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1991 / SENNA

A scrolling recap of 1991 in six acts. The champion, the constructor, the bump chart, and the race-by-race podiums.

ACT 1 CUMULATIVE TRAJECTORY

The points reel out, race after race.

Every line is a driver's running championship total. The heaviest three at the top are the ones who mattered. Ayrton Senna closed the year on 96 points, a 24-point gap over P2.

DATA TABLE · CUMULATIVE POINTS

Cumulative points by driver and round for 1991
DRIVER	R01	R02	R03	R04	R05	R06	R07	R08	R09	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14	R15	R16
Ayrton Senna	10	20	30	40	40	44	48	51	51	61	71	77	83	85	91	96
Nigel Mansell	0	0	0	6	7	13	23	33	43	49	49	59	59	69	69	72
Riccardo Patrese	0	6	6	6	10	20	22	22	28	32	34	34	44	48	52	53
Gerhard Berger	0	4	10	10	10	10	10	16	19	22	28	31	31	31	41	43
Alain Prost	6	9	9	11	11	11	17	21	21	21	21	25	25	31	34	34
Nelson Piquet	4	6	6	6	16	16	16	18	18	18	22	23	25	25	25	27
Jean Alesi	0	1	1	5	5	5	8	8	12	14	14	14	18	21	21	21
Stefano Modena	3	3	3	3	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10
Andrea de Cesaris	0	0	0	0	3	6	7	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Roberto Moreno	0	0	0	3	3	5	5	5	5	5	8	8	8	8	8	8

ACT 2 CONSTRUCTORS

Two-car teams, one trophy.

The constructors' championship is a different game — both cars score. A team can win it with consistent doubles even when neither driver leads the standings. McLaren–Honda ended on 139 points.

DATA

Constructor championship standings for 1991
POS	CONSTRUCTOR	PTS
P1	MCLAREN–HONDA	139
P2	WILLIAMS–RENAULT	125
P3	FERRARI	56
P4	BENETTON–FORD	39
P5	JORDAN–FORD	13
P6	TYRRELL–HONDA	12
P7	MINARDI–FERRARI	6
P8	DALLARA–JUDD	5
P9	LOTUS–JUDD	3
P10	BRABHAM–YAMAHA	3
P11	LOLA–FORD	2
P12	LEYTON HOUSE–ILMOR	1

ACT 3 STANDINGS BUMP

Position by position, week to week.

Cumulative points hide where the order actually changed. The bump chart ranks every driver after each race — every crossing of lines is somebody passing somebody in the table.

DRIVER TRACES · TAP TO ISOLATE

DATA TABLE · OFFICIAL RANK BY ROUND

Official championship rank by driver and round for 1991
DRIVER	R01	R02	R03	R04	R05	R06	R07	R08	R09	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14	R15	R16
Ayrton Senna	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1
Nigel Mansell	—	—	—	P4	P7	P4	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2
Riccardo Patrese	—	P3	P4	P4	P4	P2	P3	P3	P3	P3	P3	P3	P3	P3	P3	P3
Gerhard Berger	—	P5	P2	P3	P4	P6	P6	P6	P5	P4	P4	P4	P4	P5	P4	P4
Alain Prost	P2	P2	P3	P2	P3	P5	P4	P4	P4	P5	P6	P5	P6	P4	P5	P5
Nelson Piquet	P3	P4	P5	P6	P2	P3	P5	P5	P6	P6	P5	P6	P5	P6	P6	P6
Jean Alesi	—	P8	P11	P7	P8	P9	P8	P8	P7	P7	P7	P7	P7	P7	P7	P7
Stefano Modena	P4	P6	P7	P9	P6	P7	P7	P7	P8	P8	P8	P8	P8	P8	P8	P8
Andrea de Cesaris	—	—	—	—	P10	P8	P9	P9	P9	P9	P9	P9	P9	P9	P9	P9
Roberto Moreno	—	—	—	P9	P10	P10	P10	P10	P10	P10	P10	P10	P10	P10	P10	P10
Pierluigi Martini	—	—	P7	P9	P10	P12	P12	P12	P13	P13	P13	P13	P11	P11	P11	P11
JJ Lehto	—	—	P6	P8	P9	P11	P11	P11	P11	P11	P11	P11	P12	P12	P12	P12
Bertrand Gachot	—	—	—	—	P13	P13	P13	P13	P12	P12	P12	P12	P13	P13	P13	P13
Michael Schumacher	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	P14	P14	P13	P13	P13
Martin Brundle	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	P15	P15

ACT 4 RACE-BY-RACE

9 drivers stood on a podium.

