1991 Sportscar World Championship

Racing tournament 1991 World Sportscar Championship 1990 1992 The 1991 FIA Sportscar World Championship season was the 39th season of FIA World Sportscar Championship motor racing. It featured the 1991 FIA Sportscar World Championship, which was contested over an eight race series from 14 April to 28 October 28, 1991. The series was open to Group C Sportscars, with Category 1 cars complying with new 1991 Group C rules and Category 2 cars running under the pre 1991 regulations. Teo Fabi won the Drivers Championship and Silk Cut Jaguar won the Teams title. Schedule thumb|Silk Cut Jaguar won the Teams Championship with Jaguar XJR-14 (above) and XJR-12 models thumb|Peugeot Talbot Sport placed second with the 905 thumb|Team Sauber Mercedes placed third with the Mercedes C11 (above) and C291 models Rnd Race Circuit Date 1 JPN Fuji Film Cup (430 km) Suzuka Circuit 14 April 2 ITA Trofeo F. Caracciolo (430km) Autodromo Nazionale Monza 5 May 3 GBR Castrol BRDC Empire Trophy (430 km) Silverstone Circuit 19 May 4 FRA 24 Hours of Le Mans Circuit de la Sarthe 22 June23 June 5 DEU ADAC Sportwagen-Weltmeisterschaft (430km) Nürburgring 18 August 6 FRA Championnat du Monde de Voitures de Sport (430 km) Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 15 September 7 MEX Trofeo Hermanos Rodriguez (430 km) Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez 6 October 8 JPN SWC in Autopolis (430 km) Autopolis 28 October Entries Entrant Car Engine Tyre No. Car number Drivers Rounds DEU Team Sauber-Mercedes Mercedes-Benz C11Mercedes-Benz C291 Mercedes-Benz M119 5.0 L Turbo V8Mercedes-Benz M291 3.5 L Flat-12 Goodyear 1 FRA Jean-Louis Schlesser All DEU Jochen Mass All FRA Alain Ferté 4 2 AUT Karl Wendlinger 1–3, 5–8 DEU Michael Schumacher 1–3, 5–8 31 AUT Karl Wendlinger 4 DEU Michael Schumacher 4 DEU Fritz Kreutzpointner 4 32 GBR Jonathan Palmer 4 SWE Stanley Dickens 4 DNK Kurt Thiim 4 GBR Silk Cut Jaguar Jaguar XJR-14 Jaguar HB 3.5 L V8 Goodyear 3 GBR Derek Warwick 1–3, 5–8 GBR Martin Brundle 1–3 AUS David Brabham 5–8 4 ITA Teo Fabi 1–3, 5–8 GBR Martin Brundle 1–2 GBR Derek Warwick 3 AUS David Brabham 5–6, 8 Jaguar XJR-12 Jaguar 7.4 L V12 33 GBR Derek Warwick 4 GBR Andy Wallace 4 DNK John Nielsen 4 34 ITA Teo Fabi 4 FRA Bob Wollek 4 GBR Kenny Acheson 4 35 USA Davy Jones 4 BRA Raul Boesel 4 FRA Michel Ferté 4 GBR TWR Suntec Jaguar 36 GBR David Leslie 4 ITA Mauro Martini 4 USA Jeff Krosnoff 4 FRA Peugeot Talbot Sport Peugeot 905Peugeot 905 Evo 1 Bis Peugeot SA35-A1 3.5 L V10Peugeot SA35-A2 3.5 L V10 Michelin 5 FRA Philippe Alliot All ITA Mauro Baldi All FRA Jean-Pierre Jabouille 4 6 FIN Keke Rosberg All FRA Yannick Dalmas All FRA Pierre-Henri Raphanel 4 FRA Louis Descartes ALD C91Spice