Drivers' championship 1991Final standings

1991Drivers’ championship

Ayrton Senna took the 1991 title by 24 points from Mansell, with 7 wins.

1991 World Champion

AyrtonSenna

McLaren

96Points

7Wins

Champion: 96; points · Senna
Margin: 24; points to Mansell
Rounds: 16; in the season
Winners: 5; different race winners

Round by round

Points after each round

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Round	Senna	Mansell	Patrese	Berger	Prost
R1 · United States Grand Prix	10	0	0	0	6
R2 · Brazilian Grand Prix	20	0	6	4	9
R3 · San Marino Grand Prix	30	0	6	10	9
R4 · Monaco Grand Prix	40	6	6	10	11
R5 · Canadian Grand Prix	40	7	10	10	11
R6 · Mexican Grand Prix	44	13	20	10	11
R7 · French Grand Prix	48	23	22	10	17
R8 · British Grand Prix	51	33	22	16	21
R9 · German Grand Prix	51	43	28	19	21
R10 · Hungarian Grand Prix	61	49	32	22	21
R11 · Belgian Grand Prix	71	49	34	28	21
R12 · Italian Grand Prix	77	59	34	31	25
R13 · Portuguese Grand Prix	83	59	44	31	25
R14 · Spanish Grand Prix	85	69	48	31	31
R15 · Japanese Grand Prix	91	69	52	41	34
R16 · Australian Grand Prix	96	72	53	43	34

After round16 · Australian Grand Prix

Timing sheet

Standings

Official 1991 drivers’ championship table, after round 16 (Australian Grand Prix).

1991 drivers' championship standings
Pos	Driver	Team	Wins	Gap	Pts
1 (champion)	Ayrton Senna McLaren	McLaren	7	Champion	96Champion
2	Nigel Mansell Williams	Williams	5	+24	72+24
3	Riccardo Patrese Williams	Williams	2	+43	53+43
4	Gerhard Berger McLaren	McLaren	1	+53	43+53
5	Alain Prost Ferrari	Ferrari	0	+62	34+62
6	Nelson Piquet Benetton	Benetton	1	+69.5	26.5+69.5
7	Jean Alesi Ferrari	Ferrari	0	+75	21+75
8	Stefano Modena Tyrrell	Tyrrell	0	+86	10+86
9	Andrea de Cesaris Jordan	Jordan	0	+87	9+87
10	Roberto MorenoBenetton / Jordan / Minardi	Benetton / Jordan / Minardi	0	+88	8+88
11	Pierluigi Martini Minardi	Minardi	0	+90	6+90
12	Jyrki Järvilehto Dallara	Dallara	0	+92	4+92
13	Bertrand GachotLarrousse / Jordan	Larrousse / Jordan	0	+92	4+92
14	Michael SchumacherJordan / Benetton	Jordan / Benetton	0	+92	4+92
15	Satoru Nakajima Tyrrell	Tyrrell	0	+94	2+94
16	Mika Häkkinen Team Lotus	Team Lotus	0	+94	2+94
17	Martin Brundle Brabham	Brabham	0	+94	2+94
18	Emanuele Pirro Dallara	Dallara	0	+95	1+95
19	Mark Blundell Brabham	Brabham	0	+95	1+95
20	Ivan Capelli Leyton House	Leyton House	0	+95	1+95
21	Éric BernardLarrousse / Lola	Larrousse / Lola	0	+95	1+95
22	Aguri SuzukiLarrousse / Lola	Larrousse / Lola	0	+95	1+95
23	Julian Bailey Team Lotus	Team Lotus	0	+95	1+95
24	Gianni MorbidelliMinardi / Ferrari	Minardi / Ferrari	0	+95.5	0.5+95.5
–	Maurício Gugelmin Leyton House	Leyton House	0	+96	0+96
–	Thierry Boutsen Ligier	Ligier	0	+96	0+96
–	Johnny Herbert Team Lotus	Team Lotus	0	+96	0+96
–	Nicola Larini Lambo	Lambo	0	+96	0+96
–	Érik Comas Ligier	Ligier	0	+96	0+96
–	Gabriele TarquiniAGS / Fondmetal	AGS / Fondmetal	0	+96	0+96
–	Alessandro Zanardi Jordan	Jordan	0	+96	0+96
–	Eric van de Poele Lambo	Lambo	0	+96	0+96
–	Alex Caffi Footwork	Footwork	0	+96	0+96
–	Olivier GrouillardAGS / Fondmetal	AGS / Fondmetal	0	+96	0+96
–	Michele Alboreto Footwork	Footwork	0	+96	0+96
–	Karl Wendlinger Leyton House	Leyton House	0	+96	0+96
–	Stefan JohanssonAGS / Footwork	AGS / Footwork	0	+96	0+96

A dash in the position column means the entry is not ranked in the 1991 championship.

Standings after round 16