5 different drivers won a race. Tap any chip to pin a driver's appearances across the calendar — the matching tiles light up. Empty bars mean a race where the chosen driver missed the top three.

PODIUM DRIVERS

R01 UNITED S

1 SENNA

2 PROST

3 PIQUET

R02 BRAZIL

1 SENNA

2 PATRESE

3 BERGER

R03 SAN MARI

1 SENNA

2 BERGER

3 LEHTO

R04 MONACO

1 SENNA

2 MANSELL

3 ALESI

R05 CANADA

1 PIQUET

2 MODENA

3 PATRESE

R06 MEXICO

1 PATRESE

2 MANSELL

3 SENNA

R07 FRANCE

1 MANSELL

2 PROST

3 SENNA

R08 GREAT BR

1 MANSELL

2 BERGER

3 PROST

R09 GERMANY

1 MANSELL

2 PATRESE

3 ALESI

R10 HUNGARY

1 SENNA

2 MANSELL

3 PATRESE

R11 BELGIUM

1 SENNA

2 BERGER

3 PIQUET

R12 ITALY

1 MANSELL

2 SENNA

3 PROST

R13 PORTUGAL

1 PATRESE

2 SENNA

3 ALESI

R14 SPAIN

1 MANSELL

2 PROST

3 PATRESE

R15 JAPAN

1 BERGER

2 SENNA

3 PATRESE

R16 AUSTRALI

1 SENNA

2 MANSELL

3 BERGER

DATA TABLE · RACE PODIUMS

EPILOGUE BY THE NUMBERS

The year in five numbers.

ROUNDS

16

DRIVERS

24

WINNERS

5

PODIUM·DRIVERS

9

POINTS·SHARED

403

CHAMPION

Ayrton Senna

96 PTS · 7 WINS

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ROUND	RACE	P1	P2	P3
R01 · 1991 Iceberg USA Grand Prix	1991 Iceberg USA Grand Prix	SENNA	PROST	PIQUET
R02 · Grande Prêmio do Brasil 1991	Grande Prêmio do Brasil 1991	SENNA	PATRESE	BERGER
R03 · Gran Premio di San Marino 1991	Gran Premio di San Marino 1991	SENNA	BERGER	LEHTO
R04 · Grand Prix de Monaco 1991	Grand Prix de Monaco 1991	SENNA	MANSELL	ALESI
R05 · Grand Prix Molson du Canada 1991	Grand Prix Molson du Canada 1991	PIQUET	MODENA	PATRESE
R06 · Gran Premio de México 1991	Gran Premio de México 1991	PATRESE	MANSELL	SENNA
R07 · Rhone Poulenc Grand Prix de France 1991	Rhone Poulenc Grand Prix de France 1991	MANSELL	PROST	SENNA
R08 · 1991 Foster's British Grand Prix	1991 Foster's British Grand Prix	MANSELL	BERGER	PROST
R09 · Grosser Mobil 1 Preis von Deutschland 1991	Grosser Mobil 1 Preis von Deutschland 1991	MANSELL	PATRESE	ALESI
R10 · Magyar Nagydíj 1991	Magyar Nagydíj 1991	SENNA	MANSELL	PATRESE
R11 · 1991 Belgian Grand Prix	1991 Belgian Grand Prix	SENNA	BERGER	PIQUET
R12 · Coca Cola Gran Premio d'Italia 1991	Coca Cola Gran Premio d'Italia 1991	MANSELL	SENNA	PROST
R13 · Grande Prémio de Portugal 1991	Grande Prémio de Portugal 1991	PATRESE	SENNA	ALESI
R14 · Gran Premio Tio Pepe de España 1991	Gran Premio Tio Pepe de España 1991	MANSELL	PROST	PATRESE
R15 · 1991 Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix	1991 Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix	BERGER	SENNA	PATRESE
R16 · 1991 Foster's Australian Grand Prix	1991 Foster's Australian Grand Prix	SENNA	MANSELL	BERGER