Season 1991 · Round 8

British Grand Prix

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1991-07-14 · Silverstone Circuit · UK · British Grand Prix · 59Lap · 308.334km
5 Nigel Mansell
Williams 1:27:35.479
Team win 10pt P1 · P26
2 Gerhard Berger
McLaren +42.293
27 Alain Prost
Ferrari +1:00.150
Fastest Lap
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DNF
12
Mark Blundell L52 Andrea de Cesaris L41 Jean Alesi L31 Aguri Suzuki L29 Thierry Boutsen L29 Martin Brundle L28 Michele Alboreto L25 Maurício Gugelmin L24 Roberto Moreno L21 Éric Bernard L21 +2
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Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Jim Clark 5 wins
Alain Prost active 5 wins
Pole-to-win rate 22/61 36.1%
Most DNFs · all-time P13
Most SC/VSC · all-time P1
Closest finish · all-time P34
Most lead changes · all-time P4
Circuit Info
Silverstone Circuit Silverstone, UK
59Lap 308.334km 61 races held (1950–) Lap record 1:18.739 · Michael Schumacher (2004)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P2 Alain Prost 5 wins · → Lewis Hamilton -4
P4 Nigel Mansell 4 wins · → Alain Prost -1
P5 Michael Schumacher 3 wins · → Nigel Mansell -1
Starts
P5 Michael Schumacher 18 starts · → Kimi Räikkönen -1
P6 Riccardo Patrese 17 starts · → Michael Schumacher -1
P14 Andrea de Cesaris 14 starts · → Sebastian Vettel -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 L59 Mansell · P1 → P1 1 Mansell MAN 1 Mansell MAN Berger · P4 → P2 · +2 4 Berger BER 2 Berger BER Prost · P5 → P3 · +2 5 Prost PRO 3 Prost PRO Senna · P2 → P4 · -2 2 Senna SEN 4 Senna SEN Piquet · P8 → P5 · +3 8 Piquet PIQ 5 Piquet PIQ Gachot · P17 → P6 · +11 17 Gachot GAC 6 Gachot GAC Modena · P10 → P7 · +3 10 Modena MOD 7 Modena MOD Nakajima · P15 → P8 · +7 15 Nakajima NAK 8 Nakajima NAK Martini · P23 → P9 · +14 23 Martini MAR 9 Martini MAR Pirro · P18 → P10 · +8 18 Pirro PIR 10 Pirro PIR Morbidelli · P20 → P11 · +9 20 Morbidelli MOR 11 Morbidelli MOR Häkkinen · P25 → P12 · +13 25 Häkkinen HÄK 12 Häkkinen HÄK Järvilehto · P11 → P13 · -2 11 Järvilehto JÄR 13 Järvilehto JÄR Herbert · P24 → P14 · +10 24 Herbert HER 14 Herbert HER Blundell · P12 → retired L52 Blundell · retired L52 12 Blundell BLU R Blundell BLU de Cesaris · P13 → retired L41 de Cesaris · retired L41 13 de Cesaris DE R de Cesaris DE Alesi · P6 → retired L31 Alesi · retired L31 6 Alesi ALE R Alesi ALE Suzuki · P22 → retired L29 Suzuki · retired L29 22 Suzuki SUZ R Suzuki SUZ Boutsen · P19 → retired L29 Boutsen · retired L29 19 Boutsen BOU R Boutsen BOU Brundle · P14 → retired L28 Brundle · retired L28 14 Brundle BRU R Brundle BRU Alboreto · P26 → retired L25 Alboreto · retired L25 26 Alboreto ALB R Alboreto ALB Gugelmin · P9 → retired L24 Gugelmin · retired L24 9 Gugelmin GUG R Gugelmin GUG Moreno · P7 → retired L21 Moreno · retired L21 7 Moreno MOR R Moreno MOR Bernard · P21 → retired L21 Bernard · retired L21 21 Bernard BER R Bernard BER Capelli · P16 → retired L16 Capelli · retired L16 16 Capelli CAP R Capelli CAP Patrese · P3 → retired L1 Patrese · retired L1 3 Patrese PAT R Patrese PAT
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 5 Nigel Mansell Williams 1 59 1:27:35.479 10
2 2 Gerhard Berger McLaren 4 59 +42.293 6
3 27 Alain Prost Ferrari 5 59 +1:00.150 4
4 1 Ayrton Senna McLaren 2 58 Out of fuel 3
5 20 Nelson Piquet Benetton 8 58 +1 Lap 2
6 32 Bertrand Gachot Jordan 17 58 +1 Lap 1
7 4 Stefano Modena Tyrrell 10 58 +1 Lap
8 3 Satoru Nakajima Tyrrell 15 58 +1 Lap
9 23 Pierluigi Martini Minardi 23 58 +1 Lap
10 21 Emanuele Pirro Dallara 18 57 +2 Laps
11 27 Gianni Morbidelli Minardi 20 57 +2 Laps
12 11 Mika Häkkinen Team Lotus 25 57 +2 Laps
13 22 Jyrki Järvilehto Dallara 11 56 +3 Laps
14 12 Johnny Herbert Team Lotus 24 55 Oil pressure
R 8 Mark Blundell Brabham 12 52 Engine
R 33 Andrea de Cesaris Jordan 13 41 Spun off
R 28 Jean Alesi Ferrari 6 31 Collision
R 30 Aguri Suzuki Lola 22 29 Collision
R 25 Thierry Boutsen Ligier 19 29 Engine
R 7 Martin Brundle Brabham 14 28 Throttle
R 9 Michele Alboreto Footwork 26 25 Transmission
R 15 Maurício Gugelmin Leyton House 9 24 Chassis
R 24 Roberto Moreno Benetton 7 21 Gearbox
R 29 Éric Bernard Lola 21 21 Transmission
R 16 Ivan Capelli Leyton House 16 16 Spun off
R 6 Riccardo Patrese Williams 3 1 Collision
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
5 Nigel Mansell
2
1 Ayrton Senna
3
6 Riccardo Patrese
4
2 Gerhard Berger
5
27 Alain Prost
6
28 Jean Alesi
7
24 Roberto Moreno
8
20 Nelson Piquet
9
15 Maurício Gugelmin
10
4 Stefano Modena
11
22 Jyrki Järvilehto
12
8 Mark Blundell
13
33 Andrea de Cesaris
14
7 Martin Brundle
15
3 Satoru Nakajima
16
16 Ivan Capelli
17
32 Bertrand Gachot
18
21 Emanuele Pirro
19
25 Thierry Boutsen
20
27 Gianni Morbidelli
21
29 Éric Bernard
22
30 Aguri Suzuki
23
23 Pierluigi Martini
24
12 Johnny Herbert
25
11 Mika Häkkinen
26
9 Michele Alboreto
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 20:50