1991 Australian Grand Prix

 1991 Australian Grand Prix

Racing data
16th of 16 races in the 1991 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	Foster's Australian Grand Prix
Date:	3rd November 1991
Place:	Adelaide
Course:	Adelaide Street Circuit
Length:	52.92 km in 14 laps of 3.78 km
Planned:	306.18 km in 81 laps of 3.78 km
Weather:	heavy rain
Spectator:	~ 50,000
Pole position
Driver:	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda
Time:	1: 14.041 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Gerhard Berger	McLaren Honda
Time:	1: 41.141 min (lap 14)
Podium
First:	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda
Second:	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault
Third:	Gerhard Berger	McLaren Honda

The 1991 Australian Grand Prix took place on November 3rd as the 16th and final race of the 1991 Formula 1 World Championship on the Adelaide Street Circuit .

Reports

background

After Alain Prost had repeatedly expressed negative comments about Scuderia Ferrari , especially during the second half of the season , it was announced that he would still be contractually bound to the traditional Italian racing team in the 1992 season , but without competing. The team was so annoyed that he was no longer allowed to compete even at the season finale, but Gianni Morbidelli was signed as a short-term replacement driver. The vacated place at Minardi was taken by Roberto Moreno , who thus competed for another team for the third time in the 1991 season.

Since Éric Bernard could not compete due to his injuries sustained two weeks earlier during training for the Japanese Grand Prix , Gérard Larrousse agreed to let Bertrand Gachot, who had been released from prison a few weeks earlier, contest the final run for his team.

training

The two drivers of the McLaren team, leading in the constructors' championship standings, dominated qualifying. Ayrton Senna , already established as the driver's world champion, secured pole position in front of Gerhard Berger . The second row was shared by the two Williams drivers Nigel Mansell and Riccardo Patrese , who hoped to win the constructors' title for their team with a good race result and the poor performance of the McLaren competitors. The Benetton teammates Nelson Piquet and Michael Schumacher formed the third row in front of the two Ferraris of Jean Alesi and Gianni Morbidelli.

run

The start was initially postponed due to heavy rain that began around an hour before the scheduled start time. When it slacked off a little, the race finally started and Senna took the lead ahead of Berger, Mansell and Schumacher. On the third lap, Mansell took second place from Berger.

When the two Benetton drivers collided on lap five, Schumacher spun and was rammed by Alesi, who was unable to evade in time. Thierry Boutsen , Satoru Nakajima , Nicola Larini and Pierluigi Martini also retired due to accidents.

After the rain increased again up to lap 13, Maurício Gugelmin crashed into the pit wall. Two marshals were slightly injured. When Mansell and Berger had also turned off due to aquaplaning , Senna, among others, signaled to the race management that the race should be abandoned due to the difficult conditions. This was followed after 16 laps. However, the status after 14 laps was rated. Accordingly, Senna was the winner ahead of Mansell, Berger, Piquet, Patrese and Morbidelli. Since significantly less than 75 percent of the planned race distance had been completed, only half the number of points was awarded.

McLaren won the 1991 constructors' championship.

With a distance of just 53 kilometers and a duration of less than 25 minutes, the 1991 Australian Grand Prix is ​​considered the shortest race in Formula 1 history.

