1991 Hungarian Grand Prix

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1991 Hungarian Grand Prix
Race 10 of 16 in the 1991 Formula One World Championship
Hungaroring circuit 1989-2002.svg
Race details
Date11 August 1991
Official name VII Magyar Nagydíj
Location Hungaroring
Mogyoród, Pest, Hungary [1]
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 3.968 km (2.466 miles)
Distance 77 laps, 305.536 km (189.850 miles)
Weather Hot dry, sunny
Pole position
Driver McLaren-Honda
Time 1:16.147
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Bertrand Gachot Jordan-Ford
Time 1:21.547 on lap 71
Podium
First McLaren-Honda
Second Williams-Renault
Third Williams-Renault
Lap leaders
  • 1991 Hungarian Grand Prix

The 1991 Hungarian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Hungaroring on 11 August 1991. It was the tenth race of the 1991 Formula One World Championship. The 77-lap race was won from pole position by Ayrton Senna, driving a McLaren-Honda, with the Williams-Renaults of Nigel Mansell and Riccardo Patrese second and third respectively.

Contents

Qualifying

Pre-qualifying report

In the Friday morning pre-qualifying session, a Brabham topped the time sheets for the second Grand Prix in succession. However, this time it was Mark Blundell who was fastest, over 1.4 seconds faster than his team-mate Martin Brundle in second. Third was Olivier Grouillard for Fondmetal, the third time the Frenchman had pre-qualified this season. The fourth pre-qualifier was Michele Alboreto in the Footwork.

The four entrants who failed to pre-qualify were, unusually, within two seconds of the slowest pre-qualifier. Fifth was Gabriele Tarquini in the AGS, less than two tenths of a second slower than Alboreto. Alex Caffi was sixth in the other Footwork, 1.4 seconds behind Tarquini. Just a tenth further back was the other AGS of Fabrizio Barbazza, who was only two tenths faster than the Coloni of Pedro Chaves. It was the Portuguese driver's tenth failure to pre-qualify from ten attempts this season. [2]

Pre-qualifying classification

PosNoDriverConstructorTimeGap
18 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mark Blundell Brabham-Yamaha 1:22.290
27 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Martin Brundle Brabham-Yamaha 1:23.716+1.426
314 Flag of France.svg Olivier Grouillard Fondmetal-Ford 1:24.816+2.526
49 Flag of Italy.svg Michele Alboreto Footwork-Ford 1:25.045+2.755
517 Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Tarquini AGS-Ford 1:25.230+2.940
610 Flag of Italy.svg Alex Caffi Footwork-Ford 1:26.637+4.347
718 Flag of Italy.svg Fabrizio Barbazza AGS-Ford 1:26.740+4.450
831 Flag of Portugal.svg Pedro Chaves Coloni-Ford 1:26.945+4.655

Qualifying report

Nigel Mansell and Williams were on a roll as Formula One arrived in Hungary, while Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost were ordered by FISA to work out their differences following their confrontation in the German Grand Prix. Senna was also angry with his McLaren team after he had run out of fuel in the two previous races, losing valuable points to Mansell. During the practice session, McLaren made the first test for the semi-automatic gearbox on their car. Senna proceeded to dominate qualifying, taking pole by over a second from Riccardo Patrese, Mansell, Prost, Gerhard Berger, Jean Alesi, Emanuele Pirro, Stefano Modena, Ivan Capelli, and Martin Brundle.

Qualifying classification

PosNoDriverConstructorQ1Q2Gap
11 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda 1:18.5491:16.147
26 Flag of Italy.svg Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault 1:20.1031:17.379+1.232
35 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nigel Mansell Williams-Renault 1:19.8181:17.389+1.242
427 Flag of France.svg Alain Prost Ferrari 1:19.3261:17.690+1.543
52 Flag of Austria.svg Gerhard Berger McLaren-Honda 1:18.2381:17.705+1.558
628 Flag of France.svg Jean Alesi Ferrari 1:19.5521:18.410+2.263
721 Flag of Italy.svg Emanuele Pirro Dallara-Judd 1:21.7511:19.334+3.187
84 Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Modena Tyrrell-Honda 1:20.4881:19.748+3.601
916 Flag of Italy.svg Ivan Capelli Leyton House-Ilmor 1:21.0681:19.794+3.647
107 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Martin Brundle Brabham-Yamaha 1:21.3451:19.976+3.829
1120 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Nelson Piquet Benetton-Ford 1:21.5421:19.984+3.837
1222 Flag of Finland.svg JJ Lehto Dallara-Judd 1:21.9911:20.014+3.867
1315 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Maurício Gugelmin Leyton House-Ilmor 1:21.5491:20.024+3.877
143 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Satoru Nakajima Tyrrell-Honda 1:22.9921:20.565+4.418
1519 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Roberto Moreno Benetton-Ford 1:22.0771:20.584+4.437
1632 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Bertrand Gachot Jordan-Ford 1:21.8841:20.655+4.508
1733 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea de Cesaris Jordan-Ford 1:22.1431:20.805+4.658
1823 Flag of Italy.svg Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ferrari 1:22.4291:20.823+4.676
1925 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thierry Boutsen Ligier-Lamborghini 1:22.4081:20.870+4.723
208 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mark Blundell Brabham-Yamaha 1:21.1251:20.954+4.807
2129 Flag of France.svg Éric Bernard Lola-Ford 1:22.6801:21.267+5.120
2230 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Aguri Suzuki Lola-Ford 1:22.7621:21.601+5.454
2324 Flag of Italy.svg Gianni Morbidelli Minardi-Ferrari 1:23.2011:21.654+5.507
2434 Flag of Italy.svg Nicola Larini Lambo-Lamborghini 1:24.3161:21.896+5.749
2526 Flag of France.svg Érik Comas Ligier-Lamborghini 1:24.4641:22.258+6.111
2611 Flag of Finland.svg Mika Häkkinen Lotus-Judd 1:25.2241:22.335+6.188
2714 Flag of France.svg Olivier Grouillard Fondmetal-Ford 1:23.5931:22.438+6.291
289 Flag of Italy.svg Michele Alboreto Footwork-Ford 1:24.5931:22.521+6.374
2935 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Eric van de Poele Lambo-Lamborghini 1:27.3391:23.162+7.015
3012 Flag of Germany.svg Michael Bartels Lotus-Judd 1:24.7461:23.248+7.101

