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

Rnd Race Circuit Date 1 Fuji Film Cup (430 km) Suzuka Circuit 14 April 2 Trofeo F. Caracciolo (430km) Autodromo Nazionale Monza 5 May 3 Castrol BRDC Empire Trophy (430 km) Silverstone Circuit 19 May 4 24 Hours of Le Mans Circuit de la Sarthe 22 June23 June 5 ADAC Sportwagen-Weltmeisterschaft (430km) Nürburgring 18 August 6 Championnat du Monde de Voitures de Sport (430 km) Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 15 September 7 Trofeo Hermanos Rodriguez (430 km) Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez 6 October 8 SWC in Autopolis (430 km) Autopolis 28 October

Entries Entrant Car Engine Tyre Drivers Rounds Team Sauber-Mercedes Mercedes-Benz C11Mercedes-Benz C291 Mercedes-Benz M119 5.0 L Turbo V8Mercedes-Benz M291 3.5 L Flat-12 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 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 905Peugeot 905 Evo 1 Bis Peugeot SA35-A1 3.5 L V10Peugeot SA35-A2 3.5 L V10 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 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 3760 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 8 Cor Euser All Charles Zwolsman 1–2, 4–8 Richard Piper 3 Tim Harvey 4 Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5 L V8 40 Lyn St. James 4 Desiré Wilson 4 Cathy Muller 4 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 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 962CPorsche 962C GTiCougar C26S Porsche Type-935/82 3.2 L Flat-6 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 49 Steven Andskär 4 George Fouché 4 Porsche Type-935/82 3.0 L Turbo Flat-6 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 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 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 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 15 Andrea Filippini 1–2 Marco Brand 1–2 Almo Coppelli 4–6 Luigi Giorgio 4 Repsol Brun Motorsport Porsche 962CBrun C91 Porsche Type-935/82 3.2 L Turbo Flat-6Judd EV 3.5 L V8 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 787Mazda 787B Mazda R26B 2.6 L 4-Rotor 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 962CKonrad KM-011 Porsche Type-935/82 3.2 L Turbo Flat-6Lamborghini 3512 3.5 L V12 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 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

Rnd Circuit Winning team Results Winning drivers 1 Suzuka No. 5 Peugeot Talbot Sport Report Mauro Baldi Philippe Alliot 2 Monza No. 3 Silk Cut Jaguar Report Derek Warwick Martin Brundle 3 Silverstone No. 4 Silk Cut Jaguar Report Derek Warwick Teo Fabi 4 Le Mans No. 55 Mazdaspeed Report Volker Weidler Johnny Herbert Bertrand Gachot 5 Nürburgring No. 3 Silk Cut Jaguar Report David Brabham Derek Warwick 6 Magny-Cours No. 6 Peugeot Talbot Sport Report Keke Rosberg Yannick Dalmas 7 Mexico City No. 6 Peugeot Talbot Sport Report Keke Rosberg Yannick Dalmas 8 Autopolis No. 2 Team Sauber-Mercedes Report Michael Schumacher Karl Wendlinger

+Points systemFIA Sportscar World Championship, Seasonal Survey, Autosport, 9 January 1992, page 56 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.

