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25px Flag of San Marino  1990 San Marino Grand Prix
Race details
Race 3 of 16 in the 1990 Formula One season
Imola 1981
Date May 13, 1990
Official name X Gran Premio di San Marino
Location Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Course Permanent racing facility
5.040 km (3.132 mi)
Distance 61 laps, 307.440 km (191.033 mi)
Weather Warm, dry, sunny
Pole position
Driver 25px Brazil Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda
Time 1:23.220
Fastest lap
Driver 25px Italy Alessandro Nannini Benetton-Ford
Time 1:27.156 on lap 60
Podium
First 25px Italy Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault
Second 25px Austria Gerhard Berger McLaren-Honda
Third 25px Italy Alessandro Nannini Benetton-Ford

The 1990 San Marino Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 13 May 1990 at Imola. It was the third round of the 1990 Formula One season. It was the tenth San Marino Grand Prix and it was the eleventh time Imola hosted a Formula One Grand Prix. The race was held over 61 laps of the five kilometre circuit for a race distance of 307 kilometres.

The race was won by Italian driver Riccardo Patrese driving a Williams FW13B. It was Patrese's third Grand Prix victory, his first since 1983 and his first for Williams. Patrese took a five second victory over Austrian driver Gerhard Berger driving a McLaren MP4/5B. Third was Italian driver Alessandro Nannini driving a Benetton B190.

Report[]

Pre race[]

In the run-up to the first European round of the world championship there were a few changes to the grid. Brabham fired accident-prone Swiss driver Gregor Foitek and replaced him with David Brabham, son of team founder Jack. Foitek moved over to the troubled Onyx team to replace Stefan Johansson, who was unhappy at the way the team was being run. David's brother Gary Brabham had come to his senses and quit the hopeless Life team, and he was replaced by Italian veteran Bruno Giacomelli who had not raced since 1983; he would predictably fail to pre-qualify. Meanwhile Emanuele Pirro returned to the Dallara team, having been out of action with hepatitis. The Tyrrell 019– designed by Harvey Postlethwaite– was the first in F1 to sport a "high-nose" design with downward-extending supports for the front wing.

Practice and qualifying[]

Gabriele Tarquini did not set a pre-qualifying time when his car lost fuel pressure on his first lap. His teammate Yannick Dalmas withdrew due to a wrist injury suffered the previous week during test. Bruno Giacomelli set the record for the slowest lap time in Formula One history in pre-qualifying. Giacomelli set a lap time of 7:16, an average of just over 22 mph in a Life L190 stuck in 3rd gear. In practice Alessandro Nannini had a rather large accident in his brand new Benetton, but it was nothing compared to the mammoth shunt Pierluigi Martini had, the Italian would miss the rest of the weekend with a cracked heel. Qualifying saw the first three rows being a team by team affair with Ayrton Senna on pole, being joined by team-mate Gerhard Berger on the front row. The second row was all Williams with Riccardo Patrese leading Thierry Boutsen. Row three was formed by the Ferraris; Nigel Mansell ahead of Alain Prost. The top ten was completed by Jean Alesi, Nelson Piquet, Nannini, and Derek Warwick.

Race[]

Emanuele Pirro started from the back of the grid due to his car not starting for the formation lap. The start of the race was eventful with Senna and Berger getting away well. Behind them there was mayhem with Mansell making a mistake causing Ivan Capelli to spin and crash, and Satoru Nakajima colliding with him. At Tosa Martin Donnelly spun, narrowly avoiding hitting anyone. Meanwhile Boutsen got past Berger but was unable to close on Senna. The order remained the same until lap 3 when Senna pulled off with a broken wheel rim, a rare McLaren mechanical problem. This allowed Boutsen to take the lead, but with Berger hot on his heels. Further back Alesi collided with Piquet while passing him, Piquet spun but continued. Boutsen led until his engine blew up on lap 17, which left Berger ahead of a charging Patrese, who was under serious pressure from Mansell, who passed him going into Tosa, much to the delight of the Italian fans. Mansell continued to charge, despite being hit by Andrea de Cesaris while trying to lap him and challenged Berger for the lead. On the run up to Villeneuve, Mansell tried to go around the outside, but Berger closed the door, causing Mansell to spin dramatically. The Englishman avoided hitting anything and ended up pointing in the right direction, he continued in second place. However, dirt and debris had entered Mansell's engine, causing it to overheat and blow-up a few laps later. Mansell's demise left Berger ahead of Patrese, who went through into the lead on lap 51. Nannini and Prost battled over third place, with Nannini winning out. Patrese duly won his first race in seven years, leading home Berger, Nannini, Prost, Piquet, and Alesi. As of 2010, Patrese's record of 98 races between victories still stands.

