1991 Football League Third Division play-off Final, Post-match
After the match, Tranmere's manager John King spoke about plans for the next season: "We have taken giant strides in recent years. We have a wonderful stadium, wonderful fans. Now we must push for the first division ... I have never been so proud of my team." David Prentice, writing in the Liverpool Echo, remarked that "Rovers ran Bolton ragged".


1991 Football League Third Division play-off Final, Post-match
Tranmere's next season ended with them in fourteenth position in the Second Division. Bolton ended their following season in thirteenth position in the Third Division.


1991 Football League play-offs
The Football League play-offs for the 1990–91 season were held in May and June 1991, with the finals taking place at Wembley Stadium. The play-off semi-finals were also played over two legs and were contested by the teams who finished in 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th  place in the Football League Second Division, the 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th placed teams in the Football League Third Division and the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th place teams in the Football League Fourth Division table. The winners of the semi-finals progressed through to the finals, with the winner of these matches gaining promotion for the following season.


1991 Fordham Rams football team
The 1991 Fordham Rams football team was an American football team that represented Fordham University during the 1991 NCAA Division I-AA football season. For the second straight year, Fordham finished last in the Patriot League.


1991 Fordham Rams football team
In their sixth year under head coach Larry Glueck, the Rams compiled a 2–8 record. Mark Blazejewski and Gary Brennan were the team captains.


1991 Fordham Rams football team
The Rams were outscored 242 to 149. Their winless (0–5) conference record placed last in the six-team Patriot League standings.


1991 Fordham Rams football team
Fordham played its home games at Jack Coffey Field on the university's Rose Hill campus in The Bronx, in New York City.


1991 Formula One Indoor Trophy
The 1991 Formula One Indoor Trophy took place on December 7–8 at the Bologna Motor Show. The winner was Gabriele Tarquini in a Fondmetal-Ford.


1991 Formula One Indoor Trophy, Participants
For the fourth Formula One Indoor Trophy, the participation rose again to six. Lotus became the first non-Italian team to enter, and they were represented by Johnny Herbert, who had alternated in their second car during the season with Michael Bartels after they replaced Julian Bailey early in the season. Herbert would drive for the team permanently in 1992.


1991 Formula One Indoor Trophy, Participants
Fondmetal entered the competition for the first time, with Gabriele Tarquini driving the car. The Italian had seen out the last three races of the season for the team, after replacing Olivier Grouillard. He would also drive for his team permanently in 1992.


1991 Formula One Indoor Trophy, Participants
BMS Scuderia Italia, still using Dallara chassis, were represented for a second year by JJ Lehto, who had driven in 1991 alongside Emanuele Pirro. Three time champions Minardi had two cars, one driven by defending champion Gianni Morbidelli, even though he had been replaced by Roberto Moreno during the season, the other a 1990 spec car driven by test driver Marco Apicella. Apicella's car was using a Ford engine, as opposed to the Ferrari motor in Morbidelli's car.


1991 Formula One Indoor Trophy, Participants
Finally, Coloni were represented by test driver Antonio Tamburini, who would never enter a Grand Prix. He was chosen over regular drivers Pedro Chaves and Naoki Hattori.


1991 Formula One Indoor Trophy, Results
Herbert was drawn against Tarquini in the quarter finals, while Lehto was drawn against Apicella and Morbidelli against Tamburini. Herbert was, surprisingly, defeated by Tarquini, while Lehto defeated Apicella, less surprisingly as the Italian was driving an outdated car. Another surprise saw the inexperienced Antonio Tamburini defeat defending champion Gianni Morbidelli. As the closest loser, Johnny Herbert also progressed to the semi finals.


1991 Formula One Indoor Trophy, Results
He was drawn against Tamburini, and won, while the other semi final saw Tarquini eliminate Lehto. The final was then a rematch of the quarter final matchup between Herbert and Tarquini, and the Italian won again, meaning that he was the first driver to win the tournament in a car other than a Minardi.


1991 Formula One World Championship
The 1991 FIA Formula One World Championship was the 45th season of FIA Formula One motor racing and the 42nd season of the Formula One World Championship. It featured the 1991 Formula One World Championship for Drivers and the 1991 Formula One World Championship for Constructors, which were contested concurrently over a sixteen-race series that commenced on 10 March and ended on 3 November. Ayrton Senna won his third and last Drivers' Championship, and McLaren-Honda won their fourth consecutive Constructors' Championship.


1991 Formula One World Championship
Senna won seven of the sixteen races; his main challenger for the title was Nigel Mansell, who won five races in his first season back at Williams. Senna's fierce rival Alain Prost failed to win a race with Ferrari and was fired before the end of the season due to a dispute with the team. 1991 also saw the debuts of future world champions Michael Schumacher and Mika Häkkinen, as well as the retirement of three-time champion Nelson Piquet.


1991 Formula One World Championship
As of 2021, this is the last World Championship season to be won by a South American racing driver, a V12-engined car, and a car equipped with a manual gearbox.


1991 Formula One World Championship, Drivers and constructors
The following teams and drivers competed in the 1991 FIA Formula One World Championship.


1991 Formula One World Championship, Calendar, Calendar changes
The French Grand Prix was moved from Circuit Paul Ricard to Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours.


1991 Formula One World Championship, Calendar, Calendar changes
The Spanish Grand Prix was moved from Circuito de Jerez to Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.


1991 Formula One World Championship, Pre-season
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, a team that failed to prequalify for every race, surprised no-one.


1991 Formula One World Championship, Pre-season
The Osella team was now Fondmetal, though driver Olivier Grouillard was retained along with the 1989 Osella car and most of the staff.


1991 Formula One World Championship, Pre-season
The Arrows team was renamed Footwork after an investment by Japanese businessman Wataru Ohashi, President of Footwork Express Co., Ltd.


1991 Formula One World Championship, Pre-season
There were two entirely new entrants for the 1991 season;


1991 Formula One World Championship, Pre-season
At the start of the season, pre-qualifying was needed for five teams: both cars of the Jordan, Dallara and Modena teams and the single entrants of the Fondmetal and Coloni teams.


1991 Formula One World Championship, Pre-season
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.


1991 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 1: USA
The season started off at the Phoenix street circuit that had a modified layout to make it more of a challenge to drivers. Senna took pole ahead of Prost, Patrese, Mansell, Piquet and Alesi. At the start, Senna and Prost maintained their places while Mansell sliced ahead of Patrese and Piquet lost out to Alesi and Berger. The order at the end of lap 1 was: Senna, Prost, Mansell, Patrese, Alesi and Berger.


1991 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 1: USA
Early on, as Senna was pulling away from Prost, Alesi got past Patrese for fourth. However, Patrese repassed him on lap 16 and closed up on Mansell. He attacked on lap 22 but shot into an escape road and rejoined behind Alesi and Berger. He quickly closed up on them with Berger attacking Alesi but unable to pass. Patrese passed Berger on lap 34. On the next lap, Mansell's gearbox failed and soon afterward, on lap 36, Berger had fuel pump trouble, which forced him to retire. Patrese then passed Alesi who pitted on lap 43. He closed in on Prost and the Ferrari pitted on lap 46, with right rear troubles putting him down to seventh.


1991 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 1: USA
Patrese didn't last much longer, his gearbox failing and then the stationary car was hit by Roberto Moreno, forcing both of them out. Piquet, who did not stop, was passed by Alesi for second with Prost taking fourth off Stefano Modena soon after. Alesi was having gearbox troubles and was holding back Piquet as Prost began to attack both of them. On lap 70, Piquet passed Alesi and Prost followed him through. Prost then shifted sides getting ahead of Piquet as well. Modena passed Alesi for fourth and Alesi soon retired with gearbox troubles.


1991 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 1: USA
Unflustered by all this, Senna won from Prost, Piquet, Modena, Satoru Nakajima and Aguri Suzuki. This would be the last Formula One Grand Prix on the streets of downtown Phoenix, Arizona and the last Formula One race in the United States for 9 years; Formula One would return to a very different part of the United States in 2000 – the historic Indianapolis Motor Speedway, that had a whole new road course built within the facility just for the Grand Prix.


1991 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 2: Brazil
The field traveled to Brazil and Senna pleased his fans at the Interlagos circuit in his home city of São Paulo by taking pole at his home track ahead of the two Williams cars of Patrese and Mansell who were in front of Berger, Alesi and Prost. At the start, Senna took off and Mansell got by Patrese while Alesi got by Berger and Piquet got ahead of Prost. The order was: Senna, Mansell, Patrese, Alesi, Berger and Piquet.


1991 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 2: Brazil
Mansell began to attack Senna but could not pass. Senna then slowly pulled away from Mansell who had a slow pit stop on lap 22. He stayed second after the stops but 7 seconds behind Senna, the major change as a result of the stops was that Piquet who did not stop was third and that Berger and Prost had got by Alesi.


1991 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 2: Brazil
Berger blasted past Piquet soon afterward as Mansell began to catch Senna. Mansell was closing in but had to stop on lap 50 with a puncture. He charged back towards Senna who was experiencing gearbox troubles. However, it was Mansell's gearbox which ironically gave way on lap 60. Patrese was having the same problem but still running in second and Berger was having trouble with a sticking throttle. It began to rain and Prost passed Piquet for fourth. The top three struggled with the wet conditions; especially Senna, who had gearbox trouble and only had 6th gear. Senna won followed by Patrese, Berger, Prost, Piquet and Alesi.


1991 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 3: San Marino
At Imola, Senna took his 55th pole position ahead of Patrese, Prost, Mansell, Berger and Modena. It rained as they were approaching the start and Prost spun off on the parade lap and was out. At the start, Patrese got ahead of Senna while Mansell had gearbox problems and retired after being hit by Martin Brundle's Brabham. The order was: Patrese, Senna, Berger, Modena, Alesi and Nakajima.


1991 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 3: San Marino
Patrese pulled away but pitted on lap 10 with a misfire and rejoined several laps down. On lap 16, Nakajima retired from fourth with transmission failure. After the stops, Senna stayed ahead of Berger while Moreno got fourth from Pierluigi Martini. Soon afterward JJ Lehto passed Martini to take fifth. At the front, the gap between Senna and Berger was stable. Modena retired on lap 42 with transmission troubles, promoting Moreno to third which he held only for eight laps when Lehto passed him. On lap 52, Moreno retired with an engine failure. On the last lap, Eric van de Poele was set for a 5th-place finish but retired with a fuel pump problem. At the front, Senna won ahead of Berger, Lehto, Martini, Mika Häkkinen and Julian Bailey.


1991 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 4: Monaco
Senna took another pole in Monaco with Modena a surprising second ahead of Patrese, Piquet, Mansell and Berger. At the start, Berger hit Piquet and Piquet was out while Berger dropped to the back. The order was: Senna, Modena, Patrese, Mansell, Prost and Moreno.


