Benetton B193

The Benetton B193 was a Formula One racing car designed by Ross Brawn and Rory Byrne and raced by Benetton team in the 1993 Formula One season. It was powered by the latest Cosworth HBA engine in an initially-exclusive deal with Ford and it ran on Goodyear tyres.

The car is distinguishable from its predecessor due to its track being 15 cm (5.9 in) narrower per the regulations of 1993, and the addition of bargeboards at the San Marino Grand Prix. It also had sidepods with a less pronounced cut-in for the radiator ducts. The nose height was also raised vs that of the B192, and the 1993 car has a longer flatter rear 'deck' to smooth airflow over the rear suspension than the early B192. The standard rear-wing endplate profile also changed, featuring a straight leading edge rather than the curved design of the B192. Later in the season this would further change with the addition of the 'forward wing'; an additional cantilevered wing used on high-downforce tracks, mounted forward and above the main plane, attached via endplate extensions. The leading edge of the front wing now also followed a straight profile, rather than curving forward towards the endplates. The leading edge of the nose also followed a smoother curved profile; whereas the B192 was rather flatter at its tip.

In terms of performance it was an improvement on the 1992 competitor.

Thanks to the more powerful engine, Michael Schumacher was able to consistently challenge the McLarens and on occasion challenged the seemingly unbeatable Williams FW15C.

It is arguable that it was overall the second most competitive car on the grid, behind the Williams, with Schumacher regularly scoring podiums and out-qualifying the single-lap ace Ayrton Senna in 8 of the 16 races of the season. Having access to the most potent factory engine in contrast to McLaren having to make do with older-specification units gave Benetton a power advantage, (although Williams used a far superior Renault V10), however the McLaren had the edge at some races, in particular in wet conditions due in part to their use of traction control. Due to McLaren's early-season results (achieved in part against the B193A run in South Africa and Brazil) McLaren were able successfully lobby Ford to provide engines of equal-spec to Benetton from Hockenheim onward, with both running the Series VIII of the HB V8, where previously Benetton's exclusive deal had seen McLaren using the Series VII which Benetton also ran in the B192/B193A.

The car was very advanced in the technological sense and featured active suspension, a semi-automatic transmission and traction control from the Monaco Grand Prix onwards although Riccardo Patrese did later say that the car was a step down in quality compared to the much more sophisticated Williams cars he had been driving for the previous five years.

A variant of this car, the B193C was used as a test mule for an innovative four-wheel steering system and was tested by Schumacher and Patrese at Estoril. Four wheel steering had been introduced on some of Nissan and Toyota's production cars. Patrese both found the system to not add anything to the performance of the car and actually slowed the car through slower corners; however Schumacher preferred^[3] the system as estimated a gain 3 tenths of a second per lap. The system was built onto Schumacher's race car for Japan and Australia, but failed to complete either race. The system would only have been legal for those 2 races; advanced technologies to aid drivers were banned for the 1994 season.^[4]

It was the last car to feature cigarette brand Camel as the team's main sponsor, before the long term sponsorship of an Enstone-based team with Mild Seven cigarettes.

Benetton eventually finished 3rd in the Constructors' Championship just behind McLaren but with a substantial gap to Williams. The B193B was replaced for the 1994 season by the Benetton B194.

Complete Formula One results

(key) (results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pts.	WCC
1993	Camel Benetton Ford		Ford HBA7 / HBA8 V8	G		RSA	BRA	EUR	SMR	ESP	MON	CAN	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	POR	JPN	AUS	72	3rd
		B193A			Michael Schumacher	Ret	3
		B193B			Michael Schumacher			Ret	3	3	Ret	2	3	2	2	Ret	2	Ret	1	Ret	Ret
		B193A			Riccardo Patrese	Ret	Ret
		B193B			Riccardo Patrese			5	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	10	3	5	2	6	5	16	Ret	8

References

↑ "STATS F1 • Benetton B193". Statsf1.com. Retrieved 2010-08-23.
↑ "STATS F1 • Benetton B193B". Statsf1.com. Retrieved 2010-08-23.
↑ "Lunch with... Pat Symonds". Motor Sport. September 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
↑ "Banned! Four wheel steering". F1 Fanatic. Retrieved 18 April 2016.

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Benetton Formula

Founder: Luciano Benetton

Personnel: Flavio Briatore; John Barnard; Rocco Benetton; Ross Brawn; Mike Gascoyne; Nigel Stepney; Pat Symonds; Steve Matchett; David Richards; Peter Collins; Rory Byrne; Nicholas Tombazis; Pat Fry; Nick Wirth; James Allison

World Champions: Michael Schumacher

Drivers' titles: 1994; 1995

Constructors' titles: 1995

Formula One cars: B186; B187; B188; B189; B189B; B190; B190B; B191; B191B; B192; B193; B193B; B194; B195; B196; B197; B198; B199; B200; B201

Benetton Group

Toleman

Renault

Cars that competed in the 1993 Formula One season

Williams FW15C Tyrrell 020C Tyrrell 021 Benetton B193 Benetton B193B McLaren MP4/8 Footwork FA13B Footwork FA14 Lotus 107B Jordan 193 Larrousse LH93 Lola T93/30 Minardi M193 Ligier JS39 Ferrari F93A Sauber C12

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