{"id":20972,"date":"2021-10-20T00:01:46","date_gmt":"2021-10-20T03:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.senna.com\/?p=20972"},"modified":"2021-10-20T00:01:46","modified_gmt":"2021-10-20T03:01:46","slug":"e-dia-de-celebrar-o-tri-de-senna-na-f-1-veja-5-corridas-inesqueciveis-de-1991","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.senna.com\/en\/e-dia-de-celebrar-o-tri-de-senna-na-f-1-veja-5-corridas-inesqueciveis-de-1991\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s time to celebrate the 3rd F1 title: check out 5 unforgettable races from 1991"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Today, October 20, marks the 26th anniversary of Ayrton Senna\u2019s third F1 title. to celebrate the special occasion, we are remembering five of the most important races for the Brazilian driver in the 1991 season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\">1- United States GP<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">The opening race of the season, in Phoenix, would once again be a showdown between Senna and Prost \u2013 the \u00a0first duel between the McLaren and Ferrari drivers after the crash in Japan, in the next-to-last race of the previous season, which gave Senna the title. In the US, Senna\u2019s dominance started in the qualifying sessions, when he was 1s1 faster than the Frenchman. During the race, Senna confirmed his superiority on street circuits and scored an indisputable win, leading each one of the 81 laps. Prost finished in second place, 16 seconds behind the McLaren.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CcAx2R2ed3Y?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\">2- Brazilian GP<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">In the season\u2019s second race, the 1991 Brazilian GP, Senna pushed beyond his limits and overcame all obstacles to finally win in his home-country. Ayrton had the pole position and led the race from start to finish at Interlagos, to the crowd\u2019s delight. But, in the last few laps, he was forced to drive with only the sixth gear, since his McLaren presented serious gearbox issues.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"GP do Brasil de 1991 | Com Edgard Mello Filho | #SennaTV - 030\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QThxXrheBtk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\">3- Monaco GP<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.senna.com\/piloto\/formula-1\/monaco-30-anos\/vitoria-com-uma-volta-em-alain-prost\/91mc_030\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20373\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20373\" src=\"https:\/\/www.senna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/91MC_030.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2480\" height=\"1642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.senna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/91MC_030.jpg 2480w, https:\/\/www.senna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/91MC_030-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.senna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/91MC_030-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.senna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/91MC_030-768x508.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.senna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/91MC_030-1536x1017.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.senna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/91MC_030-2048x1356.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2480px) 100vw, 2480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">In Monaco, the season\u2019s fourth race, Senna clinched his best start to a season ever, with his fourth win in a row. The qualifying sessions were marked by another pole position by Senna and by Tyrrell\u2019s Stefano Modena surprisingly strong showing, who qualified in second place.\u00a0 During the race, the Brazilian was consistent and won from start to finish. It was Senna\u2019s 30<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0win in F1, his third in a row in Monaco (\u201889, \u201990 and \u201991), and his fourth in the Principality (including the \u201987 triumph).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qoG4cLaXFlk?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\">4- Belgian GP<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Despite Ayrton Senna\u2019s comfortable lead in the standings, his McLaren wasn\u2019t performing as exceptionally as it had been at the beginning of the year, and the Brazilian was forced to deal with a slower car in a few races. One of them took place at Spa-Francorchamps, where Senna scored another pole-position and maintained his lead up until his first pit-stop.\u00a0 After a lengthy tire-change, he was forced to make up for the lost time \u2013 and that was when he noticed a gearbox problem, with the gears slipping out of position on their own. Unable to fight for the win, the Brazilian lucked out, with both Williams\u2019 Nigel Mansell and Ferrari\u2019s Jean Alesi dropping out of the race, and climbed back to first place. It was the last of his five wins at Spa (\u201985, \u201988, \u201989, \u201990 and \u201991).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Pole lap:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"F1 Belgian GP 1991 Qualifying - Ayrton Senna Hot Laps\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fe4YRBXpxJI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><strong>5- Japanese GP<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Senna would secure his third world title at Suzuka, in the season\u2019s next-to-last race. As the points-leader (with 85, against Mansell\u2019s 69) the Brazilian was going to become champion as long as the Briton \u00a0didn\u2019t win. On Saturday, Berger took the pole with his McLaren, Senna was in second and Mansell was in third, with his Williams. During the race, Berger jumped ahead and Senna adopted the strategy of holding the \u201cLion\u201d down, trying to force an error. And that was exactly what happened: Mansell made a mistake on the first corner and ended up on the gravel trap. Senna was now a three-time champion, and he was even able to catch up to Berger, in a flawless race by the McLarens. In the end, Ayrton let his Austrian teammate win, in a memorable one-two.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Volta Final GP do Jap\u00e3o de 1991\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/i4K8QLjKh0o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><strong>Senna\u2019s stats in 1991:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">16 races, 7 wins, 78 points, 8 poles, 11 times in the first row of the grid, 12 podiums, 14 races in which He scored points, 2 retirements.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, October 20, marks the 26th anniversary of Ayrton Senna\u2019s third F1 title. to celebrate the special occasion, we are remembering five of the most important races for the Brazilian driver in the 1991 season. 1- United States GP The opening race of the season, in Phoenix, would once again be a showdown between Senna [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23728,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,17,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-noticias","category-novidades","category-senna-na-midia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.senna.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.senna.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.senna.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.senna.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.senna.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20972"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.senna.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20972\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.senna.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.senna.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.senna.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.senna.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}