Seasons/16 races

1991 season

Title decided in round 15

‹ 1990 1992 ›

World ChampionAyrton Senna96 points · 7 wins
Constructors' championMcLaren139 points

Races16
Different winners5
Pole-sitters4
Not classified47%193 of 415 starts

Points: 10-6-4-3-2-1 for the top six.

The title was decided in round 15: Japanese Grand Prix on 20 Oct 1991.

Points progression

Championship standings after each round.

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Championship points after each round
Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Ayrton Senna	10	20	30	40	40	44	48	51	51	61	71	77	83	85	91	96
Nigel Mansell	0	0	0	6	7	13	23	33	43	49	49	59	59	69	69	72
Riccardo Patrese	0	6	6	6	10	20	22	22	28	32	34	34	44	48	52	53
Gerhard Berger	0	4	10	10	10	10	10	16	19	22	28	31	31	31	41	43
Alain Prost	6	9	9	11	11	11	17	21	21	21	21	25	25	31	34	34
Nelson Piquet	4	6	6	6	16	16	16	18	18	18	22	23	25	25	25	26.5
Jean Alesi	0	1	1	5	5	5	8	8	12	14	14	14	18	21	21	21
Stefano Modena	3	3	3	3	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10
Andrea de Cesaris	0	0	0	0	3	6	7	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Roberto Moreno	0	0	0	3	3	5	5	5	5	5	8	8	8	8	8	8
Pierluigi Martini	0	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	6	6	6	6
JJ lehto	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Bertrand Gachot	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Michael Schumacher	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	4	4	4
Martin Brundle	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Mika Häkkinen	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Satoru Nakajima	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Aguri Suzuki	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Emanuele Pirro	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Éric Bernard	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Ivan Capelli	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Julian Bailey	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Mark Blundell	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1
Gianni Morbidelli	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5

The constructors' championship, round by round

McLaren139
Williams125
Ferrari55.5
Benetton38.5
Jordan13
Tyrrell12
Minardi6
Dallara5
4 further teams

Constructors' championship standings after each round.

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Championship points after each round
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
McLaren	10	24	40	50	50	54	58	67	70	83	99	108	114	116	132	139
Williams	0	6	6	12	17	33	45	55	71	81	83	93	103	117	121	125
Ferrari	6	10	10	16	16	16	25	29	33	35	35	39	43	52	55	55.5
Benetton	4	6	6	9	19	21	21	23	23	23	30	33	36	37	37	38.5
Jordan	0	0	0	0	5	8	9	10	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Tyrrell	5	5	5	5	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12
Minardi	0	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	6	6	6	6
Dallara	0	0	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Lotus	0	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Brabham	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	3	3
Lola	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Leyton House	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Standings

Drivers

Pos	Driver	Team	Wins	Points
1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	7	96
2	Nigel Mansell	Williams	5	72
3	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	2	53
4	Gerhard Berger	McLaren	1	43
5	Alain Prost	Ferrari		34
6	Nelson Piquet	Benetton	1	26.5
7	Jean Alesi	Ferrari		21
8	Stefano Modena	Tyrrell		10
9	Andrea de Cesaris	Jordan		9
10	Roberto Moreno	Benetton, Jordan, Minardi		8
11	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi		6
12	JJ lehto	Dallara		4
13	Bertrand Gachot	Jordan, Lola		4
13	Michael Schumacher	Jordan, Benetton		4
15	Martin Brundle	Brabham		2
15	Mika Häkkinen	Lotus		2
15	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell		2
18	Aguri Suzuki	Lola		1
18	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara		1
18	Éric Bernard	Lola		1
18	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House		1
18	Julian Bailey	Lotus		1
18	Mark Blundell	Brabham		1
24	Gianni Morbidelli	Minardi, Ferrari		0.5

Constructors

Pos	Team	Points
1	McLaren	139
2	Williams	125
3	Ferrari	55.5
4	Benetton	38.5
5	Jordan	13
6	Tyrrell	12
7	Minardi	6
8	Dallara	5
9	Lotus	3
10	Brabham	3
11	Lola	2
12	Leyton House	1

Results grid

Every driver in every race: the finishing position, or why there was none. Gold, silver and bronze for the podium, green for points.

