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Ayrton Senna won the 1991 United States Grand Prix

Ayrton Senna won the 1991 United States Grand Prix for McLaren, ahead of Alain Prost and Nelson Piquet at Phoenix Street Circuit.

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Race recap

Winner
Ayrton Senna
Team
McLaren
Top listed
Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost, and Nelson Piquet
Race date
March 10, 1991
Pole
Ayrton Senna
Fastest lap
Jean Alesi
Classified drivers
34
Circuit
Phoenix Street Circuit

The decisive result

Ayrton Senna finished first for McLaren. Alain Prost is listed 2 for Ferrari, with Nelson Piquet 3 for Benetton.

Grid to finish

Aguri Suzuki from P21 to P6 (+15), Gabriele Tarquini from P22 to P8 (+14), and Satoru Nakajima from P16 to P5 (+11) recorded the largest positive grid-to-finish changes in the classification. Ayrton Senna started from the listed P1 grid position.

Status and fastest lap

The classification lists 8 Gearbox, 6 Engine, 4 DNPQ, 4 DNQ, and 4 Finished. Jean Alesi holds the fastest-lap entry at 1:26.758 on lap 49. It records the result without speculating about incidents or strategy.

This summary sticks to the classification and does not speculate about incidents, strategy, weather, or causes. Source: F1DB (CC BY 4.0) · updated Jul 26, 2026.

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Race classification
PosDriverConstructorTime / statusPoints
1Ayrton SennaMcLaren2:00:47.82810
2Alain ProstFerrari2:01:04.1506
3Nelson PiquetBenetton2:01:05.2044
4Stefano ModenaTyrrell2:01:13.2373
5Satoru NakajimaTyrrell+1 lap2
6Aguri SuzukiLola+2 laps1
7Nicola LariniModena+3 laps0
8Gabriele TarquiniAGS+4 laps0
9Pierluigi MartiniMinardiEngine0
10Bertrand GachotJordanEngine0
11Martin BrundleBrabham+8 laps0
12Jean AlesiFerrariGearbox0
DNFMika HäkkinenTeam LotusEngine0
DNFRiccardo PatreseWilliamsGearbox0
DNFRoberto MorenoBenettonCollision0
DNFMichele AlboretoFootworkEngine0
DNFIvan CapelliLeyton HouseGearbox0
DNFThierry BoutsenLigierEngine0
DNFGerhard BergerMcLarenFuel pump0
DNFNigel MansellWilliamsGearbox0