1991 Australian Grand Prix | GP Racing Stats

Date	Sunday, 3 November 1991
Winner	Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda
Pole position	Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda
Fastest lap	Gerhard Berger McLaren-Honda
Circuit	Adelaide, 14 laps
Round	16 of 16
Race numbers	The 1991 Australian Grand Prix was the 516th World Championship race 7th World Championship Australian Grand Prix 7th World Championship race at Adelaide 1991 Constructors’ title decider
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Next race	1992 South African Grand Prix

Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1		Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	14	24m 34.899s	5
2	+1	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	14	+1.259s	3
3	-1	Gerhard Berger	McLaren-Honda	14	+5.120s	2
4	+1	Nelson Piquet	Benetton-Ford Cosworth	14	+30.103s	1.5
5	-1	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	14	+50.537s	1
6	+2	Gianni Morbidelli	Ferrari	14	+51.069s	0.5
7	+6	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara-Judd	14	+52.361s
8	+4	Andrea de Cesaris	Jordan-Ford Cosworth	14	+1m 00.431s
9	+7	Alessandro Zanardi	Jordan-Ford Cosworth	14	+1m 15.567s
10	-1	Stefano Modena	Tyrrell-Honda	14	+1m 20.370s
11	+10	Johnny Herbert	Lotus-Judd	14	+1m 22.073s
12	-1	JJ Lehto	Dallara-Judd	14	+1m 38.519s
13	+2	Michele Alboreto	Footwork-Ford Cosworth	14	+1m 39.303s
14		Mauricio Gugelmin	Leyton House-Ilmor	13	DNF
15	+8	Alex Caffi	Footwork-Ford Cosworth	13	+1 lap
16	+2	Roberto Moreno	Minardi-Ferrari	13	+1 lap
17		Mark Blundell	Brabham-Yamaha	13	+1 lap
18	+4	Erik Comas	Ligier-Lamborghini	13	+1 lap
19	+6	Mika Hakkinen	Lotus-Judd	13	+1 lap
20	+6	Karl Wendlinger	Leyton House-Ilmor	12	+2 laps
R		Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Ferrari	8	DNF
R		Michael Schumacher	Benetton-Ford Cosworth	5	DNF
R		Jean Alesi	Ferrari	5	DNF
R		Nicola Larini	Lamborghini	5	DNF
R		Thierry Boutsen	Ligier-Lamborghini	5	DNF
R		Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell-Honda	4	DNF

Notes

The race was stopped after 16 laps due to torrential rain. The official results were determined by the order at the end of lap 14.
Mauricio Gugelmin ended lap 13 in P11 before retiring on the following lap.

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	1:14.041
2	Gerhard Berger	McLaren-Honda	1:14.385	0.344
3	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	1:14.822	0.781
4	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	1:15.057	1.016
5	Nelson Piquet	Benetton-Ford Cosworth	1:15.291	1.250
6	Michael Schumacher	Benetton-Ford Cosworth	1:15.508	1.467
7	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	1:15.545	1.504
8	Gianni Morbidelli	Ferrari	1:16.203	2.162
9	Stefano Modena	Tyrrell-Honda	1:16.253	2.212
10	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Ferrari	1:16.359	2.318
11	JJ Lehto	Dallara-Judd	1:16.871	2.830
12	Andrea de Cesaris	Jordan-Ford Cosworth	1:17.050	3.009
13	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara-Judd	1:17.342	3.301
14	Mauricio Gugelmin	Leyton House-Ilmor	1:17.344	3.303
15	Michele Alboreto	Footwork-Ford Cosworth	1:17.355	3.314
16	Alessandro Zanardi	Jordan-Ford Cosworth	1:17.362	3.321
17	Mark Blundell	Brabham-Yamaha	1:17.365	3.324
18	Roberto Moreno	Minardi-Ferrari	1:17.639	3.598
19	Nicola Larini	Lamborghini	1:17.936	3.895
20	Thierry Boutsen	Ligier-Lamborghini	1:17.969	3.928
21	Johnny Herbert	Lotus-Judd	1:18.091	4.050
22	Erik Comas	Ligier-Lamborghini	1:18.112	4.071
23	Alex Caffi	Footwork-Ford Cosworth	1:18.157	4.116
24	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell-Honda	1:18.216	4.175
25	Mika Hakkinen	Lotus-Judd	1:18.271	4.230
26	Karl Wendlinger	Leyton House-Ilmor	1:18.282	4.241
Did not qualify
27	Aguri Suzuki	Lola-Ford Cosworth	1:18.393	4.352
28	Martin Brundle	Brabham-Yamaha	1:18.855	4.814
29	Eric van de Poele	Lamborghini	1:19.000	4.959
30	Bertrand Gachot	Lola-Ford Cosworth	1:19.274	5.233
Did not pre-qualify
31	Gabriele Tarquini	Fondmetal-Ford Cosworth	1:18.184	4.143
32	Naoki Hattori	Coloni-Ford Cosworth	1:22.852	8.811

How the championship standings stood post-1991 Australian Grand Prix.

Last start: Alex Caffi, Satoru Nakajima, Nelson Piquet, Emanuele Pirro; Lamborghini, Leyton House
World Champion: 7th title for McLaren (3rd constructor to win seven championships)
Wins: 33rd for Ayrton Senna; 94th for McLaren
Podiums: 66th for Ayrton Senna, 46th for Nigel Mansell, 26th for Gerhard Berger; 224th & 225th for McLaren, 133rd for Williams
Poles: 60th for Ayrton Senna (1st driver to take 60 pole positions, 1st Brazilian driver); 77th for McLaren
Qualifying 1-2: 33rd for McLaren
Fastest laps: 14th for Gerhard Berger; 65th for McLaren
Front row starts: 75th for Ayrton Senna, 25th for Gerhard Berger (last until 1994; last for McLaren)
Points finishes: 100th and last for Nelson Piquet, 1st for Gianni Morbidelli (251st different point scorer, 41st Italian driver)
Pole & win: 28th for Ayrton Senna (last until 1993)