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Race · Round 15 of 16 ·

1991 Japanese Grand Prix

Gerhard Berger won for McLaren from pole at Suzuka Circuit. 15 of the starters were not classified. This round settled the drivers' title for Ayrton Senna.

Dry · High of 19 °C, no rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)

How it is modelled

ERA5's reanalysis, through Open-Meteo, of the circuit's whole local day and not the race's hours, for the grid cell the circuit sits in and not the track, so a shower can be missing from it. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.

Circuit
Suzuka CircuitSuzuka, Japan
Winner
Gerhard BergerMcLaren
Fastest lap
Ayrton Senna
Entries
3211 classified

Classification

Classification
PosDriverConstructorChassisGridLapsOutPointsFL
1Gerhard BergerMcLarenMP4/6153Finished10
2Ayrton SennaMcLarenMP4/6253Finished6fastest lap
3Riccardo PatreseWilliamsFW14553Finished4
4Alain ProstFerrari—453Finished3
5Martin BrundleBrabham—1952Finished2
6Stefano ModenaTyrrell161452Finished1
7Nelson PiquetBenetton—1052Finished0
8Mauricio GugelminLeyton HouseCG9111852Finished0
9Thierry BoutsenLigier—1752Finished0
10Alex CaffiFootworkFA12C2651Finished0
11Gabriele TarquiniFondmetal—2450Finished0
DNFÉrik ComasLigier—2041Alternator0
DNFPierluigi MartiniMinardiM191739Electrical0
DNFMichael SchumacherBenetton—934Engine0
DNFJohnny HerbertTeam Lotus102B2331Engine0
DNFSatoru NakajimaTyrrell161530Spun off0
DNFAguri SuzukiLolaLC912526Engine0
DNFGianni MorbidelliMinardiM191815Wheel0
DNFNigel MansellWilliamsFW1439Spun off0
DNFAlex ZanardiJordan191137Gearbox0
DNFMika HakkinenTeam Lotus102B214Engine0
DNFAndrea de CesarisJordan191111Collision0
DNFJyrki JärvilehtoDallaraF191121Collision0
DNFEmanuele PirroDallaraF191161Collision0
DNFKarl WendlingerLeyton HouseCG911221Collision0
DNFJean AlesiFerrari—60Engine0
DNQMichele AlboretoFootworkFA12C——DNQ0
DNQNicola LariniModena291——DNQ0
DNQEric van de PoeleModena291——DNQ0
DNQÉric BernardLolaLC91——DNQ0
DNPQMark BlundellBrabham———DNPQ0
DNPQNaoki HattoriColoniC4——DNPQ0
A blank chassis is a season the team ran more than one design and no source says which car raced here.
F1DB layout suzuka-1 · 5.86 km · 18 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

05101520253035404550Laps completedGridResult11Gerhard Berger22Ayrton Senna53Riccardo Patrese44Alain Prost195Martin Brundle146Stefano Modena107Nelson Piquet188Mauricio Gugelmin179Thierry Boutsen2610Alex Caffi2411Gabriele Tarquini20DNFÉrik Comas7DNFPierluigi Martini9DNFMichael Schumacher23DNFJohnny Herbert15DNFSatoru Nakajima25DNFAguri Suzuki8DNFGianni Morbidelli3DNFNigel Mansell13DNFAlex Zanardi21DNFMika Hakkinen11DNFAndrea de Cesaris12DNFJyrki Järvilehto16DNFEmanuele Pirro22DNFKarl Wendlinger6DNFJean Alesi

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
DriverGridResultLaps
Gerhard Berger1153
Ayrton Senna2253
Riccardo Patrese5353
Alain Prost4453
Martin Brundle19552
Stefano Modena14652
Nelson Piquet10752
Mauricio Gugelmin18852
Thierry Boutsen17952
Alex Caffi261051
Gabriele Tarquini241150
Érik Comas20DNF41
Pierluigi Martini7DNF39
Michael Schumacher9DNF34
Johnny Herbert23DNF31
Satoru Nakajima15DNF30
Aguri Suzuki25DNF26
Gianni Morbidelli8DNF15
Nigel Mansell3DNF9
Alex Zanardi13DNF7
Mika Hakkinen21DNF4
Andrea de Cesaris11DNF1
Jyrki Järvilehto12DNF1
Emanuele Pirro16DNF1
Karl Wendlinger22DNF1
Jean Alesi6DNF0

