The 1991 French Grand Prix was Round 7 of the 1991 FIA Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held at Magny-Cours, France on Sunday, 7 July 1991. Riccardo Patrese started on pole position in the Williams Renault and his team-mate Nigel Mansell was the race winner.
1991 French Grand Prix Race Result
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Tyre | Laps | Time/Retired | Race Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Lap | Speed | Started | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Nigel Mansell | Great Britain | Williams Renault | Goodyear | 72 | 1:38:00.056 | 1:38:00.056 | - | - | 1:19.168 | 49 | 188.271 | 4 | 10 |
| 2 | 27 | Alain Prost | France | Ferrari | Goodyear | 72 | +5.003 | 1:38:05.059 | +5.003 | +5.003 | 1:19.944 | 49 | 188.110 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | Ayrton Senna | Brazil | McLaren Honda | Goodyear | 72 | +34.934 | 1:38:34.990 | +34.934 | +29.931 | 1:20.570 | 54 | 187.158 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | 28 | Jean Alesi | France | Ferrari | Goodyear | 72 | +35.920 | 1:38:35.976 | +35.920 | +0.986 | 1:20.425 | 56 | 187.127 | 6 | 3 |
| 5 | 6 | Riccardo Patrese | Italy | Williams Renault | Goodyear | 71 | +1 lap | 1:38:53.951 | 1 lap | 1 lap | 1:20.028 | 65 | 183.969 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 33 | Andrea de Cesaris | Italy | Jordan Ford | Goodyear | 71 | +1 lap | 1:39:19.247 | 1 lap | +25.296 | 1:21.051 | 57 | 183.188 | 13 | 1 |
| 7 | 15 | Maurício Gugelmin | Brazil | Leyton House Ilmor | Goodyear | 70 | +2 laps | 1:38:04.512 | 2 laps | 1 lap | 1:22.309 | 53 | 182.902 | 7 | |
| 8 | 20 | Nelson Piquet | Brazil | Benetton Ford | Pirelli | 70 | +2 laps | 1:38:15.532 | 2 laps | +11.020 | 1:21.873 | 64 | 182.560 | 7 | |
| 9 | 23 | Pierluigi Martini | Italy | Minardi Ferrari | Goodyear | 70 | +2 laps | 1:38:18.091 | 2 laps | +2.559 | 1:21.719 | 50 | 182.481 | 12 | |
| 10 | 12 | Johnny Herbert | Great Britain | Lotus Judd | Goodyear | 70 | +2 laps | 1:38:45.355 | 2 laps | +27.264 | 1:23.201 | 47 | 181.641 | 20 | |
| 11 | 26 | Érik Comas | France | Ligier Lamborghini | Goodyear | 70 | +2 laps | 1:39:01.534 | 2 laps | +16.179 | 1:21.916 | 26 | 181.147 | 14 | |
| 12 | 25 | Thierry Boutsen | Belgium | Ligier Lamborghini | Goodyear | 69 | +3 laps | 1:38:59.752 | 3 laps | 1 lap | 1:21.641 | 34 | 178.612 | 16 | |
| DNF | 19 | Roberto Moreno | Brazil | Benetton Ford | Pirelli | 63 | Physical | 1:29:08.762 | 1:23.693 | 36 | 181.100 | 8 | |||
| DNF | 4 | Stefano Modena | Italy | Tyrrell Honda | Pirelli | 57 | Gearbox | 1:21:49.850 | 1:23.480 | 48 | 178.500 | 11 | |||
| DNF | 14 | Olivier Grouillard | France | Fondmetal Ford | Goodyear | 47 | Oil Leak | 1:07:20.298 | 1:22.837 | 30 | 178.861 | 21 | |||
| DNF | 29 | Éric Bernard | France | Lola Ford | Goodyear | 43 | Transmission | 1:00:34.358 | 1:22.133 | 42 | 181.916 | 23 | |||
| DNF | 22 | JJ Lehto | Finland | Dallara Judd | Pirelli | 39 | Tyre | 55:46.142 | 1:23.748 | 32 | 179.205 | 26 | |||
| DNF | 8 | Mark Blundell | Great Britain | Brabham Yamaha | Pirelli | 36 | Spun Off | 50:56.774 | 1:23.282 | 26 | 181.080 | 17 | |||
| DNF | 30 | Aguri Suzuki | Japan | Lola Ford | Goodyear | 32 | Transmission | 45:19.383 | 1:23.448 | 24 | 180.930 | 22 | |||
| DNF | 9 | Michele Alboreto | Italy | Footwork Porsche | Goodyear | 31 | Gearbox | 44:25.299 | 1:24.369 | 16 | 178.833 | 25 | |||
| DNF | 7 | Martin Brundle | Great Britain | Brabham Yamaha | Pirelli | 21 | Gearbox | 30:22.078 | 1:23.636 | 16 | 177.208 | 24 | |||
| DNF | 3 | Satoru Nakajima | Japan | Tyrrell Honda | Pirelli | 12 | Spun Off | 17:10.982 | 1:24.420 | 12 | 178.962 | 18 | |||
| DNF | 24 | Gianni Morbidelli | Italy | Minardi Ferrari | Goodyear | 8 | Collision | 11:18.679 | 1:23.687 | 5 | 181.241 | 10 | |||
| DNF | 16 | Ivan Capelli | Italy | Leyton House Ilmor | Goodyear | 7 | Spun Off | 10:02.655 | 1:23.623 | 7 | 178.591 | 15 | |||
| DNF | 2 | Gerhard Berger | Austria | McLaren Honda | Goodyear | 6 | Engine | 8:23.700 | 1:23.297 | 6 | 183.151 | 5 | |||
| DNF | 32 | Bertrand Gachot | France | Jordan Ford | Goodyear | Spun Off | 19 | ||||||||
| DNQ | 11 | Mika Häkkinen | Finland | Lotus Judd | Goodyear | ||||||||||
| DNQ | 18 | Fabrizio Barbazza | Italy | AGS Ford | Goodyear | ||||||||||
| DNQ | 17 | Gabriele Tarquini | Italy | AGS Ford | Goodyear | ||||||||||
| DNQ | 18 | Stefan Johansson | Sweden | Footwork Porsche | Goodyear | ||||||||||
| DNQ | 21 | Emanuele Pirro | Italy | Dallara Judd | Pirelli | ||||||||||
| DNPQ | 34 | Nicola Larini | Italy | Lambo Lamborghini | Goodyear | ||||||||||
| DNPQ | 35 | Eric van de Poele | Belgium | Lambo Lamborghini | Goodyear | ||||||||||
| DNPQ | 13 | Pedro Chaves | Portugal | Coloni Ford | Goodyear |