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Grande Prêmio do Brasil 1991 · qualifying

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Profile & context

Name: Grande Prêmio do Brasil 1991 · qualifying

PROVENANCE

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F1DB

v2026.17.0 · session/502-qualifying

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Historical source & scope

F1DB v2026.17.0 · CC BY 4.0. Normalisation, links and calculations by MotorPedia. Original source observations retained.

Source-reported facts are not independent historical confirmation. Missing times and points remain unknown; source-rounded points retain their published precision. Constructor, entrant and team identities are kept distinct.

Grand Prix context

Grande Prêmio do Brasil 1991 · Autódromo José Carlos Pace

Technical formula: Formula 1. World Championship membership is separate from technical regulations.

1991 Formula 1 World Championship · round 2

Race classification

Source participant rows: shared cars and nonstarters retained
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	1:38:28.128 · 71 laps · honda	10
2	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	1:38:31.119 · 71 laps · renault	6
3	Gerhard Berger	McLaren	1:38:33.544 · 71 laps · honda	4
4	Alain Prost	Ferrari	1:38:47.497 · 71 laps · ferrari	3
5	Nelson Piquet	Benetton	1:38:50.088 · 71 laps · ford	2
6	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	1:38:51.769 · 71 laps · ferrari	1
7	Roberto Moreno	Benetton	Time not recorded · 70 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
8	Gianni Morbidelli	Minardi	Time not recorded · 69 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
9	Mika Häkkinen	Lotus	Time not recorded · 68 laps · judd	Unknown / not applicable
10	Thierry Boutsen	Ligier	Time not recorded · 68 laps · lamborghini	Unknown / not applicable
11	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara	Time not recorded · 68 laps · judd	Unknown / not applicable
12	Martin Brundle	Brabham	Time not recorded · 67 laps · yamaha	Unknown / not applicable
13	Bertrand Gachot	Jordan	Fuel system · Time not recorded · 63 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Nigel Mansell	Williams	Gearbox · Time not recorded · 59 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Érik Comas	Ligier	Engine · Time not recorded · 50 laps · lamborghini	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	Spun off · Time not recorded · 47 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Mark Blundell	Brabham	Engine · Time not recorded · 34 laps · yamaha	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Éric Bernard	Lola	Radiator · Time not recorded · 33 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	JJ Lehto	Dallara	Electrical · Time not recorded · 22 laps · judd	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Andrea de Cesaris	Jordan	Engine · Time not recorded · 20 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Stefano Modena	Tyrrell	Gearbox · Time not recorded · 19 laps · honda	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House	Transmission · Time not recorded · 16 laps · ilmor	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell	Spun off · Time not recorded · 12 laps · honda	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Maurício Gugelmin	Leyton House	Physical · Time not recorded · 9 laps · ilmor	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS	Suspension · Time not recorded · 0 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Aguri Suzuki	Lola	Fuel pump · Time not recorded · 0 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNQ	Alex Caffi	Footwork	Time not recorded · porsche	Unknown / not applicable
DNQ	Stefan Johansson	AGS	Time not recorded · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNQ	Michele Alboreto	Footwork	Time not recorded · porsche	Unknown / not applicable
DNQ	Julian Bailey	Lotus	Time not recorded · judd	Unknown / not applicable
DNPQ	Olivier Grouillard	Fondmetal	Time not recorded · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNPQ	Eric van de Poele	Modena	Time not recorded · lamborghini	Unknown / not applicable
DNPQ	Nicola Larini	Modena	Time not recorded · lamborghini	Unknown / not applicable
DNPQ	Pedro Chaves	Coloni	Time not recorded · ford	Unknown / not applicable

