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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