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 FA12B	Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8	G
	10	Alex Caffi
Team Lotus	11	Mika Hakkinen	Lotus 102B	Judd EV 3.5 V8	G
	12	Johnny Herbert
Fund metal	14th	Gabriele Tarquini	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	Karl Wendlinger
Camel Benetton Ford	19th	Michael sSchumacher	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	Roberto Moreno
Ligier Gitanes	25th	Thierry Boutsen	Ligier JS35B	Lamborghini 3512 3.5 V12	G
	26th	Érik Comas
Scuderia Ferrari SpA	27	Gianni Morbidelli	Ferrari 643	Ferrari 037 3.5 V12	G
	28	Jean Alesi
Larrousse F1	29	Bertrand Gachot	Lola LC91	Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8	G
	30th	Aguri Suzuki
Coloni Racing	31	Naoki Hattori	Coloni C4		G
Team 7Up Jordan	32	Alessandro Zanardi	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	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	-	-	1: 14.210	183.372 km / h	1: 14.041	183.790 km / h	01
02	Gerhard Berger	McLaren Honda	-	-	1: 14.385	182.940 km / h	1: 15.563	180.088 km / h	02
03	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	-	-	1: 14.822	181.872 km / h	1: 14.897	181.690 km / h	03
04th	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	-	-	1: 15.633	179.921 km / h	1: 15.057	181.302 km / h	04th
05	Nelson Piquet	Benetton-Ford	-	-	1: 16.552	177.762 km / h	1: 15.291	180.739 km / h	05
06th	Michael sSchumacher	Benetton-Ford	-	-	1: 15.840	179.430 km / h	1: 15.508	180.219 km / h	06th
07th	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	-	-	1: 17.014	176.695 km / h	1: 15.545	180.131 km / h	07th
08th	Gianni Morbidelli	Ferrari	-	-	1: 16.203	178.576 km / h	1: 17.679	175.182 km / h	08th
09	Stefano Modena	Tyrrell Honda	-	-	1: 16.253	178.459 km / h	-	-	09
10	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi Ferrari	-	-	1: 17.614	175.329 km / h	1: 16.359	178.211 km / h	10
11	JJ Lehto	Dallara-Judd	-	-	1: 17.665	175.214 km / h	1: 16.871	177.024 km / h	11
12	Andrea de Cesaris	Jordan Ford	-	-	1: 17.073	176.560 km / h	1: 17.050	176.613 km / h	12
13	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara-Judd	-	-	1: 17.342	175.946 km / h	1: 18.233	173.942 km / h	13
14th	Maurício Gugelmin	Leyton House-Ilmor	-	-	1: 17.344	175.941 km / h	1: 17.431	175.744 km / h	14th
15th	Michele Alboreto	Footwork Ford	1: 18.051	174.348 km / h	1: 18.214	173.984 km / h	1: 17.355	175.916 km / h	15th
16	Alessandro Zanardi	Jordan Ford	-	-	1: 17.362	175.900 km / h	1: 17.723	175.083 km / h	16
17th	Mark Blundell	Brabham-Yamaha	1: 18.049	174.352 km / h	1: 17.867	174.760 km / h	1: 17.365	175.893 km / h	17th
18th	Roberto Moreno	Minardi Ferrari	-	-	1: 19.752	170.629 km / h	1: 17.639	175.273 km / h	18th
19th	Nicola Larini	Lambo Lamborghini	-	-	1: 19.076	172.088 km / h	1: 17.936	174.605 km / h	19th
20th	Thierry Boutsen	Ligier-Lamborghini	-	-	1: 18.992	172.271 km / h	1: 17.969	174.531 km / h	20th
21st	Johnny Herbert	Lotus Judd	-	-	1: 19.177	171.868 km / h	1: 18.091	174.258 km / h	21st
22nd	Érik Comas	Ligier-Lamborghini	-	-	1: 19.678	170.787 km / h	1: 18.112	174.211 km / h	22nd
23	Alex Caffi	Footwork Ford	1: 18.007	174.446 km / h	1: 18.783	172.728 km / h	1: 18.157	174.111 km / h	23
24	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell Honda	-	-	1: 18.216	173.980 km / h	1: 18.307	173.778 km / h	24
25th	Mika Hakkinen	Lotus Judd	-	-	1: 19.199	171.820 km / h	1: 18.271	173.857 km / h	25th
26th	Karl Wendlinger	Leyton House-Ilmor	-	-	1: 18.282	173.833 km / h	2: 12.369	102.804 km / h	26th
DNQ	Aguri Suzuki	Lola Ford	-	-	-	-	1: 18.393	173.587 km / h	-
DNQ	Martin Brundle	Brabham-Yamaha	1: 17.707	175.119 km / h	1: 18.887	172.500 km / h	1: 18.855	172.570 km / h	-
DNQ	Eric van de Poele	Lambo Lamborghini	-	-	1: 20.123	169.839 km / h	1: 19,000	172.253 km / h	-
DNQ	Bertrand Gachot	Lola Ford	-	-	1: 20.163	169.754 km / h	1: 19.274	171.658 km / h	-
DNPQ	Gabriele Tarquini	Fond metal Ford	1: 18.184	174.051 km / h	-	-	-	-	-
DNPQ	Naoki Hattori	Coloni-Ford	1: 22.852	164.245 km / h	-	-	-	-	-

