1991 Belgian Grand Prix

 1991 Belgian Grand Prix

Racing data
11th of 16 races in the 1991 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	Belgian Grand Prix
Date:	August 25, 1991
Place:	spa
Course:	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Length:	305.36 km in 44 laps of 6.94 km
Weather:	slightly cloudy, but warm
Spectator:	~ 70,000
Pole position
Driver:	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda
Time:	1: 47.811 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Roberto Moreno	Benetton-Ford
Time:	1: 55.161 min (lap 40)
Podium
First:	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda
Second:	Gerhard Berger	McLaren Honda
Third:	Nelson Piquet	Benetton-Ford

The 1991 Belgian Grand Prix took place on August 25th at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps near Spa and was the eleventh race of the 1991 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

In the run-up to the eleventh World Cup run of the season, Bertrand Gachot was arrested in Great Britain for spraying a taxi driver with irritant gas. In the search for a short-term replacement driver, after mediation by Willi Weber and Jochen Neerpasch, the German debutant Michael Schumacher was signed for a race at Jordan .

Lotus pilot Johnny Herbert returned to the field instead of Michael Bartels .

training

Due to bumps in the area of ​​the newly paved Blanchimont curve, the suspension of Gabriele Tarquini's AGS JH25B broke during the pre-qualification on Friday morning , which led to a serious accident. The local pilot Eric van de Poele lost control of his Lambo 291 for similar reasons during the first free practice and crashed into the track barrier so hard that he had to be treated in hospital. However, he already took part in the second regular qualification training on Saturday.

Ayrton Senna secured pole position with a lap less than one second, ahead of Alain Prost , Nigel Mansell , Gerhard Berger , Jean Alesi and Nelson Piquet . Michael Schumacher immediately impressed by qualifying for seventh place on the grid on the course, which was almost unknown to him at the time. Roberto Moreno followed before Pierluigi Martini and Stefano Modena .

run

Senna took the lead ahead of Prost, Mansell, Piquet, Berger and the poorly started Alesi. For Schumacher, who had set the fourth fastest lap time in the warm-up in the morning , the race ended after a few hundred meters due to a damaged clutch.

Shortly after Mansell had overtaken Prost on the second lap, he retired again due to an engine failure on his Ferrari 643 .

The Williams team managed to change tires faster than the McLaren pit crew , so Mansell left the pit lane as the leader on lap 15. Alesi, who again completed the race without a pit stop, briefly dueled Mansell for the top position, but then fell back slightly and came under pressure from Senna. As a result of an electrical fault on Mansell's Williams FW14 , Alesi took the lead on lap 21. An unscheduled pit stop by Sennas also gave him a certain lead. Riccardo Patrese , Nelson Piquet and Andrea de Cesaris were involved in a three-way battle for third place.

When Alesis' engine failed, as did that of his teammate a few laps before, Senna took the lead again. De Cesaris, who had recently passed Piquet, followed in second place and caught up with Senna. By closely following the leader, the engine temperature of de Cesaris' Jordan 191 rose rapidly, which ultimately led to engine failure on lap 42. The second-placed Patrese was unable to catch up with Senna due to transmission problems, but was overtaken by Berger, who thus produced a McLaren double lead. The two Benetton drivers Piquet and Moreno also overtook Patrese, who ultimately came in fifth. Mark Blundell scored the first championship point of the season for himself and for Team Brabham in sixth place .

For the first and only time, Roberto Moreno completed the fastest race lap of a Grand Prix.

