1991 German Grand Prix

F1 Germany German Grosser Mobil 1 Preis von Deutschland 28 July 1991 File:Circuit_Hockenheimring-1982.svg 9 16 Hockenheimring, Hockenheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany Permanent racing facility 4.227 6.802 45 190.195 306.090 Hot and sunny Nigel Mansell Williams-Renault UK 1:37.087 Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault Italy 1:43.569 35 Nigel Mansell Williams-Renault UK Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault Italy Jean Alesi Ferrari France GER The 1991 German Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Hockenheimring on 28 July 1991. It was the ninth race of the 1991 Formula One World Championship, and the first German Grand Prix to be held in Germany after the reunification between West and East Germany. The 45-lap race was won from pole position by British driver Nigel Mansell, driving a Williams-Renault. It was Mansell's third consecutive Grand Prix victory. His Italian teammate Riccardo Patrese finished second, with Frenchman Jean Alesi third in a Ferrari. Drivers' Championship leader, Brazilian Ayrton Senna, failed to score in his McLaren-Honda after running out of fuel for the second consecutive race, allowing Mansell to close to within eight points of him. Pre-race Ayrton Senna spent a night in a hospital in Mannheim after crashing during pre-race testing a week earlier. Senna suffered a tyre failure at the end of a long straight, causing the car to launch into the air and turn over several times. The McLaren-Honda went 15 feet into the air and was destroyed in the crash, according to witnesses. After regaining consciousness, Senna was taken to hospital with neck and chest bruising.https://www.nytimes.com/1991/07/20/sports/sports-people-auto-racing-senna-hospitalized.html AUTO RACING; Senna Hospitalized New York Times 1991-07-20https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-07-20-sp-2273-story.html Senna Crashes in Test, Escapes Serious Injury Los Angeles Times 1991-07-20https://www.upi.com/Archives/1991/07/20/Senna-to-compete-at-German-Grand-Prix-despite-crash/5320679982400/ Senna to compete at German Grand Prix despite crash UPI 1991-07-20https://www.upi.com/Archives/1991/07/19/Senna-injured-at-Hockenheim/7570679896000/ Senna injured at Hockenheim UPI 1991-07-19 There were two changes to the entry list, the first was at Lotus where Johnny Herbert was replaced by young German Michael Bartels because of the former's Japanese Formula 3000 commitments, and the second was at Footwork where Alex Caffi was back in action after his road accident. Elsewhere Satoru Nakajima announced he would retire at the end of the year. Qualifying Pre-qualifying report The participants in the Friday morning pre-qualifying sessions were reshuffled prior to this event, the season having reached its mid-point. Scuderia Italia (Dallara) and Jordan had scored points, and were thus relieved of the requirement to pre-qualify, and could automatically join the rest of the field in the main qualifying sessions from here on. By virtue of Nicola Larini's seventh place finish at the first round in Phoenix, the Modena team were also lifted out of pre-qualifying, despite struggling in the sessions at recent Grands Prix.Walker Murray 1991 Murray Walker's Grand Prix Year Hazleton Publishing 77–84 0-905138-90-2 Taking their places during the Friday morning sessions were Brabham, AGS, and Footwork, who had all failed to score points so far in 1991, or match Modena Lambo's seventh place finish at any race. Fondmetal and Coloni were also still required to pre-qualify. Here at Hockenheim, the fastest pre-qualifier was Martin Brundle in the Brabham BT60Y. He was over a second faster than the AGS JH25B of Gabriele Tarquini, with Michele Alboreto just a tenth behind in the Footwork FA12C, despite gearbox problems. The fourth pre-qualifier was the other Brabham of Mark Blundell. The four entrants missing out included Fondmetal driver Olivier Grouillard, who suffered an engine failure and finished fifth fastest, ahead of the second Footwork of Alex Caffi, who had returned to the cockpit after missing four races. The second AGS of Italian Fabrizio Barbazza was seventh, nearly a second ahead of regular backmarker Pedro Chaves for the cash-strapped Coloni team. Pre-qualifying classification Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap 