Season 1991 · Round 15

Japanese Grand Prix

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1991-10-20 · Suzuka Circuit · Japan · Japanese Grand Prix · 53Lap · 310.580km
2 Gerhard Berger
McLaren 1:32:10.695
Team win 16pt P1 · P2 1-2
1 Ayrton Senna
McLaren +0.344
6 Riccardo Patrese
Williams +56.731
Fastest Lap
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DNF
15
Érik Comas L41 Pierluigi Martini L39 Michael Schumacher L34 Johnny Herbert L31 Satoru Nakajima L30 Aguri Suzuki L26 Gianni Morbidelli L15 Nigel Mansell L9 Alessandro Zanardi L7 Mika Häkkinen L4 +5
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Michael Schumacher active 6 wins
Pole-to-win rate 20/36 55.6%
Most SC/VSC · all-time P14
Closest finish · all-time P27
Most lead changes · all-time P1
Circuit Info
Suzuka Circuit Suzuka, Japan
53Lap 310.580km 36 races held (1987–) Lap record 1:30.965 · Andrea Kimi Antonelli (2025)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P1 Michael Schumacher 6 wins · GP #1
P5 Gerhard Berger 2 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -2
P5 Ayrton Senna 2 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -2
Starts
P2 Michael Schumacher 19 starts · → Fernando Alonso -3
P11 Jean Alesi 13 starts · → Sebastian Vettel -1
P16 Gerhard Berger 11 starts · → Mark Webber -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 L53 Berger · P1 → P1 1 Berger BER 1 Berger BER Senna · P2 → P2 2 Senna SEN 2 Senna SEN Patrese · P5 → P3 · +2 5 Patrese PAT 3 Patrese PAT Prost · P4 → P4 4 Prost PRO 4 Prost PRO Brundle · P19 → P5 · +14 19 Brundle BRU 5 Brundle BRU Modena · P14 → P6 · +8 14 Modena MOD 6 Modena MOD Piquet · P10 → P7 · +3 10 Piquet PIQ 7 Piquet PIQ Gugelmin · P18 → P8 · +10 18 Gugelmin GUG 8 Gugelmin GUG Boutsen · P17 → P9 · +8 17 Boutsen BOU 9 Boutsen BOU Caffi · P26 → P10 · +16 26 Caffi CAF 10 Caffi CAF Tarquini · P24 → P11 · +13 24 Tarquini TAR 11 Tarquini TAR Comas · P20 → retired L41 Comas · retired L41 20 Comas COM R Comas COM Martini · P7 → retired L39 Martini · retired L39 7 Martini MAR R Martini MAR Schumacher · P9 → retired L34 Schumacher · retired L34 9 Schumacher MSC R Schumacher MSC Herbert · P23 → retired L31 Herbert · retired L31 23 Herbert HER R Herbert HER Nakajima · P15 → retired L30 Nakajima · retired L30 15 Nakajima NAK R Nakajima NAK Suzuki · P25 → retired L26 Suzuki · retired L26 25 Suzuki SUZ R Suzuki SUZ Morbidelli · P8 → retired L15 Morbidelli · retired L15 8 Morbidelli MOR R Morbidelli MOR Mansell · P3 → retired L9 Mansell · retired L9 3 Mansell MAN R Mansell MAN Zanardi · P13 → retired L7 Zanardi · retired L7 13 Zanardi ZAN R Zanardi ZAN Häkkinen · P21 → retired L4 Häkkinen · retired L4 21 Häkkinen HÄK R Häkkinen HÄK de Cesaris · P11 → retired L1 de Cesaris · retired L1 11 de Cesaris DE R de Cesaris DE Järvilehto · P12 → retired L1 Järvilehto · retired L1 12 Järvilehto JÄR R Järvilehto JÄR Pirro · P16 → retired L1 Pirro · retired L1 16 Pirro PIR R Pirro PIR Wendlinger · P22 → retired L1 Wendlinger · retired L1 22 Wendlinger WEN R Wendlinger WEN Alesi · P6 → retired L0 Alesi · retired L0 6 Alesi ALE R Alesi ALE
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 2 Gerhard Berger McLaren 1 53 1:32:10.695 10
2 1 Ayrton Senna McLaren 2 53 +0.344 6
3 6 Riccardo Patrese Williams 5 53 +56.731 4
4 27 Alain Prost Ferrari 4 53 +1:20.761 3
5 7 Martin Brundle Brabham 19 52 +1 Lap 2
6 4 Stefano Modena Tyrrell 14 52 +1 Lap 1
7 20 Nelson Piquet Benetton 10 52 +1 Lap
8 15 Maurício Gugelmin Leyton House 18 52 +1 Lap
9 25 Thierry Boutsen Ligier 17 52 +1 Lap
10 10 Alex Caffi Footwork 26 51 +2 Laps
11 14 Gabriele Tarquini Fondmetal 24 50 +3 Laps
R 26 Érik Comas Ligier 20 41 Alternator
R 23 Pierluigi Martini Minardi 7 39 Electrical
R 19 Michael Schumacher Benetton 9 34 Engine
R 12 Johnny Herbert Team Lotus 23 31 Engine
R 3 Satoru Nakajima Tyrrell 15 30 Spun off
R 30 Aguri Suzuki Lola 25 26 Engine
R 27 Gianni Morbidelli Minardi 8 15 Wheel
R 5 Nigel Mansell Williams 3 9 Spun off
R 32 Alessandro Zanardi Jordan 13 7 Gearbox
R 11 Mika Häkkinen Team Lotus 21 4 Engine
R 33 Andrea de Cesaris Jordan 11 1 Accident
R 22 Jyrki Järvilehto Dallara 12 1 Accident
R 21 Emanuele Pirro Dallara 16 1 Accident
R 16 Karl Wendlinger Leyton House 22 1 Accident
R 28 Jean Alesi Ferrari 6 0 Engine
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
2 Gerhard Berger
2
1 Ayrton Senna
3
5 Nigel Mansell
4
27 Alain Prost
5
6 Riccardo Patrese
6
28 Jean Alesi
7
23 Pierluigi Martini
8
27 Gianni Morbidelli
9
19 Michael Schumacher
10
20 Nelson Piquet
11
33 Andrea de Cesaris
12
22 Jyrki Järvilehto
13
32 Alessandro Zanardi
14
4 Stefano Modena
15
3 Satoru Nakajima
16
21 Emanuele Pirro
17
25 Thierry Boutsen
18
15 Maurício Gugelmin
19
7 Martin Brundle
20
26 Érik Comas
21
11 Mika Häkkinen
22
16 Karl Wendlinger
23
12 Johnny Herbert
24
14 Gabriele Tarquini
25
30 Aguri Suzuki
26
10 Alex Caffi
Final grid as classified, including any pit lane starts. Source: Jolpica-F1. The arrow compares the grid slot with the qualifying classification; hover a drop to see the stewards document behind it.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
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Record Basis · Calculation basis
Race order is the final classification(post-race penalties applied) · qualifying session data 2003+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished statuses
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-09-05 22:20