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1990 Japanese Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitSuzuka, 53 laps
Round15 of 16
Race numbers

The 1990 Japanese Grand Prix was the:

  • 499th World Championship race
  • 6th World Championship Japanese Grand Prix
  • 4th World Championship race at Suzuka
  • 1990 Drivers’ title decider
  • 1990 Constructors’ title decider
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+5(BRA) Nelson PiquetBenetton-Ford Cosworth531hr 34m 36.824s9
2+6(BRA) Roberto MorenoBenetton-Ford Cosworth53+7.223s6
3+6(JPN) Aguri SuzukiLola-Lamborghini53+22.469s4
4+3(ITA) Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Renault53+36.258s3
5 (BEL) Thierry BoutsenWilliams-Renault53+46.884s2
6+7(JPN) Satoru NakajimaTyrrell-Ford Cosworth53+1m 12.350s1
7+10(ITA) Nicola LariniLigier-Ford Cosworth52+1 lap 
8+2(ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ford Cosworth52+1 lap 
9+14(ITA) Alex CaffiArrows-Ford Cosworth52+1 lap 
10+10(FRA) Philippe AlliotLigier-Ford Cosworth52+1 lap 
R (GBR) Derek WarwickLotus-Lamborghini38DNF 
R (GBR) Johnny HerbertLotus-Lamborghini31DNF 
R (ITA) Michele AlboretoArrows-Ford Cosworth28DNF 
R (GBR) Nigel MansellFerrari26DNF 
R (ITA) Emanuele PirroDallara-Ford Cosworth24DNF 
R (FRA) Eric BernardLola-Lamborghini24DNF 
R (ITA) Gianni MorbidelliMinardi-Ford Cosworth18DNF 
R (ITA) Ivan CapelliLeyton House-Judd16DNF 
R (ITA) Andrea de CesarisDallara-Ford Cosworth13DNF 
R (BRA) Mauricio GugelminLeyton House-Judd5DNF 
R (AUS) David BrabhamBrabham-Judd2DNF 
R (AUT) Gerhard BergerMcLaren-Honda1DNF 
R (ITA) Stefano ModenaBrabham-Judd0DNF 
R (FRA) Alain ProstFerrari0DNF 
R (BRA) Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda0DNF 
Did not start
  (FRA) Jean AlesiTyrrell-Ford Cosworth   

Notes

  • Nigel Mansell ended lap 26 as the race leader before retiring on the following lap.
  • Gerhard Berger ended lap 1 as the race leader before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(BRA) Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda1:36.996 
2(FRA) Alain ProstFerrari1:37.2280.232
3(GBR) Nigel MansellFerrari1:37.7190.723
4(AUT) Gerhard BergerMcLaren-Honda1:38.1181.122
5(BEL) Thierry BoutsenWilliams-Renault1:39.3242.328
6(BRA) Nelson PiquetBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:40.0493.053
7(FRA) Jean AlesiTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:40.0523.056
8(ITA) Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Renault1:40.3553.359
9(BRA) Roberto MorenoBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:40.5793.583
10(JPN) Aguri SuzukiLola-Lamborghini1:40.8883.892
11(ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:40.8993.903
12(GBR) Derek WarwickLotus-Lamborghini1:41.0244.028
13(ITA) Ivan CapelliLeyton House-Judd1:41.0334.037
14(JPN) Satoru NakajimaTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:41.0784.082
15(GBR) Johnny HerbertLotus-Lamborghini1:41.5584.562
16(BRA) Mauricio GugelminLeyton House-Judd1:41.6984.702
17(FRA) Eric BernardLola-Lamborghini1:41.7094.713
18(ITA) Nicola LariniLigier-Ford Cosworth1:42.3395.343
19(ITA) Emanuele PirroDallara-Ford Cosworth1:42.3615.365
20(ITA) Gianni MorbidelliMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:42.3645.368
21(FRA) Philippe AlliotLigier-Ford Cosworth1:42.5935.597
22(ITA) Stefano ModenaBrabham-Judd1:42.6175.621
23(AUS) David BrabhamBrabham-Judd1:43.1566.160
24(ITA) Alex CaffiArrows-Ford Cosworth1:43.2706.274
25(ITA) Michele AlboretoArrows-Ford Cosworth1:43.3046.308
26(ITA) Andrea de CesarisDallara-Ford Cosworth1:43.6016.605
Did not qualify
27(FRA) Olivier GrouillardOsella-Ford Cosworth1:43.7826.786
28(ITA) Gabriele TarquiniAGS-Ford Cosworth1:44.2817.285
29(FRA) Yannick DalmasAGS-Ford Cosworth1:44.4107.414
30(FRA) Bertrand GachotColoni-Ford Cosworth1:45.3938.397

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(BRA) Ayrton Senna78
2(FRA) Alain Prost69
3(AUT) Gerhard Berger40
4(BRA) Nelson Piquet35
5(BEL) Thierry Boutsen32
6(GBR) Nigel Mansell31
7(ITA) Riccardo Patrese22
8(ITA) Alessandro Nannini21
9(FRA) Jean Alesi13
10(ITA) Ivan Capelli6
=(BRA) Roberto Moreno6
12(JPN) Aguri Suzuki6
13(FRA) Eric Bernard5
14(GBR) Derek Warwick3
15(JPN) Satoru Nakajima3
16(ITA) Stefano Modena2
=(ITA) Alex Caffi2
18(BRA) Mauricio Gugelmin1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1McLaren-Honda118
2Ferrari100
3Benetton-Ford Cosworth62
4Williams-Renault54
5Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth16
6Lola-Lamborghini11
7Leyton House-Judd7
8Lotus-Lamborghini3
9Brabham-Judd2
=Arrows-Ford Cosworth2

Stats & milestones

World Champion
2nd title for Ayrton Senna (11th driver to win two championships, 3rd Brazilian driver)
6th title for McLaren (3rd constructor to win six championships)
Wins
21st for Nelson Piquet (first win since 1987; first for Benetton)
3rd for Benetton
Race 1-2
1st for Benetton (18th different constructor to finish 1-2)
Podiums
56th for Nelson Piquet
1st and only for Roberto Moreno (156th different podium finisher, 6th Brazilian driver)
1st and only for Aguri Suzuki (157th different podium finisher, 1st Japanese driver; last Japanese driver to finish on the podium until 2004)
21st & 22nd for Benetton
3rd and last for Lola (first since 1962)
Poles
51st for Ayrton Senna
66th for McLaren
Fastest laps
8th for Riccardo Patrese
47th for Williams
Front row starts
66th for Alain Prost
63rd for Ayrton Senna