Formula Draft 1991

1991 Formula Draft
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All information on this page is not part of canon. The 1991 Formula Draft season is the first season in Hermann95's Formula Draft series.

Prior to the season, Formula One was bought by the American company Freedom Media, which lead to a number of rule changes. It saw the introduction of a budget cap and a draft system, which is heavily influenced by American sports leagues such as the NFL or the NBA. The new owners hoped to end the years of dominance by a few teams, most notably McLaren, to appeal to a broader audience and more potential investors in the future.

Drivers and teams

Team	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	#	Race Drivers	Rounds	Reserve Driver
Agip Scuderia Italia	Scuderia Italia-Ford	-	Ford HBA		1	Ayrton Senna	1-	TBA
					2	TBA	-
Braun Tyrell	Tyrell-Ilmor	-	Ilmor	TBA	3	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	1-	TBA
					4	Martin Brundle	1-
Camel Team Williams	Williams-Renault	-	Renault	TBA	5	Karl Wendlinger	1-	Johnny Herbert
					6	Riccardo Patrese	1-
Lauda Air Brabham	Brabham-Ferrari	-	Ferrari	TBA	7	Alain Prost	1-	TBA
					8	TBA	1-
Toshiba Arrows Grand Prix International	Arrows-Judd	-	Judd	TBA	9	Mika Häkkinen	1-	TBA
					10	Naoki Hattori	1-
Gitanes Team Lotus	Simtek-TBA	-	TBA	TBA	11	Mauricio Gugelmin	1-	TBA
					12	Erik Comas	1-
Footwork Leyton House	Leyton House-Yamaha	-	Yamaha	TBA	15	Alessandro Zanardi	1-	TBA
					16	Perry McCarthy	1-
AGS	March-TBA	-	TBA	TBA	17	Alex Caffi	1-	TBA
					18	Marco Apicella	1-
Benetton Ford	Benetton-Ford	-	Ford	TBA	19	Nigel Mansell	1-	TBA
					20	Eddie Irvine	1-
Marlboro McLaren Honda	McLaren-Honda	-	Honda		21	Nelson Piquet	1-	TBA
					22	TBA	-
Team 7Up Minardi	Minardi-Honda	-	Honda	TBA	23	Michael Schumacher	1-	TBA
					24	David Brabham	1-
Equipe Ligier Elf Renault	Ligier-Renault	-	Renault	TBA	25	Jean Alesi	1-	TBA
					26	Thierry Boutsen	1-
Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	-	Ferrari	TBA	27	Gerhard Berger	1-	TBA
					28	Bruno Giacomelli	1-
BP Larrousse F1	Larrousse-Lamborghini	-	Lamborghini	TBA	29	Damon Hill	1-	TBA
					30	Eric Bernard	1-
Sanyo Coloni Racing	Fomet-TBA	-	TBA	TBA	31	Eric van de Poele	1-	TBA
					32	Gary Brabham	1-
Fondmetal	Lola-TBA	-	TBA	TBA	33	Aguri Suzuki	1-	TBA
					34	Jean-Marc Gounon	1-
Jordan Grand Prix	Dallara-Judd	-	Judd	TBA	35	Roberto Moreno	1-	TBA
					36	TBA	1-
Fujifilm Modena Porsche	Modena-Porsche	-	Porsche	TBA	37	Andrea de Cesaris	1-	TBA
					38	Gregor Foitek	1-

Pre-Season

• During the pre-season the first-ever Formula One Draft took place in Paris. All 18 teams, including the newcomers Jordan and Modena, drafted their drivers, engine suppliers, chassis suppliers and tyre manufacturers for the season over the four rounds.
• Niki Lauda, bought a majority stake in the financially troubled Brabham team.
• Tom Walkinshaw became new team principal at Ferrari
• Herbie Blash took over at Leyton House
• New rules forced all teams to run two cars at all events. This meant that Fondmetal, who took over Osella, and Coloni had to upscale their operation.
• Two entirely new teams joined the grid. Jordan Grand Prix took the step up from Formula 3000, while the Italian Modena team secured backing from Porsche for the 1991 and 1992 season.
• Three teams that started the 1990 season didn't make the grid for the 1991 season: EuroBrun, Onyx and Life.

Season Overview

Round	Grand Prix	Location	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Constructor
1	United States Grand Prix	Phoenix street circuit
2	Brazilian Grand Prix	Autódromo José Carlos Pace
3	San Marino Grand Prix	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari
4	Monaco Grand Prix	Circuit de Monaco
5	Canadian Grand Prix	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
6	Mexican Grand Prix	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
7	French Grand Prix	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours
8	British Grand Prix	Silverstone Circuit
9	German Grand Prix	Hockenheimring
10	Hungarian Grand Prix	Hungaroring
11	Belgian Grand Prix	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
12	Italian Grand Prix	Autodromo Nazionale Monza
13	Portuguese Grand Prix	Autódromo do Estoril
14	Spanish Grand Prix	Circuit de Catalunya
15	Japanese Grand Prix	Suzuka Circuit
16	Australian Grand Prix	Adelaide Street Circuit

Points and standings

Point scoring system

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
Points	10	6	4	3	2	1

World Drivers' Championship standings

Key

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Orange	Did not qualify (DNQ)
	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
Pale Blue	Withdrawn (WD)
Blank	Did Not Enter (No text)
	Excluded (EX)
	Did not Start (DNS)
	Did not Arrive (DNA)
	Event cancelled (C)
	Injured (INJ)
Bold denotes pole position
Italics denote fastest lap
† Classification despite retirement
‡ Race not run to scheduled distance