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1991 Portuguese Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitEstoril, 71 laps
Round13 of 16
Race numbers

The 1991 Portuguese Grand Prix was the:

  • 513th World Championship race
  • 11th World Championship Portuguese Grand Prix
  • 8th World Championship race at Estoril
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (ITA) Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Renault711hr 35m 42.304s10
2+1(BRA) Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda71+20.941s6
3+3(FRA) Jean AlesiFerrari71+53.554s4
4+4(ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ferrari71+1m 03.498s3
5+6(BRA) Nelson PiquetBenetton-Ford Cosworth71+1m 10.033s2
6+4(DEU) Michael SchumacherBenetton-Ford Cosworth71+1m 16.582s1
7 (BRA) Mauricio GugelminLeyton House-Ilmor70+1 lap 
8+6(ITA) Andrea de CesarisJordan-Ford Cosworth70+1 lap 
9+4(ITA) Gianni MorbidelliMinardi-Ferrari70+1 lap 
10+6(BRA) Roberto MorenoJordan-Ford Cosworth70+1 lap 
11+12(FRA) Erik ComasLigier-Lamborghini70+1 lap 
12+7(GBR) Martin BrundleBrabham-Yamaha69+2 laps 
13+8(JPN) Satoru NakajimaTyrrell-Honda68+3 laps 
14+12(FIN) Mika HakkinenLotus-Judd68+3 laps 
15+9(ITA) Michele AlboretoFootwork-Ford Cosworth68+3 laps 
16+4(BEL) Thierry BoutsenLigier-Lamborghini68+3 laps 
17-8(ITA) Ivan CapelliLeyton House-Ilmor64DNF 
R (ITA) Stefano ModenaTyrrell-Honda56DNF 
DQ (GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Renault51DSQ 
R (JPN) Aguri SuzukiLola-Ford Cosworth40DNF 
R (FRA) Alain ProstFerrari39DNF 
R (AUT) Gerhard BergerMcLaren-Honda37DNF 
R (ITA) Emanuele PirroDallara-Judd18DNF 
R (FIN) JJ LehtoDallara-Judd14DNF 
R (GBR) Mark BlundellBrabham-Yamaha12DNF 
R (GBR) Johnny HerbertLotus-Judd1DNF 

Notes

  • Ivan Capelli eneded lap 64 in P13 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Nigel Mansell was disqualified for receiving a tyre change outside of his allotted pit box.

Starting grid

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(ITA) Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Renault1:13.001 
2(AUT) Gerhard BergerMcLaren-Honda1:13.2210.220
3(BRA) Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda1:13.4440.443
4(GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Renault1:13.6670.666
5(FRA) Alain ProstFerrari1:14.3521.351
6(FRA) Jean AlesiFerrari1:14.8521.851
7(BRA) Mauricio GugelminLeyton House-Ilmor1:15.2662.265
8(ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ferrari1:15.3942.393
9(ITA) Ivan CapelliLeyton House-Ilmor1:15.4812.480
10(DEU) Michael SchumacherBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:15.5782.577
11(BRA) Nelson PiquetBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:15.6662.665
12(ITA) Stefano ModenaTyrrell-Honda1:15.7072.706
13(ITA) Gianni MorbidelliMinardi-Ferrari1:15.7492.748
14(ITA) Andrea de CesarisJordan-Ford Cosworth1:15.9362.935
15(GBR) Mark BlundellBrabham-Yamaha1:16.0383.037
16(BRA) Roberto MorenoJordan-Ford Cosworth1:16.0803.079
17(ITA) Emanuele PirroDallara-Judd1:16.1363.135
18(FIN) JJ LehtoDallara-Judd1:16.5323.531
19(GBR) Martin BrundleBrabham-Yamaha1:16.5363.535
20(BEL) Thierry BoutsenLigier-Lamborghini1:16.7573.756
21(JPN) Satoru NakajimaTyrrell-Honda1:16.9263.925
22(GBR) Johnny HerbertLotus-Judd1:17.0154.014
23(FRA) Erik ComasLigier-Lamborghini1:17.2264.225
24(ITA) Michele AlboretoFootwork-Ford Cosworth1:17.3304.329
25(JPN) Aguri SuzukiLola-Ford Cosworth1:17.4344.433
26(FIN) Mika HakkinenLotus-Judd1:17.7144.713
Did not qualify
27(FRA) Eric BernardLola-Ford Cosworth1:17.8254.824
28(ITA) Gabriele TarquiniAGS-Ford Cosworth1:18.0225.021
29(ITA) Nicola LariniLamborghini1:18.1395.138
30(BEL) Eric van de PoeleLamborghini1:18.2665.265
Did not pre-qualify
31(ITA) Fabrizio BarbazzaAGS-Ford Cosworth1:19.2926.291
32(FRA) Olivier GrouillardFondmetal-Ford Cosworth1:19.5006.499
33(ITA) Alex CaffiFootwork-Ford Cosworth1:19.5216.520
34(PRT) Pedro ChavesColoni-Ford Cosworth1:23.85810.857

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(BRA) Ayrton Senna83
2(GBR) Nigel Mansell59
3(ITA) Riccardo Patrese44
4(AUT) Gerhard Berger31
5(BRA) Nelson Piquet25
6(FRA) Alain Prost25
7(FRA) Jean Alesi18
8(ITA) Stefano Modena9
9(ITA) Andrea de Cesaris9
10(BRA) Roberto Moreno8
11(ITA) Pierluigi Martini6
12(FIN) JJ Lehto4
13(FRA) Bertrand Gachot4
14(DEU) Michael Schumacher3
15(JPN) Satoru Nakajima2
=(FIN) Mika Hakkinen2
17(JPN) Aguri Suzuki1
=(GBR) Julian Bailey1
=(ITA) Emanuele Pirro1
=(FRA) Eric Bernard1
=(ITA) Ivan Capelli1
=(GBR) Mark Blundell1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1McLaren-Honda114
2Williams-Renault103
3Ferrari43
4Benetton-Ford Cosworth36
5Jordan-Ford Cosworth13
6Tyrrell-Honda11
7Minardi-Ferrari6
8Dallara-Judd5
9Lotus-Judd3
10Lola-Ford Cosworth2
11Leyton House-Ilmor1
=Brabham-Yamaha1

Stats & milestones

Wins
5th for Riccardo Patrese
50th for Williams (4th constructor to win 50 races)
Podiums
64th for Ayrton Senna
24th for Riccardo Patrese
5th for Jean Alesi
350th for Ferrari (1st constructor to score 350 podiums)
221st for McLaren
129th for Williams
Poles
7th for Riccardo Patrese
37th for Williams
Fastest laps
22nd for Nigel Mansell
54th for Williams
Front row starts
22nd for Gerhard Berger
17th for Riccardo Patrese
Pole & win
2nd and last for Riccardo Patrese (last Italian driver to win from pole until 2004)