1991… The fabulous season ….
- HONDA Marlboro McLaren team retained their successful 1990 lineup of Senna and Gerhard Berger
- Williams re-signed their former driver Nigel Mansell on the promise that he would be the top driver in the team after several years as number two to Nelson Piquet at Williams and then Alain Prost at Ferrari. He was partnered by Riccardo Patrese, retained from 1990.
- Ferrari kept Alain Prost as lead driver and replaced the departed Mansell with Jean Alesi, a young driver who had impressed at Tyrrell.
- Benetton began the season with two experienced Brazilian drivers: Roberto Moreno and triple world champion Nelson Piquet. During the season, Moreno was replaced by German rookie Michael Schumacher.
- Former greats Lotus had had a torrid 1990 with a severe accident for Martin Donnelly, loss of title sponsorship from Camel and a management buyout. The new cars, white and British Racing Green after decades of yellow or black, were piloted by rookie drivers Mika Häkkinen and Julian Bailey, though Bailey was eventually replaced by Johnny Herbert. Originally, the team had appointed Donnelly as ‘number one driver’ (partnering Häkkinen and Bailey) as Martin was expected to come back racing by April 1991[1].
Three teams that started the 1990 season would not make the start of the 1991 season: EuroBrun had failed to complete the season. Onyx Grand Prix also pulled out during 1990, but went as far as designing a 1991 car before finally folding, while the absence of Life surprised no-one.
The Osella team was now Fondmetal, though driver Olivier Grouillard was retained along with the 1989 Osella car and most of the staff.
The only entirely new team for 1991 was Jordan Grand Prix, a successful team in International Formula 3000. Their drivers were Bertrand Gachot and Andrea de Cesaris, though Gachot’s incarceration for assault partway through the season would mean that Michael Schumacher, Alessandro Zanardi and Roberto Moreno also drove the car.
At the start of the season, pre-qualifying was needed for five teams: two cars of Jordan, Dallara and Lambo and single cars of Fondmetal and Coloni.
A change to the points system in 1991 saw the winning driver now awarded 10 points instead of 9 as previously. More significantly, points from all races would now count towards the championship, instead of only each driver’s best eleven results as previously.
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Team presentation : the Fabulous season, 1991 Honda V12 world champion tpidhcbrkyfleapuzhbe nkdhhobpzghtxgmvrlf #AutomotiveMASTER
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2:22 – 2:30 Brabham …
2:22 – 2:30 Brabham team “powered” by the notorious V12 Yamaha ….
5 valves per cylinder ….A disastrous engine ….
But the car build by Yamaha in the same time with a road version of the V12 was really marvelous, insane car …….