1991 Hungarian Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
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| Race 10 of 16 in the 1991 Formula One season | |||
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| Date | 11 August 1991 | ||
| Official name | VII Marlboro Magyar Nagydíj | ||
| Location | Hungaroring, Budapest, Hungary | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 3.968 km (2.466 mi) | ||
| Distance | 77 laps, 305.536 km (189.850 mi) | ||
| Weather | Hot dry, sunny | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | McLaren-Honda | ||
| Time | 1:16.147 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
.svg.png){kind=small} Bertrand Gachot | Jordan-Ford | |
| Time | 1:21.547 on lap 71 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | McLaren-Honda | ||
| Second | Williams-Renault | ||
| Third | Williams-Renault | ||
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The 1991 Hungarian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Hungaroring on 11 August 1991. It was the tenth round of the 1991 Formula One season.
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. 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.
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.
Classification
Pre Qualifying
| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 |  Mark Blundell |
Brabham-Yamaha | 1:22.290 | — |
| 2 | 7 | Martin Brundle |
Brabham-Yamaha | 1:23.716 | +1.426 |
| 3 | 14 |  Olivier Grouillard |
Fondmetal-Ford | 1:24.816 | +2.526 |
| 4 | 9 |  Michele Alboreto |
Footwork-Ford | 1:25.045 | +2.755 |
| 5 | 17 | Gabriele Tarquini |
AGS-Ford | 1:25.230 | +2.940 |
| 6 | 10 | Alex Caffi |
Footwork-Ford | 1:26.637 | +4.347 |
| 7 | 18 | Fabrizio Barbazza |
AGS-Ford | 1:26.740 | +4.450 |
| 8 | 31 |  Pedro Chaves |
Coloni-Ford | 1:26.945 | +4.655 |
Qualifying
| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Q1 | Q2 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 |  Ayrton Senna |
McLaren-Honda | 1:18.549 | 1:16.147 | — |
| 2 | 6 | Riccardo Patrese |
Williams-Renault | 1:20.103 | 1:17.379 | +1.232 |
| 3 | 5 | Nigel Mansell |
Williams-Renault | 1:19.818 | 1:17.389 | +1.242 |
| 4 | 27 | Alain Prost |
Ferrari | 1:19.326 | 1:17.690 | +1.543 |
| 5 | 2 |  Gerhard Berger |
McLaren-Honda | 1:18.238 | 1:17.705 | +1.558 |
| 6 | 28 | Jean Alesi |
Ferrari | 1:19.552 | 1:18.410 | +2.263 |
| 7 | 21 | Emanuele Pirro |
Dallara-Judd | 1:21.751 | 1:19.334 | +3.187 |
| 8 | 4 | Stefano Modena |
Tyrrell-Honda | 1:20.488 | 1:19.748 | +3.601 |
| 9 | 16 | Ivan Capelli |
Leyton House-Ilmor | 1:21.068 | 1:19.794 | +3.647 |
| 10 | 7 | Martin Brundle |
Brabham-Yamaha | 1:21.345 | 1:19.976 | +3.829 |
| 11 | 20 | Nelson Piquet |
Benetton-Ford | 1:21.542 | 1:19.984 | +3.837 |
| 12 | 22 |  JJ Lehto |
Dallara-Judd | 1:21.991 | 1:20.014 | +3.867 |
| 13 | 15 | Maurício Gugelmin |
Leyton House-Ilmor | 1:21.549 | 1:20.024 | +3.877 |
| 14 | 3 |  Satoru Nakajima |
Tyrrell-Honda | 1:22.992 | 1:20.565 | +4.418 |
| 15 | 19 | Roberto Moreno |
Benetton-Ford | 1:22.077 | 1:20.584 | +4.437 |
| 16 | 32 | Bertrand Gachot |
Jordan-Ford | 1:21.884 | 1:20.655 | +4.508 |
| 17 | 33 | Andrea de Cesaris |
Jordan-Ford | 1:22.143 | 1:20.805 | +4.658 |
| 18 | 23 | Pierluigi Martini |
Minardi-Ferrari | 1:22.429 | 1:20.823 | +4.676 |
| 19 | 25 | Thierry Boutsen |
Ligier-Lamborghini | 1:22.408 | 1:20.870 | +4.723 |
| 20 | 8 | Mark Blundell |
Brabham-Yamaha | 1:21.125 | 1:20.954 | +4.807 |
| 21 | 29 | Éric Bernard |
Lola-Ford | 1:22.680 | 1:21.267 | +5.120 |
| 22 | 30 | Aguri Suzuki |
Lola-Ford | 1:22.762 | 1:21.601 | +5.454 |
| 23 | 24 | Gianni Morbidelli |
Minardi-Ferrari | 1:23.201 | 1:21.654 | +5.507 |
| 24 | 34 | Nicola Larini |
Lambo-Lamborghini | 1:24.316 | 1:21.896 | +5.749 |
| 25 | 26 | Érik Comas |
Ligier-Lamborghini | 1:24.464 | 1:22.258 | +6.111 |
| 26 | 11 | Mika Häkkinen |
Lotus-Judd | 1:25.224 | 1:22.335 | +6.188 |
| 27 | 14 | Olivier Grouillard |
Fondmetal-Ford | 1:23.593 | 1:22.438 | +6.291 |
| 28 | 9 | Michele Alboreto |
Footwork-Ford | 1:24.593 | 1:22.521 | +6.374 |
| 29 | 35 | Eric van de Poele |
Lambo-Lamborghini | 1:27.339 | 1:23.162 | +7.015 |
| 30 | 12 |  Michael Bartels |
Lotus-Judd | 1:24.746 | 1:23.248 | +7.101 |
Race
Championship standings after the race
- Bold text indicates who still has a theoretical chance of becoming World Champion.
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References
- ↑ "1991 Hungarian Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 3 November 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- Henry, Alan (1991). AUTOCOURSE 1991-92. Hazleton Publishing. pp. 190–191. ISBN 0-905138-87-2.
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