Qualifying

Qualifying
PosDriverConstructorNo.TimeGap≈ DistanceInterval
1Gerhard BergerMcLaren21:34.700—0 m—
2Ayrton SennaMcLaren11:34.898+0.19812 m+0.198
3Nigel MansellWilliams51:34.922+0.22214 m+0.024
4Alain ProstFerrari271:36.670+1.970122 m+1.748
5Riccardo PatreseWilliams61:36.882+2.182135 m+0.212
6Jean AlesiFerrari281:37.140+2.440151 m+0.258
7Pierluigi MartiniMinardi231:38.154+3.454214 m+1.014
8Gianni MorbidelliMinardi241:38.248+3.548220 m+0.094
9Michael SchumacherBenetton191:38.363+3.663227 m+0.115
10Nelson PiquetBenetton201:38.614+3.914242 m+0.251
11Andrea de CesarisJordan331:38.842+4.142256 m+0.228
12Jyrki JärvilehtoDallara221:38.911+4.211261 m+0.069
13Alex ZanardiJordan321:38.923+4.223261 m+0.012
14Stefano ModenaTyrrell41:38.926+4.226262 m+0.003
15Satoru NakajimaTyrrell31:39.118+4.418273 m+0.192
16Emanuele PirroDallara211:39.238+4.538281 m+0.120
17Thierry BoutsenLigier251:39.499+4.799297 m+0.261
18Mauricio GugelminLeyton House151:39.518+4.818298 m+0.019
19Martin BrundleBrabham71:39.697+4.997309 m+0.179
20Érik ComasLigier261:39.820+5.120317 m+0.123
21Mika HakkinenTeam Lotus111:40.024+5.324329 m+0.204
22Karl WendlingerLeyton House161:40.092+5.392334 m+0.068
23Johnny HerbertTeam Lotus121:40.170+5.470338 m+0.078
24Gabriele TarquiniFondmetal141:40.184+5.484339 m+0.014
25Aguri SuzukiLola301:40.255+5.555344 m+0.071
26Alex CaffiFootwork101:40.402+5.702353 m+0.147
27Michele AlboretoFootwork91:40.844+6.144380 m+0.442
28Nicola LariniModena341:42.492+7.792482 m+1.648
29Eric van de PoeleModena351:42.724+8.024497 m+0.232
Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.
How it is derived: distance, Qualifying

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Pit stops

Pit stops are recorded from 1994. F1DB, the source of every stop here, holds none before then, so this race has no stints to draw.

Practice sessions Pre-qualifying · Practice 1 · Practice 2 · Warm-up

Pre-qualifying

Pre-qualifying
PosDriverConstructorNo.Best lapGap≈ DistanceIntervalLaps
1Martin BrundleBrabham71:41.289—0 m——
2Alex CaffiFootwork101:42.382+1.09363 m+1.093—
3Michele AlboretoFootwork91:42.479+1.19069 m+0.097—
4Gabriele TarquiniFondmetal141:43.025+1.736100 m+0.546—
5Mark BlundellBrabham81:44.004+2.715157 m+0.979—
6Naoki HattoriColoni312:00.035+18.7461,085 m+16.031—
Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.
How it is derived: distance, Pre-qualifying

