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1991 Hungarian Grand Prix

FieldValue
TypeF1
Grand PrixHungarian
CountryHungary
Official nameVII Magyar Nagydíj
Date11 August
Year1991
Race_No10
Season_No16
ImageHungaroring circuit 1989-2002.svg
LocationHungaroring
Mogyoród, Pest, Hungary
CoursePermanent racing facility
Course_mi2.466
Course_km3.968
Distance_laps77
Distance_mi189.850
Distance_km305.536
WeatherHot dry, sunny
Pole_DriverAyrton Senna
Pole_CountryBrazil
pole_flag_suffix1968
Pole_TeamMcLaren-Honda
Pole_Time1:16.147
Fast_DriverBertrand Gachot
Fast_CountryBelgium
Fast_TeamJordan-Ford
Fast_Time1:21.547
Fast_Lap71
First_DriverAyrton Senna
First_CountryBrazil
first_flag_suffix1968
First_TeamMcLaren-Honda
Second_DriverNigel Mansell
Second_CountryUK
Second_TeamWilliams-Renault
Third_DriverRiccardo Patrese
Third_CountryItaly
Third_TeamWilliams-Renault
Lapchart

Mogyoród, Pest, Hungary The 1991 Hungarian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Hungaroring on 11 August 1991. It was the tenth race of the 1991 Formula One World Championship. The 77-lap race was won from pole position by Ayrton Senna, driving a McLaren-Honda, with the Williams-Renaults of Nigel Mansell and Riccardo Patrese second and third respectively.

Qualifying

Pre-qualifying report

In the Friday morning pre-qualifying session, a Brabham topped the time sheets for the second Grand Prix in succession. However, this time it was Mark Blundell who was fastest, over 1.4 seconds faster than his team-mate Martin Brundle in second. Third was Olivier Grouillard for Fondmetal, the third time the Frenchman had pre-qualified this season. The fourth pre-qualifier was Michele Alboreto in the Footwork.

The four entrants who failed to pre-qualify were, unusually, within two seconds of the slowest pre-qualifier. Fifth was Gabriele Tarquini in the AGS, less than two tenths of a second slower than Alboreto. Alex Caffi was sixth in the other Footwork, 1.4 seconds behind Tarquini. Just a tenth further back was the other AGS of Fabrizio Barbazza, who was only two tenths faster than the Coloni of Pedro Chaves. It was the Portuguese driver's tenth failure to pre-qualify from ten attempts this season.

Pre-qualifying classification

PosNoDriverConstructorTimeGap12345678
8UK Mark BlundellBrabham-Yamaha1:22.290—
7UK Martin BrundleBrabham-Yamaha1:23.716+1.426
14France Olivier GrouillardFondmetal-Ford1:24.816+2.526
9Italy Michele AlboretoFootwork-Ford1:25.045+2.755
17Italy Gabriele TarquiniAGS-Ford1:25.230+2.940
10Italy Alex CaffiFootwork-Ford1:26.637+4.347
18Italy Fabrizio BarbazzaAGS-Ford1:26.740+4.450
31Portugal Pedro ChavesColoni-Ford1:26.945+4.655

Qualifying report

Nigel Mansell and Williams were on a roll as Formula One arrived in Hungary, while Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost were ordered by FISA to work out their differences following their confrontation in the German Grand Prix. Senna was also angry with his McLaren team after he had run out of fuel in the two previous races, losing valuable points to Mansell. During the practice session, McLaren made the first test for the semi-automatic gearbox on their car. Senna proceeded to dominate qualifying, taking pole by over a second from Riccardo Patrese, Mansell, Prost, Gerhard Berger, Jean Alesi, Emanuele Pirro, Stefano Modena, Ivan Capelli, and Martin Brundle.

Qualifying classification

PosNoDriverConstructorQ1Q2Gap123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
1Brazil Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda1:18.549**1:16.147**—
6Italy Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Renault1:20.103**1:17.379**+1.232
5UK Nigel MansellWilliams-Renault1:19.818**1:17.389**+1.242
27France Alain ProstFerrari1:19.326**1:17.690**+1.543
2Austria Gerhard BergerMcLaren-Honda1:18.238**1:17.705**+1.558
28France Jean AlesiFerrari1:19.552**1:18.410**+2.263
21Italy Emanuele PirroDallara-Judd1:21.751**1:19.334**+3.187
4Italy Stefano ModenaTyrrell-Honda1:20.488**1:19.748**+3.601
16Italy Ivan CapelliLeyton House-Ilmor1:21.068**1:19.794**+3.647
7UK Martin BrundleBrabham-Yamaha1:21.345**1:19.976**+3.829
20Brazil Nelson PiquetBenetton-Ford1:21.542**1:19.984**+3.837
22Finland JJ LehtoDallara-Judd1:21.991**1:20.014**+3.867
15Brazil Maurício GugelminLeyton House-Ilmor1:21.549**1:20.024**+3.877
3Japan Satoru NakajimaTyrrell-Honda1:22.992**1:20.565**+4.418
19Brazil Roberto MorenoBenetton-Ford1:22.077**1:20.584**+4.437
32Belgium Bertrand GachotJordan-Ford1:21.884**1:20.655**+4.508
33Italy Andrea de CesarisJordan-Ford1:22.143**1:20.805**+4.658
23Italy Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ferrari1:22.429**1:20.823**+4.676
25Belgium Thierry BoutsenLigier-Lamborghini1:22.408**1:20.870**+4.723
8UK Mark BlundellBrabham-Yamaha1:21.125**1:20.954**+4.807
29France Éric BernardLola-Ford1:22.680**1:21.267**+5.120
30Japan Aguri SuzukiLola-Ford1:22.762**1:21.601**+5.454
24Italy Gianni MorbidelliMinardi-Ferrari1:23.201**1:21.654**+5.507
34Italy Nicola LariniLambo-Lamborghini1:24.316**1:21.896**+5.749
26France Érik ComasLigier-Lamborghini1:24.464**1:22.258**+6.111
11Finland Mika HäkkinenLotus-Judd1:25.224**1:22.335**+6.188
14France Olivier GrouillardFondmetal-Ford1:23.593**1:22.438**+6.291
9Italy Michele AlboretoFootwork-Ford1:24.593**1:22.521**+6.374
35Belgium Eric van de PoeleLambo-Lamborghini1:27.339**1:23.162**+7.015
12Germany Michael BartelsLotus-Judd1:24.746**1:23.248**+7.101

