1991 Spanish Grand Prix

 1991 Spanish Grand Prix

Racing data
14th of 16 races in the 1991 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	Gran Premio Tío Pepe de España
Date:	September 29, 1991
Place:	Montmeló
Course:	Circuit de Catalunya
Length:	308.555 km in 65 laps of 4.747 km
Weather:	isolated rain showers
Spectator:	~ 70,000
Pole position
Driver:	Gerhard Berger	McLaren Honda
Time:	1: 18.751 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault
Time:	1: 22.837 min (lap 63)
Podium
First:	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault
Second:	Alain Prost	Ferrari
Third:	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault

The 1991 Spanish Grand Prix took place on September 29th in Montmeló north of Barcelona and was the 14th race of the 1991 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

On the weekend after the Portuguese Grand Prix , the Spanish GP took place for the first time on the Circuit de Catalunya , which had opened a few days earlier . The decision to change location was due, among other things, to Martin Donnelly's serious accident at the Circuito Permanente de Jerez last year .

Max Mosley replaced Jean-Marie Balestre as President of the FIA and FISA in the week between the two races .

Since Johnny Herbert was absent again due to other commitments, Michael Bartels took over his car for the fourth time this season. The pilots Gabriele Tarquini and Olivier Grouillard swapped places between the Fondmetal and AGS teams .

After failing 13 times in the pre-qualification, Pedro Chaves decided to end his Formula 1 career without having taken part in a regular qualifying, let alone a Grand Prix. Since no replacement driver was found at short notice, the Coloni team did not take part in the race weekend. In favor of the debutant Alessandro Zanardi , Roberto Moreno had to vacate his cockpit for the second time within a short time after he had moved from Benetton to Jordan due to Michael Schumacher's commitment .

training

Gerhard Berger qualified for the pole position ahead of Nigel Mansell , who was only slightly hindered by an injury he sustained while playing soccer. Ayrton Senna and Riccardo Patrese formed the second row in front of Michael Schumacher, Alain Prost , Jean Alesi and Ivan Capelli .

run

Shortly before the start, after a rain shower, the track was still damp, but quickly drying out. Prost's request for a start on slicks was not granted by Scuderia Ferrari .

While Berger converted his pole position into a lead, Mansell was unable to defend himself against Senna and Schumacher due to a bad start. Further down the field, Ivan Capelli collided with Emanuele Pirro . While he was able to continue the race after a pit stop, Capelli had to retire. Éric Bernard and Thierry Boutsen also retired after a few meters due to a collision.

In the second lap, Mansell took third place from Schumacher and caught up with Senna. In the area of ​​the start-finish straight, both were on the same level, only a few centimeters apart on the sides. At the end of the straight, Senna gave in, leaving Mansell second.

When the track was almost dry, almost all the pilots went to their boxes to have slicks installed. The leadership changed several times. Berger's stop lasted significantly longer than that of his team-mate Senna, which put him in the lead when all opponents had made their tire changes. In the twelfth lap, Berger pushed Senna out of the lead and Mansell once again caught up with the leader of the world championship standings. When it started to rain again, Senna spun and lost two places to Mansell and Schumacher, who had previously overtaken Prost. After drying again, Mansell overtook the leading Berger. Schumacher's attempt to also overtake Berger ended with a spin that threw him back to sixth place. At this point Prost was in third place ahead of Senna and Alesi, who, however, had to reckon with a 10-second penalty due to an early start.

In the 33rd lap, Berger retired again this season, lying in a promising position due to a technical defect. Mansell won ahead of Prost and Patrese, who, like Alesi, had overtaken Senna. Schumacher received the last World Cup point of the day in sixth place.

