1990 Canadian Grand Prix

  1990 Canadian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 5 of 16 in the 1990 Formula One season
Date	June 10, 1990
Location	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Montreal
Course	Partial street circuit 4.390 km (2.728 mi)
Distance	70 laps, 307.300 km (190.947 mi)
Weather	Warm, cloudy, track damp but drying
Pole position
Driver	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda
Time	1:20.399
Fastest lap
Driver	Gerhard Berger	McLaren-Honda
Time	1:22.077 on lap 70
Podium
First	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda
Second	Nelson Piquet	Benetton-Ford
Third	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari

The 1990 Canadian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 10 June 1990 at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. It was the 28th Canadian Grand Prix and the 12th to be held at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. The race was held over 70 laps of the four kilometre circuit for a race distance of 307 kilometres.

The race was won for the second time by Brazilian driver Ayrton Senna driving a McLaren MP4/5B. It was Senna's third win for the season having won the season-opening United States Grand Prix and the Monaco Grand Prix just two weeks earlier. Senna won by ten seconds over fellow Brazilian Nelson Piquet who drove a Benetton B190. Three seconds further back in third was British driver Nigel Mansell driving a Ferrari 641.

The win allowed Senna to gain a twelve point lead in the drivers' championship over his McLaren team mate Gerhard Berger. His nearest competitive rival, Ferrari driver Alain Prost had less than half of Senna's points.

Race report

In a race with a McLaren front row, the team looked strong. Senna maintained the lead coming into the first corner with Berger second, but the Austrian was deemed to have jumped the start. A few laps into the race it was announced that Berger would have a one minute penalty added to his race time. As a consequence, after a round of pitstops for new tyres, Senna allowed his teammate to pass him going into the hairpin so that the Austrian could set about gaining time in relation to his competitors.

The weather conditions were moist, making for a mildly slippery track. This caused spins from many. Thierry Boutsen, the 1989 winner, spun mid-race while trying to pass Prost while approaching a corner, and clouted into the Ligier of Nicola Larini as he spun.

Nannini spun off the track into a tire wall. Shortly afterward on lap 26, Jean Alesi lost control while challenging another car and spun into the same tire barrier, ending up on top of Nannini's abandoned Benetton.

In the end, Berger had crossed the line first but was assessed a one-minute penalty for a jumped start. Races at that point in time included the amount of time to finish the race as part of the final scoring, with penalties assessed to that effect. Piquet finished second after a determined battle with the two Ferraris where he forced his way past Prost's Ferrari going into the hairpin. It was the Benetton driver's first podium finish since the 1988 Australian Grand Prix. Prost was later passed at the same place by teammate Mansell who went on to finish third. Berger also beat Prost by taking 4th despite his penalty.

Classification

Pre-qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	33	Roberto Moreno	EuroBrun-Judd	1:28.268	—
2	14	Olivier Grouillard	Osella-Ford	1:28.589	+0.321
3	30	Aguri Suzuki	Lola-Lamborghini	1:29.372	+1.104
4	29	Éric Bernard	Lola-Lamborghini	1:29.844	+1.576
5	17	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS-Ford	1:29.855	+1.587
6	18	Yannick Dalmas	AGS-Ford	1:30.460	+2.192
7	31	Bertrand Gachot	Coloni-Subaru	1:44.185	+15.917
8	34	Claudio Langes	EuroBrun-Judd	1:47.118	+18.850
9	39	Bruno Giacomelli	Life	1:50.253	+21.985