Results of every driver in every race of 1991
Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pts
SEN (Ayrton Senna)	1^P	1^P	1^P	1^P	Ret	3	3	4	7	1^P	1^P	2^P^F	2	5	2^F	1^P	96
MAN (Nigel Mansell)	Ret	Ret^F	Ret	2	6^F	2^F	1^F	1^P^F	1^P	2	Ret	1	Ret^F	1	Ret	2	72
PAT (Riccardo Patrese)	Ret	2	Ret	Ret	3^P	1^P	5^P	Ret	2^F	3	5	Ret	1^P	3^F	3	5	53
BER (Gerhard Berger)	Ret	3	2^F	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	4	4	2	4	Ret	Ret^P	1^P	3^F	43
PRO (Alain Prost)	2	4	DNS	5^F	Ret	Ret	2	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	2	4		34
PIQ (Nelson Piquet)	3	5	Ret	Ret	1	Ret	8	5	Ret	Ret	3	6	5	11	7	4	26.5
ALE (Jean Alesi)	12^F	6	Ret	3	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	3	5	Ret	Ret	3	4	Ret	Ret	21
MOD (Stefano Modena)	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	11	Ret	7	13	12	Ret	Ret	Ret	16	6	10	10
DEC (Andrea de Cesaris)	DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	4	6	Ret	5	7	13	7	8	Ret	Ret	8	9
MOR (Roberto Moreno)	Ret	7	13	4	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	8	8	4^F	Ret	10			16	8
MAR (Pierluigi Martini)	9	Ret	4	12	7	Ret	9	9	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	4	13	Ret	Ret	6
JAR (JJ lehto)	Ret	Ret	3	11	Ret	Ret	Ret	13	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	12	4
GAC (Bertrand Gachot)	10	13	Ret	8	5	Ret	Ret	6	6	9^F						DNQ	4
MSC (Michael Schumacher)											Ret	5	6	6	Ret	Ret	4
BRU (Martin Brundle)	11	12	11	EX	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	9	13	12	10	5	DNQ	2
HAK (Mika Häkkinen)	Ret	9	5	Ret	Ret	9	DNQ	12	Ret	14	Ret	14	14	Ret	Ret	19	2
NAK (Satoru Nakajima)	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	12	Ret	8	Ret	15	Ret	Ret	13	17	Ret	Ret	2
SUZ (Aguri Suzuki)	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	1
PIR (Emanuele Pirro)	Ret	11	DNQ	6	9	DNQ	DNQ	10	10	Ret	8	10	Ret	15	Ret	7	1
BER (Éric Bernard)	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ	Ret	DNQ		1
CAP (Ivan Capelli)	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	8	17	Ret			1
BAI (Julian Bailey)	DNQ	DNQ	6	DNQ													1
BLU (Mark Blundell)	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	6	12	Ret	Ret	DNQ	17	1
MOR (Gianni Morbidelli)	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	11	Ret	13	Ret	9	9	14	Ret	6	0.5

Ret: retired. DNQ: did not qualify. P: pole position. F: fastest lap. S above a round: a sprint weekend. Hover or tap a round number for the race.

Race calendar

Rd	Race	Circuit	Date	Pole	Winner
1	United States	Phoenix	10 Mar 1991	Ayrton Senna	Ayrton Senna
2	Brazil	José Carlos Pace	24 Mar 1991	Ayrton Senna	Ayrton Senna
3	San Marino	Enzo e Dino Ferrari	28 Apr 1991	Ayrton Senna	Ayrton Senna
4	Monaco	Monaco	12 May 1991	Ayrton Senna	Ayrton Senna
5	Canada	Gilles Villeneuve	2 Jun 1991	Riccardo Patrese	Nelson Piquet
6	Mexico	Hermanos Rodríguez	16 Jun 1991	Riccardo Patrese	Riccardo Patrese
7	France	Magny-Cours	7 Jul 1991	Riccardo Patrese	Nigel Mansell
8	Great Britain	Silverstone	14 Jul 1991	Nigel Mansell	Nigel Mansell
9	Germany	Hockenheimring	28 Jul 1991	Nigel Mansell	Nigel Mansell
10	Hungary	Hungaroring	11 Aug 1991	Ayrton Senna	Ayrton Senna
11	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	25 Aug 1991	Ayrton Senna	Ayrton Senna
12	Italy	Monza	8 Sept 1991	Ayrton Senna	Nigel Mansell
13	Portugal	Estoril	22 Sept 1991	Riccardo Patrese	Riccardo Patrese
14	Spain	Catalunya	29 Sept 1991	Gerhard Berger	Nigel Mansell
15	JapanTitle decided	Suzuka	20 Oct 1991	Gerhard Berger	Gerhard Berger
16	Australia	Adelaide	3 Nov 1991	Ayrton Senna	Ayrton Senna

