1991 Monaco Grand Prix

May 2021 May 2020 F1 Monaco Monaco XLIX Grand Prix Automobile de Monaco Circuit de Monaco 1986.png 12 May 1991 4 16 Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo Street circuit 2.068 3.328 78 161.298 259.584 Cloudy, mild, dry Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda 1:20.344 Brazil 1968 Alain Prost Ferrari 1:24.368 77 France Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda Brazil 1968 Nigel Mansell Williams-Renault UK Jean Alesi Ferrari France MON thumb|right|The race was won by Ayrton Senna in the McLaren. thumb|right|Nigel Mansell finished in second place, scoring his first points of the season. thumb|right|Mansell's team-mate, Riccardo Patrese, ran in third place until crashing on oil dropped by Stefano Modena, whose engine expired just ahead of him. thumb|right|Alain Prost finished in fifth position after being delayed by a slow late-race pit stop. The 1991 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Monaco on 12 May 1991. It was the fourth race of the 1991 Formula One World Championship. The 78-lap race was won from pole position by Brazilian driver Ayrton Senna, driving a McLaren-Honda. It was Senna's fourth victory from the first four races of the season, and his fourth Monaco win. Englishman Nigel Mansell finished second in a Williams-Renault, with Frenchman Jean Alesi third in a Ferrari. Qualifying Pre-qualifying report The pre-qualifying session on Thursday morning ended up being somewhat straightforward for Dallara and Jordan. JJ Lehto was fastest for Dallara, with Emanuele Pirro in third, with Jordan's Andrea de Cesaris and Bertrand Gachot second and fourth. Gachot was over a second faster than the fifth-placed car, the Modena Lambo of Nicola Larini. The other Lambo of Eric van de Poele was sixth, with Pedro Chaves seventh in the Coloni on his first experience of the Monaco circuit. Olivier Grouillard propped up the time sheets for Fondmetal as he continued to gain experience in the new Fomet car.Walker Murray 1991 Murray Walker's Grand Prix Year Hazleton Publishing 37–44 0-905138-90-2 Pre-qualifying classification Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap 1 22 Finland JJ Lehto Dallara-Judd 1:23.260 — 2 33 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Jordan-Ford 1:23.538 +0.278 3 21 Italy Emanuele Pirro Dallara-Judd 1:24.421 +1.161 4 32 Belgium Bertrand Gachot Jordan-Ford 1:24.802 +1.542 5 34 Italy Nicola Larini Lambo-Lamborghini 1:25.893 +2.633 6 35 Belgium Eric van de Poele Lambo-Lamborghini 1:26.282 +3.022 7 31 Portugal Pedro Chaves Coloni-Ford 1:27.389 +4.129 8 14 France Olivier Grouillard Fondmetal-Ford 1:27.759 +4.499 Qualifying report Ayrton Senna shocked no-one by taking pole position, but second place was a surprise with Stefano Modena taking full advantage of the superior Pirelli qualifying tyres to be second, followed by Patrese, Piquet, a disappointed Mansell, Berger, Prost, Moreno, Alesi, and de Cesaris. Alex Caffi had a huge accident in the swimming pool section on Saturday, after missing Thursday qualifying with a gearbox problem, and did not participate in the race. Elsewhere Martin Brundle was excluded for missing a weight check in Thursday practice. Qualifying classification Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap11Brazil 1968 Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda1:20.5081:20.344 —24Italy Stefano ModenaTyrrell-Honda1:23.4421:20.809 +0.46536Italy Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Renault1:22.0571:20.973 +0.629420Brazil 1968 Nelson PiquetBenetton-Ford1:22.8161:21.159 +0.81555United Kingdom Nigel MansellWilliams-Renault1:23.2741:21.205 +0.86162Austria Gerhard BergerMcLaren-Honda1:21.2221:21.583 +0.878727France Alain ProstFerrari1:22.1131:21.455 +1.111819Brazil 1968 Roberto MorenoBenetton-Ford1:23.4761:21.804 +1.460928France Jean AlesiFerrari1:22.9661:21.910 +1.5661033Italy Andrea de CesarisJordan-Ford1:24.2571:22.764 +2.420113Japan 1947 Satoru NakajimaTyrrell-Honda1:24.4351:22.972 +2.62812 21 Italy Emanuele Pirro Dallara-Judd1:23.3111:23.022 +2.6781322Finland JJ LehtoDallara-Judd1:23.0231:23.983 +2.6791423Italy Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ferrari1:24.1011:23.064 +2.7201515Brazil 1968 Maurício GugelminLeyton House-Ilmor1:24.9201:23.394 +3.0501625Belgium Thierry BoutsenLigier-Lamborghini1:24.7281:23.431 +3.0871724Italy Gianni MorbidelliMinardi-Ferrari1:24.4811:23.584 +3.2401816Italy Ivan CapelliLeyton House-Ilmor1:25.0401:23.642 +3.2981930Japan 1947 Aguri SuzukiLola-Ford1:26.3801:23.898 +3.5542017Italy Gabriele TarquiniAGS-Ford1:25.0781:23.909 +3.5652129France Éric BernardLola-Ford1:25.3701:24.079 +3.735228United Kingdom Mark BlundellBrabham-Yamaha1:25.5001:24.109 +3.7652326France Érik ComasLigier-Lamborghini1:24.7471:24.151 +3.8072432Belgium Bertrand GachotJordan-Ford1:24.5401:24.208 +3.864259Italy Michele AlboretoFootwork-Porsche 1:27.8431:24.606 +4.2622611Finland Mika HäkkinenLotus-Judd1:24.8681:24.829 +4.4852712United Kingdom Julian BaileyLotus-Judd1:28.7721:26.995 +6.6512818Italy Fabrizio BarbazzaAGS-Ford1:28.0601:27.079 +6.7352910Italy Alex CaffiFootwork-Porscheno timeno time — EX Excluded7United Kingdom Martin BrundleBrabham-Yamaha — — — Race Race report At the start, Senna got away well followed by Modena, Patrese, Mansell, and Prost. In the usual first corner mayhem Berger ran into the back of Piquet, dropping the Austrian to the back of the pack and breaking Piquet's suspension, Berger would later crash out. Senna quickly built up a huge lead over Modena and Patrese. Meanwhile, Andrea de Cesaris in the Jordan was eventually catching up to Jean Alesi and just outside the points in 7th place before retiring shortly after battling with the second Ferrari with a sticking throttle. Meanwhile, Aguri Suzuki in the Lola hit the wall at St. Devote on lap 25 with braking problems, as Modena's teammate Satoru Nakajima had spun and retired at the Nouvelle Chicane after making contact with Martini. Stefano Modena was blocked for a few laps by Emanuele Pirro in the Dallara who ignored blue flags, leading to a typically blunt verdict from the BBC's James Hunt, saying "This is disgraceful driving by Emanuele Pirro". Most of Senna's chasers were eliminated on lap 42 when Modena's engine blew in the tunnel, spreading oil on the track which caused Patrese to crash. Alboreto also retired with engine failure at the same time. Just after taking 10th place from Eric Bernard, Blundell's Brabham lost control because of the oil from Modena's Tyrrell and crashed at the chicane. Senna now had a huge lead over Prost and Mansell, but the Englishman passed Prost with a daring move going into the chicane, and eventually started flying despite having problems earlier in the race. Prost would later pit to repair a damaged wheel causing a slow puncture, but the stop was very long and he dropped down to fifth. Senna won his fourth Monaco Grand Prix in five years