1991 Hungarian Grand Prix

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.

1991 Hungarian Grand Prix
Race 10 of 16 in the 1991 Formula One World Championship
Race details
Date 11 August 1991
Official name VII Magyar Nagydíj
Location Hungaroring
Mogyoród, Pest, Hungary[1]
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 3.968 km (2.466 miles)
Distance 77 laps, 305.536 km (189.850 miles)
Weather Hot dry, sunny
Pole position
Driver McLaren-Honda
Time 1:16.147
Fastest lap
Driver Belgium Bertrand Gachot Jordan-Ford
Time 1:21.547 on lap 71
Podium
First McLaren-Honda
Second Williams-Renault
Third Williams-Renault
Lap leaders

Qualifying

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Pre-qualifying report

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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.[2]

Pre-qualifying classification

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Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap
1 8   Mark Blundell Brabham-Yamaha 1:22.290
2 7   Martin Brundle Brabham-Yamaha 1:23.716 +1.426
3 14   Olivier Grouillard Fondmetal-Ford 1:24.816 +2.526
4 9   Michele Alboreto Footwork-Ford 1:25.045 +2.755
5 17   Gabriele Tarquini AGS-Ford 1:25.230 +2.940
6 10   Alex Caffi Footwork-Ford 1:26.637 +4.347
7 18   Fabrizio Barbazza AGS-Ford 1:26.740 +4.450
8 31   Pedro Chaves Coloni-Ford 1:26.945 +4.655

Qualifying report

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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

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Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap
1 1   Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda 1:18.549 1:16.147
2 6   Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault 1:20.103 1:17.379 +1.232
3 5   Nigel Mansell Williams-Renault 1:19.818 1:17.389 +1.242
4 27   Alain Prost Ferrari 1:19.326 1:17.690 +1.543
5 2   Gerhard Berger McLaren-Honda 1:18.238 1:17.705 +1.558
6 28   Jean Alesi Ferrari 1:19.552 1:18.410 +2.263
7 21   Emanuele Pirro Dallara-Judd 1:21.751 1:19.334 +3.187
8 4   Stefano Modena Tyrrell-Honda 1:20.488 1:19.748 +3.601
9 16   Ivan Capelli Leyton House-Ilmor 1:21.068 1:19.794 +3.647
10 7   Martin Brundle Brabham-Yamaha 1:21.345 1:19.976 +3.829
11 20   Nelson Piquet Benetton-Ford 1:21.542 1:19.984 +3.837
12 22   JJ Lehto Dallara-Judd 1:21.991 1:20.014 +3.867
13 15   Maurício Gugelmin Leyton House-Ilmor 1:21.549 1:20.024 +3.877
14 3   Satoru Nakajima Tyrrell-Honda 1:22.992 1:20.565 +4.418
15 19   Roberto Moreno Benetton-Ford 1:22.077 1:20.584 +4.437
16 32   Bertrand Gachot Jordan-Ford 1:21.884 1:20.655 +4.508
17 33   Andrea de Cesaris Jordan-Ford 1:22.143 1:20.805 +4.658
18 23   Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ferrari 1:22.429 1:20.823 +4.676
19 25   Thierry Boutsen Ligier-Lamborghini 1:22.408 1:20.870 +4.723
20 8   Mark Blundell Brabham-Yamaha 1:21.125 1:20.954 +4.807
21 29   Éric Bernard Lola-Ford 1:22.680 1:21.267 +5.120
22 30   Aguri Suzuki Lola-Ford 1:22.762 1:21.601 +5.454
23 24   Gianni Morbidelli Minardi-Ferrari 1:23.201 1:21.654 +5.507
24 34   Nicola Larini Lambo-Lamborghini 1:24.316 1:21.896 +5.749
25 26   Érik Comas Ligier-Lamborghini 1:24.464 1:22.258 +6.111
26 11   Mika Häkkinen Lotus-Judd 1:25.224 1:22.335 +6.188
27 14   Olivier Grouillard Fondmetal-Ford 1:23.593 1:22.438 +6.291
28 9   Michele Alboreto Footwork-Ford 1:24.593 1:22.521 +6.374
29 35   Eric van de Poele Lambo-Lamborghini 1:27.339 1:23.162 +7.015
30 12   Michael Bartels Lotus-Judd 1:24.746 1:23.248 +7.101

Race

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Race report

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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

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Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 1   Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda 77 1:49:12.796 1 10
2 5   Nigel Mansell Williams-Renault 77 + 4.599 3 6
3 6   Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault 77 + 15.594 2 4
4 2   Gerhard Berger McLaren-Honda 77 + 21.856 5 3
5 28   Jean Alesi Ferrari 77 + 31.389 6 2
6 16   Ivan Capelli Leyton House-Ilmor 76 + 1 lap 9 1
7 33   Andrea de Cesaris Jordan-Ford 76 + 1 lap 17
8 19   Roberto Moreno Benetton-Ford 76 + 1 lap 15
9 32   Bertrand Gachot Jordan-Ford 76 + 1 lap 16
10 26   Érik Comas Ligier-Lamborghini 75 + 2 laps 25
11 15   Maurício Gugelmin Leyton House-Ilmor 75 + 2 laps 13
12 4   Stefano Modena Tyrrell-Honda 75 + 2 laps 8
13 24   Gianni Morbidelli Minardi-Ferrari 75 + 2 laps 23
14 11   Mika Häkkinen Lotus-Judd 74 + 3 laps 26
15 3   Satoru Nakajima Tyrrell-Honda 74 + 3 laps 14
16 34   Nicola Larini Lambo-Lamborghini 74 + 3 laps 24
17 25   Thierry Boutsen Ligier-Lamborghini 71 Engine 19
Ret 23   Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ferrari 65 Engine 18
Ret 8   Mark Blundell Brabham-Yamaha 62 Tyre 20
Ret 7   Martin Brundle Brabham-Yamaha 59 Physical 10
Ret 22   JJ Lehto Dallara-Judd 49 Engine 12
Ret 20   Nelson Piquet Benetton-Ford 38 Gearbox 11
Ret 29   Éric Bernard Lola-Ford 38 Engine 21
Ret 30   Aguri Suzuki Lola-Ford 38 Engine 22
Ret 21   Emanuele Pirro Dallara-Judd 37 Engine 7
Ret 27   Alain Prost Ferrari 28 Engine 4
DNQ 14   Olivier Grouillard Fondmetal-Ford
DNQ 9   Michele Alboreto Footwork-Ford
DNQ 35   Eric van de Poele Lambo-Lamborghini
DNQ 12   Michael Bartels Lotus-Judd
DNPQ 17   Gabriele Tarquini AGS-Ford
DNPQ 10   Alex Caffi Footwork-Ford
DNPQ 18   Fabrizio Barbazza AGS-Ford
DNPQ 31   Pedro Chaves Coloni-Ford
Source:[3]

Championship standings after the race

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  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

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  1. ^ "1991 Hungarian Grand Prix". Motor Sport. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  2. ^ Walker, Murray (1991). Murray Walker's Grand Prix Year. Hazleton Publishing. pp. 85–92. ISBN 0-905138-90-2.
  3. ^ "1991 Hungarian Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 3 November 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  4. ^ a b "Hungary 1991 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 18 March 2019.


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