Entries

Who entered with which car, engine and tyres. The entrant is the organisation that entered the car – not always the team that built it.

Constructor	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	Drivers
AGS	AGS	JH25B, JH27	Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8	Goodyear	Fabrizio Barbazza, Gabriele Tarquini, Olivier Grouillard, Stefan Johansson
Benetton	Camel Benetton Ford	B190B, B191	Ford HBA4 3.5 V8, Ford HBA5 3.5 V8	Pirelli	Michael Schumacher, Nelson Piquet, Roberto Moreno
Brabham	Motor Racing Developments	BT59Y, BT60Y	Yamaha OX99 3.5 V12	Pirelli	Mark Blundell, Martin Brundle
Coloni	Coloni Racing	C4	Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8	Goodyear	Naoki Hattori, Pedro Chaves
Dallara	BMS Scuderia Italia	F191	Judd GV 3.5 V10	Pirelli	Emanuele Pirro, JJ lehto
Ferrari	Scuderia Ferrari	642, 642/2, 643	Ferrari 037 3.5 V12	Goodyear	Alain Prost, Gianni Morbidelli, Jean Alesi
Fondmetal	Fondmetal	FA1M-E, Fomet-1	Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8	Goodyear	Gabriele Tarquini, Olivier Grouillard
Footwork	Footwork Ford	FA12C	Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8	Goodyear	Alex Caffi, Michele Alboreto, Stefan Johansson
Footwork	Footwork Porsche	A11C, FA12	Porsche 3512 3.5 V12	Goodyear	Alex Caffi, Michele Alboreto, Stefan Johansson
Jordan	Team 7Up Jordan	191	Ford HBA4 3.5 V8	Goodyear	Alex Zanardi, Andrea de Cesaris, Bertrand Gachot, Michael Schumacher, Roberto Moreno
Leyton House	Leyton House Racing	CG911	Ilmor 2175A 3.5 V10	Goodyear	Ivan Capelli, Karl Wendlinger, Maurício Gugelmin
Ligier	Ligier Gitanes	JS35, JS35B	Lamborghini 3512 3.5 V12	Goodyear	Érik Comas, Thierry Boutsen
Lola	Larrousse F1	LC91	Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8	Goodyear	Aguri Suzuki, Bertrand Gachot, Éric Bernard
Lotus	Team Lotus	102B	Judd EV 3.5 V8	Goodyear	Johnny Herbert, Julian Bailey, Michael Bartels, Mika Häkkinen
McLaren	Honda Marlboro McLaren	MP4/6	Honda RA121E 3.5 V12	Goodyear	Ayrton Senna, Gerhard Berger
Minardi	Minardi Team	M191	Ferrari 037 3.5 V12	Goodyear	Gianni Morbidelli, Pierluigi Martini, Roberto Moreno
Modena	Modena Team SpA	291	Lamborghini 3512 3.5 V12	Goodyear	Eric van de Poele, Nicola Larini
Tyrrell	Braun Tyrrell Honda	020	Honda RA101E 3.5 V10	Pirelli	Satoru Nakajima, Stefano Modena
Williams	Canon Williams	FW14	Renault RS3 3.5 V10	Goodyear	Nigel Mansell, Riccardo Patrese

What if – other points systems

The same finishing positions, scored under any points system used since 1950.

