Australian Grand Prix

Date
Sun 3rd November 1991 (UTC)
Sun 3rd November 1991 (Local)

Timestamp
1991-11-03T00:00:00

Time

00:00:00 UTC (00:00:00 Local)

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League
Formula 1

Season
1991

Round
16

Status

Location
Adelaide Street Circuit

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Description

The 1991 Australian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 3 November 1991 at the Adelaide Street Circuit. It was the 16th and final race of the 1991 Formula One World Championship. Torrential rain resulted in the race being stopped after just 16 of the scheduled 81 laps had been completed. The official results were declared from the end of the 14th lap, two laps before the race was suspended, in line with regulations. It held the record for being the shortest Formula One World Championship race until the 2021 Belgian Grand Prix.

The race was won by Ayrton Senna, with Nigel Mansell in second position, and Gerhard Berger's third-place finish plus Senna's victory meant that the McLaren team clinched the Constructor's championship. Mansell was unable to take part in the post-race podium ceremony, following a crash at the end of the race that left him requiring hospital treatment. Because less than seventy-five percent of the scheduled race distance had been completed, only half the normal World Championship points were awarded. This was also the final Formula One race for three time World Champion Nelson Piquet. It was the 60th pole position for Ayrton Senna. It would also prove to be the final Grand Prix for Satoru Nakajima, Naoki Hattori, Alex Caffi, and Emanuele Pirro.

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Result List

01	Ayrton Senna	24:34.899
02	Nigel Mansell	+0:01.259
03	Gerhard Berger	+0:05.120
04	Nelson Piquet	+0:30.103
05	Riccardo Patrese	+0:50.537
06	Gianni Morbidelli	+0:51.069
07	Emanuele Pirro	+0:52.361
08	Andrea De Cesaris	+1:00.431
09	Alessandro Zanardi	+1:15.567
10	Stefano Modena	+1:20.370
11	Johnny Herbert	+1:22.073
12	JJ Lehto	+ 1:38.519
13	Michele Alboreto	+1:39.303
14	Maurício Gugelmin	+1 Lap
15	Alex Caffi	+1 Lap
16	Roberto Moreno	+ 1 lap
17	Mark Blundell	+1 Lap
18	Érik Comas	+1 Lap
19	Mika Häkkinen	+2 Laps
20	Karl Wendlinger	+2 Laps
21	Pierluigi Martini	DNF
22	Michael Schumacher	DNF
23	Jean Alesi	DNF
24	Nicola Larini	DNF
25	Thierry Boutsen	DNF
26	Satoru Nakajima	DNF
27	Aguri Suzuki	Did not qualify
28	Martin Brundle	Did not qualify
29	Eric van de Poele	Did not qualify
30	Bertrand Gachot	Did not qualify
31	Gabriele Tarquini	Did not prequalify