Five memorable US Grand Prix wins

F1 fans have both enjoyed and endured a love/hate relationship with the United States Grand Prix since its debut in 1959. Ahead of Round 17 in Texas, Planet F1 brings you five memorable races ranging from the fantastic to the darn right farcical.

1984 You will struggle to find a more bonkers race than this.

The crumbling Dallas circuit was described as “a glorified rallycross track” and the searing heat led to Osella’s Piercarlo Ghinzani having a bucket of cold water thrown on him in the pits, Nigel Mansell passing out when trying to push his car over the finish line and eventual winner Keke Rosberg being aided by a water-cooled skullcap.

18 of the 26 drivers on the grid retired with 14 of them colliding with the wall – including Ayrton Senna who was adamant that the wall moved to hit him!

Ferrari’s Rene Arnoux came from 26th to finish second and, to top it all off, Jacques Laffite turned up to the track in his pyjamas in protest to the eventually cancelled pre-race warm-up being moved to 7am.

1990 The season opener in Phoenix, Arizona, was all about two drivers: Ayrton Senna and Jean Alesi. The latter, in his inferior Tyrell, took a shock lead after starting fourth on the grid, but when Senna eventually caught him the rest of the race should have been a mere …

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