1991 Canadian Grand Prix

 1991 Canadian Grand Prix

Racing data
5th of 16 races in the 1991 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	Grand Prix Molson du Canada
Date:	June 2, 1991
Place:	Montreal
Course:	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
Length:	305.67 km in 69 laps of 4.43 km
Weather:	slightly cloudy, but warm
Spectator:	~ 70,000
Pole position
Driver:	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault
Time:	1: 19.837 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault
Time:	1: 22.385 min (lap 65)
Podium
First:	Nelson Piquet	Benetton-Ford
Second:	Stefano Modena	Tyrrell Honda
Third:	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault

The 1991 Canadian Grand Prix took place on June 2 in Montreal and was the fifth race of the 1991 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

After several failures and a dispute with Alain Prost , Cesare Fiorio was replaced as the sporting director of Scuderia Ferrari by Piero Lardi Ferrari . John Barnard left his position as technical director at Benetton after a dispute with team principal Flavio Briatore . His position was taken by Gordon Kimball .

Alex Caffi had to take a break due to injuries sustained in a traffic accident and was represented at Footwork by Stefan Johansson , who was looking for a new contract after leaving AGS .

Julian Bailey was replaced at Team Lotus by Johnny Herbert , who was able to start the 1991 season late in this way.

training

Due to rainy weather conditions on Friday, all pilots achieved their respective best training times on Saturday in dry track conditions.

For the first time in the current season, the pole position was not achieved by reigning world champion Ayrton Senna , but by Riccardo Patrese . He was the only one to break the 1:20 mark. Senna followed in third place behind Patreses team-mate Nigel Mansell . Alain Prost qualified for fourth place on the grid ahead of Roberto Moreno and Gerhard Berger as well as Jean Alesi and Nelson Piquet .

run

At the start, Mansell passed his team-mate. For 40 laps the two formed a double lead until Patrese had to go to the pits due to a puncture. As a result, he initially fell back to sixth place, but within six laps he made it back to third place behind Mansell and Piquet.

Mansell led the race so confidently that he carelessly slowed down on the last lap of the race and waved to the spectators. According to official information, this led to an electronics failure and a hydraulic problem that blocked the gear shift. Mansell stopped a few hundred meters from the finish. It was unofficially alleged that Mansell stalled the engine as a result of the sharp drop in engine speed. Because of the distance he had covered, he was classified in sixth place and thus received a World Championship point, which, however, was hardly taken into account in view of the ten points that were believed to be safe for victory. Nelson Piquet won instead of his rival in front of Stefano Modena , Riccardo Patrese, Andrea de Cesaris and Bertrand Gachot . Thus, both Jordan pilots secured the first World Championship points for the still new team. Due to technical problems, neither a McLaren MP4 / 6 nor a Ferrari 642 made it to the finish line.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Honda Marlboro McLaren	1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren MP4 / 6	Honda RA121E 3.5 V12	G
	2	Gerhard Berger
Brown Tyrrell Honda	3	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell 020	Honda RA101E 3.5 V10	P
	4th	Stefano Modena
Canon Williams team	5	Nigel Mansell	Williams FW14	Renault RS3 3.5 V10	G
	6th	Riccardo Patrese
Motor Racing Developments	7th	Martin Brundle	Brabham BT60Y	Yamaha OX99 3.5 V12	P
	8th	Mark Blundell
Footwork Grand Prix International	9	Michele Alboreto	Footwork FA12	Porsche 3512 3.5 V12	G
	10	Stefan Johansson
Team Lotus	11	Mika Hakkinen	Lotus 102B	Judd EV 3.5 V8	G
	12	Johnny Herbert
Fund metal	14th	Olivier Grouillard	Fund metal GR01	Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8	G
Leyton House Racing	15th	Maurício Gugelmin	Leyton House CG911	Ilmor 2175A 3.5 V10	G
	16	Ivan Capelli
AGS Racing	17th	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS JH25B	Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8	G
	18th	Fabrizio Barbazza
Camel Benetton Ford	19th	Roberto Moreno	Benetton B191	Ford Cosworth HB5 3.5 V8	P
	20th	Nelson Piquet
BMS Scuderia Italia	21st	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara 191	Judd GV 3.5 V10	P
	22nd	JJ Lehto
Minardi team	23	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi M191	Ferrari 037 3.5 V12	G
	24	Gianni Morbidelli
Ligier Gitanes	25th	Thierry Boutsen	Ligier JS35	Lamborghini 3512 3.5 V12	G
	26th	Érik Comas
Scuderia Ferrari SpA	27	Alain Prost	Ferrari 642	Ferrari 037 3.5 V12	G
	28	Jean Alesi
Larrousse F1	29	Eric Bernard	Lola LC91	Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8	G
	30th	Aguri Suzuki
Coloni Racing	31	Pedro Chaves	Coloni C4		G
Team 7Up Jordan	32	Bertrand Gachot	Jordan 191	Ford Cosworth HB4 3.5 V8	G
	33	Andrea de Cesaris
Modena team	34	Nicola Larini	Lambo 291	Lamborghini 3512 3.5 V12	G
	35	Eric van de Poele

