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1991 Belgian Grand Prix
11th round of the 1991 Formula One season / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1991 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps on 25 August 1991. It was the eleventh race of the 1991 Formula One World Championship. The 44-lap race was won by Brazilian Ayrton Senna, driving a McLaren-Honda, after he started from pole position. His Austrian teammate Gerhard Berger finished second, with another Brazilian, Nelson Piquet, third in a Benetton-Ford. Senna's Drivers' Championship rival, Briton Nigel Mansell, retired with an electrical failure, allowing Senna to extend his lead over him to 22 points with five races remaining.
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1991 Belgian Grand Prix | |||
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Race 11 of 16 in the 1991 Formula One World Championship | |||
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Race details | |||
Date | 25 August 1991 | ||
Official name | XL Grand Prix de Belgique | ||
Location |
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Francorchamps, Wallonia, Belgium | ||
Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
Course length | 6.940 km (4.312 miles) | ||
Distance | 44 laps, 305.360 km (189.741 miles) | ||
Weather | Sunny and hot | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | McLaren-Honda | ||
Time | 1:47.811 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Driver |
![]() | Benetton-Ford | |
Time | 1:55.161 on lap 40 | ||
Podium | |||
First | McLaren-Honda | ||
Second | McLaren-Honda | ||
Third | Benetton-Ford | ||
Lap leaders |
The race marked the debut of future seven-time World Champion, German Michael Schumacher, driving a Jordan-Ford. Schumacher qualified seventh, which matched the team's season-best grid position, and Schumacher outqualified veteran Andrea de Cesaris. Although he retired on the opening lap with a clutch failure, Schumacher's debut impressed the paddock. His seventh place qualifying was done in a midfield car, the Jordan 191, which he drove half a day of testing and at a track he had never raced at.[1]