Formula 1 World Championship 1991

Formula 1 World Championship 1991

World Champion
Driver:	Ayrton Senna
Constructor:	McLaren Honda
Season dates
Number of races:	16
<1990 season	1992 season>

Starting scene of the US GP 1991

The 1991 Formula 1 World Championship was the 42nd season of the Formula 1 World Championship . It was held over 16 races from March 10, 1991 to November 3, 1991. Ayrton Senna defended his world title from the previous year and won the drivers world championship for the third time. He led in the drivers' championship from the first race and did not give up this lead until the end of the season. McLaren became world constructors champions for the seventh time. Michael Schumacher made his debut in Belgium on August 25th.

Changes in 1991

Regulations

The most important change in the regulations in 1991 concerned the scoring: Now 10 instead of 9 points were awarded for the race victory. The resulting graduation of 10-6-4-3-2-1 points for the first six places was retained unchanged until 2002. In addition, the rules for discarded results did not apply to the ranking for the drivers' world championship: From then on, all results achieved in the course of a season counted.

Compared to this, the changes in the technical regulations were kept within limits: Essentially, the dimensions of the vehicles were limited. The maximum width of the front wing has been reduced from 150 to 140 cm, as has the overhang of the vehicle rear over the rear axle from 60 to 54 cm. Furthermore, the acceptance of crash tests by the FIA ​​was extended to seat belts, fuel tanks and roll bars.

Racetracks

As in the previous year, 16 world championship races were held. The countries of the Grand Prix and their sequence among themselves also remained unchanged. However, two of the races switched to new tracks: The French Grand Prix took place for the first time on the renovated Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours , after Le Castellet and Dijon-Prenois had alternated as venues since 1973 . The Spanish Grand Prix, on the other hand, moved from the Circuito de Jerez to the new Circuit de Catalunya near Barcelona .

In addition, there are only minor changes to the existing routes. A different route was used on the Phoenix Street Circuit , the venue for the United States Grand Prix . The Silverstone Circuit , on which the British Grand Prix took place, has been expanded to include the new Luffield Infield Passage , and the route in the Becketts section has been revised. On other routes, only adjustments to the start and finish lines were made, so that there were only slight deviations from the race distances compared to the previous season.

Teams

Life and EuroBrun did not run again in 1991; Onyx had already given up during the 1990 season. Osella was sold at the end of 1990 and is now operating under the name Fondmetal . The Jordan and Modena team were completely new to the starting field .

Engines

Many established midfield teams and less successful designers switched their engine partners. Tyrrell switched from Ford to Honda engines, whereby the ten-cylinder engines that were run by McLaren , the world champion of drivers and designers , were reconditioned by Mugen . Brabham , previously a customer of Judd , competed with exclusive twelve-cylinder engines from Yamaha . Footwork , previously another Ford customer, relied on an exclusive partnership with Porsche , which had also developed a new twelve-cylinder. Lotus and Larrousse lost their Lamborghini engines to Équipe Ligier as well as the Modena team and in turn relied on Judd and Ford engines. A ten-cylinder engine from Ilmor also exclusively used made its debut at Leyton House . Minardi received Ferrari customer engines for the first time .

In contrast, the top teams McLaren, Williams and Benetton kept their engine partners. Also AGS , Osella / rear Metal (both Ford) and BMS Scuderia Italia (Judd) remained with their engine manufacturers. Newcomer Jordan, on the other hand, surprised everyone by being the first customer team to use the Cosworth HB engine, which had previously been reserved for Benetton for two years .

After the Porsche engine turned out to be non-competitive, Footwork switched back to Ford engines in the current season.

tires

Tire manufacturers remained unchanged at Goodyear and Pirelli . However, Minardi and Fondmetal switched to Goodyear as Osella successors, and the new teams Jordan and Modena Team also rely on Goodyear tires. Conversely, only Benetton switched from Goodyear to Pirelli.

driver

McLaren retained its successful driver pairing of world champion Ayrton Senna and Gerhard Berger . Benetton also initially fielded the same drivers with the Brazilians Nelson Piquet and Roberto Moreno who had ended the 1990 season there. The competing teams, on the other hand, reformed: Nigel Mansell switched from Ferrari to Williams, displacing Thierry Boutsen , the previous team partner of Riccardo Patrese , to Ligier, where he met an F1 debutant in Érik Comas . Ferrari signed the young Frenchman Jean Alesi von Tyrrell and placed him next to runner-up world champion Alain Prost .

