1993 Life Grand Prix Series season

1993 Life Grand Prix Series
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The 1993 Life Grand Prix Series season was the third and ultimately final season of the Life Grand Prix Series. The calendar was expanded further into a total of 20 races all across the world, which was ultimately one of the main causes of the series' demise along with huge concerns over the safety of the drivers. Also, the number of starters at each race was no longer fixed to a certain amount, but instead varied throughout the season based on each track's capabilities.

Teams and drivers

Entrant	No.	Race Drivers	Rounds	Test Driver(s)
Foster's Good Call Racing	00	James Davies	1, 6-20	Jeice Swan
		Jan van der Maeyede 1	2-5
	9	Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler	1-14, 19-20
		Jose Braggia 21	15-18
Alstom GPE	4	Danilo di Longo	All	Evelyn Gomes
Ursus Racing	5	Anna Gunnarsdottir	1-11, 17-20	None
		Algernon Bell 17	12-16
	25	Fidrik Arnason	1-9
		Mikhail Karimov 12	10-20
Aussie Motorsport	8	Maea Blog	1-4, 12-19	Joe Bloggs Nic Tooas
		Sam Sun 3 18 23	5-11, 20
	10	Sam Sun	1-4, 17-19
		Joe Bloggs 3	5-16
		Joe Gaera	20
Great Leap Backward	13	Gio Van Dycke	1-15, 18-20	Carlos Marquez Josip Stalic
		Carlos Marquez	16
		Josip Stalic	17
	31	Kim Jong-Sung	1-15, 18-19
		Frederico Angeli	16
		Friedl Kallström	17
		Josip Stalic 24	20
Caraxl Racing	14	Ronald Tenpecost	1-5, 7-20	Petrus Handoyo
		Jeice Swan 8	6
	500	James Generic	1-5, 14-15, 18-20
		Petrus Handoyo 6	6, 11-13, 16-17
		Archibald Oswald March 10	7-9
		Evelyn Gomes 15	10
MacKenzie Financial	15	Jose Braggia	1-5, 11-14, 19-20	None
		Algernon Bell 7	6-10
		Valentino Nicchi 21	15-18
	150	Arsenio Matarazzo	All
Kickert Motorsport Engineering	16	Pieter Kickert	All	None
Al Smith Racing Enterprises powered by Blokkmonsta Racing	17	Vic Sunset	All	Cameron Maroon
	71	Jan van der Maeyede	1, 6-19
		Algernon Bell 1	2-5
		Cameron Maroon	20
Team Sandinista!	19	Christopher Arthurs	All	None
	20	Rachel Graham	All
Northgate Engineering	21	Ralf Alden	1-14, 19-20	None
		Reiko Megumi 20	15-18
	22	Alessandro Mancini	1-8, 10-20
		Andrew MacMillan 11	9
Rob Lomas Racing	27	Charles Jericho	1-4, 6-20	Rob Lomas
		Archibald Oswald March 4	5
	666	Mikhail Karimov	1-9
		Rob Lomas 12	10-11
		Archibald Oswald March 19	12-20
Zeroforce	29	Natascha Zaugg	All	None
EuroBrum	33	William Anker	All	None
Rockets to Russia	35	Danny Ramone	1-6, 9-20	None
		Dimitry Vitkin 9	7-8
	53	Marky Howard	All
Hunter Autosport	36	Danny Fernandez	All	Thomas Day
	37	Deanna McMahon	All
Mazzacane Motorsport	39	José Pablo Mazzacane	All	Jean-Pierre Balivernes
	40	Mattias Kjellerup	1-4
		Jean-Pierre Balivernes 5	5-20
Union Savior Developments	42	Sam Winton	1-10, 16-20	None
		Geoff Donnelly 16	11-15
	43	W. A. Stokins	All
HURT Racing	47	Will Roberts	1-3, 10-20	None
		Joe Gaera 2	4-9
Scuderia Team Autoracing	50	Geoff Donnelly 16	1-10	Erik Courbois
Douglas-Cliff Racing	55	Tom Douglas	All	None
	555	Frédéric-Maxime Voeckler	All
High-Tech Motorsport Technology Racing Team	76	Richard Arthurs	1-9, 11-14, 18	None
		Shigeru Hashimoto 14	10, 15, 20
		Gio Van Dycke	16-17
		Joe Gaera	19
Scuderia Asso di Fiori	88	Dave Smith 22	1-17, 19-20	Joachim Dumm
Foxhound Life	190	Pjotr Madunochev	1-9, 19-20	None
		John Smith 13	10-18
Life of Namibia	264	Alik Mori	1-19	None
		Leonhard von Gottorp	20
V.I.D.A.	444	Pedro Capilé	1-3, 6, 9-10, 14, 18-19	Julio Vaca
		Cleide do Nascimento	4-5, 7-8, 11-13, 15-17, 20

