The 1993 Australian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Adelaide on 7 November 1993.

In his last race with McLaren before joining Williams for 1994, Senna took pole position and led from start to finish, except during the pit stops.

Frenchman Alain Prost, in his final Grand Prix before retirement, finished second in his Williams-Renault, with his British teammate Damon Hill third.

This event was also the last race without refuelling during races (until the 2010 Bahrain Grand Prix) as well as the last race for cars with active suspension and cars using electronic driver aids; the FIA banned their use for the next seven seasons, starting in 1994, until the use of three electronic driver aid systems (namely fully-automatic gearboxes, launch control, and traction control) was eventually reintroduced and permitted at the 2001 Spanish Grand Prix, due to the FIA being unable to police the ban, and whether or not teams were secretly cheating by using these systems illegally to gain a competitive advantage, which is what led to their eventual reintroduction until the next six seasons.

Despite being the fastest qualifier in his Ford V8-powered McLaren, Senna was some 15 km/h (9 mph) slower on the 890m-long Brabham Straight than the Renault V10-powered Williams of Hill.

The top four retained their positions into the first corner, while Häkkinen made a bad start and fell behind Berger.

Prost, however, moved over to block, causing Hill to back off and spin, losing time but no places.

Senna's win enabled him to secure second place in the standings with 73 points, just ahead of Hill on 69.

Schumacher was fourth with 52, with a big gap to team-mate Patrese in fifth with 20, followed by Alesi (16), Brundle (13), Berger (12), Johnny Herbert (11) and Mark Blundell (10).