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Home / Seasons / 1991 F1 World Championship Season / 1991 United States Grand Prix

1991 United States Grand Prix

DateSunday, 10 March 1991
Winner
  • Brazil flag lazyload Ayrton Senna
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Honda
Pole position
  • Brazil flag lazyload Ayrton Senna
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Honda
Fastest lap
  • France flag lazyload Jean Alesi
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
CircuitPhoenix, 81 laps
Round1 of 16
Race numbers

The 1991 United States Grand Prix was the

  • 501st World Championship race
  • 25th World Championship United States Grand Prix (last until 2000)
  • 3rd and last World Championship race at Phoenix
More 1991 season
More United States Grands Prix
Previous race1990 Australian Grand Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 Brazil flag lazyload Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda812hr 00m 47.828s10
2 France flag lazyload Alain ProstFerrari81+16.322s6
3+2Brazil flag lazyload Nelson PiquetBenetton-Ford Cosworth81+17.376s4
4+7Italy flag lazyload Stefano ModenaTyrrell-Honda81+25.409s3
5+11Japan flag lazyload Satoru NakajimaTyrrell-Honda80+1 lap2
6+15Japan flag lazyload Aguri SuzukiLola-Ford Cosworth79+2 laps1
7+10Italy flag lazyload Nicola LariniLamborghini78+3 laps 
8+14Italy flag lazyload Gabriele TarquiniAGS-Ford Cosworth77+4 laps 
9+6Italy flag lazyload Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ferrari75DNF 
10+4France flag lazyload Bertrand GachotJordan-Ford Cosworth75DNF 
11+1United Kingdom flag lazyload Martin BrundleBrabham-Yamaha73+8 laps 
12-6France flag lazyload Jean AlesiFerrari72DNF 
R Finland flag lazyload Mika HakkinenLotus-Judd59DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Renault49DNF 
R Brazil flag lazyload Roberto MorenoBenetton-Ford Cosworth49DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Michele AlboretoFootwork-Porsche41DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Ivan CapelliLeyton House-Ilmor40DNF 
R Belgium flag lazyload Thierry BoutsenLigier-Lamborghini40DNF 
R Austria flag lazyload Gerhard BergerMcLaren-Honda36DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel MansellWilliams-Renault35DNF 
R Brazil flag lazyload Mauricio GugelminLeyton House-Ilmor34DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Mark BlundellBrabham-Yamaha32DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Emanuele PirroDallara-Judd16DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Gianni MorbidelliMinardi-Ferrari15DNF 
R Finland flag lazyload JJ LehtoDallara-Judd12DNF 
R France flag lazyload Eric BernardLola-Ford Cosworth4DNF 

Notes

  • Pierluigi Martini ended lap 75 in P6 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Bertrand Gachot ended lap 75 in P8 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Jean Alesi ended lap 72 in P5 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1Brazil flag lazyload Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda
2France flag lazyload Alain ProstFerrari
3Italy flag lazyload Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Renault
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel MansellWilliams-Renault
5Brazil flag lazyload Nelson PiquetBenetton-Ford Cosworth
6France flag lazyload Jean AlesiFerrari
7Austria flag lazyload Gerhard BergerMcLaren-Honda
8Brazil flag lazyload Roberto MorenoBenetton-Ford Cosworth
9Italy flag lazyload Emanuele PirroDallara-Judd
10Finland flag lazyload JJ LehtoDallara-Judd
11Italy flag lazyload Stefano ModenaTyrrell-Honda
12United Kingdom flag lazyload Martin BrundleBrabham-Yamaha
13Finland flag lazyload Mika HakkinenLotus-Judd
14France flag lazyload Bertrand GachotJordan-Ford Cosworth
15Italy flag lazyload Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ferrari
16Japan flag lazyload Satoru NakajimaTyrrell-Honda
17Italy flag lazyload Nicola LariniLamborghini
18Italy flag lazyload Ivan CapelliLeyton House-Ilmor
19France flag lazyload Eric BernardLola-Ford Cosworth
20Belgium flag lazyload Thierry BoutsenLigier-Lamborghini
21Japan flag lazyload Aguri SuzukiLola-Ford Cosworth
22Italy flag lazyload Gabriele TarquiniAGS-Ford Cosworth
23Brazil flag lazyload Mauricio GugelminLeyton House-Ilmor
24United Kingdom flag lazyload Mark BlundellBrabham-Yamaha
25Italy flag lazyload Michele AlboretoFootwork-Porsche
26Italy flag lazyload Gianni MorbidelliMinardi-Ferrari

