Championship Watch
Ayrton Senna won the 1991 Drivers' Championship for McLaren. Final 1991 standings — every driver and constructor ranked by points and wins.
Ayrton Senna won the 1991 Formula 1 World Drivers' Championship driving for McLaren, finishing on 96 points, 24 clear of Nigel Mansell. Senna won 7 races that season.
McLaren took the Constructors' Championship with 139 points, 14 ahead of Williams.
5 different drivers won a Grand Prix, and 24 drivers scored championship points.
Standings compiled from the Ergast/Jolpica Formula 1 results archive. Spotted an error? Tell us.
Ayrton Senna leads the 1991 Drivers Championship with 96 points, holding a 24-point advantage over Nigel Mansell (Williams). A gap of fewer than 25 points — one race win — means the title race remains mathematically open every single weekend.
In the 1991 Constructors Championship, McLaren leads with 139 points — a 14-point margin over Williams. The Constructors title is decided by the combined points haul of a team's two drivers from every race, making car reliability, pit stop execution, and strategic pairing as important as raw pace.
The current FIA points system awards points to the top ten finishers in every Grand Prix: 25–18–15–12–10–8–6–4–2–1. An additional point goes to the driver who sets the fastest lap of the race, provided they finish inside the top ten. Sprint events — held on Saturday at select rounds — offer a separate points structure: 8–7–6–5–4–3–2–1 for the top eight finishers, counting toward both championships independently of the main race result.
A driver must hold an FIA Super Licence and score at least one championship point to register on the standings. DNFs score zero, but a classified finish — completing at least 90% of the race distance — earns the driver’s finishing position even without a points reward.