1991 Canadian Grand Prix

Canada  1991 Canadian Grand Prix
Race details
Race 5 of 16 in the 1991 Formula One season
Date 2 June 1991
Location Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Course Temporary street circuit
Course length 4.430 km (2.763 mi)
Distance 69 laps, 305.670 km (190.686 mi)
Weather Mild with temperatures approaching 25 °C (77 °F); wind speeds up to 12 kilometres per hour (7.5 mph)[1]
Pole position
Driver Williams-Renault
Time 1:19.837
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom Nigel Mansell Williams-Renault
Time 1:22.385 on lap 65
Podium
First Benetton-Ford
Second Tyrrell-Honda
Third Williams-Renault

The 1991 Canadian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on 2 June 1991.

Report

There had been a lot of action in the back rooms of Formula One between the Monaco and Canadian Grands Prix, with the most notable change being that Cesare Fiorio had been fired as team manager of Ferrari and had been replaced by Piero Ferrari. Meanwhile, John Barnard had left as Benetton's technical director; he was replaced by Gordon Kimball (father of future IndyCar driver Charlie Kimball.

The Circuit Gilles Villeneuve had been modified from the year before: the right-left sequence right before the start-finish straight had been slowed down.

On the driver front, Julian Bailey had been fired by Lotus and was replaced by Johnny Herbert, who would fail to qualify for the race, while Alex Caffi was out of action for Footwork as a result of injuries sustained in a road accident. His place was taken by Stefan Johansson.

In practice Riccardo Patrese had a huge accident, walking away unhurt.

Qualifying was all Williams with Patrese taking pole position from team-mate Mansell, out-qualifying Mansell for the fifth straight race. Senna was third followed by Prost, Moreno, Berger, Alesi, Piquet, Modena, and Pirro.

At the start Mansell got away well and led Patrese, Senna, Prost, Berger, and Moreno. Berger's race was short lived as he went out on lap 4 with electronics problems, while Aguri Suzuki retired when his Lola rather dramatically caught fire. Moreno was out on lap 10 when he spun off, while Prost was suffering from gearbox problems. The Frenchman had managed to hold on while he engaged in a lively battle with teammate Alesi and Piquet's Benetton.

Mansell led Patrese and Senna on lap 25 when Senna suffered the same fate as team-mate Berger and retired leaving Mansell and Patrese a long way ahead of the Alesi–Prost–Piquet battle. This ended Senna's thus far perfect season. Prost retired shortly after with a gearbox failure on lap 27 and Ferrari's misery was compounded on lap 34 when Alesi's engine blew up.

The Williams drivers were now well ahead of the pack, but Piquet closed on Patrese, the Italian suffering from gearbox troubles of his own. In the late stages Patrese was passed by an impressive Stefano Modena in the Tyrrell. On the last lap Mansell led from Piquet, Modena, Patrese, de Cesaris, and Gachot when he suddenly slowed to a halt at the hairpin. Mansell, while waving to the crowd during the final lap, he had forgotten to change down for the L'Epingle hairpin and had allowed his car's Renault V10 engine revs to fall too low and he stalled the car. With the engine stalled it was not possible to select a gear, and he was forced to retire, the official reason being an electrical failure.[2][3] Piquet thus took an unexpected victory for Benetton at the expense of his old rival Mansell, who was classified sixth. Jordan's five points assured them that they would no longer have to pre-qualify when the draw was reshuffled at the halfway point of the season.

Classification

Pre Qualifying

Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap
1 21 Italy Emanuele Pirro Dallara-Judd 1:23.244
2 22 Finland JJ Lehto Dallara-Judd 1:23.480 +0.236
3 33 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Jordan-Ford 1:23.672 +0.428
4 32 Belgium Bertrand Gachot Jordan-Ford 1:23.719 +0.475
5 14 France Olivier Grouillard Fondmetal-Ford 1:24.795 +1.551
6 34 Italy Nicola Larini Lambo-Lamborghini 1:25.736 +2.492
7 35 Belgium Eric van de Poele Lambo-Lamborghini 1:26.900 +3.656
8 31 Portugal Pedro Chaves Coloni-Ford 1:34.475 +9.231