Classification[]

Pre Qualifying[]

Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap
1 29 25px France Éric Bernard Lola-Lamborghini 1:26.475
2 30 25px Japan Aguri Suzuki Lola-Lamborghini 1:27.344 +0.869
3 14 25px France Olivier Grouillard Osella-Ford 1:28.155 +1.680
4 33 25px Brazil Roberto Moreno EuroBrun-Judd 1:28.178 +1.703
5 31 25px Belgium Bertrand Gachot Coloni-Subaru 1:33.554 +7.079
6 34 25px Italy Claudio Langes EuroBrun-Judd 1:34.272 +7.797
7 39 25px Italy Bruno Giacomelli Life 7:16.212 +5:50.737
8 17 25px Italy Gabriele Tarquini AGS-Ford
9 18 25px France Yannick Dalmas AGS-Ford

Qualifying[]

Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap
1 27 25px Brazil Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda 1:24.079 1:23.220
2 28 25px Austria Gerhard Berger McLaren-Honda 1:24.027 1:23.781 +0.561
3 6 25px Italy Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault 1:24.486 1:24.444 +1.224
4 5 25px Belgium Thierry Boutsen Williams-Renault 1:25.832 1:25.039 +1.819
5 2 25px UK Nigel Mansell Ferrari 1:25.539 1:25.095 +1.875
6 1 25px France Alain Prost Ferrari 1:26.080 1:25.179 +1.959
7 4 25px France Jean Alesi Tyrrell-Ford 1:26.138 1:25.230 +2.010
8 20 25px Brazil Nelson Piquet Benetton-Ford 1:26.316 1:25.761 +2.541
9 19 25px Italy Alessandro Nannini Benetton-Ford 1:26.889 1:26.042 +2.822
10 11 25px UK Derek Warwick Lotus-Lamborghini 1:28.055 1:26.682 +3.462
11 12 25px UK Martin Donnelly Lotus-Lamborghini 1:27.151 1:26.714 +3.494
12 15 25px Brazil Maurício Gugelmin Leyton House-Judd 1:29.339 1:26.836 +3.616
13 29 25px France Éric Bernard Lola-Lamborghini 1:26.988 1:26.838 +3.618
14 8 25px Italy Stefano Modena Brabham-Judd 1:28.763 1:27.008 +3.788
15 30 25px Japan Aguri Suzuki Lola-Lamborghini 1:27.211 1:27.068 +3.848
16 26 25px France Philippe Alliot Ligier-Ford 1:27.533 1:27.214 +3.994
17 22 25px Italy Andrea de Cesaris Dallara-Ford 1:27.570 1:27.217 +3.997
18 16 25px Italy Ivan Capelli Leyton House-Judd 1:29.904 1:27.521 +4.301
19 3 25px Japan Satoru Nakajima Tyrrell-Ford 1:27.746 1:27.532 +4.312
20 25 25px Italy Nicola Larini Ligier-Ford 1:27.642 1:27.564 +4.344
21 21 25px Italy Emanuele Pirro Dallara-Ford 1:27.849 1:27.613 +4.393
22 14 25px France Olivier Grouillard Osella-Ford 1:28.590 1:28.009 +4.789
23 35 25px Switzerland Gregor Foitek Onyx-Ford 1:28.111 1:28.435 +4.891
24 33 25px Brazil Roberto Moreno EuroBrun-Judd 1:28.603 1:31.653 +5.383
25 36 25px Finland JJ Lehto Onyx-Ford 1:28.625 Invalid +5.405
26 24 25px Italy Paolo Barilla Minardi-Ford 1:29.566 1:28.667 +5.447
27 10 25px Italy Alex Caffi Arrows-Ford 1:29.242 1:28.699 +5.479
28 9 25px Italy Michele Alboreto Arrows-Ford 1:29.615 1:28.797 +5.577
29 7 25px Australia David Brabham Brabham-Judd 1:31.282 1:28.927 +5.707
WD 23 25px Italy Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ford 1:26.466 +3.246

