1991 Canadian Grand Prix

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1991 Canadian Grand Prix
Race 5 of 16 in the 1991 Formula One World Championship
Gilles Villeneuve Circuit Montreal (88-93).svg
Race details
Date2 June 1991
Location Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Course Temporary street circuit
Course length 4.430 km (2.753 miles)
Distance 69 laps, 305.670 km (189.935 miles)
Weather Mild with temperatures approaching 25 °C (77 °F);
Wind speeds up to 12 km/h (7.5 mph) [1]
Pole position
Driver
 Williams-Renault
Time 1:19.837
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nigel Mansell Williams-Renault
Time 1:22.385 on lap 65
Podium
First
 Benetton-Ford
Second
 Tyrrell-Honda
Third
 Williams-Renault
Lap leaders
  • 1991 Canadian Grand Prix

The 1991 Canadian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on 2 June 1991. It was the fifth race of the 1991 FIA Formula One World Championship.

Contents

The 69-lap race was won by Nelson Piquet, driving a Benetton-Ford. Piquet took the 23rd and final win of his F1 career after old rival Nigel Mansell, driving a Williams-Renault, suddenly stopped halfway round the last lap while leading by almost a minute. Stefano Modena took second in a Tyrrell-Honda, while Mansell's team-mate Riccardo Patrese was third, having started from pole position. Piquet's win was the first for a car using Pirelli tyres since the 1986 Mexican Grand Prix.

This was the last win for a car using Pirelli tyres until the 2011 Australian Grand Prix.

Pre-race

Between the Monaco and Canadian Grands Prix, Cesare Fiorio had been fired as team manager of Ferrari and had been replaced by Piero Ferrari.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 before the start-finish straight was altered to slow cars down.

On the driver front, Julian Bailey's funding ran out and he was replaced at Lotus by Johnny Herbert, who subsequently failed 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.

Qualifying

Pre-qualifying report

As at the previous Grand Prix in Monaco, the pre-qualifying session was dominated by the Scuderia Italia Dallara cars, and the Jordans. With Dallara's Emanuele Pirro fastest ahead of his team-mate JJ Lehto, followed by Jordan's Andrea de Cesaris and Bertrand Gachot, there was over a second between the four pre-qualifiers and the rest.

Those who failed to progress to the main qualifying sessions included Olivier Grouillard, fifth fastest for Fondmetal, his best result of the season so far. The Modena team was starting to run into financial difficulties, and the performance of their Lambo cars was also slipping, as Nicola Larini and Eric van de Poele ended the session down in sixth and seventh positions. Slowest was Pedro Chaves in the Coloni, despite a new Hart-prepared Cosworth DFR engine. [2]

Pre-qualifying classification

PosNoDriverConstructorTimeGap
121 Flag of Italy.svg Emanuele Pirro Dallara-Judd 1:23.244—
222 Flag of Finland.svg JJ Lehto Dallara-Judd 1:23.480+0.236
333 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea de Cesaris Jordan-Ford 1:23.672+0.428
432 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Bertrand Gachot Jordan-Ford 1:23.719+0.475
514 Flag of France.svg Olivier Grouillard Fondmetal-Ford 1:24.795+1.551
634 Flag of Italy.svg Nicola Larini Lambo-Lamborghini 1:25.736+2.492
735 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Eric van de Poele Lambo-Lamborghini 1:26.900+3.656
831 Flag of Portugal.svg Pedro Chaves Coloni-Ford 1:34.475+11.231

Qualifying report

In practice Riccardo Patrese had a huge accident, walking away unhurt. In the qualifying sessions, Patrese took pole position from team-mate Mansell, out-qualifying him for the fifth straight race. Senna was third followed by Prost, Moreno, Berger, Alesi, Piquet, Modena, and Pirro.

Qualifying classification

PosNoDriverConstructorQ1Q2Gap
16 Flag of Italy.svg Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault 1:37.5931:19.837—
25 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nigel Mansell Williams-Renault 1:35.0651:20.225+0.388
31 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda 1:35.8431:20.318+0.481
427 Flag of France.svg Alain Prost Ferrari 1:36.0031:20.656+0.819
519 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Roberto Moreno Benetton-Ford 1:35.8971:20.686+0.849
62 Flag of Austria.svg Gerhard Berger McLaren-Honda 1:38.2231:20.916+1.079
728 Flag of France.svg Jean Alesi Ferrari 1:35.2571:21.227+1.390
820 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Nelson Piquet Benetton-Ford 1:37.3541:21.241+1.404
94 Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Modena Tyrrell-Honda 1:38.2181:21.298+1.461
1021 Flag of Italy.svg Emanuele Pirro Dallara-Judd 1:39.0171:21.864+2.027
1133 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea de Cesaris Jordan-Ford 1:37.0971:22.154+2.317
123 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Satoru Nakajima Tyrrell-Honda 1:41.1001:22.262+2.425
1316 Flag of Italy.svg Ivan Capelli Leyton House-Ilmor 1:40.9061:22.443+2.606
1432 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Bertrand Gachot Jordan-Ford 1:38.3831:22.596+2.759
1524 Flag of Italy.svg Gianni Morbidelli Minardi-Ferrari 1:39.7801:22.993+3.156
1625 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thierry Boutsen Ligier-Lamborghini 1:38.5171:23.040+3.203
1722 Flag of Finland.svg JJ Lehto Dallara-Judd 1:38.4351:23.040+3.203
1823 Flag of Italy.svg Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ferrari 1:37.8641:23.125+3.288
1929 Flag of France.svg Éric Bernard Lola-Ford 1:38.0131:23.260+3.423
207 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Martin Brundle Brabham-Yamaha 1:38.4051:23.516+3.679
219 Flag of Italy.svg Michele Alboreto Footwork-Porsche 1:41.1961:23.529+3.692
2230 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Aguri Suzuki Lola-Ford 1:39.6961:23.585+3.748
2315 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Maurício Gugelmin Leyton House-Ilmor 1:38.6891:23.650+3.813
2411 Flag of Finland.svg Mika Häkkinen Lotus-Judd 1:42.9001:23.923+4.086
2510 Flag of Sweden.svg Stefan Johansson Footwork-Porsche 1:49.0191:24.433+4.596
2626 Flag of France.svg Érik Comas Ligier-Lamborghini 1:39.6701:24.460+4.623
2718 Flag of Italy.svg Fabrizio Barbazza AGS-Ford 1:40.5551:24.491+4.654
2817 Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Tarquini AGS-Ford 1:41.9461:24.653+4.816
298 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mark Blundell Brabham-Yamaha 1:39.8971:24.661+4.824
3012 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Johnny Herbert Lotus-Judd 1:39.1131:24.732+4.895

