Season 1991 · Round 5

Canadian Grand Prix

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1991-06-02 · Circuit Gilles Villeneuve · Canada · Canadian Grand Prix · 69Lap · 305.670km
20 Nelson Piquet
Benetton 1:38:51.490
Team win 10pt P1 · P23
4 Stefano Modena
Tyrrell +31.832
6 Riccardo Patrese
Williams +42.217
Fastest Lap
—
DNF
16
Maurício Gugelmin L61 Jyrki Järvilehto L50 Stefan Johansson L48 Ivan Capelli L42 Jean Alesi L34 Éric Bernard L29 Alain Prost L27 Thierry Boutsen L27 Ayrton Senna L25 Mika Häkkinen L21 +6
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Michael Schumacher active 7 wins
Pole-to-win rate 22/45 48.9%
Most SC/VSC · all-time P6
Closest finish · all-time P8
Most lead changes · all-time P12
Circuit Info
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Montreal, Canada
69Lap 305.670km 45 races held (1978–) Lap record 1:13.078 · Valtteri Bottas (2019)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P1 Michael Schumacher 7 wins · GP #1
P3 Nelson Piquet 3 wins · → Michael Schumacher -4
P5 Ayrton Senna 2 wins · → Nelson Piquet -1
Starts
P2 Michael Schumacher 18 starts · → Fernando Alonso -3
P5 Riccardo Patrese 16 starts · → Lewis Hamilton -1
P9 Andrea de Cesaris 14 starts · → David Coulthard -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 L69 Piquet · P8 → P1 · +7 8 Piquet PIQ 1 Piquet PIQ Modena · P9 → P2 · +7 9 Modena MOD 2 Modena MOD Patrese · P1 → P3 · -2 1 Patrese PAT 3 Patrese PAT de Cesaris · P11 → P4 · +7 11 de Cesaris DE 4 de Cesaris DE Gachot · P14 → P5 · +9 14 Gachot GAC 5 Gachot GAC Mansell · P2 → P6 · -4 2 Mansell MAN 6 Mansell MAN Martini · P18 → P7 · +11 18 Martini MAR 7 Martini MAR Comas · P26 → P8 · +18 26 Comas COM 8 Comas COM Pirro · P10 → P9 · +1 10 Pirro PIR 9 Pirro PIR Nakajima · P12 → P10 · +2 12 Nakajima NAK 10 Nakajima NAK Gugelmin · P23 → retired L61 Gugelmin · retired L61 23 Gugelmin GUG R Gugelmin GUG Järvilehto · P17 → retired L50 Järvilehto · retired L50 17 Järvilehto JÄR R Järvilehto JÄR Johansson · P25 → retired L48 Johansson · retired L48 25 Johansson JOH R Johansson JOH Capelli · P13 → retired L42 Capelli · retired L42 13 Capelli CAP R Capelli CAP Alesi · P7 → retired L34 Alesi · retired L34 7 Alesi ALE R Alesi ALE Bernard · P19 → retired L29 Bernard · retired L29 19 Bernard BER R Bernard BER Prost · P4 → retired L27 Prost · retired L27 4 Prost PRO R Prost PRO Boutsen · P16 → retired L27 Boutsen · retired L27 16 Boutsen BOU R Boutsen BOU Senna · P3 → retired L25 Senna · retired L25 3 Senna SEN R Senna SEN Häkkinen · P24 → retired L21 Häkkinen · retired L21 24 Häkkinen HÄK R Häkkinen HÄK Brundle · P20 → retired L21 Brundle · retired L21 20 Brundle BRU R Brundle BRU Morbidelli · P15 → retired L20 Morbidelli · retired L20 15 Morbidelli MOR R Morbidelli MOR Moreno · P5 → retired L10 Moreno · retired L10 5 Moreno MOR R Moreno MOR Berger · P6 → retired L4 Berger · retired L4 6 Berger BER R Berger BER Suzuki · P22 → retired L3 Suzuki · retired L3 22 Suzuki SUZ R Suzuki SUZ Alboreto · P21 → retired L2 Alboreto · retired L2 21 Alboreto ALB R Alboreto ALB
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 20 Nelson Piquet Benetton 8 69 1:38:51.490 10
2 4 Stefano Modena Tyrrell 9 69 +31.832 6
3 6 Riccardo Patrese Williams 1 69 +42.217 4
4 33 Andrea de Cesaris Jordan 11 69 +1:20.210 3
5 32 Bertrand Gachot Jordan 14 69 +1:22.351 2
6 5 Nigel Mansell Williams 2 68 Electrical 1
7 23 Pierluigi Martini Minardi 18 68 +1 Lap
8 26 Érik Comas Ligier 26 68 +1 Lap
9 21 Emanuele Pirro Dallara 10 68 +1 Lap
10 3 Satoru Nakajima Tyrrell 12 67 +2 Laps
R 15 Maurício Gugelmin Leyton House 23 61 Engine
R 22 Jyrki Järvilehto Dallara 17 50 Engine
R 10 Stefan Johansson Footwork 25 48 Throttle
R 16 Ivan Capelli Leyton House 13 42 Engine
R 28 Jean Alesi Ferrari 7 34 Engine
R 29 Éric Bernard Lola 19 29 Gearbox
R 27 Alain Prost Ferrari 4 27 Gearbox
R 25 Thierry Boutsen Ligier 16 27 Engine
R 1 Ayrton Senna McLaren 3 25 Alternator
R 11 Mika Häkkinen Team Lotus 24 21 Spun off
R 7 Martin Brundle Brabham 20 21 Engine
R 27 Gianni Morbidelli Minardi 15 20 Spun off
R 24 Roberto Moreno Benetton 5 10 Suspension
R 2 Gerhard Berger McLaren 6 4 Injection
R 30 Aguri Suzuki Lola 22 3 Fuel leak
R 9 Michele Alboreto Footwork 21 2 Throttle
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
6 Riccardo Patrese
2
5 Nigel Mansell
3
1 Ayrton Senna
4
27 Alain Prost
5
24 Roberto Moreno
6
2 Gerhard Berger
7
28 Jean Alesi
8
20 Nelson Piquet
9
4 Stefano Modena
10
21 Emanuele Pirro
11
33 Andrea de Cesaris
12
3 Satoru Nakajima
13
16 Ivan Capelli
14
32 Bertrand Gachot
15
27 Gianni Morbidelli
16
25 Thierry Boutsen
17
22 Jyrki Järvilehto
18
23 Pierluigi Martini
19
29 Éric Bernard
20
7 Martin Brundle
21
9 Michele Alboreto
22
30 Aguri Suzuki
23
15 Maurício Gugelmin
24
11 Mika Häkkinen
25
10 Stefan Johansson
26
26 Érik Comas
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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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 14:15