1991 Sportscar World Championship

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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

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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 Rnd  | Race  | Circuit  | Date

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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 June
23 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

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Entrant  | Car  | Engine  | Tyre  | No. | Drivers  | Rounds

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Team Sauber-Mercedes | Mercedes-Benz C11
Mercedes-Benz C291 | Mercedes-Benz M119 5.0 L Turbo V8
Mercedes-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 V10
Peugeot 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 V8
Ford 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

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-6
Judd EV 3.5 L V8  | 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-6
Lamborghini 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

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### Race results

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Rnd  | Circuit  | Winning Team  | Results

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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 system[1] 1st  | 2nd  | 3rd  | 4th  | 5th  | 6th  | 7th  | 8th  | 9th  | 10th

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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

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SUZ |
MON |
SIL |
LMS |
NUR |
MAG |
MEX |
AUT | Points

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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
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Gold | Winner
Silver | Second place
Bronze | Third place
Green | Points classification
Blue | Non-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple | Retired, not classified (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

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Teams only scored points for their highest finishing entry.

Pos  | Team  |
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MON |
SIL |
LMS |
NUR |
MAG |
MEX |
AUT | Points

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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

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1. ^ a b FIA Sportscar World Championship, Seasonal Survey, Autosport, 9 January 1992, page 56

## External links

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* 1991 Sportscar World Championship race results

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