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	Pre-qualification		1. Qualification training		2. Qualification training		begin
			time	Ø speed	time	Ø speed	time	Ø speed
01	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	-	-	1: 37.593	163.413 km / h	1: 19.837	199.757 km / h	01
02	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	-	-	1: 35.065	167.759 km / h	1: 20.225	198.791 km / h	02
03	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	-	-	1: 35.843	166.397 km / h	1: 20.318	198.561 km / h	03
04th	Alain Prost	Ferrari	-	-	1: 36.003	166.120 km / h	1: 20.656	197.729 km / h	04th
05	Roberto Moreno	Benetton-Ford	-	-	1: 35.897	166.303 km / h	1: 20.686	197.655 km / h	05
06th	Gerhard Berger	McLaren Honda	-	-	1: 38.223	162.365 km / h	1: 20.916	197.093 km / h	06th
07th	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	-	-	1: 35.257	167.421 km / h	1: 21.227	196.339 km / h	07th
08th	Nelson Piquet	Benetton-Ford	-	-	1: 37.354	163.815 km / h	1: 21.241	196,305 km / h	08th
09	Stefano Modena	Tyrrell Honda	-	-	1: 38.218	162.373 km / h	1: 21.298	196.167 km / h	09
10	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara-Judd	1: 23.244	191.581 km / h	1: 39.017	161.063 km / h	1: 21.864	194.811 km / h	10
11	Andrea de Cesaris	Jordan Ford	1: 23.672	190.601 km / h	1: 37.097	164.248 km / h	1: 22.154	194.123 km / h	11
12	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell Honda	-	-	1: 41,100	157.745 km / h	1: 22.262	193.868 km / h	12
13	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House-Ilmor	-	-	1: 40.906	158.048 km / h	1: 22.443	193.443 km / h	13
14th	Bertrand Gachot	Jordan Ford	1: 23.719	190.494 km / h	1: 38.383	162.101 km / h	1: 22.596	193.084 km / h	14th
15th	Gianni Morbidelli	Minardi Ferrari	-	-	1: 39.780	159.832 km / h	1: 22.993	192.161 km / h	15th
16	Thierry Boutsen	Ligier-Lamborghini	-	-	1: 38.517	161.881 km / h	1: 23.040	192.052 km / h	16
17th	JJ Lehto	Dallara-Judd	1: 23.480	191.040 km / h	1: 38.435	162.016 km / h	1: 23.040	192.052 km / h	17th
18th	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi Ferrari	-	-	1: 37.864	162.961 km / h	1: 23.125	191.856 km / h	18th
19th	Eric Bernard	Lola Ford	-	-	1: 38.013	162.713 km / h	1: 23.260	191.545 km / h	19th
20th	Martin Brundle	Brabham-Yamaha	-	-	1: 38,405	162.065 km / h	1: 23.516	190.957 km / h	20th
21st	Michele Alboreto	Footwork Porsche	-	-	1: 41.196	157.595 km / h	1: 23.529	190.928 km / h	21st
22nd	Aguri Suzuki	Lola Ford	-	-	1: 39.696	159.966 km / h	1: 23.585	190.800 km / h	22nd
23	Maurício Gugelmin	Leyton House-Ilmor	-	-	1: 38.689	161.599 km / h	1: 23.650	190.652 km / h	23
24	Mika Hakkinen	Lotus Judd	-	-	1: 42,900	154.985 km / h	1: 23.923	190.031 km / h	24
25th	Stefan Johansson	Footwork Porsche	-	-	1: 49.019	146.286 km / h	1: 24.433	188.883 km / h	25th
26th	Érik Comas	Ligier-Lamborghini	-	-	1: 39.670	160.008 km / h	1: 24.460	188.823 km / h	26th
DNQ	Fabrizio Barbazza	AGS-Ford	-	-	1: 40.555	158.600 km / h	1: 24.491	188.754 km / h	-
DNQ	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS-Ford	-	-	1: 41.946	156.436 km / h	1: 24.653	188.393 km / h	-
DNQ	Mark Blundell	Brabham-Yamaha	-	-	1: 39.897	159.644 km / h	1: 24.661	188.375 km / h	-
DNQ	Johnny Herbert	Lotus Judd	-	-	1: 39.113	160.907 km / h	1: 24.732	188.217 km / h	-
DNPQ	Olivier Grouillard	Fond metal Ford	1: 24.795	188.077 km / h	-	-	-	-	-
DNPQ	Nicola Larini	Lambo Lamborghini	1: 25.736	186.013 km / h	-	-	-	-	-
DNPQ	Eric van de Poele	Lambo Lamborghini	1: 26,900	183.521 km / h	-	-	-	-	-
DNPQ	Pedro Chaves	Coloni-Ford	1: 34.475	168.807 km / h	-	-	-	-	-

