Grand Prix of Germany 1991

 Grand Prix of Germany 1991

Racing data
9th of 16 races in the 1991 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	Grand Mobil 1 Prize from Germany
Date:	July 28, 1991
Place:	Hockenheim
Course:	Hockenheimring
Length:	306.09 km in 45 laps of 6.802 km
Weather:	slightly cloudy and hot
Spectator:	~ 120,000
Pole position
Driver:	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault
Time:	1: 37.087 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault
Time:	1: 43.569 min (lap 35)
Podium
First:	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault
Second:	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault
Third:	Jean Alesi	Ferrari

The 1991 German Grand Prix took place on July 28th at the Hockenheimring and was the ninth race of the 1991 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

Stefan Johansson was replaced by Alex Caffi at Footwork and ended his Formula 1 career with the record at the time of having achieved the most podium places without a win. This mark was only reached at the 2009 Malaysian Grand Prix by Nick Heidfeld and exceeded two years later in the same place .

Due to contractual obligations in the Japanese Formula 3000 , Johnny Herbert could not compete in the German GP. The Lotus team then gave the local pay driver Michael Bartels the chance to make his Formula 1 debut.

training

As a result of their results during the first half of the season, in addition to Fondmetal and Coloni, teams Brabham , Footwork and AGS instead of Jordan , BMS and Modena had to take part in the pre-qualification.

Due to a puncture, Ayrton Senna had one of the worst accidents of his career during the first free practice. His McLaren MP4 / 6 overturned several times after driving over a curb at an awkward angle. Senna escaped unharmed. Another serious accident occurred on Saturday morning in the east corner when Érik Comas got off the track in his Ligier JS35B and the car caught fire. Comas completed the second qualifying in a T-Car , but missed the qualification.

The drivers Nigel Mansell , Ayrton Senna, Gerhard Berger and Riccardo Patrese qualified for the first four starting positions with lap times that differed by only around 0.35 seconds. Alain Prost , who secured fifth place on the grid as the faster of the two Ferrari drivers , was around 1.5 seconds slower than Nigel Mansell on his best lap. Jordan driver Andrea de Cesaris , who followed Prost's team-mate Jean Alesi in seventh place, was already 3.2 seconds short of the absolute best time. The two Benetton pilots Nelson Piquet and Roberto Moreno followed in eighth and ninth place in front of Pierluigi Martini in the Minardi M191 and Bertrand Gachot in the second Jordan 191 .

run

Starting grid (shortly before the start of the race)

After a good start, Mansell immediately set himself apart from his competitors. Berger initially followed in second place in front of Senna, Prost, Alesi and Patrese. On the 13th lap he lost contact with the chasing group due to an unscheduled pit stop.

With Mansell's pit stop, Alesi, who completed the race without changing tires in the meantime, took over the top position for two laps from lap 19 onwards, as Senna and Prost had also made their stops shortly before and were therefore briefly behind. By the 37th lap, Patrese overtook Prost and Senna as well as Alesi and thus established a one-two lead for the two Williams drivers.

In the duel for fourth place behind Alesi, Senna and Prost collided easily. The French dropped out. For the second time in a row, Senna was stuck on the last lap of the race due to a lack of fuel. In contrast to the Grand Prix of Great Britain two weeks earlier, however, the distance covered was not enough to be classified within the points, but only as seventh. His team-mate Berger also had only a small amount of fuel left at the end of the race. However, he regularly crossed the finish line in fourth place and only stopped during the run-out lap. The two Jordan pilots de Cesaris and Gachot finished fifth and sixth.

With the 16 championship points gained from the double victory, Williams took the lead in the constructors' championship just ahead of McLaren .