At Tyrrell, Alesi was replaced by Stefano Modena from Brabham , while the Japanese Satoru Nakajima stayed in the team at the request of Honda. AGS continued to rely on Gabriele Tarquini , alongside him in the first two races started Stefan Johansson , who had initially driven for Onyx in the preseason but was then replaced by Gregor Foitek . BMS Scuderia Italia retained Emanuele Pirro from the previous season , while Andrea de Cesaris switched to Jordan. The Finnish debutant JJ Lehto competed for him .

Brabham set up a completely new driver pairing for which the two Britons Martin Brundle and Mark Blundell , a newcomer, competed. Lotus also had to regroup and brought the debutant Mika Häkkinen and the returning Julian Bailey to the start. Debutant Jordan, on the other hand, used experienced drivers with de Cesaris and Bertrand Gachot . The latter was in the cockpit of the single Coloni by the Portuguese debutants Pedro Chaves replaced

Leyton House continued to bet on Ivan Capelli and Maurício Gugelmin . Michele Alboreto and Alex Caffi also stayed with Footwork . Larrousse also remained unchanged with Aguri Suzuki and Éric Bernard , and Minardi also retained the driver pairing that had ended the 1990 season with Pierluigi Martini and Gianni Morbidelli . Olivier Grouillard took part in the change of ownership of his team and started for Fondmetal after the preseason for Osella.

Numerous other driver changes took place during the season. Only McLaren, Williams, Brabham, Tyrrell, Scuderia Italia, Ligier and Modena Team were not affected and used the same drivers in all 16 races of the season. However, some changes had lasting consequences: Johnny Herbert , who replaced Bailey at Lotus after only four races, stayed with this team until 1994. The dismissal of Alain Prost before the last race of the season as a result of critical words towards the Ferrari team meant that Prost was also suspended for the whole of 1992 and did not return to Formula 1 until 1993. And finally , when Michael Schumacher took over the Jordan cockpit on his F1 debut because of a prison sentence for Bertrand Gachot, he was so surprised that he was permanently signed by Benetton after just one race.