1991 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 4: Monaco
With overtaking hard on the Monaco streets, there were no changes until Prost got past Mansell on lap 30. By now, Senna was over 10 seconds ahead of Modena, who was holding up Patrese. Soon afterward, Alesi passed Moreno for fourth and pulled away. Meanwhile, Nakajima in the other Tyrrell further down had spun off the track after making contact with Martini's Minardi on lap 35.


1991 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 4: Monaco
On lap 43, Modena's engine blew in the tunnel and this blocked Patrese, who spun off into the wall and both were out, as ironically Alboreto well down in the Footwork had also retired with a blown Porsche engine in the Footwork leaving additional oil on the track at the Nouvelle chicane which later left Blundell's Brabham to spin off into the wall out of 10th place behind the leaders by lap 44 just after overtaking Bernard before he crashed.


1991 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 4: Monaco
Mansell was putting pressure on Prost, who had trouble with a loose wheel, and made a daring move through the chicane on lap 63 to take second and then really started flying with fastest lap after fastest lap before Prost eventually set the fastest lap on lap 77 (14 laps after his pit-stop as he was a lap down in 5th place). Soon afterward, Prost was forced to stop to change the wheel and dropped down to fifth. Senna took his fourth win in four ahead of Mansell, Alesi, Moreno, Prost and Emanuele Pirro.


1991 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 5: Canada
At the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, the Williams cars were 1–2 in qualifying, Patrese on pole ahead of Mansell, Senna, Prost, Moreno and Berger. At the start, Mansell got ahead of Patrese while Berger slipped past Moreno. It was Mansell leading from Patrese, Senna, Prost, Berger and Moreno. On lap 5, Berger retired with battery troubles but Moreno could take fifth only for 5 more laps before he spun off into retirement.


1991 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 5: Canada
Mansell and Patrese were pulling away from Senna while there was a battle for fourth between Prost, Alesi and Piquet. On lap 26, Senna retired with alternator troubles and two laps later Prost was out with a failed gearbox. Alesi was third but on lap 35, his engine expired. This put Mansell in front of Patrese, Piquet, Modena, Andrea de Cesaris and Ivan Capelli. Patrese had to pit with a puncture and rejoined behind Piquet. He then had gearbox troubles and was passed by Modena as Capelli spun off.


1991 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 5: Canada
On the last lap, Mansell waved to the crowd, and then he let his car's revs drop too low and stalled the Renault engine. This left a delighted Piquet to take his last career win ahead of Modena, Patrese, de Cesaris, Bertrand Gachot and Mansell who was classified sixth.


1991 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 6: Mexico
The extremely bumpy Hermanos Rodriguez Autodrome in Mexico saw a number of incidents during practice, including Senna crashing at the very fast Peraltada while trying to take it a bit faster than usual and his car overturned when it hit the tire barrier. Senna had come to Mexico City with a head injury that he got while jetskiing in Brazil, and had been critical of the dusty circuit's condition all through the weekend. Williams took 1–2 in qualifying with Patrese ahead of Mansell, Senna, Alesi, Berger and Piquet. Patrese made a poor start and lost three places while Alesi dived ahead of Senna. The order was: Mansell, Alesi, Senna, Patrese, Berger and Piquet. There was action as Senna passed Alesi with Patrese following him through and then Modena getting by Piquet.


1991 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 6: Mexico
Berger's engine failed on lap 6 and soon afterwards Patrese passed Senna and set off after Mansell. Modena then began to drop back. Patrese passed Mansell and then both Senna and Alesi had a go at the Englishman with Alesi spinning and dropping back to seventh. Patrese then began to pull away from Mansell who was holding up Senna. Meanwhile, Alesi passed Moreno and then de Cesaris as Mansell pulled away from Senna. He closed the gap to Patrese to 1.2 seconds before Patrese increased his pace and made the gap stable.


1991 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 6: Mexico
Alesi's clutch failed on lap 43 and Piquet had wheel bearing troubles two laps later and thus Gachot was fifth. He held it until he spun off on lap 52. At the front, Patrese won with Mansell making it a Williams 1–2 ahead of Senna, de Cesaris, Moreno and Éric Bernard.


1991 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 7: France
The French Grand Prix had moved from the Paul Ricard circuit near Marseille in southern France to the new Magny-Cours circuit in central France. Patrese took another pole ahead of home hero Prost, Senna, Mansell, Berger and Alesi. At the start, Patrese had problems selecting his gear, and when he did start his car, he was engulfed by the field. This blocked Senna allowing Mansell to get ahead of him. The order was: Prost, Mansell, Senna, Berger, Alesi and Piquet.


1991 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 7: France
On lap 6, Berger retired with yet another engine failure. Two laps later, there was trouble as Piquet lost places as Gianni Morbidelli tried to pass him and hit Capelli, taking both out while Piquet lost time and places. At the front, Mansell attacked Prost and passed him on lap 22. At the stops, Mansell had a slow one and Prost was back in the lead. Senna was under pressure from Alesi but holding him at bay, over 15 seconds behind the leaders.


1991 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 7: France
Meanwhile, Mansell again began to close in on Prost and as the two wound through traffic on lap 54, Mansell made a superb move on the outside of the Adelaide hairpin to lead and then slowly pulled away. Mansell won from Prost, Senna, Alesi, the recovering Patrese and de Cesaris.


1991 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 8: United Kingdom
The Silverstone circuit had been heavily modified; it was no longer the simplistic, ultra-fast circuit it had been since its inception; it was now more of a technical circuit, but it was still relatively fast. Mansell took pole position ahead of Senna, Patrese, Berger, Prost and Alesi. At the start, Senna took the lead from Mansell while Berger hit Patrese, spinning Patrese out while Berger dropped down the order, behind Prost, Alesi and Moreno. At the front, Mansell turned off the rev-limiter to accelerate past Senna into the Hangar straight. Thus Mansell led from Senna, Alesi, Prost, Moreno and Berger.


1991 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 8: United Kingdom
Soon Berger passed Moreno for fifth and this became fourth when Prost spun, dropping two places. Moreno then retired with gearbox troubles. At the front, the gap between Mansell and Senna was around 4–5 seconds with Alesi third, a long way back. However, when he was trying to lap Suzuki, he hit Suzuki, taking both out. After the stops, Mansell stayed 10 seconds ahead of Senna with Berger a long way back but 20 seconds ahead of Prost.


1991 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 8: United Kingdom
Senna decided to try with a light fuel load to attack Mansell. He closed the gap to 7 seconds but because of that, he ran out of fuel on the last lap, which gave Mansell the opportunity to pick up the stranded Brazilian on his victory lap and drive him back to pit lane. Therefore, Mansell won ahead of Berger, Prost, Senna (classified fourth for starting final lap), Piquet and Gachot.


1991 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 8: United Kingdom
At the halfway stage of the season, Senna led the Drivers' Championship with 51 points, with Mansell second with 33, Patrese third with 22, and Prost fourth with 21. In the Constructors' Championship, McLaren led with 67 points, Williams close in second with 55, Ferrari third with 29, and Benetton fourth with 23.


1991 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 9: Germany
At the halfway point of the season, pre-qualifying was re-arranged. Dallara, Jordan and 'Lambo' escaped, while AGS, Footwork and Brabham needed to pre-qualify for rest of the season.


1991 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 9: Germany
The second half of the year started at the very fast forested Hockenheim circuit in Germany and Mansell continued where he left off, taking pole ahead of Senna, Berger, Patrese, Prost and Alesi. At the start, Mansell took off while Berger got by Senna and Patrese again had a poor start, dropping behind the Ferraris. At the end of the first lap, Mansell led from Berger, Senna, Prost, Alesi and Patrese.


1991 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 9: Germany
Patrese quickly got ahead of Alesi as the order settled down. Alesi decided to go without a stop while the rest pitted. However, Berger had some trouble in the stops and dropped back to 10th. Thus, the order was Alesi leading Mansell, Senna, Prost, Patrese and de Cesaris. Mansell quickly passed Alesi to lead and then pulled away. Prost and Senna were battling for third and Prost went wide at a corner trying to pass Senna allowing Patrese to take fourth.


1991 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 9: Germany
Patrese quickly passed Senna to leave him with a frustrated Prost. Prost tried to pass him on lap 38 but Senna did not give him enough room and Prost spun off and retired. Meanwhile, Patrese had closed right in on Alesi and passed him on lap 39. On the last lap, Senna ran out of fuel again. No one, however could touch Mansell who won, with Patrese making it a Williams 1–2 ahead of Alesi, the recovering Berger, de Cesaris and Gachot.


1991 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 10: Hungary
Senna took pole at the Hungaroring near Budapest in Hungary ahead of Patrese, Mansell, Prost, Berger and Alesi. At the start, Patrese got away better than Senna but Senna moved over to block him. Mansell was forced to defend third from Prost and kept the place. The order was: Senna, Patrese, Mansell, Prost, Berger and Alesi.


1991 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 10: Hungary
The top four stayed together and there was no way one could overtake the other on the twisting Hungaroring circuit. They pulled away from Berger who had a gap to Alesi. Prost's engine blew on lap 28, reducing the battle  at the front to three. The pit stops changed nothing but after them Mansell began to hound his teammate Patrese for second. Patrese let him get past to see what Mansell can do about Senna but he realised that the answer was nothing. Senna was continuing to slowly edge away. A dull race was won by Senna ahead of Mansell, Patrese, Berger, Alesi and Capelli.


1991 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 11: Belgium
Belgian driver Bertrand Gachot missed his home Grand Prix due to being imprisoned in Britain following an incident in which he sprayed tear gas at a London taxi driver. His Jordan seat was filled by then-unknown German driver Michael Schumacher.


1991 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 11: Belgium
At the popular and scenic Spa-Francorchamps circuit in Belgium, Senna took pole ahead of Patrese, Prost, Mansell, Berger, Alesi, Piquet and the new sensation, Schumacher. (After Saturday qualifying, Patrese's car was found to not comply with safety regulations and Patrese's Saturday times were wiped out, thus starting 17th). At the start, Senna defended from Prost while Piquet and Schumacher got past Alesi. However, Schumacher slowed with a clutch problem on the run down to Eau Rouge and retired. At the front, Senna led from Prost, Mansell, Berger, Piquet and Alesi. On lap 3, Prost had fuel leaking out of his car and retired.


1991 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 11: Belgium
Mansell began to attack Senna and after the stops got ahead of him. There was trouble when Berger spun after his stop and lost a lot of time. After the stops, Mansell led Alesi (who planned to go without stopping), Senna, Piquet, a recovering Patrese and de Cesaris. Then on lap 22, Mansell slowed to a halt with an electrical failure, giving Alesi the lead of the race. Senna's engine then stopped for some time and because of that Piquet, Patrese and de Cesaris were right with him and allowing Alesi to remain in the lead. Senna was unable to pull away because he had gearbox troubles. On lap 31 — still intending to run non-stop — Alesi's engine blew up and Senna was back in the lead. Patrese tried to pass Piquet but went wide and de Cesaris was able to take third.


