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

1990 Hungarian Grand Prix

DateSunday, 12 August 1990
Winner
  • Thierry Boutsen
  • Williams-Renault
Pole position
  • Thierry Boutsen
  • Williams-Renault
Fastest lap
  • Riccardo Patrese
  • Williams-Renault
CircuitHungaroring, 77 laps
Round10 of 16
Race numbers

The 1990 Hungarian Grand Prix was the:

  • 494th World Championship race
  • 5th World Championship Hungarian Grand Prix
  • 5th World Championship race at Hungaroring
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (BEL) Thierry BoutsenWilliams-Renault771hr 49m 30.597s9
2+2(BRA) Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda77+0.288s6
3+6(BRA) Nelson PiquetBenetton-Ford Cosworth77+27.893s4
4-2(ITA) Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Renault77+31.833s3
5+6(GBR) Derek WarwickLotus-Lamborghini77+1m 14.244s2
6+6(FRA) Eric BernardLola-Lamborghini77+1m 24.308s1
7+11(GBR) Martin DonnellyLotus-Lamborghini76+1 lap 
8+9(BRA) Mauricio GugelminLeyton House-Judd76+1 lap 
9+17(ITA) Alex CaffiArrows-Ford Cosworth76+1 lap 
10+3(ITA) Emanuele PirroDallara-Ford Cosworth76+1 lap 
11+14(ITA) Nicola LariniLigier-Ford Cosworth76+1 lap 
12+10(ITA) Michele AlboretoArrows-Ford Cosworth75+2 laps 
13+11(ITA) Gabriele TarquiniAGS-Ford Cosworth74+3 laps 
14+7(FRA) Philippe AlliotLigier-Ford Cosworth74+3 laps 
15+8(ITA) Paolo BarillaMinardi-Ford Cosworth74+3 laps 
16-13(AUT) Gerhard BergerMcLaren-Honda72DNF 
17-12(GBR) Nigel MansellFerrari71DNF 
R (ITA) Alessandro NanniniBenetton-Ford Cosworth64DNF 
R (ITA) Ivan CapelliLeyton House-Judd56DNF 
R (JPN) Aguri SuzukiLola-Lamborghini37DNF 
R (FRA) Alain ProstFerrari36DNF 
R (FRA) Jean AlesiTyrrell-Ford Cosworth36DNF 
R (ITA) Stefano ModenaBrabham-Judd35DNF 
R (ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ford Cosworth35DNF 
R (ITA) Andrea de CesarisDallara-Ford Cosworth22DNF 
R (JPN) Satoru NakajimaTyrrell-Ford Cosworth9DNF 

Notes

  • Gerhard Berger ended lap 72 in P4 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Nigel Mansell ended lap 71 in P3 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(BEL) Thierry BoutsenWilliams-Renault1:17.919 
2(ITA) Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Renault1:17.9550.036
3(AUT) Gerhard BergerMcLaren-Honda1:18.1270.208
4(BRA) Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda1:18.1620.243
5(GBR) Nigel MansellFerrari1:18.7190.800
6(FRA) Jean AlesiTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:18.7260.807
7(ITA) Alessandro NanniniBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:18.9010.982
8(FRA) Alain ProstFerrari1:19.0291.110
9(BRA) Nelson PiquetBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:19.4531.534
10(ITA) Andrea de CesarisDallara-Ford Cosworth1:19.6751.756
11(GBR) Derek WarwickLotus-Lamborghini1:19.8391.920
12(FRA) Eric BernardLola-Lamborghini1:19.9632.044
13(ITA) Emanuele PirroDallara-Ford Cosworth1:19.9702.051
14(ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:20.1972.278
15(JPN) Satoru NakajimaTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:20.2022.283
16(ITA) Ivan CapelliLeyton House-Judd1:20.3852.466
17(BRA) Mauricio GugelminLeyton House-Judd1:20.3972.478
18(GBR) Martin DonnellyLotus-Lamborghini1:20.6022.683
19(JPN) Aguri SuzukiLola-Lamborghini1:20.6192.700
20(ITA) Stefano ModenaBrabham-Judd1:20.7152.796
21(FRA) Philippe AlliotLigier-Ford Cosworth1:21.0033.084
22(ITA) Michele AlboretoArrows-Ford Cosworth1:21.7583.839
23(ITA) Paolo BarillaMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:21.8493.930
24(ITA) Gabriele TarquiniAGS-Ford Cosworth1:21.9644.045
25(ITA) Nicola LariniLigier-Ford Cosworth1:22.0784.159
26(ITA) Alex CaffiArrows-Ford Cosworth1:22.1264.207
Did not qualify
27(FRA) Yannick DalmasAGS-Ford Cosworth1:22.2634.344
28(AUS) David BrabhamBrabham-Judd1:22.4884.569
29(FIN) JJ LehtoOnyx-Ford Cosworth1:22.6474.728
30(CHE) Gregor FoitekOnyx-Ford Cosworth1:24.3616.442
Did not pre-qualify
31(FRA) Olivier GrouillardOsella-Ford Cosworth1:23.5825.663
32(FRA) Bertrand GachotColoni-Ford Cosworth1:23.6705.751
33(BRA) Roberto MorenoEuroBrun-Judd1:24.3866.467
34(ITA) Claudio LangesEuroBrun-Judd1:26.5148.595
35(ITA) Bruno GiacomelliLife1:41.43123.512

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(BRA) Ayrton Senna54
2(FRA) Alain Prost44
3(AUT) Gerhard Berger29
4(BEL) Thierry Boutsen27
5(BRA) Nelson Piquet22
6(ITA) Riccardo Patrese15
7(FRA) Jean Alesi13
8(GBR) Nigel Mansell13
=(ITA) Alessandro Nannini13
10(ITA) Ivan Capelli6
11(FRA) Eric Bernard5
12(GBR) Derek Warwick3
13(ITA) Stefano Modena2
=(ITA) Alex Caffi2
15(JPN) Satoru Nakajima1
=(JPN) Aguri Suzuki1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1McLaren-Honda83
2Ferrari57
3Williams-Renault42
4Benetton-Ford Cosworth35
5Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth14
6Leyton House-Judd6
7Lola-Lamborghini6
8Lotus-Lamborghini3
9Brabham-Judd2
=Arrows-Ford Cosworth2

Stats & milestones

Milestone race start
50th for Alex Caffi (73rd driver to start 50 races, 12th Italian driver)
Wins
3rd and last for Thierry Boutsen
44th for Williams
Podiums
55th for Nelson Piquet
51st for Ayrton Senna
15th and last for Thierry Boutsen
202nd for McLaren
116th for Williams
19th for Benetton
Poles
1st and only for Thierry Boutsen (71st different polesitter, 2nd Belgian driver; first Belgian polesitter since 1972)
31st for Williams
1-2 start
10th for Williams (5th constructor to start 1-2 in ten races)
Fastest laps
5th for Riccardo Patrese
44th for Williams
Front row starts
10th for Riccardo Patrese (38th driver to achieve ten front row starts, 3rd Italian driver)
1st and only for Thierry Boutsen (114th different front row starter, 4th Belgian driver; first Belgian front row starter since 1973)
Pole & win
1st and only for Thierry Boutsen (39th different driver to win from pole, 2nd Belgian driver; first Belgian driver to win from pole since 1972)

See also

  • Hungarian Grand Prix
  • Hungaroring circuit
  • 1990 World Championship season

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