1991 Formula 1 World Championship
A historical profile with source-linked evidence. Further research is in progress.
Profile & context
Championship season: 1991
- Name
- 1991 Formula 1 World Championship
Sources behind this page
v2026.17.0 · seasons/1991
Original reference ↗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.
Season coverage
16 of 16 source-calendar events have race results; 16 have qualifying; 16 have grids.
Rules audit: incomplete; published standings retained without summing gross race points. A populated calendar does not establish historical completeness.
Constructor championship: source_reported.
Historical scoring context
Finishing-point scale: Not yet audited for this season. Retention: Not yet audited.
Use source participant awards; eligibility and allocation vary historically. Use recorded awards; no universal half-points inference. Source decimals may round fractional awards; no guessed exact restoration.
Partial rule context only; this does not replace the source's retained championship standings.
Championship calendar
| Round | Grand Prix | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1991 Iceberg USA Grand Prix | 1991-03-10 | completed |
| 2 | Grande Prêmio do Brasil 1991 | 1991-03-24 | completed |
| 3 | Gran Premio di San Marino 1991 | 1991-04-28 | completed |
| 4 | Grand Prix de Monaco 1991 | 1991-05-12 | completed |
| 5 | Grand Prix Molson du Canada 1991 | 1991-06-02 | completed |
| 6 | Gran Premio de México 1991 | 1991-06-16 | completed |
| 7 | Rhone Poulenc Grand Prix de France 1991 | 1991-07-07 | completed |
| 8 | 1991 Foster's British Grand Prix | 1991-07-14 | completed |
| 9 | Grosser Mobil 1 Preis von Deutschland 1991 | 1991-07-28 | completed |
| 10 | Magyar Nagydíj 1991 | 1991-08-11 | completed |
| 11 | 1991 Belgian Grand Prix | 1991-08-25 | completed |
| 12 | Coca Cola Gran Premio d'Italia 1991 | 1991-09-08 | completed |
| 13 | Grande Prémio de Portugal 1991 | 1991-09-22 | completed |
| 14 | Gran Premio Tio Pepe de España 1991 | 1991-09-29 | completed |
| 15 | 1991 Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix | 1991-10-20 | completed |
| 16 | 1991 Foster's Australian Grand Prix | 1991-11-03 | completed |
Driver championship standings
| Position | Driver | Constructor | Recorded details | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ayrton Senna | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 96 |
| 2 | Nigel Mansell | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 72 |
| 3 | Riccardo Patrese | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 53 |
| 4 | Gerhard Berger | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 43 |
| 5 | Alain Prost | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 34 |
| 6 | Nelson Piquet | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 26.5 |
| 7 | Jean Alesi | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 21 |
| 8 | Stefano Modena | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 10 |
| 9 | Andrea de Cesaris | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 9 |
| 10 | Roberto Moreno | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 8 |
| 11 | Pierluigi Martini | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 6 |
| 12 | JJ Lehto | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 4 |
| 13 | Bertrand Gachot | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 4 |
| 13 | Michael Schumacher | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 4 |
| 15 | Satoru Nakajima | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 2 |
| 15 | Mika Häkkinen | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 2 |
| 15 | Martin Brundle | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 2 |
| 18 | Aguri Suzuki | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 1 |
| 18 | Julian Bailey | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 1 |
| 18 | Emanuele Pirro | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 1 |
| 18 | Éric Bernard | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 1 |
| 18 | Ivan Capelli | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 1 |
| 18 | Mark Blundell | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 1 |
| 24 | Gianni Morbidelli | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 0.5 |
Constructor championship standings
| Position | Driver | Constructor | Recorded details | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Not recorded | McLaren | Time not recorded · honda | 139 |
| 2 | Not recorded | Williams | Time not recorded · renault | 125 |
| 3 | Not recorded | Ferrari | Time not recorded · ferrari | 55.5 |
| 4 | Not recorded | Benetton | Time not recorded · ford | 38.5 |
| 5 | Not recorded | Jordan | Time not recorded · ford | 13 |
| 6 | Not recorded | Tyrrell | Time not recorded · honda | 12 |
| 7 | Not recorded | Minardi | Time not recorded · ferrari | 6 |
| 8 | Not recorded | Dallara | Time not recorded · judd | 5 |
| 9 | Not recorded | Lotus | Time not recorded · judd | 3 |
| 10 | Not recorded | Brabham | Time not recorded · yamaha | 3 |
| 11 | Not recorded | Lola | Time not recorded · ford | 2 |
| 12 | Not recorded | Leyton House | Time not recorded · ilmor | 1 |