GP Racing Stats

Notice: this website is currently undergoing a complete redesign which will bring a more friendly UI experience, better content, and more features.

Home / Seasons / 1991 F1 World Championship Season / 1991 Belgian Grand Prix

1991 Belgian Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitSpa-Francorchamps, 44 laps
Round11 of 16
Race numbers

The 1991 Belgian Grand Prix was the:

  • 511th World Championship race
  • 38th World Championship Belgian Grand Prix
  • 26th World Championship race at Spa-Francorchamps
More 1991 season
More Belgian Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (BRA) Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda441hr 27m 17.669s10
2+2(AUT) Gerhard BergerMcLaren-Honda44+1.901s6
3+3(BRA) Nelson PiquetBenetton-Ford Cosworth44+32.176s4
4+4(BRA) Roberto MorenoBenetton-Ford Cosworth44+37.310s3
5+12(ITA) Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Renault44+57.187s2
6+7(GBR) Mark BlundellBrabham-Yamaha44+1m 40.035s1
7+14(GBR) Johnny HerbertLotus-Judd44+1m 44.599s 
8+17(ITA) Emanuele PirroDallara-Judd43+1 lap 
9+7(GBR) Martin BrundleBrabham-Yamaha43+1 lap 
10+13(FRA) Olivier GrouillardFondmetal-Ford Cosworth43+1 lap 
11+7(BEL) Thierry BoutsenLigier-Lamborghini43+1 lap 
12-3(ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ferrari42+2 laps 
13-2(ITA) Andrea de CesarisJordan-Ford Cosworth41DNF 
R (ITA) Stefano ModenaTyrrell-Honda33DNF 
R (FIN) JJ LehtoDallara-Judd33DNF 
R (FRA) Jean AlesiFerrari30DNF 
R (ITA) Gianni MorbidelliMinardi-Ferrari29DNF 
R (FIN) Mika HakkinenLotus-Judd25DNF 
R (FRA) Erik ComasLigier-Lamborghini25DNF 
R (GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Renault22DNF 
R (FRA) Eric BernardLola-Ford Cosworth21DNF 
R (ITA) Ivan CapelliLeyton House-Ilmor13DNF 
R (JPN) Satoru NakajimaTyrrell-Honda7DNF 
R (FRA) Alain ProstFerrari2DNF 
R (BRA) Mauricio GugelminLeyton House-Ilmor1DNF 
R (DEU) Michael SchumacherJordan-Ford Cosworth0DNF 

Notes

  • Andrea de Cesaris ended lap 41 in P2 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Jean Alesi ended lap 30 as the race leader before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1(BRA) Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda
2(FRA) Alain ProstFerrari
3(GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Renault
4(AUT) Gerhard BergerMcLaren-Honda
5(FRA) Jean AlesiFerrari
6(BRA) Nelson PiquetBenetton-Ford Cosworth
7(DEU) Michael SchumacherJordan-Ford Cosworth
8(BRA) Roberto MorenoBenetton-Ford Cosworth
9(ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ferrari
10(ITA) Stefano ModenaTyrrell-Honda
11(ITA) Andrea de CesarisJordan-Ford Cosworth
12(ITA) Ivan CapelliLeyton House-Ilmor
13(GBR) Mark BlundellBrabham-Yamaha
14(FIN) JJ LehtoDallara-Judd
15(BRA) Mauricio GugelminLeyton House-Ilmor
16(GBR) Martin BrundleBrabham-Yamaha
17(ITA) Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Renault
18(BEL) Thierry BoutsenLigier-Lamborghini
19(ITA) Gianni MorbidelliMinardi-Ferrari
20(FRA) Eric BernardLola-Ford Cosworth
21(GBR) Johnny HerbertLotus-Judd
22(JPN) Satoru NakajimaTyrrell-Honda
23(FRA) Olivier GrouillardFondmetal-Ford Cosworth
24(FIN) Mika HakkinenLotus-Judd
25(ITA) Emanuele PirroDallara-Judd
26(FRA) Erik ComasLigier-Lamborghini