Teams and drivers

photo	team	chassis	engine	tires	No.	Regular driver	run	Test / substitute driver
	Honda Marlboro McLaren	McLaren MP4 / 6	Honda 3.5 V12	G	1	Ayrton Senna	1-16	Mark Blundell Stefan Johansson Allan McNish Jonathan Palmer Emanuele Pirro
					2	Gerhard Berger	1-16
	Brown Tyrrell Honda	Tyrrell 020	Honda 3.5 V10	P	3	Satoru Nakajima	1-16	Johnny Herbert Volker Weidler
					4th	Stefano Modena	1-16
	Canon Williams team	Williams FW14	Renault 3.5 V10	G	5	Nigel Mansell	1-16	Mark Blundell Damon Hill
					6th	Riccardo Patrese	1-16
	Motor Racing Developments Ltd.	Brabham BT59Y Brabham BT60Y	Yamaha OX99 3.5 V12	P	7th	Martin Brundle	1-16	n / A
					8th	Mark Blundell	1-16
	Footwork Grand Prix International	Footwork FA11C Footwork FA12	Porsche 3.5 V12  1 Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8	G	9	Michele Alboreto	1-16	Perry McCarthy
					10	Alex Caffi	1-4, 9-16
						Stefan Johansson	5-8
	Team Lotus	Lotus 102B	Judd 3.5 V8	G	11	Mika Hakkinen	1-16	Johnny Herbert
					12	Julian Bailey	1-4
						Johnny Herbert	5-8, 11, 13, 15, 16
						Michael Bartels	9, 10, 12, 14
	Fondmetal F1 SpA	Fondmetal FA1ME Fomet 1	Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8	G	14th	Olivier Grouillard	1-13	Marco Greco
						Gabriele Tarquini	14-16
	Leyton House Racing	Leyton House CG911	Ilmor 3.5 V10	G	15th	Maurício Gugelmin	1-16	n / A
					16	Ivan Capelli	1-14
						Karl Wendlinger	15, 16
	Automobiles Gonfaronnaises Sportives	AGS JH25B AGS JH27	Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8	G	17th	Gabriele Tarquini	1-13	n / A
						Olivier Grouillard	14th
					18th	Stefan Johansson	1, 2
						Fabrizio Barbazza	3-14
	Camel Benetton Ford	Benetton B190 B Benetton B191	Ford HB IV 3.5 V8	P	19th	Roberto Moreno	1-11	n / A
						Michael sSchumacher	12-16
					20th	Nelson Piquet	1-16
	Scuderia Italia SpA	Dallara 191	Judd 3.5 V10	P	21st	Emanuele Pirro	1-16	n / A
					22nd	JJ Lehto	1-16
	Minardi team	Minardi M191	Ferrari 3.5 V12	G	23	Pierluigi Martini	1-16	Marco Apicella
					24	Gianni Morbidelli	1-15
						Roberto Moreno	16
	Ligier Gitanes	Ligier JS35	Lamborghini 3.5 V12	G	25th	Thierry Boutsen	1-16	Emmanuel Collard
					26th	Érik Comas	1-16
	Scuderia Ferrari SpA	Ferrari 642 Ferrari 643	Ferrari 3.5 V12	G	27	Alain Prost	1-15	Dario Benuzzi Andrea Montermini Gianni Morbidelli
						Gianni Morbidelli	16
					28	Jean Alesi	1-16
	Larrousse F1	Lola LC91	Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8	G	29	Eric Bernard	1-15	n / A
						Bertrand Gachot	16
					30th	Aguri Suzuki	1-16
	Coloni Racing Srl	Coloni C4	Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8	G	31	Pedro Chaves	1-13	Paolo Coloni Antonio Tamburini
						Naoki Hattori	15, 16
	Team 7UP Jordan	Jordan 191	Ford HB IV / V 3.5 V8	G	32	Bertrand Gachot	1-10	Alessandro Zanardi
						Michael sSchumacher	11
						Roberto Moreno	12, 13
						Alessandro Zanardi	14-16
					33	Andrea de Cesaris	1-16
	Modena Team SpA	Lamborghini 291	Lamborghini 3.5 V12	G	34	Nicola Larini	1-16	Marco Apicella Mauro Baldi
					35	Eric van de Poele	1-16

• ¹ Footwork ended its cooperation with Porsche after six races due to a lack of competitiveness

Racing calendar

No.	date	Grand Prix	route	Distance (km)	Pole position	Fastest race lap	winner	Overall leading driver	Overall leading designer
01	March 10th	United States	Phoenix Street Circuit	299,700	Ayrton Senna	Jean Alesi	Ayrton Senna	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda
02	March 24th	Brazil	Autódromo José Carlos Pace	307.075	Ayrton Senna	Nigel Mansell	Ayrton Senna
03	April 28	San Marino	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	307,440	Ayrton Senna	Gerhard Berger	Ayrton Senna
04th	12th of May	Monaco	Circuit de Monaco	259,584	Ayrton Senna	Alain Prost	Ayrton Senna
05	2th of June	Canada	Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve	305.670	Riccardo Patrese	Nigel Mansell	Nelson Piquet
06th	June 16	Mexico	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez	296.207	Riccardo Patrese	Nigel Mansell	Riccardo Patrese
07th	7th of July	France	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	307.512	Riccardo Patrese	Nigel Mansell	Nigel Mansell
08th	July 14th	Great Britain	Silverstone Circuit	308,334	Nigel Mansell	Nigel Mansell	Nigel Mansell
09	July 28th	Germany	Hockenheimring	306,090	Nigel Mansell	Riccardo Patrese	Nigel Mansell		Williams-Renault
10	August 11th	Hungary	Hungaroring	305.536	Ayrton Senna	Bertrand Gachot	Ayrton Senna		McLaren Honda
11	August 25	Belgium	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	305,360	Ayrton Senna	Roberto Moreno	Ayrton Senna
12	September 8th	Italy	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	307,400	Ayrton Senna	Ayrton Senna	Nigel Mansell
13	September 22	Portugal	Circuito do Estoril	308,850	Riccardo Patrese	Nigel Mansell	Riccardo Patrese
14th	September 29th	Spain	Circuit de Catalunya	308,555	Gerhard Berger	Riccardo Patrese	Nigel Mansell
15th	the 20th of October	Japan	Suzuka International Racing Course	310.792	Gerhard Berger	Ayrton Senna	Gerhard Berger
16	November 3rd	Australia	Adelaide Street Circuit	052.920	Ayrton Senna	Gerhard Berger	Ayrton Senna

