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Ayrton Senna won the 1991 Australian Grand Prix

Ayrton Senna won the 1991 Australian Grand Prix for McLaren, ahead of Nigel Mansell and Gerhard Berger at Adelaide Street Circuit.

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Race recap

Winner
Ayrton Senna
Team
McLaren
Top listed
Ayrton Senna, Nigel Mansell, and Gerhard Berger
Race date
November 3, 1991
Pole
Ayrton Senna
Fastest lap
Gerhard Berger
Classified drivers
32
Circuit
Adelaide Street Circuit

The decisive result

Ayrton Senna finished first for McLaren. Nigel Mansell is listed 2 for Williams, with Gerhard Berger 3 for McLaren.

Grid to finish

Johnny Herbert from P21 to P11 (+10), Alex Caffi from P23 to P15 (+8), and Alex Zanardi from P16 to P9 (+7) recorded the largest positive grid-to-finish changes in the classification. Ayrton Senna started from the listed P1 grid position.

Status and fastest lap

The classification lists 13 Finished, 6 +1 lap, 4 DNQ, 4 Spun off, and 2 Accident. Gerhard Berger holds the fastest-lap entry at 1:41.141 on lap 14. It records the result without speculating about incidents or strategy.

This summary sticks to the classification and does not speculate about incidents, strategy, weather, or causes. Source: F1DB (CC BY 4.0) · updated Jul 26, 2026.

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Race classification
PosDriverConstructorTime / statusPoints
1Ayrton SennaMcLaren24:34.8995
2Nigel MansellWilliams24:36.1583
3Gerhard BergerMcLaren24:40.0192
4Nelson PiquetBenetton25:05.0021.5
5Riccardo PatreseWilliams25:25.4361
6Gianni MorbidelliFerrari25:25.9680.5
7Emanuele PirroDallara25:27.2600
8Andrea de CesarisJordan25:35.3300
9Alex ZanardiJordan25:50.4660
10Stefano ModenaTyrrell25:55.2690
11Johnny HerbertTeam Lotus25:56.9720
12JJ LehtoDallara26:13.4180
13Michele AlboretoFootwork26:14.2020
14Maurício GugelminLeyton House+1 lap0
15Alex CaffiFootwork+1 lap0
16Roberto MorenoMinardi+1 lap0
17Mark BlundellBrabham+1 lap0
18Érik ComasLigier+1 lap0
19Mika HäkkinenTeam Lotus+1 lap0
20Karl WendlingerLeyton House+2 laps0