SE89C Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 L V8Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5 L V8 Goodyear 7 FRA Philippe de Henning 1–2, 4 ITA Luigi Taverna 2–4, 6–7 FRA Patrick Gonin 4, 6–7 ITA Ranieri Randaccio 5 ITA Mirko Savoldi 5 ROC 002 Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 L V8 3760 FRA Pascal Fabre 4, 6 CHE Bernard Thuner 4, 6 Spice SE89C Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5 L V8 39 FRA Michel Maisonneuve 4 FRA Xavier Lapeyre 4 FRA Jean-Philippe Grand 4 60 GBR John Sheldon 3 AUT Mercedes Stermitz 3 NLD Euro Racing Spice SE90C Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 L V8 Goodyear 8 NLD Cor Euser All NLD Charles Zwolsman 1–2, 4–8 GBR Richard Piper 3 GBR Tim Harvey 4 Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5 L V8 Dunlop 40 USA Lyn St. James 4 RSA 1928 Desiré Wilson 4 FRA Cathy Muller 4 Goodyear 41 JPN Naoki Nagasaka 4 JPN Hisashi Yokoshima 4 JPN Kiyoshi Misaki 4 Spice SE88P Ferrari 3.5 L V8 42 GBR Justin Bell 4 JPN Syunji Kasuya 4 Spice SE89C Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5 L V8 43 FRA Jean-Louis Ricci 4 USA Olindo Iacobelli 4 GBR Richard Piper 4 44 GBR John Sheldon 4 GBR Charles Rickett 4 FRA Ferdinand de Lesseps 4 45 GBR Nick Adams 4 GBR Richard Jones 4 GBR Robin Donovan 4 Spice SE90C Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 L V8 61 FRA Henri Pescarolo 6 FRA Jean-Louis Ricci 6 RSA 1928 Wayne Taylor 8 JPN Hideshi Matsuda 8 DEU Porsche Kremer Racing Porsche 962CK6 Porsche Type-935/82 3.2 L Turbo Flat-6 Yokohama 11 DEU Manuel Reuter All FIN Harri Toivonen 1–6, 8 FIN JJ Lehto 4 MEX Tomas Lopez 7 46 GBR Tiff Needell 4 CHE Gregor Foitek 4 MEX Tomas Lopez 4 55 DEU Otto Rensing 5 AUT Mercedes Stermitz 5 CHE Gregor Foitek 6 MEX Tomas Lopez 6 FRA Courage Compétition Porsche 962CPorsche 962C GTiCougar C26S Porsche Type-935/82 3.2 L Flat-6 DunlopGoodyear 12 SWE Steven Andskär 1, 8 RSA 1928 George Fouché 1, 8 FRA François Migault 2–7 FRA Lionel Robert 2, 4–6 ITA Marco Brand 3 FRA Jean-Daniel Raulet 4 ESP Tomás Saldaña 7 13 SWE Eje Elgh 1, 8 ITA Paolo Barilla 1, 8 FRA Michel Trollé 2–3 CAN Claude Bourbonnais 2–3 GBR Johnny Dumfries 4 SWE Anders Olofsson 4 SWE Thomas Danielsson 4 ITA Marco Brand 5–6 ITA Andrea Filippini 5 FRA Denis Morin 6 FRA Pascal Fabre 7 FRA Lionel Robert 7 47 FRA Michel Trollé 4 ITA Marco Brand 4 CAN Claude Bourbonnais 4 48 GBR Chris Hodgetts 4 GBR Andrew Hepworth 4 FRA Thierry Lecerf 4 Porsche 962C Dunlop 49 SWE Steven Andskär 4 RSA 1928 George Fouché 4 Porsche Type-935/82 3.0 L Turbo Flat-6 Goodyear 50 FRA Jean-Marie Alméras 4 FRA Jacques Alméras 4 FRA Pierre de Thoisy 4 CHE Team Salamin Primagaz Porsche 962C Porsche Type-935/82 3.2 L Turbo Flat-6 GoodyearDunlop 14 CHE Antoine Salamin 