Mexico City 430 km race in 1991
The 430 km race of Mexico City 1991 , also FIA SWC - Trofeo Mexico, Hermanos Rodriguez , took place on October 6th at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez and was the seventh round of the sports car world championship of that year.
The race
After the success at the 430 km race in Magny-Cours , the Peugeot team, led by Jean Todt, also showed its strongest side at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez. With the debut of the new emergency car in the 430 km race at the Nürburgring , Peugeot was fully competitive again. In all four training parts, the warm-up and in the race, the Peugeot 905 Evo 1 Bis were the fastest vehicles. The double victory was the logical consequence of this superiority. In the drivers' world championship, Derek Warwick was able to catch up points on his Jaguar team- mate Teo Fabi with a sixth place overall . After engine failure on the Jaguar XJR-14 just before the start, Fabi was unable to take part in the race.
The Mexico City route has also hosted the Mexican Grand Prix since 1986 . Since some drivers from the field of participants in the 430 km race also had Formula 1 experience and the engine regulations of Group C have been identical to those of Formula 1 since 1989, the lap times of the Group C racing cars can be directly compared with them of contemporary Formula 1 vehicles.
In qualifying for the 430 km race, Philippe Alliot , Yannick Dalmas and Pascal Fabre each achieved faster lap times than in any of their Formula 1 races. In the qualifications for Formula 1 races in Mexico, however, Keke Rosberg , Derek Warwick , Bernd Schneider , David Brabham , Oscar Larrauri , Teo Fabi and Stefan Johansson were faster than in this sports car race . Likewise, Karl Wendlinger and Michael Schumacher , who only made their Formula 1 debut on this track at the 1992 Mexican Grand Prix , achieved faster lap times that year than in 1991 with their Sauber-Mercedes.
Results
Final ranking
Item | class | No. | team | driver | vehicle | Round | ||
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1 | Cat. 1 | 6th | Peugeot Talbot Sport |
Keke Rosberg Yannick Dalmas |
Peugeot 905 Evo 1 bis | 98 | ||
2 | Cat. 1 | 5 | Peugeot Talbot Sport |
Philippe Alliot Mauro Baldi |
Peugeot 905 Evo 1 bis | 97 | ||
3 | Cat. 2 | 14th | Team Salamin Primagaz Joest Racing |
Bernd Schneider Louis Krages |
Porsche 962C | 94 | ||
4th | Cat. 1 | 8th | Euro Racing |
Cor Euser Charles Zwolsman senior |
Spice SE90C | 93 | ||
5 | Cat. 2 | 59 | Team Salamin Primagaz Joest Racing |
Derek Bell Giampiero Moretti |
Porsche 962C | 92 | ||
6th | Cat. 1 | 3 | Silk Cut Jaguar |
Derek Warwick David Brabham |
Jaguar XJR-14 | 92 | ||
7th | Cat. 2 | 13 | Courage Compétition |
Pascal Fabre Lionel Robert |
Cougar C26S | 90 | ||
8th | Cat. 2 | 17th | Repsol Brun Motorsport |
Jesús Pareja Massimo Sigala |
Porsche 962C | 89 | ||
9 | Cat. 2 | 18th | Mazdaspeed |
Pierre Dieudonné Yōjirō Terada |
Mazda 787 | 89 | ||
10 | Cat. 2 | 12 | Courage Compétition |
François Migault Tomás Saldaña |
Cougar C26S | 88 | ||
Failed | ||||||||
11 | Cat. 1 | 1 | Team Sauber Mercedes |
Jean-Louis Schlesser Jochen Mass |
Mercedes-Benz C291 | 80 | ||
12 | Cat. 1 | 2 | Team Sauber Mercedes |
Karl Wendlinger Michael Schumacher |
Mercedes-Benz C291 | 63 | ||
13 | Cat. 1 | 21st | Konrad Motorsport |
Stefan Johansson Franz Konrad |
Konrad KM-011 | 36 | ||
14th | Cat. 1 | 15th | Repsol Brun Motorsport | Oscar Larrauri | Brun C91 | 31 | ||
15th | Cat. 2 | 11 | Porsche Kremer Racing |
Tomas Lopez Manuel Reuter |
Porsche 962CK6 | 19th | ||
16 | Cat. 1 | 7th | Louis Descartes |
Luigi Taverna Patrick Gonin |
ALD C91 | 1 | ||
Not started | ||||||||
17th | Cat. 1 | 4th | Silk Cut Jaguar |
Teo Fabi David Brabham
|
Jaguar XJR-14 | 1 | ||
18th | Cat. 1 | T | Peugeot Talbot Sport |
Keke Rosberg Yannick Dalmas Mauro Baldi Philippe Alliot
|
Peugeot 905 Evo 1 bis | 2 | ||
19th | Cat. 1 | 1T | Team Sauber Mercedes |
Jean-Louis Schlesser Jochen Mass
|
Mercedes-Benz C291 | 3 | ||
20th | Cat. 1 | 8T | Euro Racing |
Cor Euser Charles Zolsman junior
|
Spice SE90C | 4th |
1 engine failure before the start 2 replacement cars 3 replacement cars 4 replacement cars
Only in the entry list
Here you will find teams, drivers and vehicles that were originally registered for the race but did not take part for a variety of reasons.
Item | class | No. | team | driver | chassis |
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21st | Cat. 2 | 15th | Veneto team | Almo Coppelli | Lancia LC2 |
Class winner
class | driver | driver | vehicle | Placement in the overall ranking |
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Cat. 1 | Keke Rosberg | Yannick Dalmas | Peugeot 905 Evo 1 bis | Overall victory |
Cat. 2 | Bernd Schneider | Louis Krages | Porsche 962C | Rank 3 |
Racing data
- Registered: 21
- Started: 16
- Valued: 10
- Race classes: 2
- Spectators: 45,000
- Weather on race day: dry at first, rain at the end of the race
- Route length: 4.421 km
- Driving time of the winning team: 2: 29: 25.811 hours
- Total laps of the winning team: 98
- Total distance of the winning team: 433.258 km
- Winner's average: 173.964 km / h
- Pole position: Philippe Alliot - Peugeot 905 Evo 1 Bis (# 5) - 1: 19.229 = 200.881 km / h
- Fastest race lap: Michael Schumacher - Mercedes-Benz C291 (# 2) - 1: 21.611 = 195.018 km / h
- Racing series: 7th round of the 1991 sports car world 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
Previous race 430 km from Magny-Cours 1991 |
Sports car world championship |
Succession race 430-km race at Autopolis 1991 |