Season 1991 · Round 16

Australian Grand Prix

← R15 1991 Season
1991-11-03 · Adelaide Street Circuit · Australia · Australian Grand Prix · 14Lap · 52.920km
1 Ayrton Senna
McLaren 24:34.899
Team win 7pt P1 · P3 1-3
5 Nigel Mansell
Williams +1.259
2 Gerhard Berger
McLaren +5.120
Fastest Lap
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DNF
6
Pierluigi Martini L8 Michael Schumacher L5 Jean Alesi L5 Nicola Larini L5 Thierry Boutsen L5 Satoru Nakajima L4
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Michael Schumacher active 4 wins
Pole-to-win rate 5/11 45.5%
Most DNFs · all-time P13
Circuit Info
Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, Australia
14Lap 52.920km 11 races held (1985–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P1 Michael Schumacher 4 wins · GP #1
P4 Alain Prost 2 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
P4 Gerhard Berger 2 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
Starts
P2 Michael Schumacher 19 starts · → Fernando Alonso -2
P11 Gerhard Berger 13 starts · → Giancarlo Fisichella -1
P11 Jean Alesi 13 starts · → Giancarlo Fisichella -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 5 10 L14 Senna · P1 → P1 1 Senna SEN 1 Senna SEN Mansell · P3 → P2 · +1 3 Mansell MAN 2 Mansell MAN Berger · P2 → P3 · -1 2 Berger BER 3 Berger BER Piquet · P5 → P4 · +1 5 Piquet PIQ 4 Piquet PIQ Patrese · P4 → P5 · -1 4 Patrese PAT 5 Patrese PAT Morbidelli · P8 → P6 · +2 8 Morbidelli MOR 6 Morbidelli MOR Pirro · P13 → P7 · +6 13 Pirro PIR 7 Pirro PIR de Cesaris · P12 → P8 · +4 12 de Cesaris DE 8 de Cesaris DE Zanardi · P16 → P9 · +7 16 Zanardi ZAN 9 Zanardi ZAN Modena · P9 → P10 · -1 9 Modena MOD 10 Modena MOD Herbert · P21 → P11 · +10 21 Herbert HER 11 Herbert HER Järvilehto · P11 → P12 · -1 11 Järvilehto JÄR 12 Järvilehto JÄR Alboreto · P15 → P13 · +2 15 Alboreto ALB 13 Alboreto ALB Gugelmin · P14 → P14 14 Gugelmin GUG 14 Gugelmin GUG Caffi · P23 → P15 · +8 23 Caffi CAF 15 Caffi CAF Moreno · P18 → P16 · +2 18 Moreno MOR 16 Moreno MOR Blundell · P17 → P17 17 Blundell BLU 17 Blundell BLU Comas · P22 → P18 · +4 22 Comas COM 18 Comas COM Häkkinen · P25 → P19 · +6 25 Häkkinen HÄK 19 Häkkinen HÄK Wendlinger · P26 → P20 · +6 26 Wendlinger WEN 20 Wendlinger WEN Martini · P10 → retired L8 Martini · retired L8 10 Martini MAR R Martini MAR Schumacher · P6 → retired L5 Schumacher · retired L5 6 Schumacher MSC R Schumacher MSC Alesi · P7 → retired L5 Alesi · retired L5 7 Alesi ALE R Alesi ALE Larini · P19 → retired L5 Larini · retired L5 19 Larini LAR R Larini LAR Boutsen · P20 → retired L5 Boutsen · retired L5 20 Boutsen BOU R Boutsen BOU Nakajima · P24 → retired L4 Nakajima · retired L4 24 Nakajima NAK R Nakajima NAK
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 1 Ayrton Senna McLaren 1 14 24:34.899 5
2 5 Nigel Mansell Williams 3 14 +1.259 3
3 2 Gerhard Berger McLaren 2 14 +5.120 2
4 20 Nelson Piquet Benetton 5 14 +30.103 1.5
5 6 Riccardo Patrese Williams 4 14 +50.537 1
6 27 Gianni Morbidelli Ferrari 8 14 +51.069 0.5
7 21 Emanuele Pirro Dallara 13 14 +52.361
8 33 Andrea de Cesaris Jordan 12 14 +1:00.431
9 32 Alessandro Zanardi Jordan 16 14 +1:15.567
10 4 Stefano Modena Tyrrell 9 14 +1:20.370
11 12 Johnny Herbert Team Lotus 21 14 +1:22.073
12 22 Jyrki Järvilehto Dallara 11 14 +1:38.519
13 9 Michele Alboreto Footwork 15 14 +1:39.303
14 15 Maurício Gugelmin Leyton House 14 13 +1 Lap
15 10 Alex Caffi Footwork 23 13 +1 Lap
16 24 Roberto Moreno Minardi 18 13 +1 Lap
17 8 Mark Blundell Brabham 17 13 +1 Lap
18 26 Érik Comas Ligier 22 13 +1 Lap
19 11 Mika Häkkinen Team Lotus 25 13 +2 Laps
20 16 Karl Wendlinger Leyton House 26 12 +2 Laps
R 23 Pierluigi Martini Minardi 10 8 Spun off
R 19 Michael Schumacher Benetton 6 5 Spun off
R 28 Jean Alesi Ferrari 7 5 Accident
R 34 Nicola Larini Lambo 19 5 Spun off
R 25 Thierry Boutsen Ligier 20 5 Accident
R 3 Satoru Nakajima Tyrrell 24 4 Spun off
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
1 Ayrton Senna
2
2 Gerhard Berger
3
5 Nigel Mansell
4
6 Riccardo Patrese
5
20 Nelson Piquet
6
19 Michael Schumacher
7
28 Jean Alesi
8
27 Gianni Morbidelli
9
4 Stefano Modena
10
23 Pierluigi Martini
11
22 Jyrki Järvilehto
12
33 Andrea de Cesaris
13
21 Emanuele Pirro
14
15 Maurício Gugelmin
15
9 Michele Alboreto
16
32 Alessandro Zanardi
17
8 Mark Blundell
18
24 Roberto Moreno
19
34 Nicola Larini
20
25 Thierry Boutsen
21
12 Johnny Herbert
22
26 Érik Comas
23
10 Alex Caffi
24
3 Satoru Nakajima
25
11 Mika Häkkinen
26
16 Karl Wendlinger
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