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Home / Seasons / 1990 F1 World Championship Season / 1990 Brazilian Grand Prix

1990 Brazilian Grand Prix

DateSunday, 25 March 1990
Winner
  • France flag lazyload Alain Prost
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
Pole position
  • Brazil flag lazyload Ayrton Senna
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Honda
Fastest lap
  • Austria flag lazyload Gerhard Berger
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Honda
CircuitInterlagos, 71 laps
Round2 of 16
Race numbers

The 1990 Brazilian Grand Prix was the

  • 486th World Championship race
  • 18th World Championship Brazilian Grand Prix
  • 8th World Championship race at Interlagos (first since 1980)
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+5France flag lazyload Alain ProstFerrari711hr 37m 21.258s9
2 Austria flag lazyload Gerhard BergerMcLaren-Honda71+13.564s6
3-2Brazil flag lazyload Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda71+37.722s4
4+1United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel MansellFerrari71+47.266s3
5-2Belgium flag lazyload Thierry BoutsenWilliams-Renault70+1 lap2
6+7Brazil flag lazyload Nelson PiquetBenetton-Ford Cosworth70+1 lap1
7 France flag lazyload Jean AlesiTyrrell-Ford Cosworth70+1 lap 
8+11Japan flag lazyload Satoru NakajimaTyrrell-Ford Cosworth70+1 lap 
9-1Italy flag lazyload Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ford Cosworth69+2 laps 
10+5Italy flag lazyload Alessandro NanniniBenetton-Ford Cosworth68DNF 
11+9Italy flag lazyload Nicola LariniLigier-Ford Cosworth68+3 laps 
12-2France flag lazyload Philippe AlliotLigier-Ford Cosworth68+3 laps 
13-9Italy flag lazyload Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Renault65DNF 
14+2Italy flag lazyload Gianni MorbidelliDallara-Ford Cosworth64+7 laps 
R Italy flag lazyload Alex CaffiArrows-Ford Cosworth49DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Martin DonnellyLotus-Lamborghini43DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Stefano ModenaBrabham-Judd39DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Paolo BarillaMinardi-Ford Cosworth38DNF 
R France flag lazyload Yannick DalmasAGS-Ford Cosworth28DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Derek WarwickLotus-Lamborghini25DNF 
R Japan flag lazyload Aguri SuzukiLola-Lamborghini24DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Michele AlboretoArrows-Ford Cosworth24DNF 
R Switzerland flag Gregor FoitekBrabham-Judd14DNF 
R France flag lazyload Eric BernardLola-Lamborghini13DNF 
R France flag lazyload Olivier GrouillardOsella-Ford Cosworth8DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Andrea de CesarisDallara-Ford Cosworth0DNF 

Notes

  • Alessandro Nannini ended lap 68 in P9 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Riccardo Patrese ended lap 65 in P5 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1Brazil flag lazyload Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda
2Austria flag lazyload Gerhard BergerMcLaren-Honda
3Belgium flag lazyload Thierry BoutsenWilliams-Renault
4Italy flag lazyload Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Renault
5United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel MansellFerrari
6France flag lazyload Alain ProstFerrari
7France flag lazyload Jean AlesiTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
8Italy flag lazyload Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ford Cosworth
9Italy flag lazyload Andrea de CesarisDallara-Ford Cosworth
10France flag lazyload Philippe AlliotLigier-Ford Cosworth
11France flag lazyload Eric BernardLola-Lamborghini
12Italy flag lazyload Stefano ModenaBrabham-Judd
13Brazil flag lazyload Nelson PiquetBenetton-Ford Cosworth
14United Kingdom flag lazyload Martin DonnellyLotus-Lamborghini
15Italy flag lazyload Alessandro NanniniBenetton-Ford Cosworth
16Italy flag lazyload Gianni MorbidelliDallara-Ford Cosworth
17Italy flag lazyload Paolo BarillaMinardi-Ford Cosworth
18Japan flag lazyload Aguri SuzukiLola-Lamborghini
19Japan flag lazyload Satoru NakajimaTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
20Italy flag lazyload Nicola LariniLigier-Ford Cosworth
21France flag lazyload Olivier GrouillardOsella-Ford Cosworth
22Switzerland flag Gregor FoitekBrabham-Judd
23Italy flag lazyload Michele AlboretoArrows-Ford Cosworth
24United Kingdom flag lazyload Derek WarwickLotus-Lamborghini
25Italy flag lazyload Alex CaffiArrows-Ford Cosworth
26France flag lazyload Yannick DalmasAGS-Ford Cosworth

