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1993
Machine: McLaren MP4/8 / Tyre: GOOD YEAR / Car No.8
The three world champion Alain Prost had been come back to Formula-One at last(Ref. Come back). He came back to the circuit to title four in a year, planning to drive the most reliable Williams machine. On the contrary, the negotiation between McLaren and Ayrton Senna had not reached to an agreement yet at the opening race, so that he was forced to join a race on the spot race by race.
McLaren lost Honda V12 engine last year, so that they had to look for the new parter to compete with Williams, but they failed to get Renault engine and had no option without Ford V8 customer version. Ayrton definetely knew that he couldn't fight with Prost in Williams by this engine, however, Prost had got confused with Senna's two straight victories in Brazil GP and Europe GP at the beginning of season. Senna also won the Monaco GP as five years straight in Monaco. He made a convulsive effort to drive his machine right and left, showing his pride and outstanding skill. Despite his effort, Prost deserved to title four with the most competitive machine.
During this season, Senna had continued to negotiate with Williams to get his seat with expecting Prost retirement this season. And he announced his transfer to Williams off-season and succeed in getting the most competitive Williams machine. But FIA decided some awful changes of the technical regulation on being banned from using the high-tech weapon.
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| Rd. | Date | GP | Machine | Engine | Qualify | Final | Notes |
| 1 | 3/10 | South Africa | McLaren MP4/8 | Ford V8 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2 | 3/24 | Brazil | ↑ | ↑ | 3 | 1 | |
| 3 | 4/28 | Europe | ↑ | ↑ | 4 | 1 | |
| 4 | 5/12 | San Marino | ↑ | ↑ | 4 | R | Oil leaking |
| 5 | 6/ 2 | Spain | ↑ | ↑ | 3 | 2 | |
| 6 | 6/16 | Monaco | ↑ | ↑ | 3 | 1 | |
| 7 | 7/ 7 | Canada | ↑ | ↑ | 8 | 18 | Electrical trouble |
| 8 | 7/14 | France | ↑ | ↑ | 5 | 4 | |
| 9 | 7/28 | UK | ↑ | ↑ | 4 | 5 | Out of gas |
| 10 | 8/11 | Germany | ↑ | ↑ | 4 | 4 | |
| 11 | 8/25 | Hungary | ↑ | ↑ | 4 | R | TCS trouble |
| 12 | 9/ 8 | Belgium | ↑ | ↑ | 5 | 4 | |
| 13 | 9/22 | Italy | ↑ | ↑ | 4 | R | Accident |
| 14 | 9/29 | Portugal | ↑ | ↑ | 4 | R | Engine trouble |
| 15 | 10/20 | Japan | ↑ | ↑ | 2 | 1 | |
| 16 | 11/ 3 | Australia | ↑ | ↑ | 1 | 1 | |
| World Championship Classification: | 2nd with 73 points |
| Number of races lead: | 6 |
| Number of laps lead: | 290 laps(27.75%) |
| Number of kilometers lead: | 1,215 |
| Points per race, average: | 4.563 |
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