Race · Round 2 of 16 · 24 March 1991

1991 Brazilian Grand Prix

Ayrton Senna won for McLaren from pole at Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace (Interlagos). 13 of the starters were not classified.

Circuit: Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace (Interlagos)Sao Paulo, Brazil
Winner: Ayrton SennaMcLaren
Pole: Ayrton Senna
Fastest lap: Nigel Mansell
Entries: 3413 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	MP4/6	1	71	Finished	10
2	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	FW14	2	71	Finished	6
3	Gerhard Berger	McLaren	MP4/6	4	71	Finished	4
4	Alain Prost	Ferrari	—	6	71	Finished	3
5	Nelson Piquet	Benetton	—	7	71	Finished	2
6	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	—	5	71	Finished	1
7	Roberto Moreno	Benetton	—	14	70	Finished	0
8	Gianni Morbidelli	Minardi	M191	21	69	Finished	0
9	Mika Hakkinen	Team Lotus	102B	22	68	Finished	0
10	Thierry Boutsen	Ligier	—	18	68	Finished	0
11	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara	F191	12	68	Finished	0
12	Martin Brundle	Brabham	—	26	67	Finished	0
13	Bertrand Gachot	Jordan	191	10	63	Fuel system	0
DNF	Nigel Mansell	Williams	FW14	3	59	Gearbox	0	fastest lap
DNF	Érik Comas	Ligier	—	23	50	Engine	0
DNF	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	M191	20	47	Spun off	0
DNF	Mark Blundell	Brabham	—	25	34	Engine	0
DNF	Éric Bernard	Lola	LC91	11	33	Radiator	0
DNF	Jyrki Järvilehto	Dallara	F191	19	22	Electrical	0
DNF	Andrea de Cesaris	Jordan	191	13	20	Engine	0
DNF	Stefano Modena	Tyrrell	16	9	19	Gearbox	0
DNF	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House	CG911	15	16	Transmission	0
DNF	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell	16	16	12	Spun off	0
DNF	Mauricio Gugelmin	Leyton House	CG911	8	9	Physical	0
DNF	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS	—	24	0	Suspension	0
DNF	Aguri Suzuki	Lola	LC91	17	0	Fuel pump	0
DNQ	Alex Caffi	Footwork	—	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Stefan Johansson	AGS	—	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Michele Alboreto	Footwork	—	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Julian Bailey	Team Lotus	102B	—	—	DNQ	0
DNPQ	Olivier Grouillard	Fondmetal	—	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Eric van de Poele	Modena	291	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Nicola Larini	Modena	291	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Pedro Chaves	Coloni	C4	—	—	DNPQ	0

A blank chassis is a season the team ran more than one design and no source says which car raced here.

F1DB layout interlagos-2 · 4.309 km · 15 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Ayrton Senna	1	1	71
Riccardo Patrese	2	2	71
Gerhard Berger	4	3	71
Alain Prost	6	4	71
Nelson Piquet	7	5	71
Jean Alesi	5	6	71
Roberto Moreno	14	7	70
Gianni Morbidelli	21	8	69
Mika Hakkinen	22	9	68
Thierry Boutsen	18	10	68
Emanuele Pirro	12	11	68
Martin Brundle	26	12	67
Bertrand Gachot	10	13	63
Nigel Mansell	3	DNF	59
Érik Comas	23	DNF	50
Pierluigi Martini	20	DNF	47
Mark Blundell	25	DNF	34
Éric Bernard	11	DNF	33
Jyrki Järvilehto	19	DNF	22
Andrea de Cesaris	13	DNF	20
Stefano Modena	9	DNF	19
Ivan Capelli	15	DNF	16
Satoru Nakajima	16	DNF	12
Mauricio Gugelmin	8	DNF	9
Gabriele Tarquini	24	DNF	0
Aguri Suzuki	17	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	1	1:16.392	—	—
2	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	6	1:16.775	+0.383	+0.383
3	Nigel Mansell	Williams	5	1:16.843	+0.451	+0.068
4	Gerhard Berger	McLaren	2	1:17.471	+1.079	+0.628
5	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	28	1:17.601	+1.209	+0.130
6	Alain Prost	Ferrari	27	1:17.739	+1.347	+0.138
7	Nelson Piquet	Benetton	20	1:18.577	+2.185	+0.838
8	Mauricio Gugelmin	Leyton House	15	1:18.664	+2.272	+0.087
9	Stefano Modena	Tyrrell	4	1:18.847	+2.455	+0.183
10	Bertrand Gachot	Jordan	32	1:18.882	+2.490	+0.035
11	Éric Bernard	Lola	29	1:19.291	+2.899	+0.409
12	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara	21	1:19.305	+2.913	+0.014
13	Andrea de Cesaris	Jordan	33	1:19.339	+2.947	+0.034
14	Roberto Moreno	Benetton	19	1:19.360	+2.968	+0.021
15	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House	16	1:19.517	+3.125	+0.157
16	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell	3	1:19.546	+3.154	+0.029
17	Aguri Suzuki	Lola	30	1:19.832	+3.440	+0.286
18	Thierry Boutsen	Ligier	25	1:19.868	+3.476	+0.036
19	Jyrki Järvilehto	Dallara	22	1:19.954	+3.562	+0.086
20	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	23	1:20.175	+3.783	+0.221
21	Gianni Morbidelli	Minardi	24	1:20.502	+4.110	+0.327
22	Mika Hakkinen	Team Lotus	11	1:20.611	+4.219	+0.109
23	Érik Comas	Ligier	26	1:21.168	+4.776	+0.557
24	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS	17	1:21.219	+4.827	+0.051
25	Mark Blundell	Brabham	8	1:21.230	+4.838	+0.011
26	Martin Brundle	Brabham	7	1:21.280	+4.888	+0.050
27	Alex Caffi	Footwork	10	1:22.190	+5.798	+0.910
28	Stefan Johansson	AGS	18	1:22.432	+6.040	+0.242
29	Michele Alboreto	Footwork	9	1:22.739	+6.347	+0.307
30	Julian Bailey	Team Lotus	12	1:23.590	+7.198	+0.851

