1990 Spanish Grand Prix

1990 Spanish Grand Prix
Race details
	Race 14 of 16 in the 1990 Formula One season
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Date	September 30, 1990
Official name	XXXI Gran Premio Tio Pepe de España
Location	Circuito Permanente de Jerez; Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
Course	Permanent racing facility ; 4.218 km (2.6209 mi)
Distance	73 laps, 307.918 km (191.328 mi)
Weather	Dry, hot, sunny
Pole position
Time	1:18.387
Fastest lap
Time	1:24.513 on lap 53
Podium

The 1990 Spanish Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 30 September, 1990 at Jerez. It was the 31st Spanish Grand Prix and the fifth and last time the Grand Prix was held at the Jerez circuit before moving to a new larger facility near Barcelona in Catalunya, though it was not the last time Formula One raced here; F1 returned twice in the 1990s for a race titled the European Grand Prix.

Ferrari drivers dominated the race with reigning world champion Alain Prost leading his teammate Nigel Mansell home by 22 seconds for a 1-2 finish. British Team Lotus driver Martin Donnelly had a horrific crash during Friday practice; the seat of his Lotus 102 broke free and was flung clear of the wreck. Donnelly received serious injuries that took months of recovery, bringing an end to his Formula One career, although he later returned to racing. Team Lotus decided not to retire from the race, and Derek Warwick was close to the point-scoring positions when he became the race's final retirement on lap 63 with a broken gearbox in the other Lotus 102.

The race also turned out to be the last race of Alessandro Nannini's Formula One career. Nannini claimed the final podium position of the race in his Benetton B190, the ninth podium of his career, finishing ahead of the Williams pair of Thierry Boutsen and Riccardo Patrese for which he and his Brazilian team mate Nelson Piquet had been season-long rivals. One week after the race, his right arm was severed in a helicopter accident. Nannini recovered and returned to racing as a touring car driver.

At the start of the race, Gerhard Berger, desperate to move up from his fifth place on the grid, gave Jean Alesi no room, resulting in Alesi moving to the outside, where he was hit and put out of the race by Riccardo Patrese.

The Larrousse-Lola of Aguri Suzuki claimed the final championship point of the race, continuing an encouraging season for the French team. It was an encouraging race for another French team, Yannick Dalmas and Gabriele Tarquini both qualified in AGS JH25s in a first for the team, but AGS never again got two cars onto a Formula One grid. Dalmas finished in ninth position, the highlight of the season for the small French team.

McLaren driver Ayrton Senna's lap 53 retirement with a failed radiator reduced his lead in the world championship over Prost to nine points with just the Japanese and Australian Grands Prix remaining in the season. This increased tensions between the two championship protagonists, leading to a showdown at the Suzuka racetrack in Japan, every bit as controversial as their clash twelve months prior at the 1989 Japanese Grand Prix.

Classification[]

Pre Qualifying[]

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	18	Yannick Dalmas	AGS-Ford	1:22.470	—
2	17	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS-Ford	1:22.592	+0.122
3	14	Olivier Grouillard	Osella-Ford	1:22.708	+0.238
4	31	Bertrand Gachot	Coloni-Ford	1:24.603	+2.133
5	33	Roberto Moreno	EuroBrun-Judd	1:24.621	+2.151
6	34	Claudio Langes	EuroBrun-Judd	1:25.736	+3.266
7	39	Bruno Giacomelli	Life	1:42.699	+20.229

Qualifying[]