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	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 JS35B	Lamborghini 3512 3.5 V12	G
	26th	Érik Comas
Scuderia Ferrari SpA	27	Alain Prost	Ferrari 643	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	Michael sSchumacher	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: 49.100	229.001 km / h	1: 47.811	231.739 km / h	01
02	Alain Prost	Ferrari	-	-	1: 51.369	224.335 km / h	1: 48.821	229.588 km / h	02
03	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	-	-	1: 50.666	225.760 km / h	1: 48.828	229.573 km / h	03
04th	Gerhard Berger	McLaren Honda	-	-	1: 49.485	228.196 km / h	-	-	04th
05	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	-	-	1: 51.832	223.407 km / h	1: 49.974	227.181 km / h	05
06th	Nelson Piquet	Benetton-Ford	-	-	1: 53.371	220.374 km / h	1: 50.540	226.018 km / h	06th
07th	Michael sSchumacher	Jordan Ford	-	-	1: 53.290	220.531 km / h	1: 51.212	224.652 km / h	07th
08th	Roberto Moreno	Benetton-Ford	-	-	1: 53.664	219.806 km / h	1: 51.283	224.509 km / h	08th
09	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi Ferrari	-	-	1: 53.460	220,201 km / h	1: 51.299	224.476 km / h	09
10	Stefano Modena	Tyrrell Honda	-	-	1: 52.899	221.295 km / h	1: 51.307	224.460 km / h	10
11	Andrea de Cesaris	Jordan Ford	-	-	1: 54.186	218.801 km / h	1: 51.986	223.099 km / h	11
12	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House-Ilmor	-	-	1: 53.603	219.924 km / h	1: 52.113	222.847 km / h	12
13	Mark Blundell	Brabham-Yamaha	1: 56.446	214.554 km / h	1: 54.814	217.604 km / h	1: 52.377	222.323 km / h	13
14th	JJ Lehto	Dallara-Judd	-	-	1: 54.211	218.753 km / h	1: 52.417	222.244 km / h	14th
15th	Maurício Gugelmin	Leyton House-Ilmor	-	-	1: 56.027	215.329 km / h	1: 52.623	221.837 km / h	15th
16	Martin Brundle	Brabham-Yamaha	1: 54.929	217.386 km / h	1: 54.921	217.402 km / h	1: 52.626	221.832 km / h	16
17th	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	-	-	1: 52.646	221.792 km / h	-	-	17th
18th	Thierry Boutsen	Ligier-Lamborghini	-	-	1: 54.446	218.304 km / h	1: 52.709	221.668 km / h	18th
19th	Gianni Morbidelli	Minardi Ferrari	-	-	1: 57.232	213.116 km / h	1: 52.896	221.301 km / h	19th
20th	Eric Bernard	Lola Ford	-	-	1: 55.679	215.977 km / h	1: 53.309	220.494 km / h	20th
21st	Johnny Herbert	Lotus Judd	-	-	1: 55.523	216.269 km / h	1: 53.361	220.393 km / h	21st
22nd	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell Honda	-	-	1: 55.874	215.614 km / h	1: 53.494	220.135 km / h	22nd
23	Olivier Grouillard	Fond metal Ford	1: 58.447	210.930 km / h	1: 55.945	215.481 km / h	1: 53.628	219.875 km / h	23
24	Mika Hakkinen	Lotus Judd	-	-	1: 55.483	216.344 km / h	1: 53.799	219.545 km / h	24
25th	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara-Judd	-	-	1: 56.131	215.136 km / h	1: 53.839	219.468 km / h	25th
26th	Érik Comas	Ligier-Lamborghini	-	-	1: 56.218	214.975 km / h	1: 53.847	219.452 km / h	26th
DNQ	Aguri Suzuki	Lola Ford	-	-	1: 56.594	214.282 km / h	1: 53.869	219.410 km / h	-
DNQ	Nicola Larini	Lambo Lamborghini	-	-	1: 56.561	214.343 km / h	1: 54.781	217.667 km / h	-
DNQ	Alex Caffi	Footwork Ford	1: 59.460	209.141 km / h	1: 57.556	212.528 km / h	1: 57.338	212.923 km / h	-
DNQ	Eric van de Poele	Lambo Lamborghini	-	-	-	-	1: 57.746	212.186 km / h	-
DNPQ	Michele Alboreto	Footwork Ford	1: 59.910	208.356 km / h	-	-	-	-	-
DNPQ	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS-Ford	1: 59.972	208.249 km / h	-	-	-	-	-
DNPQ	Pedro Chaves	Coloni-Ford	2: 01.921	204.920 km / h	-	-	-	-	-
DNPQ	Fabrizio Barbazza	AGS-Ford	2: 03.766	201.865 km / h	-	-	-	-	-

