Pos	Driver	Pts	Gap	Status
1	Ayrton Senna	96		Champion
2	Nigel Mansell	72	−24	Out after R14 · Spanish GP
3	Riccardo Patrese	53	−43	Out after R12 · Italian GP
4	Gerhard Berger	43	−53	Out after R12 · Italian GP
5	Alain Prost	34	−62	Out after R11 · Belgian GP
6	Nelson Piquet	26.5	−69.5	Out after R11 · Belgian GP

Margin vs points still available

Leader's margin over P2
Points still available

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Round	Leader	Margin over P2	Still available
R1 · United States GP	Ayrton Senna	4	145
R2 · Brazilian GP	Ayrton Senna	11	135
R3 · San Marino GP	Ayrton Senna	20	125
R4 · Monaco GP	Ayrton Senna	29	115
R5 · Canadian GP	Ayrton Senna	24	105
R6 · Mexican GP	Ayrton Senna	24	95
R7 · French GP	Ayrton Senna	25	85
R8 · British GP	Ayrton Senna	18	75
R9 · German GP	Ayrton Senna	8	65
R10 · Hungarian GP	Ayrton Senna	12	55
R11 · Belgian GP	Ayrton Senna	22	45
R12 · Italian GP	Ayrton Senna	18	35
R13 · Portuguese GP	Ayrton Senna	24	25
R14 · Spanish GP	Ayrton Senna	16	15
R15 · Japanese GP	Ayrton Senna	22	5
R16 · Australian GP	Ayrton Senna	24	0

Constructors' championship

McLaren won the 1991 constructors' title, decided at the Japanese GP (round 15), with 1 round to spare.

Pos	Team	Pts	Gap	Status
1	McLaren	139		Champion
2	Williams	125	−14	Out after R15 · Japanese GP
3	Ferrari	55.5	−83.5	Out after R12 · Italian GP
4	Benetton	38.5	−100.5	Out after R12 · Italian GP
5	Jordan	13	−126	Out after R11 · Belgian GP
6	Tyrrell	12	−127	Out after R11 · Belgian GP

Margin vs points still available

Leader's margin over P2
Points still available

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Round	Leader	Margin over P2	Still available
R1 · United States GP	McLaren	4	232
R2 · Brazilian GP	McLaren	14	216
R3 · San Marino GP	McLaren	30	200
R4 · Monaco GP	McLaren	34	184
R5 · Canadian GP	McLaren	31	168
R6 · Mexican GP	McLaren	21	152
R7 · French GP	McLaren	13	136
R8 · British GP	McLaren	12	120
R9 · German GP	Williams	1	104
R10 · Hungarian GP	McLaren	2	88
R11 · Belgian GP	McLaren	16	72
R12 · Italian GP	McLaren	15	56
R13 · Portuguese GP	McLaren	11	40
R14 · Spanish GP	Williams	1	24
R15 · Japanese GP	McLaren	11	8
R16 · Australian GP	McLaren	14	0

Drivers

Drivers' championship

Cumulative points

Senna
Mansell
Patrese
Berger
Prost
Piquet
Rest of field

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Round	Senna	Mansell	Patrese	Berger	Prost	Piquet
R1 · United States GP	10	0	0	0	6	4
R2 · Brazilian GP	20	0	6	4	9	6
R3 · San Marino GP	30	0	6	10	9	6
R4 · Monaco GP	40	6	6	10	11	6
R5 · Canadian GP	40	7	10	10	11	16
R6 · Mexican GP	44	13	20	10	11	16
R7 · French GP	48	23	22	10	17	16
R8 · British GP	51	33	22	16	21	18
R9 · German GP	51	43	28	19	21	18
R10 · Hungarian GP	61	49	32	22	21	18
R11 · Belgian GP	71	49	34	28	21	22
R12 · Italian GP	77	59	34	31	25	23
R13 · Portuguese GP	83	59	44	31	25	25
R14 · Spanish GP	85	69	48	31	31	25
R15 · Japanese GP	91	69	52	41	34	25
R16 · Australian GP	96	72	53	43	34	26.5

