1991 430 km of Suzuka

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The 1991 430 km of Suzuka was the opening round of the 1991 World Sportscar Championship season, taking place at Suzuka Circuit, Japan. It took place on April 14, 1991.

Suzuka Circuit motorsport track in Japan

The Suzuka International Racing Course is a motorsport race track located in Ino, Suzuka City, Mie Prefecture, Japan and operated by Mobilityland Corporation, a subsidiary of Honda Motor Co, Ltd. It has a capacity of 155,000.

Japan Constitutional monarchy in East Asia

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Official results

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 90% of the winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps
Engine
1 C1 5 Flag of France.svg Peugeot Talbot Sport Flag of Italy.svg Mauro Baldi
Flag of France.svg Philippe Alliot
Peugeot 905 M 74
Peugeot SA35 3.5L V10
2 C2 1 Flag of Germany.svg Team Sauber Mercedes Flag of Germany.svg Jochen Mass
Flag of France.svg Jean-Louis Schlesser
Mercedes-Benz C11 G 73
Mercedes-Benz M119 5.0L Turbo V8
3 C2 11 Flag of Germany.svg Porsche Kremer Racing Flag of Germany.svg Manuel Reuter
Flag of Finland.svg Harri Toivonen
Porsche 962CK6 Y 72
Porsche Type-935 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
4 C1 8 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Euro Racing Flag of the Netherlands.svg Cor Euser
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Charles Zwolsman
Spice SE90C G 72
Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5L V8
5 C2 12 Flag of France.svg Courage Compétition
Flag of Japan.svg Trust Racing Team
Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg George Fouché
Flag of Sweden.svg Steven Andskär
Porsche 962C GTi D 71
Porsche Type-935 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
6 C2 18 Flag of Japan.svg Mazdaspeed Flag of Ireland.svg David Kennedy
Flag of Brazil.svg Maurizio Sandro Sala
Mazda 787B D 71
Mazda R26B 2.6L 4-Rotor
7 C2 17 Flag of Switzerland.svg Repsol Brun Motorsport Flag of Italy.svg Massimo Sigala
Flag of Spain.svg Jesús Pareja
Porsche 962C Y 70
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
8 C2 13 Flag of France.svg Courage Compétition
Flag of Japan.svg Nisseki Racing Team
Flag of Italy.svg Paolo Barilla
Flag of Sweden.svg Eje Elgh
Porsche 962C D 66
Porsche Type-935 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
9 C2 14 Flag of Switzerland.svg Team Salamin Primagaz Flag of Switzerland.svg Antoine Salamin
Flag of Morocco.svg Max Cohen-Olivar
Porsche 962C G 66
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
10
NC
C1 3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Silk Cut Jaguar Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Derek Warwick Jaguar XJR-14 G 64
Cosworth HB 3.5L V8
11
NC
C2 58 Flag of Japan.svg Mazdaspeed Flag of Japan.svg Takashi Yorino
Flag of Japan.svg Yojiro Terada
Mazda 787 D 63
Mazda R26B 2.6L 4-Rotor
12
DSQ
C2 16 Flag of Switzerland.svg Repsol Brun Motorsport Flag of Argentina.svg Oscar Larrauri Porsche 962C Y 71
Porsche Type-935 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
13
DNF
C1 6 Flag of France.svg Peugeot Talbot Sport Flag of Finland.svg Keke Rosberg
Flag of France.svg Yannick Dalmas
Peugeot 905 M 36
Peugeot SA35 3.5L V10
14
DNF
C1 2 Flag of Germany.svg Team Sauber Mercedes Flag of Austria.svg Karl Wendlinger
Flag of Germany.svg Michael Schumacher
Mercedes-Benz C291 G 21
Mercedes-Benz M291 3.5L Flat-12
15
DNF
C1 4 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Silk Cut Jaguar Flag of Italy.svg Teo Fabi
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Martin Brundle
Jaguar XJR-14 G 4
Cosworth HB 3.5L V8
DNQ C1 7 Flag of France.svg Louis Descartes Flag of France.svg Philippe de Henning
Flag of Italy.svg Luigi Taverna
ALD C91 G -
Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5L V8
DNQ C2 15 Flag of Italy.svg Veneto Equipe SRL Flag of Italy.svg Marco Brand
Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Filippini
Lancia LC2 D -
Ferrari 308C 3.0L Turbo V8

† - #16 Repsol Brun Motorsport was disqualified for using more than its allowed usage of fuel.

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