The 1991 Australian Grand Prix was Round 16 of the 1991 FIA Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held in Adelaide, Australia on Sunday, 3 November 1991. Ayrton Senna started on pole position in the McLaren Honda and was declared the race winner when the Grand Prix was abandoned after just 14 laps due to bad weather. For the first time since the 1984 Monaco Grand Prix, only half points were awarded to the top 6 finishers of this race.
1991 Foster's Australian Grand Prix Race Result
Pos. | No. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Tyre | Laps | Time/Retired | Race Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Lap | Speed | Started | Points |
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1 | 1 | Ayrton Senna | Brazil | McLaren Honda | Goodyear | 14 | 24:34.899 | 24:34.899 | - | - | 1:42.545 | 13 | 129.170 | 1 | 5 |
2 | 5 | Nigel Mansell | Great Britain | Williams Renault | Goodyear | 14 | +1.259 | 24:36.158 | +1.259 | +1.259 | 1:42.908 | 13 | 129.059 | 3 | 3 |
3 | 2 | Gerhard Berger | Austria | McLaren Honda | Goodyear | 14 | +5.120 | 24:40.019 | +5.120 | +3.861 | 1:41.141 | 14 | 128.722 | 2 | 2 |
4 | 20 | Nelson Piquet | Brazil | Benetton Ford | Pirelli | 14 | +30.103 | 25:05.002 | +30.103 | +24.983 | 1:42.616 | 5 | 126.585 | 5 | 1.5 |
5 | 6 | Riccardo Patrese | Italy | Williams Renault | Goodyear | 14 | +50.537 | 25:25.436 | +50.537 | +20.434 | 1:45.297 | 9 | 124.890 | 4 | 1 |
6 | 27 | Gianni Morbidelli | Italy | Ferrari | Goodyear | 14 | +51.069 | 25:25.968 | +51.069 | +0.532 | 1:45.599 | 5 | 124.846 | 8 | 0.5 |
7 | 21 | Emanuele Pirro | Italy | Dallara Judd | Pirelli | 14 | +52.361 | 25:27.260 | +52.361 | +1.292 | 1:44.933 | 13 | 124.741 | 13 | |
8 | 33 | Andrea de Cesaris | Italy | Jordan Ford | Goodyear | 14 | +1:00.431 | 25:35.330 | +1:00.431 | +8.070 | 1:45.264 | 14 | 124.085 | 12 | |
9 | 32 | Alessandro Zanardi | Italy | Jordan Ford | Goodyear | 14 | +1:15.567 | 25:50.466 | +1:15.567 | +15.136 | 1:43.519 | 14 | 122.874 | 16 | |
10 | 4 | Stefano Modena | Italy | Tyrrell Honda | Pirelli | 14 | +1:20.370 | 25:55.269 | +1:20.370 | +4.803 | 1:45.912 | 12 | 122.494 | 9 | |
11 | 12 | Johnny Herbert | Great Britain | Lotus Judd | Goodyear | 14 | +1:22.073 | 25:56.972 | +1:22.073 | +1.703 | 1:46.437 | 12 | 122.360 | 21 | |
12 | 22 | JJ Lehto | Finland | Dallara Judd | Pirelli | 14 | +1:38.519 | 26:13.418 | +1:38.519 | +16.446 | 1:48.018 | 11 | 121.081 | 11 | |
13 | 9 | Michele Alboreto | Italy | Footwork Porsche | Goodyear | 14 | +1:39.303 | 26:14.202 | +1:39.303 | +0.784 | 1:47.030 | 12 | 121.021 | 15 | |
14 | 15 | Maurício Gugelmin | Brazil | Leyton House Ilmor | Goodyear | 13 | +1 lap | 24:08.926 | 1 lap | 1 lap | 1:47.395 | 12 | 122.093 | 14 | |
15 | 10 | Alex Caffi | Italy | Footwork Porsche | Goodyear | 13 | +1 lap | 24:51.418 | 1 lap | +42.492 | 1:47.421 | 13 | 118.614 | 23 | |
16 | 24 | Roberto Moreno | Brazil | Minardi Ferrari | Goodyear | 13 | +1 lap | 25:01.922 | 1 lap | +10.504 | 1:47.000 | 13 | 117.785 | 18 | |
17 | 8 | Mark Blundell | Great Britain | Brabham Yamaha | Pirelli | 13 | +1 lap | 25:03.237 | 1 lap | +1.315 | 1:46.821 | 13 | 117.682 | 17 | |
18 | 26 | Érik Comas | France | Ligier Lamborghini | Goodyear | 13 | +1 lap | 25:24.128 | 1 lap | +20.891 | 1:50.046 | 13 | 116.068 | 22 | |
19 | 11 | Mika Häkkinen | Finland | Lotus Judd | Goodyear | 13 | +2 laps | 25:52.658 | 1 lap | +28.530 | 1:50.949 | 10 | 113.936 | 26 | |
20 | 16 | Karl Wendlinger | Austria | Leyton House Ilmor | Goodyear | 12 | +2 laps | 26:11.255 | 2 laps | 1 lap | 1:48.614 | 12 | 103.927 | 26 | |
DNF | 23 | Pierluigi Martini | Italy | Minardi Ferrari | Goodyear | 8 | Spun Off | 15:39.323 | 1:51.274 | 8 | 115.896 | 10 | |||
DNF | 19 | Michael Schumacher | Germany | Benetton Ford | Pirelli | 5 | Collision | 9:05.591 | 1:43.714 | 4 | 124.708 | 6 | |||
DNF | 28 | Jean Alesi | France | Ferrari | Goodyear | 5 | Collision | 9:06.446 | 1:45.738 | 5 | 124.513 | 7 | |||
DNF | 34 | Nicola Larini | Italy | Lambo Lamborghini | Goodyear | 5 | Spun Off | 9:52.675 | 1:49.640 | 5 | 114.801 | 19 | |||
DNF | 25 | Thierry Boutsen | Belgium | Ligier Lamborghini | Goodyear | 5 | Collision | 10:10.688 | 1:52.628 | 5 | 111.415 | 20 | |||
DNF | 3 | Satoru Nakajima | Japan | Tyrrell Honda | Pirelli | 4 | Spun Off | 8:46.472 | 1:55.073 | 4 | 103.390 | 24 | |||
DNQ | 30 | Aguri Suzuki | Japan | Lola Ford | Goodyear | ||||||||||
DNQ | 7 | Martin Brundle | Great Britain | Brabham Yamaha | Pirelli | ||||||||||
DNQ | 35 | Eric van de Poele | Belgium | Lambo Lamborghini | Goodyear | ||||||||||
DNQ | 32 | Bertrand Gachot | Belgium | Lola Ford | Goodyear | ||||||||||
DNPQ | 14 | Gabriele Tarquini | Italy | Fondmetal Ford | Goodyear | ||||||||||
DNPQ | 31 | Naoki Hattori | Japan | Coloni Ford | Goodyear |