Drivers' World Championship Pos Driver Team SUZ MON SIL LMS NUR MAG MEX AUT Points 1 Teo Fabi Silk Cut Jaguar Ret 2 1 3 2 3 DNS 3 86 2 Derek Warwick Silk Cut Jaguar NC 1 1 4 1 5 6 2 79 3 Philippe Alliot Peugeot Talbot Sport 1 8 6 Ret Ret 2 2 4 69 3 Mauro Baldi Peugeot Talbot Sport 1 8 6 Ret Ret 2 2 4 69 4 Cor Euser Euro Racing 4 4 5 Ret Ret 4 4 6 54 5 Charles Zwolsman Euro Racing 4 4 Ret Ret 4 4 6 46 6 Jochen Mass Team Sauber-Mercedes 2 3 4 Ret Ret Ret Ret 5 45 6 Jean-Louis Schlesser Team Sauber Mercedes 2 3 4 Ret Ret Ret Ret 5 45 7 Michael Schumacher Team Sauber-Mercedes Ret Ret 2 5 Ret Ret Ret 1 43 7 Karl Wendlinger Team Sauber-Mercedes Ret Ret 2 5 Ret Ret Ret 1 43 8 Manuel Reuter Porsche Kremer Racing 3 5 8 9 3 6 Ret Ret 43 9 Harri Toivonen Porsche Kremer Racing 3 5 8 9 3 6 Ret 41 10 Keke Rosberg Peugeot Talbot Sport Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 1 1 Ret 40 10 Yannick Dalmas Peugeot Talbot Sport Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 1 1 Ret 40 11 Maurizio Sandro Sala Mazdaspeed 6 7 11 6 5 7 8 31 12 Johnny Herbert Mazdaspeed 1 20 12 Volker Weidler Mazdaspeed 1 20 13 David Brabham Silk Cut Jaguar 1 3 6 3 18 14 David Kennedy Mazdaspeed 6 11 6 5 9 16 15 Jésus Pareja Repsol Brun Motorsport 7 Ret 7 10 7 NC 8 Ret 16 16 Davy Jones Silk Cut Jaguar 2 15 16 Raul Boesel Silk Cut Jaguar 2 15 17 Martin Brundle Silk Cut Jaguar Ret 1 3 12 17 Kenny Acheson Silk Cut Jaguar 3 12 17 Bob Wollek Silk Cut Jaguar 3 12 17 Bernd Schneider Konrad Motorsport Ret 12 Team Salamin Primagaz 3 18 Steven Andskär Courage Compétition 5 Ret 7 12 18 George Fouché Courage Compétition 5 Ret 7 12 19 Lionel Robert Courage Compétition 9 11 6 Ret 7 12 20 Otto Altenbach Team Salamin Primagaz Ret 4 10 11 21 Oscar Larrauri Repsol Brun Motorsport DSQ 6 7 10 DNS Ret Ret Ret 11 21 Massimo Sigala Repsol Brun Motorsport 7 6 10 8 11 22 John Nielsen Silk Cut Jaguar 4 10 22 Jürgen Oppermann Team Salamin Primagaz 4 10 23 Pierre Dieudonné Mazdaspeed 7 8 7 9 10 24 Derek Bell Konrad Motorsport 7 8 Team Salamin Primagaz 5 24 Gianpiero Moretti Team Salamin Primagaz 5 8 25 Stefan Johansson Konrad Motorsport Ret DNQ Ret Ret Ret 6 Mazdaspeed 6 26 Walter Brun Repsol Brun Motorsport Ret 10 8 7 Ret 5 27 Yojiro Terada Mazdaspeed NC 8 9 8 5 27 Takashi Yorino Mazdaspeed NC 8 9 5 28 Hans-Joachim Stuck Konrad Motorsport 7 4 28 Frank Jelinski Konrad Motorsport 7 4 28 Pascal Fabre Louis Descartes Ret Ret 4 Courage Compétition 7 29 Paolo Barilla Courage Compétition 8 WD 3 29 Eje Elgh Courage Compétition 8 WD 3 Team Salamin Primagaz Ret Ret Ret 29 Otto Rensing Porsche Kremer Racing 8 3 29 Mercedes Stermitz Louis Descartes DNS 3 Team Salamin Primagaz DNQ Porsche Kremer Racing 8 29 Tomas Lopez Porsche Kremer Racing Ret 8 Ret 3 29 Gregor Foitek Porsche Kremer Racing Ret 8 3 Repsol Brun Motorsport DNS Ret 30 François Migault Courage Compétition 9 Ret 11 6 Ret 10 3 30 Claude Bourbonnais Courage Compétition 10 9 NC 3 30 Michel Trollé Courage Compétition 10 9 NC 3 31 Antoine Salamin Team Salamin Primagaz 9 Ret NC Ret NC 2 31 Max Cohen-Olivar Team Salamin Primagaz 9 Ret NC Ret 2 31 Franz Konrad Konrad Motorsport Ret Ret Ret 9 Ret Ret Ret 2 31 Harald Becker Konrad Motorsport 9 2 31 Marco Brand Veneto Equipe DNQ Ret 2 Courage Compétition Ret NC Ret 9 31 Denis Morin Courage Compétition 9 2 32 Jürgen Lässig Team Salamin Primagaz 10 1 32 Tomás Saldaña Courage Compétition 9 1 Pos Driver Team SUZ MON SIL LMS NUR MAG MEX AUT Points

Teams' World Championship Teams only scored points for their highest finishing entry.

Pos Team SUZ MON SIL LMS NUR MAG MEX AUT Points 1 Silk Cut Jaguar NC 1 1 2 1 3 6 2 108 2 Peugeot Talbot Sport 1 8 6 Ret Ret 1 1 4 79 3 Team Sauber-Mercedes 2 3 2 5 Ret Ret Ret 1 70 4 Euro Racing 4 4 5 12 Ret 4 4 6 54 5 Mazdaspeed 6 7 11 1 5 7 9 8 47 6 Porsche Kremer Racing 3 5 8 9 3 8 Ret Ret 43 7 Courage Compétition 5 9 9 11 6 9 7 7 28 8 Team Salamin Primagaz 9 Ret NC NC 4 10 3 Ret 25 9 Repsol Brun Motorsport 7 6 7 10 7 NC 8 Ret 22 10 Konrad Motorsport Ret Ret 7 9 Ret Ret Ret 6

References

External links 1991 Sportscar World Championship race results