Great Britain Grand Prix 1991

 Great Britain Grand Prix 1991

Racing data
8th of 16 races in the 1991 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	British Grand Prix
Date:	July 14, 1991
Place:	Silverstone
Course:	Silverstone Circuit
Length:	308.334 km in 59 laps of 5.226 km
Weather:	sunny and hot
Spectator:	~ 150,000
Pole position
Driver:	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault
Time:	1: 20.939 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault
Time:	1: 26.379 min (lap 43)
Podium
First:	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault
Second:	Gerhard Berger	McLaren Honda
Third:	Alain Prost	Ferrari

The 1991 British Grand Prix took place at Silverstone on July 14th and was the eighth race of the 1991 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

An unchanged field of participants compared to the French Grand Prix , which had taken place the previous weekend, started on the traditional Silverstone course, which had been modified by several new curve combinations.

training

The Williams driver Nigel Mansell , who was second in the World Championship at the time , prevailed in the duel for pole position against McLaren driver Ayrton Senna, who was clearly ahead of the points . They were followed by their two team mates Riccardo Patrese and Gerhard Berger in front of the two Ferraris of Alain Prost and Jean Alesi and the two Benettons of Roberto Moreno and Nelson Piquet .

run

Senna was initially able to take the lead thanks to Mansell's bad start. By briefly deactivating the rev limiter, Mansell countered successfully during the first lap on the Hangar Straight . Patrese had to end the race due to a collision with Berger in the first corner. Berger was able to continue the race, but was initially in fourth place behind Moreno. He overtook this on lap four. After a pit stop he dropped to sixth place on lap 24, but within eight laps he made it back to fourth place behind Mansell, Senna and Prost. Another nine laps later he passed Prost.

On lap 41 Andrea de Cesaris had a serious accident lying in a promising position in the Abbey curve, but survived the accident unharmed.

As Senna was eliminated on the last lap due to lack of fuel, Berger finished second behind the victorious Mansell, who scored a hat trick . Prost took third place ahead of Senna, who was classified fourth due to the distance he had covered. Nelson Piquet and Bertrand Gachot finished fifth and sixth.

During his lap of honor Mansell took the eliminated Senna to the Parc Fermé in the side box of his car .

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	Stefan Johansson
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	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: 22.644	227.646 km / h	1: 20.939	232.442 km / h	01
02	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	-	-	1: 23.277	225.916 km / h	1: 21.618	230.508 km / h	02
03	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	-	-	1: 23.436	225.485 km / h	1: 22.109	229.130 km / h	03
04th	Gerhard Berger	McLaren Honda	-	-	1: 23.045	226.547 km / h	1: 22.476	228.110 km / h	04th
05	Alain Prost	Ferrari	-	-	1: 24.726	222.052 km / h	1: 22.478	228.104 km / h	05
06th	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	-	-	1: 24.520	222.593 km / h	1: 22.881	226.995 km / h	06th
07th	Roberto Moreno	Benetton-Ford	-	-	1: 25.715	219.490 km / h	1: 23.265	225.948 km / h	07th
08th	Nelson Piquet	Benetton-Ford	-	-	1: 25.107	221.058 km / h	1: 23.626	224.973 km / h	08th
09	Maurício Gugelmin	Leyton House-Ilmor	-	-	1: 25.834	219.186 km / h	1: 24.044	223.854 km / h	09
10	Stefano Modena	Tyrrell Honda	-	-	1: 24.925	221.532 km / h	1: 24.069	223.788 km / h	10
11	JJ Lehto	Dallara-Judd	1: 24.825	221.793 km / h	1: 24.997	221.344 km / h	1: 24.141	223.596 km / h	11
12	Mark Blundell	Brabham-Yamaha	-	-	1: 26.117	218.466 km / h	1: 24.165	223.532 km / h	12
13	Andrea de Cesaris	Jordan Ford	1: 25.508	220.022 km / h	1: 24.169	223.522 km / h	1: 24.319	223.124 km / h	13
14th	Martin Brundle	Brabham-Yamaha	-	-	1: 25.803	219.265 km / h	1: 24.345	223.055 km / h	14th
15th	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell Honda	-	-	1: 26.229	218.182 km / h	1: 24.560	222.488 km / h	15th
16	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House-Ilmor	-	-	1: 25.951	218.888 km / h	1: 24.587	222.417 km / h	16
17th	Bertrand Gachot	Jordan Ford	1: 25.931	218.938 km / h	1: 25.323	220.499 km / h	1: 24.592	222.404 km / h	17th
18th	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara-Judd	1: 25.726	219.462 km / h	1: 25.136	220.983 km / h	1: 24.654	222.241 km / h	18th
19th	Thierry Boutsen	Ligier-Lamborghini	-	-	1: 25.530	219.965 km / h	1: 25.174	220.884 km / h	19th
20th	Gianni Morbidelli	Minardi Ferrari	-	-	1: 27.367	215.340 km / h	1: 25.222	220.760 km / h	20th
21st	Eric Bernard	Lola Ford	-	-	1: 26.235	218.167 km / h	1: 25.537	219.947 km / h	21st
22nd	Aguri Suzuki	Lola Ford	-	-	1: 26.438	217.654 km / h	1: 25.583	219.829 km / h	22nd
23	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi Ferrari	-	-	1: 27.279	215.557 km / h	1: 25.583	219.829 km / h	23
24	Johnny Herbert	Lotus Judd	-	-	1: 27.207	215.735 km / h	1: 25.689	219.557 km / h	24
25th	Mika Hakkinen	Lotus Judd	-	-	1: 26.936	216.407 km / h	1: 25.872	219.089 km / h	25th
26th	Michele Alboreto	Footwork Ford	-	-	1: 27.193	215.770 km / h	1: 26,192	218.275 km / h	26th
DNQ	Érik Comas	Ligier-Lamborghini	-	-	1: 26.486	217.533 km / h	1: 26.392	217.770 km / h	-
DNQ	Stefan Johansson	Footwork Ford	-	-	1: 28.204	213.296 km / h	1: 26.544	217.388 km / h	-
DNQ	Fabrizio Barbazza	AGS-Ford	-	-	1: 31.697	205.171 km / h	1: 28.122	213.495 km / h	-
DNQ	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS-Ford	-	-	1: 31.130	206.448 km / h	1: 28.136	213.461 km / h	-
DNPQ	Olivier Grouillard	Fond metal Ford	1: 26.299	218.005 km / h	-	-	-	-	-
DNPQ	Nicola Larini	Lambo Lamborghini	1: 28.042	213.689 km / h	-	-	-	-	-
DNPQ	Eric van de Poele	Lambo Lamborghini	1: 28.827	211.800 km / h	-	-	-	-	-
DNPQ	Pedro Chaves	Coloni-Ford	1: 29.735	209.657 km / h	-	-	-	-	-

