F1 driver standings
Standings
| # | Driver | USA | BRA | SMR | MCO | CAN | MEX | FRA | GBR | DEU | HUN | BEL | ITA | PRT | ESP | JPN | AUS | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (BRA) Ayrton Senna (McLaren) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | R | 3 | 3 | 4R | 7R | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 96 |
| 2 | (GBR) Nigel Mansell (Williams) | R | R | R | 2 | 6R | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | R | 1 | DSQ | 1 | R | 2 | 72 |
| 3 | (ITA) Riccardo Patrese (Williams) | R | 2 | R | R | 3 | 1 | 5 | R | 2 | 3 | 5 | R | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 53 |
| 4 | (AUT) Gerhard Berger (McLaren) | R | 3 | 2 | R | R | R | R | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | R | R | 1 | 3 | 43 |
| 5 | (FRA) Alain Prost (Ferrari) | 2 | 4 | DNS | 5 | R | R | 2 | 3 | R | R | R | 3 | R | 2 | 4 | 34 | |
| 6 | (BRA) Nelson Piquet (Benetton) | 3 | 5 | R | R | 1 | R | 8 | 5 | R | R | 3 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 26.5 |
| 7 | (FRA) Jean Alesi (Ferrari) | 12R | 6 | R | 3 | R | R | 4 | R | 3 | 5 | R | R | 3 | 4 | R | R | 21 |
| 8 | (ITA) Stefano Modena (Tyrrell) | 4 | R | R | R | 2 | 11 | R | 7 | 13 | 12 | R | R | R | 16 | 6 | 10 | 10 |
| 9 | (ITA) Andrea de Cesaris (Jordan) | DNPQ | R | R | R | 4 | 4R | 6 | R | 5 | 7 | 13R | 7 | 8 | R | R | 8 | 9 |
| 10 | (BRA) Roberto Moreno (Benetton, Jordan, Minardi) | R | 7 | 13R | 4 | R | 5 | R | R | 8 | 8 | 4 | R | 10 | 16 | 8 | ||
| 11 | (ITA) Pierluigi Martini (Minardi) | 9R | R | 4 | 12 | 7 | R | 9 | 9 | R | R | 12 | R | 4 | 13 | R | R | 6 |
| 12 | (FIN) JJ Lehto (Dallara) | R | R | 3 | 11 | R | R | R | 13 | R | R | R | R | R | 8 | R | 12 | 4 |
| = | (FRA) Bertrand Gachot (Jordan, Lola) | 10R | 13R | R | 8 | 5 | R | R | 6 | 6 | 9 | DNQ | 4 | |||||
| = | (DEU) Michael Schumacher (Jordan, Benetton) | R | 5 | 6 | 6 | R | R | 4 | ||||||||||
| 15 | (FIN) Mika Hakkinen (Lotus) | R | 9 | 5 | R | R | 9 | DNQ | 12 | R | 14 | R | 14 | 14 | R | R | 19 | 2 |
| = | (GBR) Martin Brundle (Brabham) | 11 | 12 | 11 | R | R | R | R | 11 | R | 9 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 5 | DNQ | 2 | |
| = | (JPN) Satoru Nakajima (Tyrrell) | 5 | R | R | R | 10 | 12 | R | 8 | R | 15 | R | R | 13 | 17 | R | R | 2 |
| 18 | (ITA) Emanuele Pirro (Dallara) | R | 11 | DNPQ | 6 | 9 | DNPQ | DNPQ | 10 | 10 | R | 8 | 10 | R | 15 | R | 7 | 1 |
| = | (GBR) Mark Blundell (Brabham) | R | R | 8 | R | DNQ | R | R | R | 12 | R | 6 | 12 | R | R | DNPQ | 17 | 1 |
| = | (ITA) Ivan Capelli (Leyton House) | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | 6 | R | 8 | 17R | R | 1 | ||
| = | (FRA) Eric Bernard (Lola) | R | R | R | 9 | R | 6 | R | R | R | R | R | R | DNQ | R | DNQ | 1 | |
| = | (JPN) Aguri Suzuki (Lola) | 6 | DNS | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | DNQ | DNQ | R | DNQ | R | DNQ | 1 |
| = | (GBR) Julian Bailey (Lotus) | DNQ | DNQ | 6 | DNQ | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 24 | (ITA) Gianni Morbidelli (Minardi, Ferrari) | R | 8 | R | R | R | 7 | R | 11 | R | 13 | R | 9 | 9 | 14R | R | 6 | 0.5 |
| (BRA) Mauricio Gugelmin (Leyton House) | R | R | 12R | R | R | R | 7 | R | R | 11 | R | 15 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 14R | ||
| (BEL) Thierry Boutsen (Ligier) | R | 10 | 7 | 7 | R | 8 | 12 | R | 9 | 17R | 11 | R | 16 | R | 9 | R | ||
| (GBR) Johnny Herbert (Lotus) | DNQ | 10 | 10 | 14R | 7 | R | R | 11 | ||||||||||
| (ITA) Nicola Larini (Lamborghini) | 7 | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | R | 16 | DNQ | 16 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | R | ||
| (FRA) Erik Comas (Ligier) | DNQ | R | 10 | 10 | 8 | DNQ | 11 | DNQ | R | 10 | R | 11 | 11 | R | R | 18 | ||
| (ITA) Gabriele Tarquini (AGS, Fondmetal) | 8 | R | DNQ | R | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNQ | 12 | 11 | DNPQ | ||
| (ITA) Alessandro Zanardi (Jordan) | 9 | R | 9 | |||||||||||||||
| (BEL) Eric van de Poele (Lamborghini) | DNPQ | DNPQ | 9R | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | ||
| (ITA) Alex Caffi (Footwork) | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | 10 | 15 | ||||||
| (FRA) Olivier Grouillard (Fondmetal, AGS) | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | R | R | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNQ | 10 | R | DNPQ | DNPQ | ||||
| (ITA) Michele Alboreto (Footwork) | R | DNQ | DNQ | R | R | R | R | R | DNQ | DNQ | DNPQ | DNQ | 15 | R | DNQ | 13 | ||
| (AUT) Karl Wendlinger (Leyton House) | R | 20 | ||||||||||||||||
| (SWE) Stefan Johansson (AGS, Footwork) | DNQ | DNQ | R | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | ||||||||||||
| (ITA) Fabrizio Barbazza (AGS) | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | ||||||
| (DEU) Michael Bartels (Lotus) | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | ||||||||||||||
| (PRT) Pedro Chaves (Coloni) | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | ||||
| (JPN) Naoki Hattori (Coloni) | DNPQ | DNPQ | ||||||||||||||||
| # | Driver | USA | BRA | SMR | MCO | CAN | MEX | FRA | GBR | DEU | HUN | BEL | ITA | PRT | ESP | JPN | AUS | Points |
Table key and points system
- Highlight: Rookie
- Bold: pole position
- Underline: fastest lap
- Bold & underline: pole & fastest lap
- DNQ: Did not qualify
- DNPQ: Did not pre-qualify
- DNS: Did not start
The top six classified finishers of each race were awarded points on the following basis:
- 1st (10)
- 2nd (6)
- 3rd (4)
- 4th (3)
- 5th (2)
- 6th (1)
Notes
- Half points were awarded at the Australian Grand Prix as the race didn’t reach 75% of the scheduled race distance.
Race to the title
The Race to the title graph shows how the title race played out over the course of the season between the top five drivers of 1991.
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