1 7 UK Martin Brundle Brabham-Yamaha 1:42.810 2 17 Italy Gabriele Tarquini AGS-Ford 1:43.939 +1.129 3 9 Italy Michele Alboreto Footwork-Ford 1:44.034 +1.224 4 8 UK Mark Blundell Brabham-Yamaha 1:44.257 +1.447 5 14 France Olivier Grouillard Fondmetal-Ford 1:44.645 +1.835 6 10 Italy Alex Caffi Footwork-Ford 1:45.282 +2.472 7 18 Italy Fabrizio Barbazza AGS-Ford 1:46.604 +3.794 8 31 Portugal Pedro Chaves Coloni-Ford 1:47.546 +4.736 Qualifying report In Saturday practice Érik Comas had a massive accident at the Ostkurve chicane in his Ligier. The French driver was unhurt, but it raised questions about the safety of the second chicane. In qualifying, Nigel Mansell took pole from title rival Ayrton Senna. Gerhard Berger was third, followed by Riccardo Patrese- the Williams and McLaren cars were within 4 tenths of each other but were all nearly 2 seconds faster of the next fastest cars, the 2 Ferraris of Alain Prost and Jean Alesi, which were a second quicker than the next fastest car behind them. Then following the Ferraris were Andrea de Cesaris, Nelson Piquet, Roberto Moreno, and Pierluigi Martini in the Minardi, taking full advantage of his Ferrari engine around the high speed circuit. Qualifying classification Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap 1 5 UK Nigel Mansell Williams-Renault 1:37.467 1:37.087 2 1 Brazil 1968 Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda 1:38.208 1:37.274 +0.187 3 2 Austria Gerhard Berger McLaren-Honda 1:37.946 1:37.393 +0.306 4 6 Italy Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault 1:38.146 1:37.435 +0.348 5 27 France Alain Prost Ferrari 1:39.422 1:39.034 +1.947 6 28 France Jean Alesi Ferrari 1:39.391 1:39.042 +1.955 7 33 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Jordan-Ford 1:40.387 1:40.239 +3.152 8 20 Brazil 1968 Nelson Piquet Benetton-Ford 1:40.560 1:40.878 +3.473 9 19 Brazil 1968 Roberto Moreno Benetton-Ford 1:41.968 1:40.957 +3.870 10 23 Italy Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ferrari 1:40.998 1:41.373 +3.911 11 32 Belgium Bertrand Gachot Jordan-Ford 1:41.443 1:41.308 +4.221 12 16 Italy Ivan Capelli Leyton House-Ilmor 1:42.025 1:41.330 +4.243 13 3 Japan 1947 Satoru Nakajima Tyrrell-Honda 1:41.515 1:41.390 +4.303 14 4 Italy Stefano Modena Tyrrell-Honda 1:41.566 1:41.952 +4.479 15 7 UK Martin Brundle Brabham-Yamaha 1:42.294 1:41.615 +4.528 16 15 Brazil 1968 Maurício Gugelmin Leyton House-Ilmor no time 1:41.735 +4.648 17 25 Belgium Thierry Boutsen Ligier-Lamborghini 1:41.823 1:41.929 +4.736 18 21 Italy Emanuele Pirro Dallara-Judd 1:42.021 1:42.672 +4.934 19 24 Italy Gianni Morbidelli Minardi-Ferrari 1:42.132 1:42.058 +4.971 20 22 Finland JJ Lehto Dallara-Judd 1:42.171 1:42.708 +5.084 21 8 UK Mark Blundell Brabham-Yamaha 1:43.414 1:42.216 +5.129 22 30 Japan 1947 Aguri Suzuki Lola-Ford 1:45.037 1:42.474 +5.387 23 11 Finland Mika Häkkinen Lotus-Judd 1:44.816 1:42.726 +5.639 24 34 Italy Nicola Larini Lambo-Lamborghini 1:44.596 1:43.035 +5.948 25 29 France Éric Bernard Lola-Ford 1:43.797 1:43.321 +6.234 26 26 France Érik Comas Ligier-Lamborghini 1:43.803 1:43.364 +6.277 27 9 Italy Michele Alboreto Footwork-Ford 1:44.362 1:43.409 +6.322 28 12 Germany Michael Bartels Lotus-Judd 1:46.409 1:43.624 +6.537 29 17 Italy Gabriele Tarquini AGS-Ford 1:43.787 1:43.918 +6.700 30 35 Belgium Eric van de Poele Lambo-Lamborghini 1:44.489 1:44.207 +7.120 Race Race report On Sunday, a couple of hours before the race, there was a FIA driver's meeting and Senna requested to race director Roland Bruynseraede that the tyre walls at the chicanes be replaced with traffic cones because of the possibility of hitting the tyres and rolling; that happened to him during qualifying for the Mexican Grand Prix, and this heated up when FIA president Jean-Marie Balestre, Senna and a few other drivers had a brief argument over the regulations involving safety. Balestre then instigated a democratic vote, and the vote went towards removing the tyre walls and replacing them with traffic cones. At the start of the race, Mansell made a great start while Berger slotted into second ahead of team-mate Senna, with Prost, Patrese, and Alesi rounding out the top six. At the back Mark Blundell spun but continued, although Larini spun off into retirement in his attempt to avoid the Brabham. Berger made a bad pit-stop and