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1991 in motorsport

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Years in motorsport
1991 in sports

The following is an overview of the events of 1991 in motorsport including the major racing events, motorsport venues that were opened and closed during a year, championships and non-championship events that were established and disestablished in a year, and births and deaths of racing drivers and other motorsport people.

Annual events

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The calendar includes only annual major non-championship events or annual events that had significance separate from the championship. For the dates of the championship events see related season articles.

Date Event Ref
29 December-17 January 13th Dakar Rally [1]
2–3 February 29th 24 Hours of Daytona [2]
17 February 33rd Daytona 500 [3]
12 May 49th Monaco Grand Prix [4]
26 May 75th Indianapolis 500 [5]
27 May-7 June 74th Isle of Man TT [6]
15–16 June 19th 24 Hours of Nurburgring [7]
22–23 June 59th 24 Hours of Le Mans [8]
28 July 14th Suzuka 8 Hours [9]
3–4 August 43rd 24 Hours of Spa [10]
18 August 1st Masters of Formula 3 [11]
6 October 32nd Tooheys 1000 [12]
24 November 38th Macau Grand Prix [13]
7–8 December 4th Race of Champions [14]

Births

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Date Month Name Nationality Occupation Note Ref
17 January Esapekka Lappi Finnish Rally driver 2017 Rally Finland winner. [15]
25 September Alexander Rossi American Racing driver Indianapolis 500 winner (2016). [16]

Deaths

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Date Month Name Age Nationality Occupation Note Ref
15 May Fritz Riess 68 German Racing driver 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1951). [17]
1 October "Wild Willie" Borsch 60 American Drag racer Driver of the Winged Experess AA/FA [18]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "1991 Dakar Rally" (PDF). rssp.eu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-01-27. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  2. ^ "Daytona 24 Hours 1991 - Racing Sports Cars". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  3. ^ "1991 Daytona 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  4. ^ "1991 Grand Prix of Monaco". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  5. ^ "1991 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  6. ^ "TT 1991". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  7. ^ "Freunde der Nordschleife - 1991". veedol-freunde-der-nordschleife.de. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  8. ^ "Le Mans Register - 1991". formula2.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  9. ^ "Suzuka 8 Hours 1991 results". Moto Racing JAPAN. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  10. ^ "24 h Spa-Francorchamps". touringcarracing.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  11. ^ "MARLBORO MASTERS OF FORMULA 3" (PDF). formel3guide.com (in German). Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  12. ^ "1991 Bathurst 1000". Unique Cars & Parts. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  13. ^ "1991 Macau Grand Prix". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  14. ^ "1991 Madrid". roc.com. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  15. ^ "Esapekka Lappi". ewrc-results.com. ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  16. ^ "Alexander Rossi". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  17. ^ "Fritz Riess". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  18. ^ Motorsport.com Archived 2018-09-14 at the Wayback Machine (retrieved 14 September 2018)
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