1991 Spanish Grand Prix

The 1991 Spanish Grand Prix (formally the XXXIII Gran Premio Tío Pepe de España ) was a Formula One motor race held on 29 September 1991 at the Circuit de Catalunya . It was the fourteenth race of the 1991 Formula One World Championship , and the first Spanish Grand Prix to be held at Circuit de Catalunya.

There was a lot of action in the backrooms in the week separating the Portuguese and Spanish Grands Prix with the big news being that Max Mosley was elected president of the FISA , replacing Jean-Marie Balestre . There were also changes in the driver line-ups as Michael Bartels returned to Lotus replacing Johnny Herbert who had obligations in the Japanese Formula 3000 . Jordan had replaced Roberto Moreno with young Italian rookie Alessandro Zanardi , and Fondmetal had sacked Olivier Grouillard a...

Alex Caffi missed out again in fifth place in the other Footwork, just 0.062 seconds slower than Tarquini. It was his fifth failure to pre-qualify in six attempts. Sixth was Fabrizio Barbazza in the AGS , just over half a second faster than his new team-mate Grouillard. It was to be their last appearances for the team as AGS withdrew from Formula One before the next event, having spent six seasons at the top level. [ 2 ]

On the following lap Senna let Berger through as Mansell was closing in. The rain returned and Senna had a dramatic spin at the last corner, dropping from second to fifth while Schumacher passed Prost for third. Mansell closed on Berger, and on lap 20 he made his way up the inside to take the lead and proceeded to pull away, while Berger came under pressure from the charging Schumacher. A close battle ended when Schumacher spun while trying to pass, he would stay in the race, but down in sixth p...