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	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	Ivan Capelli
AGS Racing	17th	Olivier Grouillard	AGS JH27	Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8	G
	18th	Fabrizio Barbazza
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	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
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	Gerhard Berger	McLaren Honda	-	-	1: 18.751	217.003 km / h	1: 21.208	210.437 km / h	01
02	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	-	-	1: 18.970	216.401 km / h	1: 19.971	213.692 km / h	02
03	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	-	-	1: 19.474	215.029 km / h	1: 19.064	216.144 km / h	03
04th	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	-	-	1: 19.643	214.573 km / h	1: 20.392	212.573 km / h	04th
05	Michael sSchumacher	Benetton-Ford	-	-	1: 19.733	214.330 km / h	1: 20.779	211.555 km / h	05
06th	Alain Prost	Ferrari	-	-	1: 20.245	212.963 km / h	1: 19.936	213.786 km / h	06th
07th	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	-	-	1: 20.197	213.090 km / h	1: 20.690	211.788 km / h	07th
08th	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House-Ilmor	-	-	1: 21.682	209.216 km / h	1: 20.584	212.067 km / h	08th
09	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara-Judd	-	-	1: 21.250	210.329 km / h	1: 20.651	211.891 km / h	09
10	Nelson Piquet	Benetton-Ford	-	-	1: 20.853	211.361 km / h	1: 20.676	211.825 km / h	10
11	Martin Brundle	Brabham-Yamaha	1: 21.504	209.673 km / h	1: 21.415	209.902 km / h	1: 20.677	211.822 km / h	11
12	Mark Blundell	Brabham-Yamaha	1: 21.727	209.101 km / h	1: 21.021	210.923 km / h	1: 20.724	211.699 km / h	12
13	Maurício Gugelmin	Leyton House-Ilmor	-	-	1: 21.319	210.150 km / h	1: 20.743	211.649 km / h	13
14th	Stefano Modena	Tyrrell Honda	-	-	1: 20.788	211.531 km / h	1: 21.576	209.488 km / h	14th
15th	JJ Lehto	Dallara-Judd	-	-	1: 22.249	207.774 km / h	1: 20.967	211.064 km / h	15th
16	Gianni Morbidelli	Minardi Ferrari	-	-	1: 21.801	208.912 km / h	1: 22.523	207.084 km / h	16
17th	Andrea de Cesaris	Jordan Ford	-	-	1: 21.865	208.749 km / h	1: 22.992	205.914 km / h	17th
18th	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell Honda	-	-	1: 22.480	207.192 km / h	1: 22.114	208.116 km / h	18th
19th	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi Ferrari	-	-	1: 22.575	206.954 km / h	1: 22.510	207.117 km / h	19th
20th	Alessandro Zanardi	Jordan Ford	-	-	1: 22.580	206.941 km / h	1: 23.448	204.789 km / h	20th
21st	Mika Hakkinen	Lotus Judd	-	-	1: 22.646	206.776 km / h	1: 23.407	204.889 km / h	21st
22nd	Gabriele Tarquini	Fond metal Ford	1: 23.994	203.457 km / h	1: 22.837	206.299 km / h	1: 26.214	198.218 km / h	22nd
23	Eric Bernard	Lola Ford	-	-	1: 22.944	206.033 km / h	1: 23.883	203.727 km / h	23
24	Michele Alboreto	Footwork Ford	1: 23.744	204.065 km / h	1: 23.145	205.535 km / h	1: 23.868	203.763 km / h	24
25th	Érik Comas	Ligier-Lamborghini	-	-	1: 23.359	205.007 km / h	1: 23.755	204.038 km / h	25th
26th	Thierry Boutsen	Ligier-Lamborghini	-	-	1: 23.553	204.531 km / h	1: 23.623	204.360 km / h	26th
DNQ	Aguri Suzuki	Lola Ford	-	-	1: 24.211	202.933 km / h	1: 26.346	197.915 km / h	-
DNQ	Nicola Larini	Lambo Lamborghini	-	-	1: 25.330	200.272 km / h	1: 26.109	198.460 km / h	-
DNQ	Michael Bartels	Lotus Judd	-	-	1: 25.640	199.547 km / h	1: 25.392	200.126 km / h	-
DNQ	Eric van de Poele	Lambo Lamborghini	-	-	1: 27.501	195.303 km / h	1: 27.566	195.158 km / h	-
DNPQ	Alex Caffi	Footwork Ford	1: 24.056	203.307 km / h	-	-	-	-	-
DNPQ	Fabrizio Barbazza	AGS-Ford	1: 24.744	201.657 km / h	-	-	-	-	-
DNPQ	Olivier Grouillard	AGS-Ford	1: 25.305	200.331 km / h	-	-	-	-	-