Qualifying

Recorded qualifying order; Q1/Q2/Q3 and earlier formats remain distinct in original evidence
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	1:16.392 · honda
2	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	1:16.775 · renault
3	Nigel Mansell	Williams	1:16.843 · renault
4	Gerhard Berger	McLaren	1:17.471 · honda
5	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	1:17.601 · ferrari
6	Alain Prost	Ferrari	1:17.739 · ferrari
7	Nelson Piquet	Benetton	1:18.577 · ford
8	Maurício Gugelmin	Leyton House	1:18.664 · ilmor
9	Stefano Modena	Tyrrell	1:18.847 · honda
10	Bertrand Gachot	Jordan	1:18.882 · ford
11	Éric Bernard	Lola	1:19.291 · ford
12	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara	1:19.305 · judd
13	Andrea de Cesaris	Jordan	1:19.339 · ford
14	Roberto Moreno	Benetton	1:19.360 · ford
15	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House	1:19.517 · ilmor
16	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell	1:19.546 · honda
17	Aguri Suzuki	Lola	1:19.832 · ford
18	Thierry Boutsen	Ligier	1:19.868 · lamborghini
19	JJ Lehto	Dallara	1:19.954 · judd
20	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	1:20.175 · ferrari
21	Gianni Morbidelli	Minardi	1:20.502 · ferrari
22	Mika Häkkinen	Lotus	1:20.611 · judd
23	Érik Comas	Ligier	1:21.168 · lamborghini
24	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS	1:21.219 · ford
25	Mark Blundell	Brabham	1:21.230 · yamaha
26	Martin Brundle	Brabham	1:21.280 · yamaha
27	Alex Caffi	Footwork	1:22.190 · porsche
28	Stefan Johansson	AGS	1:22.432 · ford
29	Michele Alboreto	Footwork	1:22.739 · porsche
30	Julian Bailey	Lotus	1:23.590 · judd

Starting grid

Recorded grid; pole awards are not inferred from starting position
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	1:16.392 · honda
2	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	1:16.775 · renault
3	Nigel Mansell	Williams	1:16.843 · renault
4	Gerhard Berger	McLaren	1:17.471 · honda
5	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	1:17.601 · ferrari
6	Alain Prost	Ferrari	1:17.739 · ferrari
7	Nelson Piquet	Benetton	1:18.577 · ford
8	Maurício Gugelmin	Leyton House	1:18.664 · ilmor
9	Stefano Modena	Tyrrell	1:18.847 · honda
10	Bertrand Gachot	Jordan	1:18.882 · ford
11	Éric Bernard	Lola	1:19.291 · ford
12	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara	1:19.305 · judd
13	Andrea de Cesaris	Jordan	1:19.339 · ford
14	Roberto Moreno	Benetton	1:19.360 · ford
15	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House	1:19.517 · ilmor
16	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell	1:19.546 · honda
17	Aguri Suzuki	Lola	1:19.832 · ford
18	Thierry Boutsen	Ligier	1:19.868 · lamborghini
19	JJ Lehto	Dallara	1:19.954 · judd
20	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	1:20.175 · ferrari
21	Gianni Morbidelli	Minardi	1:20.502 · ferrari
22	Mika Häkkinen	Lotus	1:20.611 · judd
23	Érik Comas	Ligier	1:21.168 · lamborghini
24	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS	1:21.219 · ford
25	Mark Blundell	Brabham	1:21.230 · yamaha
26	Martin Brundle	Brabham	1:21.280 · yamaha

Championship progression

Driver standings after this championship round
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Ayrton Senna	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	20
2	Alain Prost	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	9
3	Riccardo Patrese	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	6
4	Nelson Piquet	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	6
5	Gerhard Berger	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	4
6	Stefano Modena	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	3
7	Satoru Nakajima	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	2
8	Aguri Suzuki	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	1
8	Jean Alesi	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	1

Practice & warm-up observations

Original F1DB session observations; bounded to 120 rows. Missing times remain unknown. Not qualifying or race classifications.

