1991 / ROUND 15

Japanese Grand Prix

WinnerGerhard BergerPublished race classification

Official poleGerhard BergerSeparate from qualifying rank

Race distance310.58 km53 laps

Race entries32Includes non-starts and exclusions

Points after this race

Championship

Result	Driver	Constructor	Qual.	Grid	Laps	Time / status	Points
1	Gerhard Berger	McLaren	1	1	53	1:32:10.695	10
2	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	2	2	53	1:32:11.039	6
3	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	5	5	53	1:33:07.426	4
4	Alain Prost	Ferrari	4	4	53	1:33:31.456	3
5	Martin Brundle	Brabham	19	19	52	+1 lap	2
6	Stefano Modena	Tyrrell	14	14	52	+1 lap	1
7	Nelson Piquet	Benetton	10	10	52	+1 lap	0
8	Maurício Gugelmin	Leyton House	18	18	52	+1 lap	0
9	Thierry Boutsen	Ligier	17	17	52	+1 lap	0
10	Alex Caffi	Footwork	26	26	51	+2 laps	0
11	Gabriele Tarquini	Fondmetal	24	24	50	+3 laps	0
DNF	Érik Comas	Ligier	20	20	41	Alternator	0
DNF	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	7	7	39	Electrical	0
DNF	Michael Schumacher	Benetton	9	9	34	Engine	0
DNF	Johnny Herbert	Lotus	23	23	31	Engine	0
DNF	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell	15	15	30	Spun off	0
DNF	Aguri Suzuki	Lola	25	25	26	Engine	0
DNF	Gianni Morbidelli	Minardi	8	8	15	Wheel	0
DNF	Nigel Mansell	Williams	3	3	9	Spun off	0
DNF	Alex Zanardi	Jordan	13	13	7	Gearbox	0
DNF	Mika Häkkinen	Lotus	21	21	4	Engine	0
DNF	Andrea de Cesaris	Jordan	11	11	1	Collision	0
DNF	JJ Lehto	Dallara	12	12	1	Collision	0
DNF	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara	16	16	1	Collision	0
DNF	Karl Wendlinger	Leyton House	22	22	1	Collision	0
DNF	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	6	6	0	Engine	0
DNQ	Michele Alboreto	Footwork	27	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Nicola Larini	Modena	28	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Eric van de Poele	Modena	29	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Éric Bernard	Lola	—	—	—	DNQ	0
DNPQ	Mark Blundell	Brabham	—	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Naoki Hattori	Coloni	—	—	—	DNPQ	0

Position	Driver	Published overall / latest phase
1	Gerhard Berger	1:34.700
2	Ayrton Senna	1:34.898
3	Nigel Mansell	1:34.922
4	Alain Prost	1:36.670
5	Riccardo Patrese	1:36.882
6	Jean Alesi	1:37.140
7	Pierluigi Martini	1:38.154
8	Gianni Morbidelli	1:38.248
9	Michael Schumacher	1:38.363
10	Nelson Piquet	1:38.614
11	Andrea de Cesaris	1:38.842
12	JJ Lehto	1:38.911
13	Alex Zanardi	1:38.923
14	Stefano Modena	1:38.926
15	Satoru Nakajima	1:39.118
16	Emanuele Pirro	1:39.238
17	Thierry Boutsen	1:39.499
18	Maurício Gugelmin	1:39.518
19	Martin Brundle	1:39.697
20	Érik Comas	1:39.820
21	Mika Häkkinen	1:40.024
22	Karl Wendlinger	1:40.092
23	Johnny Herbert	1:40.170
24	Gabriele Tarquini	1:40.184
25	Aguri Suzuki	1:40.255
26	Alex Caffi	1:40.402
27	Michele Alboreto	1:40.844
28	Nicola Larini	1:42.492
29	Eric van de Poele	1:42.724

Time columns can refer to different phases; Head 2 Head uses a common phase. Grid penalties and Sprint-defined grids do not rewrite qualifying.