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Q1	Q2	Gap
1	27	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	1:18.900	1:18.387	—
2	1	Alain Prost	Ferrari	1:20.026	1:18.824	+0.437
3	2	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	1:21.005	1:19.106	+0.719
4	4	Jean Alesi	Tyrrell-Ford	1:19.923	1:19.604	+1.217
5	28	Gerhard Berger	McLaren-Honda	1:19.643	1:19.618	+1.231
6	6	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	1:20.562	1:19.647	+1.260
7	5	Thierry Boutsen	Williams-Renault	1:20.721	1:19.689	+1.302
8	20	Nelson Piquet	Benetton-Ford	1:21.111	1:19.700	+1.313
9	19	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton-Ford	1:21.383	1:20.367	+1.980
10	11	Derek Warwick	Lotus-Lamborghini	1:22.111	1:20.610	+2.223
11	23	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Ford	1:22.255	1:21.060	+2.673
12	15	Maurício Gugelmin	Leyton House-Judd	1:23.019	1:21.167	+2.780
13	26	Philippe Alliot	Ligier-Ford	1:23.783	1:21.170	+2.783
14	3	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell-Ford	1:22.690	1:21.215	+2.828
15	30	Aguri Suzuki	Lola-Lamborghini	1:21.740	1:21.244	+2.857
16	21	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara-Ford	1:23.485	1:21.277	+2.890
17	22	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara-Ford	1:22.953	1:21:467	+3.080
18	29	Éric Bernard	Lola-Lamborghini	1:22.403	1:21.551	+3.164
19	16	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House-Judd	1:23.866	1:21.916	+3.529
20	25	Nicola Larini	Ligier-Ford	1:23.290	1:21.996	+3.609
21	14	Olivier Grouillard	Osella-Ford	1:24.784	1:22.288	+3.901
22	17	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS-Ford	1:23.260	1:22.466	+4.079
23	12	Martin Donnelly	Lotus-Lamborghini	1:22.659	—	+4.272
24	18	Yannick Dalmas	AGS-Ford	1:23.249	1:22.716	+4.329
25	8	Stefano Modena	Brabham-Judd	1:23.641	1:23.133	+4.746
26	9	Michele Alboreto	Arrows-Ford	1:24.043	1:23.161	+4.774
27	7	David Brabham	Brabham-Judd	1:25.899	1:23.163	+4.776
28	24	Paolo Barilla	Minardi-Ford	1:25.093	1:23.274	+4.887
29	10	Bernd Schneider	Arrows-Ford	1:24.675	1:23.924	+5.537
30	31	Bertrand Gachot	Coloni-Ford	1:26.593	1:25.114	+6.727

Race[]

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Alain Prost	Ferrari	73	1:48:01.461	2	9
2	2	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	73	+22.064	3	6
3	19	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton-Ford	73	+34.874	9	4
4	5	Thierry Boutsen	Williams-Renault	73	+43.296	7	3
5	6	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	73	+57.530	6	2
6	30	Aguri Suzuki	Lola-Lamborghini	73	+1:03.728	15	1
7	25	Nicola Larini	Ligier-Ford	72	+1 Lap	20
8	15	Maurício Gugelmin	Leyton House-Judd	72	+1 Lap	12
9	18	Yannick Dalmas	AGS-Ford	72	+1 Lap	23
10	9	Michele Alboreto	Arrows-Ford	71	+2 Laps	25
Ret	11	Derek Warwick	Lotus-Lamborghini	63	Gearbox	10
Ret	16	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House-Judd	59	Physical	19
Ret	28	Gerhard Berger	McLaren-Honda	56	Collision	5
Ret	27	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	53	Radiator	1
Ret	20	Nelson Piquet	Benetton-Ford	47	Battery	8
Ret	22	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara-Ford	47	Engine	17
Ret	14	Olivier Grouillard	Osella-Ford	45	Wheel Bearing	21
Ret	23	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Ford	41	Spun Off	11
Ret	26	Philippe Alliot	Ligier-Ford	22	Spun Off	13
Ret	29	Éric Bernard	Lola-Lamborghini	20	Gearbox	18
Ret	3	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell-Ford	13	Spun Off	14
Ret	17	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS-Ford	5	Engine	22
Ret	8	Stefano Modena	Brabham-Judd	5	Collision	24
Ret	4	Jean Alesi	Tyrrell-Ford	0	Spun Off	4
Ret	21	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara-Ford	0	Throttle	16
DNS	12	Martin Donnelly	Lotus-Lamborghini		Injured
DNQ	7	David Brabham	Brabham-Judd
DNQ	24	Paolo Barilla	Minardi-Ford
DNQ	10	Bernd Schneider	Arrows-Ford
DNQ	31	Bertrand Gachot	Coloni-Ford
DNPQ	33	Roberto Moreno	EuroBrun-Judd
DNPQ	34	Claudio Langes	EuroBrun-Judd
DNPQ	39	Bruno Giacomelli	Life-Judd

Notes[]

Lap Leaders: Ayrton Senna 26 laps (1-26); Nelson Piquet 2 laps (27-28); Alain Prost 45 laps (29-73)

Standings after the race[]

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Ayrton Senna	78
2	Alain Prost	69
3	Gerhard Berger	40
4	Nigel Mansell	31
5	Thierry Boutsen	30

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	McLaren-Honda	118
2	Ferrari	100
3	Williams-Renault	49
4	Benetton-Ford	47
5	Tyrrell-Ford	15

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/1990/228/. Retrieved 2007-08-05.

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