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1991 Canadian Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitMontreal, 69 laps
Round5 of 16
Race numbers

The 1991 Canadian Grand Prix was the:

  • 505th World Championship race
  • 23rd World Championship Canadian Grand Prix
  • 13th World Championship race at Montreal
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+7(BRA) Nelson PiquetBenetton-Ford Cosworth691hr 38m 51.490s10
2+7(ITA) Stefano ModenaTyrrell-Honda69+31.832s6
3-2(ITA) Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Renault69+42.217s4
4+7(ITA) Andrea de CesarisJordan-Ford Cosworth69+1m 20.210s3
5+9(FRA) Bertrand GachotJordan-Ford Cosworth69+1m 22.351s2
6-4(GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Renault68DNF1
7PL(ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ferrari68+1 lap 
8+18(FRA) Erik ComasLigier-Lamborghini68+1 lap 
9+1(ITA) Emanuele PirroDallara-Judd68+1 lap 
10+2(JPN) Satoru NakajimaTyrrell-Honda67+2 laps 
R (BRA) Mauricio GugelminLeyton House-Ilmor61DNF 
R (FIN) JJ LehtoDallara-Judd50DNF 
R (SWE) Stefan JohanssonFootwork-Porsche48DNF 
R (ITA) Ivan CapelliLeyton House-Ilmor42DNF 
R (FRA) Jean AlesiFerrari34DNF 
R (FRA) Eric BernardLola-Ford Cosworth29DNF 
R (FRA) Alain ProstFerrari27DNF 
R (BEL) Thierry BoutsenLigier-Lamborghini27DNF 
R (BRA) Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda25DNF 
R (FIN) Mika HakkinenLotus-Judd21DNF 
R (GBR) Martin BrundleBrabham-Yamaha21DNF 
R (ITA) Gianni MorbidelliMinardi-Ferrari20DNF 
R (BRA) Roberto MorenoBenetton-Ford Cosworth10DNF 
R (AUT) Gerhard BergerMcLaren-Honda4DNF 
R (JPN) Aguri SuzukiLola-Ford Cosworth3DNF 
R (ITA) Michele AlboretoFootwork-Porsche2DNF 

Notes

  • Nigel Mansell entered the final lap as the race leader before retiring.

Starting grid

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(ITA) Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Renault1:19.837 
2(GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Renault1:20.2250.388
3(BRA) Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda1:20.3180.481
4(FRA) Alain ProstFerrari1:20.6560.819
5(BRA) Roberto MorenoBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:20.6860.849
6(AUT) Gerhard BergerMcLaren-Honda1:20.9161.079
7(FRA) Jean AlesiFerrari1:21.2271.390
8(BRA) Nelson PiquetBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:21.2411.404
9(ITA) Stefano ModenaTyrrell-Honda1:21.2981.461
10(ITA) Emanuele PirroDallara-Judd1:21.8642.027
11(ITA) Andrea de CesarisJordan-Ford Cosworth1:22.1542.317
12(JPN) Satoru NakajimaTyrrell-Honda1:22.2622.425
13(ITA) Ivan CapelliLeyton House-Ilmor1:22.4432.606
14(FRA) Bertrand GachotJordan-Ford Cosworth1:22.5962.759
15(ITA) Gianni MorbidelliMinardi-Ferrari1:22.9933.156
16(BEL) Thierry BoutsenLigier-Lamborghini1:23.0403.203
17(FIN) JJ LehtoDallara-Judd1:23.0403.203
18(ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ferrari1:23.1253.288
19(FRA) Eric BernardLola-Ford Cosworth1:23.2603.423
20(GBR) Martin BrundleBrabham-Yamaha1:23.5163.679
21(ITA) Michele AlboretoFootwork-Porsche1:23.5293.692
22(JPN) Aguri SuzukiLola-Ford Cosworth1:23.5853.748
23(BRA) Mauricio GugelminLeyton House-Ilmor1:23.6503.813
24(FIN) Mika HakkinenLotus-Judd1:23.9234.086
25(SWE) Stefan JohanssonFootwork-Porsche1:24.4334.596
26(FRA) Erik ComasLigier-Lamborghini1:24.4604.623
Did not qualify
27(ITA) Fabrizio BarbazzaAGS-Ford Cosworth1:24.4914.654
28(ITA) Gabriele TarquiniAGS-Ford Cosworth1:24.6534.816
29(GBR) Mark BlundellBrabham-Yamaha1:24.6614.824
30(GBR) Johnny HerbertLotus-Judd1:24.7324.895
Did not pre-qualify
31(FRA) Olivier GrouillardFondmetal-Ford Cosworth1:24.7954.958
32(ITA) Nicola LariniLamborghini1:25.7365.899
33(BEL) Eric van de PoeleLamborghini1:26.9007.063
34(PRT) Pedro ChavesColoni-Ford Cosworth1:34.47514.638

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(BRA) Ayrton Senna40
2(BRA) Nelson Piquet16
3(FRA) Alain Prost11
4(AUT) Gerhard Berger10
=(ITA) Riccardo Patrese10
6(ITA) Stefano Modena9
7(GBR) Nigel Mansell7
8(FRA) Jean Alesi5
9(FIN) JJ Lehto4
10(ITA) Pierluigi Martini3
=(BRA) Roberto Moreno3
=(ITA) Andrea de Cesaris3
13(JPN) Satoru Nakajima2
=(FIN) Mika Hakkinen2
=(FRA) Bertrand Gachot2
16(JPN) Aguri Suzuki1
=(GBR) Julian Bailey1
=(ITA) Emanuele Pirro1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1McLaren-Honda50
2Benetton-Ford Cosworth19
3Williams-Renault17
4Ferrari16
5Tyrrell-Honda11
6Dallara-Judd5
7Jordan-Ford Cosworth5
8Minardi-Ferrari3
9Lotus-Judd3
10Lola-Ford Cosworth1

Stats & milestones

Last start
Stefan Johansson (last Swedish driver to start a race until 2014)
Wins
23rd and last for Nelson Piquet
5th for Benetton
Podiums
59th for Nelson Piquet
20th for Riccardo Patrese (28th driver to score 20 podiums, 2nd Italian driver)
2nd and last for Stefano Modena (first podium since 1989)
119th for Williams
76th for Tyrrell (last until 1994)
25th for Benetton
Poles
4th for Riccardo Patrese (first since 1989)
32nd for Williams
1-2 start
11th for Williams
Fastest laps
18th for Nigel Mansell
49th for Williams
Front row starts
34th for Nigel Mansell
13th for Riccardo Patrese
Points finishes
1st for Bertrand Gachot (248th different point scorer, 28th French driver)