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1990 Canadian Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitMontreal, 70 laps
Round5 of 16
Race numbers

The 1990 Canadian Grand Prix was the:

  • 489th World Championship race
  • 22nd World Championship Canadian Grand Prix
  • 12th World Championship race at Montreal
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (BRA) Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda701hr 42m 56.400s9
2+3(BRA) Nelson PiquetBenetton-Ford Cosworth70+10.497s6
3+4(GBR) Nigel MansellFerrari70+13.385s4
4-2(AUT) Gerhard BergerMcLaren-Honda70+14.854s (60.000s)3
5-2(FRA) Alain ProstFerrari70+15.820s2
6+5(GBR) Derek WarwickLotus-Lamborghini68+2 laps1
7+3(ITA) Stefano ModenaBrabham-Judd68+2 laps 
8+18(ITA) Alex CaffiArrows-Ford Cosworth68+2 laps 
9+14(FRA) Eric BernardLola-Lamborghini67+3 laps 
10+14(ITA) Ivan CapelliLeyton House-Judd67+3 laps 
11+2(JPN) Satoru NakajimaTyrrell-Ford Cosworth67+3 laps 
12+6(JPN) Aguri SuzukiLola-Lamborghini66+4 laps 
13+2(FRA) Olivier GrouillardOsella-Ford Cosworth65DNF 
R (GBR) Martin DonnellyLotus-Lamborghini57DNF 
R (CHE) Gregor FoitekOnyx-Ford Cosworth53DNF 
R (ITA) Andrea de CesarisDallara-Ford Cosworth50DNF 
R (FIN) JJ LehtoOnyx-Ford Cosworth46DNF 
R (ITA) Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Renault44DNF 
R (FRA) Philippe AlliotLigier-Ford Cosworth34DNF 
R (FRA) Jean AlesiTyrrell-Ford Cosworth26DNF 
R (ITA) Alessandro NanniniBenetton-Ford Cosworth21DNF 
R (BEL) Thierry BoutsenWilliams-Renault19DNF 
R (ITA) Nicola LariniLigier-Ford Cosworth18DNF 
R (ITA) Emanuele PirroDallara-Ford Cosworth11DNF 
R (ITA) Michele AlboretoArrows-Ford Cosworth11DNF 
R (ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ford Cosworth0DNF 

Notes

  • Gerhard Berger received a 60-second time penalty for a jump start. He originally finished P1.
  • Olivier Grouillard ended lap 65 in P13 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(BRA) Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda1:20.399 
2(AUT) Gerhard BergerMcLaren-Honda1:20.4650.066
3(FRA) Alain ProstFerrari1:20.8260.427
4(ITA) Alessandro NanniniBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:21.3020.903
5(BRA) Nelson PiquetBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:21.5681.169
6(BEL) Thierry BoutsenWilliams-Renault1:21.5991.200
7(GBR) Nigel MansellFerrari1:21.6411.242
8(FRA) Jean AlesiTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:21.7481.349
9(ITA) Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Renault1:22.0181.619
10(ITA) Stefano ModenaBrabham-Judd1:22.6602.261
11(GBR) Derek WarwickLotus-Lamborghini1:22.6732.274
12(GBR) Martin DonnellyLotus-Lamborghini1:22.7032.304
13(JPN) Satoru NakajimaTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:23.6053.206
14(ITA) Michele AlboretoArrows-Ford Cosworth1:23.7443.345
15(FRA) Olivier GrouillardOsella-Ford Cosworth1:23.7793.380
16(ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:23.7953.396
17(FRA) Philippe AlliotLigier-Ford Cosworth1:23.8993.500
18(JPN) Aguri SuzukiLola-Lamborghini1:23.9153.516
19(ITA) Emanuele PirroDallara-Ford Cosworth1:24.2693.870
20(ITA) Nicola LariniLigier-Ford Cosworth1:24.2853.886
21(CHE) Gregor FoitekOnyx-Ford Cosworth1:24.3973.998
22(FIN) JJ LehtoOnyx-Ford Cosworth1:24.4254.026
23(FRA) Eric BernardLola-Lamborghini1:24.4514.052
24(ITA) Ivan CapelliLeyton House-Judd1:24.5544.155
25(ITA) Andrea de CesarisDallara-Ford Cosworth1:24.6214.222
26(ITA) Alex CaffiArrows-Ford Cosworth1:25.1134.714
Did not qualify
27(BRA) Roberto MorenoEuroBrun-Judd1:25.1724.773
28(BRA) Mauricio GugelminLeyton House-Judd1:25.7125.313
29(ITA) Paolo BarillaMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:25.9515.552
30(AUS) David BrabhamBrabham-Judd1:26.7716.372
Did not pre-qualify
31(ITA) Gabriele TarquiniAGS-Ford Cosworth1:29.8559.456
32(FRA) Yannick DalmasAGS-Ford Cosworth1:30.46010.061
33(FRA) Bertrand GachotColoni-Subaru1:44.18523.786
34(ITA) Claudio LangesEuroBrun-Judd1:47.11726.718
35(ITA) Bruno GiacomelliLife1:50.25329.854

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(BRA) Ayrton Senna31
2(AUT) Gerhard Berger19
3(FRA) Alain Prost14
4(FRA) Jean Alesi13
5(BRA) Nelson Piquet12
6(ITA) Riccardo Patrese9
7(BEL) Thierry Boutsen9
8(GBR) Nigel Mansell7
9(ITA) Alessandro Nannini4
10(ITA) Stefano Modena2
=(ITA) Alex Caffi2
12(JPN) Satoru Nakajima1
=(FRA) Eric Bernard1
=(GBR) Derek Warwick1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1McLaren-Honda50
2Ferrari21
3Williams-Renault18
4Benetton-Ford Cosworth16
5Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth14
6Brabham-Judd2
=Arrows-Ford Cosworth2
8Lola-Lamborghini1
=Lotus-Lamborghini1

Stats & milestones

Wins
23rd for Ayrton Senna
83rd for McLaren
Podiums
54th for Nelson Piquet (first podium since 1988; first for Benetton)
47th for Ayrton Senna
33rd for Nigel Mansell
331st for Ferrari
196th for McLaren
17th for Benetton
Poles
46th for Ayrton Senna
60th for McLaren (3rd constructor to take 60 pole positions)
1-2 start
28th for McLaren
Fastest laps
12th for Gerhard Berger
60th for McLaren (3rd constructor to set 60 fastest laps)
Front row starts
57th for Ayrton Senna
16th for Gerhard Berger
Pole & win
18th for Ayrton Senna