1991 season/Round 2
Brazilian Grand Prix 1991
- José Carlos Pace
- São Paulo
- 24 March 1991
- 71 laps
- 307.1 km
- 4.309 km a lap
- P1Ayrton SennaMcLaren1:38:28.128
- P2Riccardo PatreseWilliams+2.991
- P3Gerhard BergerMcLaren+5.416
- Pole positionAyrton SennaMcLaren · 1:16.392
- Fastest lapNigel Mansell1:20.436 · lap 35
- Winner started fromP1on the grid
Result
A number in the first column means classified. DNF, DNQ and DNS stand for retirement, did not qualify and did not start. ‘shared’ marks a car that two drivers shared between them – permitted in the 1950s, and both were classified.
Qualifying
Fastest laps
Each driver's quickest lap of the race.
| Pos | Driver | Lap | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigel Mansell | 35 | 1:20.436 | |
| 2 | Alain Prost | 64 | 1:20.635 | +0.199 |
| 3 | Ayrton Senna | 36 | 1:20.841 | +0.405 |
| 4 | Jean Alesi | 66 | 1:20.991 | +0.555 |
| 5 | Gerhard Berger | 66 | 1:21.125 | +0.689 |
| 6 | Nelson Piquet | 66 | 1:21.280 | +0.844 |
| 7 | Riccardo Patrese | 45 | 1:21.330 | +0.894 |
| 8 | Roberto Moreno | 63 | 1:22.473 | +2.037 |
| 9 | Mika Häkkinen | 33 | 1:22.613 | +2.177 |
| 10 | Pierluigi Martini | 37 | 1:22.887 | +2.451 |
Championship after this race
The official standings after round 2. Arrows show the change against the round before.
| Pos | Driver | Points | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ayrton Senna | 20 | |
| 2 | Alain Prost | 9 | |
| 3 | Riccardo Patrese | 6 | |
| 4 | Nelson Piquet | 6 | ▼1 |
| 5 | Gerhard Berger | 4 | |
| 6 | Stefano Modena | 3 | ▼2 |
| 7 | Satoru Nakajima | 2 | ▼2 |
| 8 | Aguri Suzuki | 1 | ▼2 |
| 8 | Jean Alesi | 1 |