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Practice 1

Practice 1
PosDriverConstructorNo.Best lapGap≈ DistanceIntervalLaps
1Ayrton SennaMcLaren11:37.535—0 m——
2Gerhard BergerMcLaren21:37.780+0.24515 m+0.245—
3Nigel MansellWilliams51:37.825+0.29017 m+0.045—
4Alain ProstFerrari271:40.412+2.877173 m+2.587—
5Jean AlesiFerrari281:40.434+2.899174 m+0.022—
6Andrea de CesarisJordan331:40.461+2.926176 m+0.027—
7Riccardo PatreseWilliams61:40.608+3.073185 m+0.147—
8Alex ZanardiJordan321:41.035+3.500210 m+0.427—
9Michele AlboretoFootwork91:41.573+4.038243 m+0.538—
10Nelson PiquetBenetton201:41.783+4.248255 m+0.210—
11Johnny HerbertTeam Lotus121:41.787+4.252255 m+0.004—
12Alex CaffiFootwork101:42.032+4.497270 m+0.245—
13Jyrki JärvilehtoDallara221:42.186+4.651279 m+0.154—
14Martin BrundleBrabham71:42.276+4.741285 m+0.090—
15Gianni MorbidelliMinardi241:42.429+4.894294 m+0.153—
16Mauricio GugelminLeyton House151:42.789+5.254316 m+0.360—
17Stefano ModenaTyrrell41:43.102+5.567334 m+0.313—
18Michael SchumacherBenetton191:43.317+5.782347 m+0.215—
19Satoru NakajimaTyrrell31:43.453+5.918356 m+0.136—
20Emanuele PirroDallara211:43.574+6.039363 m+0.121—
21Thierry BoutsenLigier251:43.781+6.246375 m+0.207—
22Éric BernardLola291:44.136+6.601397 m+0.355—
23Pierluigi MartiniMinardi231:44.657+7.122428 m+0.521—
24Aguri SuzukiLola301:45.026+7.491450 m+0.369—
25Mika HakkinenTeam Lotus111:45.164+7.629458 m+0.138—
26Karl WendlingerLeyton House161:45.316+7.781467 m+0.152—
27Gabriele TarquiniFondmetal141:45.551+8.016482 m+0.235—
28Nicola LariniModena341:45.555+8.020482 m+0.004—
29Érik ComasLigier261:45.827+8.292498 m+0.272—
30Eric van de PoeleModena351:49.628+12.093727 m+3.801—
Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.
How it is derived: distance, Practice 1

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Practice 2

Practice 2
PosDriverConstructorNo.Best lapGap≈ DistanceIntervalLaps
1Gerhard BergerMcLaren21:35.626—0 m——
2Ayrton SennaMcLaren11:35.635+0.0091 m+0.009—
3Nigel MansellWilliams51:36.556+0.93057 m+0.921—
4Riccardo PatreseWilliams61:38.424+2.798171 m+1.868—
5Michael SchumacherBenetton191:38.482+2.856175 m+0.058—
6Jyrki JärvilehtoDallara221:39.119+3.493214 m+0.637—
7Gianni MorbidelliMinardi241:39.324+3.698227 m+0.205—
8Pierluigi MartiniMinardi231:39.441+3.815234 m+0.117—
9Alain ProstFerrari271:39.664+4.038247 m+0.223—
10Karl WendlingerLeyton House161:39.667+4.041248 m+0.003—
11Stefano ModenaTyrrell41:39.732+4.106252 m+0.065—
12Martin BrundleBrabham71:39.771+4.145254 m+0.039—
13Andrea de CesarisJordan331:39.905+4.279262 m+0.134—
14Alex CaffiFootwork101:40.165+4.539278 m+0.260—
15Emanuele PirroDallara211:40.193+4.567280 m+0.028—
16Mauricio GugelminLeyton House151:40.315+4.689287 m+0.122—
17Michele AlboretoFootwork91:40.405+4.779293 m+0.090—
18Aguri SuzukiLola301:40.591+4.965304 m+0.186—
19Thierry BoutsenLigier251:40.663+5.037309 m+0.072—
20Nelson PiquetBenetton201:40.729+5.103313 m+0.066—
21Gabriele TarquiniFondmetal141:41.141+5.515338 m+0.412—
22Johnny HerbertTeam Lotus121:41.559+5.933364 m+0.418—
23Érik ComasLigier261:41.709+6.083373 m+0.150—
24Satoru NakajimaTyrrell31:41.959+6.333388 m+0.250—
25Jean AlesiFerrari281:42.098+6.472397 m+0.139—
26Alex ZanardiJordan321:42.119+6.493398 m+0.021—
27Mika HakkinenTeam Lotus111:43.453+7.827480 m+1.334—
28Eric van de PoeleModena351:43.841+8.215503 m+0.388—
29Nicola LariniModena341:45.976+10.350634 m+2.135—
Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.
How it is derived: distance, Practice 2

