1991 430 km of Suzuka

The 1991 430 km of Suzuka was the opening round of the 1991 World Sportscar Championship season, taking place at Suzuka Circuit, Japan. It took place on April 14, 1991.

Qualifying

Qualifying results

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

Pos.	Class	No.	Team	Driver 1	Qualifying 1	Qualifying 2	Driver 2	Qualifying 1	Qualifying 2	Gap	Grid
1	C1	3	Silk Cut Jaguar	Derek Warwick	1:48.084	No Time	Martin Brundle	No Time	2:06.162		1
2	C1	6	Peugeot Talbot Sport	Keke Rosberg	1:50.568	2:12.080	Yannick Dalmas	1:51.886	No Time	+2.484	2
3	C2	1	Team Sauber Mercedes	Jean-Louis Schlesser	1:50.764	2:14.352	Jochen Mass	1:55.996	2:17.170	+2.680	7
4	C1	2	Team Sauber Mercedes	Michael Schumacher	1:51.864	2:10.117	Karl Wendlinger	No Time	2:09.420	+3.780	3
5	C1	5	Peugeot Talbot Sport	Mauro Baldi	1:53.419	2:14.644	Philippe Alliot	1:55.479	2:11.009	+5.335	4
6	C2	11	Porsche Kremer Racing	Manuel Reuter	1:53.930	2:13.610	Harri Toivonen	2:01.531	No Time	+5.846	8
7	C1	8	Euro Racing	Charles Zwolsman	2:03.630	2:22.111	Cor Euser	1:54.038	2:12.760	+5.954	5
8	C2	16	Repsol Brun Motorsport	Oscar Larrauri	1:55.706	No Time	None	N/A	N/A	+7.622	9
9	C2	18	Mazdaspeed	Maurizio Sandro Sala	1:58.112	2:20.992	David Kennedy	1:55.849	2:23.117	+7.765	10
10	C2	58	Mazdaspeed	Yojiro Terada	2:00.942	No Time	Takashi Yorino	1:56.672	No Time	+8.588	11
11	C2	12	Courage Compétition	George Fouché	1:56.697	No Time	Steven Andskär	1:58.672	2:19.393	+8.613	12
12	C2	17	Repsol Brun Motorsport	Massimo Sigala	2:02.285	No Time	Jesús Pareja	1:57.339	No Time	+9.255	13
13	C2	13	Courage Compétition	Paolo Barilla	1:59.746	No Time	Eje Elgh	1:59.297	2:15.543	+11.213	14
14	C1	4	Silk Cut Jaguar	Teo Fabi	1:50.748†	2:09.070	Martin Brundle	1:48.841†	2:03.439	+15.355	6
15	C2	14	Team Salamin Primagaz	Antoine Salamin	2:12.897	No Time	Max Cohen-Olivar	2:09.308	No Time	+21.224	15
16	C2	15	Veneto Equipe SRL	Andrea Filippini	2:15.635	No Time	Marco Brand	No Time	No Time	+27.551	DNQ
17	C1	7	Louis Descartes	Philippe de Henning	No Time	2:42.254	None	N/A	N/A	+52.170	DNQ

†-time disallowed for using illegal rear wings.