1–5 MAR Max Cohen-Olivar 1–4 FRA Marcel Tarrès 4 FRA Pierre Yver 5 DEU Otto Altenbach 6 DEU Jürgen Lässig 6 DEU Bernd Schneider 7 DEU "John Winter" 7 AUT Roland Ratzenberger 8 SWE Eje Elgh 8 51 DEU Otto Altenbach 4 DEU Jürgen Lässig 4 FRA Pierre Yver 4 Dunlop 52 AUT Roland Ratzenberger 4 SWE Eje Elgh 4 GBR Will Hoy 4 53 GBR James Weaver 4 USA Hurley Haywood 4 RSA 1928 Wayne Taylor 4 54 JPN Katsunori Iketani 4 AUT Mercedes Stermitz 4 DunlopGoodyear 59 GBR Jonathan Palmer 3 SWE Eje Elgh 3 DEU Jürgen Oppermann 5 DEU Otto Altenbach 5 GBR Derek Bell 7 ITA Gianpiero Moretti 7 ITA Veneto Equipe Lancia LC2 SP91 Ferrari 308C 3.1 L Turbo V8 Dunlop 15 ITA Andrea Filippini 1–2 ITA Marco Brand 1–2 ITA Almo Coppelli 4–6 ITA Luigi Giorgio 4 CHE Repsol Brun Motorsport Porsche 962CBrun C91 Porsche Type-935/82 3.2 L Turbo Flat-6Judd EV 3.5 L V8 Yokohama 16 ARG Oscar Larrauri 1–3, 5–8 CHE Bernard Santal 1, 4 ITA Massimo Sigala 2 ESP Jésus Pareja 3, 8 BEL Harald Huysman 4 CAN Robbie Stirling 4 CHE Gregor Foitek 5, 7 17 ESP Jésus Pareja 1–2, 4–8 ITA Massimo Sigala 1, 3, 7 CHE Walter Brun 2–6 ARG Oscar Larrauri 4 CHE Bernard Santal 8 JPN Mazdaspeed Mazda 787Mazda 787B Mazda R26B 2.6 L 4-Rotor Dunlop 18 BRA Maurizio Sandro Sala 1–6, 8 IRL David Kennedy 1, 3–5 BEL Pierre Dieudonné 2, 6–7 SWE Stefan Johansson 4 JPN Yojiro Terada 7–8 55 DEU Volker Weidler 4 GBR Johnny Herbert 4 BEL Bertrand Gachot 4 56 JPN Yojiro Terada 4 JPN Takashi Yorino 4 BEL Pierre Dieudonné 4 58 JPN Takashi Yorino 1, 8 JPN Yojiro Terada 1 IRL David Kennedy 8 AUT Konrad Motorsport Porsche 962CKonrad KM-011 Porsche Type-935/82 3.2 L Turbo Flat-6Lamborghini 3512 3.5 L V12 GoodyearYokohama 21 AUT Franz Konrad 2–8 SWE Stefan Johansson 2, 5–8 GBR Tiff Needell 3 GBR Anthony Reid 4 CHE Pierre-Alain Lombardi 4 57 DEU Bernd Schneider 4 FRA Henri Pescarolo 4 DEU "John Winter" 4 DEU Harald Becker 5 AUT Franz Konrad 5 58 DEU Hans-Joachim Stuck 4 DEU Frank Jelinski 4 GBR Derek Bell 4 59 DEU Jürgen Barth 4 AUT Franz Konrad 4 JPN Toyota Team Tom's Toyota TS010 Toyota RV10 3.5 L V10 Goodyear 36 GBR Geoff Lees 8 GBR Andy Wallace 8 Note: As Toyota Team Tom's was not a full-season SWC entrant, the team and drivers were not eligible for championship points. Results and standings Race results Rnd Circuit Winning team Results Winning drivers 1 Suzuka FRA No. 5 Peugeot Talbot Sport Report ITA Mauro BaldiFRA Philippe Alliot 2 Monza GBR No. 3 Silk Cut Jaguar Report GBR Derek WarwickGBR Martin Brundle 3 Silverstone GBR No. 4 Silk Cut Jaguar Report GBR Derek WarwickITA Teo Fabi 4 Le Mans JPN No. 55 Mazdaspeed Report DEU Volker WeidlerGBR Johnny HerbertBEL Bertrand Gachot 5 Nürburgring GBR No. 3 Silk Cut Jaguar Report AUS David BrabhamGBR Derek Warwick 6 Magny-Cours FRA No. 6 Peugeot Talbot