1990 FORMULA ONE SEASON

The '1990 Formula One season' was the 41st FIA Formula One World Championship season. It commenced on March 11, 1990, and ended on November 4 after sixteen races.

Contents

Season summary

Season review

Drivers and Constructors

1990 Constructors Championship final standings

1990 Drivers Championship final standings

Notes

Season summary

Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna continued their rivalry, this time with Prost driving for Ferrari. Senna won 6 races and Prost 5. The championship was once again decided in controversy, when Senna drove Prost off the track at the Japanese Grand Prix, preventing Prost from scoring enough points to take the championship lead.

Season review

Round	Race	Date	Location	Winning driver	Constructor	Report
1	United States Grand Prix	March 11	Phoenix	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	Report
2	Brazilian Grand Prix	March 25	Interlagos	Alain Prost	Ferrari	Report
3	San Marino Grand Prix	May 13	Imola	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	Report
4	Monaco Grand Prix	May 27	Monaco	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	Report
5	Canadian Grand Prix	June 10	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	Report
6	Mexican Grand Prix	June 24	Hermanos Rodriguez	Alain Prost	Ferrari	Report
7	French Grand Prix	July 8	Paul Ricard	Alain Prost	Ferrari	Report
8	British Grand Prix	July 15	Silverstone	Alain Prost	Ferrari	Report
9	German Grand Prix	July 29	Hockenheimring	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	Report
10	Hungarian Grand Prix	August 12	Hungaroring	Thierry Boutsen	Williams-Renault	Report
11	Belgian Grand Prix	August 26	Spa-Francorchamps	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	Report
12	Italian Grand Prix	September 9	Monza	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	Report
13	Portuguese Grand Prix	September 23	Estoril	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	Report
14	Spanish Grand Prix	September 30	Jerez	Alain Prost	Ferrari	Report
15	Japanese Grand Prix	October 21	Suzuka	Nelson Piquet	Benetton-Ford	Report
16	Australian Grand Prix	November 4	Adelaide	Nelson Piquet	Benetton-Ford	Report

Drivers and Constructors

The following teams and drivers competed in the 1990 FIA Formula One World Championship.

Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	No	Driver	Test Driver(s)
Scuderia Ferrari SpA	Ferrari	641	Ferrari 036 3.5 V12 037 3.5 V12		1	Alain Prost	Gianni Morbidelli
					2	Nigel Mansell
Tyrrell Racing Organisation	Tyrrell	019	Ford DFR 3.5 V8		3	Satoru Nakajima	Volker Weidler
					4	Jean Alesi
Canon Williams Team	Williams	FW13B	Renault RS2 3.5 V10		5	Thierry Boutsen	Mark Blundell
					6	Riccardo Patrese
Motor Racing Developments Ltd.	Brabham	BT58 BT59	Judd EV 3.5 V8		7	David Brabham	''n/a''
						Gregor Foitek
					8	Stefano Modena
Footwork Arrows Racing	Arrows	A11 A11B	Ford DFR 3.5 V8		9	Michele Alboreto	''n/a''
					10	Alex Caffi
						Bernd Schneider
Camel Team Lotus	Lotus	102	Lamborghini 3512 3.5 V12		11	Derek Warwick	''n/a''
					12	Martin Donnelly
						Johnny Herbert
Fondmetal Osella	Osella	FA1M89 FA1ME	Ford DFR 3.5 V8		14	Olivier Grouillard	''n/a''
Leyton House Racing	Leyton House	CG901	Judd EV 3.5 V8		15	Mauricio Gugelmin	Bruno Giacomelli
					16	Ivan Capelli
Automobiles Gonfaronaise Sportive	AGS	JH24 JH25	Ford DFR 3.5 V8		17	Gabriele Tarquini	''n/a''
					18	Yannick Dalmas
Benetton Formula	Benetton	B189B B190	Ford HBA4 3.5 V8		19	Alessandro Nannini	Johnny Dumfries Roberto Moreno
						Roberto Moreno
					20	Nelson Piquet
Scuderia Italia	Dallara	F190	Ford DFR 3.5 V8		21	Emanuele Pirro	Andrea Montermini
					22	Andrea de Cesaris
SCM Minardi Team	Minardi	M189 M190	Ford DFR 3.5 V8		23	Pierluigi Martini	''n/a''
					24	Paolo Barilla
						Gianni Morbidelli
Ligier Gitantes	Ligier	JS33B	Ford DFR 3.5 V8		25	Nicola Larini	Emmanuel Collard
					26	Philippe Alliot
Honda Marlboro McLaren	McLaren	MP4/5B	Honda RA109E 3.5 V10		27	Ayrton Senna	Jonathan Palmer Allan McNish
					28	Gerhard Berger
Espo Larrousse F1	Lola	LC89B LC90	Lamborghini 3512 3.5 V12		29	Éric Bernard	''n/a''
					30	Aguri Suzuki
Subaru Coloni Racing Coloni Racing	Coloni	C3B C3C	Subaru 1235 Ford DFR 3.5 V8		31	Bertrand Gachot	''n/a''
Euro Brun Racing	EuroBrun	ER189B	Judd CV 3.5 V8		33	Roberto Moreno	''n/a''
					34	Claudio Langes
Monteverdi Onyx Formula	Onyx	ORE-1 ORE-2	Ford DFR 3.5 V8		35	Stefan Johansson	''n/a''
						Gregor Foitek
					36	JJ Lehto
Life Racing Engines	Life	F190	Life F35 3.5 W12 Judd CV 3.5 V8		39	Gary Brabham	''n/a''
						Bruno Giacomelli

