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1991 British Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitSilverstone, 59 laps
Round8 of 16
Race numbers

The 1991 British Grand Prix was the:

  • 508th World Championship race
  • 42nd World Championship British Grand Prix
  • 25th World Championship race at Silverstone
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Renault591hr 27m 35.479s10
2+2(AUT) Gerhard BergerMcLaren-Honda59+42.293s6
3+2(FRA) Alain ProstFerrari59+1m 00.150s4
4-2(BRA) Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda58DNF3
5+3(BRA) Nelson PiquetBenetton-Ford Cosworth58+1 lap2
6+11(FRA) Bertrand GachotJordan-Ford Cosworth58+1 lap1
7+3(ITA) Stefano ModenaTyrrell-Honda58+1 lap 
8+7(JPN) Satoru NakajimaTyrrell-Honda58+1 lap 
9+14(ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ferrari58+1 lap 
10+8(ITA) Emanuele PirroDallara-Judd57+2 laps 
11+9(ITA) Gianni MorbidelliMinardi-Ferrari57+2 laps 
12+13(FIN) Mika HakkinenLotus-Judd57+2 laps 
13-2(FIN) JJ LehtoDallara-Judd56+3 laps 
14+10(GBR) Johnny HerbertLotus-Judd55DNF 
R (GBR) Mark BlundellBrabham-Yamaha52DNF 
R (ITA) Andrea de CesarisJordan-Ford Cosworth41DNF 
R (FRA) Jean AlesiFerrari31DNF 
R (JPN) Aguri SuzukiLola-Ford Cosworth29DNF 
R (BEL) Thierry BoutsenLigier-Lamborghini29DNF 
R (GBR) Martin BrundleBrabham-Yamaha28DNF 
R (ITA) Michele AlboretoFootwork-Ford Cosworth25DNF 
R (BRA) Mauricio GugelminLeyton House-Ilmor24DNF 
R (BRA) Roberto MorenoBenetton-Ford Cosworth21DNF 
R (FRA) Eric BernardLola-Ford Cosworth21DNF 
R (ITA) Ivan CapelliLeyton House-Ilmor16DNF 
R (ITA) Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Renault1DNF 

Notes

  • Ayrton Senna entered the final lap in P2 before retiring.
  • Johnny Herbert ended lap 55 in P9 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Renault1:20.939 
2(BRA) Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda1:21.6180.679
3(ITA) Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Renault1:22.1091.170
4(AUT) Gerhard BergerMcLaren-Honda1:22.4761.537
5(FRA) Alain ProstFerrari1:22.4781.539
6(FRA) Jean AlesiFerrari1:22.8811.942
7(BRA) Roberto MorenoBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:23.2652.326
8(BRA) Nelson PiquetBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:23.6262.687
9(BRA) Mauricio GugelminLeyton House-Ilmor1:24.0443.105
10(ITA) Stefano ModenaTyrrell-Honda1:24.0693.130
11(FIN) JJ LehtoDallara-Judd1:24.1413.202
12(GBR) Mark BlundellBrabham-Yamaha1:24.1653.226
13(ITA) Andrea de CesarisJordan-Ford Cosworth1:24.1693.230
14(GBR) Martin BrundleBrabham-Yamaha1:24.3453.406
15(JPN) Satoru NakajimaTyrrell-Honda1:24.5603.621
16(ITA) Ivan CapelliLeyton House-Ilmor1:24.5873.648
17(FRA) Bertrand GachotJordan-Ford Cosworth1:24.5923.653
18(ITA) Emanuele PirroDallara-Judd1:24.6543.715
19(BEL) Thierry BoutsenLigier-Lamborghini1:25.1744.235
20(ITA) Gianni MorbidelliMinardi-Ferrari1:25.2224.283
21(FRA) Eric BernardLola-Ford Cosworth1:25.5374.598
22(JPN) Aguri SuzukiLola-Ford Cosworth1:25.5834.644
23(ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ferrari1:25.5834.644
24(GBR) Johnny HerbertLotus-Judd1:25.6894.750
25(FIN) Mika HakkinenLotus-Judd1:25.8724.933
26(ITA) Michele AlboretoFootwork-Ford Cosworth1:26.1925.253
Did not qualify
27(FRA) Erik ComasLigier-Lamborghini1:26.3925.453
28(SWE) Stefan JohanssonFootwork-Ford Cosworth1:26.5445.605
29(ITA) Fabrizio BarbazzaAGS-Ford Cosworth1:28.1227.183
30(ITA) Gabriele TarquiniAGS-Ford Cosworth1:28.1367.197
Did not pre-qualify
31(FRA) Olivier GrouillardFondmetal-Ford Cosworth1:26.2995.360
32(ITA) Nicola LariniLamborghini1:28.0427.103
33(BEL) Eric van de PoeleLamborghini1:28.8277.888
34(PRT) Pedro ChavesColoni-Ford Cosworth1:29.7358.796

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(BRA) Ayrton Senna51
2(GBR) Nigel Mansell33
3(ITA) Riccardo Patrese22
4(FRA) Alain Prost21
5(BRA) Nelson Piquet18
6(AUT) Gerhard Berger16
7(ITA) Stefano Modena9
8(FRA) Jean Alesi8
9(ITA) Andrea de Cesaris7
10(BRA) Roberto Moreno5
11(FIN) JJ Lehto4
12(ITA) Pierluigi Martini3
13(FRA) Bertrand Gachot3
14(JPN) Satoru Nakajima2
=(FIN) Mika Hakkinen2
16(JPN) Aguri Suzuki1
=(GBR) Julian Bailey1
=(ITA) Emanuele Pirro1
=(FRA) Eric Bernard1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1McLaren-Honda67
2Williams-Renault55
3Ferrari29
4Benetton-Ford Cosworth23
5Tyrrell-Honda11
6Jordan-Ford Cosworth10
7Dallara-Judd5
8Minardi-Ferrari3
9Lotus-Judd3
10Lola-Ford Cosworth2

Stats & milestones

Milestone race start
150th for Michele Alboreto (10th driver to start 150 races, 3rd Italian driver)
50th for Mauricio Gugelmin (75th driver to start 50 races, 5th Brazilian driver) & Stefano Modena (76th driver to start 50 races, 14th Italian driver)
100th for Minardi (19th constructor to start 100 races)
Wins
18th for Nigel Mansell
47th for Williams
Podiums
92nd for Alain Prost
41st for Nigel Mansell
23rd for Gerhard Berger
347th for Ferrari
216th for McLaren
123rd for Williams
Poles
16th for Nigel Mansell
35th for Williams
Fastest laps
21st for Nigel Mansell
52nd for Williams
Front row starts
69th for Ayrton Senna NEW RECORD
36th for Nigel Mansell
Pole & win
6th for Nigel Mansell
Win & fastest lap
8th for Nigel Mansell
Hat-trick (pole, win & fastest lap)
1st for Nigel Mansell (30th different driver to complete a hat-trick, 9th British driver; first British driver to complete a hat-trick since 1977)