1993 PPG Indy Car World Series
1993 CART season | |
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PPG Indy Car World Series | |
File:Mansell cart.jpg Nigel Mansell | |
Season | |
Races | 16 |
Start date | March 21 |
End date | October 3 |
Awards | |
Drivers' champion | United Kingdom Nigel Mansell |
Constructors' Cup | United Kingdom Lola |
Manufacturers' Cup | United States Chevrolet |
Nations' Cup | Brazil Brazil |
Rookie of the Year | United Kingdom Nigel Mansell |
Indianapolis 500 winner | Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi |
The 1993 PPG Indy Car World Series season was the 15th national championship season of American open wheel racing sanctioned by CART under the name "IndyCar". The season consisted of 16 races. Nigel Mansell was the national champion as well as the Rookie of the Year. The 1993 Indianapolis 500 was sanctioned by USAC, but counted towards the CART points championship. Emerson Fittipaldi won the Indy 500, his second career victory in that event. The biggest story going into the season involved Newman/Haas Racing. Nigel Mansell, the reigning Formula One World Champion switched from Formula One to the CART IndyCar Series. Mansell joined Newman/Haas Racing as teammate to Mario Andretti, taking the seat formerly held by Michael Andretti, who departed for one year to McLaren. Mansell came to the American open wheel series with considerable fanfare and huge media attention. He won the season-opener at Surfers Paradise, the first CART "rookie" to win his first start. At Phoenix, Mansell crashed during practice and was forced to sit out the race due to a back injury. At Indianapolis, he was leading the race with 16 laps to go when he was passed on a restart by Emerson Fittipaldi and Arie Luyendyk, and wound up third. He still won the Indy 500 Rookie of the Year award. Despite having missed the race at Phoenix, Mansell won five races (four of which were on ovals) en route to the CART championship. His team Newman/Haas Racing would still manage to win the one oval race Mansell missed with Mario Andretti scoring his 52nd and final victory of his IndyCar career at Phoenix, Andretti would finish 6th in the final championship standings. After winning his third CART championship in 1992, Bobby Rahal entered the 1993 season driving the R/H chassis (formerly the Truesports chassis). He finished second at Long Beach, but struggled to get his car up to speed, and failed to qualify at Indianapolis. He would run the remainder of the season with a 1993 Lola chassis, but with no victories. He did however finish 4th in points. The 1993 schedule originally included plans for the Meadowlands Grand Prix to move to a street circuit in Manhattan on the roads surrounding the World Trade Center and West Street. The race was planned to be held on July 13, 1993. However, the race was cancelled in September 1992 due to cost and conflicts between sponsor Marlboro and Mayor David Dinkins' anti-tobacco advertising policies.[1][2]
Drivers and constructors
- All teams competed with Goodyear tires.
Season Summary
Schedule
O Oval/Speedway
R Road/Street course
- Indianapolis was USAC-sanctioned but counted towards the PPG Indy Car title.
Race Results
Final Drivers standings
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Nations' Cup
- Top result per race counts towards Nations' Cup.
Chassis Constructors' Cup
Pos | Chassis | Pts |
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1 | United Kingdom Lola T9300/T9200/T9100 | 297 |
2 | United States Penske PC-22/PC-21 | 256 |
3 | United States Rahal-Hogan RH-001 | 32 |
4 | United States Galmer 92B | 0 |
Pos | Chassis | Pts |
Engine Manufacturers' Cup
Pos | Engine | Pts |
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1 | United States Chevrolet A/B/C | 343 |
2 | United States Ford XB | 269 |
3 | United Kingdom Cosworth DFS | 0 |
4 | United States Buick | 0 |
5 | United States Menard | 0 |
Pos | Engine | Pts |
Driver Breakdown
R Rookie
See also
Notes
With his title victory, Nigel Mansell became the first driver to win the CART Series in his rookie season. He also became the first man in history to be the Formula One champion and the CART IndyCar champion at the same time.
References
- "1993 CART Results". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2016-09-08.
- "1993 CART PPG IndyCar World Series standings". race-database.com. Retrieved 2010-12-07.
- Åberg, Andreas. "PPG Indy Car World Series 1993". Driver Database. Retrieved 2009-05-19.
- "1993 PPG Indy Car World Series". Champ Car Stats. Retrieved 2009-05-19.
- "Official Box Score: 77th Indianapolis 500-Mile Race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway". Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Archived from the original on 2009-06-14. Retrieved 2009-05-19.
- "Standings after Laguna Seca". Champ Car World Series. Archived from the original on 12 September 2015. Retrieved 2009-05-19.
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- ↑ Siano, Anthony (2 February 1992). "Grand Prix Gridlock: Where Else but City?". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 26 May 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2011.