Pos	Driver	Wins	Gap	Pts
1	Ayrton Senna McLaren	7		96
2	Nigel Mansell Williams	5	−24	72
3	Riccardo Patrese Williams	2	−43	53
4	Gerhard Berger McLaren	1	−53	43
5	Alain Prost Ferrari		−62	34
6	Nelson Piquet Benetton	1	−69.5	26.5
7	Jean Alesi Ferrari		−75	21
8	Stefano Modena Tyrrell		−86	10
9	Andrea de Cesaris Jordan		−87	9
10	Roberto Moreno Minardi		−88	8
11	Pierluigi Martini Minardi		−90	6
12	Jyrki Järvilehto Dallara		−92	4
13	Bertrand Gachot Larrousse		−92	4
14	Michael Schumacher Benetton		−92	4
15	Satoru Nakajima Tyrrell		−94	2
16	Mika Häkkinen Team Lotus		−94	2
17	Martin Brundle Brabham		−94	2
18	Emanuele Pirro Dallara		−95	1
19	Mark Blundell Brabham		−95	1
20	Ivan Capelli Leyton House		−95	1
21	Éric Bernard Lola		−95	1
22	Aguri Suzuki Lola		−95	1
23	Julian Bailey Team Lotus		−95	1
24	Gianni Morbidelli Ferrari		−95.5	0.5
-	Maurício Gugelmin Leyton House		−96	0
-	Thierry Boutsen Ligier		−96	0
-	Johnny Herbert Team Lotus		−96	0
-	Nicola Larini Lambo		−96	0
-	Érik Comas Ligier		−96	0
-	Gabriele Tarquini Fondmetal		−96	0
-	Alessandro Zanardi Jordan		−96	0
-	Eric van de Poele Lambo		−96	0
-	Alex Caffi Footwork		−96	0
-	Olivier Grouillard AGS		−96	0
-	Michele Alboreto Footwork		−96	0
-	Karl Wendlinger Leyton House		−96	0
-	Stefan Johansson Footwork		−96	0

Teams

Constructors' championship

Cumulative points

McLaren
Williams
Ferrari
Benetton
Jordan
Tyrrell
Rest of field

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Round	McLaren	Williams	Ferrari	Benetton	Jordan	Tyrrell
R1 · United States GP	10	0	6	4	0	5
R2 · Brazilian GP	24	6	10	6	0	5
R3 · San Marino GP	40	6	10	6	0	5
R4 · Monaco GP	50	12	16	9	0	5
R5 · Canadian GP	50	17	16	19	5	11
R6 · Mexican GP	54	33	16	21	8	11
R7 · French GP	58	45	25	21	9	11
R8 · British GP	67	55	29	23	10	11
R9 · German GP	70	71	33	23	13	11
R10 · Hungarian GP	83	81	35	23	13	11
R11 · Belgian GP	99	83	35	30	13	11
R12 · Italian GP	108	93	39	33	13	11
R13 · Portuguese GP	114	103	43	36	13	11
R14 · Spanish GP	116	117	52	37	13	11
R15 · Japanese GP	132	121	55	37	13	12
R16 · Australian GP	139	125	55.5	38.5	13	12

Pos	Team	Wins	Gap	Pts
1	McLaren	8		139
2	Williams	7	−14	125
3	Ferrari		−83.5	55.5
4	Benetton	1	−100.5	38.5
5	Jordan		−126	13
6	Tyrrell		−127	12
7	Minardi		−133	6
8	Dallara		−134	5
9	Team Lotus		−136	3
10	Brabham		−136	3
11	Leyton House		−138	1
12	Lola		−138	1
13	Larrousse		−138	1
-	Ligier		−139	0
-	Lambo		−139	0
-	AGS		−139	0
-	Fondmetal		−139	0
-	Footwork		−139	0

Head to head

Teammate battles

McLaren

SEN Ayrton Senna16 racesGerhard Berger BER

Qualifying (grid): 13; 3
Race: 6; 3
Points: 96; 43

Not classified: SEN 1 · BER 7

Williams

MAN Nigel Mansell16 racesRiccardo Patrese PAT

Qualifying (grid): 7; 9
Race: 5; 2
Points: 72; 53

Not classified: MAN 6 · PAT 5

Ferrari

PRO Alain Prost15 racesJean Alesi ALE

Qualifying (grid): 13; 2
Race: 4; 1
Points: 34; 21

Not classified: PRO 7 · ALE 7

1 short pairing (fewer than 3 races)

