1990 F1 World Championship Season

1989 F1 World Championship

1991 F1 World Championship

Fact File

Drivers’ Champion:	Ayrton Senna (2nd title)
Constructors’ Champion:	McLaren (6th title)
Races:	16
Winning drivers:	Ayrton Senna (6) Alain Prost (5) Nelson Piquet (2) Riccardo Patrese (1) Thierry Boutsen (1) Nigel Mansell (1)
Winning constructors:	McLaren (6) Ferrari (6) Williams (2) Benetton (2)
First-time winners (driver):	none
First-time winners (constructor):	none

1990 F1 World Championship Grands Prix

Calendar

DT: Drivers’ title decider
CT: Constructors’ title decider

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date	Race Result
1	USA	Phoenix	11 March	1990 United States Grand Prix
2	Brazil	Interlagos	25 March	1990 Brazilian Grand Prix
3	San Marino	Imola	13 May	1990 San Marino Grand Prix
4	Monaco	Monte Carlo	27 May	1990 Monaco Grand Prix
5	Canada	Montreal	10 June	1990 Canadian Grand Prix
6	Mexico	Mexico City	24 June	1990 Mexican Grand Prix
7	France	Paul Ricard	8 July	1990 French Grand Prix
8	Britain	Silverstone	15 July	1990 British Grand Prix
9	Germany	Hockenheim	29 July	1990 German Grand Prix
10	Hungary	Hungaroring	12 August	1990 Hungarian Grand Prix
11	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	26 August	1990 Belgian Grand Prix
12	Italy	Monza	9 September	1990 Italian Grand Prix
13	Portugal	Estoril	23 September	1990 Portuguese Grand Prix
14	Spain	Jerez	30 September	1990 Spanish Grand Prix
15	Japan DT CT	Suzuka	21 October	1990 Japanese Grand Prix
16	Australia	Adelaide	4 November	1990 Australian Grand Prix

Race Winners

Highlight: Home driver race winner

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor	Start	Win Margin
1	USA	Phoenix	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	5	8.685s
2	Brazil	Interlagos	Alain Prost	Ferrari	6	13.564s
3	San Marino	Imola	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	3	5.117s
4	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	1	1.087s
5	Canada	Montreal	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	1	10.497s
6	Mexico	Mexico City	Alain Prost	Ferrari	13	25.351s
7	France	Paul Ricard	Alain Prost	Ferrari	4	8.626s
8	Britain	Silverstone	Alain Prost	Ferrari	5	39.092s
9	Germany	Hockenheim	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	1	12.520s
10	Hungary	Hungaroring	Thierry Boutsen	Williams-Renault	1	0.288s
11	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	1	3.550s
12	Italy	Monza	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	1	6.054s
13	Portugal	Estoril	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	1	2.808s
14	Spain	Jerez	Alain Prost	Ferrari	2	22.064s
15	Japan	Suzuka	Nelson Piquet	Benetton-Ford Cosworth	6	7.223s
16	Australia	Adelaide	Nelson Piquet	Benetton-Ford Cosworth	7	3.129s

Polesitters

Highlight: Home driver polesitter

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor	Race	Pole Margin
1	USA	Phoenix	Gerhard Berger	McLaren-Honda	DNF	0.067s
2	Brazil	Interlagos	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	3	0.611s
3	San Marino	Imola	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	DNF	0.561s
4	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	1	0.462s
5	Canada	Montreal	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	1	0.066s
6	Mexico	Mexico City	Gerhard Berger	McLaren-Honda	3	0.271s
7	France	Paul Ricard	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	18 (DNF)	0.110s
8	Britain	Silverstone	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	DNF	0.643s
9	Germany	Hockenheim	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	1	0.236s
10	Hungary	Hungaroring	Thierry Boutsen	Williams-Renault	1	0.036s
11	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	1	0.583s
12	Italy	Monza	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	1	0.402s
13	Portugal	Estoril	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	1	0.038s
14	Spain	Jerez	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	DNF	0.437s
15	Japan	Suzuka	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	DNF	0.232s
16	Australia	Adelaide	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	DNF	0.573s

