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 France  Peugeot Talbot Sport Italy  Mauro Baldi
France  Philippe Alliot
Peugeot 905 M 74
Peugeot SA35 3.5L V10
2 C2 1 Germany  Team Sauber Mercedes Germany  Jochen Mass
France  Jean-Louis Schlesser
Mercedes-Benz C11 G 73
Mercedes-Benz M119 5.0L Turbo V8
3 C2 11 Germany  Porsche Kremer Racing Germany  Manuel Reuter
Finland  Harri Toivonen
Porsche 962CK6 Y 72
Porsche Type-935 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
4 C1 8 Netherlands  Euro Racing Netherlands  Cor Euser
Netherlands  Charles Zwolsman
Spice SE90C G 72
Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5L V8
5 C2 12 France  Courage Compétition
Japan  Trust Racing Team
South Africa  George Fouché
Sweden  Steven Andskär
Porsche 962C GTi D 71
Porsche Type-935 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
6 C2 18 Japan  Mazdaspeed Republic of Ireland  David Kennedy
Brazil  Maurizio Sandro Sala
Mazda 787B D 71
Mazda R26B 2.6L 4-Rotor
7 C2 17 Switzerland  Repsol Brun Motorsport Italy  Massimo Sigala
Spain  Jesús Pareja
Porsche 962C Y 70
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
8 C2 13 France  Courage Compétition
Japan  Nisseki Racing Team
Italy  Paolo Barilla
Sweden  Eje Elgh
Porsche 962C D 66
Porsche Type-935 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
9 C2 14 Switzerland  Team Salamin Primagaz Switzerland  Antoine Salamin
Morocco  Max Cohen-Olivar
Porsche 962C G 66
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
10
NC
C1 3 United Kingdom  Silk Cut Jaguar United Kingdom  Derek Warwick Jaguar XJR-14 G 64
Cosworth HB 3.5L V8
11
NC
C2 58 Japan  Mazdaspeed Japan  Takashi Yorino
Japan  Yojiro Terada
Mazda 787 D 63
Mazda R26B 2.6L 4-Rotor
12
DSQ
C2 16 Switzerland  Repsol Brun Motorsport Argentina  Oscar Larrauri Porsche 962C Y 71
Porsche Type-935 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
13
DNF
C1 6 France  Peugeot Talbot Sport Finland  Keke Rosberg
France  Yannick Dalmas
Peugeot 905 M 36
Peugeot SA35 3.5L V10
14
DNF
C1 2 Germany  Team Sauber Mercedes Austria  Karl Wendlinger
Germany  Michael Schumacher
Mercedes-Benz C291 G 21
Mercedes-Benz M291 3.5L Flat-12
15
DNF
C1 4 United Kingdom  Silk Cut Jaguar Italy  Teo Fabi
United Kingdom  Martin Brundle
Jaguar XJR-14 G 4
Cosworth HB 3.5L V8
DNQ C1 7 France  Louis Descartes France  Philippe de Henning
Italy  Luigi Taverna
ALD C91 G -
Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5L V8
DNQ C2 15 Italy  Veneto Equipe SRL Italy  Marco Brand
Italy  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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1991 430km of Monza