430km Magny-Cours race in 1991

The last of the Jaguar prototypes of the 1980s and 1990s; the XJR-14

The first 430 km race of Magny-Cours , also Championnat du Monde de Voitures de Sport, Circuit Nevers Magny-Cours , took place on September 15, 1991 and was the sixth round of the sports car world championship of that year.

The race

The race at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours was the sixth championship round of the world championship and ended with Peugeot's second win of the season, which this time was a double victory. Yannick Dalmas and Keke Rosberg won ahead of their teammates Philippe Alliot and Mauro Baldi .

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	C1	6th	Peugeot Talbot Sport	Keke Rosberg Yannick Dalmas	Peugeot 905 Evo 1 bis	101
2	C1	5	Peugeot Talbot Sport	Philippe Alliot Mauro Baldi	Peugeot 905 Evo 1 bis	101
3	C1	4th	Silk Cut Jaguar	Teo Fabi David Brabham	Jaguar XJR-14	99
4th	C1	8th	Euro Racing	Cor Euser Charles Zwolsman senior	Spice SE90C	195
5	C1	3	Silk Cut Jaguar	Derek Warwick David Brabham	Jaguar XJR-14	94
6th	C2	11	Porsche Kremer Racing	Manuel Reuter Harri Toivonen	Porsche 962CK6	93
7th	C2	18th	Mazdaspeed	Maurizio Sandro Sala Pierre Dieudonné	Mazda 787	92
8th	C2	55	Porsche Kremer Racing	Tomas Lopez Gregor Foitek	Porsche 962CK6	92
9	C2	13	Courage Compétition	Marco Brand Denis Morin	Cougar C26S	90
10	C2	7th	Team Salamin	Otto Altenbach Jürgen Lässig	Porsche 962C	90
Unrated
11	C2	7th	Louis Descartes	Patrick Gonin Luigi Taverna	ALD C91	87
12	C1	17th	Repsol Brun Motorsport	Jesús Pareja Walter Brun	Porsche 962C	73
Failed
13	C1	61	Euro Racing	Henri Pescarolo Jean-Louis Ricci	Spice SE90C	70
14th	C1	2T	Team Sauber Mercedes	Michael Schumacher Karl Wendlinger	Mercedes-Benz C291	23
15th	C2	12	Courage Compétition	Lionel Robert François Migault	Cougar C26S	19th
16	C1	60	Louis Descartes	Bernard Thuner Pascal Fabre	ROC 002	19th
17th	C1	21st	Konrad Motorsport	Stefan Johansson Franz Konrad	Konrad KM-011	18th
18th	C1	1	Team Sauber Mercedes	Jean-Louis Schlesser Jochen Mass	Mercedes-Benz C291	9
19th	C1	16	Repsol Brun Motorsport	Oscar Larrauri Jésus Pareja	Brun C91	5
Not started
20th	C2	15th	Veneto Equipe SRL	Almo Coppelli	Lancia LC2	1
21st	C1	2	Team Sauber Mercedes	Michael Schumacher Karl Wendlinger	Mercedes-Benz C291	2
22nd	C1	4T	Silk Cut Jaguar	Teo Fabi	Jaguar XJR-14	3
23	C1	5T	Peugeot Talbot Sport	Philippe Alliot Mauro Baldi	Peugeot 905 Evo 1 bis	4th

¹ not qualified ² engine damage in warm-up ³ training cars ⁴ training cars

Only in the entry list

No further reports are known for this race.

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
C1	Keke Rosberg	Yannick Dalmas	Peugeot 905 Evo 1 bis	Overall victory
C2	Manuel Reuter	Harri Toivonen	Porsche 962CK6	Rank 6

Racing data

• Registered: 23
• Started: 19
• Valued: 10
• Race classes: 2
• Spectators: 10,000
• Race day weather: warm and sunny
• Route length: 4.271 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 2: 31: 38.358 hours
• Overall laps of the winning team: 101
• Total distance of the winning team: 431.371 km
• Winner's average: 170.685 km / h
• Pole position: Yannick Dalmas - Peugeot 905 Evo 1 Bis (# 6) - 1: 21.821 = 187.918 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Philippe Alliot - Peugeot 905 Evo 1 Bis (# 5) - 1: 25.823 = 179.155 km / h
• Racing series: Round 6 of the 1991 World Sports Car Championship

literature

• Peter Higham: The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing. A complete Reference from Formula 1 to Touring Car. Guinness Publishing Ltd., London 1995, ISBN 0-85112-642-1 .

Web links

• Race results

Previous race 430 km race on the Nürburgring 1991

Sports car world championship

Successor to the 430 km Mexico City race in 1991