The Garagiste.

Broadcast Age  ·  Round 1

United States Grand Prix

1991  ·  Phoenix street circuit  ·  10 March 1991  ·  81 laps

  1. 1st Ayrton Senna McLaren · 02:00:47.828
  2. 2nd Alain Prost Ferrari · +16.322
  3. 3rd Nelson Piquet Benetton · +1:17.376

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Ayrton Senna

McLaren  —  Pole position

02 Lap 35

Nigel Mansell

Retirement Williams  —  Gearbox

03 Lap 49

Riccardo Patrese

Retirement Williams  —  Gearbox

04 On the Charge

Aguri Suzuki

Larrousse  —  P21 → P6

05 Victory

Ayrton Senna

McLaren  —  Won from P1

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Ayrton Senna McLaren 1 81 02:00:47.828 10
2 Alain Prost Ferrari 2 81 +16.322 6
3 Nelson Piquet Benetton 5 81 +1:17.376 4
4 Stefano Modena Tyrrell 11 81 +1:25.409 3
5 Satoru Nakajima Tyrrell 16 80 +1 Lap 2
6 Aguri Suzuki Larrousse 21 79 +2 Laps 1
7 Nicola Larini Lambo 17 78 +3 Laps
8 Gabriele Tarquini AGS 22 77 +4 Laps
9 Pierluigi Martini Minardi 15 75 Engine
10 Bertrand Gachot Jordan 14 75 Engine
11 Martin Brundle Brabham 12 73 +8 Laps
12 Jean Alesi Ferrari 6 72 Gearbox
13 Mika Häkkinen Team Lotus 13 59 Engine
14 Riccardo Patrese Williams 3 49 Gearbox
15 Roberto Moreno Benetton 8 49 Collision
16 Michele Alboreto Footwork 25 41 Engine
17 Ivan Capelli Leyton House 18 40 Gearbox
18 Thierry Boutsen Ligier 20 40 Engine
19 Gerhard Berger McLaren 7 36 Fuel pump
20 Nigel Mansell Williams 4 35 Gearbox
21 Maurício Gugelmin Leyton House 23 34 Gearbox
22 Mark Blundell Brabham 24 32 Spun off
23 Emanuele Pirro Dallara 9 16 Gearbox
24 Gianni Morbidelli Minardi 26 15 Gearbox
25 Jyrki Järvilehto Dallara 10 12 Gearbox
26 Éric Bernard Larrousse 19 4 Engine

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