1991 World Sportscar Championship
The 1991 FIA Sportscar World Championship season was the 39th season of FIA World Sportscar Championship motor racing. It featured the 1991 FIA Sportscar World Championship, which was contested over an eight race series from 14 April to 28 October 28, 1991. The series was open to Group C Sportscars, with Category 1 cars complying with new 1991 Group C rules and Category 2 cars running under the pre 1991 regulations. Teo Fabi won the Drivers Championship and Silk Cut Jaguar won the Teams title.
Schedule Silk Cut Jaguar won the Teams Championship with Jaguar XJR-14 (above) and XJR-12 models Peugeot Talbot Sport placed second with the 905 Team Sauber Mercedes placed third with the Mercedes C11 (above) and C291 models
Entries Entrant Car Engine Tyre No. Drivers Rounds Team Sauber-Mercedes Mercedes-Benz C11 Mercedes-Benz C291 Mercedes-Benz M119 5.0 L Turbo V8Mercedes-Benz M291 3.5 L Flat-12 G 1 Jean-Louis Schlesser All Jochen Mass All Alain Ferté 4 2 Karl Wendlinger 1–3, 5–8 Michael Schumacher 1–3, 5–8 31 Karl Wendlinger 4 Michael Schumacher 4 Fritz Kreutzpointner 4 32 Jonathan Palmer 4 Stanley Dickens 4 Kurt Thiim 4 Silk Cut Jaguar Jaguar XJR-14 Jaguar HB 3.5 L V8 G 3 Derek Warwick 1–3, 5–8 Martin Brundle 1–3 David Brabham 5–8 4 Teo Fabi 1–3, 5–8 Martin Brundle 1–2 Derek Warwick 3 David Brabham 5–6, 8 Jaguar XJR-12 Jaguar 7.4 L V12 33 Derek Warwick 4 Andy Wallace 4 John Nielsen 4 34 Teo Fabi 4 Bob Wollek 4 Kenny Acheson 4 35 Davy Jones 4 Raul Boesel 4 Michel Ferté 4 TWR Suntec Jaguar 36 David Leslie 4 Mauro Martini 4 Jeff Krosnoff 4 Peugeot Talbot Sport Peugeot 905 Peugeot 905 Evo 1 Bis Peugeot SA35-A1 3.5 L V10Peugeot SA35-A2 3.5 L V10 M 5 Philippe Alliot All Mauro Baldi All Jean-Pierre Jabouille 4 6 Keke Rosberg All Yannick Dalmas All Pierre-Henri Raphanel 4 Louis Descartes ALD C91Spice SE89C Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 L V8Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5 L V8 G 7 Philippe de Henning 1–2, 4 Luigi Taverna 2–4, 6–7 Patrick Gonin 4, 6–7 Ranieri Randaccio 5 Mirko Savoldi 5 ROC 002 Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 L V8 37 60 Pascal Fabre 4, 6 Bernard Thuner 4, 6 Spice SE89C Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5 L V8 39 Michel Maisonneuve 4 Xavier Lapeyre 4 Jean-Philippe Grand 4 60 John Sheldon 3 Mercedes Stermitz 3 Euro Racing Spice SE90C Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 L V8 G 8 Cor Euser All Charles Zwolsman 1–2, 4–8 Richard Piper 3 Tim Harvey 4 Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5 L V8 D 40 Lyn St. James 4 Desiré Wilson 4 Cathy Muller 4 G 41 Naoki Nagasaka 4 Hisashi Yokoshima 4 Kiyoshi Misaki 4 Spice SE88P Ferrari 3.5 L V8 42 Justin Bell 4 Syunji Kasuya 4 Spice SE89C Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5 L V8 43 Jean-Louis Ricci 4 Olindo Iacobelli 4 Richard Piper 4 44 John Sheldon 4 Charles Rickett 4 Ferdinand de Lesseps 4 45 Nick Adams 4 Richard Jones 4 Robin Donovan 4 Spice SE90C Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 L V8 61 Henri Pescarolo 6 Jean-Louis Ricci 6 Wayne Taylor 8 Hideshi Matsuda 8 Porsche Kremer Racing Porsche 962CK6 Porsche Type-935/82 3.2 L Turbo Flat-6 Y 11 Manuel Reuter All Harri Toivonen 1–6, 8 JJ Lehto 4 Tomas Lopez 7 46 Tiff Needell 4 Gregor Foitek 4 Tomas Lopez 4 55 Otto Rensing 5 Mercedes Stermitz 5 Gregor Foitek 6 Tomas Lopez 6 Courage Compétition Porsche 962C