1991 F1 World Championship Season

1990 F1 World Championship

1992 F1 World Championship

Fact File

Drivers’ Champion:	Ayrton Senna (3rd title)
Constructors’ Champion:	McLaren (7th title)
Races:	16
Winning drivers:	Ayrton Senna (7) Nigel Mansell (5) Riccardo Patrese (2) Nelson Piquet (1) Gerhard Berger (1)
Winning constructors:	McLaren (8) Williams (7) Benetton (1)
First-time winners (driver):	none
First-time winners (constructor):	none

1991 F1 World Championship Grands Prix

Calendar

DT: Drivers’ title decider
CT: Constructors’ title decider

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date	Race Result
1	USA	Phoenix	10 March	1991 United States Grand Prix
2	Brazil	Interlagos	24 March	1991 Brazilian Grand Prix
3	San Marino	Imola	28 April	1991 San Marino Grand Prix
4	Monaco	Monte Carlo	12 May	1991 Monaco Grand Prix
5	Canada	Montreal	2 June	1991 Canadian Grand Prix
6	Mexico	Mexico City	16 June	1991 Mexican Grand Prix
7	France	Magny-Cours	7 July	1991 French Grand Prix
8	Britain	Silverstone	14 July	1991 British Grand Prix
9	Germany	Hockenheim	28 July	1991 German Grand Prix
10	Hungary	Hungaroring	11 August	1991 Hungarian Grand Prix
11	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	25 August	1991 Belgian Grand Prix
12	Italy	Monza	8 September	1991 Italian Grand Prix
13	Portugal	Estoril	22 September	1991 Portuguese Grand Prix
14	Spain	Catalunya	29 September	1991 Spanish Grand Prix
15	Japan DT	Suzuka	20 October	1991 Japanese Grand Prix
16	Australia CT	Adelaide	3 November	1991 Australian Grand Prix

Race Winners

Highlight: Home driver race winner

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor	Start	Win Margin
1	USA	Phoenix	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	1	16.332s
2	Brazil	Interlagos	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	1	2.991s
3	San Marino	Imola	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	1	1.675s
4	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	1	18.348s
5	Canada	Montreal	Nelson Piquet	Benetton-Ford Cosworth	8	31.832s
6	Mexico	Mexico City	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	1	1.336s
7	France	Magny-Cours	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	4	5.003s
8	Britain	Silverstone	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	1	42.293s
9	Germany	Hockenheim	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	1	13.779s
10	Hungary	Hungaroring	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	1	4.599s
11	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	1	1.901s
12	Italy	Monza	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	2	16.262s
13	Portugal	Estoril	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	1	20.941s
14	Spain	Catalunya	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	2	11.331s
15	Japan	Suzuka	Gerhard Berger	McLaren-Honda	1	0.344s
16	Australia	Adelaide	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	1	1.259s

Polesitters

Highlight: Home driver polesitter

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor	Race	Pole Margin
1	USA	Phoenix	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	1	1.121s
2	Brazil	Interlagos	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	1	0.383s
3	San Marino	Imola	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	1	0.080s
4	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	1	0.465s
5	Canada	Montreal	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	3	0.388s
6	Mexico	Mexico City	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	1	0.282s
7	France	Magny-Cours	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	5	0.230s
8	Britain	Silverstone	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	1	0.679s
9	Germany	Hockenheim	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	1	0.187s
10	Hungary	Hungaroring	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	1	1.232s
11	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	1	1.010s
12	Italy	Monza	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	2	0.133s
13	Portugal	Estoril	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	1	0.220s
14	Spain	Catalunya	Gerhard Berger	McLaren-Honda	DNF	0.219s
15	Japan	Suzuka	Gerhard Berger	McLaren-Honda	1	0.198s
16	Australia	Adelaide	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	1	0.344s