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

Pit stops

Pit stops are recorded from 1994. F1DB, the source of every stop here, holds none before then, so this race has no stints to draw.

Practice sessions Pre-qualifying · Practice 1 · Practice 2 · Warm-up

Pre-qualifying

Pre-qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Jyrki Järvilehto	Dallara	22	1:19.540	—	—	—
2	Andrea de Cesaris	Jordan	33	1:20.150	+0.610	+0.610	—
3	Bertrand Gachot	Jordan	32	1:20.184	+0.644	+0.034	—
4	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara	21	1:20.567	+1.027	+0.383	—
5	Eric van de Poele	Modena	35	1:21.919	+2.379	+1.352	—
6	Nicola Larini	Modena	34	1:22.944	+3.404	+1.025	—
7	Pedro Chaves	Coloni	31	1:23.231	+3.691	+0.287	—
8	Olivier Grouillard	Fondmetal	14	1:23.951	+4.411	+0.720	—

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

Practice 1

Practice 1
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	1	1:33.780	—	—	—
2	Stefano Modena	Tyrrell	4	1:34.247	+0.467	+0.467	—
3	Gerhard Berger	McLaren	2	1:34.453	+0.673	+0.206	—
4	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	28	1:34.729	+0.949	+0.276	—
5	Roberto Moreno	Benetton	19	1:35.383	+1.603	+0.654	—
6	Nigel Mansell	Williams	5	1:35.448	+1.668	+0.065	—
7	Nelson Piquet	Benetton	20	1:35.594	+1.814	+0.146	—
8	Alain Prost	Ferrari	27	1:35.841	+2.061	+0.247	—
9	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	23	1:36.148	+2.368	+0.307	—
10	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell	3	1:36.882	+3.102	+0.734	—
11	Éric Bernard	Lola	29	1:37.549	+3.769	+0.667	—
12	Gianni Morbidelli	Minardi	24	1:37.901	+4.121	+0.352	—
13	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House	16	1:38.062	+4.282	+0.161	—
14	Jyrki Järvilehto	Dallara	22	1:38.609	+4.829	+0.547	—
15	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara	21	1:39.031	+5.251	+0.422	—
16	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS	17	1:39.220	+5.440	+0.189	—
17	Aguri Suzuki	Lola	30	1:39.228	+5.448	+0.008	—
18	Martin Brundle	Brabham	7	1:39.246	+5.466	+0.018	—
19	Julian Bailey	Team Lotus	12	1:39.264	+5.484	+0.018	—
20	Érik Comas	Ligier	26	1:39.340	+5.560	+0.076	—
21	Mark Blundell	Brabham	8	1:39.360	+5.580	+0.020	—
22	Stefan Johansson	AGS	18	1:39.643	+5.863	+0.283	—
23	Thierry Boutsen	Ligier	25	1:39.835	+6.055	+0.192	—
24	Mika Hakkinen	Team Lotus	11	1:40.094	+6.314	+0.259	—
25	Mauricio Gugelmin	Leyton House	15	1:40.382	+6.602	+0.288	—
26	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	6	1:41.407	+7.627	+1.025	—
27	Alex Caffi	Footwork	10	1:42.971	+9.191	+1.564	—
28	Michele Alboreto	Footwork	9	1:47.501	+13.721	+4.530	—
29	Bertrand Gachot	Jordan	32	2:04.055	+30.275	+16.554	—
30	Andrea de Cesaris	Jordan	33	2:22.088	+48.308	+18.033	—

