Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - ya ga karin maki masu ci gaba, ciki har da na uku da na karshe na Grand Prix - nasara mai haske a Hungary
inda ya dauki matsayinsa na farko kuma ya ci gaba da matsa lamba daga Alessandro Nannini (Benetton) da Ayrton Senna (McLaren) don cin nasara. Koyaya, tare da Nigel Mansell a cikin 1991, Williams Renault sun ji suna buƙatar direba 'tauraron' don haɗuwa da gasar zakarun Turai. Duk da cewa Boutsen ya lashe tsere uku a cikin shekaru biyu zuwa na Patrese, ƙungiyar ta ji cewa Patrese ya kasance mafi daidaito (kuma ya yi aiki da kyau tare da Mansell a 1988) kuma ya yanke shawarar ci gaba da Italiyanci don tuki tare da Mansell.