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

1990 Brazilian Grand Prix

DateSunday, 25 March 1990
Winner
  • Alain Prost
  • Ferrari
Pole position
  • Ayrton Senna
  • McLaren-Honda
Fastest lap
  • Gerhard Berger
  • 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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On this page

  • Race result
  • Starting grid
  • Qualifying result
  • Championship standings
  • Statistics & milestones

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+5(FRA) Alain ProstFerrari711hr 37m 21.258s9
2 (AUT) Gerhard BergerMcLaren-Honda71+13.564s6
3-2(BRA) Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda71+37.722s4
4+1(GBR) Nigel MansellFerrari71+47.266s3
5-2(BEL) Thierry BoutsenWilliams-Renault70+1 lap2
6+7(BRA) Nelson PiquetBenetton-Ford Cosworth70+1 lap1
7 (FRA) Jean AlesiTyrrell-Ford Cosworth70+1 lap 
8+11(JPN) Satoru NakajimaTyrrell-Ford Cosworth70+1 lap 
9-1(ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ford Cosworth69+2 laps 
10+5(ITA) Alessandro NanniniBenetton-Ford Cosworth68DNF 
11+9(ITA) Nicola LariniLigier-Ford Cosworth68+3 laps 
12-2(FRA) Philippe AlliotLigier-Ford Cosworth68+3 laps 
13-9(ITA) Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Renault65DNF 
14+2(ITA) Gianni MorbidelliDallara-Ford Cosworth64+7 laps 
R (ITA) Alex CaffiArrows-Ford Cosworth49DNF 
R (GBR) Martin DonnellyLotus-Lamborghini43DNF 
R (ITA) Stefano ModenaBrabham-Judd39DNF 
R (ITA) Paolo BarillaMinardi-Ford Cosworth38DNF 
R (FRA) Yannick DalmasAGS-Ford Cosworth28DNF 
R (GBR) Derek WarwickLotus-Lamborghini25DNF 
R (JPN) Aguri SuzukiLola-Lamborghini24DNF 
R (ITA) Michele AlboretoArrows-Ford Cosworth24DNF 
R (CHE) Gregor FoitekBrabham-Judd14DNF 
R (FRA) Eric BernardLola-Lamborghini13DNF 
R (FRA) Olivier GrouillardOsella-Ford Cosworth8DNF 
R (ITA) 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
1(BRA) Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda
2(AUT) Gerhard BergerMcLaren-Honda
3(BEL) Thierry BoutsenWilliams-Renault
4(ITA) Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Renault
5(GBR) Nigel MansellFerrari
6(FRA) Alain ProstFerrari
7(FRA) Jean AlesiTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
8(ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ford Cosworth
9(ITA) Andrea de CesarisDallara-Ford Cosworth
10(FRA) Philippe AlliotLigier-Ford Cosworth
11(FRA) Eric BernardLola-Lamborghini
12(ITA) Stefano ModenaBrabham-Judd
13(BRA) Nelson PiquetBenetton-Ford Cosworth
14(GBR) Martin DonnellyLotus-Lamborghini
15(ITA) Alessandro NanniniBenetton-Ford Cosworth
16(ITA) Gianni MorbidelliDallara-Ford Cosworth
17(ITA) Paolo BarillaMinardi-Ford Cosworth
18(JPN) Aguri SuzukiLola-Lamborghini
19(JPN) Satoru NakajimaTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
20(ITA) Nicola LariniLigier-Ford Cosworth
21(FRA) Olivier GrouillardOsella-Ford Cosworth
22(CHE) Gregor FoitekBrabham-Judd
23(ITA) Michele AlboretoArrows-Ford Cosworth
24(GBR) Derek WarwickLotus-Lamborghini
25(ITA) Alex CaffiArrows-Ford Cosworth
26(FRA) Yannick DalmasAGS-Ford Cosworth

Qualifying result

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

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(BRA) Ayrton Senna13
2(FRA) Alain Prost9
3(FRA) Jean Alesi6
=(AUT) Gerhard Berger6
5(BEL) Thierry Boutsen6
6(BRA) Nelson Piquet4
7(GBR) Nigel Mansell3
8(ITA) Stefano Modena2
9(JPN) Satoru Nakajima1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1McLaren-Honda19
2Ferrari12
3Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth7
4Williams-Renault6
5Benetton-Ford Cosworth4
6Brabham-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
1-2 start
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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