Adelaide Street Circuit · 3 November 1991
Ayrton Senna won the 1991 Australian Grand Prix for McLaren from 1st on the grid, 1.259s ahead of Nigel Mansell. Johnny Herbert gained the most places, from 21st on the grid to 11th.
| Pos | Team | Points Breakdown | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLaren Senna 5 + Berger 2 | Senna 5 + Berger 2 | 7 | |
| 2 | Williams Mansell 3 + Patrese 1 | Mansell 3 + Patrese 1 | 4 | |
| 3 | Benetton Piquet 1.5 + Schumacher 0 | Piquet 1.5 + Schumacher 0 | 1.5 | |
| 4 | Ferrari Morbidelli 0.5 + Alesi 0 | Morbidelli 0.5 + Alesi 0 | 0.5 | |
| 5 | Dallara Pirro 0 + Järvilehto 0 | Pirro 0 + Järvilehto 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | Jordan de Cesaris 0 + Zanardi 0 | de Cesaris 0 + Zanardi 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Tyrrell Modena 0 + Nakajima 0 | Modena 0 + Nakajima 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Team Lotus Herbert 0 + Häkkinen 0 | Herbert 0 + Häkkinen 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Footwork Alboreto 0 + Caffi 0 | Alboreto 0 + Caffi 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Leyton House Gugelmin 0 + Wendlinger 0 | Gugelmin 0 + Wendlinger 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Minardi Moreno 0 + Martini 0 | Moreno 0 + Martini 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Brabham Blundell 0 | Blundell 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | Ligier Comas 0 + Boutsen 0 | Comas 0 + Boutsen 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | Lambo Larini 0 | Larini 0 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Race time / Gap | Laps | Stops | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ayrton Senna McLaren | McLaren | 24:34.899 | 14 | — | 5 | |
| 2 | Nigel Mansell Williams | Williams | +1.259s | 14 | — | 3 | |
| 3 | Gerhard Berger McLaren | McLaren | +5.120s | 14 | — | 2 | |
| 4 | Nelson Piquet Benetton | Benetton | +30.103s | 14 | — | 1.5 | |
| 5 | Riccardo Patrese Williams | Williams | +50.537s | 14 | — | 1 | |
| 6 | Gianni Morbidelli Ferrari | Ferrari | +51.069s | 14 | — | 0.5 | |
| 7 | Emanuele Pirro Dallara | Dallara | +52.361s | 14 | — | — | |
| 8 | Andrea de Cesaris Jordan | Jordan | +1:00.431 | 14 | — | — | |
| 9 | Alex Zanardi Jordan | Jordan | +1:15.567 | 14 | — | — | |
| 10 | Stefano Modena Tyrrell | Tyrrell | +1:20.370 | 14 | — | — | |
| 11 | Johnny Herbert Team Lotus | Team Lotus | +1:22.073 | 14 | — | — | |
| 12 | Jyrki Järvilehto Dallara | Dallara | +1:38.519 | 14 | — | — | |
| 13 | Michele Alboreto Footwork | Footwork | +1:39.303 | 14 | — | — | |
| 14 | Maurício Gugelmin Leyton House | Leyton House | +1 Lap | 13 | — | — | |
| 15 | Alex Caffi Footwork | Footwork | +1 Lap | 13 | — | — | |
| 16 | Roberto Moreno Minardi | Minardi | +1 Lap | 13 | — | — | |
| 17 | Mark Blundell Brabham | Brabham | +1 Lap | 13 | — | — | |
| 18 | Érik Comas Ligier | Ligier | +1 Lap | 13 | — | — | |
| 19 | Mika Häkkinen Team Lotus | Team Lotus | +1 Lap | 13 | — | — | |
| 20 | Karl Wendlinger Leyton House | Leyton House | +2 Laps | 12 | — | — | |
| DNF | Pierluigi Martini Minardi | Minardi | DNF Spun off | 8 | — | — | |
| DNF | Michael Schumacher Benetton | Benetton | DNF Spun off | 5 | — | — | |
| DNF | Jean Alesi Ferrari | Ferrari | DNF Accident | 5 | — | — | |
| DNF | Nicola Larini Lambo | Lambo | DNF Spun off | 5 | — | — | |
| DNF | Thierry Boutsen Ligier | Ligier | DNF Accident | 5 | — | — | |
| DNF | Satoru Nakajima Tyrrell | Tyrrell | DNF Spun off | 4 | — | — |