Race · Round 5 of 16 · 2 June 1991

1991 Canadian Grand Prix

Nelson Piquet won for Benetton from 8th on the grid at Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve. 16 of the starters were not classified.

Circuit: Circuit Gilles-VilleneuveMontreal, Canada
Winner: Nelson PiquetBenetton
Pole: Riccardo Patrese
Fastest lap: Nigel Mansell
Entries: 3410 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Nelson Piquet	Benetton	—	8	69	Finished	10
2	Stefano Modena	Tyrrell	16	9	69	Finished	6
3	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	FW14	1	69	Finished	4
4	Andrea de Cesaris	Jordan	191	11	69	Finished	3
5	Bertrand Gachot	Jordan	191	14	69	Finished	2
6	Nigel Mansell	Williams	FW14	2	68	Electrical	1	fastest lap
7	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	M191	18	68	Finished	0
8	Érik Comas	Ligier	—	26	68	Finished	0
9	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara	F191	10	68	Finished	0
10	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell	16	12	67	Finished	0
DNF	Mauricio Gugelmin	Leyton House	CG911	23	61	Engine	0
DNF	Jyrki Järvilehto	Dallara	F191	17	50	Engine	0
DNF	Stefan Johansson	Footwork	—	25	48	Throttle	0
DNF	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House	CG911	13	42	Engine	0
DNF	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	—	7	34	Engine	0
DNF	Éric Bernard	Lola	LC91	19	29	Gearbox	0
DNF	Alain Prost	Ferrari	—	4	27	Gearbox	0
DNF	Thierry Boutsen	Ligier	—	16	27	Engine	0
DNF	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	MP4/6	3	25	Alternator	0
DNF	Mika Hakkinen	Team Lotus	102B	24	21	Spun off	0
DNF	Martin Brundle	Brabham	—	20	21	Engine	0
DNF	Gianni Morbidelli	Minardi	M191	15	20	Spun off	0
DNF	Roberto Moreno	Benetton	—	5	10	Suspension	0
DNF	Gerhard Berger	McLaren	MP4/6	6	4	Injection	0
DNF	Aguri Suzuki	Lola	LC91	22	3	Fuel leak	0
DNF	Michele Alboreto	Footwork	—	21	2	Throttle	0
DNQ	Fabrizio Barbazza	AGS	—	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS	—	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Mark Blundell	Brabham	—	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Johnny Herbert	Team Lotus	102B	—	—	DNQ	0
DNPQ	Olivier Grouillard	Fondmetal	—	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Nicola Larini	Modena	291	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Eric van de Poele	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 montreal-3 · 4.39 km · 17 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
Nelson Piquet	8	1	69
Stefano Modena	9	2	69
Riccardo Patrese	1	3	69
Andrea de Cesaris	11	4	69
Bertrand Gachot	14	5	69
Nigel Mansell	2	6	68
Pierluigi Martini	18	7	68
Érik Comas	26	8	68
Emanuele Pirro	10	9	68
Satoru Nakajima	12	10	67
Mauricio Gugelmin	23	DNF	61
Jyrki Järvilehto	17	DNF	50
Stefan Johansson	25	DNF	48
Ivan Capelli	13	DNF	42
Jean Alesi	7	DNF	34
Éric Bernard	19	DNF	29
Alain Prost	4	DNF	27
Thierry Boutsen	16	DNF	27
Ayrton Senna	3	DNF	25
Mika Hakkinen	24	DNF	21
Martin Brundle	20	DNF	21
Gianni Morbidelli	15	DNF	20
Roberto Moreno	5	DNF	10
Gerhard Berger	6	DNF	4
Aguri Suzuki	22	DNF	3
Michele Alboreto	21	DNF	2

