1991 Life Grand Prix Series season

1991 Life Grand Prix Series
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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 Racing	00	Jan van der Maeyede	1-4, 7-18	Apostolos Alianopoulos Jose Braggia
		Apostolos Alianopoulos 11	5-6
	9	Jose Braggia	1-7
		Pieter Kickert 13	8-18
Some Racing Team Inc. Co. Pte Ltd.	1	James Generic	All	None
Lots of Trouble Usually Serious	3	Danny Fernandez	All	Mike Boullier
	4	Cave Armstrong	1-2, 6-18
		Mike Boullier 1	3-5
Dave Wilson Racing	5	Dave Wilson	All	None
Racing in Circles	222	Billy Bob Barron	1-4, 16-18	John Smith
	37	John Smith 9	5-16
	10	Ronald Tenpecost	1-11, 17-18
		Apostolos Alianopoulos 18	12-13
		Danilo di Longo 21	14-15
The Smokin' Engines	11	Michael Balzary	1-14, 16-17	Jonny Greenwood
		Jonny Greenwood 22	15, 18
Trabant Rennsport	13	Gio van Dycke	1-11, 15-18	None
		Dimitry Vitkin 19	12-14
	31	Dimitry Vitkin	1-2
		Kim Jong-Sung 2	4-18
Psycho Soldiers Racing Team	14	Nobuhiko Yazaki	All	None
	15	Yuki Yoshino	1-16
		Eddie Pulaski 24	17-18
Kickert Motorsport Engineering	16	Pieter Kickert	1-7	None
Team James Davies	17	James Davies	1-13	None
Al Smith Racing Enterprises 21	17	Apostolos Alianopoulos	14-15, 17	None
		Jose Braggia 23	16, 18
Team Sandinista!	19	Christopher Arthurs	All	Rachel Graham
	20	Richard Arthurs	1-2
		Joachim Dumm 3	3
		Rachel Graham 6	4-18
Scuderia Rifiutare	27	Jean-Pierre Balivernes	All	None
Zeroforce 12	29	Algernon Bell	6-12, 16-18	Natascha Zaugg
		Natascha Zaugg 20	13-15
EuroBrum	33	William Anker	All	Jamie Murphy
	34	Richard Richardson	1-2, 5-18
		Jamie Murphy 4	3-4
Rockets to Russia	35	Danny Ramone	All	Algernon Bell
	53	Marky Howard	1-3, 6-18
		Algernon Bell 7	4-5
Garagist Racing Team 13	39	José Pablo Mazzacane	7-18	Mattias Kjellerup
	40	Apostolos Alianopoulos 16	9
		Mattias Kjellerup 25	18
HURT Racing	47	Joe Bloggs	1-3	Bazza the Bogan
		Bazza the Bogan 8	4-11
		Will Roberts 17	12-18
Herbalife Racing	69	Charles Jericho	1-2, 4-18	Baccus Young
		Baccus Young 5	3
	666	Danilo di Longo 12	1-5
Start 'n' Park Racing	90	Larry Chapman	1-4, 9-18	Con Wellholme
		Con Wellholme 10	5-8
	91	Johnny Gunselman	1-8, 12-18
		Con Wellholme 15	9-11
Néstle Racing Team	96	Dave Smith	All	None
Foxhound Life	190	Pjotr Madunochev	All	Kenneth Baker
Life of Namibia	264	Leonhard von Gottorp	All	None
Winton Racing	7	Sam Winton	7, 9-13, 15	None
		Apostolos Alianopoulos 14	8
Racing for Greece powered by Olives 23	42	Apostolos Alianopoulos	16, 18	None
Nicchi Motori	99	Valentino Nicchi	18	None

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 chassis. 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. Graham was retained in the seat even after Arthur's recovery, causing tension within the team.
• 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 Michael 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.
• 16 - Apostolos Alianopoulos drove for his third team during the same season when Garagist Racing Team entered him as a non-championship entry for the Belgian GP.
• 17 - Bazza the Bogan retired permanently after his crash at Rouen-Les-Essarts. HURT Racing replaced him with Will Roberts.
• 18 - Ronald Tenpecost was injured in the accident with Bogan at Rouen-Les-Essarts. As no replacement was named in time, the LGPS council appointed Apostolos Alianopulos to the seat.
• 19 - Gio van Dycke was also injured at Rouen-Les-Essarts in a separate incident. Dimitry Vitkin returned to the team as his substitute.
• 20 - Zeroforce opted to give Natascha Zaugg some race experience, and replaced their regular driver Algernon Bell with her for three races.
• 21 - After the British GP held at Silverstone, James Davies quit the series enraged at the unreliability of his car which had cost him many potential wins during the season. His team was taken over by Al Smith Racing Enterprises, who signed wayward driver Apostolos Alianopoulos to the race seat. This vacated Alianopoulos' substitute seat at RIC, so Danilo di Longo was appointed there by the LGPS council.
• 22 - Michael Balzary's constant retirements ruined his motivation, and he was replaced by test driver Jonny Greenwood for Estoril. After the two US rounds Balzary left the series permanently to concentrate on his band, and Greenwood replaced him for the last round held at Suzuka.
• 23 - Foster's Good Call entered Alianopoulos as a guest entrant for the Watkins Glen and Suzuka rounds with a separate Greek entry. Jose Braggia took his seat at Al Smith Racing.
• 24 - Yuki Yoshino was banned for the remainder of the season for dangerous driving at the Watkins Glen round. He was replaced by Eddie Pulaski.
• 25 - Mattias Kjellerup debuted as a non-championship second entry with Garagist Racing Team at the last round in Japan.

