1991 Canadian Grand Prix

1991 Canadian Grand Prix
Race 5 of 16 in the 1991 Formula One World Championship
Race details
Date 2 June 1991
Location Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Course Temporary street circuit
Course length 4.430 km (2.753 miles)
Distance 69 laps, 305.670 km (189.935 miles)
Weather Mild with temperatures approaching 25 °C (77 °F);
Wind speeds up to 12 km/h (7.5 mph)[1]
Pole position
Driver Williams-Renault
Time 1:19.837
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom Nigel Mansell Williams-Renault
Time 1:22.385 on lap 65
Podium
First Benetton-Ford
Second Tyrrell-Honda
Third Williams-Renault
Lap leaders

The 1991 Canadian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on 2 June 1991. It was the fifth race of the 1991 FIA Formula One World Championship.

The 69-lap race was won by Nelson Piquet, driving a Benetton-Ford. Piquet took the 23rd and final win of his F1 career after old rival Nigel Mansell, driving a Williams-Renault, suddenly stopped halfway round the last lap while leading by almost a minute. Stefano Modena took second in a Tyrrell-Honda, while Mansell's team-mate Riccardo Patrese was third, having started from pole position. Piquet's win was the first for a car using Pirelli tyres since the 1986 Mexican Grand Prix.

This was the last win for a car using Pirelli tyres until the 2011 Australian Grand Prix.

  1. ^ "Weather information for the "1991 Canadian Grand Prix"". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2013-06-26.