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	6	1:19.837	—	—
2	Nigel Mansell	Williams	5	1:20.225	+0.388	+0.388
3	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	1	1:20.318	+0.481	+0.093
4	Alain Prost	Ferrari	27	1:20.656	+0.819	+0.338
5	Roberto Moreno	Benetton	19	1:20.686	+0.849	+0.030
6	Gerhard Berger	McLaren	2	1:20.916	+1.079	+0.230
7	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	28	1:21.227	+1.390	+0.311
8	Nelson Piquet	Benetton	20	1:21.241	+1.404	+0.014
9	Stefano Modena	Tyrrell	4	1:21.298	+1.461	+0.057
10	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara	21	1:21.864	+2.027	+0.566
11	Andrea de Cesaris	Jordan	33	1:22.154	+2.317	+0.290
12	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell	3	1:22.262	+2.425	+0.108
13	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House	16	1:22.443	+2.606	+0.181
14	Bertrand Gachot	Jordan	32	1:22.596	+2.759	+0.153
15	Gianni Morbidelli	Minardi	24	1:22.993	+3.156	+0.397
16	Thierry Boutsen	Ligier	25	1:23.040	+3.203	+0.047
17	Jyrki Järvilehto	Dallara	22	1:23.040	+3.203	+0.000
18	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	23	1:23.125	+3.288	+0.085
19	Éric Bernard	Lola	29	1:23.260	+3.423	+0.135
20	Martin Brundle	Brabham	7	1:23.516	+3.679	+0.256
21	Michele Alboreto	Footwork	9	1:23.529	+3.692	+0.013
22	Aguri Suzuki	Lola	30	1:23.585	+3.748	+0.056
23	Mauricio Gugelmin	Leyton House	15	1:23.650	+3.813	+0.065
24	Mika Hakkinen	Team Lotus	11	1:23.923	+4.086	+0.273
25	Stefan Johansson	Footwork	10	1:24.433	+4.596	+0.510
26	Érik Comas	Ligier	26	1:24.460	+4.623	+0.027
27	Fabrizio Barbazza	AGS	18	1:24.491	+4.654	+0.031
28	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS	17	1:24.653	+4.816	+0.162
29	Mark Blundell	Brabham	8	1:24.661	+4.824	+0.008
30	Johnny Herbert	Team Lotus	12	1:24.732	+4.895	+0.071

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	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara	21	1:23.244	—	—	—
2	Jyrki Järvilehto	Dallara	22	1:23.480	+0.236	+0.236	—
3	Andrea de Cesaris	Jordan	33	1:23.672	+0.428	+0.192	—
4	Bertrand Gachot	Jordan	32	1:23.719	+0.475	+0.047	—
5	Olivier Grouillard	Fondmetal	14	1:24.795	+1.551	+1.076	—
6	Nicola Larini	Modena	34	1:25.736	+2.492	+0.941	—
7	Eric van de Poele	Modena	35	1:26.900	+3.656	+1.164	—
8	Pedro Chaves	Coloni	31	1:34.475	+11.231	+7.575	—

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	Roberto Moreno	Benetton	19	1:21.793	—	—	—
2	Nigel Mansell	Williams	5	1:22.261	+0.468	+0.468	—
3	Alain Prost	Ferrari	27	1:22.418	+0.625	+0.157	—
4	Gerhard Berger	McLaren	2	1:22.793	+1.000	+0.375	—
5	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	1	1:22.891	+1.098	+0.098	—
6	Stefano Modena	Tyrrell	4	1:23.514	+1.721	+0.623	—
7	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	23	1:23.939	+2.146	+0.425	—
8	Bertrand Gachot	Jordan	32	1:24.004	+2.211	+0.065	—
9	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	6	1:24.036	+2.243	+0.032	—
10	Andrea de Cesaris	Jordan	33	1:24.090	+2.297	+0.054	—
11	Nelson Piquet	Benetton	20	1:24.260	+2.467	+0.170	—
12	Éric Bernard	Lola	29	1:24.348	+2.555	+0.088	—
13	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell	3	1:24.529	+2.736	+0.181	—
14	Jyrki Järvilehto	Dallara	22	1:24.582	+2.789	+0.053	—
15	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara	21	1:24.671	+2.878	+0.089	—
16	Gianni Morbidelli	Minardi	24	1:25.035	+3.242	+0.364	—
17	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	28	1:25.363	+3.570	+0.328	—
18	Mauricio Gugelmin	Leyton House	15	1:25.367	+3.574	+0.004	—
19	Thierry Boutsen	Ligier	25	1:25.592	+3.799	+0.225	—
20	Érik Comas	Ligier	26	1:25.801	+4.008	+0.209	—
21	Fabrizio Barbazza	AGS	18	1:25.832	+4.039	+0.031	—
22	Aguri Suzuki	Lola	30	1:25.853	+4.060	+0.021	—
23	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House	16	1:26.243	+4.450	+0.390	—
24	Johnny Herbert	Team Lotus	12	1:26.497	+4.704	+0.254	—
25	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS	17	1:26.581	+4.788	+0.084	—
26	Martin Brundle	Brabham	7	1:26.707	+4.914	+0.126	—
27	Stefan Johansson	Footwork	10	1:27.273	+5.480	+0.566	—
28	Michele Alboreto	Footwork	9	1:27.592	+5.799	+0.319	—
29	Mika Hakkinen	Team Lotus	11	1:27.688	+5.895	+0.096	—
30	Mark Blundell	Brabham	8	1:30.881	+9.088	+3.193	—

