1991 430 km of Suzuka

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

Layout of the Suzuka International Racing Course (1987-2002)

Official results

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

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

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

Statistics

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  • Pole Position - Derek Warwick (#3 Silk Cut Jaguar) - 1:48.084
  • Fastest Lap - Derek Warwick (#3 Silk Cut Jaguar) - 1:49.148
  • Average Speed - 176.031 km/h
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World Sportscar Championship
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1991 430km of Monza