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

Championship 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	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	James Davies	Gio van Dycke	Gio van Dycke	Trabant Rennsport
10	August 18	Life Großer Preis der Schweiz	Circuit Dijon-Prenois, Dijon, France	Gio van Dycke	James Davies	Dave Wilson	Dave Wilson Racing
11	August 25	Life Großer Preis von Luxemburg	Rouen-Les-Essarts, Rouen, France	Gio van Dycke	n/a**	Pieter Kickert	Foster's Good Call
12	September 8	Life Grand Prix of Europe	Brands Hatch, Kent, England	James Davies	Dave Smith	Dave Smith	Néstle Racing
13	September 15	Life Grand Prix of Great Britain	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire, England	James Davies	James Davies	Rachel Graham	Team Sandinista!
14	September 22	Life Grand Prix of England	Donington Park, North West Leicestershire, England	Dave Wilson	Pieter Kickert	Leonhard von Gottorp	Life of Namibia
15	October 6	Life Grande Prémio de Portugal	Autódromo Fernanda Pires da Silva, Estoril, Portugal	Gio van Dycke	Dave Wilson	Dave Wilson	Dave Wilson Racing
16	October 20	Life Eastern United States Grand Prix	Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, NY, USA	Gio van Dycke	Gio van Dycke	Gio van Dycke	Trabant Rennsport
17	November 3	Life Western United States Grand Prix	Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, NV, USA	Gio van Dycke	Dave Wilson	Nobuhiko Yazaki	Psycho Soldiers
18	November 17	Life 日本グランプリ	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka, Japan	Dave Wilson	Nobuhiko Yazaki	Dave Wilson	Dave Wilson Racing

** No fastest lap was recorded due to rioting on the track

Non-championship races

GP	Date	Title	Track	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	December 1	Life Grande Prêmio do Brasil	Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Dave Wilson	Dave Wilson	Pedro Capilé	V.I.D.A.

Results

Pos.	Driver	ESP	AND	FRA	ITA	AUT	CZE	GER	SWE	BEL	SUI	LUX	EUR	GBR	ENG	POR	USE	USW	JAP	Pts.
1	Dave Wilson	Ret	Ret	Ret	1	3	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	1	2	Ret	1	64
2	Gio van Dycke	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	INJ	INJ	INJ	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	56
3	Leonhard von Gottorp	1	2	Ret	NC	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	1	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	35
4	Pieter Kickert	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	2	Ret	1	5	Ret	Ret	NC	3	Ret	4	29
5	Nobuhiko Yazaki	Ret	Ret	6†	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	7	6†	2	4†	Ret	Ret	1	Ret	28
6	Dave Smith	Ret	Ret	3	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	1	Ret	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	25
7	James Davies	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	1	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret						25
8	Yuki Yoshino	Ret	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	1	Ret	6	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	EX	EX	21
9	Rachel Graham				Ret	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	3	2	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	21
10	Christopher Arthurs	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	6	Ret	Ret	5	4	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	3	17
11	Danny Ramone	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	1	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	5†	16
12	Richard Richardson	2	Ret	INJ	INJ	Ret	7	Ret	2	9	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	16
13	Jean-Pierre Balivernes	Ret	Ret	2	5†	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	4	5†	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	15
14	Marky Howard	Ret	Ret	Ret	INJ	INJ	3	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	3	Ret	14
15	Charles Jericho	Ret	5†	INJ	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	13
16	Jose Braggia	5	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	2									Ret		Ret	11
17	Larry Chapman	Ret	3	Ret	Ret	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	10	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	3	4	13	Ret	Ret	11
18	James Generic	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	6†	Ret	7	Ret	6†	10
19	Danny Fernandez	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	9
20	Will Roberts												Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	2	Ret	9
21	John Smith					Ret	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret			8
22	Pjotr Madunochev	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	NC	3	9	Ret	Ret	7
23	Jonny Greenwood															Ret			2	6
24	Jan van der Maeyede	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	INJ	INJ	3	5	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	6
25	Algernon Bell				Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	4	Ret				12	Ret	Ret	6
26	William Anker	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	5	Ret	5
27	José Pablo Mazzacane							9	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	4
28	Johnny Gunselman	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	9	Ret	6				Ret	6	Ret	6†	10	6	Ret	4
29	Kim Jong-Sung				6	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	8	11	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	3
30	Ronald Tenpecost	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	Ret	Ret	2
31	Joe Bloggs	Ret	Ret	5†																2
32	Apostolos Alianopoulos					Ret	Ret		Ret	12			Ret	7	Ret	5†	Ret	Ret	Ret	2
33	Cave Armstrong	Ret	Ret	INJ	INJ	INJ	Ret	7	Ret	11	7	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	1
34	Danilo di Longo	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret									Ret	Ret				1
35	Billy Bob Barron	Ret	6†	Ret	Ret	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	Ret	Ret	Ret	1
36	Michael Balzary	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret		Ret	Ret		0
37	Sam Winton							8		Ret	Ret	12	Ret	8		Ret				0*
38	Con Wellholme					9	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	13								0
39	Bazza the Bogan				Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ				0
40	Natascha Zaugg													9	Ret	Ret				0
41	Dimitry Vitkin	Ret	Ret	EX	EX	EX	EX	EX	EX				Ret	Ret	Ret					0
42	Mike Boullier			Ret	Ret	Ret														0
43	Richard Arthurs	Ret	Ret	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ								0
44	Jamie Murphy			Ret	Ret															0
45	Eddie Pulaski																	Ret	Ret	0
46	Baccus Young			Ret																0
47	Mattias Kjellerup																		Ret	0*
48	Valentino Nicchi																		Ret	0*
49	Joachim Dumm			Ret	EX	EX														0

† Driver did not finish, but was classified due to being among the last six cars running
* Non-championship guest entry ineligible for points

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