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1Brazil flag lazyload Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda1:17.277 
2Austria flag lazyload Gerhard BergerMcLaren-Honda1:17.8880.611
3Belgium flag lazyload Thierry BoutsenWilliams-Renault1:18.1500.873
4Italy flag lazyload Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Renault1:18.2881.011
5United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel MansellFerrari1:18.5091.232
6France flag lazyload Alain ProstFerrari1:18.6311.354
7France flag lazyload Jean AlesiTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:18.9231.646
8Italy flag lazyload Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:19.0391.762
9Italy flag lazyload Andrea de CesarisDallara-Ford Cosworth1:19.1251.848
10France flag lazyload Philippe AlliotLigier-Ford Cosworth1:19.3092.032
11France flag lazyload Eric BernardLola-Lamborghini1:19.4062.129
12Italy flag lazyload Stefano ModenaBrabham-Judd1:19.4252.148
13Brazil flag lazyload Nelson PiquetBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:19.6292.352
14United Kingdom flag lazyload Martin DonnellyLotus-Lamborghini1:20.0322.755
15Italy flag lazyload Alessandro NanniniBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:20.0552.778
16Italy flag lazyload Gianni MorbidelliDallara-Ford Cosworth1:20.1642.887
17Italy flag lazyload Paolo BarillaMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:20.2823.005
18Japan flag lazyload Aguri SuzukiLola-Lamborghini1:20.5573.280
19Japan flag lazyload Satoru NakajimaTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:20.5683.291
20Italy flag lazyload Nicola LariniLigier-Ford Cosworth1:20.6503.373
21France flag lazyload Olivier GrouillardOsella-Ford Cosworth1:20.8843.607
22Switzerland flag Gregor FoitekBrabham-Judd1:20.9023.625
23Italy flag lazyload Michele AlboretoArrows-Ford Cosworth1:20.9203.643
24United Kingdom flag lazyload Derek WarwickLotus-Lamborghini1:20.9983.721
25Italy flag lazyload Alex CaffiArrows-Ford Cosworth1:21.0653.788
26France flag lazyload Yannick DalmasAGS-Ford Cosworth1:21.0873.810
Did not qualify
27Sweden flag lazyload Stefan JohanssonOnyx-Ford Cosworth1:21.2413.964
28Finland flag lazyload JJ LehtoOnyx-Ford Cosworth1:21.3234.046
29Italy flag lazyload Ivan CapelliLeyton House-Judd1:21.3834.106
30Brazil flag lazyload Mauricio GugelminLeyton House-Judd1:21.6164.339
Did not pre-qualify
31Italy flag lazyload Gabriele TarquiniAGS-Ford Cosworth1:24.2656.988
32Brazil flag lazyload Roberto MorenoEuroBrun-Judd1:25.7638.486
33France flag lazyload Bertrand GachotColoni-Subaru1:34.04616.769
34Italy flag lazyload Claudio LangesEuroBrun-Judd1:39.18821.911
35Australia flag lazyload Gary BrabhamLife– 

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-1990 Brazilian Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Brazil flag lazyload Ayrton Senna13
2France flag lazyload Alain Prost9
3France flag lazyload Jean Alesi6
=Austria flag lazyload Gerhard Berger6
5Belgium flag lazyload Thierry Boutsen6
6Brazil flag lazyload Nelson Piquet4
7United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel Mansell3
8Italy flag lazyload Stefano Modena2
9Japan flag lazyload Satoru Nakajima1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Honda19
2Italy flag lazyload Ferrari12
3United Kingdom flag lazyload Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth7
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Renault6
5United Kingdom flag lazyload Benetton-Ford Cosworth4
6United Kingdom flag lazyload Brabham-Judd2

Statistics & milestones

Race debut
Gianni Morbidelli
Wins
40th for Alain Prost (1st driver to win 40 races, 1st French driver; first for Ferrari)
98th for Ferrari
Podiums
81st for Alain Prost (first for Ferrari), 45th for Ayrton Senna, 14th for Gerhard Berger (first for McLaren)
330th for Ferrari, 191st & 192nd for McLaren
Poles
43rd for Ayrton Senna
57th for McLaren
Qualifying 1-2
26th for McLaren
Fastest laps
11th for Gerhard Berger
58th for McLaren
Front row starts
54th for Ayrton Senna, 14th for Gerhard Berger

See also

  • Brazilian Grand Prix
  • Interlagos circuit
  • 1990 World Championship season

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