1991 Hungarian Grand Prix

F1 Hungarian Hungary VII Magyar Nagydíj 11 August 1991 10 16 Hungaroring circuit 1989-2002.svg HungaroringMogyoród, Pest, Hungary1991 Hungarian Grand Prix https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1991-hungarian-grand-prix/ Motor Sport 8 June 2022 Permanent racing facility 2.466 3.968 77 189.850 305.536 Hot dry, sunny Ayrton Senna Brazil 1968 McLaren-Honda 1:16.147 Bertrand Gachot Belgium Jordan-Ford 1:21.547 71 Ayrton Senna Brazil 1968 McLaren-Honda Nigel Mansell UK Williams-Renault Riccardo Patrese Italy Williams-Renault HUN 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.Walker Murray 1991 Murray Walker's Grand Prix Year Hazleton Publishing 85–92 0-905138-90-2 Pre-qualifying classification Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap 1 8 UK Mark Blundell Brabham-Yamaha 1:22.290 — 2 7 UK Martin Brundle Brabham-Yamaha 1:23.716 +1.426 3 14 France Olivier Grouillard Fondmetal-Ford 1:24.816 +2.526 4 9 Italy Michele Alboreto Footwork-Ford 1:25.045 +2.755 5 17 Italy Gabriele Tarquini AGS-Ford 1:25.230 +2.940 6 10 Italy Alex Caffi Footwork-Ford 1:26.637 +4.347 7 18 Italy Fabrizio Barbazza AGS-Ford 1:26.740 +4.450 8 31 Portugal Pedro Chaves Coloni-Ford 1:26.945 +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 Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap 1 1 Brazil 1968 Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda 1:18.549 1:16.147 — 2 6 Italy Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault 1:20.103 1:17.379 +1.232 3 5 UK Nigel Mansell Williams-Renault 1:19.818 1:17.389 +1.242 4 27 France Alain Prost Ferrari 1:19.326 1:17.690 +1.543 5 2 Austria Gerhard Berger McLaren-Honda 1:18.238 1:17.705 +1.558 6 28 France Jean Alesi Ferrari 1:19.552 1:18.410 +2.263 7 21 Italy Emanuele Pirro Dallara-Judd 1:21.751 1:19.334 +3.187 8 4 Italy Stefano Modena Tyrrell-Honda 1:20.488 1:19.748 +3.601 9 16 Italy Ivan Capelli Leyton House-Ilmor 1:21.068 1:19.794 +3.647 10 7 UK Martin Brundle Brabham-Yamaha 1:21.345 1:19.976 +3.829 11 20 Brazil 1968 Nelson Piquet Benetton-Ford 1:21.542 1:19.984 +3.837 12 22 Finland JJ Lehto Dallara-Judd 1:21.991 1:20.014 +3.867 13 15 Brazil 1968 Maurício Gugelmin Leyton House-Ilmor 1:21.549 1:20.024 +3.877 14 3 Japan 1947 Satoru Nakajima Tyrrell-Honda 1:22.992 1:20.565 +4.418 15 19 Brazil 1968 Roberto Moreno Benetton-Ford 1:22.077 1:20.584 +4.437 16 32 Belgium Bertrand Gachot Jordan-Ford 1:21.884 1:20.655 +4.508 17 33 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Jordan-Ford 1:22.143 1:20.805 +4.658 18 23 Italy Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ferrari 1:22.429 1:20.823 +4.676 19 25 Belgium Thierry Boutsen Ligier-Lamborghini 1:22.408 1:20.870 +4.723 20 8 UK Mark Blundell Brabham-Yamaha 1:21.125 1:20.954 +4.807 21 29 France Éric Bernard Lola-Ford 1:22.680 1:21.267 +5.120 22 30 Japan 1947 Aguri Suzuki Lola-Ford 1:22.762 1:21.601 +5.454 23 24 Italy Gianni Morbidelli Minardi-Ferrari 1:23.201 1:21.654 +5.507 24 34 Italy Nicola Larini Lambo-Lamborghini 1:24.316 1:21.896 +5.749 25 26 France Érik Comas Ligier-Lamborghini 1:24.464 1:22.258 +6.111 26 11 Finland Mika Häkkinen Lotus-Judd 1:25.224 1:22.335 +6.188 27 14 France Olivier Grouillard Fondmetal-Ford 1:23.593 1:22.438 +6.291 28 9 Italy Michele Alboreto Footwork-Ford 1:24.593 1:22.521 +6.374 29 35 Belgium Eric van de Poele Lambo-Lamborghini 1:27.339 1:23.162 +7.015 30 12 Germany Michael Bartels