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	44	1	1: 27: 17.669	01	1: 56.471
02	Gerhard Berger	McLaren Honda	44	1	+ 1.901	04th	1: 55.601
03	Nelson Piquet	Benetton-Ford	44	0	+ 32.176	06th	1: 57.084
04th	Roberto Moreno	Benetton-Ford	44	0	+ 37.310	08th	1: 55.161
05	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	44	0	+ 57.187	17th	1: 55.993
06th	Mark Blundell	Brabham-Yamaha	44	0	+1: 40.035	13	1: 58.145
07th	Johnny Herbert	Lotus Judd	44	0	+1: 44.599	21st	1: 58.606
08th	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara-Judd	43	0	+ 1 lap	25th	1: 58.017
09	Martin Brundle	Brabham-Yamaha	43	0	+ 1 lap	16	1: 58.540
10	Olivier Grouillard	Fond metal Ford	43	0	+ 1 lap	23	1: 59.340
11	Thierry Boutsen	Ligier-Lamborghini	43	0	+ 1 lap	18th	1: 58.921
12	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi Ferrari	42	0	DNF	09	1: 57.303	Gearbox damage
13	Andrea de Cesaris	Jordan Ford	41	0	DNF	11	1: 56.477	Engine failure
-	Stefano Modena	Tyrrell Honda	33	0	DNF	10	1: 57.793	Loss of transmission oil
-	JJ Lehto	Dallara-Judd	33	0	DNF	14th	1: 58.164	Engine failure
-	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	30th	0	DNF	05	1: 57.308	Engine failure
-	Gianni Morbidelli	Minardi Ferrari	29	0	DNF	19th	1: 58.443	defective power transmission
-	Mika Hakkinen	Lotus Judd	25th	0	DNF	24	1: 59.527	Engine failure
-	Érik Comas	Ligier-Lamborghini	25th	0	DNF	26th	1: 58.348	Engine failure
-	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	22nd	1	DNF	03	1: 56.459	Electrical damage
-	Eric Bernard	Lola Ford	21st	0	DNF	20th	2: 01.062	Gearbox damage
-	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House-Ilmor	13	0	DNF	12	1: 59.757	Engine failure
-	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell Honda	07th	0	DNF	22nd	2: 02.123	accident
-	Alain Prost	Ferrari	02	0	DNF	02	2: 01.161	broken fuel line
-	Maurício Gugelmin	Leyton House-Ilmor	01	0	DNF	15th	2: 16.691	Engine failure
-	Michael sSchumacher	Jordan Ford	00	0	DNF	07th	-	Clutch damage

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 71 02  Nigel Mansell Williams-Renault 49 03  Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault 34 04th  Gerhard Berger McLaren Honda 28 05  Nelson Piquet Benetton-Ford 22nd 06th  Alain Prost Ferrari 21st 07th  Jean Alesi Ferrari 14th 08th  Andrea de Cesaris Jordan Ford 9 09  Stefano Modena Tyrrell Honda 9 10  Roberto Moreno Benetton-Ford 8th 11  Bertrand Gachot Jordan Ford 4th

Item driver constructor Points 12  JJ Lehto Dallara-Judd 4th 13  Pierluigi Martini Minardi Ferrari 3 14th  Satoru Nakajima Tyrrell Honda 2 15th  Mika Hakkinen Lotus Judd 2 16  Aguri Suzuki Lola Ford 1 17th  Julian Bailey Lotus Judd 1 18th  Emanuele Pirro Dallara-Judd 1 19th  Eric Bernard Lola Ford 1 20th  Mark Blundell Brabham-Yamaha 1 21st  Ivan Capelli Leyton House-Ilmor 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  McLaren Honda 99 02  Williams-Renault 83 03  Ferrari 35 04th  Benetton-Ford 30th 05  Jordan Ford 13 06th  Tyrrell Honda 11

Item constructor Points 07th  Dallara-Judd 5 08th  Minardi Ferrari 3 09  Lotus Judd 3 10  Lola Ford 2 11  Leyton House-Ilmor 1 12  Brabham-Yamaha 1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Fight at the limit. The Formula 1 Chronicle 1950–2000 , ed. v. Willy Knupp, RTL book edition: Zeitgeist Verlag: Düsseldorf / Gütersloh 2000, ISBN 3-89748-277-0 , p. 290
2. ↑ "Training" ( Memento of the original from January 6, 2014 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)  
3. ^ "Report" (accessed December 10, 2013)
4. ↑ "World Cup stands" ( Memento of the original from January 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on December 10, 2013)  

Web links

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