Spain 1991: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	Berger	McLaren	1:18.751
2	Mansell	Williams	1:18.970	+0.219
3	Senna	McLaren	1:19.064	+0.313
4	Patrese	Williams	1:19.643	+0.892
5	Schumacher	Benetton	1:19.733	+0.982
6	Prost	Ferrari	1:19.936	+1.185
7	Alesi	Ferrari	1:20.197	+1.446
8	Capelli	Leyton House	1:20.584	+1.833
9	Pirro	Dallara	1:20.651	+1.900
10	Piquet	Benetton	1:20.676	+1.925
11	Brundle	Brabham	1:20.677	+1.926
12	Blundell	Brabham	1:20.724	+1.973
13	Gugelmin	Leyton House	1:20.743	+1.992
14	Modena	Tyrrell	1:20.788	+2.037
15	Lehto	Dallara	1:20.967	+2.216
16	Morbidelli	Minardi	1:21.801	+3.050
17	De Cesaris	Jordan	1:21.865	+3.114
18	Nakajima	Tyrrell	1:22.114	+3.363
19	Martini	Minardi	1:22.510	+3.759
20	Zanardi	Jordan	1:22.580	+3.829
21	Häkkinen	Lotus	1:22.646	+3.895
22	Tarquini	Fondmetal	1:22.837	+4.086
23	Bernard	Lola	1:22.944	+4.193
24	Alboreto	Footwork	1:23.145	+4.394
25	Comas	Ligier	1:23.359	+4.608
26	Boutsen	Ligier	1:23.553	+4.802
27	Suzuki	Lola	1:24.211	+5.460
28	Larini	Modena	1:25.330	+6.579
29	Bartels	Lotus	1:25.392	+6.641
30	Van de Poele	Modena	1:27.501	+8.750

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	Nigel Mansell	Williams	2	65	1:38:41.541	Renault	Goodyear
2	Alain Prost	Ferrari	6	65	+11.331	Ferrari	Goodyear
3	Riccardo PatreseFastest lap	Williams	4	65	+15.909	Renault	Goodyear
4	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	7	65	+22.772	Ferrari	Goodyear
5	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	3	65	+1:02.402	Honda	Goodyear
6	Michael Schumacher	Benetton	5	65	+1:19.468	Ford	Pirelli
7	Maurício Gugelmin	Leyton House	13	64	+1 lap	Ilmor	Goodyear
8	JJ Lehto	Dallara	15	64	+1 lap	Judd	Pirelli
9	Alex Zanardi	Jordan	20	64	+1 lap	Ford	Goodyear
10	Martin Brundle	Brabham	11	63	+2 laps	Yamaha	Pirelli
11	Nelson Piquet	Benetton	10	63	+2 laps	Ford	Pirelli
12	Gabriele Tarquini	Fondmetal	22	63	+2 laps	Ford	Goodyear
13	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	19	63	+2 laps	Ferrari	Goodyear
14	Gianni Morbidelli	Minardi	16	62	Collision	Ferrari	Goodyear
15	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara	9	62	+3 laps	Judd	Pirelli
16	Stefano Modena	Tyrrell	14	62	+3 laps	Honda	Pirelli
17	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell	18	62	+3 laps	Honda	Pirelli
DNF	Mark Blundell	Brabham	12	49	Engine	Yamaha	Pirelli
DNF	Érik Comas	Ligier	25	36	Electrical	Lamborghini	Goodyear
DNF	Gerhard Berger	McLaren	1	33	Electrical	Honda	Goodyear
DNF	Michele Alboreto	Footwork	24	23	Engine	Ford	Goodyear
DNF	Andrea de Cesaris	Jordan	17	22	Electrical	Ford	Goodyear
DNF	Mika Häkkinen	Lotus	21	5	Spun off	Judd	Goodyear
DNF	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House	8	1	Collision	Ilmor	Goodyear
DNF	Éric Bernard	Lola	23	0	Collision	Ford	Goodyear
DNF	Thierry Boutsen	Ligier	26	0	Collision	Lamborghini	Goodyear
DNQ	Aguri Suzuki	Lola	-			Ford	Goodyear
DNQ	Nicola Larini	Modena	-			Lamborghini	Goodyear
DNQ	Michael Bartels	Lotus	-			Judd	Goodyear
DNQ	Eric van de Poele	Modena	-			Lamborghini	Goodyear
DNPQ	Alex Caffi	Footwork	-			Ford	Goodyear
DNPQ	Fabrizio Barbazza	AGS	-			Ford	Goodyear
DNPQ	Olivier Grouillard	AGS	-			Ford	Goodyear

Race

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Places gained

Zanardi20→9+11
Tarquini22→12+10
Lehto15→8+7
Gugelmin13→7+6
Martini19→13+6
Prost6→2+4
Alesi7→4+3
Morbidelli16→14+2
Mansell2→1+1
Patrese4→3+1
Brundle11→10+1
Nakajima18→17+1
Schumacher5→6-1
Piquet10→11-1
Senna3→5-2
Modena14→16-2
Pirro9→15-6

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

Retirements

MorbidelliCollision, classified P14Minardi
BlundellEngineBrabham
ComasElectricalLigier
BergerElectricalMcLaren
AlboretoEngineFootwork
De CesarisElectricalJordan
HäkkinenSpun offLotus
CapelliCollisionLeyton House
BernardCollisionLola
BoutsenCollisionLigier

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