1991 Spanish Grand Prix

1991 Spanish Grand Prix
Race 14 of 16 in the 1991 Formula One World Championship
Race details
Date 29 September 1991
Official name XXXIII Gran Premio Tío Pepe de España
Location Circuit de Catalunya
Montmeló, Catalonia. Spain[1]
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.747 km (2.950 miles)
Distance 65 laps, 308.555 km (191.727 miles)
Weather Warm and overcast, drying
Attendance 60,000
Pole position
Driver McLaren-Honda
Time 1:18.751
Fastest lap
Driver Italy Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault
Time 1:22.837 on lap 63
Podium
First Williams-Renault
Second Ferrari
Third Williams-Renault
Lap leaders

The 1991 Spanish Grand Prix (formally the XXXIII Gran Premio Tío Pepe de España) was a Formula One motor race held on 29 September 1991 at the Circuit de Catalunya. It was the fourteenth race of the 1991 Formula One World Championship, and the first Spanish Grand Prix to be held at Circuit de Catalunya.

The 65-lap race was won by British driver Nigel Mansell, driving a Williams-Renault, after he started from second position. Frenchman Alain Prost finished second in a Ferrari, with Mansell's Italian teammate Riccardo Patrese third. Mansell's Drivers' Championship rival, Brazilian Ayrton Senna, finished fifth in his McLaren-Honda, meaning that he led Mansell by 16 points with two races remaining.

  1. ^ "1991 Spanish Grand Prix". Motor Sport. Retrieved 31 May 2022.