1991 Spanish Grand Prix | |||
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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 | 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.