary career

After the long-awaited triumph of Nigel Mansell in 1992. with the world title and his retirement from Formula 1, Williams-Renault is forced to find an option to maintain its competitiveness. The British team sees a ray of hope in three-time world champion Alain Prost. Thus, the Frenchman, who missed the previous season due to a misunderstanding with Ferrari, gets a chance to attack the top of the world again. And with a team that knows how to win the title.

Season 1993 is marked by exceptional upgrades in terms of cars. Designers are becoming bolder and bolder in their quest to create the perfect car that is both fast and easy to drive. This gives the drivers a chance to show their true skills on the track. And yet, it allows experience to take precedence over ambitious youth. So after a year away from Formula 1, three-time world champion Alain Prost returns to teach his rivals important lessons on the road to success. The Frenchman is faultless and in addition to winning pole position in 13 of the 16 starts during the season, he also triumphed in 7 of them. Facts that definitely put him above everyone else and guarantee his fourth world title. The triumph with Williams-Renault is also the last in the career of the famous pilot. Moreover, in 1993 Prost won race #50 in Formula 1, making him the first driver to achieve such a feat. The Frenchman achieved this success for the history of the British Grand Prix. His rival Ayrton Senna finished second after winning 5 of his starts. Third is Prost's teammate Damon Hill. In 1993, Hill won his first race. This is what happens at the Hungarian Grand Prix. The future 7-time world champion Michael Schumacher recorded another successful season with the Benetton-Ford team. The German wins the Portuguese Grand Prix and ends the year fourth.

Williams-Renault won the constructors' world title for the second year in a row. However, a new challenge is coming for the British team. After in 1992 farewell to the then world champion and their driver Nigel Mansell, a year later after his triumph, Prost also announced the end of his racing career in Formula 1. So Williams-Renault is again in search of a man capable of achieving the successes of his predecessors .

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