1991(Excluded Constructors: Ferrari; Brabham; Lotus; Tyrrell; McLaren; Williams)
Piquet starts his championship defence the right way, with 2 wins on the trot. With Piquet retiring from the next 2 races, a win for Moreno in Monaco keeps him in reach of his teammate, though Moreno's challenge quickly fades as he fails to win another race before being replaced. The surprise challenger comes in the middle of the season as de Cesaris for the new Jordan team wins 3 out of 4 races to come within 2 points of Piquet's lead, and Jordan only 8 points behind Benetton. However Benetton steal the show in the final races with Piquet being the only driver to finish the last 6 races and newcomer Michael Schumacher winning 2 races for Benetton to seal the championship and leave Jordan fuming.
WINNERS: NELSON PIQUET AND BENETTONDriver's Championship Results1. Nelson Piquet - 88pts [ 7 wins - USA; BRA; CAN; GBR; BEL; JAP; AUS]
2. Andrea de Cesaris - 52pts [ 3 wins - MEX; FRA; GER]
3. Roberto Moreno - 36pts [1 win - MON]
4. Pierluigi Martini - 29pts [1 win - POR]
5. Emmanuel Pirro - 25pts
6. Michael Schumacher - 24pts [ 2 wins - ITA; SPA]
7. Bertrand Gachot - 24pts [0 wins]
8. Mauricio Gugelmin - 23pts [3 2nds]
9. Thierry Boutsen - 23pts [0 2nds]
10. J J Lehto - 17pts [1 win - SMR]
11. Ivan Capelli - 13pts [1 win - HUN]
12. Gianni Morbidelli - 12pts
13. Eric Comas - 9pts
14. Garbiele Tarquini - 7pts
15. Aguri Suzuki - 6pts [1 2nd]
16. Eric Bernard - 6pts [1 3rd]
17. Alex Zanardi - 6pts [2 4ths]
18. Nicola Larini - 4pts
19. Alex Caffi - 3pts [1 4th, 1 8th]
20. Olivier Grouillard - 3pts [1 4th; 3 RETs]
21. Eric van der Poele - 3pts [1 4th]
22. Michele Alboreto - 1 pt
23. Karl Wendlinger - 0pts [1 11th]
Constructor's Championship Results1. Benetton - 142pts [10 wins - USA; BRA; MON; CAN; GBR; BEL; JAP; AUS]
2. Jordan - 82pts [3 wins - MEX; FRA; GER]
3. Dallara - 42pts [1 win - SMR]
4. Minardi - 41pts [1 win - POR]
5. Leyton House - 36pts [1 win - HUN]
6. Ligier - 32pts
7. Lola - 12pts
8. Lambo - 7pts [1 3rd; 1 4th]
9. Fondmetal - 7pts [1 4th; 2 5ths]
10. Footwork - 4pts
11. AGS - 3pts