A karshe ya sami babban nasara a shekarar 1991 lokacin da aka sanya hannu a matsayin wanda zai maye gurbin shugaban kungiyar Tyrrell na Ferrari Jean Alesi. Tare da ƙungiyar masu tallafawa masu lafiya, 1990 ƙirar injunan Honda, tayoyin Pirelli da haɓaka ci gaban 020 mai nasara ana tsammanin abubuwa da yawa daga haɗuwa, tare da wasu tsinkayen tseren tsere. Yayin da lokacinsa ya fara da matsayi na 4 a Phoenix da yawa daga cikin 'yan tseren gaba sun yi ritaya ba tare da Modena ya kusanci su ba. Yanayin rigar a Imola ya ga irin wannan lalacewa wanda ya ba Modena damar kaiwa matsayi na 3 kafin gazawar watsawa. Gasar da ta biyo baya a Monaco ta ga mafi kyawun wasan yayin da ya cancanci a jere na gaba tare da abokinsa kuma Gwarzon Duniya Ayrton Senna, yana damun direban McLaren har sai an dakatar da shi a cikin zirga-zirga kuma yana fama da mummunan injin injin. An ci gaba da gudana a Kanada tare da matsayi na biyu bayan da Nigel Mansell ya yi ritaya a zagaye na karshe. Bayan wannan yanayin Modena ya ragu sosai yayin da Pirelli ke gwagwarmaya don haɓaka taya mai tsere mai daidaituwa yayin da injunan Honda masu nauyi suka sa jigon 020 (wanda aka tsara asali don Cosworth DFR V8) ya zama da wahala a daidaita shi. Duk da yake Modena ya ci gaba da cancanta sau da yawa a saman rabin grid ya yi gwagwarmaya a cikin tsere, kawai ya zira kwallaye ɗaya don matsayi na 6 a gasar
Gasar tseren Japan.