1991 430 km of Silverstone

The 1991 430 km of Silverstone was the third round of the 1991 World Sportscar Championship season, taking place at Silverstone Circuit, United Kingdom. It took place on 19 May 1991.

Qualifying

Qualifying results

Class leaders are in bold. The fastest time set by each entry is denoted in gray.

Pos. Class No. Team Qualifying 1 Qualifying 2 Gap Grid
1 C1 4 Silk Cut Jaguar 1:34.989 1:27.478 1
2 C1 3 Silk Cut Jaguar 1:37.020 1:27.516 +0.038 2
3 C1 5 Peugeot Talbot Sport 1:43.202 1:31.236 +3.758 3
4 C1 6 Peugeot Talbot Sport 1:41.100 1:31.431 +3.953 4
5 C1 2 Team Sauber Mercedes 1:40.769 1:31.476 +3.998 5
6 C2 1 Team Sauber Mercedes 1:42.055 1:32.117 +4.639 7
7 C1 8 Euro Racing 1:50.204 1:36.738 +9.260 6
8 C2 11 Porsche Kremer Racing 1:46.196 1:36.769 +9.291 8
9 C2 16 Repsol Brun Motorsport 1:43.135 1:36.904 +9.426 9
10 C2 18 Mazdaspeed 1:49.414 1:37.326 +9.848 10
11 C2 17 Repsol Brun Motorsport 1:50.155 1:38.126 +10.648 11
12 C2 13 Courage Compétition 1:56.018 1:39.308 +11.830 12
13 C2 21 Konrad Motorsport 1:56.594 1:39.688 +12.210 13
14 C2 59 Team Salamin Primagaz 1:58.250 1:40.147 +12.669 14
15 C2 12 Courage Compétition 1:56.495 1:40.312 +12.834 15
16 C2 14 Team Salamin Primagaz 2:03.045 1:45.136 +17.658 16
17 C1 60 Louis Descartes 1:58.678 1:47.460 +19.982 DNS
18 C1 7 Louis Descartes 2:16.914 No Time +49.436 DNQ

Race

Race results

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 90% of the winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps
Engine
1 C1 4 Silk Cut Jaguar Teo Fabi
Derek Warwick
Jaguar XJR-14 G 83
Cosworth HB 3.5L V8
2 C1 2 Team Sauber Mercedes Karl Wendlinger
Michael Schumacher
Mercedes-Benz C291 G 82
Mercedes-Benz M291 3.5L Flat-12
3 C1 3 Silk Cut Jaguar Martin Brundle Jaguar XJR-14 G 79
Cosworth HB 3.5L V8
4 C2 1 Team Sauber Mercedes Jochen Mass
Jean-Louis Schlesser
Mercedes-Benz C11 G 79
Mercedes-Benz M119 5.0L Turbo V8
5 C1 8 Euro Racing Cor Euser
Richard Piper
Spice SE90C G 78
Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5L V8
6 C1 5 Peugeot Talbot Sport Mauro Baldi
Philippe Alliot
Peugeot 905 M 78
Peugeot SA35 3.5L V10
7 C2 16 Repsol Brun Motorsport Oscar Larrauri
Jesús Pareja
Porsche 962C Y 77
Porsche Type-935 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
8 C2 11 Porsche Kremer Racing Manuel Reuter
Harri Toivonen
Porsche 962CK6 Y 76
Porsche Type-935 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
9 C2 13 Courage Compétition Michel Trollé
Claude Bourbonnais
Cougar C26S G 75
Porsche Type-935 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
10 C2 17 Repsol Brun Motorsport Massimo Sigala
Walter Brun
Porsche 962C Y 75
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
11 C2 18 Mazdaspeed David Kennedy
Maurizio Sandro Sala
Mazda 787 D 74
Mazda R26B 2.6L 4-Rotor
12
NC
C2 14 Team Salamin Primagaz Antoine Salamin
Max Cohen-Olivar
Porsche 962C G 49
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
13
DNF
C1 6 Peugeot Talbot Sport Keke Rosberg
Yannick Dalmas
Peugeot 905 M 50
Peugeot SA35 3.5L V10
14
DNF
C2 21 Konrad Motorsport Franz Konrad
Tiff Needell
Porsche 962C G 35
Porsche Type-935 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
15
DNF
C2 59 Team Salamin Primagaz
Team Schuppan
Eje Elgh
Jonathan Palmer
Porsche 962C D 33
Porsche Type-935 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
16
DNF
C2 12 Courage Compétition Marco Brand
François Migault
Cougar C26S G 6
Porsche Type-935 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
DNS C1 60 Louis Descartes
Chamberlain Engineering
Mercedes Stermitz
John Sheldon
Spice SE89C G -
Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8
DNQ C1 7 Louis Descartes Luigi Taverna
Philippe de Henning
ALD C91 G -
Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5L V8

Statistics

  • Pole Position - Martin Brundle (#4 Silk Cut Jaguar) - 1:27.478
  • Fastest Lap - Martin Brundle (#3 Silk Cut Jaguar) - 1:29.372
  • Average Speed - 196.413 km/h

NB: Martin Brundle took the pole on #4 car (chassis-Nr 691) and made the best lap on #3 car (chassis-Nr 591). He raced only the #3 car being the solo driver.