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	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	6	1:19.705	—	—	—
2	Nigel Mansell	Williams	5	1:19.835	+0.130	+0.130	—
3	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	1	1:19.962	+0.257	+0.127	—
4	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	28	1:20.630	+0.925	+0.668	—
5	Gerhard Berger	McLaren	2	1:20.783	+1.078	+0.153	—
6	Nelson Piquet	Benetton	20	1:20.891	+1.186	+0.108	—
7	Alain Prost	Ferrari	27	1:21.142	+1.437	+0.251	—
8	Roberto Moreno	Benetton	19	1:21.434	+1.729	+0.292	—
9	Bertrand Gachot	Jordan	32	1:21.613	+1.908	+0.179	—
10	Stefano Modena	Tyrrell	4	1:21.688	+1.983	+0.075	—
11	Andrea de Cesaris	Jordan	33	1:22.284	+2.579	+0.596	—
12	Éric Bernard	Lola	29	1:22.332	+2.627	+0.048	—
13	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House	16	1:22.418	+2.713	+0.086	—
14	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara	21	1:22.472	+2.767	+0.054	—
15	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	23	1:22.542	+2.837	+0.070	—
16	Aguri Suzuki	Lola	30	1:22.843	+3.138	+0.301	—
17	Johnny Herbert	Team Lotus	12	1:22.949	+3.244	+0.106	—
18	Thierry Boutsen	Ligier	25	1:23.086	+3.381	+0.137	—
19	Mauricio Gugelmin	Leyton House	15	1:23.099	+3.394	+0.013	—
20	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell	3	1:23.359	+3.654	+0.260	—
21	Martin Brundle	Brabham	7	1:23.500	+3.795	+0.141	—
22	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS	17	1:23.520	+3.815	+0.020	—
23	Jyrki Järvilehto	Dallara	22	1:23.711	+4.006	+0.191	—
24	Fabrizio Barbazza	AGS	18	1:23.895	+4.190	+0.184	—
25	Mika Hakkinen	Team Lotus	11	1:24.080	+4.375	+0.185	—
26	Stefan Johansson	Footwork	10	1:24.133	+4.428	+0.053	—
27	Gianni Morbidelli	Minardi	24	1:24.266	+4.561	+0.133	—
28	Michele Alboreto	Footwork	9	1:24.315	+4.610	+0.049	—
29	Érik Comas	Ligier	26	1:24.326	+4.621	+0.011	—
30	Mark Blundell	Brabham	8	1:25.813	+6.108	+1.487	—

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	1:22.787	—	—	—
2	Gerhard Berger	McLaren	2	1:23.197	+0.410	+0.410	—
3	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	1	1:23.271	+0.484	+0.074	—
4	Alain Prost	Ferrari	27	1:23.305	+0.518	+0.034	—
5	Thierry Boutsen	Ligier	25	1:24.033	+1.246	+0.728	—
6	Jyrki Järvilehto	Dallara	22	1:24.245	+1.458	+0.212	—
7	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	28	1:24.282	+1.495	+0.037	—
8	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	23	1:24.494	+1.707	+0.212	—
9	Andrea de Cesaris	Jordan	33	1:24.519	+1.732	+0.025	—
10	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House	16	1:24.562	+1.775	+0.043	—
11	Roberto Moreno	Benetton	19	1:24.595	+1.808	+0.033	—
12	Nelson Piquet	Benetton	20	1:24.605	+1.818	+0.010	—
13	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara	21	1:24.742	+1.955	+0.137	—
14	Bertrand Gachot	Jordan	32	1:25.005	+2.218	+0.263	—
15	Gianni Morbidelli	Minardi	24	1:25.035	+2.248	+0.030	—
16	Aguri Suzuki	Lola	30	1:25.154	+2.367	+0.119	—
17	Stefano Modena	Tyrrell	4	1:25.172	+2.385	+0.018	—
18	Éric Bernard	Lola	29	1:25.337	+2.550	+0.165	—
19	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell	3	1:25.530	+2.743	+0.193	—
20	Érik Comas	Ligier	26	1:25.862	+3.075	+0.332	—
21	Martin Brundle	Brabham	7	1:25.964	+3.177	+0.102	—
22	Mika Hakkinen	Team Lotus	11	1:26.697	+3.910	+0.733	—
23	Stefan Johansson	Footwork	10	1:27.164	+4.377	+0.467	—
24	Michele Alboreto	Footwork	9	1:27.660	+4.873	+0.496	—
25	Mauricio Gugelmin	Leyton House	15	1:30.785	+7.998	+3.125	—

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.

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.

4 more photographs

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

Where this comes from

Round: 5 of 1991
Grand Prix: Canadian Grand Prix
Dates: 2 Jun 1991
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Benetton
Entrant: Benetton-Ford
Confidence: reference

No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.