Germany 1991: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	Mansell	Williams	1:37.087
2	Senna	McLaren	1:37.274	+0.187
3	Berger	McLaren	1:37.393	+0.306
4	Patrese	Williams	1:37.435	+0.348
5	Prost	Ferrari	1:39.034	+1.947
6	Alesi	Ferrari	1:39.042	+1.955
7	De Cesaris	Jordan	1:40.239	+3.152
8	Piquet	Benetton	1:40.560	+3.473
9	Moreno	Benetton	1:40.957	+3.870
10	Martini	Minardi	1:40.998	+3.911
11	Gachot	Jordan	1:41.308	+4.221
12	Capelli	Leyton House	1:41.330	+4.243
13	Nakajima	Tyrrell	1:41.390	+4.303
14	Modena	Tyrrell	1:41.566	+4.479
15	Brundle	Brabham	1:41.615	+4.528
16	Gugelmin	Leyton House	1:41.735	+4.648
17	Boutsen	Ligier	1:41.823	+4.736
18	Pirro	Dallara	1:42.021	+4.934
19	Morbidelli	Minardi	1:42.058	+4.971
20	Lehto	Dallara	1:42.171	+5.084
21	Blundell	Brabham	1:42.216	+5.129
22	Suzuki	Lola	1:42.474	+5.387
23	Häkkinen	Lotus	1:42.726	+5.639
24	Larini	Modena	1:43.035	+5.948
25	Bernard	Lola	1:43.321	+6.234
26	Comas	Ligier	1:43.364	+6.277
27	Alboreto	Footwork	1:43.409	+6.322
28	Bartels	Lotus	1:43.624	+6.537
29	Tarquini	AGS	1:43.787	+6.700
30	Van de Poele	Modena	1:44.207	+7.120

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	1	45	1:19:29.661	Renault	Goodyear
2	Riccardo PatreseFastest lap	Williams	4	45	+13.779	Renault	Goodyear
3	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	6	45	+17.618	Ferrari	Goodyear
4	Gerhard Berger	McLaren	3	45	+32.651	Honda	Goodyear
5	Andrea de Cesaris	Jordan	7	45	+1:17.537	Ford	Goodyear
6	Bertrand Gachot	Jordan	11	45	+1:40.605	Ford	Goodyear
7	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	2	44	Out of fuel	Honda	Goodyear
8	Roberto Moreno	Benetton	9	44	+1 lap	Ford	Pirelli
9	Thierry Boutsen	Ligier	17	44	+1 lap	Lamborghini	Goodyear
10	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara	18	44	+1 lap	Judd	Pirelli
11	Martin Brundle	Brabham	15	43	+2 laps	Yamaha	Pirelli
12	Mark Blundell	Brabham	21	43	+2 laps	Yamaha	Pirelli
13	Stefano Modena	Tyrrell	14	41	+4 laps	Honda	Pirelli
DNF	Alain Prost	Ferrari	5	37	Spun off	Ferrari	Goodyear
DNF	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House	12	36	Engine	Ilmor	Goodyear
DNF	JJ Lehto	Dallara	20	35	Engine	Judd	Pirelli
DNF	Nelson Piquet	Benetton	8	27	Engine	Ford	Pirelli
DNF	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell	13	26	Gearbox	Honda	Pirelli
DNF	Érik Comas	Ligier	26	22	Engine	Lamborghini	Goodyear
DNF	Maurício Gugelmin	Leyton House	16	21	Gearbox	Ilmor	Goodyear
DNF	Mika Häkkinen	Lotus	23	19	Engine	Judd	Goodyear
DNF	Aguri Suzuki	Lola	22	15	Engine	Ford	Goodyear
DNF	Gianni Morbidelli	Minardi	19	14	Differential	Ferrari	Goodyear
DNF	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	10	11	Differential	Ferrari	Goodyear
DNF	Éric Bernard	Lola	25	9	Transmission	Ford	Goodyear
DNF	Nicola Larini	Modena	24	0	Spun off	Lamborghini	Goodyear
DNQ	Michele Alboreto	Footwork	-			Ford	Goodyear
DNQ	Michael Bartels	Lotus	-			Judd	Goodyear
DNQ	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS	-			Ford	Goodyear
DNQ	Eric van de Poele	Modena	-			Lamborghini	Goodyear
DNPQ	Olivier Grouillard	Fondmetal	-			Ford	Goodyear
DNPQ	Alex Caffi	Footwork	-			Ford	Goodyear
DNPQ	Fabrizio Barbazza	AGS	-			Ford	Goodyear
DNPQ	Pedro Chaves	Coloni	-			Ford	Goodyear

Race

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Places gained

Blundell21→12+9
Boutsen17→9+8
Pirro18→10+8
Gachot11→6+5
Brundle15→11+4
Alesi6→3+3
Patrese4→2+2
De Cesaris7→5+2
Moreno9→8+1
Modena14→13+1
Mansell1→10
Berger3→4-1
Senna2→7-5

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

Retirements

SennaOut of fuel, classified P7McLaren
ProstSpun offFerrari
CapelliEngineLeyton House
LehtoEngineDallara
PiquetEngineBenetton
NakajimaGearboxTyrrell
ComasEngineLigier
GugelminGearboxLeyton House
HäkkinenEngineLotus
SuzukiEngineLola
MorbidelliDifferentialMinardi
MartiniDifferentialMinardi
BernardTransmissionLola
LariniSpun offModena

This race in history

14 races here since 1970Won from pole: 5 of 14

Win from furthest back (P6): Nelson Piquet 1981

Most wins here

3 Ayrton Senna
3 Nelson Piquet

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

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