1991 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 11: Belgium
He then passed Piquet to take second, with Patrese following him through soon after. Piquet began to drop back and Berger passed him. Patrese had gearbox troubles and was suddenly behind Berger and Piquet. On lap 41, de Cesaris, around 2 seconds behind Senna retired when his engine expired. Moreno passed the struggling Patrese on the next lap. Senna won with Berger making it a McLaren 1–2 ahead of Piquet, Moreno, Patrese and Mark Blundell.


1991 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 12: Italy
There was controversy before the Italian Grand Prix at the Monza Autodrome near Milan as Schumacher signed a deal with Benetton which displeased Jordan who went to court. The court decided in favour of Benetton with Schumacher and Moreno swapping teams. Bernie Ecclestone assisted both teams by supplying payments to Moreno and the Jordan team. In qualifying, Senna took pole ahead of Mansell, Berger, Patrese, Prost and Alesi. At the start, Alesi steamed by Prost and hit Patrese into the first chicane and had to pit for repairs. Senna led Mansell, Berger, Patrese, Prost and Schumacher at the end of the first lap.


1991 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 12: Italy
Patrese began to charge, passing Berger on lap 7. As Mansell was having difficulty finding a way around Senna, he put out his hand and waved Patrese ahead of him. He then attacked Senna and took the lead on lap 26. However, on the next lap, Patrese spun and he could not select full gears then. He went to the pits and retired. At the same time, Prost passed Berger to take third. Mansell now began to hound Senna and went all directions to get ahead.


1991 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 12: Italy
He finally did it on lap 34 and Senna came into the pits for tyres. When he rejoined, the order was Mansell, Prost, Berger, Schumacher, Senna and de Cesaris. Senna was on a charge, passing Schumacher immediately after his stop. Berger then waved him through to see if he could attack Prost. Behind them, on lap 45, Piquet passed de Cesaris for sixth. Senna got ahead of Prost on the second chicane with seven laps remaining. Mansell won from Senna, Prost, Berger, Schumacher and Piquet.


1991 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 12: Italy
With four races remaining, Senna held an 18-point lead over Mansell in the Drivers' Championship, 77 to 59. Patrese was third with 34, followed by Berger with 31, and Prost with 25. In the Constructors' Championship, McLaren led Williams by 15 points, 108 to 93, with Ferrari a distant third with 39.


1991 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 13: Portugal
The Estoril circuit near Lisbon hosted the Portuguese round, and Patrese took pole ahead of Berger, Senna, Mansell, Prost and Alesi. At the start, Mansell sliced across in front of Senna and switched sides to sneak by Berger. The order at the end of lap 1 was: Patrese, Mansell, Berger, Senna, Alesi and Prost.


1991 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 13: Portugal
The Williamses pulled away from the McLarens who were pulling away from the Ferraris (Prost had by now passed Alesi). On lap 18, Patrese waved Mansell through and decided to follow him. The McLarens stopped first and Senna got ahead of Berger. When Mansell stopped on lap 29, his crew had trouble fixing the wheelnut of his right rear properly. As the Williams mechanic went to get a spare nut, the lollipop man, unaware of the trouble signalled for Mansell to depart. Immediately, his right rear fell off and he stopped in the middle of the pitlane. The team retrieved the tyre, fixed it on Mansell's car and sent him on his way but he had dropped to 17th.


1991 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 13: Portugal
At the front, Berger passed Senna and set off after Patrese only for his engine to fail on lap 38. Two laps later, Prost from third went out with the same problem. This put the order as: Patrese, Senna, Alesi, Martini, Capelli and Piquet. On lap 49, Mansell who had charged through the field took sixth from his former arch-rival Piquet and was only 15 seconds from third place. Then, on lap 51, he was shown the black disqualification flag for the pit-lane infringement. Capelli spun off on lap 65 from fifth. Patrese won from Senna, Alesi, Martini, Piquet and Schumacher.


1991 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 14: Spain
The Spanish Grand Prix had moved from the Jerez circuit near Seville to the brand-new Catalunya circuit near Barcelona, on the other side of Spain. Berger took pole in Spain ahead of Mansell, Senna, Patrese, Schumacher and Prost. At the start, it was damp and Senna blasted past Mansell while Patrese messed up again, dropping to sixth. Midway through the lap, Schumacher passed Mansell to take third. The order was: Berger, Senna, Schumacher, Mansell, Prost and Patrese.


1991 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 14: Spain
Mansell repassed Schumacher near the end of the second lap and set off after Senna. On lap 5, Mansell and Senna went side by side down the main straight but Mansell was ahead as he had the inside line. As the track dried, everyone stopped and Berger's stop was slow. Senna's stop was quick and he took the lead ahead of Berger, Mansell, Prost, Schumacher and Patrese. Senna then let Berger through on lap 12 in order to hold up Mansell while Schumacher overtook Prost at the same time. Then, Senna spun into the last corner and dropped behind Mansell, Schumacher and Prost.


1991 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 14: Spain
Mansell quickly reeled in Berger and got ahead on lap 20 and proceeded to pull away. Schumacher now came to attack Berger and when he tried, he messed up and spun off. He rejoined back down in sixth. On lap 33, Berger slowed down with electrical troubles and retired. Soon afterwards, Patrese passed Senna for third. Schumacher had blistered his tyres in the spin and pitted, dropping behind Alesi who charged forward and passed Senna. Mansell crucially won from Prost, Patrese, Alesi, Senna and Schumacher.


1991 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 14: Spain
With two races to go, Senna led Mansell by 16 points in the Drivers' Championship, 85 to 69, with only a maximum of 20 points still available. Patrese was third with 48, while Prost and Berger both had 31. The Constructors' Championship was much closer with Williams leading McLaren by one point, 117 to 116, while Ferrari was third with 52.


1991 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 15: Japan
At the challenging Suzuka circuit in Japan, the McLarens took 1–2 in qualifying with Berger ahead of Senna, Mansell, Prost, Patrese and Alesi. At the start, Berger got away well and Senna blocked Mansell while behind them Patrese got by Prost. Alesi did not last long, his engine failing even before finishing the lap. The order was: Berger, Senna, Mansell, Patrese, Prost and Martini.


1991 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 15: Japan
Senna let Berger pull away and then held up Mansell, who had to win to keep his World Championship hopes alive. Mansell was frustrated at seeing Berger pull away and hounded Senna in the hope that Senna would make a mistake. However, it was Mansell who made a mistake first, spinning off in a cloud of smoke at the start of lap 10 as he was having brake problems. He was out and Senna was World Champion for the third time.


1991 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 15: Japan
The McLaren team told Berger to let Senna through and thus protect him with the promise that Senna will let him back ahead on the last lap if they stay 1–2. There were no changes after the stops and the order stayed as: Senna, Berger, Patrese, Prost, Martini and Schumacher. At the front, Senna and Berger traded fastest laps. On lap 29, well behind Schumacher passed Martini for fifth. Nakajima in the second Tyrrell spun off at the S Curves and hit the tyre barrier in the gravel trap by lap 31 (Nakajima was unhurt). However, Schumacher's engine failed on lap 35, giving the place back to Martini. Martini only held it for five more laps before his clutch failed, forcing him to retire.


1991 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 15: Japan
Nothing then changed afterwards, and Senna kept McLaren's agreement with Berger, by letting Berger through to win on the last lap. Berger won ahead of the new world champion Senna, Patrese, Prost, Martin Brundle and Modena. The McLaren Honda 1–2 also meant that they were now 11 points ahead of Williams Renault and had a grip on the Constructors' Championship.


1991 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 16: Australia
Before the final race at the street circuit in Adelaide, Australia, Prost was fired from the Ferrari team because he made some scathing comments about the team and described his car as a 'truck' when his shock absorbers failed, and the Ferrari team as unwilling to work with him during a press conference for the Japanese Grand Prix. He was replaced by Ferrari test driver Gianni Morbidelli (who had been driving for Minardi). Although the Drivers' Championship had already been decided, the Constructors' Championship had not – this was still being disputed by the McLaren and Williams teams.


1991 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 16: Australia
In qualifying, McLaren took 1–2 ahead of the Williamses and the Benettons with Senna ahead of Berger, Mansell, Patrese, Piquet, and Schumacher. At the start, in extremely torrential wet conditions, Patrese lost time and was quickly behind Piquet and Alesi had also got by him and Schumacher. Senna led from Berger, Mansell, Piquet, Alesi and Patrese. On lap 3, Berger went wide allowing Mansell to be second and thus go after Senna. He was close enough on lap 5 and was side by side with Senna on the next lap but saw yellow flags because of Nicola Larini's crash. Thus he was forced to back off and Senna retained the lead. Alesi spun off immediately and was followed there by Schumacher. Both were out.


1991 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 16: Australia
Then, on lap 8, Pierluigi Martini spun off into the wall and his front wing, which separated from his car, was hit by Patrese and got stuck in Patrese's undertray. At the front, Mansell was no longer attacking Senna but Senna was unable to pull away. The conditions became better but after another seven laps, the weather started to become worse and more drivers began to spin off, including Mansell who smashed into a wall- which allowed McLaren to win the Constructors' Championship.


1991 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 16: Australia
Berger also spun off twice on the next lap as Senna gestured to the marshals to try to get the race stopped. Patrese followed suit and finally it was stopped after Senna had finished lap 16. However, the officials had decided to count the results back 2 laps to lap 14 which meant that Senna won from Mansell, Berger, Piquet, Patrese and Morbidelli. Only half points were awarded because the race was stopped before 75% of the distance was over. This particular Grand Prix set a record as the shortest Grand Prix ever run until the 2021 Belgian Grand Prix at Spa which only lasted 3 laps, all behind the safety car on 29 August 2021.


1991 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 16: Australia
Because only half points were awarded in Australia, at the end of the season, Senna was the world champion with 96 points with Mansell second with 72, Patrese third with 53, Berger fourth with 43, Prost fifth with 34, Piquet sixth with 26.5, Alesi seventh with 21 and Modena eighth with 10. In the Constructors' Championship, McLaren-Honda was the World Champion with 139 points, with Williams-Renault second with 125, Ferrari third with 55.5, and Benetton-Ford fourth with 38.5.


1991 Formula One World Championship, Race-by-race, Race 16: Australia
The 1991 season was to be the last in which Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Nelson Piquet competed together, the four drivers having between them won 93 of the 112 Grands Prix since 1985 and all seven Drivers' Championships during this period. Piquet retired from F1 at season's end, while Prost decided to take a sabbatical in 1992. Mansell would win the Drivers' Championship in 1992 and then leave F1 for CART; Prost would win the championship in 1993 and then retire; and Senna would lose his life at the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix.


