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1990 Australian Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitAdelaide, 81 laps
Round16 of 16
Race numbers

The 1990 Australian Grand Prix was the:

  • 500th World Championship race
  • 6th World Championship Australian Grand Prix
  • 6th World Championship race at Adelaide
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+6(BRA) Nelson PiquetBenetton-Ford Cosworth811hr 49m 44.570s9
2+1(GBR) Nigel MansellFerrari81+3.129s6
3+1(FRA) Alain ProstFerrari81+37.259s4
4-2(AUT) Gerhard BergerMcLaren-Honda81+46.862s3
5+4(BEL) Thierry BoutsenWilliams-Renault81+1m 51.160s2
6 (ITA) Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Renault80+1 lap1
7+1(BRA) Roberto MorenoBenetton-Ford Cosworth80+1 lap 
8-3(FRA) Jean AlesiTyrrell-Ford Cosworth80+1 lap 
9+1(ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ford Cosworth79+2 laps 
10+2(ITA) Nicola LariniLigier-Ford Cosworth79+2 laps 
11+8(FRA) Philippe AlliotLigier-Ford Cosworth78+3 laps 
12+5(ITA) Stefano ModenaBrabham-Judd77+4 laps 
13+9(FRA) Olivier GrouillardOsella-Ford Cosworth74+7 laps 
R (ITA) Emanuele PirroDallara-Ford Cosworth68DNF 
R (BRA) Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda61DNF 
R (ITA) Gabriele TarquiniAGS-Ford Cosworth58DNF 
R (GBR) Johnny HerbertLotus-Lamborghini57DNF 
R (JPN) Satoru NakajimaTyrrell-Ford Cosworth53DNF 
R (ITA) Ivan CapelliLeyton House-Judd46DNF 
R (GBR) Derek WarwickLotus-Lamborghini43DNF 
R (BRA) Mauricio GugelminLeyton House-Judd27DNF 
R (ITA) Andrea de CesarisDallara-Ford Cosworth23DNF 
R (FRA) Eric BernardLola-Lamborghini21DNF 
R (ITA) Gianni MorbidelliMinardi-Ford Cosworth20DNF 
R (AUS) David BrabhamBrabham-Judd18DNF 
R (JPN) Aguri SuzukiLola-Lamborghini6DNF 

Notes

  • Ayrton Senna ended lap 61 as the race leader before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1(BRA) Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda
2(AUT) Gerhard BergerMcLaren-Honda
3(GBR) Nigel MansellFerrari
4(FRA) Alain ProstFerrari
5(FRA) Jean AlesiTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
6(ITA) Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Renault
7(BRA) Nelson PiquetBenetton-Ford Cosworth
8(BRA) Roberto MorenoBenetton-Ford Cosworth
9(BEL) Thierry BoutsenWilliams-Renault
10(ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ford Cosworth
11(GBR) Derek WarwickLotus-Lamborghini
12(ITA) Nicola LariniLigier-Ford Cosworth
13(JPN) Satoru NakajimaTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
14(ITA) Ivan CapelliLeyton House-Judd
15(ITA) Andrea de CesarisDallara-Ford Cosworth
16(BRA) Mauricio GugelminLeyton House-Judd
17(ITA) Stefano ModenaBrabham-Judd
18(GBR) Johnny HerbertLotus-Lamborghini
19(FRA) Philippe AlliotLigier-Ford Cosworth
20(ITA) Gianni MorbidelliMinardi-Ford Cosworth
21(ITA) Emanuele PirroDallara-Ford Cosworth
22(FRA) Olivier GrouillardOsella-Ford Cosworth
23(FRA) Eric BernardLola-Lamborghini
24(JPN) Aguri SuzukiLola-Lamborghini
25(AUS) David BrabhamBrabham-Judd
26(ITA) Gabriele TarquiniAGS-Ford Cosworth