Notes:

• 1 - James Davies was injured in an accident at the Grand Prix of Argentina. Jan van der Maeyede moved from Al Smith Racing to replace him for the duration of his injury, while the now-vacant Al Smith Racing seat was filled by Algernon Bell.
• 2 - Will Roberts was injured in an accident at the Venezuelan round and was substituted for by fellow Australian Joe Gaera.
• 3 - Maea Blog was injured in an accident at Road America, and was substituted for by the team's second driver Sam Sun. Their test driver Joe Bloggs moved to the now-vacant #10 car.
• 4 - Charles Jericho was banned for one race after causing two collisions at Road America, and was substituted for by Archibald March.
• 5 - Mazzacane Motorsport replaced Mattias Kjellerup by Jean-Pierre Balivernes in hopes of improving their performance.
• 6 - James Generic was seriously injured in a collision at the Grand Prix of Canada and was substituted for by the team's test driver Petrus Handoyo.
• 7 - Jose Braggia was also injured in the same collision and was substituted for by Algernon Bell.
• 8 - Caraxl Racing ran Jeice Swan at the Irish round in place of Ronald Tenpecost for sponsorship reasons.
• 9 - Danny Ramone was injured in a collision at the Irish round and was substituted for by Dimitry Vitkin.
• 10 - Petrus Handoyo was injured in an accident at the Irish round and was substituted for by Archibald March for the duration of his injury.
• 11 - Alessandro Mancini was banned from the German round after causing a collision with Kim Jong-Sung and Rachel Graham at the Dutch GP and was substituted for by Canadian rookie Andrew MacMillan.
• 12 - Fidrik Arnason was seriously injured in a collision with Kim Jong-Sung at the German round and was forced to miss the rest of the season. Mikhail Karimov moved from Rob Lomas Racing to replace him, while Karimov's seat was taken by Rob Lomas.
• 13 - Pjotr Madunochev was also injured in the same round in a separate accident and was substituted for by John Smith.
• 14 - Richard Arthurs' suspended one-race ban from the US GP was enforced after he collided with Marky Howard in Germany. He was substituted for by the team's 1992 driver Shigeru Hashimoto for the Polish round. Hashimoto would later drive the car at the Japanese GP for sponsorship reasons.
• 15 - Evelyn Gomes replaced Archibald March for the Polish round in hopes of improved performance.
• 16 - Sam Winton was injured in an accident at the Polish round and substituted for by Geoff Donnelly, who had recently quit from Scuderia Team Autoracing due to their lack of updates on the car.
• 17 - Anna Gunnarsdottir was injured in an accident at the Austrian round and was substituted for by Algernon Bell.
• 18 - Sam Sun was injured in the same accident, and was replaced by Maea Blog who returned from his own injury.
• 19 - Rob Lomas was replaced by Archibald March in hopes of improved performance.
• 20 - Ralf Alden was injured in a collision at the Namibian round and was substituted for by Reiko Megumi.
• 21 - Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler was excluded from four races due to reckless driving at the Namibian round. Jose Braggia moved from MacKenzie Financial to substitute for him, while Braggia's seat was taken by Valentino Nicchi.
• 22 - Dave Smith missed the New Zealand round due to an injury sustained at the Indonesian round.
• 23 - Maea Blog was banned from the Macau GP followoing a collision with Will Roberts at the Australian round. He was substituted for by Sam Sun.
• 24 - Kim Jong-Sung was injured at the Australian round and was forced to miss the Macau GP.