1991 Formula One World Championship, Results and standings, Points scoring system
Points were awarded to the top six finishers in each race as follows:


1991 Formula One World Championship, Results and standings, World Drivers' Championship standings
† Driver did not finish the Grand Prix, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance. ‡ Half points were awarded at the Australian Grand Prix as the race was stopped after 14 laps (out of 81) due to torrential rain.


1991 Formula One World Championship, Results and standings, World Constructors' Championship standings
‡Half points were awarded at the Australian Grand Prix as the race was stopped after 14 laps (out of 81) due to torrential rain.


1991 Formula One World Championship, Results and standings, Non-championship event results
The 1991 season also included a single event which did not count towards the World Championship, the Formula One Indoor Trophy at the Bologna Motor Show.


1991 Fort Lauderdale Strikers season
The 1991 Fort Lauderdale Strikers season was the second season of the team in the American Professional Soccer League. It was the club's twenty-fifth season in professional soccer. The team finished in first place in the American Conference, went to the playoffs, and made it to the semifinals.


1991 Foster's Cup
The 1991 AFL Foster's Cup was the Australian Football League pre-season cup competition played in its entirety before the 1991 season began.


1991 Frankfurt Galaxy season
The 1991 Frankfurt Galaxy season was the inaugural season for the franchise in the newly created World League of American Football (WLAF). The team was led by head coach Jack Elway, and played its home games at Waldstadion in Frankfurt, Germany. They finished the season in third place of the European Division with a record of seven wins and three losses.


1991 Frankfurt Galaxy season, Awards
After the completion of the regular season, the All-World League team was selected by the league's ten head coaches. Overall, Frankfurt had five players selected, with three on the first team and two on the second team. The five selections were:


1991 Freedom Bowl
The Freedom Bowl featured the San Diego State Aztecs and the Tulsa Golden Hurricane as their postseason bowl game to end the 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season for both teams.


1991 Freedom Bowl, Background
While the Aztecs finished second in the Western Athletic Conference, they were invited to their first bowl game since the 1986 Holiday Bowl. They were led by Marshall Faulk, who in his freshman year ran for 1,429 yards rushing and scored 23 total touchdowns. Meanwhile, this was Tulsa's 2nd bowl appearance in three seasons.


1991 Freedom Bowl, Game summary
Ron Jackson scored all of Tulsa's touchdowns four in total with three of them giving Tulsa the lead and the final being the exclamation point. He rushed for 211 yards on 46 carries. Faulk gave the Aztecs the lead with a touchdown run, though Tulsa responded with by scoring two straight touchdown runs by Jackson. Lowery made the game tied at halftime with a touchdown run. But the Aztecs were stuffed in the second half, being held to a field goal with 83 total yards as Tulsa scored twice more and never looked back.


1991 Freedom Bowl, Game summary
A key moment in the game happened when quarterback/punter Gus Frerotte punted the ball to T. C. Wright with Tulsa leading 21–17. Wright was at his own eight when he fumbled the ball, and Billy Cole recovered for Tulsa. Two plays later, the Hurricane scored on Jackson's final touchdown to give Tulsa their first bowl win since 1964.


1991 Freedom Bowl, Aftermath
The Hurricane went into a slump from that point on, going 26–57–1 under Rader in the eight years after the game before being fired, in contrast to his 26–26 record before this game. The Freedom Bowl would play three more games before disbanding after 1994.


1991 French Figure Skating Championships
The 1991 French Figure Skating Championships (French: Championnat de France Elite) took place in Reims for singles and in Dijon for ice dance. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, women's singles, and ice dancing on the senior level. The event was used to help determine the French team to the 1991 World Championships and the 1991 European Championships.


1991 French Grand Prix
The 1991 French Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Magny-Cours on 7 July 1991. It was the seventh race of the 1991 Formula One World Championship, and the first French Grand Prix to be held at Magny-Cours. The 72-lap race was won by Nigel Mansell, driving a Williams-Renault, with local driver Alain Prost second in a Ferrari and Ayrton Senna third in a McLaren-Honda.


1991 French Grand Prix, Pre-race
The French Grand Prix had moved from the Circuit Paul Ricard near Marseille to the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours in the centre of France, to mixed reviews. There were no changes in the driver line-up, but the Footwork team had decided to abandon the disastrous Porsche V12 engine project in favour of a return to Ford engines, while Ferrari introduced a new car, the 643.


1991 French Grand Prix, Qualifying, Pre-qualifying report
In the Friday morning pre-qualification session, Andrea de Cesaris was fastest in the Jordan for the second time this season. He was four tenths of a second faster than JJ Lehto in the Dallara, with Olivier Grouillard third fastest for Fondmetal at his home race, the second time in a row the Frenchman had pre-qualified. The fourth pre-qualifier was Bertrand Gachot in the other Jordan.


1991 French Grand Prix, Qualifying, Pre-qualifying report
Those failing to progress to the main qualifying sessions included the other Dallara of Emanuele Pirro in fifth, just a couple of tenths slower than Gachot. The two Modena Lambos were sixth and seventh, with Nicola Larini outpacing Eric van de Poele, and bottom of the time sheets was Pedro Chaves in the Coloni. This was the seventh consecutive Grand Prix in which the Portuguese driver had failed to pre-qualify.


1991 French Grand Prix, Qualifying, Qualifying report
In qualifying, local driver Alain Prost impressed and was set to score Ferrari's first pole position of the season, but in the dying minutes Riccardo Patrese in the Williams-Renault came through to pip the French driver to the pole. Championship leader Ayrton Senna spun on Olivier Grouillard's oil on his final qualifying attempt and had to settle for third alongside Nigel Mansell in the second Williams, with the rest of the top ten starting spots occupied by Gerhard Berger, Jean Alesi, Nelson Piquet, Roberto Moreno, Maurício Gugelmin, and the impressive Gianni Morbidelli in a Minardi.


1991 French Grand Prix, Race, Race report
At the start Patrese made a disastrous start and dropped to 10th position on lap 1, so Prost led from Mansell, Senna, Berger, and Alesi, while Bertrand Gachot spun off on the first lap in his Jordan. Berger was the first of the big boys to go out when his engine failed on lap 6, his third consecutive retirement due to engine problems. Patrese started another recovery drive by passing both Piquet and Morbidelli in one fell swoop when Morbidelli botched an overtaking attempt, taking himself out of the running.


1991 French Grand Prix, Race, Race report
At the front Mansell pressured Prost and on Lap 21 he made his move taking advantage of traffic to out-brake the French star going into the hairpin. Mansell slowly pulled away but problems at his first tyre stop dropped him back behind Prost. Mansell once again closed on Prost and the two battled it out until Mansell finally managed to take advantage of traffic, again, and took the lead on Lap 54 by this time outbraking Prost around the outside at the hairpin. Mansell pulled away and scored his first win of the season, Prost was second followed by Senna, Alesi, Patrese, and de Cesaris.


1991 French Grand Prix, Race, Race report
This was the 17th win of Mansell's career, thus breaking the record of Grand Prix wins by an English driver, previously held by Stirling Moss.


1991 French Open
The 1991 French Open was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. The tournament was held from 27 May until 9 June. It was the 95th staging of the French Open, and the second Grand Slam tennis event of 1991.


1991 French Open, Seniors, Men's singles
Jim Courier defeated  Andre Agassi, 3–6, 6–4, 2–6, 6–1, 6–4


1991 French Open, Seniors, Men's doubles
John Fitzgerald /  Anders Järryd defeated  Rick Leach /  Jim Pugh, 6–0, 7–6


1991 French Open, Seniors, Women's doubles
Gigi Fernández /  Jana Novotná defeated  Larisa Savchenko Neiland /  Natalia Zvereva, 6–4, 6–0


1991 French Open, Seniors, Mixed doubles
Helena Suková /  Cyril Suk defeated  Caroline Vis /  Paul Haarhuis, 3–6, 6–4, 6–1


1991 French Open, Juniors, Boys' doubles
Thomas Enqvist /  Magnus Martinelle defeated  Julian Knowle /  Johannes Unterberger, 6–1, 6–3


1991 French Open, Juniors, Girls' doubles
Eva Bes /  Inés Gorrochategui defeated  Zdeňka Málková /  Eva Martincová, 6–1, 6–3


1991 French Open – Men's Doubles
The Men's Doubles event at the 1991 French Open tennis tournament was held from 27 May until 9 June 1991 on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. John Fitzgerald and Anders Järryd won the title, defeating Goran Ivanišević and Petr Korda in the final.


1991 French Open – Men's Singles
Ninth-seeded Jim Courier defeated Andre Agassi 3–6, 6–4, 2–6, 6–1, 6–4 in the final to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the 1991 French Open. Andres Gomez was the defending champion but did not compete that year.


1991 French Open – Men's Singles
Boris Becker had a chance to complete the career Grand Slam, but he lost to Agassi in the semifinals.


1991 French Open – Men's Singles, Seeds
The seeded players are listed below. Jim Courier is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.


1991 French Open – Mixed Doubles
The Mixed Doubles tournament at the 1991 French Open was held from 27 May until 9 June 1991 on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. Helena Suková and Cyril Suk won the title, defeating Caroline Vis and Paul Haarhuis in the final.


1991 French Open – Women's Doubles
Jana Novotná and Helena Suková were the defending champions, but they participated in this tournament with different partners. Suková played alongside Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, but lost in the semifinals to Novotná and Gigi Fernández. Fernández and Novotná then won the title, defeating Larisa Neiland and Natasha Zvereva in the final 6–4, 6–0.


1991 French Open – Women's Singles
Monica Seles successfully defended her title, defeating Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6–3, 6–4 in the final of the 1991 French Open to win the Women's Singles tennis title for the second time in a row.


1991 French Open – Women's Singles
The tournament produced the most decisive defeat that Steffi Graf ever suffered in a Grand Slam tournament: she won just two games in her semifinal against Sánchez Vicario.


1991 French Open – Women's Singles, Seeds
The seeded players are listed below. Monica Seles is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.


1991 French Open – Women's Singles Qualifying
Players who neither had high enough rankings nor received wild cards to enter the main draw of the annual French Open Tennis Championships participated in a qualifying tournament held in the week before the event.


1991 French motorcycle Grand Prix
The 1991 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the tenth round of the 1991 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 19–21 July 1991 at the Paul Ricard circuit


1991 French motorcycle Grand Prix, 500 cc race report
Wayne Rainey on pole, Mick Doohan 2nd at .5 second, John Kocinski 3rd and Kevin Schwantz 4th on the grid. Doohan gets the start from Schwantz, Eddie Lawson and Rainey. After a bad start, Kocinski crashes out hard on the first lap.