Race reports

United States Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1991 USA Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	2: 00: 47.828
2	Alain Prost	Ferrari	+16,322
3	Nelson Piquet	Benetton-Ford	+17.376
PP	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	1: 21.434
SR	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	1: 26.758

The US Grand Prix in Phoenix (Arizona) took place on March 10, 1991 and lasted 81 rounds.

A total of 12 of the 26 drivers who started were rated.

Brazilian Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1991 Brazilian Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	1: 38: 28,128
2	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	+2.991
3	Gerhard Berger	McLaren Honda	+5.416
PP	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	1: 16.392
SR	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	1: 20.436

The Brazilian Grand Prix in São Paulo , Brazil took place on March 24, 1991 and ran over 71 rounds.

The fastest lap in the race was set by Nigel Mansell , who, however, had to retire on lap 59 due to transmission problems.

A total of 13 of the 26 riders who started were rated.

San Marino Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1991 San Marino Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	1: 35: 14.750
2	Gerhard Berger	McLaren Honda	+ 1.675
3	JJ Lehto	Dallara-Judd	+ 1 lap
PP	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	1: 21.877
SR	Gerhard Berger	McLaren Honda	1: 26.531

The San Marino Grand Prix in Imola took place on April 28, 1991 and went over 61 laps of 5.04 km (307.440 km).

Senna started from pole position in front of Riccardo Patrese and Alain Prost . Shortly after the start, Nigel Mansell, who had started from fourth place, collided with Martin Brundle and had to end the race early.

A total of 13 of the 26 riders who started were rated.

Monaco Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1991 Monaco Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	1: 53: 02.334
2	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	+18.348
3	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	+47.455
PP	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	1: 20.344
SR	Alain Prost	Ferrari	1: 24.368

The Monaco Grand Prix in Monte Carlo took place on May 12, 1991 and ran over 78 laps.

A total of 12 of the 26 drivers who started were rated.

Canadian Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1991 Canadian Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Nelson Piquet	Benetton-Ford	1: 38: 51.490
2	Stefano Modena	Tyrrell Honda	+31,382
3	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	+42.217
PP	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	1: 19.837
SR	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	1: 22.385

The Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal took place on June 2, 1991 and went over a distance of 69 laps.

A total of ten of the 26 drivers who started were rated.

Mexican Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1991 Mexican Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	1: 29: 52.205
2	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	+1.336
3	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	+57.356
PP	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	1: 16.696
SR	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	1: 16.788

The Mexican Grand Prix in Mexico City took place on June 16, 1991 and went over a distance of 67 laps.

A total of twelve of the 26 drivers who started were rated.

French Grand Prix

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space	driver	team	time
1	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	1: 38: 00.056
2	Alain Prost	Ferrari	+5.003
3	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	+34.934
PP	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	1: 14.559
SR	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	1: 19.168

The French Grand Prix in Magny-Cours took place on July 7, 1991 and ran over a distance of 72 laps.

A total of twelve of the 26 drivers who started were rated.

