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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
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 C91 Spice 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-6Judd 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
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