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(BRA) Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda1:15.671 
2(AUT) Gerhard BergerMcLaren-Honda1:16.2440.573
3(GBR) Nigel MansellFerrari1:16.3520.681
4(FRA) Alain ProstFerrari1:16.3650.694
5(FRA) Jean AlesiTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:16.8371.166
6(ITA) Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Renault1:17.1561.485
7(BRA) Nelson PiquetBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:17.1731.502
8(BRA) Roberto MorenoBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:17.4371.766
9(BEL) Thierry BoutsenWilliams-Renault1:17.5961.925
10(ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:17.8272.156
11(GBR) Derek WarwickLotus-Lamborghini1:18.3512.680
12(ITA) Nicola LariniLigier-Ford Cosworth1:18.7303.059
13(JPN) Satoru NakajimaTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:18.7383.067
14(ITA) Ivan CapelliLeyton House-Judd1:18.8433.172
15(ITA) Andrea de CesarisDallara-Ford Cosworth1:18.8583.187
16(BRA) Mauricio GugelminLeyton House-Judd1:18.8603.189
17(ITA) Stefano ModenaBrabham-Judd1:18.8863.215
18(GBR) Johnny HerbertLotus-Lamborghini1:19.0913.420
19(FRA) Philippe AlliotLigier-Ford Cosworth1:19.2023.531
20(ITA) Gianni MorbidelliMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:19.3473.676
21(ITA) Emanuele PirroDallara-Ford Cosworth1:19.4763.805
22(FRA) Olivier GrouillardOsella-Ford Cosworth1:19.7224.051
23(FRA) Eric BernardLola-Lamborghini1:19.8584.187
24(JPN) Aguri SuzukiLola-Lamborghini1:19.9704.299
25(AUS) David BrabhamBrabham-Judd1:20.2184.547
26(ITA) Gabriele TarquiniAGS-Ford Cosworth1:20.2964.625
Did not qualify
27(ITA) Michele AlboretoArrows-Ford Cosworth1:20.5454.874
28(FRA) Yannick DalmasAGS-Ford Cosworth1:20.5704.899
29(ITA) Alex CaffiArrows-Ford Cosworth1:20.6094.938
30(FRA) Bertrand GachotColoni-Ford Cosworth1:23.1357.464

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(BRA) Ayrton Senna78
2(FRA) Alain Prost71
3(BRA) Nelson Piquet43
4(AUT) Gerhard Berger43
5(GBR) Nigel Mansell37
6(BEL) Thierry Boutsen34
7(ITA) Riccardo Patrese23
8(ITA) Alessandro Nannini21
9(FRA) Jean Alesi13
10(ITA) Ivan Capelli6
=(BRA) Roberto Moreno6
12(JPN) Aguri Suzuki6
13(FRA) Eric Bernard5
14(GBR) Derek Warwick3
15(JPN) Satoru Nakajima3
16(ITA) Stefano Modena2
=(ITA) Alex Caffi2
18(BRA) Mauricio Gugelmin1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1McLaren-Honda121
2Ferrari110
3Benetton-Ford Cosworth71
4Williams-Renault57
5Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth16
6Lola-Lamborghini11
7Leyton House-Judd7
8Lotus-Lamborghini3
9Brabham-Judd2
=Arrows-Ford Cosworth2

Statistics & milestones

Last start
Osella
Milestone race start
150th for Andrea de Cesaris (8th driver to start 150 races, 2nd Italian driver)
300th for Tyrrell (5th constructor to start 300 races)
Wins
22nd for Nelson Piquet
4th for Benetton
Podiums
89th for Alain Prost
57th for Nelson Piquet
37th for Nigel Mansell (last for Ferrari)
342nd & 343rd for Ferrari
23rd for Benetton
Poles
52nd for Ayrton Senna
67th for McLaren
1-2 start
31st for McLaren
Fastest laps
16th for Nigel Mansell (last for Ferrari)
117th for Ferrari
Front row starts
64th for Ayrton Senna
21st for Gerhard Berger