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(BRA) Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda1:47.811 
2(FRA) Alain ProstFerrari1:48.8211.010
3(GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Renault1:48.8281.017
4(AUT) Gerhard BergerMcLaren-Honda1:49.4851.674
5(FRA) Jean AlesiFerrari1:49.9742.163
6(BRA) Nelson PiquetBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:50.5402.729
7(DEU) Michael SchumacherJordan-Ford Cosworth1:51.2123.401
8(BRA) Roberto MorenoBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:51.2833.472
9(ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ferrari1:51.2993.488
10(ITA) Stefano ModenaTyrrell-Honda1:51.3073.496
11(ITA) Andrea de CesarisJordan-Ford Cosworth1:51.9864.175
12(ITA) Ivan CapelliLeyton House-Ilmor1:52.1134.302
13(GBR) Mark BlundellBrabham-Yamaha1:52.3774.566
14(FIN) JJ LehtoDallara-Judd1:52.4174.606
15(BRA) Mauricio GugelminLeyton House-Ilmor1:52.6234.812
16(GBR) Martin BrundleBrabham-Yamaha1:52.6264.815
17(ITA) Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Renault1:52.6464.835
18(BEL) Thierry BoutsenLigier-Lamborghini1:52.7094.898
19(ITA) Gianni MorbidelliMinardi-Ferrari1:52.8965.085
20(FRA) Eric BernardLola-Ford Cosworth1:53.3095.498
21(GBR) Johnny HerbertLotus-Judd1:53.3615.550
22(JPN) Satoru NakajimaTyrrell-Honda1:53.4945.683
23(FRA) Olivier GrouillardFondmetal-Ford Cosworth1:53.6285.817
24(FIN) Mika HakkinenLotus-Judd1:53.7995.988
25(ITA) Emanuele PirroDallara-Judd1:53.8396.028
26(FRA) Erik ComasLigier-Lamborghini1:53.8476.036
Did not qualify
27(JPN) Aguri SuzukiLola-Ford Cosworth1:53.8696.058
28(ITA) Nicola LariniLamborghini1:54.7816.970
29(ITA) Alex CaffiFootwork-Ford Cosworth1:57.3389.527
30(BEL) Eric van de PoeleLamborghini1:57.7469.935
Did not pre-qualify
31(ITA) Michele AlboretoFootwork-Ford Cosworth1:59.91012.099
32(ITA) Gabriele TarquiniAGS-Ford Cosworth1:59.97212.161
33(PRT) Pedro ChavesColoni-Ford Cosworth2:01.92114.110
34(ITA) Fabrizio BarbazzaAGS-Ford Cosworth2:03.76615.955

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(BRA) Ayrton Senna71
2(GBR) Nigel Mansell49
3(ITA) Riccardo Patrese34
4(AUT) Gerhard Berger28
5(BRA) Nelson Piquet22
6(FRA) Alain Prost21
7(FRA) Jean Alesi14
8(ITA) Stefano Modena9
9(ITA) Andrea de Cesaris9
10(BRA) Roberto Moreno8
11(FIN) JJ Lehto4
12(FRA) Bertrand Gachot4
13(ITA) Pierluigi Martini3
14(JPN) Satoru Nakajima2
=(FIN) Mika Hakkinen2
16(JPN) Aguri Suzuki1
=(GBR) Julian Bailey1
=(ITA) Emanuele Pirro1
=(FRA) Eric Bernard1
=(ITA) Ivan Capelli1
=(GBR) Mark Blundell1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1McLaren-Honda99
2Williams-Renault83
3Ferrari35
4Benetton-Ford Cosworth30
5Jordan-Ford Cosworth13
6Tyrrell-Honda11
7Dallara-Judd5
8Minardi-Ferrari3
9Lotus-Judd3
10Lola-Ford Cosworth2
11Leyton House-Ilmor1
=Brabham-Yamaha1

Stats & milestones

Race debut
Michael Schumacher
Wins
32nd for Ayrton Senna
92nd for McLaren
Race 1-2
25th for McLaren
Podiums
62nd for Ayrton Senna
60th and last for Nelson Piquet (3rd driver to score 60 podiums, 2nd Brazilian driver)
24th for Gerhard Berger
218th & 219th for McLaren
26th for Benetton
Poles
58th for Ayrton Senna
73rd for McLaren
Fastest laps
1st and only for Roberto Moreno (91st different fastest lap setter, 6th Brazilian driver)
7th for Benetton
Front row starts
72nd for Ayrton Senna
69th for Alain Prost (last until 1993; last for Ferrari)
Points finishes
5th and last for Roberto Moreno
1st for Mark Blundell (249th different point scorer, 51st British driver)
Pole & win
27th for Ayrton Senna