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	59	1	1: 27: 35.479	01	1: 26.379
02	Gerhard Berger	McLaren Honda	59	1	+ 42.293	04th	1: 26.633
03	Alain Prost	Ferrari	59	1	+1: 00.150	05	1: 26.589
04th	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	58	0	DNF	02	1: 27.509	Lack of fuel
05	Nelson Piquet	Benetton-Ford	58	0	+ 1 lap	08th	1: 27.857
06th	Bertrand Gachot	Jordan Ford	58	0	+ 1 lap	17th	1: 28.869
07th	Stefano Modena	Tyrrell Honda	58	0	+ 1 lap	10	1: 27.936
08th	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell Honda	58	0	+ 1 lap	15th	1: 29.379
09	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi Ferrari	58	0	+ 1 lap	23	1: 30.222
10	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara-Judd	57	0	+ 2 rounds	18th	1: 29.485
11	Gianni Morbidelli	Minardi Ferrari	57	0	+ 2 rounds	20th	1: 28.856
12	Mika Hakkinen	Lotus Judd	57	0	+ 2 rounds	25th	1: 29.411
13	JJ Lehto	Dallara-Judd	56	0	+ 3 rounds	11	1: 28.305
14th	Johnny Herbert	Lotus Judd	55	0	DNF	24	1: 29.877	Engine failure
-	Mark Blundell	Brabham-Yamaha	52	0	DNF	12	1: 29.316	Engine failure
-	Andrea de Cesaris	Jordan Ford	41	0	DNF	13	1: 29.246	accident
-	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	31	0	DNF	06th	1: 27.998	collision
-	Aguri Suzuki	Lola Ford	29	0	DNF	22nd	1: 31.133	collision
-	Thierry Boutsen	Ligier-Lamborghini	29	0	DNF	19th	1: 31.192	Engine failure
-	Martin Brundle	Brabham-Yamaha	28	0	DNF	14th	1: 30.935	cracked throttle cable
-	Michele Alboreto	Footwork Ford	25th	0	DNF	26th	1: 31.804	Gearbox damage
-	Maurício Gugelmin	Leyton House-Ilmor	24	0	DNF	09	1: 31.207	Vibrations
-	Roberto Moreno	Benetton-Ford	21st	0	DNF	07th	1: 30.204	Gearbox damage
-	Eric Bernard	Lola Ford	21st	0	DNF	21st	1: 31.493	Gearbox damage
-	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House-Ilmor	16	0	DNF	16	1: 31.078	Lathe operator
-	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	01	0	DNF	03	2: 48.923	Collision 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 51 02  Nigel Mansell Williams-Renault 33 03  Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault 22nd 04th  Alain Prost Ferrari 21st 05  Nelson Piquet Benetton-Ford 18th 06th  Gerhard Berger McLaren Honda 16 07th  Stefano Modena Tyrrell Honda 9 08th  Jean Alesi Ferrari 8th 09  Andrea de Cesaris Jordan Ford 7th 10  Roberto Moreno Benetton-Ford 5

Item driver constructor Points 11  JJ Lehto Dallara-Judd 4th 12  Bertrand Gachot Jordan Ford 3 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  McLaren Honda 67 02  Williams-Renault 55 03  Ferrari 29 04th  Benetton-Ford 23 05  Tyrrell Honda 11

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Training" ( Memento of the original from December 31, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been 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)  
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"