Race

Race report

At the start, Mansell got away well and led Patrese, Senna, Prost, Berger, and Moreno. Berger went out on lap 4 with electronics problems, while Aguri Suzuki retired when his Lola 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 battle with teammate Alesi and Piquet's Benetton.

Mansell led Patrese and Senna on lap 25 when Senna retired, leaving Mansell and Patrese a long way ahead of the Alesi–Prost–Piquet battle. This ended Senna's thus far perfect season, capping his winning streak at 4. 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 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. There were rumours that Mansell had failed to change gear for the hairpin and stalled the car, or that he had turned off the engine accidentally while waving to the crowd during the final lap. Mansell denied this, saying that the gearbox had gone into neutral as he shifted down, and Williams said that the car had suffered an electrical failure. This is technically true, but was induced by Mansell failing to keep the revs sufficiently high on the engine to drive the electrical and hydraulic systems, thus causing the gearbox barrel to get stuck. When the car was returned to the pits, the engine was re-fired and the gearbox worked perfectly. [3] [4] Piquet thus took an unexpected victory for Benetton at the expense of his old rival Mansell, who was classified sixth. Jordan's five points, their first in Formula One, meant that they would no longer have to pre-qualify when the draw was reshuffled at the halfway point of the season.

The race was Nelson Piquet's 23rd and last win in Formula One, and Stefano Modena's second and last podium finish. [5]

Race classification

PosNoDriverConstructorTyreLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
120 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Nelson Piquet Benetton-Ford P 691:38:51.490810
24 Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Modena Tyrrell-Honda P 69+ 31.83296
36 Flag of Italy.svg Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault G 69+ 42.21714
433 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea de Cesaris Jordan-Ford G 69+ 1:20.210113
532 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Bertrand Gachot Jordan-Ford G 69+ 1:22.351142
65 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nigel Mansell Williams-Renault G 68Electrics21
723 Flag of Italy.svg Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ferrari G 68+ 1 lap18
826 Flag of France.svg Érik Comas Ligier-Lamborghini G 68+ 1 lap26
921 Flag of Italy.svg Emanuele Pirro Dallara-Judd P 68+ 1 lap10
103 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Satoru Nakajima Tyrrell-Honda P 67+ 2 laps12
Ret15 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Maurício Gugelmin Leyton House-Ilmor G 61Engine23
Ret22 Flag of Finland.svg JJ Lehto Dallara-Judd P 50Engine17
Ret10 Flag of Sweden.svg Stefan Johansson Footwork-Porsche G 48Throttle25
Ret16 Flag of Italy.svg Ivan Capelli Leyton House-Ilmor G 42Engine13
Ret28 Flag of France.svg Jean Alesi Ferrari G 34Engine7
Ret29 Flag of France.svg Éric Bernard Lola-Ford G 29Gearbox19
Ret27 Flag of France.svg Alain Prost Ferrari G 27Gearbox4
Ret25 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thierry Boutsen Ligier-Lamborghini G 27Engine16
Ret1 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda G 25Alternator3
Ret11 Flag of Finland.svg Mika Häkkinen Lotus-Judd G 21Spun off24
Ret7 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Martin Brundle Brabham-Yamaha P 21Engine20
Ret24 Flag of Italy.svg Gianni Morbidelli Minardi-Ferrari G 20Spun off15
Ret19 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Roberto Moreno Benetton-Ford P 10Suspension5
Ret2 Flag of Austria.svg Gerhard Berger McLaren-Honda G 4Injection6
Ret30 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Aguri Suzuki Lola-Ford G 3Fuel leak22
Ret9 Flag of Italy.svg Michele Alboreto Footwork-Porsche G 2Throttle21
DNQ18 Flag of Italy.svg Fabrizio Barbazza AGS-Ford G
DNQ17 Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Tarquini AGS-Ford G
DNQ8 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mark Blundell Brabham-Yamaha P
DNQ12 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Johnny Herbert Lotus-Judd G
DNPQ14 Flag of France.svg Olivier Grouillard Fondmetal-Ford G
DNPQ34 Flag of Italy.svg Nicola Larini Lambo-Lamborghini G
DNPQ35 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Eric van de Poele Lambo-Lamborghini G
DNPQ31 Flag of Portugal.svg Pedro Chaves Coloni-Ford G
Source: [6] [7]

Championship standings after the race

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