Season 1991 · Round 7

French Grand Prix

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1991-07-07 · Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours · France · French Grand Prix · 72Lap · 306.000km
5 Nigel Mansell
Williams 1:38:00.056
Team win 12pt P1 · P5
27 Alain Prost
Ferrari +5.003
1 Ayrton Senna
McLaren +34.934
Fastest Lap
—
DNF
14
Roberto Moreno L63 Stefano Modena L57 Olivier Grouillard L47 Éric Bernard L43 Jyrki Järvilehto L39 Mark Blundell L36 Aguri Suzuki L32 Michele Alboreto L31 Martin Brundle L21 Satoru Nakajima L12 +4
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Michael Schumacher active 8 wins
Alain Prost active 6 wins
Pole-to-win rate 5/18 27.8%
Closest finish · all-time P26
Most lead changes · all-time P4
Circuit Info
Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours Magny Cours, France
72Lap 306.000km 18 races held (1991–) Lap record 1:15.045 · David Coulthard (2002)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P1 Michael Schumacher 8 wins · GP #1
P2 Alain Prost 6 wins · → Michael Schumacher -2
P3 Nigel Mansell 4 wins · → Alain Prost -2
Podiums
P1 Alain Prost 11 · GP #1
P1 Michael Schumacher 11 · GP #1
Starts
P1 Riccardo Patrese 17 starts · GP #1
P4 Michael Schumacher 15 starts · → Rubens Barrichello -1
P6 Nelson Piquet 13 starts · → David Coulthard -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 L72 Mansell · P4 → P1 · +3 4 Mansell MAN 1 Mansell MAN Prost · P2 → P2 2 Prost PRO 2 Prost PRO Senna · P3 → P3 3 Senna SEN 3 Senna SEN Alesi · P6 → P4 · +2 6 Alesi ALE 4 Alesi ALE Patrese · P1 → P5 · -4 1 Patrese PAT 5 Patrese PAT de Cesaris · P13 → P6 · +7 13 de Cesaris DE 6 de Cesaris DE Gugelmin · P9 → P7 · +2 9 Gugelmin GUG 7 Gugelmin GUG Piquet · P7 → P8 · -1 7 Piquet PIQ 8 Piquet PIQ Martini · P12 → P9 · +3 12 Martini MAR 9 Martini MAR Herbert · P20 → P10 · +10 20 Herbert HER 10 Herbert HER Comas · P14 → P11 · +3 14 Comas COM 11 Comas COM Boutsen · P16 → P12 · +4 16 Boutsen BOU 12 Boutsen BOU Moreno · P8 → retired L63 Moreno · retired L63 8 Moreno MOR R Moreno MOR Modena · P11 → retired L57 Modena · retired L57 11 Modena MOD R Modena MOD Grouillard · P21 → retired L47 Grouillard · retired L47 21 Grouillard GRO R Grouillard GRO Bernard · P23 → retired L43 Bernard · retired L43 23 Bernard BER R Bernard BER Järvilehto · P26 → retired L39 Järvilehto · retired L39 26 Järvilehto JÄR R Järvilehto JÄR Blundell · P17 → retired L36 Blundell · retired L36 17 Blundell BLU R Blundell BLU Suzuki · P22 → retired L32 Suzuki · retired L32 22 Suzuki SUZ R Suzuki SUZ Alboreto · P25 → retired L31 Alboreto · retired L31 25 Alboreto ALB R Alboreto ALB Brundle · P24 → retired L21 Brundle · retired L21 24 Brundle BRU R Brundle BRU Nakajima · P18 → retired L12 Nakajima · retired L12 18 Nakajima NAK R Nakajima NAK Morbidelli · P10 → retired L8 Morbidelli · retired L8 10 Morbidelli MOR R Morbidelli MOR Capelli · P15 → retired L7 Capelli · retired L7 15 Capelli CAP R Capelli CAP Berger · P5 → retired L6 Berger · retired L6 5 Berger BER R Berger BER Gachot · P19 → retired L0 Gachot · retired L0 19 Gachot GAC R Gachot GAC
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 5 Nigel Mansell Williams 4 72 1:38:00.056 10
2 27 Alain Prost Ferrari 2 72 +5.003 6
3 1 Ayrton Senna McLaren 3 72 +34.934 4
4 28 Jean Alesi Ferrari 6 72 +35.920 3
5 6 Riccardo Patrese Williams 1 71 +1 Lap 2
6 33 Andrea de Cesaris Jordan 13 71 +1 Lap 1
7 15 Maurício Gugelmin Leyton House 9 70 +2 Laps
8 20 Nelson Piquet Benetton 7 70 +2 Laps
9 23 Pierluigi Martini Minardi 12 70 +2 Laps
10 12 Johnny Herbert Team Lotus 20 70 +2 Laps
11 26 Érik Comas Ligier 14 70 +2 Laps
12 25 Thierry Boutsen Ligier 16 69 +3 Laps
R 24 Roberto Moreno Benetton 8 63 Physical
R 4 Stefano Modena Tyrrell 11 57 Gearbox
R 14 Olivier Grouillard Fondmetal 21 47 Oil leak
R 29 Éric Bernard Lola 23 43 Transmission
R 22 Jyrki Järvilehto Dallara 26 39 Tyre
R 8 Mark Blundell Brabham 17 36 Spun off
R 30 Aguri Suzuki Lola 22 32 Transmission
R 9 Michele Alboreto Footwork 25 31 Gearbox
R 7 Martin Brundle Brabham 24 21 Gearbox
R 3 Satoru Nakajima Tyrrell 18 12 Spun off
R 27 Gianni Morbidelli Minardi 10 8 Collision
R 16 Ivan Capelli Leyton House 15 7 Spun off
R 2 Gerhard Berger McLaren 5 6 Engine
R 32 Bertrand Gachot Jordan 19 0 Spun off
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
6 Riccardo Patrese
2
27 Alain Prost
3
1 Ayrton Senna
4
5 Nigel Mansell
5
2 Gerhard Berger
6
28 Jean Alesi
7
20 Nelson Piquet
8
24 Roberto Moreno
9
15 Maurício Gugelmin
10
27 Gianni Morbidelli
11
4 Stefano Modena
12
23 Pierluigi Martini
13
33 Andrea de Cesaris
14
26 Érik Comas
15
16 Ivan Capelli
16
25 Thierry Boutsen
17
8 Mark Blundell
18
3 Satoru Nakajima
19
32 Bertrand Gachot
20
12 Johnny Herbert
21
14 Olivier Grouillard
22
30 Aguri Suzuki
23
29 Éric Bernard
24
7 Martin Brundle
25
9 Michele Alboreto
26
22 Jyrki Järvilehto
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