1991 French Grand Prix

1991 French Grand Prix
Race 7 of 16 in the 1991 Formula One World Championship
Race details
Date 7 July 1991
Location Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours
Magny-Cours, France
Course Permanent circuit
Course length 4.250 km (2.651 miles)
Distance 72 laps, 306.000 km (190.892 miles)
Pole position
Driver Williams-Renault
Time 1:14.559[1]
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom Nigel Mansell Williams-Renault
Time 1:19.168 on lap 49[2]
Podium
First Williams-Renault
Second Ferrari
Third McLaren-Honda
Lap leaders

The 1991 French Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Magny-Cours on 7 July 1991. It was the seventh race of the 1991 Formula One World Championship, and the first French Grand Prix to be held at Magny-Cours. The 72-lap race was won by Nigel Mansell, driving a Williams-Renault, with local driver Alain Prost second in a Ferrari and Ayrton Senna third in a McLaren-Honda.

  1. ^ Henry, Alan (1991). AUTOCOURSE 1991-92. Hazleton Publishing. p. 162. ISBN 0-905138-87-2.
  2. ^ Henry, Alan (1991). AUTOCOURSE 1991-92. Hazleton Publishing. p. 163. ISBN 0-905138-87-2.