Fastest Laps

Highlight: Home driver fastest lap setter

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor
1	USA	Phoenix	Gerhard Berger	McLaren-Honda
2	Brazil	Interlagos	Gerhard Berger	McLaren-Honda
3	San Marino	Imola	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton-Ford Cosworth
4	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda
5	Canada	Montreal	Gerhard Berger	McLaren-Honda
6	Mexico	Mexico City	Alain Prost	Ferrari
7	France	Paul Ricard	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari
8	Britain	Silverstone	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari
9	Germany	Hockenheim	Thierry Boutsen	Williams-Renault
10	Hungary	Hungaroring	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault
11	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	Alain Prost	Ferrari
12	Italy	Monza	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda
13	Portugal	Estoril	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault
14	Spain	Jerez	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault
15	Japan	Suzuka	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault
16	Australia	Adelaide	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari

1990 F1 World Championship Standings

Driver

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Points	Gap
1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	78
2	Alain Prost	Ferrari	71 (73)	-7
3	Nelson Piquet	Benetton	43 (44)	-35
4	Gerhard Berger	McLaren	43	-35
5	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	37	-41
6	Thierry Boutsen	Williams	34	-44
7	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	23	-55
8	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	21	-57
9	Jean Alesi	Tyrrell	13	-65
10	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House	6	-72
=	Roberto Moreno	EuroBrun Benetton	6	-72
12	Aguri Suzuki	Lola	6	-72
13	Eric Bernard	Lola	5	-73
14	Derek Warwick	Lotus	3	-75
15	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell	3	-75
16	Alex Caffi	Arrows	2	-76
=	Stefano Modena	Brabham	2	-76
18	Mauricio Gugelmin	Leyton House	1	-77

Points scoring system used:

1st: 9 points
2nd: 6 points
3rd: 4 points
4th: 3 points
5th: 2 points
6th: 1 point

Only the best 11 results counted towards the championship.
Numbers shown without parentheses are the points scored that counted towards the championship; numbers in parentheses are the total number of points scored.

Constructor

Pos	Constructor	Points	Gap
1	McLaren-Honda	121
2	Ferrari	110	-11
3	Benetton-Ford Cosworth	71	-50
4	Williams-Renault	57	-64
5	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	16	-105
6	Lola-Lamborghini	11	-110
7	Leyton House-Judd	7	-114
8	Lotus-Lamborghini	3	-118
9	Arrows-Ford Cosworth	2	-119
10	Brabham-Judd	2	-119

Points scoring system used:

1st: 9 points
2nd: 6 points
3rd: 4 points
4th: 3 points
5th: 2 points
6th: 1 point

Constructors received points for each of their cars.
Only the best 11 results counted towards the championship.
Numbers shown without parentheses are the points scored that counted towards the championship; numbers in parentheses are the total number of points scored.