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	14th	0	0: 24: 34.899	01	1: 42.545
02	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	14th	0	+ 1.259	03	1: 42.908
03	Gerhard Berger	McLaren Honda	14th	0	+ 5.120	02	1: 41.141
04th	Nelson Piquet	Benetton-Ford	14th	0	+ 30.103	05	1: 42.545
05	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	14th	0	+ 50.537	04th	1: 45.297
06th	Gianni Morbidelli	Ferrari	14th	0	+ 51.069	08th	1: 45.599
07th	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara-Judd	14th	0	+ 52.361	13	1: 44.933
08th	Andrea de Cesaris	Jordan Ford	14th	0	+1: 00.431	12	1: 45.264
09	Alessandro Zanardi	Jordan Ford	14th	0	+1: 15.567	16	1: 43.519
10	Stefano Modena	Tyrrell Honda	14th	0	+1: 20.370	09	1: 45.912
11	Johnny Herbert	Lotus Judd	14th	0	+1: 22.073	21st	1: 46.437
12	JJ Lehto	Dallara-Judd	14th	0	+1: 38.519	11	1: 48.018
13	Michele Alboreto	Footwork Ford	14th	0	+1: 39.303	15th	1: 47.030
14th	Maurício Gugelmin	Leyton House-Ilmor	13	0	DNF	14th	1: 47.395	accident
15th	Alex Caffi	Footwork Ford	13	0	+ 1 lap	23	1: 47.421
16	Roberto Moreno	Minardi Ferrari	13	0	+ 1 lap	18th	1: 47,000
17th	Mark Blundell	Brabham-Yamaha	13	0	+ 1 lap	17th	1: 46.821
18th	Érik Comas	Ligier-Lamborghini	13	0	+ 1 lap	22nd	1: 50.046
19th	Mika Hakkinen	Lotus Judd	13	0	+ 1 lap	25th	1: 50.949
20th	Karl Wendlinger	Leyton House-Ilmor	12	0	+ 2 rounds	26th	1: 48.614
-	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi Ferrari	08th	0	DNF	10	1: 51.274	accident
-	Michael sSchumacher	Benetton-Ford	05	0	DNF	06th	1: 43.714	accident
-	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	05	0	DNF	07th	1: 45.738	accident
-	Nicola Larini	Lambo Lamborghini	05	0	DNF	19th	1: 49.640	accident
-	Thierry Boutsen	Ligier-Lamborghini	05	0	DNF	20th	1: 52.628	accident
-	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell Honda	04th	0	DNF	24	1: 55.073	accident

World Cup stands after the race

The first six of the race received 5, 3, 2, 1.5, 1 or 0.5 point (s) due to the significantly reduced race distance.

Driver ranking

Item driver constructor Points 01  Ayrton Senna McLaren Honda 96.0 02  Nigel Mansell Williams-Renault 72.0 03  Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault 53.0 04th  Gerhard Berger McLaren Honda 43.0 05  Alain Prost Ferrari 34.0 06th  Nelson Piquet Benetton-Ford 26.5 07th  Jean Alesi Ferrari 21.0 08th  Stefano Modena Tyrrell Honda 10.0 09  Andrea de Cesaris Jordan Ford 9.0 10  Roberto Moreno Benetton-Ford 8.0 11  Pierluigi Martini Minardi Ferrari 6.0 12  JJ Lehto Dallara-Judd 4.0

Item driver constructor Points 13  Michael sSchumacher Benetton-Ford 4.0 14th  Bertrand Gachot Jordan Ford 4.0 15th  Martin Brundle Brabham-Yamaha 2.0 16  Satoru Nakajima Tyrrell Honda 2.0 17th  Mika Hakkinen Lotus Judd 2.0 18th  Emanuele Pirro Dallara-Judd 1.0 19th  Julian Bailey Lotus Judd 1.0 20th  Aguri Suzuki Lola Ford 1.0 21st  Mark Blundell Brabham-Yamaha 1.0 22nd  Eric Bernard Lola Ford 1.0 23  Ivan Capelli Leyton House-Ilmor 1.0 24  Gianni Morbidelli Ferrari 0.5

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  McLaren Honda 139.0 02  Williams-Renault 125.0 03  Ferrari 55.5 04th  Benetton-Ford 38.5 05  Jordan Ford 13.0 06th  Tyrrell Honda 12.0

Item constructor Points 07th  Minardi Ferrari 6.0 08th  Dallara-Judd 5.0 09  Brabham-Yamaha 3.0 10  Lotus Judd 3.0 11  Lola Ford 2.0 12  Leyton House-Ilmor 1.0

Individual evidence

1. ^ "Training" ( Memento from January 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed December 10, 2013)
2. ^ "Report" (accessed December 10, 2013)
3. ^ "World Championship stands" ( Memento from January 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed December 10, 2013)

Web links

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