Lotus-Judd 1:24.746 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 Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 Brazil 1968 Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda 77 1:49:12.796 1 10 2 5 UK Nigel Mansell Williams-Renault 77 + 4.599 3 6 3 6 Italy Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault 77 + 15.594 2 4 4 2 Austria Gerhard Berger McLaren-Honda 77 + 21.856 5 3 5 28 France Jean Alesi Ferrari 77 + 31.389 6 2 6 16 Italy Ivan Capelli Leyton House-Ilmor 76 + 1 lap 9 1 7 33 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Jordan-Ford 76 + 1 lap 17 8 19 Brazil 1968 Roberto Moreno Benetton-Ford 76 + 1 lap 15 9 32 Belgium Bertrand Gachot Jordan-Ford 76 + 1 lap 16 10 26 France Érik Comas Ligier-Lamborghini 75 + 2 laps 25 11 15 Brazil 1968 Maurício Gugelmin Leyton House-Ilmor 75 + 2 laps 13 12 4 Italy Stefano Modena Tyrrell-Honda 75 + 2 laps 8 13 24 Italy Gianni Morbidelli Minardi-Ferrari 75 + 2 laps 23 14 11 Finland Mika Häkkinen Lotus-Judd 74 + 3 laps 26 15 3 Japan 1947 Satoru Nakajima Tyrrell-Honda 74 + 3 laps 14 16 34 Italy Nicola Larini Lambo-Lamborghini 74 + 3 laps 24 17 25 Belgium Thierry Boutsen Ligier-Lamborghini 71 Engine 19 Ret Retired 23 Italy Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ferrari 65 Engine 18 Ret Retired 8 UK Mark Blundell Brabham-Yamaha 62 Tyre 20 Ret Retired 7 UK Martin Brundle Brabham-Yamaha 59 Physical 10 Ret Retired 22 Finland JJ Lehto Dallara-Judd 49 Engine 12 Ret Retired 20 Brazil 1968 Nelson Piquet Benetton-Ford 38 Gearbox 11 Ret Retired 29 France Éric Bernard Lola-Ford 38 Engine 21 Ret Retired 30 Japan 1947 Aguri Suzuki Lola-Ford 38 Engine 22 Ret Retired 21 Italy Emanuele Pirro Dallara-Judd 37 Engine 7 Ret Retired 27 France Alain Prost Ferrari 28 Engine 4 DNQ Did not qualify 14 France Olivier Grouillard Fondmetal-Ford DNQ Did not qualify 9 Italy Michele Alboreto Footwork-Ford DNQ Did not qualify 35 Belgium Eric van de Poele Lambo-Lamborghini DNQ Did not qualify 12 Germany Michael Bartels Lotus-Judd DNPQ Did not pre-qualify 17 Italy Gabriele Tarquini AGS-Ford DNPQ Did not pre-qualify 10 Italy Alex Caffi Footwork-Ford DNPQ Did not pre-qualify 18 Italy Fabrizio Barbazza AGS-Ford DNPQ Did not pre-qualify 31 Portugal Pedro Chaves Coloni-FordSource:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1991/208/ 1991 Hungarian Grand Prix formula1.com 23 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20141103035503/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1991/208/ 3 November 2014 Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 BRA 1968 Ayrton Senna 61 10px 2 GBR Nigel Mansell 49 10px 3 ITA Riccardo Patrese 32 10px 1 4 AUT Gerhard Berger 22 10px 1 5 FRA Alain Prost 21Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1991/hongrie/championnat.aspx Hungary 1991 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 18 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 10px 1 1 GBR McLaren-Honda 83 10px 1 2 GBR Williams-Renault 81 10px 3 ITA Ferrari 35 10px 4 GBR Benetton-Ford 23 10px 5 IRE Jordan-Ford 13Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References Henry Alan Alan Henry AUTOCOURSE 1991-92 Hazleton Publishing 1991 190–191 0-905138-87-2 Hungarian Grand Prix 1991 1991 German Grand Prix 1991 Belgian Grand Prix 1990 Hungarian Grand Prix 1992 Hungarian Grand Prix Hungarian Grand Prix Category:Hungarian Grand Prix Grand Prix Hungarian Grand Prix