Great Britain Grand Prix

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Closing lap of the GP Great Britain 1991

space	driver	team	time
1	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	1: 27: 35.479
2	Gerhard Berger	McLaren Honda	+42.293
3	Alain Prost	Ferrari	+1: 00.150
PP	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	1: 20.939
SR	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	1: 26.379

The Great Britain Grand Prix at Silverstone took place on July 14, 1991 and ran over a distance of 59 laps.

A total of 14 of the 26 drivers who started were rated.

Grand Prix of Germany

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space	driver	team	time
1	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	1: 19: 29.661
2	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	+13.779
3	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	+17.618
PP	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	1: 37.087
SR	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	1: 43.569

The German Grand Prix in Hockenheim took place on July 28, 1991 and covered a distance of 45 laps.

Hungarian Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1991 Hungarian Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	1: 49: 12.796
2	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	+4,599
3	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	+15.594
PP	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	1: 16.147
SR	Bertrand Gachot	Jordan Ford	1: 21.547

The Hungarian Grand Prix at the Hungaroring in Mogyoród took place on August 11, 1991 and covered a distance of 77 laps.

Belgian Grand Prix

→ Main article : Belgian Grand Prix 1991

space	driver	team	time
1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	1: 27: 17.667
2	Gerhard Berger	McLaren Honda	+ 1.901
3	Nelson Piquet	Benetton-Ford	+ 32.176
PP	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	1: 47.811
SR	Roberto Moreno	Benetton-Ford	1: 21.547

The Belgian Grand Prix in Spa-Francorchamps took place on August 25, 1991 and covered a distance of 44 laps (305.360 km).

From a German perspective, the Grand Prix was interesting as Michael Schumacher made his Formula 1 debut. In the defeated Jordan he qualified for seventh place on the grid. However, due to a technical defect, he finished the race on the first lap.

Italian Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1991 Italian Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	1: 17: 54.319
2	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	+ 16.262
3	Alain Prost	Ferrari	+ 16.826
PP	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	1: 21.114
SR	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	1: 26.061

The Italian Grand Prix in Monza took place in dry weather on September 8, 1991 and covered a distance of 53 laps (307,400 km).

A total of 16 of the 26 riders who started reached the finish.

Grand Prix of Portugal

→ Main article : 1991 Portuguese Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	1: 35: 42,304
2	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	+ 20.941
3	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	+ 53.554
PP	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	1: 13.001
SR	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	1: 18.179

The Portuguese Grand Prix in Estoril took place in dry weather on September 22, 1991 and covered a distance of 71 laps (308.850 km).

Mansell was disqualified for a repair outside the permitted area of ​​the pit lane.

In total, 17 of the 26 riders who started reached the finish.

Spanish Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1991 Spanish Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	1: 38: 41.541
2	Alain Prost	Ferrari	+ 11,331
3	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	+ 15.909
PP	Gerhard Berger	McLaren Honda	1: 18.751
SR	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	1: 22.837

The Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona took place in rainy weather on September 29, 1991 and covered a distance of 65 laps (308.555 km).

Gerhard Berger, who started from pole position, retired on lap 33 of the race with problems with the engine valves.

In total, 17 of the 26 riders who started reached the finish.

Japanese Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1991 Japanese Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Gerhard Berger	McLaren Honda	1: 32: 10.695
2	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	+ 0.344
3	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	+ 54.731
PP	Gerhard Berger	McLaren Honda	1: 34.700
SR	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	1: 41.532

The Japanese Grand Prix in Suzuka took place on October 20, 1991 in dry weather and covered a distance of 53 laps (310.792 km). Ayrton Senna secured his third driver's title early because his only remaining World Championship rival Nigel Mansell was eliminated in the early stages after a driving error.

A total of eleven out of 26 drivers reached the destination.

Australian Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1991 Australian Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	0: 24: 34.899
2	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	+ 1.259
3	Gerhard Berger	McLaren Honda	+ 5.120
PP	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	1: 14.041
SR	Gerhard Berger	McLaren Honda	1: 41.141

The Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide took place on November 3, 1991 in heavy rain and was canceled prematurely after 14 laps (52.920 km). It was the shortest Formula 1 World Championship run of all time.

