Australian Grand Prix

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Date & Time
Sun 3rd November 1991 12:00am Local
Sun 3rd November 1991 12:00am UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
1991

Round
Round 16

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Adelaide Street Circuit

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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	McLaren Formula 1 Team	24:34.899
02	Nigel Mansell	Williams Racing	+0:01.259
03	Gerhard Berger	McLaren Formula 1 Team	+0:05.120
04	Nelson Piquet	Benetton Formula	+0:30.103
05	Riccardo Patrese	Williams Racing	+0:50.537
06	Gianni Morbidelli	Scuderia Ferrari HP	+0:51.069
07	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara	+0:52.361
08	Andrea De Cesaris	Jordan	+1:00.431
09	Alessandro Zanardi	Jordan	+1:15.567
10	Stefano Modena	Tyrrell Racing	+1:20.370
11	Johnny Herbert	Lotus F1	+1:22.073
12	JJ Lehto	Dallara	+ 1:38.519
13	Michele Alboreto	Footwork Arrows	+1:39.303
14	Maurício Gugelmin	Leyton House Racing	+1 Lap
15	Alex Caffi	Footwork Arrows	+1 Lap
16	Roberto Moreno	Minardi	+ 1 lap
17	Mark Blundell	Brabham	+1 Lap
18	Érik Comas	Ligier	+1 Lap
19	Mika Häkkinen	Lotus F1	+2 Laps
20	Karl Wendlinger	Leyton House Racing	+2 Laps
21	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	DNF
22	Michael Schumacher	Benetton Formula	DNF
23	Jean Alesi	Scuderia Ferrari HP	DNF
24	Nicola Larini	Lamborghini Iron Lynx	DNF
25	Thierry Boutsen	Ligier	DNF
26	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell Racing	DNF
27	Aguri Suzuki	MasterCard Lola	Did not qualify
28	Martin Brundle	Brabham	Did not qualify
29	Eric van de Poele	Lamborghini Iron Lynx	Did not qualify
30	Bertrand Gachot	MasterCard Lola	Did not qualify
31	Gabriele Tarquini	Fondmetal	Did not prequalify