Fastest Laps

Highlight: Home driver fastest lap setter

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor
1	USA	Phoenix	Jean Alesi	Ferrari
2	Brazil	Interlagos	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault
3	San Marino	Imola	Gerhard Berger	McLaren-Honda
4	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Alain Prost	Ferrari
5	Canada	Montreal	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault
6	Mexico	Mexico City	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault
7	France	Magny-Cours	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault
8	Britain	Silverstone	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault
9	Germany	Hockenheim	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault
10	Hungary	Hungaroring	Bertrand Gachot	Jordan-Ford Cosworth
11	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	Roberto Moreno	Benetton-Ford Cosworth
12	Italy	Monza	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda
13	Portugal	Estoril	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault
14	Spain	Catalunya	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault
15	Japan	Suzuka	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda
16	Australia	Adelaide	Gerhard Berger	McLaren-Honda

1991 F1 World Championship Standings

Driver

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Points	Gap
1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	96
2	Nigel Mansell	Williams	72	-24
3	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	53	-43
4	Gerhard Berger	McLaren	43	-53
5	Alain Prost	Ferrari	34	-62
6	Nelson Piquet	Benetton	26.5	-69.5
7	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	21	-75
8	Stefano Modena	Tyrrell	10	-86
9	Andrea de Cesaris	Jordan	9	-87
10	Roberto Moreno	Benetton Jordan Minardi	8	-88
11	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	6	-90
12	JJ Lehto	Dallara	4	-92
=	Bertrand Gachot	Jordan	4	-92
=	Michael Schumacher	Jordan Benetton	4	-92
15	Mika Hakkinen	Lotus	2	-94
=	Martin Brundle	Brabham	2	-94
=	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell	2	-94
18	Julian Bailey	Lotus	1	-95
=	Eric Bernard	Lola	1	-95
=	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House	1	-95
=	Aguri Suzuki	Lola	1	-95
=	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara	1	-95
=	Mark Blundell	Brabham	1	-95
24	Gianni Morbidelli	Minardi Ferrari	0.5	-95.5

Points scoring system used:

1st: 10 points
2nd: 6 points
3rd: 4 points
4th: 3 points
5th: 2 points
6th: 1 point

Every race counted towards the championship.

Constructor

Pos	Constructor	Points	Gap
1	McLaren-Honda	139
2	Williams-Renault	125	-14
3	Ferrari	55.5	-83.5
4	Benetton-Ford Cosworth	38.5	-100.5
5	Jordan-Ford Cosworth	13	-126
6	Tyrrell-Honda	12	-127
7	Minardi-Ferrari	6	-133
8	Dallara-Judd	5	-134
9	Lotus-Judd	3	-136
10	Brabham-Yamaha	3	-136
11	Lola-Ford Cosworth	2	-137
12	Leyton House-Ilmor	1	-138

Points scoring system used:

1st: 10 points
2nd: 6 points
3rd: 4 points
4th: 3 points
5th: 2 points
6th: 1 point

Constructors received points for each of their cars.
Every race counted towards the championship.