Race

Race report

At the start, Senna and Patrese both got away well, but Senna managed to keep the lead, with Mansell, Prost, Berger, and Alesi rounding out the top six. Mansell followed and hounded his teammate, but Senna was unable to pull out a significant gap. Meanwhile, Prost's day ended early with an engine failure, just adding to the misery that was the 1991 season for the three-time champion. Mansell eventually got past Patrese and set off after Senna, but on a track that is not conducive to passing, he had to settle for second. Senna duly won from Mansell, Patrese, Berger, Alesi, and Capelli. Senna now led the world championship by 12 points as the teams packed up and headed to Belgium. Senna dedicated this victory to the late Soichiro Honda, founder of Honda, who died days before the Grand Prix weekend.

Race classification

PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
11 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda 771:49:12.796110
25 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nigel Mansell Williams-Renault 77+ 4.59936
36 Flag of Italy.svg Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault 77+ 15.59424
42 Flag of Austria.svg Gerhard Berger McLaren-Honda 77+ 21.85653
528 Flag of France.svg Jean Alesi Ferrari 77+ 31.38962
616 Flag of Italy.svg Ivan Capelli Leyton House-Ilmor 76+ 1 lap91
733 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea de Cesaris Jordan-Ford 76+ 1 lap17
819 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Roberto Moreno Benetton-Ford 76+ 1 lap15
932 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Bertrand Gachot Jordan-Ford 76+ 1 lap16
1026 Flag of France.svg Érik Comas Ligier-Lamborghini 75+ 2 laps25
1115 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Maurício Gugelmin Leyton House-Ilmor 75+ 2 laps13
124 Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Modena Tyrrell-Honda 75+ 2 laps8
1324 Flag of Italy.svg Gianni Morbidelli Minardi-Ferrari 75+ 2 laps23
1411 Flag of Finland.svg Mika Häkkinen Lotus-Judd 74+ 3 laps26
153 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Satoru Nakajima Tyrrell-Honda 74+ 3 laps14
1634 Flag of Italy.svg Nicola Larini Lambo-Lamborghini 74+ 3 laps24
1725 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thierry Boutsen Ligier-Lamborghini 71Engine19
Ret23 Flag of Italy.svg Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ferrari 65Engine18
Ret8 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mark Blundell Brabham-Yamaha 62Tyre20
Ret7 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Martin Brundle Brabham-Yamaha 59Physical10
Ret22 Flag of Finland.svg JJ Lehto Dallara-Judd 49Engine12
Ret20 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Nelson Piquet Benetton-Ford 38Gearbox11
Ret29 Flag of France.svg Éric Bernard Lola-Ford 38Engine21
Ret30 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Aguri Suzuki Lola-Ford 38Engine22
Ret21 Flag of Italy.svg Emanuele Pirro Dallara-Judd 37Engine7
Ret27 Flag of France.svg Alain Prost Ferrari 28Engine4
DNQ14 Flag of France.svg Olivier Grouillard Fondmetal-Ford
DNQ9 Flag of Italy.svg Michele Alboreto Footwork-Ford
DNQ35 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Eric van de Poele Lambo-Lamborghini
DNQ12 Flag of Germany.svg Michael Bartels Lotus-Judd
DNPQ17 Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Tarquini AGS-Ford
DNPQ10 Flag of Italy.svg Alex Caffi Footwork-Ford
DNPQ18 Flag of Italy.svg Fabrizio Barbazza AGS-Ford
DNPQ31 Flag of Portugal.svg Pedro Chaves Coloni-Ford
Source: [3]

Championship standings after the race

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