Qualifying Results Overview

Pos	Driver	USA	BRA	SMR	MCO	CAN	MEX	FRA	GBR	DEU	HUN	BEL	ITA	PRT	ESP	JPN	AUS	Avg.	Best
1	Ayrton Senna	5	1	1	1	1	3	3	2	1	4	1	1	3	1	1	1	1.88	1
2	Gerhard Berger	1	2	2	5	2	1	2	3	2	3	2	3	4	5	4	2	2.69	1
3	Alain Prost	7	6	6	2	3	13	4	5	3	8	3	2	2	2	2	4	4.50	2
4	Nigel Mansell	17	5	5	7	7	4	1	1	4	5	5	4	1	3	3	3	4.69	1
5	Thierry Boutsen	9	3	4	6	6	5	8	4	6	1	4	6	7	7	5	9	5.62	1
6	Riccardo Patrese	12	4	3	4	9	2	6	7	5	2	7	7	5	6	8	6	5.81	2
7	Jean Alesi	4	7	7	3	8	6	13	6	8	6	9	5	8	4	7	5	6.62	3
8	Nelson Piquet	6	13	8	10	5	8	9	11	7	9	8	9	6	8	6	7	8.13	5
9	Alessandro Nannini	23	15	9	16	4	14	5	13	9	7	6	8	9	9			10.50	4
10	Pierluigi Martini	2	8	10	8	16	7	23	18	15	14	16	15	16	11	11	10	12.50	2
11	Satoru Nakajima	11	19	20	21	13	9	15	12	13	15	10	14	20	14	14	13	14.56	9
12	Derek Warwick	25	24	11	13	11	11	16	16	16	11	18	12	22	10	12	11	14.94	10
13	Aguri Suzuki	18	18	16	15	18	19	14	9	11	19	11	18	11	15	10	24	15.38	9
14	Eric Bernard	15	11	14	24	23	25	11	8	12	12	15	13	10	18	17	23	15.69	8
15	Martin Donnelly	19	14	12	11	12	12	17	14	20	18	22	11	15	23			15.71	11
16	Johnny Herbert															15	18	16.50	15
17	Stefano Modena	10	12	15	14	10	10	20	20	17	20	13	17	24	25	22	17	16.62	10
18	Ivan Capelli	27	29	19	23	24	27	7	10	10	16	12	16	12	19	13	14	17.38	7
19	Andrea de Cesaris	3	9	18	12	25	15	21	23	30	10	20	25	18	17	26	15	17.94	3
20	Emanuele Pirro			22	9	19	18	24	19	23	13	17	19	13	16	19	21	18.00	9
21	Mauricio Gugelmin	26	30	13	29	28	28	10	15	14	17	14	10	14	12	16	16	18.25	10
22	Philippe Alliot	20	10	17	18	17	22	12	22	24	21	27	20	21	13	21	19	19.00	10
23	Nicola Larini	13	20	21	17	20	24	19	21	22	25	21	26	23	20	18	12	20.12	12
24	Gianni Morbidelli	29	16													20	20	21.25	16
25	Michele Alboreto	22	23	29	27	14	17	18	25	19	22	26	22	19	26	25	27	22.56	14
26	Alex Caffi		25	28	22	26	29	22	17	18	26	19	21	17		24	29	23.07	17
27	Olivier Grouillard	8	21	23	28	15	20	31	27	27	31	23	23	27	21	27	22	23.38	8
28	Paolo Barilla	14	17	27	19	29	16	27	24	28	23	25	28	28	28			23.79	14
29	Gregor Foitek	24	22	24	20	21	23	29	30	26	30							24.90	20
30	Bernd Schneider	21													29			25.00	21
31	David Brabham			30	25	30	21	25	28	21	28	24	29	26	27	23	25	25.86	21
32	Roberto Moreno	16	32	25	30	27		32	31	32	33	31	31	31	31	9	8	26.60	8
33	JJ Lehto	30	28	26	26	22	26	30	29	25	29							27.10	22
34	Stefan Johansson	28	27															27.50	27
35	Yannick Dalmas	32	26		32	32	30	26	32	29	27	29	24	25	24	29	28	28.33	24
36	Gabriele Tarquini	31	31	34	31	31	31	28	26	31	24	28	27	29	22	28	26	28.62	22
37	Bertrand Gachot	35	33	31	34	33	32	34	34	33	32	30	30	30	30	30	30	31.94	30
38	Claudio Langes	33	34	32	33	34	33	33	33	34	34	32	32	32	32			32.93	32
39	Bruno Giacomelli			33	35	35	34	35	35	35	35	33	33	33	33			34.08	33
40	Gary Brabham	34	35															34.50	34