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

Practice 2

Practice 2
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Nigel Mansell	Williams	5	1:17.094	—	—	—
2	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	6	1:17.247	+0.153	+0.153	—
3	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	1	1:17.483	+0.389	+0.236	—
4	Alain Prost	Ferrari	27	1:17.982	+0.888	+0.499	—
5	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	28	1:18.141	+1.047	+0.159	—
6	Gerhard Berger	McLaren	2	1:18.278	+1.184	+0.137	—
7	Roberto Moreno	Benetton	19	1:18.673	+1.579	+0.395	—
8	Bertrand Gachot	Jordan	32	1:18.739	+1.645	+0.066	—
9	Andrea de Cesaris	Jordan	33	1:19.107	+2.013	+0.368	—
10	Stefano Modena	Tyrrell	4	1:19.297	+2.203	+0.190	—
11	Mauricio Gugelmin	Leyton House	15	1:19.308	+2.214	+0.011	—
12	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara	21	1:19.322	+2.228	+0.014	—
13	Nelson Piquet	Benetton	20	1:19.429	+2.335	+0.107	—
14	Éric Bernard	Lola	29	1:19.782	+2.688	+0.353	—
15	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell	3	1:19.850	+2.756	+0.068	—
16	Aguri Suzuki	Lola	30	1:20.016	+2.922	+0.166	—
17	Gianni Morbidelli	Minardi	24	1:20.326	+3.232	+0.310	—
18	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House	16	1:20.865	+3.771	+0.539	—
19	Thierry Boutsen	Ligier	25	1:20.945	+3.851	+0.080	—
20	Mark Blundell	Brabham	8	1:21.212	+4.118	+0.267	—
21	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS	17	1:21.256	+4.162	+0.044	—
22	Martin Brundle	Brabham	7	1:21.395	+4.301	+0.139	—
23	Érik Comas	Ligier	26	1:21.611	+4.517	+0.216	—
24	Jyrki Järvilehto	Dallara	22	1:21.787	+4.693	+0.176	—
25	Mika Hakkinen	Team Lotus	11	1:21.993	+4.899	+0.206	—
26	Stefan Johansson	AGS	18	1:22.029	+4.935	+0.036	—
27	Michele Alboreto	Footwork	9	1:22.108	+5.014	+0.079	—
28	Alex Caffi	Footwork	10	1:22.510	+5.416	+0.402	—
29	Julian Bailey	Team Lotus	12	1:22.820	+5.726	+0.310	—
30	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	23	1:23.968	+6.874	+1.148	—

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

Warm-up

Warm-up
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Nigel Mansell	Williams	5	1:20.248	—	—	—
2	Alain Prost	Ferrari	27	1:20.557	+0.309	+0.309	—
3	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	6	1:20.811	+0.563	+0.254	—
4	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	1	1:21.000	+0.752	+0.189	—
5	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	28	1:21.292	+1.044	+0.292	—
6	Gerhard Berger	McLaren	2	1:21.590	+1.342	+0.298	—
7	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	23	1:21.890	+1.642	+0.300	—
8	Nelson Piquet	Benetton	20	1:22.104	+1.856	+0.214	—
9	Bertrand Gachot	Jordan	32	1:22.119	+1.871	+0.015	—
10	Éric Bernard	Lola	29	1:22.367	+2.119	+0.248	—
11	Andrea de Cesaris	Jordan	33	1:22.433	+2.185	+0.066	—
12	Gianni Morbidelli	Minardi	24	1:22.453	+2.205	+0.020	—
13	Aguri Suzuki	Lola	30	1:22.564	+2.316	+0.111	—
14	Roberto Moreno	Benetton	19	1:22.692	+2.444	+0.128	—
15	Érik Comas	Ligier	26	1:23.182	+2.934	+0.490	—
16	Thierry Boutsen	Ligier	25	1:23.418	+3.170	+0.236	—
17	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara	21	1:23.473	+3.225	+0.055	—
18	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House	16	1:23.583	+3.335	+0.110	—
19	Mika Hakkinen	Team Lotus	11	1:23.674	+3.426	+0.091	—
20	Stefano Modena	Tyrrell	4	1:23.932	+3.684	+0.258	—
21	Jyrki Järvilehto	Dallara	22	1:24.072	+3.824	+0.140	—
22	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell	3	1:24.533	+4.285	+0.461	—
23	Mark Blundell	Brabham	8	1:25.542	+5.294	+1.009	—
24	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS	17	1:25.574	+5.326	+0.032	—
25	Martin Brundle	Brabham	7	1:26.057	+5.809	+0.483	—
26	Mauricio Gugelmin	Leyton House	15	1:50.300	+30.052	+24.243	—

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

The cars in this race

The photograph each car's Wikipedia article leads with, from Wikimedia Commons: taken wherever and whenever that was, not necessarily at this race.

McLaren MP4/6
McLaren MP4-6 Honda · debun , cropped by Morio · CC BY 2.0

A photograph marked unchecked has a file name that does not name the car it is shown for. Most are still the right car, filed under the driver rather than the machine — but nobody has confirmed these one by one.

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Where this comes from

Round: 2 of 1991
Grand Prix: Brazilian Grand Prix
Dates: 24 Mar 1991
Layout raced: Shortened circuit · 4.325 km · 15 turns
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: McLaren
Entrant: McLaren-Honda
Confidence: reference

The layout raced and its figures are this register’s, from its own sources; the figures under the race’s drawing are F1DB’s, and at some circuits the two disagree.