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1991 Mexican GP
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1991 French GP

1991 British GP
1992 French GP
 LXXVII  Rhone-Poulenc Grand Prix de France

Event Overview • SessionsEntry List
Qualifying Pre-QualifyingQualification
Race Starting GridClassificationFastest LapsLaps Led

Details
DateSunday 7 July 1991
Start time14:00
Event French GP
Circuit Magny-Cours
Event FormatRace of 72 laps
ChampionshipWorld Championship
Race number#7 of 16 in 1991
#507 (of all time)
Circuit
Laps72
Circuit Perimeter4271 m
Race Distance4271 × 72 = 307.512 km
Grid Format2-2-2-2 (staggered)
Pole PositionRight
First CornerLeft
Track DirectionClockwise
Weather
WeatherCloudy, Hot, Dry
Participants
Entries34
Qualifiers26
Finishers12
Debutants
Ferrari F1-91-2 (Car Model),
Footwork FA12C (Car Model),
   Ligier JS35B (Car Model),
Magny-Cours (Circuit)
Records Broken 1. Most 7th Place Qualifications Nélson Piquet (16),
2. Most 13th Place Qualifications Andrea de Cesaris (12),
3. Most 20th Place Qualifications Lotus (31)
Records Extended 1. Most Podium Finishes Ferrari (358),
2. Most Drivers' Championship Points Scores Ferrari (558),
3. Most Constructors' Championship Points Scores Ferrari (426),
4. Most Drivers' Championship Points Scores Alain Prost (112),
5. Most Constructors' Championship Points Scores Alain Prost (112),
6. Most Podium Finishes Alain Prost (91),
7. Most 2nd Place Finishes Ferrari (141),
8. Most 2nd Place Finishes Alain Prost (31),
9. Most 4th Place Finishes Ferrari (101),
10. Most 10th Place Finishes Lotus (38),
11. Most Races Led Ferrari (251),
12. Most Races Led Alain Prost (69),
13. Most Laps Led Ferrari (6873),
14. Most Race Entries Lotus (1218),
15. Most Race Entries Riccardo Patrese (216),
16. Most Failures to Pre-Qualify Coloni (45),
17. Most 2nd Place Qualifications Ferrari (115),
18. Most 2nd Place Qualifications Alain Prost (49),
19. Most 6th Place Qualifications Ferrari (94)

World Championship standings
1  Ayrton Senna 48 
2  Nigel Mansell 23 up
3  Riccardo Patrese 22 up
4  Alain Prost 17 up
5  Nélson Piquet 16 up
6  Gerhard Berger 10 
7  Stefano Modena 9 
8  Jean Alesi 8 up
9  Andrea de Cesaris 7 up
10  Roberto Moreno 5 
11  J J Lehto 4 
12  Pierluigi Martini 3 
13  Mika Häkkinen 2 
  Satoru Nakajima 2 
  Bertrand Gachot 2 
16  Éric Bernard 1 
  Emanuele Pirro 1 
  Julian Bailey 1 
  Aguri Suzuki 1 
1  McLaren / Honda 58 
2  Williams / Renault 45 
3  Ferrari / Ferrari 25 up
4  Benetton / Ford 21 up
5  Tyrrell / Honda 11 
6  Jordan / Ford 9 
7  Dallara / Judd 5 
8  Minardi / Ferrari 3 
9  Lotus / Judd 3 
10  Lola / Ford 2 

Results
 WinnerPole PositionFastest Lap
Car NumberCar 5Car 6Car 5
EntrantCanon Williams TeamCanon Williams TeamCanon Williams Team
Driver Nigel Mansell Riccardo Patrese Nigel Mansell
Car Williams FW14 Williams FW14 Williams FW14
EngineRenault 3.5 V10Renault 3.5 V10Renault 3.5 V10
Time1:38'00.0561'14.5591'19.168
Speed188.271 km/h206.221 km/h194.215 km/h