1991 Italian Formula One Championship
| 1991 Italian Formula One Championship season | |
|---|---|
| |
| Alain Prost successfully defended his Drivers Championship. | |
| Season | |
| Races | 6 |
| Start date | 28th April |
| Start Event |  San Marino Grand Prix
|
| End date | 8th December |
| End Event |  F1 Indoor Trophy
|
| Awards | |
| Driver's Champion | Template:FRA Alain Prost |
| Constructor's Champion | Ferrari
|
| Seasons | |
| Previous season | Next season |
| 1990 | 1992 |
All information on this page is not part of canon.
The 1991 Italian Formula One Championship was the fourth season of the of Italian Formula One Championship. Another dominant season for reigning champions Alain Prost and Ferrari was both expected and delivered; for the first time, Ferrari provided customer engines to the Minardi team - but this coincided with Minardi's worst showing in the Italian Championship. This year also marked the first instance of a non-Italian constructor, as Lotus entered their driver Johnny Herbert in the Indoor Trophy; the competition organisers made clear however that this did not constitute a full-season entry. The season would see fourteen drivers compete for eight different teams.
Teams and Drivers
| Team | Chassis | Engine | Race Drivers | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scuderia Ferrari
|
Ferrari 642 | Ferrari 037 3.5 V12 |  Jean Alesi
|
1-5 |
| Alain Prost
|
1-5 | |||
| Minardi Team
|
Minardi M191 | Ferrari 037 3.5 V12 | Pierluigi Martini
|
1-5 |
| Gianni Morbidelli
|
All | |||
| Marco Apicella
|
6 | |||
| BMS Scuderia Italia
|
Dallara F191 | Judd GV 3.5 V10 | Emanuele Pirro
|
1-5 |
 JJ Lehto
|
All | |||
| Fondmetal
|
Fondmetal Fomet-1 | Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8 | Olivier Grouillard
|
1-5 |
| Gabriele Tarquini
|
6 | |||
| Coloni Racing
|
Coloni C4 | Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8 |  Pedro Chaves
|
1-5 |
| Modena Team
|
Modena-Lambo 291 | Lamborghini 3512 3.5 V12 | Nicola Larini
|
1-5 |
 Eric van de Poele
|
1-5 | |||
| Andrea Moda Formula
|
Coloni C4B | Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8 | Antonio Tamburini
|
6 |
 Team Lotus
|
Lotus 102B | Judd EV 3.5 V8 | Johnny Herbert
|
6 |
Calendar
As usual, the calendar would contain the four core events of the San Marino, Monaco and Italian Grands Prix, in addition to the Indoor Trophy. On this occasion, the two additional events selected to complete the calendar were the Portuguese Grand Prix at Autodromo do Estoril and the Spanish Grand Prix at Circuito de Jerez.
| Race | Venue | Date | Winning driver | Winning team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Marino Grand Prix
|
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 28th April | JJ Lehto
|
Scuderia Italia
|
| 2 |  Monaco Grand Prix
|
Circuit de Monaco | 12th May | Jean Alesi
|
Ferrari
|
| 3 | British Grand Prix
|
Silverstone Circuit | 14th July | Alain Prost
|
Ferrari
|
| 4 |  German Grand Prix
|
Hockenheimring | 28th July | Jean Alesi
|
Ferrari
|
| 5 | Italian Grand Prix
|
Autodromo Nazionale Monza | 8th September | Alain Prost
|
Ferrari
|
| 6 | F1 Indoor Trophy
|
Bologna Motor Show | 8th December | Gabriele Tarquini
|
Fondmetal
|
Championship Standings
Championship points are awarded to the top four cars at each event. Constructors earn the points for their best car at any given event.
| Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Drivers Championship
| Pos | Driver | SMR
|
MON
|
GBR Template:GBR |
GER
|
ITA
|
IND
|
Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:FRA Alain Prost | DNS | 2 | 1 | 3† | 1 | 15 | |
| 2 | Template:FRA Jean Alesi | Ret | 1 | Ret | 1 | Ret | 10 | |
| 3 | Emanuele Pirro
|
DNQ | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
| 4 | JJ Lehto
|
1 | 4† | 5 | 4 | Ret | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | Pierluigi Martini
|
2 | 5 | 2 | Ret | Ret | 6 | |
| 6 | Gabriele Tarquini
|
1 | 5 | |||||
| 7 | Gianni Morbidelli
|
4† | Ret | 4 | Ret | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| 8 | Template:GBR Johnny Herbert | 2 | 3 | |||||
| 9 | Template:BEL Eric van de Poele | 3 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 2 | |
| 10 | Antonio Tamburini
|
3 | 2 | |||||
| 11 | Nicola Larini
|
DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | Ret | 4 | 1 | |
| 12 | Marco Apicella
|
6 | 0 | |||||
| 13 | Template:FRA Olivier Grouillard | Ret | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 0 | |
| 14 | Pedro Chaves
|
DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 0 |
Constructors Championship
| Pos | Team | SMR
|
MON
|
GBR Template:GBR |
GER
|
ITA
|
IND
|
Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ferrari
|
Ret | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20 | |
| 2 | Scuderia Italia
|
1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 15 |
| 3 | Minardi
|
2 | 5 | 2 | Ret | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 4 | Fondmetal
|
DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | Ret | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Template:GBR Lotus | 2 | 3 | |||||
| 6 | Modena
|
3 | DNQ | DNQ | Ret | 4 | 3 | |
| 7 | Andrea Moda
|
3 | 2 | |||||
| 8 | Coloni
|
DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 0 |
† Driver did not finish, but was classified due to being among the last four cars running