Qualifying

Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap
1 6 Italy Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault 1:37.593 1:19.837
2 5 United Kingdom Nigel Mansell Williams-Renault 1:35.065 1:20.225 +0.388
3 1 Brazil Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda 1:35.843 1:20.318 +0.481
4 27 France Alain Prost Ferrari 1:36.003 1:20.656 +0.819
5 19 Brazil Roberto Moreno Benetton-Ford 1:35.897 1:20.686 +0.849
6 2 Austria Gerhard Berger McLaren-Honda 1:38.223 1:20.916 +1.079
7 28 France Jean Alesi Ferrari 1:35.257 1:21.227 +1.390
8 20 Brazil Nelson Piquet Benetton-Ford 1:37.354 1:21.241 +1.404
9 4 Italy Stefano Modena Tyrrell-Honda 1:38.218 1:21.298 +1.461
10 21 Italy Emanuele Pirro Dallara-Judd 1:39.017 1:21.864 +2.027
11 33 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Jordan-Ford 1:37.097 1:22.154 +2.317
12 3 Japan Satoru Nakajima Tyrrell-Honda 1:41.100 1:22.262 +2.425
13 16 Italy Ivan Capelli Leyton House-Ilmor 1:40.906 1:22.443 +2.606
14 32 Belgium Bertrand Gachot Jordan-Ford 1:38.383 1:22.596 +2.759
15 24 Italy Gianni Morbidelli Minardi-Ferrari 1:39.780 1:22.993 +3.156
16 25 Belgium Thierry Boutsen Ligier-Lamborghini 1:38.517 1:23.040 +3.203
17 22 Finland JJ Lehto Dallara-Judd 1:38.435 1:23.040 +3.203
18 23 Italy Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ferrari 1:37.864 1:23.125 +3.288
19 29 France Éric Bernard Lola-Ford 1:38.013 1:23.260 +3.423
20 7 United Kingdom Martin Brundle Brabham-Yamaha 1:38.405 1:23.516 +3.679
21 9 Italy Michele Alboreto Footwork-Porsche 1:41.196 1:23.529 +3.692
22 30 Japan Aguri Suzuki Lola-Ford 1:39.696 1:23.585 +3.748
23 15 Brazil Maurício Gugelmin Leyton House-Ilmor 1:38.689 1:23.650 +3.813
24 11 Finland Mika Häkkinen Lotus-Judd 1:42.900 1:23.923 +4.086
25 10 Sweden Stefan Johansson Footwork-Porsche 1:49.019 1:24.433 +4.596
26 26 France Érik Comas Ligier-Lamborghini 1:39.670 1:24.460 +4.623
27 18 Italy Fabrizio Barbazza AGS-Ford 1:40.555 1:24.491 +4.654
28 17 Italy Gabriele Tarquini AGS-Ford 1:41.946 1:24.653 +4.816
29 8 United Kingdom Mark Blundell Brabham-Yamaha 1:39.897 1:24.661 +4.824
30 12 United Kingdom Johnny Herbert Lotus-Judd 1:39.113 1:24.732 +4.895

Race

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 20 Brazil Nelson Piquet Benetton-Ford 69 1:38:51.490 8 10
2 4 Italy Stefano Modena Tyrrell-Honda 69 + 31.832 9 6
3 6 Italy Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault 69 + 42.217 1 4
4 33 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Jordan-Ford 69 + 1:20.210 11 3
5 32 Belgium Bertrand Gachot Jordan-Ford 69 + 1:22.351 14 2
6 5 United Kingdom Nigel Mansell Williams-Renault 68 Electrics 2 1
7 23 Italy Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ferrari 68 + 1 Lap 18  
8 26 France Érik Comas Ligier-Lamborghini 68 + 1 Lap 26  
9 21 Italy Emanuele Pirro Dallara-Judd 68 + 1 Lap 10  
10 3 Japan Satoru Nakajima Tyrrell-Honda 67 + 2 Laps 12  
Ret 15 Brazil Maurício Gugelmin Leyton House-Ilmor 61 Engine 23  
Ret 22 Finland JJ Lehto Dallara-Judd 50 Engine 17  
Ret 10 Sweden Stefan Johansson Footwork-Porsche 48 Throttle 25  
Ret 16 Italy Ivan Capelli Leyton House-Ilmor 42 Engine 13  
Ret 28 France Jean Alesi Ferrari 34 Engine 7  
Ret 29 France Éric Bernard Lola-Ford 29 Gearbox 19  
Ret 27 France Alain Prost Ferrari 27 Gearbox 4  
Ret 25 Belgium Thierry Boutsen Ligier-Lamborghini 27 Engine 16  
Ret 1 Brazil Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda 25 Alternator 3  
Ret 11 Finland Mika Häkkinen Lotus-Judd 21 Spun Off 24  
Ret 7 United Kingdom Martin Brundle Brabham-Yamaha 21 Engine 20  
Ret 24 Italy Gianni Morbidelli Minardi-Ferrari 20 Spun Off 15  
Ret 19 Brazil Roberto Moreno Benetton-Ford 10 Suspension 5  
Ret 2 Austria Gerhard Berger McLaren-Honda 4 Injection 6  
Ret 30 Japan Aguri Suzuki Lola-Ford 3 Fuel Leak 22  
Ret 9 Italy Michele Alboreto Footwork-Porsche 2 Throttle 21  
DNQ 18 Italy Fabrizio Barbazza AGS-Ford    
DNQ 17 Italy Gabriele Tarquini AGS-Ford    
DNQ 8 United Kingdom Mark Blundell Brabham-Yamaha    
DNQ 12 United Kingdom Johnny Herbert Lotus-Judd    
DNPQ 14 France Olivier Grouillard Fondmetal-Ford    
DNPQ 34 Italy Nicola Larini Lambo-Lamborghini    
DNPQ 35 Belgium Eric van de Poele Lambo-Lamborghini    
DNPQ 31 Portugal Pedro Chaves Coloni-Ford    
Source:[4]

Notes

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings
Pos Driver Points
1 Brazil Ayrton Senna 40
2 Brazil Nelson Piquet 16
3 France Alain Prost 11
4 Italy Riccardo Patrese 10
5 Austria Gerhard Berger 10

Constructors' Championship standings
Pos Constructor Points
1 United Kingdom McLaren-Honda 50
2 United Kingdom Benetton-Ford 19
3 United Kingdom Williams-Renault 17
4 Italy Ferrari 16
5 United Kingdom Tyrrell-Honda 11

References

  1. "Weather information for the "1991 Canadian Grand Prix"". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2013-06-26.
  2. "1991 Canadian Grand Prix". grandprix.com. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  3. "Canada 1991 – waving goodbye to victory". formula1.com. 11 June 2003. Archived from the original on 18 October 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  4. "1991 Canadian Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 3 November 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
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