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Q1	Q2	Gap
1	27	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	1:20.399	1:30.514	—
2	28	Gerhard Berger	McLaren-Honda	1:20.465	1:33.240	+0.066
3	1	Alain Prost	Ferrari	1:20.826	1:31.514	+0.427
4	19	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton-Ford	1:21.302	1:30.575	+0.903
5	20	Nelson Piquet	Benetton-Ford	1:21.568	1:27.124	+1.169
6	5	Thierry Boutsen	Williams-Renault	1:21.599	—	+1.200
7	2	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	1:21.641	1:27.647	+1.242
8	4	Jean Alesi	Tyrrell-Ford	1:21.748	—	+1.349
9	6	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	1:22.018	44:52.525	+1.619
10	8	Stefano Modena	Brabham-Judd	1:22.660	1:29.062	+2.261
11	11	Derek Warwick	Lotus-Lamborghini	1:22.673	—	+2.274
12	12	Martin Donnelly	Lotus-Lamborghini	1:22.703	1:35.198	+2.304
13	3	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell-Ford	1:23.605	—	+3.205
14	9	Michele Alboreto	Arrows-Ford	1:23.744	—	+3.345
15	14	Olivier Grouillard	Osella-Ford	1:23.779	1:30.872	+3.380
16	23	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Ford	1:23.795	1:40.047	+3.396
17	26	Philippe Alliot	Ligier-Ford	1:23.899	1:31.797	+3.500
18	30	Aguri Suzuki	Lola-Lamborghini	1:23.915	1:32.777	+3.516
19	21	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara-Ford	1:24.269	1:38.775	+3.870
20	25	Nicola Larini	Ligier-Ford	1:24.285	1:30.091	+3.886
21	35	Gregor Foitek	Onyx-Ford	1:24.397	1:42.487	+3.998
22	36	JJ Lehto	Onyx-Ford	1:24.425	1:40.607	+4.026
23	29	Éric Bernard	Lola-Lamborghini	1:24.451	1:32.750	+4.052
24	16	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House-Judd	1:24.554	7:00.728	+4.155
25	22	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara-Ford	1:24.621	1:36.629	+4.222
26	10	Alex Caffi	Arrows-Ford	1:25.113	1:39.209	+4.714
27	33	Roberto Moreno	EuroBrun-Judd	1:25.172	1:31.097	+4.773
28	15	Maurício Gugelmin	Leyton House-Judd	1:25.712	1:45.435	+5.313
29	24	Paolo Barilla	Minardi-Ford	1:25.951	1:51.583	+5.552
30	7	David Brabham	Brabham-Judd	1:26.771	1:36.453	+6.372

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	27	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	70	1:42:56.400	1	9
2	20	Nelson Piquet	Benetton-Ford	70	+10.497	5	6
3	2	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	70	+13.385	7	4
4	28	Gerhard Berger	McLaren-Honda	70	+14.854	2	3
5	1	Alain Prost	Ferrari	70	+15.820	3	2
6	11	Derek Warwick	Lotus-Lamborghini	68	+2 Laps	11	1
7	8	Stefano Modena	Brabham-Judd	68	+2 laps	10
8	10	Alex Caffi	Arrows-Ford	68	+2 Laps	26
9	29	Éric Bernard	Lola-Lamborghini	67	+3 Laps	23
10	16	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House-Judd	67	+3 Laps	24
11	3	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell-Ford	67	+3 Laps	13
12	30	Aguri Suzuki	Lola-Lamborghini	66	+4 Laps	18
13	14	Olivier Grouillard	Osella-Ford	65	+5 Laps	15
Ret	12	Martin Donnelly	Lotus-Lamborghini	57	Engine	12
Ret	35	Gregor Foitek	Onyx-Ford	53	Engine	21
Ret	22	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara-Ford	50	Gearbox	25
Ret	36	JJ Lehto	Onyx-Ford	46	Engine	22
Ret	6	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	44	Brakes	9
Ret	26	Philippe Alliot	Ligier-Ford	34	Engine	17
Ret	4	Jean Alesi	Tyrrell-Ford	26	Spun Off	8
Ret	19	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton-Ford	21	Spun Off	4
Ret	5	Thierry Boutsen	Williams-Renault	19	Collision	6
Ret	25	Nicola Larini	Ligier-Ford	18	Collision	20
Ret	21	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara-Ford	11	Collision	19
Ret	9	Michele Alboreto	Arrows-Ford	11	Collision	14
Ret	23	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Ford	0	Spun Off	16
DNQ	33	Roberto Moreno	EuroBrun-Judd
DNQ	15	Maurício Gugelmin	Leyton House-Judd
DNQ	24	Paolo Barilla	Minardi-Ford
DNQ	7	David Brabham	Brabham-Judd
DNPQ	17	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS-Ford
DNPQ	18	Yannick Dalmas	AGS-Ford
DNPQ	31	Bertrand Gachot	Coloni-Subaru
DNPQ	34	Claudio Langes	EuroBrun-Judd
DNPQ	39	Bruno Giacomelli	Life

Lap leaders

• Lap Leaders: Ayrton Senna 67 laps (1–11, 15–70); Alessandro Nannini 3 laps (12–14)

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Ayrton Senna 31 2 Gerhard Berger 19 3 Alain Prost 14 4 Jean Alesi 13 5 Nelson Piquet 12

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 McLaren-Honda 50 2 Ferrari 21 3 Williams-Renault 18 4 Benetton-Ford 16 5 Tyrrell-Ford 14

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

• Unless otherwise indicated, all race results are taken from "The Official Formula 1 website". http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1990/219/. Retrieved 2007-08-05. 

External links

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