1991 Japanese Grand Prix | |||
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Race 15 of 16 in the 1991 Formula One World Championship | |||
Race details | |||
Date | 20 October 1991 | ||
Official name | XVII Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix | ||
Location | Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka, Japan | ||
Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
Course length | 5.860 km (3.641[1] miles) | ||
Distance | 53 laps, 310.580 km (192.985 miles) | ||
Weather | Sunny, warm | ||
Attendance | 337,000[2] | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | McLaren-Honda | ||
Time | 1:34.700 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Driver | Ayrton Senna | McLaren-Honda | |
Time | 1:41.532 on lap 39 | ||
Podium | |||
First | McLaren-Honda | ||
Second | McLaren-Honda | ||
Third | Williams-Renault | ||
Lap leaders |
The 1991 Japanese Grand Prix (formally the XVII Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held at Suzuka on 20 October 1991. It was the fifteenth round of the 1991 Formula One season. The 53-lap race was won by McLaren driver Gerhard Berger after he started from pole position. His teammate Ayrton Senna finished second and Riccardo Patrese was third for the Williams team. The race would mark Mclaren's last one-two finish for six years until the 1997 European Grand Prix.[3]
This was also Honda's last one-two finish until the 2019 Brazilian Grand Prix.