Qualifying Results Overview

Pos	Driver	USA	BRA	SMR	MCO	CAN	MEX	FRA	GBR	DEU	HUN	BEL	ITA	PRT	ESP	JPN	AUS	Avg.	Best
1	Ayrton Senna	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	3	3	2	1	1.81	1
2	Nigel Mansell	4	3	4	5	2	2	4	1	1	3	3	2	4	2	3	3	2.88	1
3	Riccardo Patrese	3	2	2	3	1	1	1	3	4	2	17	4	1	4	5	4	3.56	1
4	Gerhard Berger	7	4	5	6	6	5	5	4	3	5	4	3	2	1	1	2	3.94	1
5	Alain Prost	2	6	3	7	4	7	2	5	5	4	2	5	5	6	4		4.47	2
6	Jean Alesi	6	5	7	9	7	4	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	7	6	7	6.19	4
7	Michael Schumacher											7	7	10	5	9	6	7.33	5
8	Nelson Piquet	5	7	14	4	8	6	7	8	8	11	6	8	11	10	10	5	8.00	4
9	Stefano Modena	11	9	6	2	9	8	11	10	14	8	10	13	12	14	14	9	10.00	2
10	Roberto Moreno	8	14	13	8	5	9	8	7	9	15	8	9	16			18	10.50	5
11	Andrea de Cesaris	31	13	11	10	11	11	13	13	7	17	11	14	14	17	11	12	13.50	7
12	Pierluigi Martini	15	20	9	14	18	15	12	23	10	18	9	10	8	19	7	10	13.56	7
13	Ivan Capelli	18	15	22	18	13	22	15	16	12	9	12	12	9	8			14.36	8
14	Mauricio Gugelmin	23	8	15	15	23	21	9	9	16	13	15	18	7	13	18	14	14.81	7
15	JJ Lehto	10	19	16	13	17	16	26	11	20	12	14	20	18	15	12	11	15.63	10
16	Satoru Nakajima	16	16	10	11	12	13	18	15	13	14	22	15	21	18	15	24	15.81	10
17	Alessandro Zanardi														20	13	16	16.33	13
18	Gianni Morbidelli	26	21	8	17	15	23	10	20	19	23	19	17	13	16	8	8	16.44	8
19	Bertrand Gachot	14	10	12	24	14	20	19	17	11	16						30	17.00	10
20	Emanuele Pirro	9	12	31	12	10	33	31	18	18	7	25	16	17	9	16	13	17.31	7
21	Martin Brundle	12	26	18	27	20	17	24	14	15	10	16	19	19	11	19	28	18.44	10
22	Thierry Boutsen	20	18	24	16	16	14	16	19	17	19	18	21	20	26	17	20	18.81	14
23	Mark Blundell	24	25	23	22	29	12	17	12	21	20	13	11	15	12	31	17	19.00	11
24	Eric Bernard	19	11	17	21	19	18	23	21	25	21	20	24	27	23	30		21.27	11
25	Aguri Suzuki	21	17	20	19	22	19	22	22	22	22	27	30	25	27	25	27	22.94	17
26	Johnny Herbert					30	25	20	24			21		22		23	21	23.25	20
27	Mika Hakkinen	13	22	25	26	24	24	27	25	23	26	24	25	26	21	21	25	23.56	13
28	Erik Comas	29	23	19	23	26	27	14	27	26	25	26	22	23	25	20	22	23.56	14
29	Karl Wendlinger															22	26	24.00	22
30	Michele Alboreto	25	29	30	25	21	26	25	26	27	28	31	27	24	24	27	15	25.62	15
31	Gabriele Tarquini	22	24	27	20	28	28	29	30	29	31	32	32	28	22	24	31	27.31	20
32	Nicola Larini	17	32	33	31	32	34	32	32	24	24	28	23	29	28	28	19	27.88	17
33	Stefan Johansson	28	28			25	29	30	28									28.00	25
34	Olivier Grouillard	33	34	32	34	31	10	21	31	31	27	23	26	32	33			28.43	10
35	Julian Bailey	30	30	26	28													28.50	26
36	Michael Bartels									28	30		28		29			28.75	28
37	Alex Caffi	27	27	29	30					32	32	29	33	33	31	26	23	29.33	23
38	Eric van de Poele	34	31	21	32	33	31	33	33	30	29	30	29	30	30	29	29	30.25	21
39	Fabrizio Barbazza			28	29	27	30	28	29	33	33	34	31	31	32			30.42	27
40	Naoki Hattori															32	32	32.00	32
41	Pedro Chaves	32	33	34	33	34	32	34	34	34	34	33	34	34	34			33.50	32