In total, 20 of the 26 riders who started crossed the finish line.

World championship ratings

The world champion is the driver or designer who has accumulated the most points in the world championship by the end of the season. The six first-placed drivers in each race received points according to the following scheme:

Distribution of points
space	1	2	3	4th	5	6th
Points	10	6th	4th	3	2	1

When distributing points, the placements in the overall result of the respective race of all races are taken into account. The last race of the season in Australia was only rated with half the number of points due to the premature termination after less than 75% of the regular race distance.

Driver ranking

Item	driver	constructor																	Points
01	A. Senna	McLaren Honda	1	1	1	1	DNF	3	3	4 *	7 *	1	1	2	2	5	2	1	96, 0
02	N. Mansell	Williams-Renault	DNF	DNF	DNF	2	6 *	2	1	1	1	2	DNF	1	DSQ	1	DNF	2	72, 0
03	R. Patrese	Williams-Renault	DNF	2	DNF	DNF	3	1	5	DNF	2	3	5	DNF	1	3	3	5	53, 0
04th	G. Berger	McLaren Honda	DNF	3	2	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	2	4th	4th	2	4th	DNF	DNF	1	3	43, 0
05	A. Cheers	Ferrari	2	4th	DNS	5	DNF	DNF	2	3	DNF	DNF	DNF	3	DNF	2	4th		34, 0
06th	N. Piquet	Benetton-Ford	3	5	DNF	DNF	1	DNF	8th	5	DNF	DNF	3	6th	5	11	7th	4th	26.5
07th	J. Alesi	Ferrari	12 *	6th	DNF	3	DNF	DNF	4th	DNF	3	5	DNF	DNF	3	4th	DNF	DNF	21st, 0
08th	S. Modena	Tyrrell Honda	4th	DNF	DNF	DNF	2	11	DNF	7th	13	12	DNF	DNF	DNF	16	6th	10	10, 0
09	A. de Cesaris	Jordan Ford	DNPQ	DNF	DNF	DNF	4th	4th	6th	DNF	5	7th	13 *	7th	8th	DNF	DNF	8th	9, 0
10	R. Moreno	Benetton-Ford	DNF	7th	13 *	4th	DNF	5	DNF	DNF	8th	8th	4th						8th, 0
		Jordan Ford												DNF	10				0, 0
		Minardi Ferrari																16	0, 0
11	P. Martini	Minardi Ferrari	9 *	DNF	4th	12	7th	DNF	9	9	DNF	DNF	12 *	DNF	4th	13	DNF	DNF	6th, 0
12	JJ Lehto	Dallara-Judd	DNF	DNF	3	11	DNF	DNF	DNF	13	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	8th	DNF	12	4th, 0
13	B. Gachot	Jordan Ford	10 *	13 *	DNF	8th	5	DNF	DNF	6th	6th	9						DNQ	4th, 0
14th	M. Schumacher	Jordan Ford											DNF						0, 0
		Benetton-Ford												5	6th	6th	DNF	DNF	4th, 0
15th	S. Nakajima	Tyrrell-Ford	5	DNF	DNF	DNF	10	12	DNF	8th	DNF	15th	DNF	DNF	13	17th	DNF	DNF	2, 0
16	M. Hakkinen	Lotus Judd	13 *	9	5	DNF	DNF	9	DNQ	12	DNF	14th	DNF	14th	14th	DNF	DNF	19th	2, 0
17th	M. Brundle	Brabham-Yamaha	11	12	11	EX	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	11	DNF	9	13	12	10	5	DNQ	2, 0
18th	E. Pirro	Dallara-Judd	DNF	11	DNPQ	6th	9	DNPQ	DNPQ	10	10	DNF	8th	10	DNF	15th	DNF	7th	1, 0
19th	M. Blundell	Brabham-Yamaha	DNF	DNF	8th	DNF	DNQ	DNF	DNF	DNF	12	DNF	6th	12	DNF	DNF	DNPQ	17th	1, 0
20th	I. Capelli	Leyton House-Ilmor	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	6th	DNF	8th	17 *	DNF			1, 0
21st	É. Bernard	Lola Ford	DNF	DNF	DNF	9	DNF	6th	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNQ	DNF	DNQ		1, 0
