Suzuka Circuit · 20 October 1991
Gerhard Berger won the 1991 Japanese Grand Prix for McLaren from 1st on the grid, 0.344s ahead of Ayrton Senna. Alex Caffi gained the most places, from 26th on the grid to 10th.
| Pos | Team | Points Breakdown | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLaren Berger 10 + Senna 6 | Berger 10 + Senna 6 | 16 | |
| 2 | Williams Patrese 4 + Mansell 0 | Patrese 4 + Mansell 0 | 4 | |
| 3 | Ferrari Prost 3 + Alesi 0 | Prost 3 + Alesi 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Brabham Brundle 2 | Brundle 2 | 2 | |
| 5 | Tyrrell Modena 1 + Nakajima 0 | Modena 1 + Nakajima 0 | 1 | |
| 6 | Benetton Piquet 0 + Schumacher 0 | Piquet 0 + Schumacher 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Leyton House Gugelmin 0 + Wendlinger 0 | Gugelmin 0 + Wendlinger 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Ligier Boutsen 0 + Comas 0 | Boutsen 0 + Comas 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Footwork Caffi 0 | Caffi 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Fondmetal Tarquini 0 | Tarquini 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Minardi Martini 0 + Morbidelli 0 | Martini 0 + Morbidelli 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Team Lotus Herbert 0 + Häkkinen 0 | Herbert 0 + Häkkinen 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | Lola Suzuki 0 | Suzuki 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | Jordan Zanardi 0 + de Cesaris 0 | Zanardi 0 + de Cesaris 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | Dallara Järvilehto 0 + Pirro 0 | Järvilehto 0 + Pirro 0 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Race time / Gap | Laps | Stops | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gerhard Berger McLaren | McLaren | 1:32:10.695 | 53 | — | 10 | |
| 2 | Ayrton Senna McLaren | McLaren | +0.344s | 53 | — | 6 | |
| 3 | Riccardo Patrese Williams | Williams | +56.731s | 53 | — | 4 | |
| 4 | Alain Prost Ferrari | Ferrari | +1:20.761 | 53 | — | 3 | |
| 5 | Martin Brundle Brabham | Brabham | +1 Lap | 52 | — | 2 | |
| 6 | Stefano Modena Tyrrell | Tyrrell | +1 Lap | 52 | — | 1 | |
| 7 | Nelson Piquet Benetton | Benetton | +1 Lap | 52 | — | — | |
| 8 | Maurício Gugelmin Leyton House | Leyton House | +1 Lap | 52 | — | — | |
| 9 | Thierry Boutsen Ligier | Ligier | +1 Lap | 52 | — | — | |
| 10 | Alex Caffi Footwork | Footwork | +2 Laps | 51 | — | — | |
| 11 | Gabriele Tarquini Fondmetal | Fondmetal | +3 Laps | 50 | — | — | |
| DNF | Érik Comas Ligier | Ligier | DNF Alternator | 41 | — | — | |
| DNF | Pierluigi Martini Minardi | Minardi | DNF Electrical | 39 | — | — | |
| DNF | Michael Schumacher Benetton | Benetton | DNF Engine | 34 | — | — | |
| DNF | Johnny Herbert Team Lotus | Team Lotus | DNF Engine | 31 | — | — | |
| DNF | Satoru Nakajima Tyrrell | Tyrrell | DNF Spun off | 30 | — | — | |
| DNF | Aguri Suzuki Lola | Lola | DNF Engine | 26 | — | — | |
| DNF | Gianni Morbidelli Minardi | Minardi | DNF Wheel | 15 | — | — | |
| DNF | Nigel Mansell Williams | Williams | DNF Spun off | 9 | — | — | |
| DNF | Alex Zanardi Jordan | Jordan | DNF Gearbox | 7 | — | — | |
| DNF | Mika Häkkinen Team Lotus | Team Lotus | DNF Engine | 4 | — | — | |
| DNF | Andrea de Cesaris Jordan | Jordan | DNF Accident | 1 | — | — | |
| DNF | Jyrki Järvilehto Dallara | Dallara | DNF Accident | 1 | — | — | |
| DNF | Emanuele Pirro Dallara | Dallara | DNF Accident | 1 | — | — | |
| DNF | Karl Wendlinger Leyton House | Leyton House | DNF Accident | 1 | — | — | |
| DNF | Jean Alesi Ferrari | Ferrari | DNF Engine | 0 | — | — |