The Garagiste.

Broadcast Age  ·  Round 5

Canadian Grand Prix

1991  ·  Circuit Gilles Villeneuve  ·  2 June 1991  ·  69 laps

  1. 1st Nelson Piquet Benetton · 01:38:51.49
  2. 2nd Stefano Modena Tyrrell · +31.832
  3. 3rd Riccardo Patrese Williams · +42.217

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Riccardo Patrese

Williams  —  Pole position

02 Lap 4

Gerhard Berger

Retirement McLaren  —  Injection

03 Lap 10

Roberto Moreno

Retirement Benetton  —  Suspension

04 Lap 25

Ayrton Senna

Retirement McLaren  —  Alternator

05 Lap 27

Alain Prost

Retirement Ferrari  —  Gearbox

06 Lap 50

Jyrki Järvilehto

Retirement Dallara  —  Engine

07 Lap 61

Maurício Gugelmin

Retirement Leyton House  —  Engine

08 On the Charge

Érik Comas

Ligier  —  P26 → P8

09 Victory

Nelson Piquet

Benetton  —  Won from P8

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Nelson Piquet Benetton 8 69 01:38:51.49 10
2 Stefano Modena Tyrrell 9 69 +31.832 6
3 Riccardo Patrese Williams 1 69 +42.217 4
4 Andrea de Cesaris Jordan 11 69 +1:20.210 3
5 Bertrand Gachot Jordan 14 69 +1:22.351 2
6 Nigel Mansell Williams 2 68 Electrical 1
7 Pierluigi Martini Minardi 18 68 +1 Lap
8 Érik Comas Ligier 26 68 +1 Lap
9 Emanuele Pirro Dallara 10 68 +1 Lap
10 Satoru Nakajima Tyrrell 12 67 +2 Laps
11 Maurício Gugelmin Leyton House 23 61 Engine
12 Jyrki Järvilehto Dallara 17 50 Engine
13 Stefan Johansson Footwork 25 48 Throttle
14 Ivan Capelli Leyton House 13 42 Engine
15 Jean Alesi Ferrari 7 34 Engine
16 Éric Bernard Lola 19 29 Gearbox
17 Alain Prost Ferrari 4 27 Gearbox
18 Thierry Boutsen Ligier 16 27 Engine
19 Ayrton Senna McLaren 3 25 Alternator
20 Mika Häkkinen Team Lotus 24 21 Spun off
21 Martin Brundle Brabham 20 21 Engine
22 Gianni Morbidelli Minardi 15 20 Spun off
23 Roberto Moreno Benetton 5 10 Suspension
24 Gerhard Berger McLaren 6 4 Injection
25 Aguri Suzuki Lola 22 3 Fuel leak
26 Michele Alboreto Footwork 21 2 Throttle

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