1991 Life Grand Prix Series season

The 1991 Life Grand Prix Series season was the first season of the Life Grand Prix Series, a Life L190 one make series.

Teams and drivers

A pink background indicates a team/driver ineligible for championship points.

Entrant	No.	Race Drivers	Rounds	Test Driver(s)
Foster's Good Call	00	Jan van der Maeyede	1-4, 7-9	Apostolos Alianopoulos Jose Braggia
		Apostolos Alianopoulos 11	5-6
	9	Jose Braggia	1-7
		Pieter Kickert 13	8-9
Some Racing Team Inc. Co. Pte Ltd.	1	James Generic	1-9	None
Lots of Trouble Usually Serious	3	Danny Fernandez	1-9	Mike Boullier
	4	Cave Armstrong	1-2, 6-9
		Mike Boullier 1	3-5
Dave Wilson Racing	5	Dave Wilson	1-9	None
Racing in Circles	222	Billy Bob Barron	1-4	John Smith
	37	John Smith 9	5-9
	10	Ronald Tenpecost	1-9
The Smokin' Engines	11	Michael Balzary	1-9	Jonny Greenwood
Trabant Rennsport	13	Gio van Dycke	1-9	None
	31	Dimitry Vitkin	1-2
		File:North Korea.png Kim Jong-Sung 2	4-9
Psycho Soldiers Racing Team	14	Nobuhiko Yazaki	1-9	None
	15	Yuki Yoshino	1-9
Kickert Motorsport Engineering	16	Pieter Kickert	1-7	None
Team James Davies	17	James Davies	1-9	None
Team Sandinista!	19	Christopher Arthurs	1-9	Rachel Graham
	20	Richard Arthurs	1-2
		Joachim Dumm 3	3
		Rachel Graham 6	4-9
Scuderia Rifiutare	27	Jean-Pierre Balivernes	1-9	None
Zeroforce 12	29	Algernon Bell	6-9	Natascha Zaugg
EuroBrum	33	William Anker	1-9	Jamie Murphy
	34	Richard Richardson	1-2, 5-9
		Jamie Murphy 4	3-4
Rockets to Russia	35	Danny Ramone	1-9	Algernon Bell
	53	Marky Howard	1-3, 6-9
		Algernon Bell 7	4-5
Garagist Racing Team 13	39	José Pablo Mazzacane	7-9	None
HURT Racing	47	Joe Bloggs	1-3	Bazza the Bogan
		Bazza the Bogan 8	4-9
Herbalife Racing	69	Charles Jericho	1-2, 4-9	Baccus Young
		Baccus Young 5	3
	666	Danilo di Longo 12	1-5
Start 'n' Park Racing	90	Larry Chapman	1-4, 9	Con Wellholme
		Con Wellholme 10	5-8
	91	Johnny Gunselman	1-8
		Con Wellholme 15	9
Foxhound Life	190	Psycho Mantis	1-9	Kenneth Baker
Life of Namibia	264	Leonhard von Gottorp	1-9	None
Winton Racing	7	Sam Winton	7	None
		Apostolos Alianopoulos 14	8

Notes:

• 1 - Cave Armstrong injured his legs at the Jarama GP following a collision with Dimitry Vitkin, and was forced to miss the next three races. He was substituted by Mike Boullier.
• 2 - Dimitry Vitkin was banned for six races after causing a serious collision with Cave Armstrong at Jarama. Additionally, Trabant Rennsport was forced to run only one car at the following French GP due to shortage of spare chassises. Following this, Vitkin was sacked immediatedly and replaced by North Korean Kim Jong-Sung.
• 3 - Richard Arthurs was severely injured in a high-speed accident at Jarama, and couldn't take part in the next nine races. As no other replacement was nominated, the LGPS council appointed Joachim Dumm, originally set to drive the second Scuderia Rifiutare car before the team scaled down to a one-car operation, as his replacement for the French GP.
• 4 - Richard Richardson fractured a rib in a crash at Jarama, and was sidelined for over a month. American Jamie Murphy replaced him until he was again fit enough to race.
• 5 - Charles Jericho suffered a concussion in an accident at Jarama, and was not cleared to take part in the next race due to health concerns. The team's test driver Baccus Young stood in for him.
• 6 - Joachim Dumm was banned for two races after a collision with Micahel Balzary in France, and Team Sandinista terminated his contract immediately. The team's test driver Rachel Graham had recovered from the shock caused by Richard Arthur's accident and was ready to substitute for him from the Italian GP onwards.
• 7 - Marky Howard suffered minor fractures to his ankles in a crash at Paul Ricard, forcing him to sit out the next two GPs. He was replaced by Algernon Bell.
• 8 - Joe Bloggs' negative comments about the HURT Racing car and the team in general resulted in him being sacked after the French GP. Test driver Bazza the Bogan took his place.
• 9 - Billy Bob Barron was seriously injured in a crash at Monza. The team's test driver John Smith took his place until Barron's recovery.
• 10 - Larry Chapman broke his tibia in the same crash with Barron, and had to sit out for two months. Con Wellholme replaced him for the time being.
• 11 - Jan van der Maeyede injured his ankle in an off-track incident between the Italian and Austrian GPs. He was replaced by Greek rookie Apostolos Alianopoulos for the duration of his injury.
• 12 - After the Austrian GP, Herbalife Racing decided to downscale into a one-car operation and sack Danilo di Longo. To keep 30 regular entrants in the series, the LGPS council granted the Zeroforce team from Liechtenstein their second entry. The team would debut at the Czechoslovakian GP with Rockets to Russia driver Algernon Bell.
• 13 - After the German GP, Pieter Kickert joined Foster's Good Call, taking all remaining funds of his team with him. This gave Garagist Racing team a permanent entry after debuting in Germany as a guest entrant.
• 14 - Winton Racing opted to have Apostolos Alianopoulos drive their car in Sweden to give Sam Winton some much-needed rest.
• 15 - After Larry Chapman's recovery, Start 'n' Park Racing decided to give Con Wellholme three more races in the place of Johnny Gunselman.

Season calendar

Testing

Track	Date	Fastest driver	Fastest team
Autodromo Vallelunga Piero Taruffi	23rd March	James Davies	Team James Davies
	24th March	James Davies	Team James Davies

Races

GP	Date	Title	Track	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	April 14	Life Gran Premio de España	Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera, Spain	Leonhard von Gottorp	James Davies	Leonhard von Gottorp	Life of Namibia
2	April 28	File:Andorra.png Life Gran Premi d'Andorra	Circuito del Jarama, Madrid, Spain	Gio van Dycke	Gio van Dycke	Gio van Dycke	Trabant Rennsport
3	May 12	Life Grand Prix de France	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France	James Davies	Leonhard von Gottorp	Yuki Yoshino	Psycho Soldiers
4	May 26	Life Gran Premio d'Italia	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy	Gio van Dycke	Gio van Dycke	Dave Wilson	Dave Wilson Racing
5	June 9	Life Grosser Preis von Österreich	Österreichring, Spielberg, Austria	Gio van Dycke	Gio van Dycke	Gio van Dycke	Trabant Rennsport
6	June 23	Life Velká Cena Československa	Masaryk Circuit, Brno, Czechoslovakia	Leonhard von Gottorp	James Davies	James Davies	Team James Davies
7	July 7	Life Grosser Preis von Deutschland	Hockenheimring, Hockenheim, Germany	Gio van Dycke	Gio van Dycke	Danny Ramone	Rockets to Russia
8	July 21	Life Grand Prix av Sverige	Scandinavian Raceway, Anderstorp, Sweden	James Davies	Gio van Dycke	Yuki Yoshino	Psycho Soldiers
9	August 4	Life Grand Prix de Belgique	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa, Belgium
10	August 18	Life Grosser Preis der Schweiz	Circuit Dijon-Prenois, Dijon, France
11	August 25	Life Grosser Preis von Luxemburg	Rouen-Les-Essarts, Rouen, France
12	September 8	Life Grand Prix of Europe	Brands Hatch, Kent, England
13	September 15	Life Grand Prix of Britain	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire, England
14	September 22	Life Grand Prix of England	Donington Park, North West Leicestershire, England
15	October 6	Life Grande Premio de Portugal	Autódromo Fernanda Pires da Silva, Estoril, Portugal
16	October 20	Life Eastern United States Grand Prix	Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, NY, USA
17	November 3	Life Western United States Grand Prix	Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, NV, USA
18	November 17	Life Nihon-guranpuri	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka, Japan