Editing 1991 Belgian Grand Prix

With 34 entries at every race in 1991, the [[FIA]] had opted to adopt a policy of limiting the number of cars on any circuit at any one time to 30. This meant that a pre-qualifying session was introduced that removed four of the slowest eight cars from the previous half season.<ref name=GP></ref> Since the half-season switch, [[Brabham]] had managed to get both of their cars through, combined with one of the [[Footwork]] and/or [[AGS]] entries.<ref name=GP></ref> Brabham were once again expected to breeze through, but there were no guarentees.

As many predicted, Brabham were the team to watch from pre-qualifying, as [[Martin Brundle]] beat team mate [[Mark Blundell]] by one and a half seconds.<ref name=GP></ref> They were to be joined by [[Olivier Grouillard]] and [[Alex Caffi]], who got into qualifying for the first time since his return.<ref name=GP></ref> Therefore out went [[Michele Alboreto]] and [[Pedro Chaves]], as well as the two AGS entries, with [[Gabriele Tarquini]] suffering in particular.<ref name=GP></ref> The Italian was braving the bumps through the resurfaced ''Blanchimont'' corner when his suspension failed, throwing the AGS into the barrier although thankfully Tarquini was uninjured.<ref name=GP></ref>

[[Ayrton Senna]] put the Honda modifications to good use, taking his second consecutive pole by over a second, as [[Alain Prost]] rediscovered some of his lost form to take second.<ref name=GP></ref> [[Nigel Mansell]] missed out on a front row start by just seven thousandths of a second, having to settle for third alongside [[Gerhard Berger]] who failed to set a competitive time on Saturday.<ref name=GP></ref> [[Jean Alesi]] took fifth ahead of [[Nelson Piquet]], while debutant [[Michael Schumacher]] set a stunning lap to take seventh, equalling Jordan's best grid start of the season.<ref name=GP></ref>

The two Brabhams made the cut to get into the race, Blundell now the quicker of the two, with Grouillard also joining them on raceday.<ref name=GP></ref> Caffi, meanwhile, failed to qualify for the race on his quali return, joined by [[Nicola Larini]], a surprise [[Aguri Suzuki]] and [[Eric van de Poele]].<ref name=GP></ref> The Friday session had seen a huge crash for van de Poele too, who had a similar accident to Tarquini, although he ended up smacking the concrete wall.<ref name=GP></ref> The Belgian racer was sent to hospital overnight, but was fit enough to drive on Saturday, although he failed to get through.

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