The contrasting fortunes of 1993's bottom six F1 teams

In the first of a series of features looking back at the 1993 motorsport season 30 years on, we examine the fortunes of the six teams at the rear of the Formula 1 grid. From gaudy colour schemes to arguably the shortest F1 career of all time, there was plenty of intrigue among the battle not to finish last

Updated Nov 13, 2023, 5:02 PM

After a brief swell in numbers in 1989’s Formula 1 season, which resulted in 20 teams stuffed into the entry list, recession and a creep forward in professionalism had ensured that 1993’s grid had shrunk to a far more manageable 13 teams. This ensured that the Friday morning rigmarole of pre-qualifying, necessitated in 1992 by Andrea Moda’s ill-fated stint as a constructor, had been consigned to the history books.

The departure of Andrea Moda, Brabham, and Fondmetal part-way through the previous season, along with March’s disappearance despite factoring on the 1993 entry list, resulted in 26 cars lining up for the Kyalami season opener.

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Jake studied engineering at university, as his original ambition was to design racing cars. He was bad at that, and thus decided to write about them instead with an equally limited skillset. The above article is a demonstration of that. In his spare time, Jake enjoys people, places, and things.