1991 French motorcycle Grand Prix, 500 cc race report
By the end of the first lap, Rainey is showing Doohan a front wheel and it’s a 2-man fight for 1st very early with a 4-man group fighting for 3rd.


1991 French motorcycle Grand Prix, 500 cc race report
Rainey takes the lead from Doohan and Lawson and Schwantz remain behind to determine 3rd place.


1991 French motorcycle Grand Prix, 500 cc race report
On the last lap, Rainey expertly zigzags across the Mistral Straight, preventing Doohan from draft-passing, and Lawson wins his fight from Schwantz.


1991 Fresno State Bulldogs football team
The 1991 Fresno State Bulldogs football team represented California State University, Fresno during the 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of the Big West Conference. The team was led by head coach Jim Sweeney, in his 14th year, and they played their home games at Bulldog Stadium in Fresno, California. They finished the 1991 season with a record of ten wins and two losses (10–2, 6–1 Big West).


1991 Fresno State Bulldogs football team
Fresno State earned their fifth Division I-A postseason bowl game after the 1991 season. They played the Mid-American Conference (MAC) champion Bowling Green in the 11th annual California Bowl in Bulldog Stadium on December 14. The Bulldogs were defeated by Bowling Green, 21–28, breaking their four-game Division I-A bowl win streak.


1991 Fresno State Bulldogs football team
In the fourth game of the season, Fresno State scored a school record 94 points against the New Mexico, including 66 in the first half. Both of those marks are school records that still stand as of the end of the 2020 season.


1991 Fuji 1000km
The 1991 Fuji 1000 km was the second round of the 1991 All Japan Sports Prototype Car Endurance Championship season. It took place at Fuji Speedway, Japan on May 5, 1991.


1991 Full Members' Cup Final
The 1991 Full Members' Cup final, also known by its sponsored name, the Zenith Data Systems Cup, was a football match which took place at Wembley Stadium on 7 April 1991. It was contested between Crystal Palace and Everton. The winners were Crystal Palace by the margin of 4–1 after extra time.


1991 Full Members' Cup Final, Match details, Summary
The contest in front of a crowd where Palace fans outnumbered Everton 2 to 1 was a physical affair which saw Palace players Andy Thorn and Geoff Thomas booked for fouls, Andy Gray substituted after a head collision caused concussion and the Everton defender Martin Keown suffering a broken nose. The pitch itself was uneven, having hosted an American Football match the evening before. The first half was largely uneventful in terms of footballing action, with Gray's 45 yard freekick for Palace in the 38th minute the only incident to come close, striking the crossbar.


1991 Full Members' Cup Final, Match details, Summary
The second half was more lively, with Geoff Thomas scoring for Palace in the 66th minute with a diving header from a John Salako corner. Everton equalised quickly, with the Polish midfielder Robert Warzycha netting in the 69th minute. Neither side could finish the job in 90 minutes, and the game went to extra time.


1991 Full Members' Cup Final, Match details, Summary
Palace took the lead in the 101st minute when Ian Wright latched onto a long kick from goalkeeper Nigel Martyn to score. John Salako quickly made it three for Palace with a header in the 113th minute before Wright followed up quickly with his second and Palace's fourth in the 115th minute. At full-time Everton's goalkeeper Neville Southall refused to receive his medal, remaining on the pitch as his team mates climbed the Wembley steps to collect their runners up awards.


1991 Futisliiga, Overview
It was contested by 12 teams, and Kuusysi Lahti won the championship.


1991 GP Ouest–France
The 1991 GP Ouest-France was the 55th edition of the GP Ouest-France cycle race and was held on 20 August 1991. The race started and finished in Plouay. The race was won by Armand de Las Cuevas of the Banesto team.


1991 Galway City Council election
An election to Galway City Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 15 councillors were elected from three electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.


1991 Galway County Council election
An election to Galway County Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 30 councillors were elected from five electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.


1991 Games of the Small States of Europe
The IV Games of the Small States of Europe were held in 1991 by the Principality of Andorra.


1991 Gator Bowl (December)
The 1991 Gator Bowl was an American college football bowl game between Oklahoma Sooners and the Virginia Cavaliers played on December 29, 1991, at the Gator Bowl Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida. For sponsorship reasons, the game was officially known as the Mazda Gator Bowl.


1991 Gator Bowl (December)
Oklahoma represented the Big Eight Conference and Virginia represented the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) in the competition. The game was the final competition of the 1991 football season for each team and resulted in a 48–14 Oklahoma victory, even though spread bettors favored Virginia to win by 1.5 points.


1991 Gator Bowl (January)
The 1991 Gator Bowl was a college football bowl game played on January 1, 1991. The Big Ten Conference co-champion Michigan Wolverines defeated the Ole Miss Rebels of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), 35–3. For sponsorship reasons, the game was officially known as the Mazda Gator Bowl.


1991 Gator Bowl (January)
This game was the last SEC–Big Ten matchup in the Gator Bowl for twenty years; the bowl entered into an exclusive contract featuring those two conferences beginning with the 2011 Gator Bowl.


1991 Gator Bowl (January), Teams, Michigan Wolverines
Michigan entered the game with an overall record of 8–3, 6–2 in the Big Ten.


1991 Gator Bowl (January), Teams, Ole Miss Rebels
Ole Miss entered the game with an overall record of 9–2, 6–2 in the SEC.


1991 Geneva European Open
The 1991 Geneva European Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Geneva, Switzerland that was part of the Tier IV category of the 1991 WTA Tour. It was the 15th edition of the tournament and was held from 20 May until 26 May 1991. Second-seeded Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere won the singles title and earned $27,000 first-prize money.


1991 Geneva European Open, Finals, Doubles
Nicole Provis /  Elizabeth Smylie defeated  Cathy Caverzasio /  Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere 6–1, 6–2


1991 Geneva Open
The 1991 Geneva Open was a men's tennis tournament played on clay courts that was part of the World Series of the 1991 ATP Tour. It was the 12th edition of the tournament and was played at Geneva, Switzerland from 9 September through 16 September 1991. Unseeded Thomas Muster won the singles title.


1991 Geneva Open, Finals, Doubles
Sergi Bruguera /  Marc Rosset defeated  Per Henricsson /  Ola Jonsson 3–6, 6–3, 6–2


1991 Geneva Open – Doubles
Pablo Albano and David Engel were the defending champions, but did not participate this year.


1991 Geneva Open – Doubles
Sergi Bruguera and Marc Rosset won the title, defeating Per Henricsson and Ola Jonsson 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 in the final.


1991 Geneva Open – Singles
Horst Skoff was the defending champion, but lost in the final this year.


1991 Geneva Open – Singles
Thomas Muster won the title, defeating Skoff 6–2, 6–4 in the final.


1991 Gent–Wevelgem
The 1991 Gent–Wevelgem was the 53rd edition of the Gent–Wevelgem cycle race and was held on 10 April 1991. The race started in Ghent and finished in Wevelgem. The race was won by Djamolidine Abdoujaparov of the Carrera team.


1991 Georgia Bulldogs football team
The 1991 Georgia Bulldogs football team represented the University of Georgia during the 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Bulldogs completed the season with a 9–3 record.


1991 Georgia Southern Eagles football team
The 1991 Georgia Southern Eagles football team represented Georgia Southern University as an independent during the 1991 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by second-year head coach Tim Stowers, the Eagles compiled a record of 7–4. They played their home games at Paulson Stadium in Statesboro, Georgia.


1991 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team
The 1991 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Yellow Jackets were led by head coach Bobby Ross in his fifth and final year with the team, and played their home games at Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. They competed as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, finishing tied for second.


1991 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team
The defending national champions of the Coaches Poll, Georgia Tech finished with a disappointing five losses. They opened the year with a top-ten battle with Penn State in the Kickoff Classic, losing 22–34. Further losses to ACC foes Clemson and NC State knocked Georgia Tech out of the polls. They won 5 of their last 6, however, capped by a come-from-behind win over Stanford in the 1991 Aloha Bowl in Honolulu.


1991 Georgian independence referendum
An independence referendum was held in the Republic of Georgia on 31 March 1991. It was approved by 99.5% of voters.


1991 Georgian independence referendum, Background
The referendum was sanctioned by the Georgian Supreme Council which was elected in the first multi-party elections held in Soviet Georgia in October 1990, and was dominated by a pro-independence bloc Round Table-Free Georgia led by the Soviet-era dissident Zviad Gamsakhurdia. Having mostly boycotted the all-Union referendum on continued federation and the negotiations on a new union treaty on 17 March, Georgia became the fourth Soviet republic, after the three Baltic states (Lithuania on 9 February 1991 and Latvia and Estonia on 3 March), to organize the referendum on the issue of independence.


1991 Georgian independence referendum, Background
The only question of the referendum asked: "Do you support the restoration of the independence of Georgia in accordance with the Act of Declaration of Independence of Georgia of May 26, 1918?" The official results showed over 99% in favor with a 90.6% voter turnout. Due to the ongoing ethnic discord, the polls were largely boycotted by the non-Georgian population of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.


1991 Georgian independence referendum, Background
Four days after the final results were announced, the Georgian Supreme Council unanimously passed the declaration of independence on the second anniversary of the Soviet army crackdown on peaceful protests in Tbilisi on 9 April 1989.


1991 Georgian independence referendum, Background
The referendum coincided with a private visit of the former U.S. President Richard Nixon who visited a few polling stations in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi before his departure to Moscow later that day.


1991 Georgian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Georgia on 26 May 1991. The result was a victory for Zviad Gamsakhurdia of the Round Table-Free Georgia party, who won 87.6% of the vote, with an 82.9% turnout.


1991 Geraldton state by-election
The 1991 Geraldton state by-election was a by-election for the seat of Geraldton in the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia held on 20 July 1991. It was triggered by the resignation of Jeff Carr (the sitting Labor member) on 28 February 1991, due to his expulsion from cabinet. The election was won by the Liberal candidate, Bob Bloffwitch, who won 51.4 percent of the two-candidate-preferred (2CP) vote. The National Party also made the final 2CP count, despite having not stood a candidate in Geraldton since the 1974 state election, whereas Labor slumped to just 16.6 percent on first preferences, a swing of 31 points from the 1989 state election.


1991 Geraldton state by-election, Background
Jeff Carr, a former schoolteacher, had held Geraldton for the Labor Party since the 1974 state election. However, he was nearly defeated at the 1986 election, falling from a comfortably safe majority of 63.1 percent of the two-party preferred vote to an extremely marginal 50.4 percent. He was reelected with an equally narrow 50.2 percent  at the 1989 state election. Carr served as a minister under Brian Burke, Peter Dowding, and Carmen Lawrence. On 2 February 1991 Lawrence, removed him from the ministry (along with two others, Pam Buchanan and Gavan Troy). Carr resigned from parliament on 28 February, and the writ for the by-election was issued on 6 March, with the close of nominations on 22 March. Polling day was on 13 April, with the writ returned on 24 April.


