AYRTON SENNA INSIDE TRACK AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX 1991 .
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Inside Track a behind the scenes look at the 1991 f1 grand prix.
The Shortest Race In History | 1991 Australian Grand Prix
In motor racing, some lessons are never learned. After Roger Williamson's death in 1973, for example, marshalling still continued to be slack in some countries. After Tom Pryce's death four years later, foolish people still ran across tracks.
The 1991 Australian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 3 November 1991 at the Adelaide Street Circuit. It was the 16th and final race of the 1991 Formula One World Championship. Torrential rain resulted in the race being stopped after just 16 of the scheduled 81 laps had been completed. The official results were declared from the end of the 14th lap, two laps before the race was suspended, in line with regulations. It held the record for being the shortest Formula One World Championship race until the 2021 Belgian Grand Prix.
The race was won by Ayrton Senna, with Nigel Mansell in second position, and Gerhard Berger's third-place finish plus Senna's victory meant that the McLaren team clinched the Constructor's championship. Mansell was unable to take part in the post-race podium ceremony, following a crash at the end of the race that left him requiring hospital treatment. Because less than seventy-five percent of the scheduled race distance had been completed, only half the normal World Championship points were awarded. This was also the final Formula One race for three time World Champion Nelson Piquet. It was the 60th pole position for Ayrton Senna. It would also prove to be the final Grand Prix for Satoru Nakajima, Naoki Hattori, Alex Caffi, and Emanuele Pirro.
Date 3 November 1991
Official name Foster's Australian Grand Prix
Location Adelaide Street Circuit, Adelaide, Australia
Course Temporary street circuit
Course length 3.780 km (2.362 miles)
Distance 14 laps, 52.92 km (32.88 miles)
Scheduled distance 81 laps, 306.18 km (190.23 miles)
Weather Torrential rain
Pole position
Driver
Brazil Ayrton Senna
McLaren-Honda
Time 1:14.041
Fastest lap
Driver Austria Gerhard Berger McLaren-Honda
Time 1:41.141 on lap 14
Podium
First
Brazil Ayrton Senna
McLaren-Honda
Second
United Kingdom Nigel Mansell
Williams-Renault
Third
Austria Gerhard Berger
McLaren- Honda