Season calendar

Testing

Track	Date	Fastest driver	Fastest team
Autodromo Vallelunga Piero Taruffi	February 14	James Davies	Foster's Good Call Racing
	February 21	James Davies	Foster's Good Call Racing

Championship races

GP	Date	Title	Track	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Reject of the Race
1	March 7	Life Gran Premio de Argentina	Autódromo Oscar Alfredo Gálvez, Buenos Aires, Argentina	James Davies	James Davies	Rachel Graham	Team Sandinista!	Kim Jong-Sung
2	March 21	Life Grande Prêmio do Brasil	Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Richard Arthurs	Jose Braggia	Vic Sunset	Al Smith Racing Enterprises	Pedro Capilé
3	April 4	Life Gran Premio de Venezuela	Autódromo Internacional Pancho Pepe Cróquer, Turagua, Venezuela	Jose Braggia	Jose Braggia	Vic Sunset	Al Smith Racing Enterprises	Gearboxes
4	April 18	Life Grand Prix of United States	Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, USA	Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler	Jan van der Maeyede	Vic Sunset	Al Smith Racing Enterprises	Charles Jericho
5	May 2	Life Grand Prix of Canada	Mosport Park, Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada	Vic Sunset	Vic Sunset	Jan van der Maeyede	Foster's Good Call Racing	Natascha Zaugg
6	May 16	Life Grand Prix na hÉireann	Mondello Park, Caragh, Ireland	James Davies	James Davies	José Pablo Mazzacane	Mazzacane Motorsport	Mondello Park itself
7	May 30	Life Grand Prix of Great Britain	Brands Hatch, Fawkham, United Kingdom	Vic Sunset	James Davies	Vic Sunset	Al Smith Racing Enterprises	James Davies
8	June 6	Life Grote Prijs van Nederland	Circuit Park Zandvoort, Zandvoort, Netherlands	James Davies	James Davies	Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler	Foster's Good Call Racing	Alessandro Mancini
9	June 20	Life Großer Preis von Deutschland	Automobil-Verkehrs- und Übungsstraße, Berlin, Germany	James Davies	James Davies	Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler	Foster's Good Call Racing	Ronald Tenpecost
10	June 27	Life Grand Prix Polski	Tor Kielce, Kielce, Poland	James Davies	James Davies	James Davies	Foster's Good Call Racing	Dave Smith
11	August 1	Life Großer Preis von Österreich	Österreichring, Spielberg, Austria	Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler	James Davies	Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler	Foster's Good Call Racing	Deanna McMahon
12	August 8	Life Gran Premio d'Italia	Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello, Mugello, Italy	James Davies	James Davies	Jan van der Maeyede	Al Smith Racing Enterprises	Jose Braggia
13	August 22	Life Grand Prix de France	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France	James Davies	James Davies	Natascha Zaugg	Zeroforce	Spatial awareness of the drivers
14	September 5	Life Grand Prix of Namibia	Tony Rust Race Track, Windhoek, Namibia	Jose Braggia	Jose Braggia	Natascha Zaugg	Zeroforce	Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler
15	September 19	Life 日本グランプリ	Fuji Speedway, Oyama, Japan	James Davies	James Davies	James Davies	Foster's Good Call Racing	Shigeru Hashimoto
16	October 3	Life Grand Prix Malaysia	Litar Johor, Pasir Gudang, Malaysia	Jan van der Maeyede	Jose Braggia	Jose Braggia	Foster's Good Call Racing	Turns 7 & 8
17	October 17	Life Indonesia Grand Prix	Sirkuit Internasional Sentul, Bogor, Indonesia	James Davies	Natascha Zaugg	Natascha Zaugg	Zeroforce	Koni suspension
18	October 31	Life Grand Prix of New Zealand	Pukekohe Park Raceway, Pukekohe, New Zealand	James Davies	Vic Sunset	Jean-Pierre Balivernes	Mazzacane Motorsport	Rainspray
19	November 14	Life Grand Prix of Australia	Eastern Creek International Raceway, Eastern Creek, New South Wales, Australia	James Davies	James Davies	James Generic	Caraxl Racing	Foster's Good Call Racing
20	November 21	Life Macau Grand Prix	Circuito da Guia, Macau	Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler	Natascha Zaugg	W. A. Stokins	Union Savior Developments	Cleide do Nascimento

