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.

Quick Facts Season, Races ...

1993 CART season
PPG Indy Car World Series
Nigel Mansell
Season
Races	16
Start date	March 21
End date	October 3
Awards
Drivers' champion	Nigel Mansell
Constructors' Cup	Lola
Manufacturers' Cup	Chevrolet
Nations' Cup	Brazil
Rookie of the Year	Nigel Mansell
Indianapolis 500 winner	Emerson Fittipaldi
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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.

• All teams competed with Goodyear tires.

More information Team, Chassis ...

Team	Chassis	Engine	No.	Driver(s)	Round(s)	Notes
Newman/Haas Racing	Lola T93/00	FordXB	5	Nigel Mansell	All	Withdrawn from Phoenix due to injury
			6	Mario Andretti	All
A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Lola T93/00 Lola T92/00	FordXB	14	A. J. Foyt	4	Retired before Indianapolis race on pole day.
				Robby Gordon	1–3, 5–16	Used the T92/00 chassis at S. Paradise, Phoenix, Michigan, Vancouver and Laguna Seca.
			41		4
			84	John Andretti	4	Used the T92/00 chassis.
Chip Ganassi Racing Teams	Lola T93/00	FordXB	10	Arie Luyendyk	All
Turley Motorsports	Penske PC-21	Chevrolet	69	Eddie Cheever	1–2	Withdrew at Indianapolis and raced with Team Menard
			99		3–4, 6
				Brian Till	7–9, 11–12, 14–16
Team Penske	Penske PC-22	Chevrolet	4	Emerson Fittipaldi	All
			12	Paul Tracy	All
Galles Racing	Lola T93/00	Chevrolet	3	Al Unser Jr.	All
			7	Danny Sullivan	1–9, 11–16	Missed round 10 (Michigan 500) due to the flu.
				Adrián Fernández	10	CART did not allow Adrian to race Michigan due to lack of experience.
			11		3, 5–6, 12, 16
				Kevin Cogan	4, 7–9
Walker Motorsport	Lola T93/00	FordXB	2	Scott Goodyear	All
			15	Hiro Matsushita	All
	Lola T92/00		75	Willy T. Ribbs	4–16
Rahal/Hogan Racing	Rahal-Hogan RH-001 Lola T93/00	Chevrolet	1	Bobby Rahal	All	Switched to the Lola T93/00 at Milwaukee after failing to qualify at Indianapolis.
			26	Mike Groff	5–7, 11–12, 14	Used the T93/00 chassis at Road America and Mid-Ohio.
Dick Simon Racing	Lola T93/00 Lola T92/00	FordXB Chevrolet Buick	9	Raul Boesel	All
			18	Maurício Gugelmin	15
			22	Scott Brayton	All	Used the T92/00 chassis at S. Paradise, Phoenix and Detroit.
			23	Didier Theys	16	Used the T92/00 chassis.
			36	Stéphan Grégoire	4	Used the T92/00 chassis and Buick engine.
			44	John Brooks	16	Used the T92/00 chassis and Chevrolet engine.
			90	Gary Brabham	1
				Lyn St. James	2–4, 6–8, 10	Used the T92/00 chassis at Phoenix and Long Beach
				Bertrand Gachot	9
				Eddie Cheever	12
				Maurício Gugelmin	14, 16
Hall/VDS Racing	Lola T93/00	Chevrolet	8	Teo Fabi	All
Dale Coyne Racing	Lola T92/00 Lola T91/00	Chevrolet Buick	19	Robbie Buhl	1–6, 8, 12, 14–16	Used the T91/00 chassis at Milwaukee. Used the Buick engine at Indianapolis and failed to qualify at Indianapolis.
				Johnny Unser	7, 9, 11, 13
			32	Éric Bachelart	4	Used the Buick engine at Indianapolis and both failed to qualify at Indianapolis.
			39	Ross Bentley	1–10, 12–16
Bettenhausen Motorsports	Penske PC-22	Chevrolet	16	Stefan Johansson	All
			33	Scott Sharp	16
			76	Tony Bettenhausen Jr.	4
Arciero Racing	Penske PC-21	Chevrolet	25	Mark Smith	1–4, 6–9, 12–16	Failed to qualify at Indianapolis.
Budweiser King Racing	Lola T93/00	Chevrolet	40	Roberto Guerrero	1–13
				Eddie Cheever	14–16
			60	Jim Crawford	4
			80	Al Unser	4
Euromotorsport	Lola T91/00	Cosworth	42	Andrea Chiesa	1
				Jeff Wood	2–3, 5–16	Switched numbers with Kudrave (#50) at Michigan, New Hampshire and Nazareth.
	Lola T92/00	Chevrolet	50	Andrea Montermini	1, 6, 9, 13
				David Kudrave	2–3, 5, 7, 10–11, 14–15	Switched numbers with Wood (#42) at Michigan, New Hampshire and Nazareth.
				Davy Jones	4
				Christian Danner	8, 12, 16
Leadercard	Lola T91/00 Lola T92/00	Buick Chevrolet	20	Buddy Lazier	1–6, 8, 10–12, 14–16	Used the T92/00 chassis at Michigan and New Hampshire. Used the Buick engine at Indianapolis, Milwaukee and from Road America onwards. Failed to qualify at Indianapolis.
			98	Brian Bonner	4
International Sport	Lola T92/00	Chevrolet	30	Marco Greco	All
	Lola T91/00	Buick	43	Rocky Moran	4	Failed to qualify at Indianapolis.
Hayhoe Racing	Lola T92/00	Chevrolet FordXB	18	Jimmy Vasser	1–7, 9, 11, 13–14, 16	Used the Ford engine at Indianapolis and from Toronto onwards.
ProFormance Motorsports	Lola T91/00	Chevrolet	45	Scott Pruett	2–4, 6, 9, 14, 16	Failed to qualify at Indianapolis.
Indy Regency Racing	Lola T92/00	Chevrolet	29	Olivier Grouillard	4–16	Failed to qualify at Indianapolis.
Menard Racing	Lola T93/00	Menard	27	Geoff Brabham	4
			51	Gary Bettenhausen	4
	Lola T92/00	Buick	59	Eddie Cheever	4
	Lola T93/00	Menard	77	Nelson Piquet	4
Hemelgarn Racing	Lola T91/00	Buick	91	Stan Fox	4
	Lola T92/00		92	Didier Theys	4
Burns Motor Sports	Galmer 92B	Chevrolet	66	Dominic Dobson	4
Mann Motorsports	Lola T91/00	Buick	93	John Paul Jr.	4	Failed to qualify at Indianapolis.
Pagan	Lola T92/00	Buick	21	Jeff Andretti	4
Nu-Tech	Lola T91/00	Chevrolet	28	Brian Bonner	8
		Cosworth	33	Dennis Vitolo	6
PacWest Racing	Galmer 92B	Chevrolet	17	Dominic Dobson	13–14, 16

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• 1993 Indianapolis 500
• 1993 Toyota Atlantic Championship season
• 1993 Indy Lights season

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.

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