Session	Driver	Position	Time
freePractice1Results	Ayrton Senna	1	1:33.780
freePractice1Results	Stefano Modena	2	1:34.247
freePractice1Results	Gerhard Berger	3	1:34.453
freePractice1Results	Jean Alesi	4	1:34.729
freePractice1Results	Roberto Moreno	5	1:35.383
freePractice1Results	Nigel Mansell	6	1:35.448
freePractice1Results	Nelson Piquet	7	1:35.594
freePractice1Results	Alain Prost	8	1:35.841
freePractice1Results	Pierluigi Martini	9	1:36.148
freePractice1Results	Satoru Nakajima	10	1:36.882
freePractice1Results	Éric Bernard	11	1:37.549
freePractice1Results	Gianni Morbidelli	12	1:37.901
freePractice1Results	Ivan Capelli	13	1:38.062
freePractice1Results	JJ Lehto	14	1:38.609
freePractice1Results	Emanuele Pirro	15	1:39.031
freePractice1Results	Gabriele Tarquini	16	1:39.220
freePractice1Results	Aguri Suzuki	17	1:39.228
freePractice1Results	Martin Brundle	18	1:39.246
freePractice1Results	Julian Bailey	19	1:39.264
freePractice1Results	Érik Comas	20	1:39.340
freePractice1Results	Mark Blundell	21	1:39.360
freePractice1Results	Stefan Johansson	22	1:39.643
freePractice1Results	Thierry Boutsen	23	1:39.835
freePractice1Results	Mika Häkkinen	24	1:40.094
freePractice1Results	Maurício Gugelmin	25	1:40.382
freePractice1Results	Riccardo Patrese	26	1:41.407
freePractice1Results	Alex Caffi	27	1:42.971
freePractice1Results	Michele Alboreto	28	1:47.501
freePractice1Results	Bertrand Gachot	29	2:04.055
freePractice1Results	Andrea de Cesaris	30	2:22.088
freePractice2Results	Nigel Mansell	1	1:17.094
freePractice2Results	Riccardo Patrese	2	1:17.247
freePractice2Results	Ayrton Senna	3	1:17.483
freePractice2Results	Alain Prost	4	1:17.982
freePractice2Results	Jean Alesi	5	1:18.141
freePractice2Results	Gerhard Berger	6	1:18.278
freePractice2Results	Roberto Moreno	7	1:18.673
freePractice2Results	Bertrand Gachot	8	1:18.739
freePractice2Results	Andrea de Cesaris	9	1:19.107
freePractice2Results	Stefano Modena	10	1:19.297
freePractice2Results	Maurício Gugelmin	11	1:19.308
freePractice2Results	Emanuele Pirro	12	1:19.322
freePractice2Results	Nelson Piquet	13	1:19.429
freePractice2Results	Éric Bernard	14	1:19.782
freePractice2Results	Satoru Nakajima	15	1:19.850
freePractice2Results	Aguri Suzuki	16	1:20.016
freePractice2Results	Gianni Morbidelli	17	1:20.326
freePractice2Results	Ivan Capelli	18	1:20.865
freePractice2Results	Thierry Boutsen	19	1:20.945
freePractice2Results	Mark Blundell	20	1:21.212
freePractice2Results	Gabriele Tarquini	21	1:21.256
freePractice2Results	Martin Brundle	22	1:21.395
freePractice2Results	Érik Comas	23	1:21.611
freePractice2Results	JJ Lehto	24	1:21.787
freePractice2Results	Mika Häkkinen	25	1:21.993
freePractice2Results	Stefan Johansson	26	1:22.029
freePractice2Results	Michele Alboreto	27	1:22.108
freePractice2Results	Alex Caffi	28	1:22.510
freePractice2Results	Julian Bailey	29	1:22.820
freePractice2Results	Pierluigi Martini	30	1:23.968
warmingUpResults	Nigel Mansell	1	1:20.248
warmingUpResults	Alain Prost	2	1:20.557
warmingUpResults	Riccardo Patrese	3	1:20.811
warmingUpResults	Ayrton Senna	4	1:21.000
warmingUpResults	Jean Alesi	5	1:21.292
warmingUpResults	Gerhard Berger	6	1:21.590
warmingUpResults	Pierluigi Martini	7	1:21.890
warmingUpResults	Nelson Piquet	8	1:22.104
warmingUpResults	Bertrand Gachot	9	1:22.119
warmingUpResults	Éric Bernard	10	1:22.367
warmingUpResults	Andrea de Cesaris	11	1:22.433
warmingUpResults	Gianni Morbidelli	12	1:22.453
warmingUpResults	Aguri Suzuki	13	1:22.564
warmingUpResults	Roberto Moreno	14	1:22.692
warmingUpResults	Érik Comas	15	1:23.182
warmingUpResults	Thierry Boutsen	16	1:23.418
warmingUpResults	Emanuele Pirro	17	1:23.473
warmingUpResults	Ivan Capelli	18	1:23.583
warmingUpResults	Mika Häkkinen	19	1:23.674
warmingUpResults	Stefano Modena	20	1:23.932
warmingUpResults	JJ Lehto	21	1:24.072
warmingUpResults	Satoru Nakajima	22	1:24.533
warmingUpResults	Mark Blundell	23	1:25.542
warmingUpResults	Gabriele Tarquini	24	1:25.574
warmingUpResults	Martin Brundle	25	1:26.057
warmingUpResults	Maurício Gugelmin	26	1:50.300