Race[]

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 6 25px Italy Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault 61 1:30:55.478 3 9
2 28 25px Austria Gerhard Berger McLaren-Honda 61 +5.117 2 6
3 19 25px Italy Alessandro Nannini Benetton-Ford 61 +6.240 9 4
4 1 25px France Alain Prost Ferrari 61 +6.843 6 3
5 20 25px Brazil Nelson Piquet Benetton-Ford 61 +53.112 8 2
6 4 25px France Jean Alesi Tyrrell-Ford 60 +1 Lap 7 1
7 11 25px UK Derek Warwick Lotus-Lamborghini 60 +1 Lap 10
8 12 25px UK Martin Donnelly Lotus-Lamborghini 60 +1 Lap 11
9 26 25px France Philippe Alliot Ligier-Ford 60 +1 Lap 16
10 25 25px Italy Nicola Larini Ligier-Ford 59 +2 Laps 20
11 24 25px Italy Paolo Barilla Minardi-Ford 59 +2 Laps 26
12 36 25px Finland JJ Lehto Onyx-Ford 59 +2 Laps 25
13 29 25px France Éric Bernard Lola-Lamborghini 56 Clutch 13
Ret 14 25px France Olivier Grouillard Osella-Ford 52 Wheel 22
Ret 2 25px UK Nigel Mansell Ferrari 38 Engine 5
Ret 35 25px Switzerland Gregor Foitek Onyx-Ford 35 Engine 23
Ret 8 25px Italy Stefano Modena Brabham-Judd 31 Brakes 14
Ret 22 25px Italy Andrea de Cesaris Dallara-Ford 29 Wheel 17
Ret 15 25px Brazil Maurício Gugelmin Leyton House-Judd 24 Electrical 12
Ret 5 25px Belgium Thierry Boutsen Williams-Renault 17 Engine 4
Ret 30 25px Japan Aguri Suzuki Lola-Lamborghini 17 Clutch 15
Ret 27 25px Brazil Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda 3 Wheel 1
Ret 21 25px Italy Emanuele Pirro Dallara-Ford 2 Spun Off 21
Ret 16 25px Italy Ivan Capelli Leyton House-Judd 0 Collision 18
Ret 3 25px Japan Satoru Nakajima Tyrrell-Ford 0 Collision 19
Ret 33 25px Brazil Roberto Moreno EuroBrun-Judd 0 Throttle 24
DNS 23 25px Italy Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ford Accident
DNQ 10 25px Italy Alex Caffi Arrows-Ford
DNQ 9 25px Italy Michele Alboreto Arrows-Ford
DNQ 7 25px Australia David Brabham Brabham-Judd
DNPQ 31 25px Belgium Bertrand Gachot Coloni-Subaru
DNPQ 34 25px Italy Claudio Langes EuroBrun-Judd
DNPQ 39 25px Italy Bruno Giacomelli Life
DNPQ 17 25px Italy Gabriele Tarquini AGS-Ford
DNPQ 18 25px France Yannick Dalmas AGS-Ford

Standings after the race[]

Drivers' Championship standings
Pos Driver Points
1 25px Brazil Ayrton Senna 13
2 25px France Alain Prost 12
3 25px Austria Gerhard Berger 12
4 25px Italy Riccardo Patrese 9
5 25px France Jean Alesi 7
Constructors' Championship standings
Pos Constructor Points
1 25px Great Britain McLaren-Honda 25
2 25px Great Britain Williams-Renault 15
3 25px Italy Ferrari 15
4 25px Great Britain Benetton-Ford 10
5 25px Great Britain Tyrrell-Ford 8
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References[]



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