by 18 seconds over Mansell, Alesi, Moreno, Prost, and Pirro. The second-place finish was Nigel Mansell's first points of the season. As Senna was slowing down after finishing the race, the pit crew mistakenly ordered him to take another lap, believing that he had crossed for the final lap. Race classification Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 Brazil 1968 Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda 78 1:53:02.334 1 10 2 5 UK Nigel Mansell Williams-Renault 78 + 18.348 5 6 3 28 France Jean Alesi Ferrari 78 + 47.455 9 4 4 19 Brazil 1968 Roberto Moreno Benetton-Ford 77 + 1 lap 8 3 5 27 France Alain Prost Ferrari 77 + 1 lap 7 2 6 21 Italy Emanuele Pirro Dallara-Judd 77 + 1 lap 12 1 7 25 Belgium Thierry Boutsen Ligier-Lamborghini 76 + 2 laps 16 8 32 Belgium Bertrand Gachot Jordan-Ford 76 + 2 laps 24 9 29 France Éric Bernard Lola-Ford 76 + 2 laps 21 10 26 France Érik Comas Ligier-Lamborghini 76 + 2 laps 23 11 22 Finland JJ Lehto Dallara-Judd 75 + 3 laps 13 12 23 Italy Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ferrari 72 + 6 laps 14 Ret Retired 11 Finland Mika Häkkinen Lotus-Judd 64 Oil leak 26 Ret Retired 24 Italy Gianni Morbidelli Minardi-Ferrari 49 Gearbox 17 Ret Retired 15 Brazil 1968 Maurício Gugelmin Leyton House-Ilmor 43 Throttle 15 Ret Retired 4 Italy Stefano Modena Tyrrell-Honda 42 Engine/Oil leak 2 Ret Retired 6 Italy Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault 42 Accident 3 Ret Retired 8 UK Mark Blundell Brabham-Yamaha 41 Spun off 22 Ret Retired 9 Italy Michele Alboreto Footwork-Porsche 39 Engine 25 Ret Retired 3 Japan 1947 Satoru Nakajima Tyrrell-Honda 35 Spun off 11 Ret Retired 30 Japan 1947 Aguri Suzuki Lola-Ford 24 Brakes 19 Ret Retired 33 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Jordan-Ford 21 Throttle 10 Ret Retired 16 Italy Ivan Capelli Leyton House-Ilmor 12 Brakes 18 Ret Retired 17 Italy Gabriele Tarquini AGS-Ford 9 Gearbox 20 Ret Retired 2 Austria Gerhard Berger McLaren-Honda 9 Accident 6 Ret Retired 20 Brazil 1968 Nelson Piquet Benetton-Ford 0 Suspension 4 DNQ Did not qualify 12 UK Julian Bailey Lotus-Judd DNQ Did not qualify 18 Italy Fabrizio Barbazza AGS-Ford DNQ Did not qualify 10 Italy Alex Caffi Footwork-Porsche EX Excluded 7 UK Martin Brundle Brabham-Yamaha DNPQ Did not pre-qualify 34 Italy Nicola Larini Lambo-Lamborghini DNPQ Did not pre-qualify 35 Belgium Eric van de Poele Lambo-Lamborghini DNPQ Did not pre-qualify 31 Portugal Pedro Chaves Coloni-Ford DNPQ Did not pre-qualify 14 France Olivier Grouillard Fondmetal-FordSource:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1991/204/ 1991 Monaco Grand Prix formula1.com 23 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20141103035444/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1991/204/ 3 November 2014 Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings PosDriverPoints 10px 1 BRA 1968 Ayrton Senna 40 10px 1 2 FRA Alain Prost 11 10px 1 3 AUT Gerhard Berger 10 10px 4 ITA Riccardo Patrese 6 10px 15 5 GBR Nigel Mansell 6Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1991/monaco/championnat.aspx Monaco 1991 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 19 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 10px 1 GBR McLaren-Honda 50 10px 2 ITA Ferrari 16 10px 3 GBR Williams-Renault 12 10px 4 GBR Benetton-Ford 9 10px 5 GBR Tyrrell-Honda 5Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. 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