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	65	1	1: 38: 41.541	02	1: 23.293
02	Alain Prost	Ferrari	65	1	+ 11,331	06th	1: 23.729
03	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	65	1	+ 15.909	04th	1: 22.837
04th	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	65	2	+ 22.772	07th	1: 22.978
05	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	65	1	+1: 02,402	03	1: 24.771
06th	Michael sSchumacher	Benetton-Ford	65	2	+1: 19.468	05	1: 25.546
07th	Maurício Gugelmin	Leyton House-Ilmor	64	1	+ 1 lap	13	1: 23.915
08th	JJ Lehto	Dallara-Judd	64	1	+ 1 lap	15th	1: 24.310
09	Alessandro Zanardi	Jordan Ford	64	1	+ 1 lap	20th	1: 24.997
10	Martin Brundle	Brabham-Yamaha	63	1	+ 2 rounds	11	1: 25.396
11	Nelson Piquet	Benetton-Ford	63	3	+ 2 rounds	10	1: 25.120
12	Gabriele Tarquini	Fond metal Ford	63	1	+ 2 rounds	22nd	1: 27.108
13	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi Ferrari	63	1	+ 2 rounds	19th	1: 25.020
14th	Gianni Morbidelli	Minardi Ferrari	62	1	DNF	16	1: 26.606	collision
15th	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara-Judd	62	1	+ 3 rounds	09	1: 25.308
16	Stefano Modena	Tyrrell Honda	62	1	+ 3 rounds	14th	1: 25.224
17th	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell Honda	62	1	+ 3 rounds	18th	1: 26.905
-	Mark Blundell	Brabham-Yamaha	49	1	DNF	12	1: 25.373	Engine failure
-	Érik Comas	Ligier-Lamborghini	36	1	DNF	25th	1: 29.807	defective ignition
-	Gerhard Berger	McLaren Honda	33	1	DNF	01	1: 26.078	Electrical damage
-	Michele Alboreto	Footwork Ford	23	1	DNF	24	1: 33.079	Engine failure
-	Andrea de Cesaris	Jordan Ford	22nd	1	DNF	17th	1: 31.399	Electrical defect
-	Mika Hakkinen	Lotus Judd	05	0	DNF	21st	1: 43.739	collision
-	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House-Ilmor	01	0	DNF	08th	1: 56.083	collision
-	Eric Bernard	Lola Ford	00	0	DNF	23	-	collision
-	Thierry Boutsen	Ligier-Lamborghini	00	0	DNF	26th	-	collision

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 85 02  Nigel Mansell Williams-Renault 69 03  Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault 48 04th  Gerhard Berger McLaren Honda 31 05  Alain Prost Ferrari 31 06th  Nelson Piquet Benetton-Ford 25th 07th  Jean Alesi Ferrari 21st 08th  Stefano Modena Tyrrell Honda 9 09  Andrea de Cesaris Jordan Ford 9 10  Roberto Moreno Benetton-Ford 8th 11  Pierluigi Martini Minardi Ferrari 6th

Item driver constructor Points 12  JJ Lehto Dallara-Judd 4th 13  Michael sSchumacher Benetton-Ford 4th 14th  Bertrand Gachot Jordan Ford 4th 15th  Satoru Nakajima Tyrrell Honda 2 16  Mika Hakkinen Lotus Judd 2 17th  Emanuele Pirro Dallara-Judd 1 18th  Julian Bailey Lotus Judd 1 19th  Aguri Suzuki Lola Ford 1 20th  Mark Blundell Brabham-Yamaha 1 21st  Eric Bernard Lola Ford 1 22nd  Ivan Capelli Leyton House-Ilmor 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Williams-Renault 117 02  McLaren Honda 116 03  Ferrari 52 04th  Benetton-Ford 37 05  Jordan Ford 13 06th  Tyrrell Honda 11

Item constructor Points 07th  Minardi Ferrari 6th 08th  Dallara-Judd 5 09  Lotus Judd 3 10  Lola Ford 2 11  Leyton House-Ilmor 1 12  Brabham-Yamaha 1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "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)  
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"