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Warm-up

Warm-up
PosDriverConstructorNo.Best lapGap≈ DistanceIntervalLaps
1Ayrton SennaMcLaren11:41.442—0 m——
2Nigel MansellWilliams51:41.932+0.49028 m+0.490—
3Riccardo PatreseWilliams61:42.229+0.78745 m+0.297—
4Jean AlesiFerrari281:42.631+1.18969 m+0.402—
5Gerhard BergerMcLaren21:42.651+1.20970 m+0.020—
6Alex ZanardiJordan321:43.287+1.845107 m+0.636—
7Andrea de CesarisJordan331:43.402+1.960113 m+0.115—
8Aguri SuzukiLola301:44.239+2.797162 m+0.837—
9Michael SchumacherBenetton191:44.319+2.877166 m+0.080—
10Pierluigi MartiniMinardi231:44.553+3.111180 m+0.234—
11Emanuele PirroDallara211:44.640+3.198185 m+0.087—
12Karl WendlingerLeyton House161:44.973+3.531204 m+0.333—
13Stefano ModenaTyrrell41:45.031+3.589207 m+0.058—
14Thierry BoutsenLigier251:45.073+3.631210 m+0.042—
15Martin BrundleBrabham71:45.108+3.666212 m+0.035—
16Gianni MorbidelliMinardi241:45.349+3.907226 m+0.241—
17Nelson PiquetBenetton201:45.394+3.952228 m+0.045—
18Mauricio GugelminLeyton House151:45.574+4.132239 m+0.180—
19Alain ProstFerrari271:45.792+4.350251 m+0.218—
20Jyrki JärvilehtoDallara221:46.068+4.626267 m+0.276—
21Johnny HerbertTeam Lotus121:46.338+4.896283 m+0.270—
22Alex CaffiFootwork101:46.537+5.095294 m+0.199—
23Érik ComasLigier261:47.137+5.695329 m+0.600—
24Mika HakkinenTeam Lotus111:47.451+6.009347 m+0.314—
25Satoru NakajimaTyrrell31:48.050+6.608382 m+0.599—
26Gabriele TarquiniFondmetal141:49.039+7.597439 m+0.989—
Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.
How it is derived: distance, Warm-up

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

The cars in this race

The photograph each car's Wikipedia article leads with, from Wikimedia Commons: taken wherever and whenever that was, not necessarily at this race.

McLaren MP4/6
McLaren MP4/6
McLaren MP4-6 Honda · debun , cropped by Morio · CC BY 2.0
Williams FW14
Williams FW14
Williams FW14B · taken by Mikelo · CC BY-SA 2.0
Tyrrell 020
Tyrrell 020
Tyrrell 020 front-left 2012 Japan · Morio · CC BY-SA 3.0
Leyton House CG911
Leyton House CG911
Ivan Capelli 1991 USA · Stuart Seeger from College Station, Texas, USA · CC BY 2.0 · unchecked
Footwork FA12
Footwork FA12
Flickr - wbaiv - DSC 0167 · Bill Abbott · CC BY-SA 2.0 · unchecked
Coloni C4
Coloni C4
Ingo Iserhardt, Formel 1 Test · Paddock1990 ( Diskussion ) 02:04, 31. Jul. 2012 (CEST) · CC BY-SA 3.0 de · unchecked

A photograph marked unchecked has a file name that does not name the car it is shown for. Most are still the right car, filed under the driver rather than the machine — but nobody has confirmed these one by one.

5 more photographs
Dallara F191
Dallara F191
Dallara 191 - Brands Hatch 2018 (3) · File:Dallara 191 - Brands Hatch 2018 (1).jpg : Matt Buck derivative work: Mr.choppers · CC BY-SA 2.0 · unchecked
Jordan 191
Jordan 191
Jordan 191 Michael Schumacher (14464876712) · nakhon100 · CC BY 2.0
Lambo 291
Lambo 291
Lamborghini 291 (54910906617) · Alexandre Prevot from Nancy, France · CC BY-SA 4.0 · unchecked
Lotus 102
Lotus 102
Lotus-Lamborghini 102 · Andrew Basterfield · CC BY-SA 2.0 · unchecked
Minardi M191
Minardi M191
Minardi M191 Musée Lamborghini · Arnaud 25 · CC BY-SA 3.0

Where this comes from

Round
15 of 1991
Grand Prix
Japanese Grand Prix
Dates
Layout raced
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Format
Standard weekend
Constructor
McLaren
Entrant
McLaren-Honda
Confidence
reference

No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.