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1991 World Sportscar Championship season
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The 1991 FIA Sportscar World Championship season was the 39th FIA World Sportscar Championship season. It was a series for Group C Sportscars, with Category 1 cars complying with the new 1991 Group C rules and Category 2 cars running under the pre 1991 regulations. It ran from April 14, 1991 to October 28, 1991, and was composed of eight races.

Schedule[]

Rnd Race Circuit Date
1 25px Japan Fujifilm Cup (430 km) Suzuka Circuit April 14
2 25px Italy Trofeo Caracciola (430km) Autodromo Nazionale Monza May 5
3 25px Great Britain Castrol BRDC Empire Trophy (430 km) Silverstone Circuit May 19
4 25px France 24 Hours of Le Mans Circuit de la Sarthe June 22
June 23
5 25px Germany ADAC Sportwagen WM (430km) Nürburgring August 18
6 25px France 430 km Magny-Cours Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours September 15
7 25px Mexico Trofeo Mexico (430 km) Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez October 6
8 25px Japan SWC in Autopolis (430 km) Autopolis October 28

Season results[]

Points were awarded for the top 10 finishers, in the order of 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1, with some exceptions:

  • Drivers failing to complete 30% of the race distance were not given points.
  • Teams were only given points for their highest finishing car; any other team cars were merely skipped in the points standings. Points were still awarded to their drivers however.
  • Neither driver nor team scored points if the car did not complete 90% of the winner's distance.

Races[]

Rnd Circuit C1 Winning Team C2 Winning Team Results
C1 Winning Drivers C2 Winning Drivers
1 Suzuka 25px France Peugeot Talbot Sport 25px Germany Team Sauber Mercedes Results
25px Italy Mauro Baldi
25px France Philippe Alliot
25px France Jean-Louis Schlesser
25px Germany Jochen Mass
2 Monza 25px Great Britain Silk Cut Jaguar 25px Germany Team Sauber Mercedes Results
25px Great Britain Derek Warwick 25px France Jean-Louis Schlesser
25px Germany Jochen Mass
3 Silverstone 25px Great Britain Silk Cut Jaguar 25px Germany Team Sauber Mercedes Results
25px Great Britain Derek Warwick
25px Italy Teo Fabi
25px France Jean-Louis Schlesser
25px Germany Jochen Mass
4 La Sarthe 25px Netherlands Euro Racing 25px Japan Mazdaspeed Results
25px Japan Kiyoshi Misaki
25px Japan Hisashi Yokoshima
25px Japan Naoki Nagasaki
25px Germany Volker Weidler
25px Great Britain Johnny Herbert
25px Belgium Bertrand Gachot
5 Nürburgring 25px Great Britain Silk Cut Jaguar 25px Germany Porsche Kremer Racing Results
25px Australia David Brabham
25px Great Britain Derek Warwick
25px Germany Manuel Reuter
25px Finland Harri Toivonen
6 Magny-Cours 25px France Peugeot Talbot Sport 25px Germany Porsche Kremer Racing Results
25px Finland Keke Rosberg
25px France Yannick Dalmas
25px Germany Manuel Reuter
25px Finland Harri Toivonen
7 Hermanos Rodriguez 25px France Peugeot Talbot Sport 25px Switzerland Team Salamin Primagaz Results
25px Finland Keke Rosberg
25px France Yannick Dalmas
25px Germany Bernd Schneider
25px Germany "John Winter"
8 Autopolis 25px Germany Team Sauber Mercedes 25px France Courage Compétition Results
25px Germany Michael Schumacher
25px Austria Karl Wendlinger
25px South Africa George Fouché
25px Sweden Steven Andskär

Teams Championship[]

Category 1 and Category 2 cars did not contest their own individual championships and thus were scored together.

