Australia 1991: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	Senna	McLaren	1:14.041
2	Berger	McLaren	1:14.385	+0.344
3	Mansell	Williams	1:14.822	+0.781
4	Patrese	Williams	1:15.057	+1.016
5	Piquet	Benetton	1:15.291	+1.250
6	Schumacher	Benetton	1:15.508	+1.467
7	Alesi	Ferrari	1:15.545	+1.504
8	Morbidelli	Ferrari	1:16.203	+2.162
9	Modena	Tyrrell	1:16.253	+2.212
10	Martini	Minardi	1:16.359	+2.318
11	Lehto	Dallara	1:16.871	+2.830
12	De Cesaris	Jordan	1:17.050	+3.009
13	Pirro	Dallara	1:17.342	+3.301
14	Gugelmin	Leyton House	1:17.344	+3.303
15	Alboreto	Footwork	1:17.355	+3.314
16	Zanardi	Jordan	1:17.362	+3.321
17	Blundell	Brabham	1:17.365	+3.324
18	Moreno	Minardi	1:17.639	+3.598
19	Larini	Modena	1:17.936	+3.895
20	Boutsen	Ligier	1:17.969	+3.928
21	Herbert	Lotus	1:18.091	+4.050
22	Comas	Ligier	1:18.112	+4.071
23	Caffi	Footwork	1:18.157	+4.116
24	Nakajima	Tyrrell	1:18.216	+4.175
25	Häkkinen	Lotus	1:18.271	+4.230
26	Wendlinger	Leyton House	1:18.282	+4.241
27	Suzuki	Lola	1:18.393	+4.352
28	Brundle	Brabham	1:18.855	+4.814
29	Van de Poele	Modena	1:19.000	+4.959
30	Gachot	Lola	1:19.274	+5.233

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	14	24:34.899	Honda	Goodyear
2	Nigel Mansell	Williams	3	14	+1.259	Renault	Goodyear
3	Gerhard BergerFastest lap	McLaren	2	14	+5.120	Honda	Goodyear
4	Nelson Piquet	Benetton	5	14	+30.103	Ford	Pirelli
5	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	4	14	+50.537	Renault	Goodyear
6	Gianni Morbidelli	Ferrari	8	14	+51.069	Ferrari	Goodyear
7	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara	13	14	+52.361	Judd	Pirelli
8	Andrea de Cesaris	Jordan	12	14	+1:00.431	Ford	Goodyear
9	Alex Zanardi	Jordan	16	14	+1:15.567	Ford	Goodyear
10	Stefano Modena	Tyrrell	9	14	+1:20.370	Honda	Pirelli
11	Johnny Herbert	Lotus	21	14	+1:22.073	Judd	Goodyear
12	JJ Lehto	Dallara	11	14	+1:38.519	Judd	Pirelli
13	Michele Alboreto	Footwork	15	14	+1:39.303	Ford	Goodyear
14	Maurício Gugelmin	Leyton House	14	13	+1 lap	Ilmor	Goodyear
15	Alex Caffi	Footwork	23	13	+1 lap	Ford	Goodyear
16	Roberto Moreno	Minardi	18	13	+1 lap	Ferrari	Goodyear
17	Mark Blundell	Brabham	17	13	+1 lap	Yamaha	Pirelli
18	Érik Comas	Ligier	22	13	+1 lap	Lamborghini	Goodyear
19	Mika Häkkinen	Lotus	25	13	+1 lap	Judd	Goodyear
20	Karl Wendlinger	Leyton House	26	12	+2 laps	Ilmor	Goodyear
DNF	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	10	8	Spun off	Ferrari	Goodyear
DNF	Michael Schumacher	Benetton	6	5	Spun off	Ford	Pirelli
DNF	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	7	5	Accident	Ferrari	Goodyear
DNF	Nicola Larini	Modena	19	5	Spun off	Lamborghini	Goodyear
DNF	Thierry Boutsen	Ligier	20	5	Accident	Lamborghini	Goodyear
DNF	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell	24	4	Spun off	Honda	Pirelli
DNQ	Aguri Suzuki	Lola	-			Ford	Goodyear
DNQ	Martin Brundle	Brabham	-			Yamaha	Pirelli
DNQ	Eric van de Poele	Modena	-			Lamborghini	Goodyear
DNQ	Bertrand Gachot	Lola	-			Ford	Goodyear
DNPQ	Gabriele Tarquini	Fondmetal	-			Ford	Goodyear
DNPQ	Naoki Hattori	Coloni	-			Ford	Goodyear

Race

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Places gained

Herbert21→11+10
Caffi23→15+8
Zanardi16→9+7
Pirro13→7+6
Häkkinen25→19+6
Wendlinger26→20+6
De Cesaris12→8+4
Comas22→18+4
Morbidelli8→6+2
Alboreto15→13+2
Moreno18→16+2
Mansell3→2+1
Piquet5→4+1
Senna1→10
Gugelmin14→140
Blundell17→170
Berger2→3-1
Patrese4→5-1
Modena9→10-1
Lehto11→12-1

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

Retirements

This race in history

6 races here since 1985Won from pole: 1 of 6

Win from furthest back (P7): Nelson Piquet 1990

Most wins here

2 Alain Prost

Previous winners here

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