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1991 Spanish Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitCatalunya, 65 laps
Round14 of 16
Race numbers

The 1991 Spanish Grand Prix was the:

  • 514th World Championship race
  • 21st World Championship Spanish Grand Prix
  • 1st World Championship race at Catalunya
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1(GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Renault651hr 38m 41.541s10
2+4(FRA) Alain ProstFerrari65+11.331s6
3+1(ITA) Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Renault65+15.909s4
4+3(FRA) Jean AlesiFerrari65+22.772s3
5-2(BRA) Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda65+1m 02.402s2
6-1(DEU) Michael SchumacherBenetton-Ford Cosworth65+1m 19.468s1
7+6(BRA) Mauricio GugelminLeyton House-Ilmor64+1 lap 
8+7(FIN) JJ LehtoDallara-Judd64+1 lap 
9+11(ITA) Alessandro ZanardiJordan-Ford Cosworth64+1 lap 
10+1(GBR) Martin BrundleBrabham-Yamaha63+2 laps 
11-1(BRA) Nelson PiquetBenetton-Ford Cosworth63+2 laps 
12+10(ITA) Gabriele TarquiniFondmetal-Ford Cosworth63+2 laps 
13+6(ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ferrari63+2 laps 
14+2(ITA) Gianni MorbidelliMinardi-Ferrari62DNF 
15-6(ITA) Emanuele PirroDallara-Judd62+3 laps 
16-2(ITA) Stefano ModenaTyrrell-Honda62+3 laps 
17+1(JPN) Satoru NakajimaTyrrell-Honda62+3 laps 
R (GBR) Mark BlundellBrabham-Yamaha49DNF 
R (FRA) Erik ComasLigier-Lamborghini36DNF 
R (AUT) Gerhard BergerMcLaren-Honda33DNF 
R (ITA) Michele AlboretoFootwork-Ford Cosworth23DNF 
R (ITA) Andrea de CesarisJordan-Ford Cosworth22DNF 
R (FIN) Mika HakkinenLotus-Judd5DNF 
R (ITA) Ivan CapelliLeyton House-Ilmor1DNF 
R (FRA) Eric BernardLola-Ford Cosworth0DNF 
R (BEL) Thierry BoutsenLigier-Lamborghini0DNF 

Notes

  • Gianni Morbidelli ended lap 62 in P9 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(AUT) Gerhard BergerMcLaren-Honda1:18.751 
2(GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Renault1:18.9700.219
3(BRA) Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda1:19.0640.313
4(ITA) Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Renault1:19.6430.892
5(DEU) Michael SchumacherBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:19.7330.982
6(FRA) Alain ProstFerrari1:19.9361.185
7(FRA) Jean AlesiFerrari1:20.1971.446
8(ITA) Ivan CapelliLeyton House-Ilmor1:20.5841.833
9(ITA) Emanuele PirroDallara-Judd1:20.6511.900
10(BRA) Nelson PiquetBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:20.6761.925
11(GBR) Martin BrundleBrabham-Yamaha1:20.6771.926
12(GBR) Mark BlundellBrabham-Yamaha1:20.7241.973
13(BRA) Mauricio GugelminLeyton House-Ilmor1:20.7431.992
14(ITA) Stefano ModenaTyrrell-Honda1:20.7882.037
15(FIN) JJ LehtoDallara-Judd1:20.9672.216
16(ITA) Gianni MorbidelliMinardi-Ferrari1:21.8013.050
17(ITA) Andrea de CesarisJordan-Ford Cosworth1:21.8653.114
18(JPN) Satoru NakajimaTyrrell-Honda1:22.1143.363
19(ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ferrari1:22.5103.759
20(ITA) Alessandro ZanardiJordan-Ford Cosworth1:22.5803.829
21(FIN) Mika HakkinenLotus-Judd1:22.6463.895
22(ITA) Gabriele TarquiniFondmetal-Ford Cosworth1:22.8374.086
23(FRA) Eric BernardLola-Ford Cosworth1:22.9444.193
24(ITA) Michele AlboretoFootwork-Ford Cosworth1:23.1454.394
25(FRA) Erik ComasLigier-Lamborghini1:23.3594.608
26(BEL) Thierry BoutsenLigier-Lamborghini1:23.5534.802
Did not qualify
27(JPN) Aguri SuzukiLola-Ford Cosworth1:22.2113.460
28(ITA) Nicola LariniLamborghini1:25.3306.579
29(DEU) Michael BartelsLotus-Judd1:25.3926.641
30(BEL) Eric van de PoeleLamborghini1:27.5018.750
Did not pre-qualify
31(ITA) Alex CaffiFootwork-Ford Cosworth1:24.0565.305
32(ITA) Fabrizio BarbazzaAGS-Ford Cosworth1:24.7445.993
33(FRA) Olivier GrouillardAGS-Ford Cosworth1:25.3056.554
34(PRT) Pedro ChavesColoni-Ford Cosworth– 

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(BRA) Ayrton Senna85
2(GBR) Nigel Mansell69
3(ITA) Riccardo Patrese48
4(FRA) Alain Prost31
5(AUT) Gerhard Berger31
6(BRA) Nelson Piquet25
7(FRA) Jean Alesi21
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
=(DEU) Michael Schumacher4
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
1Williams-Renault117
2McLaren-Honda116
3Ferrari52
4Benetton-Ford Cosworth37
5Jordan-Ford Cosworth13
6Tyrrell-Honda11
7Minardi-Ferrari6
8Dallara-Judd5
9Lotus-Judd3
10Lola-Ford Cosworth2
11Leyton House-Ilmor1
=Brabham-Yamaha1

Stats & milestones

Race debut
Alessandro Zanardi
Wins
21st for Nigel Mansell
51st for Williams
Podiums
94th for Alain Prost (last podium until 1993; last for Ferrari)
45th for Nigel Mansell
25th for Riccardo Patrese
351st for Ferrari
130th & 131st for Williams
Poles
7th for Gerhard Berger
75th for McLaren
Fastest laps
10th for Riccardo Patrese (20th driver to set ten fastest laps, 2nd Italian driver)
55th for Williams
Front row starts
39th for Nigel Mansell
23rd for Gerhard Berger
Points finishes
75th for Ayrton Senna