Race

Race report

At the start, Senna and Patrese both got away well, but Senna managed to keep the lead, with Mansell, Prost, Berger, and Alesi rounding out the top six. Mansell followed and hounded his teammate, but Senna was unable to pull out a significant gap. Meanwhile, Prost's day ended early with an engine failure, just adding to the misery that was the 1991 season for the three-time champion. Mansell eventually got past Patrese and set off after Senna, but on a track that is not conducive to passing, he had to settle for second. Senna duly won from Mansell, Patrese, Berger, Alesi, and Capelli. Senna now led the world championship by 12 points as the teams packed up and headed to Belgium. Senna dedicated this victory to the late Soichiro Honda, founder of Honda, who died days before the Grand Prix weekend.

Race classification

PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints1234567891011121314151617RetRetRetRetRetRetRetRetRetDNQDNQDNQDNQDNPQDNPQDNPQDNPQ
1Brazil **Ayrton Senna****McLaren-Honda**771:49:12.7961**10**
5UK **Nigel Mansell****Williams-Renault**77+ 4.5993**6**
6Italy **Riccardo Patrese****Williams-Renault**77+ 15.5942**4**
2Austria **Gerhard Berger****McLaren-Honda**77+ 21.8565**3**
28France **Jean Alesi****Ferrari**77+ 31.3896**2**
16Italy **Ivan Capelli****Leyton House-Ilmor**76+ 1 lap9**1**
33Italy Andrea de CesarisJordan-Ford76+ 1 lap17
19Brazil Roberto MorenoBenetton-Ford76+ 1 lap15
32Belgium Bertrand GachotJordan-Ford76+ 1 lap16
26France Érik ComasLigier-Lamborghini75+ 2 laps25
15Brazil Maurício GugelminLeyton House-Ilmor75+ 2 laps13
4Italy Stefano ModenaTyrrell-Honda75+ 2 laps8
24Italy Gianni MorbidelliMinardi-Ferrari75+ 2 laps23
11Finland Mika HäkkinenLotus-Judd74+ 3 laps26
3Japan Satoru NakajimaTyrrell-Honda74+ 3 laps14
34Italy Nicola LariniLambo-Lamborghini74+ 3 laps24
25Belgium Thierry BoutsenLigier-Lamborghini71Engine19
23Italy Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ferrari65Engine18
8UK Mark BlundellBrabham-Yamaha62Tyre20
7UK Martin BrundleBrabham-Yamaha59Physical10
22Finland JJ LehtoDallara-Judd49Engine12
20Brazil Nelson PiquetBenetton-Ford38Gearbox11
29France Éric BernardLola-Ford38Engine21
30Japan Aguri SuzukiLola-Ford38Engine22
21Italy Emanuele PirroDallara-Judd37Engine7
27France Alain ProstFerrari28Engine4
14France Olivier GrouillardFondmetal-Ford
9Italy Michele AlboretoFootwork-Ford
35Belgium Eric van de PoeleLambo-Lamborghini
12Germany Michael BartelsLotus-Judd
17Italy Gabriele TarquiniAGS-Ford
10Italy Alex CaffiFootwork-Ford
18Italy Fabrizio BarbazzaAGS-Ford
31Portugal Pedro ChavesColoni-Ford

Championship standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings

PosDriverPointsSource:
[[File:1rightarrow_blue.svg10px]]1BRA Ayrton Senna61
[[File:1rightarrow_blue.svg10px]]2GBR Nigel Mansell49
[[File:1rightarrow_blue.svg10px]]3ITA Riccardo Patrese32
[[File:1uparrow_green.svg10px]] 14AUT Gerhard Berger22
[[File:1downarrow_red.svg10px]] 15FRA Alain Prost21

;Constructors' Championship standings

PosConstructorPointsSource:
[[File:1uparrow_green.svg10px]] 11GBR McLaren-Honda83
[[File:1downarrow_red.svg10px]] 12GBR Williams-Renault81
[[File:1rightarrow_blue.svg10px]]3ITA Ferrari35
[[File:1rightarrow_blue.svg10px]]4GBR Benetton-Ford23
[[File:1rightarrow_blue.svg10px]]5IRE Jordan-Ford13
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

|Previous_year's_race = 1990 Hungarian Grand Prix |Next_year's_race = 1992 Hungarian Grand Prix

References

  1. "1991 Hungarian Grand Prix". [[Motor Sport (magazine).
  2. Walker, Murray. (1991). "Murray Walker's Grand Prix Year". Hazleton Publishing.
  3. "1991 Hungarian Grand Prix". formula1.com.
  4. "Hungary 1991 - Championship • STATS F1".
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