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1990 British Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitSilverstone, 64 laps
Round8 of 16
Race numbers

The 1990 British Grand Prix was the:

  • 492nd World Championship race
  • 41st World Championship British Grand Prix
  • 24th World Championship race at Silverstone
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+4(FRA) Alain ProstFerrari641hr 18m 30.999s9
2+2(BEL) Thierry BoutsenWilliams-Renault64+39.092s6
3-1(BRA) Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda64+43.088s4
4+4(FRA) Eric BernardLola-Lamborghini64+1m 15.302s3
5+6(BRA) Nelson PiquetBenetton-Ford Cosworth64+1m 24.003s2
6+3(JPN) Aguri SuzukiLola-Lamborghini63+1 lap1
7+10(ITA) Alex CaffiArrows-Ford Cosworth63+1 lap 
8-2(FRA) Jean AlesiTyrrell-Ford Cosworth63+1 lap 
9+11(ITA) Stefano ModenaBrabham-Judd62+2 laps 
10+11(ITA) Nicola LariniLigier-Ford Cosworth62+2 laps 
11+8(ITA) Emanuele PirroDallara-Ford Cosworth62+2 laps 
12+12(ITA) Paolo BarillaMinardi-Ford Cosworth62+2 laps 
13+9(FRA) Philippe AlliotLigier-Ford Cosworth61+3 laps 
14-11(AUT) Gerhard BergerMcLaren-Honda60DNF 
R (GBR) Nigel MansellFerrari55DNF 
R (ITA) Ivan CapelliLeyton House-Judd48DNF 
R (GBR) Martin DonnellyLotus-Lamborghini48DNF 
R (GBR) Derek WarwickLotus-Lamborghini46DNF 
R (ITA) Gabriele TarquiniAGS-Ford Cosworth41DNF 
R (ITA) Michele AlboretoArrows-Ford Cosworth37DNF 
R (ITA) Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Renault26DNF 
R (JPN) Satoru NakajimaTyrrell-Ford Cosworth20DNF 
R (ITA) Alessandro NanniniBenetton-Ford Cosworth15DNF 
R (ITA) Andrea de CesarisDallara-Ford Cosworth12DNF 
R (ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ford Cosworth3DNF 
Did not start
  (BRA) Mauricio GugelminLeyton House-Judd   

Notes

  • Gerhard Berger ended lap 60 in P2 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1(GBR) Nigel MansellFerrari
2(BRA) Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda
3(AUT) Gerhard BergerMcLaren-Honda
4(BEL) Thierry BoutsenWilliams-Renault
5(FRA) Alain ProstFerrari
6(FRA) Jean AlesiTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
7(ITA) Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Renault
8(FRA) Eric BernardLola-Lamborghini
9(JPN) Aguri SuzukiLola-Lamborghini
10(ITA) Ivan CapelliLeyton House-Judd
11(BRA) Nelson PiquetBenetton-Ford Cosworth
12(JPN) Satoru NakajimaTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
13(ITA) Alessandro NanniniBenetton-Ford Cosworth
14(GBR) Martin DonnellyLotus-Lamborghini
15  
16(GBR) Derek WarwickLotus-Lamborghini
17(ITA) Alex CaffiArrows-Ford Cosworth
18(ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ford Cosworth
19(ITA) Emanuele PirroDallara-Ford Cosworth
20(ITA) Stefano ModenaBrabham-Judd
21(ITA) Nicola LariniLigier-Ford Cosworth
22(FRA) Philippe AlliotLigier-Ford Cosworth
23(ITA) Andrea de CesarisDallara-Ford Cosworth
24(ITA) Paolo BarillaMinardi-Ford Cosworth
25(ITA) Michele AlboretoArrows-Ford Cosworth
26(ITA) Gabriele TarquiniAGS-Ford Cosworth