Sport Report FIN Keke RosbergFRA Yannick Dalmas 7 Mexico City FRA No. 6 Peugeot Talbot Sport Report FIN Keke RosbergFRA Yannick Dalmas 8 Autopolis DEU No. 2 Team Sauber-Mercedes Report DEU Michael SchumacherAUT Karl Wendlinger +Points systemFIA Sportscar World Championship, Seasonal Survey, Autosport, 9 January 1992, page 56 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 20 15 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1 In order to be classified for points, a team had to complete 90% of the winner's distance. Further, drivers were required to complete at least 30% of their car's total race distance to qualify for championship points. Drivers forfeited points if they drove in more than one car during the race. Drivers' World Championship Pos Driver Team JPNSUZ ITAMON GBRSIL FRALMS DEUNUR FRAMAG MEXMEX JPNAUT Points 1 ITA Teo Fabi GBR Silk Cut Jaguar Ret 2 1 3 2 3 DNS 3 86 2 GBR Derek Warwick GBR Silk Cut Jaguar NC 1 1 4 1 5 6 2 79 3 FRA Philippe Alliot FRA Peugeot Talbot Sport 1 8 6 Ret Ret 2 2 4 69 3 ITA Mauro Baldi FRA Peugeot Talbot Sport 1 8 6 Ret Ret 2 2 4 69 4 NLD Cor Euser NLD Euro Racing 4 4 5 Ret Ret 4 4 6 54 5 NLD Charles Zwolsman NLD Euro Racing 4 4 Ret Ret 4 4 6 46 6 DEU Jochen Mass DEU Team Sauber-Mercedes 2 3 4 Ret Ret Ret Ret 5 45 6 FRA Jean-Louis Schlesser DEU Team Sauber Mercedes 2 3 4 Ret Ret Ret Ret 5 45 7 DEU Michael Schumacher DEU Team Sauber-Mercedes Ret Ret 2 5 Ret Ret Ret 1 43 7 AUT Karl Wendlinger DEU Team Sauber-Mercedes Ret Ret 2 5 Ret Ret Ret 1 43 8 DEU Manuel Reuter DEU Porsche Kremer Racing 3 5 8 9 3 6 Ret Ret 43 9 FIN Harri Toivonen DEU Porsche Kremer Racing 3 5 8 9 3 6 Ret 41 10 FIN Keke Rosberg FRA Peugeot Talbot Sport Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 1 1 Ret 40 10 FRA Yannick Dalmas FRA Peugeot Talbot Sport Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 1 1 Ret 40 11 BRA Maurizio Sandro Sala JPN Mazdaspeed 6 7 11 6 5 7 8 31 12 GBR Johnny Herbert JPN Mazdaspeed 1 20 12 DEU Volker Weidler JPN Mazdaspeed 1 20 13 AUS David Brabham GBR Silk Cut Jaguar 1 3 6 3 18 14 IRL David Kennedy JPN Mazdaspeed 6 11 6 5 9 16 15 ESP Jésus Pareja CHE Repsol Brun Motorsport 7 Ret 7 10 7 NC 8 Ret 16 16 USA Davy Jones GBR Silk Cut Jaguar 2 15 16 BRA Raul Boesel GBR Silk Cut Jaguar 2 15 17 GBR Martin Brundle GBR Silk Cut Jaguar Ret 1 3 12 17 GBR Kenny Acheson GBR Silk Cut Jaguar 3 12 17 FRA Bob Wollek GBR Silk Cut Jaguar 3 12 17 DEU Bernd Schneider AUT Konrad Motorsport Ret 12 CHE Team Salamin Primagaz 3 18 SWE Steven Andskär FRA Courage Compétition 5 Ret 7 12 18 RSA 1928 George Fouché FRA Courage Compétition 5 Ret 7 12 19 FRA Lionel Robert FRA Courage Compétition 9 11 6 Ret 7 12 20 DEU Otto Altenbach CHE Team Salamin Primagaz Ret 4 10 11 21 ARG Oscar Larrauri