Porsche 962C GTi Cougar C26S Porsche Type-935/82 3.2 L Flat-6 D G 12 Steven Andskär 1, 8 George Fouché 1, 8 François Migault 2–7 Lionel Robert 2, 4–6 Marco Brand 3 Jean-Daniel Raulet 4 Tomás Saldaña 7 13 Eje Elgh 1, 8 Paolo Barilla 1, 8 Michel Trollé 2–3 Claude Bourbonnais 2–3 Johnny Dumfries 4 Anders Olofsson 4 Thomas Danielsson 4 Marco Brand 5–6 Andrea Filippini 5 Denis Morin 6 Pascal Fabre 7 Lionel Robert 7 47 Michel Trollé 4 Marco Brand 4 Claude Bourbonnais 4 48 Chris Hodgetts 4 Andrew Hepworth 4 Thierry Lecerf 4 Porsche 962C D 49 Steven Andskär 4 George Fouché 4 Porsche Type-935/82 3.0 L Turbo Flat-6 G 50 Jean-Marie Alméras 4 Jacques Alméras 4 Pierre de Thoisy 4 Team Salamin Primagaz Porsche 962C Porsche Type-935/82 3.2 L Turbo Flat-6 G D 14 Antoine Salamin 1–5 Max Cohen-Olivar 1–4 Marcel Tarrès 4 Pierre Yver 5 Otto Altenbach 6 Jürgen Lässig 6 Bernd Schneider 7 "John Winter" 7 Roland Ratzenberger 8 Eje Elgh 8 51 Otto Altenbach 4 Jürgen Lässig 4 Pierre Yver 4 D 52 Roland Ratzenberger 4 Eje Elgh 4 Will Hoy 4 53 James Weaver 4 Hurley Haywood 4 Wayne Taylor 4 54 Katsunori Iketani 4 Mercedes Stermitz 4 D G 59 Jonathan Palmer 3 Eje Elgh 3 Jürgen Oppermann 5 Otto Altenbach 5 Derek Bell 7 Gianpiero Moretti 7 Veneto Equipe Lancia LC2 SP91 Ferrari 308C 3.1 L Turbo V8 D 15 Andrea Filippini 1–2 Marco Brand 1–2 Almo Coppelli 4–6 Luigi Giorgio 4 Repsol Brun Motorsport Porsche 962C Brun C91 Porsche Type-935/82 3.2 L Turbo Flat-6 Judd EV 3.5 L V10 Y 16 Oscar Larrauri 1–3, 5–8 Bernard Santal 1, 4 Massimo Sigala 2 Jésus Pareja 3, 8 Harald Huysman 4 Robbie Stirling 4 Gregor Foitek 5, 7 17 Jésus Pareja 1–2, 4–8 Massimo Sigala 1, 3, 7 Walter Brun 2–6 Oscar Larrauri 4 Bernard Santal 8 Mazdaspeed Mazda 787 Mazda 787B Mazda R26B 2.6 L 4-Rotor D 18 Maurizio Sandro Sala 1–6, 8 David Kennedy 1, 3–5 Pierre Dieudonné 2, 6–7 Stefan Johansson 4 Yojiro Terada 7–8 55 Volker Weidler 4 Johnny Herbert 4 Bertrand Gachot 4 56 Yojiro Terada 4 Takashi Yorino 4 Pierre Dieudonné 4 58 Takashi Yorino 1, 8 Yojiro Terada 1 David Kennedy 8 Konrad Motorsport Porsche 962C Konrad KM-011 Porsche Type-935/82 3.2 L Turbo Flat-6Lamborghini 3512 3.5 L V12 G Y 21 Franz Konrad 2–8 Stefan Johansson 2, 5–8 Tiff Needell 3 Anthony Reid 4 Pierre-Alain Lombardi 4 57 Bernd Schneider 4 Henri Pescarolo 4 "John Winter" 4 Harald Becker 5 Franz Konrad 5 58 Hans-Joachim Stuck 4 Frank Jelinski 4 Derek Bell 4 59 Jürgen Barth 4 Franz Konrad 4 Toyota Team Tom's Toyota TS010 Toyota RV10 3.5 L V10 G 36 Geoff Lees 8 Andy Wallace 8
Note: As Toyota Team Tom's was not a full-season SWC entrant, the team and drivers were not eligible for championship points.
Results and standings
Race results Points system[ 1] 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 20 15 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1
In order to be classified for points, a team had to complete 90% of the winner's distance. Further, drivers were required to complete at least 30% of their car's total race distance to qualify for championship points. Drivers forfeited points if they drove in more than one car during the race.[ 1]
Drivers' World Championship Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX)
Teams' World Championship Teams only scored points for their highest finishing entry.
References ^ a b FIA Sportscar World Championship, Seasonal Survey, Autosport, 9 January 1992, page 56
External links 1991 Sportscar World Championship race results