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	Michael Bartels
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	Bertrand Gachot	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	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	-	-	1: 37.467	251.236 km / h	1: 37.087	252.219 km / h	01
02	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	-	-	1: 38.208	249.340 km / h	1: 37.274	251.734 km / h	02
03	Gerhard Berger	McLaren Honda	-	-	1: 37.946	250.007 km / h	1: 37.393	251.427 km / h	03
04th	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	-	-	1: 38.146	249.498 km / h	1: 37.435	251.318 km / h	04th
05	Alain Prost	Ferrari	-	-	1: 39.422	246.296 km / h	1: 39.034	247.261 km / h	05
06th	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	-	-	1: 39.391	246.372 km / h	1: 39.042	247.241 km / h	06th
07th	Andrea de Cesaris	Jordan Ford	-	-	1: 40.387	243.928 km / h	1: 40.239	244.288 km / h	07th
08th	Nelson Piquet	Benetton-Ford	-	-	1: 40.560	243.508 km / h	1: 40.878	242.741 km / h	08th
09	Roberto Moreno	Benetton-Ford	-	-	1: 41.968	240.146 km / h	1: 40.957	242.551 km / h	09
10	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi Ferrari	-	-	1: 40.998	242.452 km / h	1: 41.373	241.555 km / h	10
11	Bertrand Gachot	Jordan Ford	-	-	1: 41.443	241.389 km / h	1: 41.308	241.710 km / h	11
12	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House-Ilmor	-	-	1: 42.025	240.012 km / h	1: 41.330	241.658 km / h	12
13	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell Honda	-	-	1: 41.515	241.218 km / h	1: 41.390	241.515 km / h	13
14th	Stefano Modena	Tyrrell Honda	-	-	1: 41.566	241.096 km / h	1: 41.952	240.184 km / h	14th
15th	Martin Brundle	Brabham-Yamaha	1: 42.810	238.179 km / h	1: 42.294	239.381 km / h	1: 41.615	240.980 km / h	15th
16	Maurício Gugelmin	Leyton House-Ilmor	-	-	-	-	1: 41.735	240.696 km / h	16
17th	Thierry Boutsen	Ligier-Lamborghini	-	-	1: 41.823	240.488 km / h	1: 41.929	240.238 km / h	17th
18th	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara-Judd	-	-	1: 42.021	240.021 km / h	1: 42.672	238.499 km / h	18th
19th	Gianni Morbidelli	Minardi Ferrari	-	-	1: 42.132	239.760 km / h	1: 42.058	239.934 km / h	19th
20th	JJ Lehto	Dallara-Judd	-	-	1: 42.171	239.669 km / h	1: 42.708	238.416 km / h	20th
21st	Mark Blundell	Brabham-Yamaha	1: 44.257	234.873 km / h	1: 43.414	236.788 km / h	1: 42.216	239.563 km / h	21st
22nd	Aguri Suzuki	Lola Ford	-	-	1: 45.037	233.129 km / h	1: 42.474	238.960 km / h	22nd
23	Mika Hakkinen	Lotus Judd	-	-	1: 44.816	233.621 km / h	1: 42.726	238.374 km / h	23
24	Nicola Larini	Lambo Lamborghini	-	-	1: 44.596	234.112 km / h	1: 43.035	237.659 km / h	24
25th	Eric Bernard	Lola Ford	-	-	1: 43.797	235.914 km / h	1: 43.321	237.001 km / h	25th
26th	Érik Comas	Ligier-Lamborghini	-	-	1: 43.803	235.901 km / h	1: 43.364	236.903 km / h	26th
DNQ	Michele Alboreto	Footwork Ford	1: 44.034	235.377 km / h	1: 44.362	234.637 km / h	1: 43.409	236.800 km / h	-
DNQ	Michael Bartels	Lotus Judd	-	-	1: 46.409	230.123 km / h	1: 43.624	236.308 km / h	-
DNQ	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS-Ford	1: 43.939	235.592 km / h	1: 43.787	235.937 km / h	1: 43.918	235.640 km / h	-
DNQ	Eric van de Poele	Lambo Lamborghini	-	-	1: 44.489	234.352 km / h	1: 44.207	234.986 km / h	-
DNPQ	Olivier Grouillard	Fond metal Ford	1: 44.645	234.003 km / h	-	-	-	-	-
DNPQ	Alex Caffi	Footwork Ford	1: 45.282	232.587 km / h	-	-	-	-	-
DNPQ	Fabrizio Barbazza	AGS-Ford	1: 46.604	229.702 km / h	-	-	-	-	-
DNPQ	Pedro Chaves	Coloni-Ford	1: 47.546	227.690 km / h	-	-	-	-	-