22nd	A. Suzuki	Lola Ford	6th	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNQ	DNQ	DNF	DNQ	DNF	DNQ	1, 0
23	J. Bailey	Lotus Judd	DNQ	DNQ	6th	DNQ													1, 0
24	G. Morbidelli	Minardi Ferrari	DNF	8th	DNF	DNF	DNF	7th	DNF	11	DNF	13	DNF	9	9	14 *	DNF		0, 0
		Ferrari																6th	0.5
-	M. Gugelmin	Leyton House-Ilmor	DNF	DNF	12 *	DNF	DNF	DNF	7th	DNF	DNF	11	DNF	15th	7th	7th	8th	14th	0, 0
-	T. Boutsen	Ligier-Lamborghini	DNF	10	7th	7th	DNF	8th	12	DNF	9	17 *	11	DNF	16	DNF	9	DNF	0, 0
-	J. Herbert	Lotus Judd					DNQ	10	10	14 *			7th		DNF		DNF	11	0, 0
-	N. Larini	Lamborghini	7th	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNF	16	DNQ	16	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNF	0, 0
-	É. Comas	Ligier-Lamborghini	DNQ	DNF	10	10	8th	DNQ	11	DNQ	DNF	10	DNF	11	11	DNF	DNF	18th	0, 0
-	G. Tarquini	AGS-Ford	8th	DNF	DNQ	DNF	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNQ				0, 0
		Fond metal Ford														12	11	DNPQ	0, 0
-	A. Zanardi	Jordan Ford														9	DNF	9	0, 0
-	Evd Poele	Lamborghini	DNPQ	DNPQ	9 *	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	0, 0
-	A. Caffi	Footwork-Porsche / -Ford	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ					DNPQ	DNPQ	DNQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	10	15th	0, 0
-	O. Grouillard	Fond metal Ford	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNF	DNF	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNQ	10	DNF	DNPQ				0, 0
		AGS-Ford														DNPQ			0, 0
-	M. Alboreto	Footwork-Porsche / -Ford	DNF	DNQ	DNQ	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNQ	DNQ	DNPQ	DNQ	15th	DNF	DNQ	13	0, 0
-	K. Wendlinger	Leyton House-Ilmor															DNF	20th	0, 0
-	S. Johansson	AGS-Ford	DNQ	DNQ															0, 0
		Footwork-Porsche / -Ford					DNF	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ									0, 0
-	F. Barbazza	AGS-Ford			DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ			0, 0
-	M. Bartels	Lotus Judd									DNQ	DNQ		DNQ		DNQ			0, 0
-	P. Chaves	Coloni-Ford	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ				0, 0
-	N. Hattori	Coloni-Ford															DNPQ	DNPQ	0, 0

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Constructors' championship

McLaren MP4 / 6 Honda from 1991

Item constructor Points 1  McLaren Honda 139, 0 2  Williams-Renault 125, 0 3  Ferrari 55.5 4th  Benetton-Ford 38.5 5  Jordan Ford 13, 0 6th  Tyrrell Honda 12, 0 7th  Minardi Ferrari 6th, 0 8th  Dallara-Judd 5, 0 9  Lotus Judd 3, 0

Item constructor Points 10  Brabham-Yamaha 3, 0 11  Lola Ford 2, 0 12  Leyton House-Ilmor 1, 0 13  Ligier-Lamborghini 0, 0 14th  Lamborghini 0, 0 15th  AGS-Ford 0, 0 16  Fomet-Ford 0, 0 17th  Footwork-Porsche / -Ford 0, 0 18th  Coloni-Ford 0, 0

Web links

Commons : Formula 1 season 1991  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official Formula 1 website Results Season 1991 (English)