1993 IndyCar season

In the CART season 1993 16 races were held. In the evaluation all obtained results came.

In addition, another point to the pilot on the pole position and the pilot with the most laps led was distributed in each race.

Drivers' championship

(R) = Rookie

Pilots who have changed the team or vehicle during the season, are listed with the combination with which they achieved the most points.

The point for the pole position for the fifteenth race in Nazareth was not awarded because the training runs failed due to rain. The starting line-up took place after the championship standings.

Teams and Drivers

All pilots were on Goodyear tires unit.

Race Results

Rookie of the Year

Nations Cup

Worth mentioning

• The Formula 1 world champion Nigel Mansell was the previous season in his first year in the CART series champion directly.
• The inserts of Willy T. Ribbs was funded by the comedian Bill Cosby.
• The team Gallas International Racing had a prominent new partnership with the Hollywood actor Gene Hackman.
• In Laguna Seca the team of Dick Simon reported six cars for the race, which was a new record for the CART racing series.
• Menard Racing entered only in Indianapolis. When engine is not an evolved version of the Buick V6 from the team came under the name Menard / Buick used.
• Rahal / Hogan Racing took over the competitors True Sports before the season. Its chassis in-house development (True Sport 92C ) was further developed by R / H and marketed under the name Rahal / Hogan 001 at the start. After Bobby Rahal in Indianapolis by car failed to qualify the team purchased chassis from Lola. The in-house development was then brought only sporadically under Mike Groff at the start.
• Eddie Cheever was released after six races at Turley Motorsports as the team lacked the money to pay for the pilot. Cheever was replaced by Brian Till. Cheever replaced again, after a brief interlude in the team of Dick Simon, Budweiser King Roberto Guerrero, with its performance Budweiser King was not satisfied.
• The only German participants Christian Danner came only in three races for the financially weak euro Motorsport team used. Its double point gain in Elkhart Lake is remarkable because it during the race at a unscheduled pit stop due to a technical problem thirty seconds lost and could not change tires. Euro Motorsport had no other set of tires longer available.

The story of the season

The season started in March in the Australian Surfer's Paradise. Nigel Mansell was the reigning Formula 1 world champion new to the series the team of Newman / Haas, where he replaced Michael Andretti, who moved into Formula 1 in return to McLaren. Mansell attracted a press flock to Australia, as it has hitherto only knew the IndyCars from the Indy500. And he did not disappoint The terraces journalists. Mansell took pole position at the street circuit and won despite a criminal stops (which he could connect with his regular pit stop ) the race ahead of Penske driver Emerson Fittipaldi. He was the first driver since Graham Hill in 1966 in Indianapolis, who won on his debut race. The big question, though, was how the Formula 1 world champion would beat on the unknown for him ovals. In Phoenix, he could be put to the proof. He drove the first lap fast lap times, but had in free practice on Saturday before the race in an accident after he was briefly unconscious. He spent the night in the hospital and had to miss the race. On Sunday, the Penske driver dominated. However, since Paul Tracy, who had moved out two laps ahead of the runner-up, had an accident and Emerson Fittipaldi which led to his retirement over the debris of the Tracy- Penske drove, won Nigel Mansell's teammate Mario Andretti after almost five winless years the race. It is thus with 53 years until today the oldest IndyCar winner. On the street circuit in Long Beach, Mansell reported with a pole position back, but had to be in the race, Paul Tracy, who celebrated his first victory, and defeated Bobby Rahal before Emerson Fittipaldi in May won the 500 miles from Indianapolis. Mansell was third and defending the reconquered in Long Beach championship lead. Just a week later, he won his first oval race in Milwaukee, on the same route, at this 1963 also his countryman Jim Clark succeeded. Then Danny Sullivan won a fail- packed race in Detroit before the championship became a battle Mansell against the Penske driver Fittipaldi and Tracy. Amazingly, Penske dominated the road and street circuits on which one actually from Mansell expected, while the Briton won all three outstanding oval racing. Fittipaldi won in Portland, Tracy then on the airfield runway of Cleveland. A race that was determined by a thrilling duel Mansell / Fittipaldi for second place. Mansell retained at the end of the upper hand. Then Tracy Penske led to a highly acclaimed double victory in his hometown of Toronto, while Mansell on the superfast Michigan Oval won the 500 - mile race and a week later on the short oval in New Hampshire was victorious. Then Tracy won in Elkhart Lake and the former champion Al Unser Jr. for Rick Galles on the street circuit in Vancouver. It should be the last victory for the team of Rick Galles. Emerson Fittipaldi held in connection with a victory at Mid-Ohio harmless. On the Einmeilenoval in Nazareth Mansell to become master prematurely. And he showed an impressive race. He fought down Paul Tracy, won the race and the championship as a freshman, as Emerson Fittipaldi was only fifth. This did not change even Paul Tracy's victory in the season finale at Laguna Seca nothing more. He had won as many races as Mansell (5 ), but was still behind the three -time winner Fittipaldi only third in the championship. Tracy's victory in Laguna Seca also made the last for Chevrolet dar. because the American manufacturer had sold his shares in the engine manufacturer Ilmor to Mercedes, who should take over soon ...