The Garagiste.

Broadcast Age  ·  Round 1

United States Grand Prix

1990  ·  Phoenix street circuit  ·  11 March 1990  ·  72 laps

  1. 1st Ayrton Senna McLaren · 01:52:32.829
  2. 2nd Jean Alesi Tyrrell · +8.685
  3. 3rd Thierry Boutsen Williams · +54.08

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Gerhard Berger

McLaren  —  Pole position

02 Lap 25

Andrea de Cesaris

Retirement Dallara  —  Engine

03 Lap 44

Gerhard Berger

Retirement McLaren  —  Clutch

04 Lap 53

Aguri Suzuki

Retirement Larrousse  —  Brakes

05 Lap 54

Paolo Barilla

Retirement Minardi  —  Physical

06 On the Charge

Michele Alboreto

Arrows  —  P21 → P10

07 Victory

Ayrton Senna

McLaren  —  Won from P5

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Ayrton Senna McLaren 5 72 01:52:32.829 9
2 Jean Alesi Tyrrell 4 72 +8.685 6
3 Thierry Boutsen Williams 9 72 +54.08 4
4 Nelson Piquet Benetton 6 72 +1:08.358 3
5 Stefano Modena Brabham 10 72 +1:09.503 2
6 Satoru Nakajima Tyrrell 11 71 +1 Lap 1
7 Pierluigi Martini Minardi 2 71 +1 Lap
8 Éric Bernard Larrousse 15 71 +1 Lap
9 Riccardo Patrese Williams 12 71 +1 Lap
10 Michele Alboreto Arrows 21 70 +2 Laps
11 Alessandro Nannini Benetton 22 70 +2 Laps
12 Bernd Schneider Arrows 20 70 +2 Laps
13 Roberto Moreno Euro Brun 16 67 +5 Laps
14 Maurício Gugelmin Leyton House 25 66 +6 Laps
15 Paolo Barilla Minardi 14 54 Physical
16 Aguri Suzuki Larrousse 18 53 Brakes
17 Nigel Mansell Ferrari 17 49 Clutch
18 Gerhard Berger McLaren 1 44 Clutch
19 Gregor Foitek Brabham 23 39 Accident
20 Olivier Grouillard Osella 8 39 Collision
21 Andrea de Cesaris Dallara 3 25 Engine
22 Alain Prost Ferrari 7 21 Oil leak
23 Ivan Capelli Leyton House 26 20 Electrical
24 Derek Warwick Team Lotus 24 6 Gearbox
25 Nicola Larini Ligier 13 4 Throttle
26 Martin Donnelly Team Lotus 19 0 Gearbox
27 Philippe Alliot Ligier 0 Disqualified

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