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Nelson Piquet	Benetton-Ford	69	0	1: 38: 51.490	08th	1: 23.758
02	Stefano Modena	Tyrrell Honda	69	1	+ 31.832	09	1: 23.528
03	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	69	1	+ 42.217	01	1: 22.672
04th	Andrea de Cesaris	Jordan Ford	69	0	+1: 20.210	11	1: 24.105
05	Bertrand Gachot	Jordan Ford	69	0	+1: 22.351	14th	1: 24.479
06th	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	68	0	DNF	02	1: 22.385	Electronics failure
07th	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi Ferrari	68	0	+ 1 lap	18th	1: 25.237
08th	Érik Comas	Ligier-Lamborghini	68	0	+ 1 lap	26th	1: 25.877
09	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara-Judd	68	0	+ 1 lap	10	1: 25.183
10	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell Honda	67	0	+ 2 rounds	12	1: 25.620
-	Maurício Gugelmin	Leyton House-Ilmor	61	0	DNF	23	1: 28.212	Engine failure
-	JJ Lehto	Dallara-Judd	50	0	DNF	17th	1: 24.680	Engine failure
-	Stefan Johansson	Footwork Porsche	48	0	DNF	25th	1: 28.420	Engine failure
-	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House-Ilmor	42	0	DNF	13	1: 24.547	Engine failure
-	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	34	0	DNF	07th	1: 24.125	Engine failure
-	Eric Bernard	Lola Ford	29	0	DNF	19th	1: 26.510	Gearbox damage
-	Alain Prost	Ferrari	27	0	DNF	04th	1: 24.186	Gearbox damage
-	Thierry Boutsen	Ligier-Lamborghini	27	0	DNF	16	1: 26.469	Engine failure
-	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	25th	0	DNF	03	1: 24.647	defective alternator
-	Mika Hakkinen	Lotus Judd	21st	0	DNF	24	1: 26.626	accident
-	Martin Brundle	Brabham-Yamaha	21st	0	DNF	20th	1: 27.549	Engine failure
-	Gianni Morbidelli	Minardi Ferrari	20th	0	DNF	15th	1: 26.576	Lathe operator
-	Roberto Moreno	Benetton-Ford	10	0	DNF	05	1: 25.690	Lathe operator
-	Gerhard Berger	McLaren Honda	04th	1	DNF	06th	1: 29.815	Electronics failure
-	Aguri Suzuki	Lola Ford	03	0	DNF	22nd	1: 29.644	leaking fuel line
-	Michele Alboreto	Footwork Porsche	02	0	DNF	21st	1: 36.279	defective throttle valve

World Cup stands after the race

The first six of the race got 10, 6, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point (s) respectively.

Driver ranking

Item driver constructor Points 01  Ayrton Senna McLaren Honda 40 02  Nelson Piquet Benetton-Ford 16 03  Alain Prost Ferrari 11 04th  Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault 10 05  Gerhard Berger McLaren Honda 10 06th  Stefano Modena Tyrrell Honda 9 07th  Nigel Mansell Williams-Renault 7th 08th  Jean Alesi Ferrari 5 09  JJ Lehto Dallara-Judd 4th

Item driver constructor Points 10  Pierluigi Martini Minardi Ferrari 3 11  Andrea de Cesaris Jordan Ford 3 12  Roberto Moreno Benetton-Ford 3 13  Bertrand Gachot Jordan Ford 2 14th  Satoru Nakajima Tyrrell Honda 2 15th  Mika Hakkinen Lotus Judd 2 16  Julian Bailey Lotus Judd 1 17th  Aguri Suzuki Lola Ford 1 18th  Emanuele Pirro Dallara-Judd 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  McLaren Honda 50 02  Benetton-Ford 19th 03  Williams-Renault 17th 04th  Ferrari 16 05  Tyrrell Honda 11

Item constructor Points 06th  Dallara-Judd 5 07th  Jordan Ford 5 08th  Minardi Ferrari 3 09  Lotus Judd 3 10  Lola Ford 1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Training" ( Memento of the original from December 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on December 10, 2013)  
2. ^ "Report" (accessed December 10, 2013)
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Web links

• Race result on the official Formula 1 website
• Race result on "Motorsportarchiv.de"