Belgium 1991: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	Senna	McLaren	1:47.811
2	Patrese	Williams	1:48.661	+0.850
3	Prost	Ferrari	1:48.821	+1.010
4	Mansell	Williams	1:48.828	+1.017
5	Berger	McLaren	1:49.485	+1.674
6	Alesi	Ferrari	1:49.974	+2.163
7	Piquet	Benetton	1:50.540	+2.729
8	Schumacher	Jordan	1:51.212	+3.401
9	Moreno	Benetton	1:51.283	+3.472
10	Martini	Minardi	1:51.299	+3.488
11	Modena	Tyrrell	1:51.307	+3.496
12	De Cesaris	Jordan	1:51.986	+4.175
13	Capelli	Leyton House	1:52.113	+4.302
14	Blundell	Brabham	1:52.377	+4.566
15	Lehto	Dallara	1:52.417	+4.606
16	Gugelmin	Leyton House	1:52.623	+4.812
17	Brundle	Brabham	1:52.626	+4.815
18	Boutsen	Ligier	1:52.709	+4.898
19	Morbidelli	Minardi	1:52.896	+5.085
20	Bernard	Lola	1:53.309	+5.498
21	Herbert	Lotus	1:53.361	+5.550
22	Nakajima	Tyrrell	1:53.494	+5.683
23	Grouillard	Fondmetal	1:53.628	+5.817
24	Häkkinen	Lotus	1:53.799	+5.988
25	Pirro	Dallara	1:53.839	+6.028
26	Comas	Ligier	1:53.847	+6.036
27	Suzuki	Lola	1:53.869	+6.058
28	Larini	Modena	1:54.781	+6.970
29	Caffi	Footwork	1:57.338	+9.527
30	Van de Poele	Modena	1:57.746	+9.935

Gap to the fastest time in the last session the driver took part in. Yellow: fastest time of the session.

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Gap	Engine	Tyres
1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	1	44	1:27:17.669	Honda	Goodyear
2	Gerhard Berger	McLaren	4	44	+1.901	Honda	Goodyear
3	Nelson Piquet	Benetton	6	44	+32.176	Ford	Pirelli
4	Roberto MorenoFastest lap	Benetton	8	44	+37.310	Ford	Pirelli
5	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	17	44	+57.187	Renault	Goodyear
6	Mark Blundell	Brabham	13	44	+1:40.035	Yamaha	Pirelli
7	Johnny Herbert	Lotus	21	44	+1:44.599	Judd	Goodyear
8	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara	25	43	+1 lap	Judd	Pirelli
9	Martin Brundle	Brabham	16	43	+1 lap	Yamaha	Pirelli
10	Olivier Grouillard	Fondmetal	23	43	+1 lap	Ford	Goodyear
11	Thierry Boutsen	Ligier	18	43	+1 lap	Lamborghini	Goodyear
12	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	9	42	Gearbox	Ferrari	Goodyear
13	Andrea de Cesaris	Jordan	11	41	Engine	Ford	Goodyear
DNF	Stefano Modena	Tyrrell	10	33	Oil leak	Honda	Pirelli
DNF	JJ Lehto	Dallara	14	33	Oil pressure	Judd	Pirelli
DNF	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	5	30	Engine	Ferrari	Goodyear
DNF	Gianni Morbidelli	Minardi	19	29	Gearbox	Ferrari	Goodyear
DNF	Mika Häkkinen	Lotus	24	25	Engine	Judd	Goodyear
DNF	Érik Comas	Ligier	26	25	Engine	Lamborghini	Goodyear
DNF	Nigel Mansell	Williams	3	22	Electrical	Renault	Goodyear
DNF	Éric Bernard	Lola	20	21	Gearbox	Ford	Goodyear
DNF	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House	12	13	Engine	Ilmor	Goodyear
DNF	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell	22	7	Spun off	Honda	Pirelli
DNF	Alain Prost	Ferrari	2	2	Fuel leak	Ferrari	Goodyear
DNF	Maurício Gugelmin	Leyton House	15	1	Engine	Ilmor	Goodyear
DNF	Michael Schumacher	Jordan	7	0	Clutch	Ford	Goodyear
DNQ	Aguri Suzuki	Lola	-			Ford	Goodyear
DNQ	Nicola Larini	Modena	-			Lamborghini	Goodyear
DNQ	Alex Caffi	Footwork	-			Ford	Goodyear
DNQ	Eric van de Poele	Modena	-			Lamborghini	Goodyear
DNPQ	Michele Alboreto	Footwork	-			Ford	Goodyear
DNPQ	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS	-			Ford	Goodyear
DNPQ	Pedro Chaves	Coloni	-			Ford	Goodyear
DNPQ	Fabrizio Barbazza	AGS	-			Ford	Goodyear

Race

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Places gained

Pirro25→8+17
Herbert21→7+14
Grouillard23→10+13
Patrese17→5+12
Blundell13→6+7
Brundle16→9+7
Boutsen18→11+7
Moreno8→4+4
Piquet6→3+3
Berger4→2+2
Senna1→10
De Cesaris11→13-2
Martini9→12-3

PL: started from the pit lane. Retired drivers are listed below.

Retirements

MartiniGearbox, classified P12Minardi
De CesarisEngine, classified P13Jordan
ModenaOil leakTyrrell
LehtoOil pressureDallara
AlesiEngineFerrari
MorbidelliGearboxMinardi
HäkkinenEngineLotus
ComasEngineLigier
MansellElectricalWilliams
BernardGearboxLola
CapelliEngineLeyton House
NakajimaSpun offTyrrell
ProstFuel leakFerrari
GugelminEngineLeyton House
SchumacherClutchJordan

This race in history

25 races here since 1950Won from pole: 9 of 25

Win from furthest back (P12): Jim Clark 1962

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Statistics: F1DB by Marcel Overdijk and contributors, licence CC BY 4.0, prepared by Hotlap Delta.

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