Ferrari F93A
The Ferrari F93A was a Formula 1 racing car, the Scuderia Ferrari in 1993 started in the Formula 1 World Championship.
The F93A was designed by John Barnard and proved to be a bad design. The passive suspension and active chassis had the whole season about the vulnerability of the vehicle. Although the passive suspension has been refined again in the course of the season, changed on bad driving behavior of the car slightly. In the first test at Estoril the F93A five seconds per lap slower than the fastest competitor. The two chassis engineer Ian Poccock and Luca Baldisserri had to completely revise before the beginning of the season the race car.
The F93A made his race debut at the Grand Prix of South Africa with Gerhard Berger and Jean Alesi at the wheel. The season was marked by many defects and accidents caused by problems with the landing gear. The best result of the F93A was the second place of Alesi during the Italian Grand Prix behind Damon Hill in the Williams FW15. Alesi was eighth in the final results of the World Cup, the driver Sixth, Gerhard Berger. In the Constructors' title, the Scuderia was fourth.