Scored 8-6-4-3-2 for the top five, plus one for the fastest lap, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Ayrton Senna	85	96	P1
2	Nigel Mansell	67	72	P2
3	Riccardo Patrese	51	53	P3
4	Gerhard Berger	43	43	P4
5	Alain Prost	35	34	P5
6	Nelson Piquet	23.5	26.5	P6
7	Jean Alesi	21	21	P7
8	Stefano Modena	9	10	P8
9	Roberto Moreno	9	8	P10
10	Andrea de Cesaris	8	9	P9
11	Pierluigi Martini	6	6	P11
12	JJ lehto	4	4	P12

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 8-6-4-3-2-1 for the top six, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Ayrton Senna	83	96	P1
2	Nigel Mansell	62	72	P2
3	Riccardo Patrese	49	53	P3
4	Gerhard Berger	41	43	P4
5	Alain Prost	34	34	P5
6	Nelson Piquet	24.5	26.5	P6
7	Jean Alesi	21	21	P7
8	Stefano Modena	10	10	P8
9	Andrea de Cesaris	9	9	P9
10	Roberto Moreno	8	8	P10
11	Pierluigi Martini	6	6	P11
12	JJ lehto	4	4	P12

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 9-6-4-3-2-1 for the top six, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Ayrton Senna	89.5	96	P1
2	Nigel Mansell	67	72	P2
3	Riccardo Patrese	51	53	P3
4	Gerhard Berger	42	43	P4
5	Alain Prost	34	34	P5
6	Nelson Piquet	25.5	26.5	P6
7	Jean Alesi	21	21	P7
8	Stefano Modena	10	10	P8
9	Andrea de Cesaris	9	9	P9
10	Roberto Moreno	8	8	P10
11	Pierluigi Martini	6	6	P11
12	JJ lehto	4	4	P12

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 for the top eight, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Ayrton Senna	112	96	P1
2	Nigel Mansell	81	72	P2
3	Riccardo Patrese	70	53	P3
4	Gerhard Berger	58	43	P4
5	Alain Prost	50	34	P5
6	Nelson Piquet	42.5	26.5	P6
7	Jean Alesi	35	21	P7
8	Andrea de Cesaris	22.5	9	P9
9	Stefano Modena	18	10	P8
10	Roberto Moreno	18	8	P10
11	Pierluigi Martini	12	6	P11
12	Bertrand Gachot	11	4	P13

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 for the top ten, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Ayrton Senna	274.5	96	P1
2	Nigel Mansell	196	72	P2
3	Riccardo Patrese	171	53	P3
4	Gerhard Berger	137.5	43	P4
5	Alain Prost	118	34	P5
6	Nelson Piquet	109	26.5	P6
7	Jean Alesi	87	21	P7
8	Andrea de Cesaris	60	9	P9
9	Roberto Moreno	49	8	P10
10	Stefano Modena	44.5	10	P8
11	Pierluigi Martini	36	6	P11
12	Bertrand Gachot	33	4	P13

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1, plus one for the fastest lap inside the top ten, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Ayrton Senna	276.5	96	P1
2	Nigel Mansell	200	72	P2
3	Riccardo Patrese	173	53	P3
4	Gerhard Berger	139.5	43	P4
5	Alain Prost	119	34	P5
6	Nelson Piquet	109	26.5	P6
7	Jean Alesi	87	21	P7
8	Andrea de Cesaris	60	9	P9
9	Roberto Moreno	50	8	P10
10	Stefano Modena	44.5	10	P8
11	Pierluigi Martini	36	6	P11
12	Bertrand Gachot	34	4	P13

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 for the top ten, no fastest-lap point, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Ayrton Senna	274.5	96	P1
2	Nigel Mansell	196	72	P2
3	Riccardo Patrese	171	53	P3
4	Gerhard Berger	137.5	43	P4
5	Alain Prost	118	34	P5
6	Nelson Piquet	109	26.5	P6
7	Jean Alesi	87	21	P7
8	Andrea de Cesaris	60	9	P9
9	Roberto Moreno	49	8	P10
10	Stefano Modena	44.5	10	P8
11	Pierluigi Martini	36	6	P11
12	Bertrand Gachot	33	4	P13

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.