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1990 Mexican Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitMexico City, 69 laps
Round6 of 16
Race numbers

The 1990 Mexican Grand Prix was the:

  • 490th World Championship race
  • 13th World Championship Mexican Grand Prix
  • 13th World Championship race at Mexico City
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+12(FRA) Alain ProstFerrari691hr 32m 35.783s9
2+2(GBR) Nigel MansellFerrari69+25.351s6
3-2(AUT) Gerhard BergerMcLaren-Honda69+25.530s4
4+10(ITA) Alessandro NanniniBenetton-Ford Cosworth69+41.099s3
5 (BEL) Thierry BoutsenWilliams-Renault69+46.669s2
6+2(BRA) Nelson PiquetBenetton-Ford Cosworth69+46.943s1
7-1(FRA) Jean AlesiTyrrell-Ford Cosworth69+49.077s 
8+4(GBR) Martin DonnellyLotus-Lamborghini69+1m 06.142s 
9-7(ITA) Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Renault69+1m 09.918s 
10+1(GBR) Derek WarwickLotus-Lamborghini68+1 lap 
11-1(ITA) Stefano ModenaBrabham-Judd68+1 lap 
12-5(ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ford Cosworth68+1 lap 
13+2(ITA) Andrea de CesarisDallara-Ford Cosworth68+1 lap 
14+2(ITA) Paolo BarillaMinardi-Ford Cosworth67+2 laps 
15+8(CHE) Gregor FoitekOnyx-Ford Cosworth67+2 laps 
16+8(ITA) Nicola LariniLigier-Ford Cosworth67+2 laps 
17 (ITA) Michele AlboretoArrows-Ford Cosworth66+3 laps 
18+4(FRA) Philippe AlliotLigier-Ford Cosworth66+3 laps 
19+1(FRA) Olivier GrouillardOsella-Ford Cosworth65+4 laps 
20-17(BRA) Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda63DNF 
R (FIN) JJ LehtoOnyx-Ford Cosworth26DNF 
R (FRA) Eric BernardLola-Lamborghini12DNF 
R (JPN) Aguri SuzukiLola-Lamborghini11DNF 
R (JPN) Satoru NakajimaTyrrell-Ford Cosworth11DNF 
R (AUS) David BrabhamBrabham-Judd11DNF 
R (ITA) Emanuele PirroDallara-Ford Cosworth10DNF 
Did not start
  (BRA) Roberto MorenoEuroBrun-Judd   

Notes

  • Ayrton Senna ended lap 63 in P3 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Roberto Moreno was excluded from the Grand Prix for receiving a push start during qualifying.

Starting grid

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(AUT) Gerhard BergerMcLaren-Honda1:17.227 
2(ITA) Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Renault1:17.4980.271
3(BRA) Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda1:17.6700.443
4(GBR) Nigel MansellFerrari1:17.7320.505
5(BEL) Thierry BoutsenWilliams-Renault1:17.8830.656
6(FRA) Jean AlesiTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:18.2821.055
7(ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:18.5261.299
8(BRA) Nelson PiquetBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:18.5611.334
9(JPN) Satoru NakajimaTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:18.5751.348
10(ITA) Stefano ModenaBrabham-Judd1:18.5921.365
11(GBR) Derek WarwickLotus-Lamborghini1:18.9511.724
12(GBR) Martin DonnellyLotus-Lamborghini1:18.9941.767
13(FRA) Alain ProstFerrari1:19.0261.799
14(ITA) Alessandro NanniniBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:19.2272.000
15(ITA) Andrea de CesarisDallara-Ford Cosworth1:19.8652.638
16(ITA) Paolo BarillaMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:19.8972.670
17(ITA) Michele AlboretoArrows-Ford Cosworth1:19.9412.714
18(ITA) Emanuele PirroDallara-Ford Cosworth1:20.0442.817
19(JPN) Aguri SuzukiLola-Lamborghini1:20.2683.041
20(FRA) Olivier GrouillardOsella-Ford Cosworth1:20.2743.047
21(AUS) David BrabhamBrabham-Judd1:20.4473.220
22(FRA) Philippe AlliotLigier-Ford Cosworth1:20.6573.430
23(CHE) Gregor FoitekOnyx-Ford Cosworth1:21.0123.785
24(ITA) Nicola LariniLigier-Ford Cosworth1:21.1163.889
25(FRA) Eric BernardLola-Lamborghini1:21.2734.046
26(FIN) JJ LehtoOnyx-Ford Cosworth1:21.5194.292
Did not qualify
27(ITA) Ivan CapelliLeyton House-Judd1:21.5444.317
28(BRA) Mauricio GugelminLeyton House-Judd1:21.6654.438
29(ITA) Alex CaffiArrows-Ford Cosworth1:22.1544.927
Did not pre-qualify
30(FRA) Yannick DalmasAGS-Ford Cosworth1:27.83010.603
31(ITA) Gabriele TarquiniAGS-Ford Cosworth1:28.49911.272
32(FRA) Bertrand GachotColoni-Subaru1:28.80511.578
33(ITA) Claudio LangesEuroBrun-Judd1:40.14122.914
34(ITA) Bruno GiacomelliLife4:04.4752:47.248

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(BRA) Ayrton Senna31
2(FRA) Alain Prost23
3(AUT) Gerhard Berger23
4(FRA) Jean Alesi13
5(GBR) Nigel Mansell13
6(BRA) Nelson Piquet13
7(BEL) Thierry Boutsen11
8(ITA) Riccardo Patrese9
9(ITA) Alessandro Nannini7
10(ITA) Stefano Modena2
=(ITA) Alex Caffi2
12(JPN) Satoru Nakajima1
=(FRA) Eric Bernard1
=(GBR) Derek Warwick1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1McLaren-Honda54
2Ferrari36
3Williams-Renault20
4Benetton-Ford Cosworth20
5Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth14
6Brabham-Judd2
=Arrows-Ford Cosworth2
8Lola-Lamborghini1
=Lotus-Lamborghini1

Stats & milestones

Last start
Onyx
Milestone race start
100th for Ayrton Senna (32nd driver to start 100 races, 3rd Brazilian driver)
Wins
41st for Alain Prost
99th for Ferrari
Race 1-2
40th for Ferrari (1st constructor to finish 1-2 in 40 races)
Podiums
82nd for Alain Prost
34th for Nigel Mansell
17th for Gerhard Berger
332nd & 333rd for Ferrari
197th for McLaren
Poles
6th for Gerhard Berger
61st for McLaren
Fastest laps
33rd for Alain Prost (first for Ferrari)
113th for Ferrari
Front row starts
17th for Gerhard Berger
9th for Riccardo Patrese
Win & fastest lap
19th for Alain Prost (only win and fastest lap for Ferrari; last until 1993; last French driver to win and set fastest lap until 1993) NEW RECORD