CHE Repsol Brun Motorsport DSQ 6 7 10 DNS Ret Ret Ret 11 21 ITA Massimo Sigala CHE Repsol Brun Motorsport 7 6 10 8 11 22 DNK John Nielsen GBR Silk Cut Jaguar 4 10 22 DEU Jürgen Oppermann CHE Team Salamin Primagaz 4 10 23 BEL Pierre Dieudonné JPN Mazdaspeed 7 8 7 9 10 24 GBR Derek Bell AUT Konrad Motorsport 7 8 CHE Team Salamin Primagaz 5 24 ITA Gianpiero Moretti CHE Team Salamin Primagaz 5 8 25 SWE Stefan Johansson AUT Konrad Motorsport Ret DNQ Ret Ret Ret 6 JPN Mazdaspeed 6 26 CHE Walter Brun CHE Repsol Brun Motorsport Ret 10 8 7 Ret 5 27 JPN Yojiro Terada JPN Mazdaspeed NC 8 9 8 5 27 JPN Takashi Yorino JPN Mazdaspeed NC 8 9 5 28 DEU Hans-Joachim Stuck AUT Konrad Motorsport 7 4 28 DEU Frank Jelinski AUT Konrad Motorsport 7 4 28 FRA Pascal Fabre FRA Louis Descartes Ret Ret 4 FRA Courage Compétition 7 29 ITA Paolo Barilla FRA Courage Compétition 8 WD 3 29 SWE Eje Elgh FRA Courage Compétition 8 WD 3 CHE Team Salamin Primagaz Ret Ret Ret 29 DEU Otto Rensing DEU Porsche Kremer Racing 8 3 29 AUT Mercedes Stermitz FRA Louis Descartes DNS 3 CHE Team Salamin Primagaz DNQ DEU Porsche Kremer Racing 8 29 MEX Tomas Lopez DEU Porsche Kremer Racing Ret 8 Ret 3 29 CHE Gregor Foitek DEU Porsche Kremer Racing Ret 8 3 CHE Repsol Brun Motorsport DNS Ret 30 FRA François Migault FRA Courage Compétition 9 Ret 11 6 Ret 10 3 30 CAN Claude Bourbonnais FRA Courage Compétition 10 9 NC 3 30 FRA Michel Trollé FRA Courage Compétition 10 9 NC 3 31 CHE Antoine Salamin CHE Team Salamin Primagaz 9 Ret NC Ret NC 2 31 MAR Max Cohen-Olivar CHE Team Salamin Primagaz 9 Ret NC Ret 2 31 AUT Franz Konrad AUT Konrad Motorsport Ret Ret Ret 9 Ret Ret Ret 2 31 DEU Harald Becker AUT Konrad Motorsport 9 2 31 ITA Marco Brand ITA Veneto Equipe DNQ Ret 2 FRA Courage Compétition Ret NC Ret 9 31 FRA Denis Morin FRA Courage Compétition 9 2 32 DEU Jürgen Lässig CHE Team Salamin Primagaz 10 1 32 ESP Tomás Saldaña FRA Courage Compétition 9 1 Pos Driver Team JPNSUZ ITAMON GBRSIL FRALMS DEUNUR FRAMAG MEXMEX JPNAUT Points Teams' World Championship Teams only scored points for their highest finishing entry. Pos Team JPNSUZ ITAMON GBRSIL FRALMS DEUNUR FRAMAG MEXMEX JPNAUT Points 1 GBR Silk Cut Jaguar NC 1 1 2 1 3 6 2 108 2 FRA Peugeot Talbot Sport 1 8 6 Ret Ret 1 1 4 79 3 DEU Team Sauber-Mercedes 2 3 2 5 Ret Ret Ret 1 70 4 NLD Euro Racing 4 4 5 12 Ret 4 4 6 54 5 JPN Mazdaspeed 6 7 11 1 5 7 9 8 47 6 DEU Porsche Kremer Racing 3 5 8 9 3 8 Ret Ret 43 7 FRA Courage Compétition 5 9 9 11 6 9 7 7 28 8 CHE Team Salamin Primagaz 9 Ret NC NC 4 10 3 Ret 25 9 CHE Repsol Brun Motorsport 7 6 7 10 7 NC 8 Ret 22 10 AUT Konrad Motorsport Ret Ret 7 9 Ret Ret Ret 6 References External links 1991 Sportscar World Championship race results Category:World Sportscar Championship seasons Sports