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1991 in motorsport

The following is an overview of the events of 1991 in motorsport including the major racing events, motorsport venues that were opened and closed during a year, championships and non-championship events that were established and disestablished in a year, and births and deaths of racing drivers and other motorsport people.

Annual events

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The calendar includes only annual major non-championship events or annual events that had significance separate from the championship. For the dates of the championship events see related season articles.

Date Event Ref
29 December-17 January 13th Dakar Rally [1]
2–3 February 29th 24 Hours of Daytona [2]
17 February 33rd Daytona 500 [3]
12 May 49th Monaco Grand Prix [4]
26 May 75th Indianapolis 500 [5]
27 May-7 June 74th Isle of Man TT [6]
15–16 June 19th 24 Hours of Nurburgring [7]
22–23 June 59th 24 Hours of Le Mans [8]
28 July 14th Suzuka 8 Hours [9]
3–4 August 43rd 24 Hours of Spa [10]
18 August 1st Masters of Formula 3 [11]
6 October 32nd Tooheys 1000 [12]
24 November 38th Macau Grand Prix [13]
7–8 December 4th Race of Champions [14]

Births

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Date Month Name Nationality Occupation Note Ref
17 January Esapekka Lappi Finnish Rally driver 2017 Rally Finland winner. [15]
25 September Alexander Rossi American Racing driver Indianapolis 500 winner (2016). [16]

Deaths

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Date Month Name Age Nationality Occupation Note Ref
15 May Fritz Riess 68 German Racing driver 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1951). [17]
1 October "Wild Willie" Borsch 60 American Drag racer Driver of the Winged Experess AA/FA [18]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "1991 Dakar Rally" (PDF). rssp.eu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-01-27. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  2. ^ "Daytona 24 Hours 1991 - Racing Sports Cars". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  3. ^ "1991 Daytona 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  4. ^ "1991 Grand Prix of Monaco". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  5. ^ "1991 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  6. ^ "TT 1991". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  7. ^ "Freunde der Nordschleife - 1991". veedol-freunde-der-nordschleife.de. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  8. ^ "Le Mans Register - 1991". formula2.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  9. ^ "Suzuka 8 Hours 1991 results". Moto Racing JAPAN. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  10. ^ "24 h Spa-Francorchamps". touringcarracing.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  11. ^ "MARLBORO MASTERS OF FORMULA 3" (PDF). formel3guide.com (in German). Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  12. ^ "1991 Bathurst 1000". Unique Cars & Parts. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  13. ^ "1991 Macau Grand Prix". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  14. ^ "1991 Madrid". roc.com. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  15. ^ "Esapekka Lappi". ewrc-results.com. ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  16. ^ "Alexander Rossi". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  17. ^ "Fritz Riess". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  18. ^ Motorsport.com Archived 2018-09-14 at the Wayback Machine (retrieved 14 September 2018)
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