Race Results Overview

Pos	Driver	USA	BRA	SMR	MCO	CAN	MEX	FRA	GBR	DEU	HUN	BEL	ITA	PRT	ESP	JPN	AUS	Points
1	Ayrton Senna	1	1	1	1	R	3	3	4^R	7^R	1	1	2	2	5	2	1	96
2	Nigel Mansell	R	R	R	2	6^R	2	1	1	1	2	R	1	DSQ	1	R	2	72
3	Riccardo Patrese	R	2	R	R	3	1	5	R	2	3	5	R	1	3	3	5	53
4	Gerhard Berger	R	3	2	R	R	R	R	2	4	4	2	4	R	R	1	3	43
5	Alain Prost	2	4	DNS	5	R	R	2	3	R	R	R	3	R	2	4		34
6	Nelson Piquet	3	5	R	R	1	R	8	5	R	R	3	6	5	11	7	4	26.5
7	Jean Alesi	12^R	6	R	3	R	R	4	R	3	5	R	R	3	4	R	R	21
8	Stefano Modena	4	R	R	R	2	11	R	7	13	12	R	R	R	16	6	10	10
9	Andrea de Cesaris	DNPQ	R	R	R	4	4^R	6	R	5	7	13^R	7	8	R	R	8	9
10	Roberto Moreno	R	7	13^R	4	R	5	R	R	8	8	4	R	10			16	8
11	Pierluigi Martini	9^R	R	4	12	7	R	9	9	R	R	12	R	4	13	R	R	6
12	JJ Lehto	R	R	3	11	R	R	R	13	R	R	R	R	R	8	R	12	4
=	Bertrand Gachot	10^R	13^R	R	8	5	R	R	6	6	9						DNQ	4
=	Michael Schumacher											R	5	6	6	R	R	4
15	Mika Hakkinen	R	9	5	R	R	9	DNQ	12	R	14	R	14	14	R	R	19	2
=	Martin Brundle	11	12	11		R	R	R	R	11	R	9	13	12	10	5	DNQ	2
=	Satoru Nakajima	5	R	R	R	10	12	R	8	R	15	R	R	13	17	R	R	2
18	Emanuele Pirro	R	11	DNPQ	6	9	DNPQ	DNPQ	10	10	R	8	10	R	15	R	7	1
=	Mark Blundell	R	R	8	R	DNQ	R	R	R	12	R	6	12	R	R	DNPQ	17	1
=	Ivan Capelli	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	6	R	8	17^R	R			1
=	Eric Bernard	R	R	R	9	R	6	R	R	R	R	R	R	DNQ	R	DNQ		1
=	Aguri Suzuki	6	DNS	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	DNQ	DNQ	R	DNQ	R	DNQ	1
=	Julian Bailey	DNQ	DNQ	6	DNQ													1
24	Gianni Morbidelli	R	8	R	R	R	7	R	11	R	13	R	9	9	14^R	R	6	0.5
	Mauricio Gugelmin	R	R	12^R	R	R	R	7	R	R	11	R	15	7	7	8	14^R
	Thierry Boutsen	R	10	7	7	R	8	12	R	9	17^R	11	R	16	R	9	R
	Johnny Herbert					DNQ	10	10	14^R			7		R		R	11
	Nicola Larini	7	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	R	16	DNQ	16	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	R
	Erik Comas	DNQ	R	10	10	8	DNQ	11	DNQ	R	10	R	11	11	R	R	18
	Gabriele Tarquini	8	R	DNQ	R	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNQ	12	11	DNPQ
	Alessandro Zanardi														9	R	9
	Eric van de Poele	DNPQ	DNPQ	9^R	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
	Alex Caffi	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ					DNPQ	DNPQ	DNQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	10	15
	Olivier Grouillard	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	R	R	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNQ	10	R	DNPQ	DNPQ
	Michele Alboreto	R	DNQ	DNQ	R	R	R	R	R	DNQ	DNQ	DNPQ	DNQ	15	R	DNQ	13
	Karl Wendlinger															R	20
	Stefan Johansson	DNQ	DNQ			R	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
	Fabrizio Barbazza			DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ
	Michael Bartels									DNQ	DNQ		DNQ		DNQ
	Pedro Chaves	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ
	Naoki Hattori															DNPQ	DNPQ

Race To The Title

The Race To The Title graph shows how the title race played out over the course of the season.

1991 F1 World Championship Season Statistics

See: 1991 F1 World Championship Season Statistics