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United States Grand Prix 1991

Round 1 of 16  · 10 March 1991  · Phoenix  · 81 laps

Fastest Lap Jean Alesi 1:26.758 (lap 49)

Race Result

Pos Driver Team Grid Time / Gap Pts
1 SEN Ayrton Senna McLaren 1 2:00:47.828 10
2 PRO Alain Prost Ferrari 2 +16.322 6
3 PIQ Nelson Piquet Benetton 5 +17.376 4
4 MOD Stefano Modena Tyrrell 11 +25.409 3
5 NAK Satoru Nakajima Tyrrell 16 +1 lap 2
6 SUZ Aguri Suzuki Lola 21 +2 laps 1
7 LAR Nicola Larini Modena 17 +3 laps
8 TAR Gabriele Tarquini AGS 22 +4 laps
9 MAR Pierluigi Martini Minardi 15 Engine
10 GAC Bertrand Gachot Jordan 14 Engine
11 BRU Martin Brundle Brabham 12 +8 laps
12 ALE Jean Alesi FL Ferrari 6 Gearbox
DNF HAK Mika Häkkinen Lotus 13 Engine
DNF PAT Riccardo Patrese Williams 3 Gearbox
DNF MOR Roberto Moreno Benetton 8 Collision
DNF ALB Michele Alboreto Footwork 25 Engine
DNF CAP Ivan Capelli Leyton House 18 Gearbox
DNF BOU Thierry Boutsen Ligier 20 Engine
DNF BER Gerhard Berger McLaren 7 Fuel pump
DNF MAN Nigel Mansell Williams 4 Gearbox
DNF GUG Maurício Gugelmin Leyton House 23 Gearbox
DNF BLU Mark Blundell Brabham 24 Spun off
DNF PIR Emanuele Pirro Dallara 9 Gearbox
DNF MOR Gianni Morbidelli Minardi 26 Gearbox
DNF JAR JJ Lehto Dallara 10 Gearbox
DNF BER Éric Bernard Lola 19 Engine
DNQ COM Érik Comas Ligier
DNQ CAF Alex Caffi Footwork
DNQ JOH Stefan Johansson AGS
DNQ BAI Julian Bailey Lotus
DNPQ DEC Andrea de Cesaris Jordan
DNPQ CHA Pedro Chaves Coloni
DNPQ GRO Olivier Grouillard Fondmetal
DNPQ VAN Eric van de Poele Modena

Qualifying — Two-session

Pos Driver Team Time
1 SEN Ayrton Senna McLaren 1:21.434
2 PRO Alain Prost Ferrari 1:22.555
3 PAT Riccardo Patrese Williams 1:22.833
4 MAN Nigel Mansell Williams 1:23.218
5 PIQ Nelson Piquet Benetton 1:23.384
6 ALE Jean Alesi Ferrari 1:23.519
7 BER Gerhard Berger McLaren 1:23.742
8 MOR Roberto Moreno Benetton 1:23.881
9 PIR Emanuele Pirro Dallara 1:24.792
10 JAR JJ Lehto Dallara 1:24.891
11 MOD Stefano Modena Tyrrell 1:25.065
12 BRU Martin Brundle Brabham 1:25.385
13 HAK Mika Häkkinen Lotus 1:25.448
14 GAC Bertrand Gachot Jordan 1:25.701
15 MAR Pierluigi Martini Minardi 1:25.715
16 NAK Satoru Nakajima Tyrrell 1:25.752
17 LAR Nicola Larini Modena 1:25.791
18 CAP Ivan Capelli Leyton House 1:26.121
19 BER Éric Bernard Lola 1:26.425
20 BOU Thierry Boutsen Ligier 1:26.500
21 SUZ Aguri Suzuki Lola 1:26.548
22 TAR Gabriele Tarquini AGS 1:26.851
23 GUG Maurício Gugelmin Leyton House 1:26.865
24 BLU Mark Blundell Brabham 1:26.915
25 ALB Michele Alboreto Footwork 1:27.015
26 MOR Gianni Morbidelli Minardi 1:27.042
27 COM Érik Comas Ligier 1:27.159
28 CAF Alex Caffi Footwork 1:27.519
29 JOH Stefan Johansson AGS 1:27.753
30 BAI Julian Bailey Lotus 1:28.570