Mexico 1991: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	Patrese	Williams	1:16.696
2	Mansell	Williams	1:16.978	+0.282
3	Senna	McLaren	1:17.264	+0.568
4	Alesi	Ferrari	1:18.129	+1.433
5	Berger	McLaren	1:18.156	+1.460
6	Piquet	Benetton	1:18.168	+1.472
7	Prost	Ferrari	1:18.183	+1.487
8	Modena	Tyrrell	1:18.216	+1.520
9	Moreno	Benetton	1:18.375	+1.679
10	Grouillard	Fondmetal	1:18.453	+1.757
11	De Cesaris	Jordan	1:18.935	+2.239
12	Blundell	Brabham	1:19.064	+2.368
13	Nakajima	Tyrrell	1:19.092	+2.396
14	Boutsen	Ligier	1:19.201	+2.505
15	Martini	Minardi	1:19.215	+2.519
16	Lehto	Dallara	1:19.291	+2.595
17	Brundle	Brabham	1:19.647	+2.951
18	Bernard	Lola	1:19.785	+3.089
19	Suzuki	Lola	1:20.049	+3.353
20	Gachot	Jordan	1:20.050	+3.354
21	Gugelmin	Leyton House	1:20.200	+3.504
22	Capelli	Leyton House	1:20.252	+3.556
23	Morbidelli	Minardi	1:20.322	+3.626
24	Häkkinen	Lotus	1:20.823	+4.127
25	Herbert	Lotus	1:20.830	+4.134
26	Alboreto	Footwork	1:21.178	+4.482
27	Comas	Ligier	1:21.225	+4.529
28	Tarquini	AGS	1:22.258	+5.562
29	Johansson	Footwork	1:22.598	+5.902
30	Barbazza	AGS	1:22.899	+6.203

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	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	1	67	1:29:52.205	Renault	Goodyear
2	Nigel MansellFastest lap	Williams	2	67	+1.336	Renault	Goodyear
3	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	3	67	+57.356	Honda	Goodyear
4	Andrea de Cesaris	Jordan	11	66	+1 lap	Ford	Goodyear
5	Roberto Moreno	Benetton	9	66	+1 lap	Ford	Pirelli
6	Éric Bernard	Lola	18	66	+1 lap	Ford	Goodyear
7	Gianni Morbidelli	Minardi	23	66	+1 lap	Ferrari	Goodyear
8	Thierry Boutsen	Ligier	14	65	+2 laps	Lamborghini	Goodyear
9	Mika Häkkinen	Lotus	24	65	+2 laps	Judd	Goodyear
10	Johnny Herbert	Lotus	25	65	+2 laps	Judd	Goodyear
11	Stefano Modena	Tyrrell	8	65	+2 laps	Honda	Pirelli
12	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell	13	64	+3 laps	Honda	Pirelli
DNF	Mark Blundell	Brabham	12	54	Engine	Yamaha	Pirelli
DNF	Bertrand Gachot	Jordan	20	51	Spun off	Ford	Goodyear
DNF	Aguri Suzuki	Lola	19	48	Gearbox	Ford	Goodyear
DNF	Nelson Piquet	Benetton	6	44	Wheel bearing	Ford	Pirelli
DNF	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	4	42	Clutch	Ferrari	Goodyear
DNF	JJ Lehto	Dallara	16	30	Engine	Judd	Pirelli
DNF	Michele Alboreto	Footwork	26	24	Engine	Porsche	Goodyear
DNF	Martin Brundle	Brabham	17	20	Wheel	Yamaha	Pirelli
DNF	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House	22	19	Engine	Ilmor	Goodyear
DNF	Alain Prost	Ferrari	7	16	Alternator	Ferrari	Goodyear
DNF	Maurício Gugelmin	Leyton House	21	15	Engine	Ilmor	Goodyear
DNF	Olivier Grouillard	Fondmetal	10	13	Engine	Ford	Goodyear
DNF	Gerhard Berger	McLaren	5	5	Engine	Honda	Goodyear
DNF	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	15	4	Spun off	Ferrari	Goodyear
DNQ	Érik Comas	Ligier	-			Lamborghini	Goodyear
DNQ	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS	-			Ford	Goodyear
DNQ	Stefan Johansson	Footwork	-			Porsche	Goodyear
DNQ	Fabrizio Barbazza	AGS	-			Ford	Goodyear
DNPQ	Nicola Larini	Modena	-			Lamborghini	Goodyear
DNPQ	Eric van de Poele	Modena	-			Lamborghini	Goodyear
DNPQ	Pedro Chaves	Coloni	-			Ford	Goodyear
DNPQ	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara	-			Judd	Pirelli

Race

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Places gained

Morbidelli23→7+16
Häkkinen24→9+15
Herbert25→10+15
Bernard18→6+12
De Cesaris11→4+7
Boutsen14→8+6
Moreno9→5+4
Nakajima13→12+1
Patrese1→10
Mansell2→20
Senna3→30
Modena8→11-3

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

Retirements

This race in history

13 races here since 1963Won from pole: 5 of 13

Win from furthest back (P13): Alain Prost 1990

Most wins here

2 Alain Prost
2 Jim Clark

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

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