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1991 Brazilian Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitInterlagos, 71 laps
Round2 of 16
Race numbers

The 1991 Brazilian Grand Prix was the:

  • 502nd World Championship race
  • 19th World Championship Brazilian Grand Prix
  • 9th World Championship race at Interlagos
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (BRA) Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda711hr 38m 28.128s10
2 (ITA) Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Renault71+2.991s6
3+1(AUT) Gerhard BergerMcLaren-Honda71+5.416s4
4+2(FRA) Alain ProstFerrari71+19.369s3
5+2(BRA) Nelson PiquetBenetton-Ford Cosworth71+21.960s2
6-1(FRA) Jean AlesiFerrari71+23.641s1
7+7(BRA) Roberto MorenoBenetton-Ford Cosworth70+1 lap 
8+13(ITA) Gianni MorbidelliMinardi-Ferrari69+2 laps 
9+13(FIN) Mika HakkinenLotus-Judd68+3 laps 
10+8(BEL) Thierry BoutsenLigier-Lamborghini68+3 laps 
11+1(ITA) Emanuele PirroDallara-Judd68+3 laps 
12+14(GBR) Martin BrundleBrabham-Yamaha67+4 laps 
13-3(FRA) Bertrand GachotJordan-Ford Cosworth63DNF 
R (GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Renault59DNF 
R (FRA) Erik ComasLigier-Lamborghini50DNF 
R (ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ferrari47DNF 
R (GBR) Mark BlundellBrabham-Yamaha34DNF 
R (FRA) Eric BernardLola-Ford Cosworth33DNF 
R (FIN) JJ LehtoDallara-Judd22DNF 
R (ITA) Andrea de CesarisJordan-Ford Cosworth20DNF 
R (ITA) Stefano ModenaTyrrell-Honda19DNF 
R (ITA) Ivan CapelliLeyton House-Ilmor16DNF 
R (JPN) Satoru NakajimaTyrrell-Honda12DNF 
R (BRA) Mauricio GugelminLeyton House-Ilmor9DNF 
R (ITA) Gabriele TarquiniAGS-Ford Cosworth0DNF 
Did not start
  (JPN) Aguri SuzukiLola-Ford Cosworth   

Notes

  • Aguri Suzuki did not start the Grand Prix due to a fuel pressure issue on the grid pre-formation lap.

Starting grid

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(BRA) Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda1:16.392 
2(ITA) Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Renault1:16.7750.383
3(GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Renault1:16.8430.451
4(AUT) Gerhard BergerMcLaren-Honda1:17.4711.079
5(FRA) Jean AlesiFerrari1:17.6011.209
6(FRA) Alain ProstFerrari1:17.7391.347
7(BRA) Nelson PiquetBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:18.5772.185
8(BRA) Mauricio GugelminLeyton House-Ilmor1:18.6642.272
9(ITA) Stefano ModenaTyrrell-Honda1:18.8472.455
10(FRA) Bertrand GachotJordan-Ford Cosworth1:18.8822.490
11(FRA) Eric BernardLola-Ford Cosworth1:19.2912.899
12(ITA) Emanuele PirroDallara-Judd1:19.3052.913
13(ITA) Andrea de CesarisJordan-Ford Cosworth1:19.3392.947
14(BRA) Roberto MorenoBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:19.3602.968
15(ITA) Ivan CapelliLeyton House-Ilmor1:19.5173.125
16(JPN) Satoru NakajimaTyrrell-Honda1:19.5463.154
17(JPN) Aguri SuzukiLola-Ford Cosworth1:19.8323.440
18(BEL) Thierry BoutsenLigier-Lamborghini1:19.8683.476
19(FIN) JJ LehtoDallara-Judd1:19.9543.562
20(ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ferrari1:20.1753.783
21(ITA) Gianni MorbidelliMinardi-Ferrari1:20.5024.110
22(FIN) Mika HakkinenLotus-Judd1:20.6114.219
23(FRA) Erik ComasLigier-Lamborghini1:21.1684.776
24(ITA) Gabriele TarquiniAGS-Ford Cosworth1:21.2194.827
25(GBR) Mark BlundellBrabham-Yamaha1:21.2304.838
26(GBR) Martin BrundleBrabham-Yamaha1:21.2804.888
Did not qualify
27(ITA) Alex CaffiFootwork-Porsche1:22.1905.798
28(SWE) Stefan JohanssonAGS-Ford Cosworth1:22.4326.040
29(ITA) Michele AlboretoFootwork-Porsche1:22.7396.347
30(GBR) Julian BaileyLotus-Judd1:23.5907.198
Did not pre-qualify
31(BEL) Eric van de PoeleLamborghini1:21.9195.527
32(ITA) Nicola LariniLamborghini1:22.9446.552
33(PRT) Pedro ChavesColoni-Ford Cosworth1:23.2316.839
34(FRA) Olivier GrouillardFondmetal-Ford Cosworth1:23.9517.559

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(BRA) Ayrton Senna20
2(FRA) Alain Prost9
3(ITA) Riccardo Patrese6
4(BRA) Nelson Piquet6
5(AUT) Gerhard Berger4
6(ITA) Stefano Modena3
7(JPN) Satoru Nakajima2
8(JPN) Aguri Suzuki1
=(FRA) Jean Alesi1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1McLaren-Honda24
2Ferrari10
3Williams-Renault6
4Benetton-Ford Cosworth6
5Tyrrell-Honda5
6Lola-Ford Cosworth1

Stats & milestones

Race debut
Erik Comas
Wins
28th for Ayrton Senna
88th for McLaren
Podiums
56th for Ayrton Senna
21st for Gerhard Berger
19th for Riccardo Patrese
209th & 210th for McLaren
117th for Williams
Poles
54th for Ayrton Senna
69th for McLaren
Fastest laps
17th for Nigel Mansell
48th for Williams
Front row starts
66th for Ayrton Senna
11th for Riccardo Patrese
Pole & win
23rd for Ayrton Senna