1991 Japanese Grand Prix

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Results from the 1991 Formula One Japanese Grand Prix held at Suzuka on October 20, 1991. Ayrton Senna clinched the 1991 world championship when Nigel Mansell retired, and handed the lead to team-mate Gerhard Berger on the last lap. This race saw the final points finish for the legendary Brabham team. Eric Bernard crashed heavily in qualifying, and was out of F1 for more than 2 years.

[edit] Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	2	Gerhard Berger	McLaren-Honda	53	32:11.3	1	10
2	1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	53	0.344	2	6
3	6	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	53	56.731	5	4
4	27	Alain Prost	Ferrari	53	01:21.2	4	3
5	7	Martin Brundle	Brabham-Yamaha	52	+ 1 Lap	19	2
6	4	Stefano Modena	Tyrrell-Honda	52	+ 1 Lap	14	1
7	20	Nelson Piquet	Benetton-Ford	52	+ 1 Lap	10
8	15	Mauricio Gugelmin	Leyton House-Ilmor	52	+ 1 Lap	18
9	25	Thierry Boutsen	Ligier-Lamborghini	52	+ 1 Lap	17
10	10	Alex Caffi	Footwork-Porsche	51	+ 2 Laps	26
11	14	Gabriele Tarquini	Fondmetal-Ford	50	+ 3 Laps	24
Ret	26	Érik Comas	Ligier-Lamborghini	41	Alternator	20
Ret	23	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Ferrari	39	Electrical	7
Ret	19	Michael Schumacher	Benetton-Ford	34	Engine	9
Ret	12	Johnny Herbert	Lotus-Judd	31	Engine	23
Ret	3	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell-Honda	30	Spun off	15
Ret	30	Aguri Suzuki	Lola-Ford	26	Engine	25
Ret	24	Gianni Morbidelli	Minardi-Ferrari	15	Wheel	8
Ret	5	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	9	Spun Off	3
Ret	32	Alessandro Zanardi	Jordan-Ford	7	Gearbox	13
Ret	11	Mika Häkkinen	Lotus-Judd	4	Engine	21
Ret	33	Andrea de Cesaris	Jordan-Ford	1	Accident	11
Ret	22	Jyrki Järvilehto	Dallara-Judd	1	Accident	12
Ret	21	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara-Judd	1	Accident	16
Ret	16	Karl Wendlinger	Leyton House-Ilmor	1	Accident	22
Ret	28	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	0	Engine	6
DNQ	9	Michele Alboreto	Footwork-Porsche
DNQ	34	Nicola Larini	Lambo-Lamborghini
DNQ	35	Eric van de Poele	Lambo-Lamborghini
DNQ	29	Eric Bernard	Lola-Ford
DNPQ	8	Mark Blundell	Brabham-Yamaha

[edit] Notes

• Fastest Lap: Ayrton Senna 1'41.532
• Piquet qualified 10th but started from the back of the grid due to repairs.

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