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1990 United States Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitPhoenix, 72 laps
Round1 of 16
Race numbers

The 1990 United States Grand Prix was the:

  • 485th World Championship race
  • 24th World Championship United States Grand Prix
  • 2nd World Championship race at Phoenix
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+4(BRA) Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda721hr 52m 32.829s9
2+2(FRA) Jean AlesiTyrrell-Ford Cosworth72+8.685s6
3+6(BEL) Thierry BoutsenWilliams-Renault72+54.080s4
4+2(BRA) Nelson PiquetBenetton-Ford Cosworth72+1m 08.358s3
5+5(ITA) Stefano ModenaBrabham-Judd72+1m 09.503s2
6+5(JPN) Satoru NakajimaTyrrell-Ford Cosworth71+1 lap1
7-5(ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ford Cosworth71+1 lap 
8+7(FRA) Eric BernardLola-Lamborghini71+1 lap 
9+3(ITA) Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Renault71+1 lap 
10+11(ITA) Michele AlboretoArrows-Ford Cosworth70+2 laps 
11+11(ITA) Alessandro NanniniBenetton-Ford Cosworth70+2 laps 
12+8(DEU) Bernd SchneiderArrows-Ford Cosworth70+2 laps 
13+3(BRA) Roberto MorenoEuroBrun-Judd67+5 laps 
14+11(BRA) Mauricio GugelminLeyton House-Judd66+6 laps 
R (ITA) Paolo BarillaMinardi-Ford Cosworth54DNF 
R (JPN) Aguri SuzukiLola-Lamborghini53DNF 
R (GBR) Nigel MansellFerrari49DNF 
R (AUT) Gerhard BergerMcLaren-Honda44DNF 
R (CHE) Gregor FoitekBrabham-Judd39DNF 
R (FRA) Olivier GrouillardOsella-Ford Cosworth39DNF 
R (ITA) Andrea de CesarisDallara-Ford Cosworth25DNF 
R (FRA) Alain ProstFerrari21DNF 
R (ITA) Ivan CapelliLeyton House-Judd20DNF 
R (GBR) Derek WarwickLotus-Lamborghini6DNF 
R (ITA) Nicola LariniLigier-Ford Cosworth4DNF 
Did not start
  (GBR) Martin DonnellyLotus-Lamborghini   
  (FRA) Philippe AlliotLigier-Ford Cosworth   

Starting grid

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(AUT) Gerhard BergerMcLaren-Honda1:28.664 
2(ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:28.7310.067
3(ITA) Andrea de CesarisDallara-Ford Cosworth1:29.0190.355
4(FRA) Jean AlesiTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:29.4080.744
5(BRA) Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda1:29.4310.767
6(BRA) Nelson PiquetBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:29.8621.198
7(FRA) Alain ProstFerrari1:29.9101.246
8(FRA) Olivier GrouillardOsella-Ford Cosworth1:29.9471.283
9(BEL) Thierry BoutsenWilliams-Renault1:30.0591.395
10(ITA) Stefano ModenaBrabham-Judd1:30.1271.463
11(JPN) Satoru NakajimaTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:30.1301.466
12(ITA) Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Renault1:30.2131.549
13(ITA) Nicola LariniLigier-Ford Cosworth1:30.4241.760
14(ITA) Paolo BarillaMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:31.1942.530
15(FRA) Eric BernardLola-Lamborghini1:31.2262.562
16(BRA) Roberto MorenoEuroBrun-Judd1:31.2472.583
17(GBR) Nigel MansellFerrari1:31.3632.699
18(JPN) Aguri SuzukiLola-Lamborghini1:31.4142.750
19(GBR) Martin DonnellyLotus-Lamborghini1:31.6502.986
20(FRA) Philippe AlliotLigier-Ford Cosworth1:31.6643.000
21(DEU) Bernd SchneiderArrows-Ford Cosworth1:31.8923.228
22(ITA) Michele AlboretoArrows-Ford Cosworth1:31.9483.284
23(ITA) Alessandro NanniniBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:31.9843.320
24(CHE) Gregor FoitekBrabham-Judd1:32.3983.734
25(GBR) Derek WarwickLotus-Lamborghini1:32.4003.736
26(BRA) Mauricio GugelminLeyton House-Judd1:32.9044.240
27(ITA) Ivan CapelliLeyton House-Judd1:33.0444.380
Did not qualify
28(SWE) Stefan JohanssonOnyx-Ford Cosworth1:33.4684.804
29(ITA) Gianni MorbidelliDallara-Ford Cosworth1:34.2925.628
30(FIN) JJ LehtoOnyx-Ford Cosworth– 
Did not pre-qualify
31(ITA) Gabriele TarquiniAGS-Ford Cosworth1:35.4206.756
32(FRA) Yannick DalmasAGS-Ford Cosworth1:35.4816.817
33(ITA) Claudio LangesEuroBrun-Judd1:37.3998.735
34(AUS) Gary BrabhamLife2:07.14738.483
35(FRA) Bertrand GachotColoni-Subaru5:15.0103:46.346

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(BRA) Ayrton Senna9
2(FRA) Jean Alesi6
3(BEL) Thierry Boutsen4
4(BRA) Nelson Piquet3
5(ITA) Stefano Modena2
6(JPN) Satoru Nakajima1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1McLaren-Honda9
2Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth7
3Williams-Renault4
4Benetton-Ford Cosworth3
5Brabham-Judd2

Stats & milestones

Race debut
Gregor Foitek (first Swiss driver to start a race since 1986)
Leyton House
Last start
Bernd Schneider
Wins
21st for Ayrton Senna
81st for McLaren
Podiums
44th for Ayrton Senna
13th for Thierry Boutsen
1st for Jean Alesi (155th different podium finisher, 18th French driver)
190th for McLaren
113rd for Williams
74th for Tyrrell
Poles
5th for Gerhard Berger (first since 1988; first for McLaren)
56th for McLaren
Fastest laps
10th for Gerhard Berger (19th driver to set ten fastest laps, 2nd Austrian driver; first for McLaren)
57th for McLaren
Front row starts
13th for Gerhard Berger (first for McLaren)
1st and only for Pierluigi Martini (113th different front row starter, 19th Italian driver)