fell back to tenth, while Prost started to reel in Senna. Mansell was running away at the front and when he pitted for tyres he dropped just behind Alesi, but did not waste time in changing the situation and passed Alesi two laps later to re-take the lead. While Mansell was surging away, a tremendous battle developed for third place between Senna, Prost, and Patrese, with Riccardo beating both men before setting off after Alesi. Senna and Prost continued to squabble over fourth and the major talking point came on lap 37 when Prost attempted to pass Senna going into the first chicane. Prost was faster and tried to go around the outside, Senna would not give way and Prost went off and proceeded to stall the engine. Prost blamed Senna and said he would not be so forgiving the next time while Senna accused Prost of complaining for the sake of complaining. Prost's comments would earn him a one-race suspended ban, while the FIA ordered a sit-down meeting between the two men at the next race. Meanwhile, Mansell cruised to his third straight win, leading home Patrese, Alesi, Berger, de Cesaris, and Gachot. Senna was running in fourth place, but ran out of fuel on the last lap for the second straight race and was classified seventh, allowing Mansell to close to within eight points of Senna in the drivers championship. Race classification Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 5 UK Nigel Mansell Williams-Renault 45 1:19:29.661Henry Alan Alan Henry AUTOCOURSE 1991-92 Hazleton Publishing 1991 0-905138-87-2 183 1 10 2 6 Italy Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault 45 + 13.779 4 6 3 28 France Jean Alesi Ferrari 45 + 17.618 6 4 4 2 Austria Gerhard Berger McLaren-Honda 45 + 32.651 3 3 5 33 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Jordan-Ford 45 + 1:17.537 7 2 6 32 Belgium Bertrand Gachot Jordan-Ford 45 + 1:40.605 11 1 7 1 Brazil 1968 Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda 44 Out of fuel 2 8 19 Brazil 1968 Roberto Moreno Benetton-Ford 44 + 1 lap 9 9 25 Belgium Thierry Boutsen Ligier-Lamborghini 44 + 1 lap 17 10 21 Italy Emanuele Pirro Dallara-Judd 44 + 1 lap 18 11 7 UK Martin Brundle Brabham-Yamaha 43 + 2 laps 15 12 8 UK Mark Blundell Brabham-Yamaha 43 + 2 laps 21 13 4 Italy Stefano Modena Tyrrell-Honda 41 + 4 laps 14 Ret Retired 27 France Alain Prost Ferrari 37 Spun off 5 Ret Retired 16 Italy Ivan Capelli Leyton House-Ilmor 36 Engine 12 Ret Retired 22 Finland JJ Lehto Dallara-Judd 35 Engine 20 Ret Retired 20 Brazil 1968 Nelson Piquet Benetton-Ford 27 Engine 8 Ret Retired 3 Japan 1947 Satoru Nakajima Tyrrell-Honda 26 Gearbox 13 Ret Retired 26 France Érik Comas Ligier-Lamborghini 22 Engine 26 Ret Retired 15 Brazil 1968 Maurício Gugelmin Leyton House-Ilmor 21 Gearbox 16 Ret Retired 11 Finland Mika Häkkinen Lotus-Judd 19 Engine 23 Ret Retired 30 Japan 1947 Aguri Suzuki Lola-Ford 15 Engine 22 Ret Retired 24 Italy Gianni Morbidelli Minardi-Ferrari 14 Differential 19 Ret Retired 23 Italy Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ferrari 11 Differential 10 Ret Retired 29 France Éric Bernard Lola-Ford 9 Transmission 25 Ret Retired 34 Italy Nicola Larini Lambo-Lamborghini 0 Spun off 24 DNQ Did not qualify 9 Italy Michele Alboreto Footwork-Ford DNQ Did not qualify 12 Germany Michael Bartels Lotus-Judd DNQ Did not qualify 17 Italy Gabriele Tarquini AGS-Ford DNQ Did not qualify 35 Belgium Eric van de Poele Lambo-Lamborghini DNPQ Did not pre-qualify 14 France Olivier Grouillard Fondmetal-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/1991/207/ 1991 German Grand Prix formula1.com 23 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20141103035458/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1991/207/ 3 November 2014 Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 BRA 1968 Ayrton Senna 51 10px 2 GBR Nigel Mansell 43 10px 3 ITA Riccardo Patrese 28 10px 4 FRA Alain Prost 21 10px 1 5 AUT Gerhard Berger 19Source:Germany 1991 - Championship • STATS F1 https://www.statsf1.com/en/1991/allemagne/championnat.aspx www.statsf1.com 18 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 10px 1 1 GBR Williams-Renault 71 10px 1 2 GBR McLaren-Honda 70 10px 3 ITA Ferrari 33 10px 4 GBR Benetton-Ford 23 10px 1 5 IRE Jordan-Ford 13Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. 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