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	45	1	1: 19: 29.661	01	1: 43.745
02	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	45	1	+ 13.779	04th	1: 43.569
03	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	45	0	+ 17.618	06th	1: 44.395
04th	Gerhard Berger	McLaren Honda	45	1	+ 32.651	03	1: 43.970
05	Andrea de Cesaris	Jordan Ford	45	0	+1: 17.537	07th	1: 45.403
06th	Bertrand Gachot	Jordan Ford	45	0	+1: 40.605	11	1: 44.991
07th	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	44	1	DNF	02	1: 44.213	Lack of fuel
08th	Roberto Moreno	Benetton-Ford	44	0	+ 1 lap	09	1: 46.387
09	Thierry Boutsen	Ligier-Lamborghini	44	0	+ 1 lap	17th	1: 47.266
10	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara-Judd	44	0	+ 1 lap	18th	1: 47.032
11	Martin Brundle	Brabham-Yamaha	43	0	+ 2 rounds	15th	1: 46.549
12	Mark Blundell	Brabham-Yamaha	43	0	+ 2 rounds	21st	1: 46.964
13	Stefano Modena	Tyrrell Honda	41	0	+ 4 rounds	14th	1: 46.264
-	Alain Prost	Ferrari	37	1	DNF	05	1: 44.059	Clutch damage
-	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House-Ilmor	36	0	DNF	12	1: 46.067	Electrical damage
-	JJ Lehto	Dallara-Judd	35	0	DNF	20th	1: 47.097	Engine failure
-	Nelson Piquet	Benetton-Ford	27	0	DNF	08th	1: 46.680	Engine failure
-	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell Honda	26th	0	DNF	13	1: 49.125	Gearbox damage
-	Érik Comas	Ligier-Lamborghini	22nd	0	DNF	26th	1: 47.516	Engine failure
-	Maurício Gugelmin	Leyton House-Ilmor	21st	0	DNF	16	1: 49.307	Gearbox damage
-	Mika Hakkinen	Lotus Judd	19th	0	DNF	23	1: 49.790	Engine failure
-	Aguri Suzuki	Lola Ford	15th	0	DNF	22nd	1: 49.723	Engine failure
-	Gianni Morbidelli	Minardi Ferrari	14th	0	DNF	19th	1: 49.359	Engine failure
-	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi Ferrari	11	0	DNF	10	1: 48.431	accident
-	Eric Bernard	Lola Ford	09	0	DNF	25th	1: 50.573	defective power transmission
-	Nicola Larini	Lambo Lamborghini	00	0	DNF	24	-	accident

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 51 02  Nigel Mansell Williams-Renault 43 03  Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault 28 04th  Alain Prost Ferrari 21st 05  Gerhard Berger McLaren Honda 19th 06th  Nelson Piquet Benetton-Ford 18th 07th  Jean Alesi Ferrari 12 08th  Stefano Modena Tyrrell Honda 9 09  Andrea de Cesaris Jordan Ford 9 10  Roberto Moreno Benetton-Ford 5

Item driver constructor Points 11  JJ Lehto Dallara-Judd 4th 12  Bertrand Gachot Jordan Ford 4th 13  Pierluigi Martini Minardi Ferrari 3 14th  Mika Hakkinen Lotus Judd 2 15th  Satoru Nakajima Tyrrell Honda 2 16  Emanuele Pirro Dallara-Judd 1 17th  Julian Bailey Lotus Judd 1 18th  Eric Bernard Lola Ford 1 19th  Aguri Suzuki Lola Ford 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Williams-Renault 71 02  McLaren Honda 70 03  Ferrari 33 04th  Benetton-Ford 23 05  Jordan Ford 13

Item constructor Points 06th  Tyrrell Honda 11 07th  Dallara-Judd 5 08th  Minardi Ferrari 3 09  Lotus Judd 3 10  Lola Ford 2

Individual evidence

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2. ^ "Report" (accessed December 10, 2013)
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Web links

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