1991 Geraldton state by-election, Aftermath
The Labor Party regained much of its previous support in Geraldton at the 1993 state election, recording a positive swing of 17.2 points in contrast to a statewide negative swing of 5.4 points. This was not enough to regain the seat, however, and Bloffwitch held Geraldton until being defeated by Shane Hill at the 2001 state election.


1991 German Athletics Championships
The 1991 German Athletics Championships was the 91st edition of the national championship in outdoor track and field for Germany. It was held on 26–28 July at the Niedersachsenstadion in Hannover. It served as the selection meeting for Germany at the 1991 World Championships in Athletics. It marked the resumption of an all-Germany national competition for athletes from East Germany and West Germany, following the fall of the Berlin Wall. The merged competition programme followed that of the 1990 West German Athletics Championships, with the only amendment being the inclusion of a women's team aspect to the mountain running championship.


1991 German Athletics Championships, Championships
As usual, due to time or organizational reasons, various competitions were not held as part of the main event in Hannover. The annual national championships in Germany held separately from the main track and field competition comprised the following:


1991 German Formula Three Championship
The 1991 German Formula Three Championship (German: 1991 Deutsche Formel-3-Meisterschaft) was a multi-event motor racing championship for single-seat open wheel formula racing cars that held across Europe. The championship featured drivers competing in two-litre Formula Three racing cars which conform to the technical regulations, or formula, for the championship. It commenced on 31 March at Zolder and ended at Hockenheim on 28 September after eleven rounds.


1991 German Formula Three Championship
Volkswagen Motorsport driver Tom Kristensen became a champion. He won three races and scored another four podium finishes to clinch the championship title. Marco Werner finished as runner-up, winning on Diepholz Airfield Circuit. Marc Hessel was victorious at Norisring, completing the top-three in the drivers' championship. Frank Krämer, Klaus Panchyrz, Peter Kox and Wolfgang Kaufmann were the other race winners. Mathias Arlt clinched the B-Cup championship title.


1991 German Grand Prix
The 1991 German Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Hockenheimring on 28 July 1991. It was the ninth round of the 1991 Formula One season. The 45-lap race was won by Williams driver Nigel Mansell after he started from pole position. His teammate Riccardo Patrese finished second with Ferrari driver Jean Alesi third. This was the first German Grand Prix to be held after the German reunification.


1991 German Grand Prix, Pre-race
Ayrton Senna spent a night in a hospital in Mannheim after crashing during pre-race testing a week earlier. Senna suffered a tyre failure at the end of a long straight, causing the car to launch into the air and turn over several times. The McLaren-Honda went 15 feet into the air and was destroyed in the crash, according to witnesses. After regaining consciousness, Senna was taken to hospital with neck and chest bruising.


1991 German Grand Prix, Pre-race
There were two changes to the entry list, the first was at Lotus where Johnny Herbert was replaced by young German Michael Bartels because of the former's Japanese Formula 3000 commitments, and the second was at Footwork where Alex Caffi was back in action after his road accident. Elsewhere Satoru Nakajima announced he would retire at the end of the year.


1991 German Grand Prix, Qualifying, Pre-qualifying report
The participants in the Friday morning pre-qualifying sessions were reshuffled prior to this event, the season having reached its mid-point. Scuderia Italia (Dallara) and Jordan had scored points, and were thus relieved of the requirement to pre-qualify, and could automatically join the rest of the field in the main qualifying sessions from here on. By virtue of Nicola Larini's seventh place finish at the first round in Phoenix, the Modena team were also lifted out of pre-qualifying, despite struggling in the sessions at recent Grands Prix.


1991 German Grand Prix, Qualifying, Pre-qualifying report
Taking their places during the Friday morning sessions were Brabham, AGS, and Footwork, who had all failed to score points so far in 1991, or match Modena Lambo's seventh place finish at any race. Fondmetal and Coloni were also still required to pre-qualify.


1991 German Grand Prix, Qualifying, Pre-qualifying report
Here at Hockenheim, the fastest pre-qualifier was Martin Brundle in the Brabham BT60Y. He was over a second faster than the AGS JH25B of Gabriele Tarquini, with Michele Alboreto just a tenth behind in the Footwork FA12C, despite gearbox problems. The fourth pre-qualifier was the other Brabham of Mark Blundell.


1991 German Grand Prix, Qualifying, Pre-qualifying report
The four entrants missing out included Fondmetal driver Olivier Grouillard, who suffered an engine failure and finished fifth fastest, ahead of the second Footwork of Alex Caffi, who had returned to the cockpit after missing four races. The second AGS of Italian Fabrizio Barbazza was seventh, nearly a second ahead of regular backmarker Pedro Chaves for the cash-strapped Coloni team.


1991 German Grand Prix, Qualifying, Qualifying report
In Saturday practice Érik Comas had a massive accident in his Ligier. The French driver was unhurt, but it raised questions about the safety of the second chicane. In Qualifying, Nigel Mansell took pole from title rival Ayrton Senna. Gerhard Berger was third, followed by Riccardo Patrese, Alain Prost, Jean Alesi, Andrea de Cesaris, Nelson Piquet, Roberto Moreno, and Pierluigi Martini in the Minardi, taking full advantage of his Ferrari engine around the high speed circuit.


1991 German Grand Prix, Race, Race report
On Sunday, a couple of hours before the race, there was a FIA driver's meeting and Senna requested to race director Roland Bruynseraede that the tyre walls at the chicanes be replaced with traffic cones because of the possibly of hitting the tyres and rolling; that happened to him during qualifying for the Mexican Grand Prix, and this heated up when FIA president Jean-Marie Balestre, Senna and a few other drivers had a brief argument over the regulations involving safety. Balestre then instigated a democratic vote, and the vote went towards removing the tyre walls and replacing them with traffic cones.


1991 German Grand Prix, Race, Race report
At the start of the race, Mansell made a great start while Berger slotted into second ahead of team-mate Senna, with Prost, Patrese, and Alesi rounding out the top six. At the back Mark Blundell spun but continued, although Larini spun off into retirement in his attempt to avoid the Brabham. Berger made a bad pit-stop and fell back to tenth, while Prost started to reel in Senna.


1991 German Grand Prix, Race, Race report
Mansell was running away at the front and when he pitted for tyres he dropped just behind Alesi, but did not waste time in changing the situation and passed Alesi two laps later to re-take the lead. While Mansell was surging away, a tremendous battle developed for third place between Senna, Prost, and Patrese, with Riccardo beating both men before setting off after Alesi. Senna and Prost continued to squabble over fourth and the major talking point came on lap 37 when Prost attempted to pass Senna going into the first chicane.


1991 German Grand Prix, Race, Race report
Prost was faster and tried to go around the outside, Senna would not give way and Prost went off and proceeded to stall the engine. Prost blamed Senna and said he would not be so forgiving the next time while Senna accused Prost of complaining for the sake of complaining. Prost's comments would earn him a one-race suspended ban, while the FIA ordered a sit-down meeting between the two men at the next race. Meanwhile, Mansell cruised to his third straight win, leading home Patrese, Alesi, Berger, de Cesaris, and Gachot, Senna having run out of fuel on the last lap for the second straight race and being classified seventh, allowing Mansell to close to within eight points of Senna in the drivers championship.


1991 German motorcycle Grand Prix
The 1991 German motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixth round of the 1991 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 24–26 May 1991 at the Hockenheim circuit.


1991 German motorcycle Grand Prix, 500 cc race report
Mick Doohan was on pole, Wayne Rainey was 1 second back in 4th, with Eddie Lawson on the front row again on the ever-improving Cagiva.


1991 German motorcycle Grand Prix, 500 cc race report
Doohan took the lead at the start ahead from Rainey, Eddie Lawson and John Kocinski. Doohan and Rainey developed a small gap to Kevin Schwantz, Lawson and Wayne Gardner. In the stadium section, Rainey tried to go through the inside of Doohan, but going off the racing line proved too slippery and he had to sit-up and got Schwantz on his back wheel.


1991 German motorcycle Grand Prix, 500 cc race report
Rainey recovered his rhythm and passed Doohan, but Schwantz was closing. Kocinski crashed out. Doohan re-took the lead of the trio with Rainey and Schwantz.


1991 German motorcycle Grand Prix, 500 cc race report
Another Rainey/Doohan battle ended inconclusively when Rainey came alongside Doohan and pointed to Doohan’s back tire which was shedding chunks. Going into the stadium section, Schwantz took the lead and Doohan started dropping back.


1991 German motorcycle Grand Prix, 500 cc race report
Last lap: Rainey was in front of Schwantz. Schwantz stayed behind Rainey through the first chicane, trying to build momentum for a draft pass. He managed it and took the lead from Rainey.


1991 German motorcycle Grand Prix, 500 cc race report
It looked like Schwantz has made a tactical error, letting Rainey draft him on the last straight that leads into the stadium section. Rainey draft passed and prepared for the right turn, but Schwantz swung out from behind and performs a spectacular late-braking pass—the RGV was squirming from side-to-side and the back tire was hopping up and down leaving a dashed black line of rubber.


1991 German motorcycle Grand Prix, 500 cc race report
Schwantz got it under control and made the turn, but Rainey wasn't giving up and tried to stay on Schwantz’ left as they headed to a left turn, but Schwantz had better drive coming out of the previous turn and got in front of Rainey and stayed there to the line.


1991 German motorcycle Grand Prix, 500 cc race report
After the race Rainey commentated: “... I thought I was pretty lucky that we beat Doohan there when he had a problem. That’s who I was racing for the championship.”


1991 Ghotki train crash
On 8 June 1991, a train crash killed over 100 people in Ghotki, Sindh, Pakistan. A passenger train carrying 800 passengers from Karachi to Lahore crashed into a parked freight train.


1991 Ginebra San Miguel season
The 1991 Ginebra San Miguel season was the 13th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).


1991 Ginebra San Miguel season, 3rd Championship
Formerly the Añejo Rum 65ers, the La Tondeña ballclub returns to its old brand name Ginebra San Miguel beginning the season. In the First Conference, the Ginebras were in danger of being eliminated going into their last two games in the elimination round. In a must-win situation, Ginebra beat Purefoods, 137-133 on April 2, and Alaska, 123-117 on April 7, to advance into the semifinals with five wins and six losses and at the bottom of the five-team semis cast.


1991 Ginebra San Miguel season, 3rd Championship
After losing their first semifinal assignment to Shell, 120-121 on April 11, the never-say-die Ginebras racked up seven straight victories to march to the finals rematch with arch-rivals Shell Turbo Chargers. Ginebra San Miguel made history by coming back from a 1-3 series deficit to take the last three games and win the championship, highlighted by Rudy Distrito's winning shot in the last five seconds of the thrilling Game Seven with the score tied at 102-all.