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
Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Engine	Tyre	Laps
1	C1	5	Peugeot Talbot Sport	Mauro Baldi Philippe Alliot	Peugeot 905	M	74
1	C1	5	Peugeot Talbot Sport	Mauro Baldi Philippe Alliot	Peugeot SA35 3.5L V10	M	74
2	C2	1	Team Sauber Mercedes	Jochen Mass Jean-Louis Schlesser	Mercedes-Benz C11	G	73
2	C2	1	Team Sauber Mercedes	Jochen Mass Jean-Louis Schlesser	Mercedes-Benz M119 5.0L Turbo V8	G	73
3	C2	11	Porsche Kremer Racing	Manuel Reuter Harri Toivonen	Porsche 962CK6	Y	72
3	C2	11	Porsche Kremer Racing	Manuel Reuter Harri Toivonen	Porsche Type-935 3.2L Turbo Flat-6	Y	72
4	C1	8	Euro Racing	Cor Euser Charles Zwolsman	Spice SE90C	G	72
4	C1	8	Euro Racing	Cor Euser Charles Zwolsman	Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5L V8	G	72
5	C2	12	Courage Compétition Trust Racing Team	George Fouché Steven Andskär	Porsche 962C GTi	D	71
5	C2	12	Courage Compétition Trust Racing Team	George Fouché Steven Andskär	Porsche Type-935 3.2L Turbo Flat-6	D	71
6	C2	18	Mazdaspeed	David Kennedy Maurizio Sandro Sala	Mazda 787B	D	71
6	C2	18	Mazdaspeed	David Kennedy Maurizio Sandro Sala	Mazda R26B 2.6L 4-Rotor	D	71
7	C2	17	Repsol Brun Motorsport	Massimo Sigala Jesús Pareja	Porsche 962C	Y	70
7	C2	17	Repsol Brun Motorsport	Massimo Sigala Jesús Pareja	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	Y	70
8	C2	13	Courage Compétition Nisseki Racing Team	Paolo Barilla Eje Elgh	Porsche 962C	D	66
8	C2	13	Courage Compétition Nisseki Racing Team	Paolo Barilla Eje Elgh	Porsche Type-935 3.2L Turbo Flat-6	D	66
9	C2	14	Team Salamin Primagaz	Antoine Salamin Max Cohen-Olivar	Porsche 962C	G	66
9	C2	14	Team Salamin Primagaz	Antoine Salamin Max Cohen-Olivar	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	G	66
10 NC	C1	3	Silk Cut Jaguar	Derek Warwick	Jaguar XJR-14	G	64
10 NC	C1	3	Silk Cut Jaguar	Derek Warwick	Cosworth HB 3.5L V8	G	64
11 NC	C2	58	Mazdaspeed	Takashi Yorino Yojiro Terada	Mazda 787	D	63
11 NC	C2	58	Mazdaspeed	Takashi Yorino Yojiro Terada	Mazda R26B 2.6L 4-Rotor	D	63
12 DSQ^†	C2	16	Repsol Brun Motorsport	Oscar Larrauri	Porsche 962C	Y	71
12 DSQ^†	C2	16	Repsol Brun Motorsport	Oscar Larrauri	Porsche Type-935 3.2L Turbo Flat-6	Y	71
13 DNF	C1	6	Peugeot Talbot Sport	Keke Rosberg Yannick Dalmas	Peugeot 905	M	36
13 DNF	C1	6	Peugeot Talbot Sport	Keke Rosberg Yannick Dalmas	Peugeot SA35 3.5L V10	M	36
14 DNF	C1	2	Team Sauber Mercedes	Karl Wendlinger Michael Schumacher	Mercedes-Benz C291	G	21
14 DNF	C1	2	Team Sauber Mercedes	Karl Wendlinger Michael Schumacher	Mercedes-Benz M291 3.5L Flat-12	G	21
15 DNF	C1	4	Silk Cut Jaguar	Teo Fabi Martin Brundle	Jaguar XJR-14	G	4
15 DNF	C1	4	Silk Cut Jaguar	Teo Fabi Martin Brundle	Cosworth HB 3.5L V8	G	4
DNQ	C1	7	Louis Descartes	Philippe de Henning Luigi Taverna	ALD C91	G	-
DNQ	C1	7	Louis Descartes	Philippe de Henning Luigi Taverna	Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5L V8	G	-
DNQ	C2	15	Veneto Equipe SRL	Marco Brand Andrea Filippini	Lancia LC2	D	-
DNQ	C2	15	Veneto Equipe SRL	Marco Brand Andrea Filippini	Ferrari 308C 3.0L Turbo V8	D	-

† - #16 Repsol Brun Motorsport was disqualified for using more than its allowed usage of fuel.

Statistics

Pole Position - Derek Warwick (#3 Silk Cut Jaguar) - 1:48.084
Fastest Lap - Derek Warwick (#3 Silk Cut Jaguar) - 1:49.148
Average Speed - 176.031 km/h