Season 1991 · Round 2

Brazilian Grand Prix

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1991-03-24 · Autódromo José Carlos Pace · Brazil · Brazilian Grand Prix · 71Lap · 307.075km
1 Ayrton Senna
McLaren 1:38:28.128
Team win 14pt P1 · P3 1-3
6 Riccardo Patrese
Williams +2.991
2 Gerhard Berger
McLaren +5.416
Fastest Lap
—
DNF
13
Nigel Mansell L59 Érik Comas L50 Pierluigi Martini L47 Mark Blundell L34 Éric Bernard L33 Jyrki Järvilehto L22 Andrea de Cesaris L20 Stefano Modena L19 Ivan Capelli L16 Satoru Nakajima L12 +3
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Alain Prost active 6 wins
Michael Schumacher active 4 wins
Pole-to-win rate 19/42 45.2%
Most DNFs · all-time P30
Most SC/VSC · all-time P6
Closest finish · all-time P48
Most lead changes · all-time P12
Circuit Info
Autódromo José Carlos Pace São Paulo, Brazil
71Lap 307.075km 43 races held (1973–) Lap record 1:10.540 · Valtteri Bottas (2018)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P1 Alain Prost 6 wins · GP #1
P2 Michael Schumacher 4 wins · → Alain Prost -2
P5 Nelson Piquet 2 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
Pole Position
P1 Ayrton Senna 6 · GP #1
P2 Mika Häkkinen 3 · → Ayrton Senna -3
P6 Nigel Mansell 2 · → Felipe Massa -1
Starts
P2 Michael Schumacher 18 starts · → Rubens Barrichello -1
P5 Riccardo Patrese 16 starts · → Jenson Button -1
P10 Nelson Piquet 13 starts · → Felipe Massa -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 L71 Senna · P1 → P1 1 Senna SEN 1 Senna SEN Patrese · P2 → P2 2 Patrese PAT 2 Patrese PAT Berger · P4 → P3 · +1 4 Berger BER 3 Berger BER Prost · P6 → P4 · +2 6 Prost PRO 4 Prost PRO Piquet · P7 → P5 · +2 7 Piquet PIQ 5 Piquet PIQ Alesi · P5 → P6 · -1 5 Alesi ALE 6 Alesi ALE Moreno · P14 → P7 · +7 14 Moreno MOR 7 Moreno MOR Morbidelli · P21 → P8 · +13 21 Morbidelli MOR 8 Morbidelli MOR Häkkinen · P22 → P9 · +13 22 Häkkinen HÄK 9 Häkkinen HÄK Boutsen · P18 → P10 · +8 18 Boutsen BOU 10 Boutsen BOU Pirro · P12 → P11 · +1 12 Pirro PIR 11 Pirro PIR Brundle · P26 → P12 · +14 26 Brundle BRU 12 Brundle BRU Gachot · P10 → P13 · -3 10 Gachot GAC 13 Gachot GAC Mansell · P3 → retired L59 Mansell · retired L59 3 Mansell MAN R Mansell MAN Comas · P23 → retired L50 Comas · retired L50 23 Comas COM R Comas COM Martini · P20 → retired L47 Martini · retired L47 20 Martini MAR R Martini MAR Blundell · P25 → retired L34 Blundell · retired L34 25 Blundell BLU R Blundell BLU Bernard · P11 → retired L33 Bernard · retired L33 11 Bernard BER R Bernard BER Järvilehto · P19 → retired L22 Järvilehto · retired L22 19 Järvilehto JÄR R Järvilehto JÄR de Cesaris · P13 → retired L20 de Cesaris · retired L20 13 de Cesaris DE R de Cesaris DE Modena · P9 → retired L19 Modena · retired L19 9 Modena MOD R Modena MOD Capelli · P15 → retired L16 Capelli · retired L16 15 Capelli CAP R Capelli CAP Nakajima · P16 → retired L12 Nakajima · retired L12 16 Nakajima NAK R Nakajima NAK Gugelmin · P8 → retired L9 Gugelmin · retired L9 8 Gugelmin GUG R Gugelmin GUG Tarquini · P24 → retired L0 Tarquini · retired L0 24 Tarquini TAR R Tarquini TAR Suzuki · P17 → retired L0 Suzuki · retired L0 17 Suzuki SUZ R Suzuki SUZ
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 1 Ayrton Senna McLaren 1 71 1:38:28.128 10
2 6 Riccardo Patrese Williams 2 71 +2.991 6
3 2 Gerhard Berger McLaren 4 71 +5.416 4
4 27 Alain Prost Ferrari 6 71 +18.369 3
5 20 Nelson Piquet Benetton 7 71 +21.960 2
6 28 Jean Alesi Ferrari 5 71 +23.641 1
7 24 Roberto Moreno Benetton 14 70 +1 Lap
8 27 Gianni Morbidelli Minardi 21 69 +2 Laps
9 11 Mika Häkkinen Team Lotus 22 68 +3 Laps
10 25 Thierry Boutsen Ligier 18 68 +3 Laps
11 21 Emanuele Pirro Dallara 12 68 +3 Laps
12 7 Martin Brundle Brabham 26 67 +4 Laps
13 32 Bertrand Gachot Jordan 10 63 Fuel system
R 5 Nigel Mansell Williams 3 59 Gearbox
R 26 Érik Comas Ligier 23 50 Engine
R 23 Pierluigi Martini Minardi 20 47 Spun off
R 8 Mark Blundell Brabham 25 34 Engine
R 29 Éric Bernard Larrousse 11 33 Radiator
R 22 Jyrki Järvilehto Dallara 19 22 Electrical
R 33 Andrea de Cesaris Jordan 13 20 Engine
R 4 Stefano Modena Tyrrell 9 19 Gearbox
R 16 Ivan Capelli Leyton House 15 16 Transmission
R 3 Satoru Nakajima Tyrrell 16 12 Spun off
R 15 Maurício Gugelmin Leyton House 8 9 Physical
R 14 Gabriele Tarquini AGS 24 0 Suspension
R 30 Aguri Suzuki Larrousse 17 0 Fuel pump
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
1 Ayrton Senna
2
6 Riccardo Patrese
3
5 Nigel Mansell
4
2 Gerhard Berger
5
28 Jean Alesi
6
27 Alain Prost
7
20 Nelson Piquet
8
15 Maurício Gugelmin
9
4 Stefano Modena
10
32 Bertrand Gachot
11
29 Éric Bernard
12
21 Emanuele Pirro
13
33 Andrea de Cesaris
14
24 Roberto Moreno
15
16 Ivan Capelli
16
3 Satoru Nakajima
17
30 Aguri Suzuki
18
25 Thierry Boutsen
19
22 Jyrki Järvilehto
20
23 Pierluigi Martini
21
27 Gianni Morbidelli
22
11 Mika Häkkinen
23
26 Érik Comas
24
14 Gabriele Tarquini
25
8 Mark Blundell
26
7 Martin Brundle
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