1991 Season

Races

Champion

Ayrton Senna

Constructor

McLaren

The 1991 Formula 1 World Championship featured 16 Grand Prix races across the season. Ayrton Senna of Brazilian claimed the Drivers' Championship with 96 points and 7 race victories. Nigel Mansell finished as runner-up, 24 points behind. McLaren won the Constructors' Championship with 139 points. 5 different drivers stood on the top step of the podium during the 1991 campaign. The top three in the final standings were Ayrton Senna, Nigel Mansell, Riccardo Patrese.

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What races were in the 1991 F1 season?

Rd	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date	Winner
1	United States Grand Prix	Phoenix street circuit	1991-03-10	Ayrton Senna(McLaren)
2	Brazilian Grand Prix	Autódromo José Carlos Pace	1991-03-24	Ayrton Senna(McLaren)
3	San Marino Grand Prix	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	1991-04-28	Ayrton Senna(McLaren)
4	Monaco Grand Prix	Circuit de Monaco	1991-05-12	Ayrton Senna(McLaren)
5	Canadian Grand Prix	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve	1991-06-02	Nelson Piquet(Benetton)
6	Mexican Grand Prix	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez	1991-06-16	Riccardo Patrese(Williams)
7	French Grand Prix	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	1991-07-07	Nigel Mansell(Williams)
8	British Grand Prix	Silverstone Circuit	1991-07-14	Nigel Mansell(Williams)
9	German Grand Prix	Hockenheimring	1991-07-28	Nigel Mansell(Williams)
10	Hungarian Grand Prix	Hungaroring	1991-08-11	Ayrton Senna(McLaren)
11	Belgian Grand Prix	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	1991-08-25	Ayrton Senna(McLaren)
12	Italian Grand Prix	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza	1991-09-08	Nigel Mansell(Williams)
13	Portuguese Grand Prix	Autódromo do Estoril	1991-09-22	Riccardo Patrese(Williams)
14	Spanish Grand Prix	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	1991-09-29	Nigel Mansell(Williams)
15	Japanese Grand Prix	Suzuka Circuit	1991-10-20	Gerhard Berger(McLaren)
16	Australian Grand Prix	Adelaide Street Circuit	1991-11-03	Ayrton Senna(McLaren)

Championship Battle

Championship Progression

Round	Senna	Prost	Piquet	Patrese	Berger
R1United States Grand Prix	10	6	4	—	—
R2Brazilian Grand Prix	20	9	6	6	4
R3San Marino Grand Prix	30	9	6	6	10
R4Monaco Grand Prix	40	11	—	6	10
R5Canadian Grand Prix	40	11	16	10	10
R6Mexican Grand Prix	44	11	16	20	—
R7French Grand Prix	48	17	16	22	—
R8British Grand Prix	51	21	18	22	—
R9German Grand Prix	51	21	—	28	19
R10Hungarian Grand Prix	61	21	—	32	22
R11Belgian Grand Prix	71	—	22	34	28
R12Italian Grand Prix	77	25	—	34	31
R13Portuguese Grand Prix	83	—	25	44	31
R14Spanish Grand Prix	85	31	—	48	31
R15Japanese Grand Prix	91	34	—	52	41
R16Australian Grand Prix	96	34	—	53	43

Who won the 1991 F1 driver championship?

Pos	Driver	Nationality	Wins	Points
1	Ayrton Senna	Brazilian	7	96
2	Nigel Mansell	British	5	72
3	Riccardo Patrese	Italian	2	53
4	Gerhard Berger	Austrian	1	43
5	Alain Prost	French	0	34
6	Nelson Piquet	Brazilian	1	26.5
7	Jean Alesi	French	0	21
8	Stefano Modena	Italian	0	10
9	Andrea de Cesaris	Italian	0	9
10	Roberto Moreno	Brazilian	0	8
11	Pierluigi Martini	Italian	0	6
12	Jyrki Järvilehto	Finnish	0	4
13	Bertrand Gachot	Belgian	0	4
14	Michael Schumacher	German	0	4
15	Satoru Nakajima	Japanese	0	2
16	Mika Häkkinen	Finnish	0	2
17	Martin Brundle	British	0	2
18	Emanuele Pirro	Italian	0	1
19	Mark Blundell	British	0	1
20	Ivan Capelli	Italian	0	1
21	Éric Bernard	French	0	1
22	Aguri Suzuki	Japanese	0	1
23	Julian Bailey	British	0	1
24	Gianni Morbidelli	Italian	0	0.5
25	Maurício Gugelmin	Brazilian	0	0
26	Thierry Boutsen	Belgian	0	0
27	Johnny Herbert	British	0	0
28	Nicola Larini	Italian	0	0
29	Érik Comas	French	0	0
30	Gabriele Tarquini	Italian	0	0
31	Alessandro Zanardi	Italian	0	0
32	Eric van de Poele	Belgian	0	0
33	Alex Caffi	Italian	0	0
34	Olivier Grouillard	French	0	0
35	Michele Alboreto	Italian	0	0
36	Karl Wendlinger	Austrian	0	0
37	Stefan Johansson	Swedish	0	0
38	Fabrizio Barbazza	Italian	0	0
39	Michael Bartels	German	0	0
40	Naoki Hattori	Japanese	0	0
41	Pedro Chaves	Portuguese	0	0

Who won the 1991 constructors' championship?

Pos	Constructor	Nationality	Wins	Points
1	McLaren	British	8	139
2	Williams	British	7	125
3	Ferrari	Italian	0	55.5
4	Benetton	Italian	1	38.5
5	Jordan	Irish	0	13
6	Tyrrell	British	0	12
7	Minardi	Italian	0	6
8	Dallara	Italian	0	5
9	Team Lotus	British	0	3
10	Brabham	British	0	3
11	Leyton House	British	0	1
12	Lola	British	0	1
13	Larrousse	French	0	1
14	Ligier	French	0	0
15	Lambo	Italian	0	0
16	AGS	French	0	0
17	Fondmetal	Italian	0	0
18	Footwork	British	0	0
19	Coloni	Italian	0	0