Results

Pos.	Driver	ARG	BRA	VEN	USA	CAN	IRE	GBR	NED	GER	POL	AUT	ITA	FRA	NAM	JAP	MAL	IND	NZL	AUS	MAC	Pts.
1	James Davies	Ret	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	6†	Ret	Ret	Ret	1	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	52
2	Vic Sunset	Ret	1	1	1	Ret	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	2†	Ret	Ret	50
3	Natascha Zaugg	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	5	2	Ret	Ret	1	1	Ret	6†	1	Ret	Ret	Ret	44
4	Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	3†	Ret	1	1	6†	1	Ret	Ret	Ret	EX	EX	EX	EX	Ret	Ret	38
5	Jan van der Maeyede	5†	Ret	Ret	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	5†	Ret	Ret	26
6	Kim Jong-Sung	DSQ	Ret	3	Ret	3	Ret	2	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	Ret			3†	Ret	INJ	26
7	Ronald Tenpecost	DNQ	2	2	Ret	Ret		Ret	2	NC	Ret	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	25
8	José Pablo Mazzacane	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	1†	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	2	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	23
9	Danny Ramone	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	2	Ret	INJ	INJ	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	22
10	Jose Braggia	6†	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	Ret	Ret	Ret	5†	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	19
11	Rachel Graham	1	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	19
12	Pieter Kickert	2	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	18
13	Jean-Pierre Balivernes					Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	1	Ret	Ret	13
14	W. A. Stokins	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	Ret	DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	5	1	13
15	Deanna McMahon	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	Ret	DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	3	2	Ret	6†	Ret	13
16	Marky Howard	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	12†	Ret	3	Ret	12
17	Dave Smith	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	INJ	Ret	Ret	11
18	James Generic	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	Ret	Ret			Ret	1	Ret	10
19	Gio van Dycke	Ret	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	10
20	Frédéric-Maxime Voeckler	3	DNQ	Ret	Ret	DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	10
21	Richard Arthurs	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	4†	Ret	Ret	2	EX	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret			Ret			10
22	Tom Douglas	Ret	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	3	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	10
23	Petrus Handoyo						2†	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	Ret	Ret	Ret			Ret	5				8
24	Christopher Arthurs	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	5	Ret	Ret	6†	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	8
25	Will Roberts	Ret	7†	Ret	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	7
26	William Anker	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	5	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	NC	7	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	7
27	Joe Bloggs					Ret	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	2	Ret	Ret					6
28	Alessandro Mancini	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	NC	EX	DNQ	6	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	3	6
29	Charles Jericho	7†	Ret	Ret	Ret	EX	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	6†	Ret	Ret	4
30	Alik Mori	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret		4
31	Danilo di Longo	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	7	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	11†	4†	Ret	Ret	3
32	Algernon Bell		4	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	NC	8†	Ret		Ret	Ret	Ret	NC	Ret					3
33	Sam Winton	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	NC	9†	Ret	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	3
34	Danny Fernandez	DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	3
35	Geoff Donnelly	DNQ	DNQ	4	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret						3
36	John Smith										DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ			3
37	Anna Gunnarsdottir	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	Ret	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	Ret	DNQ	Ret	4	3
38	Cleide do Nascimento				5	Ret		Ret	Ret			Ret	Ret	6		Ret	Ret	Ret			7	3
39	Pjotr Madunochev	Ret	Ret	Ret	6†	DNQ	5†	Ret	DNQ	Ret	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	Ret	Ret	3
40	Archibald Oswald March					5		Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret		Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	DNQ	Ret	2
41	Pedro Capilé	DNQ	Ret	5			Ret	EX	EX	Ret	Ret				Ret				DNQ	DNQ		2
42	Sam Sun	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	10	DNQ	Ret	6	1
43	Fidrik Arnason	DNQ	DNQ	6	Ret	DNQ	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	2
44	Joe Gaera				Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	6										Ret		1
45	Ralf Alden	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	Ret	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	DNQ	Ret	0
46	Valentino Nicchi															Ret	NC	Ret	Ret			0
47	Reiko Megumi															NC	Ret	Ret	DNQ			0
48	Dimitry Vitkin							Ret	NC													0
49	Mikhail Karimov	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ	Ret	Ret	DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ	Ret	Ret	0
50	Maea Blog	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ	Ret	EX	0
51	Arsenio Matarazzo	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	0
52	Mattias Kjellerup	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret																	0
53	Shigeru Hashimoto										Ret						Ret				Ret	0
54	Josip Stalic																	Ret			Ret	0
55	Rob Lomas										DNQ	Ret										0
56	Jeice Swan						Ret															0
57	Andrew MacMillan									Ret												0
58	Evelyn Gomes										Ret											0
59	Frederico Angeli																Ret					0
60	Friedl Kallström																	Ret				0
61	Cameron Maroon																				Ret	0
62	Leonhard von Gottorp																				Ret	0

† Driver did not finish, but was classified due to being among the last six cars running or completing at least 90% of the race distance
* Race stopped before 75% of the full distance, half points awarded

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