1991 in motorsport

Overview of the events of 1991 in motorsport

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1991 in sports

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* Cycling
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* Field hockey
* Flying disc
* Golf
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* Handball
* Ice hockey
* Ice sports
* Korfball
* Lumberjack sports
* Mind sports
* Modern pentathlon
* Motorsport
* Orienteering
* Paralympic sports
* Precision sports
* Shooting
* Racquetball
* Roller sports
* Sailing
* Skiing
* Speedway
* Rugby league‎
* Rugby union
* Snooker
* 1990–91
* 1991–92
* Strength sports
* Weightlifting
* Squash
* Table tennis
* Tennis
* Triathlon
* Volleyball

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

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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

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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

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15  | May  | Fritz Riess | 68  | German  | Racing driver  | 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1952).  | [17]
1  | October  | "Wild Willie" Borsch | 60  | American  | Drag racer | Driver of the Winged Experess AA/FA | [18]

## See also

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* List of 1991 motorsport champions

## 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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