The Benetton B191 is a

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racing car, with which the Benetton team competed in the

1991 Formula One season The 1991 FIA Formula One World Championship was the 45th season of FIA Formula One motor racing and the 42nd season of the Formula One World Championship. It featured the 1991 Formula One World Championship for Drivers and the 1991 Formula One ...

and at the beginning of

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. Designed by

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and Mike Coughlan, the car made its debut at the

1991 San Marino Grand Prix The 1991 San Marino Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Imola on 28 April 1991. It was the third race of the 1991 Formula One World Championship. The 61-lap race was won by Brazilian Ayrton Senna, driving a McLaren-Honda, after he sta ...

, driven by two Brazilian drivers, three-time World Drivers' Champion

Nelson Piquet Nelson Piquet Souto Maior (, born 17 August 1952) is a Brazilian former racing driver and businessman, who competed in Formula One from to . Piquet won three Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles, which he won in , , and , and won 23 ...

and

Roberto Moreno Roberto Pupo Moreno (born 11 February 1959), usually known as Roberto Moreno and also as Pupo Moreno, is a Brazilian former auto racing, racing driver. He participated in 75 Formula One Grands Prix, achieved 1 podium, and scored a total of 15 c ...

. The B191 was powered by the Ford HBA5 V8 engine in an exclusive deal with Ford, and ran on

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tyres. Following the

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the team replaced Moreno with German newcomer

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History

Nelson Piquet gave the B191 its only win at the

1991 Canadian Grand Prix The 1991 Canadian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on 2 June 1991. It was the fifth race of the 1991 FIA Formula One World Championship. The 69-lap race was won by Nelson Piquet, driving a Benetton Formula ...

after

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's leading Williams-

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suffered electrical failure less than half a lap from the finish gifting Piquet the last win of his Formula One career. The car was pressed into service for the first three races of the season with small upgrades to bodywork and suspension. This car was dubbed the B191B. Schumacher remained with the team while

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replaced the retiring Nelson Piquet in the team's second car. The B191 was the first Benetton to feature the now standard raised nose first pioneered by Tyrrell in . The B191B was replaced by the Benetton B192 following the 1992 Brazilian Grand Prix.

Complete Formula One results

( key) (results in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) * 6 points scored in using

Benetton B190B The Benetton B190 is a Formula One racing car designed by Rory Byrne in collaboration with Benetton's Technical Director, John Barnard, a designer with experience at racing companies McLaren and Ferrari and arguably the most successful Formula ...

* 80 points scored in using Benetton B192

References

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