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

1991 French Grand Prix

DateSunday, 7 July 1991
Winner
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel Mansell
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Renault
Pole position
  • Italy flag lazyload Riccardo Patrese
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Renault
Fastest lap
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel Mansell
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Renault
CircuitMagny-Cours, 72 laps
Round7 of 16
Race numbers

The 1991 French Grand Prix was the

  • 507th World Championship race
  • 41st World Championship French Grand Prix
  • 1st World Championship race at Magny-Cours
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+3United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel MansellWilliams-Renault721hr 38m 00.056s10
2 France flag lazyload Alain ProstFerrari72+5.003s6
3 Brazil flag lazyload Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda72+34.934s4
4+2France flag lazyload Jean AlesiFerrari72+35.920s3
5-4Italy flag lazyload Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Renault71+1 lap2
6+7Italy flag lazyload Andrea de CesarisJordan-Ford Cosworth71+1 lap1
7+2Brazil flag lazyload Mauricio GugelminLeyton House-Ilmor70+2 laps (10.000s) 
8-1Brazil flag lazyload Nelson PiquetBenetton-Ford Cosworth70+2 laps 
9+3Italy flag lazyload Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ferrari70+2 laps 
10+10United Kingdom flag lazyload Johnny HerbertLotus-Judd70+2 laps 
11+3France flag lazyload Erik ComasLigier-Lamborghini70+2 laps 
12+4Belgium flag lazyload Thierry BoutsenLigier-Lamborghini69+3 laps 
R Brazil flag lazyload Roberto MorenoBenetton-Ford Cosworth63DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Stefano ModenaTyrrell-Honda57DNF 
R France flag lazyload Olivier GrouillardFondmetal-Ford Cosworth47DNF 
R France flag lazyload Eric BernardLola-Ford Cosworth43DNF 
R Finland flag lazyload JJ LehtoDallara-Judd39DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Mark BlundellBrabham-Yamaha36DNF 
R Japan flag lazyload Aguri SuzukiLola-Ford Cosworth32DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Michele AlboretoFootwork-Ford Cosworth31DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Martin BrundleBrabham-Yamaha21DNF 
R Japan flag lazyload Satoru NakajimaTyrrell-Honda12DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Gianni MorbidelliMinardi-Ferrari8DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Ivan CapelliLeyton House-Ilmor7DNF 
R Austria flag lazyload Gerhard BergerMcLaren-Honda6DNF 
R France flag lazyload Bertrand GachotJordan-Ford Cosworth0DNF 

Notes

  • Mauricio Gugelmin received a 10-second time penalty for a dangerous manoeuvre. His final race position was unaffected.

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1Italy flag lazyload Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Renault
2France flag lazyload Alain ProstFerrari
3Brazil flag lazyload Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel MansellWilliams-Renault
5Austria flag lazyload Gerhard BergerMcLaren-Honda
6France flag lazyload Jean AlesiFerrari
7Brazil flag lazyload Nelson PiquetBenetton-Ford Cosworth
8Brazil flag lazyload Roberto MorenoBenetton-Ford Cosworth
9Brazil flag lazyload Mauricio GugelminLeyton House-Ilmor
10Italy flag lazyload Gianni MorbidelliMinardi-Ferrari
11Italy flag lazyload Stefano ModenaTyrrell-Honda
12Italy flag lazyload Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ferrari
13Italy flag lazyload Andrea de CesarisJordan-Ford Cosworth
14France flag lazyload Erik ComasLigier-Lamborghini
15Italy flag lazyload Ivan CapelliLeyton House-Ilmor
16Belgium flag lazyload Thierry BoutsenLigier-Lamborghini
17United Kingdom flag lazyload Mark BlundellBrabham-Yamaha
18Japan flag lazyload Satoru NakajimaTyrrell-Honda
19France flag lazyload Bertrand GachotJordan-Ford Cosworth
20United Kingdom flag lazyload Johnny HerbertLotus-Judd
21France flag lazyload Olivier GrouillardFondmetal-Ford Cosworth
22Japan flag lazyload Aguri SuzukiLola-Ford Cosworth
23France flag lazyload Eric BernardLola-Ford Cosworth
24United Kingdom flag lazyload Martin BrundleBrabham-Yamaha
25Italy flag lazyload Michele AlboretoFootwork-Ford Cosworth
26Finland flag lazyload JJ LehtoDallara-Judd