ALE vs MOR · 1 race · qualifying 1–0 · race 0–0 · points 0–0.5

Benetton

PIQ Nelson Piquet11 racesRoberto Moreno MOR

Qualifying (grid): 8; 3
Race: 2; 0
Points: 22; 8

Not classified: PIQ 5 · MOR 4

PIQ Nelson Piquet5 racesMichael Schumacher MSC

Qualifying (grid): 1; 4
Race: 1; 2
Points: 4.5; 4

Not classified: PIQ 0 · MSC 2

Jordan

CES Andrea de Cesaris9 racesBertrand Gachot GAC

Qualifying (grid): 7; 2
Race: 3; 0
Points: 9; 4

Not classified: CES 4 · GAC 3

CES Andrea de Cesaris3 racesAlessandro Zanardi ZAN

Qualifying (grid): 3; 0
Race: 1; 0
Points: 0; 0

Not classified: CES 2 · ZAN 1

2 short pairings (fewer than 3 races)

CES vs MOR · 2 races · qualifying 1–1 · race 1–0 · points 0–0
CES vs MSC · 1 race · qualifying 0–1 · race 0–0 · points 0–0

Tyrrell

MOD Stefano Modena16 racesSatoru Nakajima NAK

Qualifying (grid): 15; 1
Race: 6; 0
Points: 10; 2

Not classified: MOD 7 · NAK 9

Minardi

MAR Pierluigi Martini15 racesGianni Morbidelli MOR

Qualifying (grid): 9; 6
Race: 3; 0
Points: 6; 0

Not classified: MAR 6 · MOR 8

1 short pairing (fewer than 3 races)

MOR vs MAR · 1 race · qualifying 0–1 · race 0–0 · points 0–0

Dallara

JÄR Jyrki Järvilehto13 racesEmanuele Pirro PIR

Qualifying (grid): 4; 9
Race: 1; 3
Points: 0; 1

Not classified: JÄR 9 · PIR 4

Team Lotus

HÄK Mika Häkkinen6 racesJohnny Herbert HER

Qualifying (grid): 3; 3
Race: 2; 1
Points: 0; 0

Not classified: HÄK 2 · HER 2

1 short pairing (fewer than 3 races)

HÄK vs BAI · 1 race · qualifying 1–0 · race 1–0 · points 2–1

Brabham

BRU Martin Brundle12 racesMark Blundell BLU

Qualifying (grid): 5; 7
Race: 1; 3
Points: 0; 1

Not classified: BRU 4 · BLU 8

Leyton House

CAP Ivan Capelli14 racesMaurício Gugelmin GUG

Qualifying (grid): 7; 7
Race: 2; 1
Points: 1; 0

Not classified: CAP 11 · GUG 8

1 short pairing (fewer than 3 races)

GUG vs WEN · 2 races · qualifying 2–0 · race 1–0 · points 0–0

Lola

BER Éric Bernard8 racesAguri Suzuki SUZ

Qualifying (grid): 5; 3
Race: 0; 0
Points: 1; 0

Not classified: BER 6 · SUZ 8

Larrousse

BER Éric Bernard2 racesAguri Suzuki SUZ

Qualifying (grid): 2; 0
Race: 0; 0
Points: 0; 1

Not classified: BER 2 · SUZ 1

Ligier

BOU Thierry Boutsen13 racesÉrik Comas COM

Qualifying (grid): 10; 3
Race: 2; 3
Points: 0; 0

Not classified: BOU 4 · COM 5

Footwork

ALB Michele Alboreto1 raceStefan Johansson JOH

Qualifying (grid): 1; 0
Race: 0; 0
Points: 0; 0

Not classified: ALB 1 · JOH 1

1 short pairing (fewer than 3 races)

CAF vs ALB · 1 race · qualifying 0–1 · race 0–1 · points 0–0

Over the races in which both drivers had a result for the team. Qualifying: who qualified ahead (from the starting grid: there is no qualifying data for this season). Race: who finished ahead, counted only when both were classified. Points: race and sprint points from those races.