1991 Ginebra San Miguel season, Runner-up finish
Ginebra signed up Wes Matthews, a member of the 1987-88 NBA World Champions Los Angeles Lakers, as their import in the Third Conference. Matthews led the team to seven wins and four losses in the elimination round. The Ginebras won their first five semifinal games for a return trip to the finals, this time playing against the Alaska Milkmen. Ginebra lost in four games to Alaska in the best-of-five title series with rumors abound possible changes in their lineup next season following the reduced playing time of some of their key players in Game four finals loss.


1991 Ginebra San Miguel season, Occurrences
Assistant coach Rino Salazar accepted the offer to coach Shell beginning the Third Conference and in his place, Ginebra hired Shell's former coach Arlene Rodriguez, whom Salazar replaced on the Turbo Chargers' bench.


1991 Ginebra San Miguel season, Notable dates
March 10: Ginebra snapped out of a three-game losing skein as new import Jervis Cole sizzled for 41 points and 19 rebounds, capping his brilliant stint when he canned-in two free throws with two seconds left in lifting the Gins to a 110-109 win over Presto Tivoli. Cole is the third Ginebra import to arrived after Ron Davis (three games) and William Alexander (one game).


1991 Ginebra San Miguel season, Notable dates
April 21: The Ginebras came back from 19 points down in the fourth quarter and behind the plays of Dondon Ampalayo and import Jervis Cole, a final 9-1 blast gave the Gins a dramatic 126-125 come-from-behind victory over Diet Sarsi after trailing 117-124 with only 32 seconds left in the game. The win put Ginebra in a triple-tie at second place with Sarsi and Purefoods at the end of the first round of the semifinals.


1991 Ginebra San Miguel season, Notable dates
May 2: Ginebra led 16-0 over importless-Purefoods early in the first quarter and never look back in a 126-108 victory to set the stage for an explosive finals grudge rematch opposite last year's championship rival Shell Rimula-X Turbo Chargers.


1991 Ginebra San Miguel season, Notable dates
May 14: In Game five of the First Conference finals with Shell leading the series, three games to one, a 30-0 blast in the fourth quarter silence the Turbo Chargers for some five minutes and allowed Ginebra to turn a close game into a rout, pulling away with a 116-90 victory and stays alive in the finals series.


1991 Ginebra San Miguel season, Notable dates
May 19: Rudy Distrito caught a pinpoint inbound pass from Sonny Jaworski and then delivered on a drive with one second left that lifted the Gins to a 104-102 win over Shell in Game Seven for the First Conference championship as they completed a remarkable comeback in the playoffs and bag their third PBA title.


1991 Ginebra San Miguel season, Notable dates
June 29: Ginebra beats Alaska, 75-68, in a low-scoring contest in the out-of-town game in Baguio City for their second win in five games in the All-Filipino Conference. The Milkmen's 68-point total broke the previous all-time low of 69 points made by Presto back in 1981.


1991 Ginebra San Miguel season, Notable dates
July 7: The Ginebras rode on the heroics of playing-coach Sonny Jaworski's fired-up game and pinpoint passing in the fourth quarter with Dondon Ampalayo hitting a basket from close range as Ginebra pulled a 104-103 win over league-leading Diet Sarsi. The Gins, which trailed by as many as 11 points, improved to three wins and four losses. The Sizzlers' defeat dropped their win-loss standings to 6-2.


1991 Ginebra San Miguel season, Notable dates
October 6: With both teams carrying an identical two wins and two loss slate, Ginebra prevailed over Pepsi Hotshots, 117-112, in a match where Ginebra playing-coach Sonny Jaworski was ejected from two technical fouls and Pepsi import Perry McDonald being given a technical just as the game was about to end. Jaworski fouled a driving Abet Guidaben, who fell down and then confronted the Ginebra playing coach, McDonald intervened by grabbing the Big J's nape.


1991 Ginebra San Miguel season, Notable dates
October 31: Ginebra San Miguel repeated over Pepsi Hotshots, 114-111, at the start of the semifinal round of the Third Conference as they halted the six-game winning streak of the Hotshots and tied them on top of the standings with eight wins and four losses.


1991 Ginebra San Miguel season, Notable dates
November 12: At the start of the second round in the semifinals, Ginebra defeated Pepsi for the third time in the conference, 123-120. The score was tied at 120-all with only few seconds remaining and ball possession for the Hotshots, Ginebra import Wes Matthews stole the ball from Willie Generalao and then let go of a 35-footer that swished the net with one second left. The victory gave the Gins their seventh straight win since their last two games in the eliminations and their 12th victory in 16 games, assuring them of one of the two finals berth.


1991 Ginebra San Miguel season, Roster
Assistant coach: Rino Salazar, replace by Arlene Rodriguez Team Manager: Bernabe Navarro


1991 Girabola
The 1991 Girabola was the 13th season of top-tier football competition in Angola. Atlético Petróleos de Luanda were the defending champions.


1991 Girabola
The league comprised 16 teams, the bottom two of which were relegated.


1991 Girabola
Primeiro de Agosto were crowned champions, winning their 4th title, while Desportivo da Cuca and Desportivo de Saurimo were relegated.


1991 Girabola
Amaral Aleixo of Sagrada Esperança finished as the top scorer with 23 goals.


1991 Giro d'Italia
The 1991 Giro d'Italia was the 74th edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Giro began on May 26 with a mass-start stage that began and ended in the Italian city of Olbia. The race came to a close in Milan on June 16. Twenty teams entered the race, which was won by the Italian Franco Chioccioli of the Del Tongo-MG Boys Maglificio team. Second and third respectively were the Italians Claudio Chiappucci and Massimiliano Lelli.


1991 Giro d'Italia
The race was first led by Frenchman Philippe Casado who won the first stage into Olbia. Casado lost the race leader's maglia rosa (English: pink jersey) after stage 2a that contained a mountainous course. Éric Boyer took the race lead from Chioccioli after winning the event's fourth stage. However, he lost the lead back to Chioccioli the following day. Chioccioli protected his lead and built upon his advantage by winning three stages of the race before the race's finish.


1991 Giro d'Italia
In the race's other classifications, Massimiliano Lelli of the Ari-Ceramiche Ariostea team finished as the best rider aged 25 or under in the general classification, finishing in third place overall; Carrera Jeans–Tassoni rider Claudio Chiappucci won the points classification, Iñaki Gastón of the CLAS-Cajastur team won the mountains classification, and CLAS-Cajastur rider Alberto Leanizbarrutia won the intergiro classification. Carrera Jeans-Tassoni finished as the winners of the team classification.


1991 Giro d'Italia, Teams
Twenty teams were invited by the race organizers to participate in the 1991 edition of the Giro d'Italia, ten of which were based outside of Italy. Each team sent a squad of nine riders, which meant that the race started with a peloton of 180 cyclists. Italy (84), Spain (30), and France (18) all had more than 10 riders. Of these, 76 were riding the Giro d'Italia for the first time. The average age of riders was 27.03 years, ranging from 22–year–old Eleuterio Anguita (Seur–Otero) to 36–year–old Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle (Z).


1991 Giro d'Italia, Teams
The team with the youngest average rider age was ZG Mobili–Bottecchia (25), while the oldest was Z (28). The presentation of the teams – where each team's roster and manager were introduced in front the media and local dignitaries – took place on 25 May. From the riders that began the race, 133 made it to the finish in Milan.


1991 Giro d'Italia, Pre-race favorites
The starting peloton did include the previous year's winner Gianni Bugno. Claudio Chiappucci was believed to be in great form coming into the race. According to Paolo Viberti of El País, Bugno came in as the odds on favorite to win the race. Going into the race, it was widely believe that the winner would be either Chiappucci or Bugno. Despite being favored to win the race, Bugno entered the race with no victories to his name that season. American Greg LeMond told the press he planned to be more competitive at this Giro than he had in years past.


1991 Giro d'Italia, Pre-race favorites
Other favorites to win the race were Laurent Fignon, Pedro Delgado, and Marino Lejarreta. Mario Cipollini, despite a poor showing that Tour de Romandie, was viewed as the sprinter to watch for the estimated ten stages that could result in a bunch sprint. Notable absences included 1988 winner Andrew Hampsten, Dutch rider Erik Breukink, and Maurizio Fondriest.


1991 Giro d'Italia, Route and stages
The route for the 1991 edition of the Giro d'Italia was revealed to the public on television by head organizer Vincenzo Torriani, on 1 December 1990. It contained three time trial events, all of which were individual. There were twelve stages containing thirty-nine categorized climbs, of which five had summit finishes: stage 12, to Monviso; stage 13, to Sestriere; stage 15, to Aprica; stage 16, to Selva di Val Gardena; and stage 17, to Passo Pordoi. The organizers chose to include one rest day, which was used to transfer the riders from Cagliari to Sorrento.


1991 Giro d'Italia, Route and stages
When compared to the previous year's race, the race was 265 km (165 mi) shorter, contained one more rest day, and the same number of individual time trials and split-stages. The race covered 120 km (75 mi) in time trail stages. In addition, this race contained one more stage. The race started on the island of Sardinia for the first time in race history and stayed on the island for three days of racing.


1991 Giro d'Italia, Route and stages
Capodacqua of La Repubblica believed that the route favored a rider that could defend well and put in a good time during the uphill time trial. La Stampa writer Gianni Ranieri felt the two non-uphill time trials would favor Gianni Bugno, while the up-hill time trial could be a place where Claudio Chiappucci could gain time on the field. Pedro Delgado believed the race to be tougher than the Tour de France that same year.


1991 Giro d'Italia, Route and stages
The Cima Coppi – the highest point in altitude the race reached – was scheduled to be the Passo dello Stelvio, but the pass was scrapped from the race and the Passo Pordoi – the next highest mountain – became the new Cima Coppi. The queen stage was thought to be twelfth leg from Savona to Pian del Re as the final climb was 18.5 km (11 mi) at an average gradient of 7.5%. The Pordoi Pass in the seventeenth stage was the highest climb and was crossed twice. A writer for l'Impartial wrote that shorter stages might contain more attacks and general classification impact, specifically the writer stated that the fifteenth stage would be an important stage as it climbed the Mortirolo Pass from the harder side, from Valteline.


1991 Giro d'Italia, Race overview
During the first stage, Alberto Leanizbarrutia attacked on his own and led the race for 150 km (93 mi) before being caught by the chasing peloton within the final ten kilometers. It then came down to a bunch sprint finish that was so close that it required a photo to determine the winner, Philippe Casado. The next day of racing consisted of a mass-start stage in the morning and an individual time trial in the afternoon. Reigning winner Gianni Bugno won the trans-alpine morning stage ahead of other main contenders.