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1Brazil flag lazyload Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda1:21.434 
2France flag lazyload Alain ProstFerrari1:22.5551.121
3Italy flag lazyload Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Renault1:22.8331.399
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel MansellWilliams-Renault1:23.2181.784
5Brazil flag lazyload Nelson PiquetBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:23.3841.950
6France flag lazyload Jean AlesiFerrari1:23.5192.085
7Austria flag lazyload Gerhard BergerMcLaren-Honda1:23.7422.308
8Brazil flag lazyload Roberto MorenoBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:23.8812.447
9Italy flag lazyload Emanuele PirroDallara-Judd1:24.7923.358
10Finland flag lazyload JJ LehtoDallara-Judd1:24.8913.457
11Italy flag lazyload Stefano ModenaTyrrell-Honda1:25.0653.631
12United Kingdom flag lazyload Martin BrundleBrabham-Yamaha1:25.3853.951
13Finland flag lazyload Mika HakkinenLotus-Judd1:25.4484.014
14France flag lazyload Bertrand GachotJordan-Ford Cosworth1:25.7014.267
15Italy flag lazyload Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ferrari1:25.7154.281
16Japan flag lazyload Satoru NakajimaTyrrell-Honda1:25.7524.318
17Italy flag lazyload Nicola LariniLamborghini1:25.7914.357
18Italy flag lazyload Ivan CapelliLeyton House-Ilmor1:26.1214.687
19France flag lazyload Eric BernardLola-Ford Cosworth1:26.4254.991
20Belgium flag lazyload Thierry BoutsenLigier-Lamborghini1:26.5005.066
21Japan flag lazyload Aguri SuzukiLola-Ford Cosworth1:26.5485.114
22Italy flag lazyload Gabriele TarquiniAGS-Ford Cosworth1:26.8515.417
23Brazil flag lazyload Mauricio GugelminLeyton House-Ilmor1:26.8655.431
24United Kingdom flag lazyload Mark BlundellBrabham-Yamaha1:26.9155.481
25Italy flag lazyload Michele AlboretoFootwork-Porsche1:27.0155.581
26Italy flag lazyload Gianni MorbidelliMinardi-Ferrari1:27.0425.608
Did not qualify
27Italy flag lazyload Alex CaffiFootwork-Porsche1:27.5196.085
28Sweden flag lazyload Stefan JohanssonAGS-Ford Cosworth1:27.7536.319
29France flag lazyload Erik ComasLigier-Lamborghini1:27.9046.470
30United Kingdom flag lazyload Julian BaileyLotus-Judd1:28.5707.136
Did not pre-qualify
31Italy flag lazyload Andrea de CesarisJordan-Ford Cosworth1:30.9379.503
32Portugal flag lazyload Pedro ChavesColoni-Ford Cosworth1:31.1139.679
33France flag lazyload Olivier GrouillardFondmetal-Ford Cosworth1:32.12310.689
34Belgium flag lazyload Eric van de PoeleLamborghini1:37.04615.612

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-1991 United States Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Brazil flag lazyload Ayrton Senna10
2France flag lazyload Alain Prost6
3Brazil flag lazyload Nelson Piquet4
4Italy flag lazyload Stefano Modena3
5Japan flag lazyload Satoru Nakajima2
6Japan flag lazyload Aguri Suzuki1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Honda10
2Italy flag lazyload Ferrari6
3United Kingdom flag lazyload Tyrrell-Honda5
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Benetton-Ford Cosworth4
5United Kingdom flag lazyload Lola-Ford Cosworth1

Statistics & milestones

Race debut
Mark Blundell, Mika Hakkinen
Footwork, Jordan, Lamborghini
Milestone race start
150th for Nigel Mansell (9th driver to start 150 races, 3rd British driver), 100th for Gerhard Berger (33rd driver to start 100 races, 2nd Austrian driver)
Wins
27th for Ayrton Senna
87th for McLaren
Podiums
90th for Alain Prost (1st driver to score 90 podiums, 1st French driver), 58th for Nelson Piquet, 55th for Ayrton Senna
344th for Ferrari, 208th for McLaren, 24th for Benetton
Poles
53rd for Ayrton Senna
68th for McLaren
Fastest laps
1st for Jean Alesi (89th different fastest lap setter, 13th French driver; last until 1995)
118th for Ferrari
Front row starts
67th for Alain Prost, 65th for Ayrton Senna
Points finishes
10th and last for Satoru Nakajima
Pole & win
22nd for Ayrton Senna

See also

  • United States Grand Prix
  • Phoenix circuit
  • 1991 World Championship season

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