November 7, 1993
Ayrton Senna
Ayrton Senna
(Photo: Instituto Ayrton Senna via photopin cc)
Ayrton Senna finished his six-year spell with McLaren by taking his only pole position of the season and his fifth victory of the year. It was the last race that Senna won. This was the last race for cars with active suspension, which were banned from the 1994 season. Having taken his actively suspended Lotus 99T-Honda to victory in the 1987 Monaco Grand Prix, Senna was the first and the last driver to win a race driving an active suspension car.
It was also the last race for four-time World Champion Alain Prost. Senna was so overcome with emotion, knowing his great rival was retiring, that he embraced Prost on top of the rostrum. (Prost's contract with Williams initially included a clause forbidding Senna from joining the team as his team-mate). Riccardo Patrese and Derek Warwick also retired from Formula One after this event.
Ayrton Senna finished his six-year spell with McLaren by taking his only pole position of the season and his fifth victory of the year. It was the last race that Senna won. This was the last race for cars with active suspension, which were banned from the 1994 season. Having taken his actively suspended Lotus 99T-Honda to victory in the 1987 Monaco Grand Prix, Senna was the first and the last driver to win a race driving an active suspension car.
It was also the last race for four-time World Champion Alain Prost. Senna was so overcome with emotion, knowing his great rival was retiring, that he embraced Prost on top of the rostrum. (Prost's contract with Williams initially included a clause forbidding Senna from joining the team as his team-mate). Riccardo Patrese and Derek Warwick also retired from Formula One after this event.
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