1991 Giro d'Italia, Race overview
This stage saw the race leader's maglia rosa (English: pink jersey) switch from Casado to Franco Chioccioli. Gianluca Pierobon of ZG Mobili team won the afternoon time trial by five seconds over Spaniard Marino Lejarreta. The following day of racing was the last on the island of Sardinia before the race was transferred to mainland Italy. The day of racing ended with a bunch sprint contested by Adriano Baffi, Mario Cipollini, and Djamolidine Abdoujaparov, of which Cipollini got the best and won.


1991 Giro d'Italia, Race overview
The fourth leg of the event consisted of five laps on a set circuit of 35 km (22 mi). The stage saw several attacks on the final lap of the course with most being caught by the peloton. Éric Boyer attacked with fifteen kilometers to go in the stage and was able to establish a solid gap between himself and the peloton. Boyer went on to win the stage by twenty-three seconds over the chasing peloton, gaining enough time to earn the race lead.


1991 Giro d'Italia, Race overview
The following day saw the general classification contenders reach the final climb of the day, Mount Godi, together. Chioccioli attacked on the climb and only Lejarreta was able to mark his move. The two rode to the finish together as Boyer led the group of chasing riders to the finish fifty seconds later. Lejarreta won the stage and Chioccioli regained the race lead.


1991 Giro d'Italia, Race overview
The sixth day of racing was marred by poor weather. General classification contenders Pedro Delgado and Laurent Fignon lost time due to crashing on the descent of Monte Terminillo, while Greg LeMond lost over two minutes. On the final climb of the day, Iñaki Gastón and Leonardo Sierra attacked with eight kilometers to go but were caught by the chasing riders. Gaston attacked again with a kilometer remaining, but was robbed of the stage win as Vladimir Poulnikov overtook him three meters before the finish. Cipollini won the event's seventh leg by means of a field sprint.


1991 Giro d'Italia, Race overview
The following stage saw a group of nine riders form off the front of the peloton with under twenty kilometers remaining. Despite the best efforts of the chasing peloton, the breakaway group survived and saw Ari-Ceramiche Ariostea's Davide Cassani take the stage by edging out Mario Mantova. Massimo Ghirotto of Carrera Jeans–Tassoni team attacked with about fifty kilometers to go in the ninth stage. He rode solo and wound up winning the stage, while the general classification remained largely unchanged. The next stage was a 43 km (27 mi) individual time trial that was won by Bugno. He won by margin of eight seconds and moved up into second place overall, a second off the leader Chioccioli.


1991 Giro d'Italia, Race overview
The eleventh stage was contested in rainy conditions on a winding course. After an unsuccessful breakaway attempt by fifteen riders, Maximilian Sciandri, LeMond, and Michele Coppolillo attacked and formed a group off the front. Sciandri and LeMond crossed the line in first and second, respectively, while Coppolillo was caught by the peloton in the closing meters of the stage. The next day saw the race's first mountain-top finish, to Monviso. The group of main contenders reached the final climb together, with Banesto's Jean-François Bernard launching the first attack which saw him gain a maximum advantage of around thirty seconds.


1991 Giro d'Italia, Race overview
The next to make a serious effort was Lejarreta, who was followed by Chioccioli, Massimiliano Lelli, and Sierra, who attacked with ten kilometers left in the stage. The trio caught up to Bernard and rode as a group to the finish. Lelli took the stage as Chioccioli defended his lead. Bugno lost almost two minutes during the day.


1991 Giro d'Italia, Race overview
The thirteenth leg of the race featured two ascents of the Alpine mountain Sestriere, the second of which served as the finish for the day. The day began with a breakaway of twelvethat was caught before the final climb to Sestriere. The first rider to launch a serious attack on the climb was Pedro Delgado, who was quickly followed by Chioccioli, Lejaretta, Eduardo Chozas, and Chiappucci, meanwhile Bugno was unable to follow their wheels. Chozas managed to win the stage as the group of four finish within four seconds of each other.


1991 Giro d'Italia, Race overview
With twenty kilometers to go in the fourteenth leg, Franco Ballerini, Casado, Juan Martínez Oliver, and Brian Peterson formed a breakaway group. The group managed to stretch out an advantage of almost two minutes as they entered the closing kilometers. Ballerini took the stage victory after he and Casado had managed to distance themselves slightly from the two other breakaway riders. LeMond abandoned the race following the conclusion of the fourteenth stage. The next day, on the ascent of the Mortirolo, race leader Chioccioli attacked and formed a solo attack. He rode the remaining fifty kilometers on his own to the stage victory, with his lead expanding to at most two minutes thirty seconds. He managed to put over a minute into each of his rivals.


1991 Giro d'Italia, Race overview
The sixteenth saw no major shifts in the general classification. The top five riders in the general classification formed a leading group on the final climb but there were no major moves to create time gaps. Lelli took the stage win after ahead of Bugno. The following day was the last in the Dolomites and saw the ascension of five major climbs, including the Cima Coppi Passo Pordoi. On the second climbing of Pordoi, Chioccioli attacked and rode to the top of the climb to win the stage by thirty-eight seconds.


1991 Giro d'Italia, Race overview
Lejaretta crashed on the day and lost over six and a half minutes, putting him out of contention for the podium and overall victory. Midway through the stage, Fignon abandoned the race. The eighteenth day of racing was a transition stage. Several attempts were made to form a breakaway group before a group of eight were successful in creating a gap. The group was caught with five hundred meters to go by the chasing peloton which was setting up for a field sprint. Silvio Martinello managed to outsprint the likes of Cipollini and Abdoujaparov to win the day.


1991 Giro d'Italia, Race overview
The nineteenth leg featured only one categorized climb, which Iñaki Gastón won to seal his victory in the mountains classification. The stage saw no major time disparities in the general classification contenders as they finished together, with Bugno taking the stage win. The penultimate stage of the race was a 66 km (41 mi) individual time trial that contained one un-categorized climb within the route. Race leader Chioccioli took the course and at the first time check at 15.5 km (10 mi) he had already put thirty seconds into Bugno.


1991 Giro d'Italia, Race overview
He ended up winning the stage by fifty-seconds over Bugno, thereby extending his lead over the rest of his competitors. The final stage culminated with a bunch sprint that was won by Cipollini. Chioccioli had won the Giro d'Italia for the first time by almost four minutes over the second-place finisher Chiappucci.


1991 Giro d'Italia, Race overview
Four riders achieved multiple stage victories: Cipollini (stages 3, 7, and 21), Bugno (stages 2a, 10, and 19), Lelli (stages 12 and 16), and Chioccioli (stages 15, 17, and 20). Stage wins were achieved by eight of the twenty competing squads, six of which won multiple stages. Del Tongo-MG Boys Maglificio collected a total of seven stage wins through three riders, Cipollini, Ballerini (stage 14), and Chioccioli. Carrera Jeans-Tassoni earned three stage wins through Poulnikov (stage 6), Ghirotto (stage 9), and Sciandri (stage 11). Ari-Ceramiche Ariostea achieved the same feat through Cassani (stage 8) and Lelli.


1991 Giro d'Italia, Race overview
Chateau d'Ax-Gatorade garnered three stage victories through Bugno. Z amassed a total of two stage victories through Casado (stage 1) and Boyer (stage 4). ONCE gained two stage victories through Lejaretta (stage 5) and Chozas (stage 13). ZG Mobili and Gis Gelati-Ballan each won a single stage at the Giro, the first through Pierobon (stage 2b) and the second through Martinello (stage 18).


1991 Giro d'Italia, Classification leadership
Five different jerseys were worn during the 1991 Giro d'Italia. The leader of the general classification – calculated by adding the stage finish times of each rider, and allowing time bonuses for the first three finishers on mass-start stages – wore a pink jersey. This classification is the most important of the race, and its winner is considered as the winner of the Giro. The time bonuses for the 1991 Giro were twelve seconds for first, eight seconds for second, and four seconds for third place on the stage. The winner of the general classification received 1.7 million francs.


1991 Giro d'Italia, Classification leadership
For the points classification, which awarded a purple (or cyclamen) jersey to its leader, cyclists were given points for finishing a stage in the top 15; additional points could also be won in intermediate sprints. The green jersey was awarded to the mountains classification leader. In this ranking, points were won by reaching the summit of a climb ahead of other cyclists. Each climb was ranked as either first, second or third category, with more points available for higher category climbs. The Cima Coppi, the race's highest point of elevation, awarded more points than the other first category climbs.


1991 Giro d'Italia, Classification leadership
The Cima Coppi for this Giro was the Passo Pordoi. It was crossed twice by the riders, for the first climbing of the mountain, Italian Franco Vona was the first over the climb, while Franco Chioccioli was first over the second passing. The white jersey was worn by the leader of young rider classification, a ranking decided the same way as the general classification, but only riders born after 1 January 1967 were eligible for it.


1991 Giro d'Italia, Classification leadership
The intergiro classification was marked by a blue jersey. The calculation for the intergiro is similar to that of the general classification, in each stage there is a midway point that the riders pass through a point and where their time is stopped. As the race goes on, their times compiled and the person with the lowest time is the leader of the intergiro classification and wears the blue jersey. Although no jersey was awarded, there was also one classification for the teams, in which the stage finish times of the best three cyclists per team were added; the leading team was the one with the lowest total time.


1991 Giro d'Italia, Classification leadership
The rows in the following table correspond to the jerseys awarded after that stage was run.


1991 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 10
The 1991 Giro d'Italia was the 74th edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Giro began in Olbia, with a mountainous stage on 26 May, and Stage 10 occurred on 5 June with a stage to Langhirano. The race finished in Milan on 16 June.


1991 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 10, Stage 1
26 May 1991 — Olbia to Olbia, 193 km (120 mi)


1991 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 10, Stage 2a
27 May 1991 — Olbia to Sassari, 127 km (79 mi)


1991 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 10, Stage 2b
27 May 1991 — Sassari, 7.7 km (4.8 mi) (ITT)


1991 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 10, Stage 3
28 May 1991 — Sassari to Cagliari, 231 km (144 mi)


1991 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 10, Stage 4
30 May 1991 — Sorrento to Sorrento, 170 km (110 mi)


1991 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 10, Stage 5
31 May 1991 — Sorrento to Scanno, 248 km (154 mi)


1991 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 10, Stage 6
1 June 1991 — Scanno to Rieti, 205 km (127 mi)


1991 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 10, Stage 7
2 June 1991 — Rieti to Città di Castello, 174 km (108 mi)


1991 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 10, Stage 8
3 June 1991 — Città di Castello to Prato, 169 km (105 mi)


1991 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 10, Stage 9
4 June 1991 — Prato to Felino, 229 km (142 mi)


1991 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 10, Stage 10
5 June 1991 — Collecchio to Langhirano, 43 km (27 mi) (ITT)