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1991 United States Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
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
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (BRA) Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda812hr 00m 47.828s10
2 (FRA) Alain ProstFerrari81+16.322s6
3+2(BRA) Nelson PiquetBenetton-Ford Cosworth81+17.376s4
4+7(ITA) Stefano ModenaTyrrell-Honda81+25.409s3
5+11(JPN) Satoru NakajimaTyrrell-Honda80+1 lap2
6+15(JPN) Aguri SuzukiLola-Ford Cosworth79+2 laps1
7+10(ITA) Nicola LariniLamborghini78+3 laps 
8+14(ITA) Gabriele TarquiniAGS-Ford Cosworth77+4 laps 
9+6(ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ferrari75DNF 
10+4(FRA) Bertrand GachotJordan-Ford Cosworth75DNF 
11+1(GBR) Martin BrundleBrabham-Yamaha73+8 laps 
12-6(FRA) Jean AlesiFerrari72DNF 
R (FIN) Mika HakkinenLotus-Judd59DNF 
R (ITA) Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Renault49DNF 
R (BRA) Roberto MorenoBenetton-Ford Cosworth49DNF 
R (ITA) Michele AlboretoFootwork-Porsche41DNF 
R (ITA) Ivan CapelliLeyton House-Ilmor40DNF 
R (BEL) Thierry BoutsenLigier-Lamborghini40DNF 
R (AUT) Gerhard BergerMcLaren-Honda36DNF 
R (GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Renault35DNF 
R (BRA) Mauricio GugelminLeyton House-Ilmor34DNF 
R (GBR) Mark BlundellBrabham-Yamaha32DNF 
R (ITA) Emanuele PirroDallara-Judd16DNF 
R (ITA) Gianni MorbidelliMinardi-Ferrari15DNF 
R (FIN) JJ LehtoDallara-Judd12DNF 
R (FRA) 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
1(BRA) Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda
2(FRA) Alain ProstFerrari
3(ITA) Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Renault
4(GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Renault
5(BRA) Nelson PiquetBenetton-Ford Cosworth
6(FRA) Jean AlesiFerrari
7(AUT) Gerhard BergerMcLaren-Honda
8(BRA) Roberto MorenoBenetton-Ford Cosworth
9(ITA) Emanuele PirroDallara-Judd
10(FIN) JJ LehtoDallara-Judd
11(ITA) Stefano ModenaTyrrell-Honda
12(GBR) Martin BrundleBrabham-Yamaha
13(FIN) Mika HakkinenLotus-Judd
14(FRA) Bertrand GachotJordan-Ford Cosworth
15(ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ferrari
16(JPN) Satoru NakajimaTyrrell-Honda
17(ITA) Nicola LariniLamborghini
18(ITA) Ivan CapelliLeyton House-Ilmor
19(FRA) Eric BernardLola-Ford Cosworth
20(BEL) Thierry BoutsenLigier-Lamborghini
21(JPN) Aguri SuzukiLola-Ford Cosworth
22(ITA) Gabriele TarquiniAGS-Ford Cosworth
23(BRA) Mauricio GugelminLeyton House-Ilmor
24(GBR) Mark BlundellBrabham-Yamaha
25(ITA) Michele AlboretoFootwork-Porsche
26(ITA) Gianni MorbidelliMinardi-Ferrari

Qualifying result

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

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(BRA) Ayrton Senna10
2(FRA) Alain Prost6
3(BRA) Nelson Piquet4
4(ITA) Stefano Modena3
5(JPN) Satoru Nakajima2
6(JPN) Aguri Suzuki1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1McLaren-Honda10
2Ferrari6
3Tyrrell-Honda5
4Benetton-Ford Cosworth4
5Lola-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