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(GBR) Nigel MansellFerrari1:07.428 
2(BRA) Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda1:08.0710.643
3(AUT) Gerhard BergerMcLaren-Honda1:08.2460.818
4(BEL) Thierry BoutsenWilliams-Renault1:08.2910.863
5(FRA) Alain ProstFerrari1:08.3360.908
6(FRA) Jean AlesiTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:08.3700.942
7(ITA) Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Renault1:08.6771.249
8(FRA) Eric BernardLola-Lamborghini1:09.0031.575
9(JPN) Aguri SuzukiLola-Lamborghini1:09.2431.815
10(ITA) Ivan CapelliLeyton House-Judd1:09.3081.880
11(BRA) Nelson PiquetBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:09.4071.979
12(JPN) Satoru NakajimaTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:09.6082.180
13(ITA) Alessandro NanniniBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:09.6412.213
14(GBR) Martin DonnellyLotus-Lamborghini1:09.7412.313
15(BRA) Mauricio GugelminLeyton House-Judd1:10.0442.616
16(GBR) Derek WarwickLotus-Lamborghini1:10.0922.664
17(ITA) Alex CaffiArrows-Ford Cosworth1:10.1102.682
18(ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:10.3032.875
19(ITA) Emanuele PirroDallara-Ford Cosworth1:10.8473.419
20(ITA) Stefano ModenaBrabham-Judd1:11.0703.642
21(ITA) Nicola LariniLigier-Ford Cosworth1:11.1803.752
22(FRA) Philippe AlliotLigier-Ford Cosworth1:11.2153.787
23(ITA) Andrea de CesarisDallara-Ford Cosworth1:11.2343.806
24(ITA) Paolo BarillaMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:11.3873.959
25(ITA) Michele AlboretoArrows-Ford Cosworth1:11.5624.134
26(ITA) Gabriele TarquiniAGS-Ford Cosworth1:11.6814.253
Did not qualify
27(FRA) Olivier GrouillardOsella-Ford Cosworth1:11.7104.282
28(AUS) David BrabhamBrabham-Judd1:11.7414.313
29(FIN) JJ LehtoOnyx-Ford Cosworth1:12.6315.203
30(CHE) Gregor FoitekOnyx-Ford Cosworth1:13.2715.843
Did not pre-qualify
31(BRA) Roberto MorenoEuroBrun-Judd1:12.5545.126
32(FRA) Yannick DalmasAGS-Ford Cosworth1:12.6535.225
33(ITA) Claudio LangesEuroBrun-Judd1:15.0597.631
34(FRA) Bertrand GachotColoni-Subaru1:19.23011.802
35(ITA) Bruno GiacomelliLife1:25.94718.519

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(FRA) Alain Prost41
2(BRA) Ayrton Senna39
3(AUT) Gerhard Berger25
4(BRA) Nelson Piquet18
5(BEL) Thierry Boutsen17
6(FRA) Jean Alesi13
7(GBR) Nigel Mansell13
8(ITA) Riccardo Patrese10
9(ITA) Alessandro Nannini7
10(ITA) Ivan Capelli6
11(FRA) Eric Bernard4
12(ITA) Stefano Modena2
=(ITA) Alex Caffi2
14(JPN) Satoru Nakajima1
=(GBR) Derek Warwick1
=(JPN) Aguri Suzuki1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1McLaren-Honda64
2Ferrari54
3Williams-Renault27
4Benetton-Ford Cosworth25
5Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth14
6Leyton House-Judd6
7Lola-Lamborghini5
8Brabham-Judd2
=Arrows-Ford Cosworth2
10Lotus-Lamborghini1

Stats & milestones

Milestone race start
200th for Riccardo Patrese (1st driver to start 200 races, 1st Italian driver)
Wins
43rd for Alain Prost
101st for Ferrari
Podiums
84th for Alain Prost
49th for Ayrton Senna
14th for Thierry Boutsen
335th for Ferrari
199th for McLaren
115th for Williams
Poles
14th for Nigel Mansell
109th for Ferrari
Fastest laps
15th for Nigel Mansell
115th for Ferrari
Front row starts
58th for Ayrton Senna
32nd for Nigel Mansell
Points finishes
1st for Aguri Suzuki (244th different point scorer, 2nd Japanese driver)