Brazil 1991: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	Senna	McLaren	1:16.392
2	Patrese	Williams	1:16.775	+0.383
3	Mansell	Williams	1:16.843	+0.451
4	Berger	McLaren	1:17.471	+1.079
5	Alesi	Ferrari	1:17.601	+1.209
6	Prost	Ferrari	1:17.739	+1.347
7	Piquet	Benetton	1:18.577	+2.185
8	Gugelmin	Leyton House	1:18.664	+2.272
9	Modena	Tyrrell	1:18.847	+2.455
10	Gachot	Jordan	1:18.882	+2.490
11	Bernard	Lola	1:19.291	+2.899
12	Pirro	Dallara	1:19.305	+2.913
13	De Cesaris	Jordan	1:19.339	+2.947
14	Moreno	Benetton	1:19.360	+2.968
15	Capelli	Leyton House	1:19.517	+3.125
16	Nakajima	Tyrrell	1:19.546	+3.154
17	Suzuki	Lola	1:19.832	+3.440
18	Boutsen	Ligier	1:19.868	+3.476
19	Lehto	Dallara	1:19.954	+3.562
20	Martini	Minardi	1:20.175	+3.783
21	Morbidelli	Minardi	1:20.502	+4.110
22	Häkkinen	Lotus	1:20.611	+4.219
23	Comas	Ligier	1:21.168	+4.776
24	Tarquini	AGS	1:21.219	+4.827
25	Blundell	Brabham	1:21.230	+4.838
26	Brundle	Brabham	1:21.280	+4.888
27	Caffi	Footwork	1:22.190	+5.798
28	Johansson	AGS	1:22.432	+6.040
29	Alboreto	Footwork	1:22.739	+6.347
30	Bailey	Lotus	1:23.590	+7.198

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	71	1:38:28.128	Honda	Goodyear
2	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	2	71	+2.991	Renault	Goodyear
3	Gerhard Berger	McLaren	4	71	+5.416	Honda	Goodyear
4	Alain Prost	Ferrari	6	71	+19.369	Ferrari	Goodyear
5	Nelson Piquet	Benetton	7	71	+21.960	Ford	Pirelli
6	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	5	71	+23.641	Ferrari	Goodyear
7	Roberto Moreno	Benetton	14	70	+1 lap	Ford	Pirelli
8	Gianni Morbidelli	Minardi	21	69	+2 laps	Ferrari	Goodyear
9	Mika Häkkinen	Lotus	22	68	+3 laps	Judd	Goodyear
10	Thierry Boutsen	Ligier	18	68	+3 laps	Lamborghini	Goodyear
11	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara	12	68	+3 laps	Judd	Pirelli
12	Martin Brundle	Brabham	26	67	+4 laps	Yamaha	Pirelli
13	Bertrand Gachot	Jordan	10	63	Fuel system	Ford	Goodyear
DNF	Nigel MansellFastest lap	Williams	3	59	Gearbox	Renault	Goodyear
DNF	Érik Comas	Ligier	23	50	Engine	Lamborghini	Goodyear
DNF	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	20	47	Spun off	Ferrari	Goodyear
DNF	Mark Blundell	Brabham	25	34	Engine	Yamaha	Pirelli
DNF	Éric Bernard	Lola	11	33	Radiator	Ford	Goodyear
DNF	JJ Lehto	Dallara	19	22	Electrical	Judd	Pirelli
DNF	Andrea de Cesaris	Jordan	13	20	Engine	Ford	Goodyear
DNF	Stefano Modena	Tyrrell	9	19	Gearbox	Honda	Pirelli
DNF	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House	15	16	Transmission	Ilmor	Goodyear
DNF	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell	16	12	Spun off	Honda	Pirelli
DNF	Maurício Gugelmin	Leyton House	8	9	Physical	Ilmor	Goodyear
DNF	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS	24	0	Suspension	Ford	Goodyear
DNF	Aguri Suzuki	Lola	17	0	Fuel pump	Ford	Goodyear
DNQ	Alex Caffi	Footwork	-			Porsche	Goodyear
DNQ	Stefan Johansson	AGS	-			Ford	Goodyear
DNQ	Michele Alboreto	Footwork	-			Porsche	Goodyear
DNQ	Julian Bailey	Lotus	-			Judd	Goodyear
DNPQ	Olivier Grouillard	Fondmetal	-			Ford	Goodyear
DNPQ	Eric van de Poele	Modena	-			Lamborghini	Goodyear
DNPQ	Nicola Larini	Modena	-			Lamborghini	Goodyear
DNPQ	Pedro Chaves	Coloni	-			Ford	Goodyear

Race

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Places gained

Brundle26→12+14
Morbidelli21→8+13
Häkkinen22→9+13
Boutsen18→10+8
Moreno14→7+7
Prost6→4+2
Piquet7→5+2
Berger4→3+1
Pirro12→11+1
Senna1→10
Patrese2→20
Alesi5→6-1
Gachot10→13-3

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

Retirements

GachotFuel system, classified P13Jordan
MansellGearboxWilliams
ComasEngineLigier
MartiniSpun offMinardi
BlundellEngineBrabham
BernardRadiatorLola
LehtoElectricalDallara
De CesarisEngineJordan
ModenaGearboxTyrrell
CapelliTransmissionLeyton House
NakajimaSpun offTyrrell
GugelminPhysicalLeyton House
TarquiniSuspensionAGS
SuzukiFuel pumpLola

This race in history

8 races here since 1973Won from pole: 2 of 8

Win from furthest back (P6): Carlos Pace 1975

Most wins here

2 Emerson Fittipaldi

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

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