Race Results Overview

Pos	Driver	USA	BRA	SMR	MCO	CAN	MEX	FRA	GBR	DEU	HUN	BEL	ITA	PRT	ESP	JPN	AUS	Points
1	Ayrton Senna	1	3	R	1	1	20^R	3	3	1	2	1	1	2	R	R	R	78
2	Alain Prost	R	1	4	R	5	1	1	1	4	R	2	2	3	1	R	3	71 (73)
3	Nelson Piquet	4	6	5	DSQ	2	6	4	5	R	3	5	7	5	R	1	1	43 (44)
4	Gerhard Berger	R	2	2	3	4	3	5	14^R	3	16^R	3	3	4	R	R	4	43
5	Nigel Mansell	R	4	R	R	3	2	18^R	R	R	17^R	R	4	1	2	R	2	37
6	Thierry Boutsen	3	5	R	4	R	5	R	2	6	1	R	R	R	4	5	5	34
7	Riccardo Patrese	9	13^R	1	R	R	9	6	R	5	4	R	5	7	5	4	6	23
8	Alessandro Nannini	11	10^R	3	R	R	4	16^R	R	2	R	4	8	6	3			21
9	Jean Alesi	2	7	6	2	R	7	R	8	11^R	R	8	R	8	R	DNS	8	13
10	Ivan Capelli	R	DNQ	R	R	10	DNQ	2	R	7	R	7	R	R	R	R	R	6
=	Roberto Moreno	13	DNPQ	R	DNQ	DNQ		DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	2	7	6
12	Aguri Suzuki	R	R	R	R	12	R	7	6	R	R	R	R	14^R	6	3	R	6
13	Eric Bernard	8	R	13^R	6	9	R	8	4	R	6	9	R	R	R	R	R	5
14	Derek Warwick	R	R	7	R	6	10	11	R	8	5	11	R	R	R	R	R	3
15	Satoru Nakajima	6	8	R	R	11	R	R	R	R	R	R	6	DNS	R	6	R	3
16	Alex Caffi		R	DNQ	5	8	DNQ	R	7	9	9	10	9	13^R		9	DNQ	2
=	Stefano Modena	5	R	R	R	7	11	13	9	R	R	17^R	R	R	R	R	12	2
18	Mauricio Gugelmin	14	DNQ	R	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	R	DNS	R	8	6	R	12	8	R	R	1
	Nicola Larini	R	11	10	R	R	16	14	10	10	11	14	11	10	7	7	10
	Martin Donnelly	DNS	R	8	R	R	8	12	R	R	7	12	R	R	DNS
	Pierluigi Martini	7	9	DNS	R	R	12	R	R	R	R	15	R	11	R	8	9
	Gregor Foitek	R	R	R	7^R	R	15	DNQ	DNQ	R	DNQ
	Philippe Alliot	DNS	12	9	R	R	18	9	13	DSQ	14	DNQ	13	R	R	10	11
	Michele Alboreto	10	R	DNQ	DNQ	R	17	10	R	R	12	13	12^R	9	10	R	DNQ
	Yannick Dalmas	DNPQ	R		DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	17	DNPQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	NC	R	9	DNQ	DNQ
	Emanuele Pirro			R	R	R	R	R	11	R	10	R	R	15	R	R	R
	Andrea de Cesaris	R	R	R	R	R	13	DSQ	R	DNQ	R	R	10	R	R	R	R
	Paolo Barilla	R	R	11	R	DNQ	14	DNQ	12	DNQ	15	R	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
	JJ Lehto	DNQ	DNQ	12	R	R	R	DNQ	DNQ	NC	DNQ
	Bernd Schneider	12													DNQ
	Olivier Grouillard	R	R	R	DNQ	13^R	19	DNPQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNPQ	16	R	DNQ	R	DNQ	13
	Gabriele Tarquini	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNQ	R	DNPQ	13	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	R	DNQ	R
	Gianni Morbidelli	DNQ	14													R	R
	David Brabham			DNQ	R	DNQ	R	15	DNQ	R	DNQ	R	DNQ	R	DNQ	R	R
	Johnny Herbert															R	R
	Bertrand Gachot	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
	Stefan Johansson	DNQ	DNQ
	Claudio Langes	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ
	Bruno Giacomelli			DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ
	Gary Brabham	DNPQ	DNPQ

Race To The Title

The Race To The Title graph shows how the title race played out over the course of the season.

1990 F1 World Championship Season Statistics

See: 1990 F1 World Championship Season Statistics