Pos Team Chassis Engine Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 Total
1 25px Great Britain Silk Cut Jaguar Jaguar XJR-14
Jaguar XJR-12
Cosworth HB 3.5L V8
Jaguar 7.4L V12
20

20


15
20

12

6

15

108
2 25px France Peugeot Talbot Sport Peugeot 905
Peugeot 905 Evo 1B
Peugeot SA35 3.5L V10
Peugeot SA35 3.5L V10
20

3

6


20

20

10
79
3 25px Germany Team Sauber Mercedes Mercedes C291
Mercedes C11
Mercedes M291 3.5L Flat-12
Mercedes M119 5.0L Turbo V8

15

12
15


8
20

70
4 25px Netherlands Euro Racing Spice SE90C Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5L V8 10 10 8 10 10 6 54
5 25px Japan Mazdaspeed Mazda 787
Mazda 787B
Mazda R26B 2.6L 4-Rotor
Mazda R26B 2.6L 4-Rotor

6
4


20
8

4

2


3
47
6 25px Germany Porsche Kremer Racing Porsche 962CK6 Porsche Type-935 3.2L Turbo Flat-6 12 8 3 2 12 6 43
7 25px France Courage Compétition Porsche 962C
Porsche 962C GTi
Cougar C26S
Porsche Type-935 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
Porsche Type-935 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
Porsche Type-935 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
8

2


2


6


2


4
4 28
8 25px Switzerland Team Salamin Primagaz Porsche 962C Porsche Type-935 3.2L Turbo Flat-6 2 10 1 12 25
9 25px Switzerland Repsol Brun Motorsport Porsche 962C
Brun C91
Porsche Type-935 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
Judd EV 3.5L V8
4

6

4

1

4

3

22
10 25px Austria Konrad Motorsport Porsche 962C
Konrad KM-011
Porsche Type-935 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
Lamborghini 3512 3.5L V12
4

2

6

Drivers Championship[]

Pos Driver Team Rnd 1 Rnd 2 Rnd 3 Rnd 4 Rnd 5 Rnd 6 Rnd 7 Rnd 8 Total
1 25px Italy Teo Fabi 25px Great Britain Silk Cut Jaguar 15 20 12 15 12 12 86
2 25px Great Britain Derek Warwick 25px Great Britain Silk Cut Jaguar 20 10 20 8 6 15 79
3= 25px France Philippe Alliot 25px France Peugeot Talbot Sport 20 3 6 15 15 10 69
3= 25px Italy Mauro Baldi 25px France Peugeot Talbot Sport 20 3 6 15 15 10 69
5 25px Netherlands Cor Euser 25px Netherlands Euro Racing 10 10 8 10 10 6 54
6 25px Netherlands Charles Zwolsman 25px Netherlands Euro Racing 10 10 10 10 6 46
7= 25px Germany Jochen Mass 25px Germany Team Sauber Mercedes 15 12 10 8 45
7= 25px France Jean-Louis Schlesser 25px Germany Team Sauber Mercedes 15 12 10 8 45
9= 25px Germany Michael Schumacher 25px Germany Team Sauber Mercedes 15 8 20 43
9= 25px Austria Karl Wendlinger 25px Germany Team Sauber Mercedes 15 8 20 43
11 25px Germany Manuel Reuter 25px Germany Porsche Kremer Racing 12 8 3 2 12 6 43
12 25px Finland Harri Toivonen 25px Germany Porsche Kremer Racing 12 8 3 12 6 41
13= 25px Finland Keke Rosberg 25px France Peugeot Talbot Sport 20 20 40
13= 25px France Yannick Dalmas 25px France Peugeot Talbot Sport 20 20 40
15 25px Brazil Maurizio Sandro-Sala 25px Japan Mazdaspeed 6 4 6 8 4 3 31
16= 25px Great Britain Johnny Herbert 25px Japan Mazdaspeed 20 20
16= 25px Germany Volker Weidler 25px Japan Mazdaspeed 20 20
18 25px Australia David Brabham 25px Great Britain Silk Cut Jaguar 6 12 18
19 IRL Dave Kennedy 25px Japan Mazdaspeed 6 8 2 16
20 25px Spain Jésus Pareja 25px Switzerland Repsol Brun Motorsport 4 4 1 4 3 16
21= 25px USA Davy Jones 25px Great Britain Silk Cut Jaguar 15 15
21= 25px Brazil Raul Boesel 25px Great Britain Silk Cut Jaguar 15 15
23 25px Germany Bernd Schneider 25px Austria Konrad Motorsport
25px Switzerland Team Salamin Primagaz