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1Italy flag lazyload Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Renault1:14.559 
2France flag lazyload Alain ProstFerrari1:14.7890.230
3Brazil flag lazyload Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda1:14.8570.298
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel MansellWilliams-Renault1:14.8950.336
5Austria flag lazyload Gerhard BergerMcLaren-Honda1:15.3760.817
6France flag lazyload Jean AlesiFerrari1:15.8771.318
7Brazil flag lazyload Nelson PiquetBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:16.8162.257
8Brazil flag lazyload Roberto MorenoBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:16.9612.402
9Brazil flag lazyload Mauricio GugelminLeyton House-Ilmor1:17.0152.456
10Italy flag lazyload Gianni MorbidelliMinardi-Ferrari1:17.0202.461
11Italy flag lazyload Stefano ModenaTyrrell-Honda1:17.1142.555
12Italy flag lazyload Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ferrari1:17.1492.590
13Italy flag lazyload Andrea de CesarisJordan-Ford Cosworth1:17.1632.604
14France flag lazyload Erik ComasLigier-Lamborghini1:17.5042.945
15Italy flag lazyload Ivan CapelliLeyton House-Ilmor1:17.5332.974
16Belgium flag lazyload Thierry BoutsenLigier-Lamborghini1:17.7753.216
17United Kingdom flag lazyload Mark BlundellBrabham-Yamaha1:17.8363.277
18Japan flag lazyload Satoru NakajimaTyrrell-Honda1:18.1443.585
19France flag lazyload Bertrand GachotJordan-Ford Cosworth1:18.1503.591
20United Kingdom flag lazyload Johnny HerbertLotus-Judd1:18.1853.626
21France flag lazyload Olivier GrouillardFondmetal-Ford Cosworth1:18.2103.651
22Japan flag lazyload Aguri SuzukiLola-Ford Cosworth1:18.2243.665
23France flag lazyload Eric BernardLola-Ford Cosworth1:18.5403.981
24United Kingdom flag lazyload Martin BrundleBrabham-Yamaha1:18.8264.267
25Italy flag lazyload Michele AlboretoFootwork-Ford Cosworth1:18.8464.287
26Finland flag lazyload JJ LehtoDallara-Judd1:19.2674.708
Did not qualify
27Finland flag lazyload Mika HakkinenLotus-Judd1:19.4914.932
28Italy flag lazyload Fabrizio BarbazzaAGS-Ford Cosworth1:20.1105.551
29Italy flag lazyload Gabriele TarquiniAGS-Ford Cosworth1:20.2625.703
30Sweden flag lazyload Stefan JohanssonFootwork-Ford Cosworth1:21.0006.441
Did not pre-qualify
31Italy flag lazyload Emanuele PirroDallara-Judd1:20.5395.980
32Italy flag lazyload Nicola LariniLamborghini1:20.6286.069
33Belgium flag lazyload Eric van de PoeleLamborghini1:21.3046.745
34Portugal flag lazyload Pedro ChavesColoni-Ford Cosworth1:22.2297.670

Championship standings

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

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Brazil flag lazyload Ayrton Senna48
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel Mansell23
3Italy flag lazyload Riccardo Patrese22
4France flag lazyload Alain Prost17
5Brazil flag lazyload Nelson Piquet16
6Austria flag lazyload Gerhard Berger10
7Italy flag lazyload Stefano Modena9
8France flag lazyload Jean Alesi8
9Italy flag lazyload Andrea de Cesaris7
10Brazil flag lazyload Roberto Moreno5
11Finland flag lazyload JJ Lehto4
12Italy flag lazyload Pierluigi Martini3
13Japan flag lazyload Satoru Nakajima2
=Finland flag lazyload Mika Hakkinen2
=France flag lazyload Bertrand Gachot2
16Japan flag lazyload Aguri Suzuki1
=United Kingdom flag lazyload Julian Bailey1
=Italy flag lazyload Emanuele Pirro1
=France flag lazyload Eric Bernard1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Honda58
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Renault45
3Italy flag lazyload Ferrari25
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Benetton-Ford Cosworth21
5United Kingdom flag lazyload Tyrrell-Honda11
6Ireland flag lazyload Jordan-Ford Cosworth9
7Italy flag lazyload Dallara-Judd5
8Italy flag lazyload Minardi-Ferrari3
9United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Judd3
10United Kingdom flag lazyload Lola-Ford Cosworth2

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

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