1991 French Grand Prix

Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1	+3	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	72	1hr 38m 00.056s	10
2		Alain Prost	Ferrari	72	+5.003s	6
3		Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	72	+34.934s	4
4	+2	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	72	+35.920s	3
5	-4	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	71	+1 lap	2
6	+7	Andrea de Cesaris	Jordan-Ford Cosworth	71	+1 lap	1
7	+2	Mauricio Gugelmin	Leyton House-Ilmor	70	+2 laps (10.000s)
8	-1	Nelson Piquet	Benetton-Ford Cosworth	70	+2 laps
9	+3	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Ferrari	70	+2 laps
10	+10	Johnny Herbert	Lotus-Judd	70	+2 laps
11	+3	Erik Comas	Ligier-Lamborghini	70	+2 laps
12	+4	Thierry Boutsen	Ligier-Lamborghini	69	+3 laps
R		Roberto Moreno	Benetton-Ford Cosworth	63	DNF
R		Stefano Modena	Tyrrell-Honda	57	DNF
R		Olivier Grouillard	Fondmetal-Ford Cosworth	47	DNF
R		Eric Bernard	Lola-Ford Cosworth	43	DNF
R		JJ Lehto	Dallara-Judd	39	DNF
R		Mark Blundell	Brabham-Yamaha	36	DNF
R		Aguri Suzuki	Lola-Ford Cosworth	32	DNF
R		Michele Alboreto	Footwork-Ford Cosworth	31	DNF
R		Martin Brundle	Brabham-Yamaha	21	DNF
R		Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell-Honda	12	DNF
R		Gianni Morbidelli	Minardi-Ferrari	8	DNF
R		Ivan Capelli	Leyton House-Ilmor	7	DNF
R		Gerhard Berger	McLaren-Honda	6	DNF
R		Bertrand Gachot	Jordan-Ford Cosworth	0	DNF

Starting grid

Pos	Driver	Constructor
1	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault
2	Alain Prost	Ferrari
3	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda
4	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault
5	Gerhard Berger	McLaren-Honda
6	Jean Alesi	Ferrari
7	Nelson Piquet	Benetton-Ford Cosworth
8	Roberto Moreno	Benetton-Ford Cosworth
9	Mauricio Gugelmin	Leyton House-Ilmor
10	Gianni Morbidelli	Minardi-Ferrari
11	Stefano Modena	Tyrrell-Honda
12	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Ferrari
13	Andrea de Cesaris	Jordan-Ford Cosworth
14	Erik Comas	Ligier-Lamborghini
15	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House-Ilmor
16	Thierry Boutsen	Ligier-Lamborghini
17	Mark Blundell	Brabham-Yamaha
18	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell-Honda
19	Bertrand Gachot	Jordan-Ford Cosworth
20	Johnny Herbert	Lotus-Judd
21	Olivier Grouillard	Fondmetal-Ford Cosworth
22	Aguri Suzuki	Lola-Ford Cosworth
23	Eric Bernard	Lola-Ford Cosworth
24	Martin Brundle	Brabham-Yamaha
25	Michele Alboreto	Footwork-Ford Cosworth
26	JJ Lehto	Dallara-Judd

Qualifying result

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	1:14.559
2	Alain Prost	Ferrari	1:14.789	0.230
3	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	1:14.857	0.298
4	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	1:14.895	0.336
5	Gerhard Berger	McLaren-Honda	1:15.376	0.817
6	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	1:15.877	1.318
7	Nelson Piquet	Benetton-Ford Cosworth	1:16.816	2.257
8	Roberto Moreno	Benetton-Ford Cosworth	1:16.961	2.402
9	Mauricio Gugelmin	Leyton House-Ilmor	1:17.015	2.456
10	Gianni Morbidelli	Minardi-Ferrari	1:17.020	2.461
11	Stefano Modena	Tyrrell-Honda	1:17.114	2.555
12	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Ferrari	1:17.149	2.590
13	Andrea de Cesaris	Jordan-Ford Cosworth	1:17.163	2.604
14	Erik Comas	Ligier-Lamborghini	1:17.504	2.945
15	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House-Ilmor	1:17.533	2.974
16	Thierry Boutsen	Ligier-Lamborghini	1:17.775	3.216
17	Mark Blundell	Brabham-Yamaha	1:17.836	3.277
18	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell-Honda	1:18.144	3.585
19	Bertrand Gachot	Jordan-Ford Cosworth	1:18.150	3.591
20	Johnny Herbert	Lotus-Judd	1:18.185	3.626
21	Olivier Grouillard	Fondmetal-Ford Cosworth	1:18.210	3.651
22	Aguri Suzuki	Lola-Ford Cosworth	1:18.224	3.665
23	Eric Bernard	Lola-Ford Cosworth	1:18.540	3.981
24	Martin Brundle	Brabham-Yamaha	1:18.826	4.267
25	Michele Alboreto	Footwork-Ford Cosworth	1:18.846	4.287
26	JJ Lehto	Dallara-Judd	1:19.267	4.708
Did not qualify
27	Mika Hakkinen	Lotus-Judd	1:19.491	4.932
28	Fabrizio Barbazza	AGS-Ford Cosworth	1:20.110	5.551
29	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS-Ford Cosworth	1:20.262	5.703
30	Stefan Johansson	Footwork-Ford Cosworth	1:21.000	6.441
Did not pre-qualify
31	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara-Judd	1:20.539	5.980
32	Nicola Larini	Lamborghini	1:20.628	6.069
33	Eric van de Poele	Lamborghini	1:21.304	6.745
34	Pedro Chaves	Coloni-Ford Cosworth	1:22.229	7.670

Championship standings

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

Driver

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Ayrton Senna	48
2	Nigel Mansell	23
3	Riccardo Patrese	22
4	Alain Prost	17
5	Nelson Piquet	16
6	Gerhard Berger	10
7	Stefano Modena	9
8	Jean Alesi	8
9	Andrea de Cesaris	7
10	Roberto Moreno	5
11	JJ Lehto	4
12	Pierluigi Martini	3
13	Satoru Nakajima	2
=	Mika Hakkinen	2
=	Bertrand Gachot	2
16	Aguri Suzuki	1
=	Julian Bailey	1
=	Emanuele Pirro	1
=	Eric Bernard	1

Constructor

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	McLaren-Honda	58
2	Williams-Renault	45
3	Ferrari	25
4	Benetton-Ford Cosworth	21
5	Tyrrell-Honda	11
6	Jordan-Ford Cosworth	9
7	Dallara-Judd	5
8	Minardi-Ferrari	3
9	Lotus-Judd	3
10	Lola-Ford Cosworth	2

Statistics & milestones

Wins

17th for Nigel Mansell

46th for Williams

Podiums

91st for Alain Prost, 60th for Ayrton Senna (2nd driver to score 60 podiums, 1st Brazilian driver), 40th for Nigel Mansell (7th driver to score 40 podiums, 2nd British driver)

346th for Ferrari, 215th for McLaren, 122nd for Williams

Poles

6th for Riccardo Patrese

34th for Williams

Fastest laps

20th for Nigel Mansell (6th driver to set 20 fastest laps, 2nd British driver)

51st for Williams

Front row starts

68th for Alain Prost EQUALLED RECORD (shared with Ayrton Senna), 15th for Riccardo Patrese

Win & fastest lap

7th for Nigel Mansell (first since 1989)

See also

• French Grand Prix
• Magny-Cours circuit
• 1991 World Championship season