12
12
24= 25px Great Britain Kenny Acheson 25px Great Britain Silk Cut Jaguar 12 12
24= 25px France Bob Wollek 25px Great Britain Silk Cut Jaguar 12 12
24= 25px Great Britain Martin Brundle 25px Great Britain Silk Cut Jaguar 12 12
27= 25px Sweden Steven Andskär 25px France Courage Compétition 8 4 12
27= 25px South Africa George Fouché 25px France Courage Compétition 8 4 12
29 25px France Lionel Robert 25px France Courage Compétition 2 6 4 12
30 25px Germany Otto Altenbach 25px Switzerland Team Salamin Primagaz 10 1 11
31= 25px Argentina Oscar Larrauri 25px Switzerland Repsol Brun Motorsport 6 4 1 11
31= 25px Italy Massimo Sigala 25px Switzerland Repsol Brun Motorsport 4 6 1 11
33= 25px Germany Jürgen Oppermann 25px Switzerland Team Salamin Primagaz 10 10
33= DEN John Nielsen 25px Great Britain Silk Cut Jaguar 10 10
35 25px Belgium Pierre Dieudonné 25px Japan Mazdaspeed 4 4 2 10
36= 25px Great Britain Derek Bell 25px Austria Konrad Motorsport
25px Switzerland Team Salamin Primagaz

8
8
36= 25px Italy Gianpiero Moretti 25px Switzerland Team Salamin Primagaz 8 8
38 25px Sweden Stefan Johansson 25px Japan Mazdaspeed
25px Austria Konrad Motorsport
6

6
39 25px Switzerland Walter Brun 25px Switzerland Repsol Brun Motorsport 1 4 5
40= 25px Japan Yojiro Terada 25px Japan Mazdaspeed 3 2 5
40= 25px Japan Takashi Yorino 25px Japan Mazdaspeed 3 2 5
42= 25px Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck 25px Austria Konrad Motorsport 4 4
42= 25px Germany Frank Jelinski 25px Austria Konrad Motorsport 4 4
42= 25px France Pascal Fabre 25px France Automobiles Louis Descartes
25px France Courage Compétition

4
4
45= 25px Italy Paolo Barilla 25px France Courage Compétition 3 3
45= 25px Germany Otto Rensing 25px Germany Porsche Kremer Racing 3 3
45= 25px Sweden Eje Elgh 25px France Courage Compétition
25px Switzerland Team Salamin Primagaz
3

3
45= 25px Mexico Tomas López 25px Germany Porsche Kremer Racing 3 3
45= 25px Switzerland Gregor Foitek 25px Germany Porsche Kremer Racing
25px Switzerland Repsol Brun Motorsport
3

3
50= 25px Canada Claude Bourbonnais 25px France Courage Compétition 1 2 3
50= 25px France François Migault 25px France Courage Compétition 2 1 3
52= 25px Switzerland Antoine Salamin 25px Switzerland Team Salamin Primagaz 2 2
52= 25px Austria Franz Konrad 25px Austria Konrad Motorsport 2 2
52= 25px Italy Marco Brand 25px Italy Veneto Equipe SRL
25px France Courage Compétition

2
2
52= MAR Max Cohen-Olivar 25px Switzerland Team Salamin Primagaz 2 2
52= 25px France Denis Morin 25px France Courage Compétition 2 2
52= 25px Germany Harald Becker 25px Austria Konrad Motorsport 2 2
52= 25px France Michel Trollé 25px France Courage Compétition 2 2
59= 25px Germany Jürgen Lässig 25px Switzerland Team Salamin Primagaz 1 1
59= 25px Spain Tomas Saldaña 25px France Courage Compétition 1 1

External links[]

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