1990 Constructors Championship final standings

Place	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	Points	Wins	Podiums	Poles
1	McLaren-Honda	MP4/5B	Honda RA109E		121	6	18	12
2	Ferrari	641	Ferrari 036		110	6	14	3
3	Benetton-Ford	B189B B190	Ford HBA4		71	2	8
4	Williams-Renault	FW13B	Renault RS2		57	2	4	1
5	Tyrrell-Ford	018 019	Ford DFR		16		2
6	Lola-Lamborghini	LC89B LC90	Lamborghini 3512		11		1
7	Leyton House-Judd	CG901	Judd EV		7		1
8	Lotus-Lamborghini	102	Lamborghini 3512		3
9	Arrows-Ford	A11 A11B	Ford DFR		2
10	Brabham-Judd	BT58 BT59	Judd EV		2
11	Onyx-Ford	ORE-1 ORE-2	Ford DFR
12	Ligier-Ford	JS33B	Ford DFR
13	Osella-Ford	FA1M89 FA1ME	Ford DFR
14	Life	F190	Life F35 Judd CV
15	Euro Brun-Judd	ER189B	Judd CV
16	Dallara-Ford	F190	Ford DFR
17	Coloni-Ford	C3C	Ford DFR
18	Coloni-Subaru	C3B	Subaru 1235
19	AGS-Ford	JH24 JH25	Ford DFR
20	Minardi-Ford	M189 M190	Ford DFR

1990 Drivers Championship final standings

Pos Driver USA BRA SMR MON CAN MEX FRA GBR GER HUN BEL ITA POR ESP JPN AUS Points[1] 1 Ayrton Senna 1 3 Ret 1 1 20 3 3 1 2 1 1 2 Ret Ret Ret '78' 2 Alain Prost Ret 1 4 Ret 5 1 1 1 4 Ret 2 2 3 1 Ret 3 '71 (73)' 3 Nelson Piquet 4 6 5 DSQ 2 6 4 5 Ret 3 5 7 5 Ret 1 1 '43 (44)' 4 Gerhard Berger Ret 2 2 3 4 3 5 14 3 16 3 3 4 Ret Ret 4 '43' 5 Nigel Mansell Ret 4 Ret Ret 3 2 18 Ret Ret 17 Ret 4 1 2 Ret 2 '37' 6 Thierry Boutsen 3 5 Ret 4 Ret 5 Ret 2 6 1 Ret Ret Ret 4 5 5 '34' 7 Riccardo Patrese 9 13 1 Ret Ret 9 6 Ret 5 4 Ret 5 7 5 4 6 '23' 8 Alessandro Nannini 11 10 3 Ret Ret 4 16 Ret 2 Ret 4 8 6 3 '21' 9 Jean Alesi 2 7 6 2 Ret 7 Ret 8 11 Ret 8 Ret 8 Ret DNS 8 '13' 10 Ivan Capelli Ret DNQ Ret Ret 10 DNQ 2 Ret 7 Ret 7 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret '6' 11 Roberto Moreno 13 DNPQ Ret DNQ DNQ DSQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ 2 7 '6' 12 Aguri Suzuki Ret Ret Ret Ret 12 Ret 7 6 Ret Ret Ret Ret 14 6 3 Ret '6' 13 Éric Bernard 8 Ret 13 6 9 Ret 8 4 Ret 6 9 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret '5' 14 Derek Warwick Ret Ret 7 Ret 6 10 11 Ret 8 5 11 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret '3' 15 Satoru Nakajima 6 8 Ret Ret 11 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 6 DNS Ret 6 Ret '3' 16 Alex Caffi Ret DNQ 5 8 DNQ Ret 7 9 9 10 9 13 9 DNQ '2' 17 Stefano Modena 5 Ret Ret Ret 7 11 13 9 Ret Ret 17 Ret Ret Ret Ret 12 '2' 18 Mauricio Gugelmin 14 DNQ Ret DNQ DNQ DNQ Ret DNS Ret 8 6 Ret 12 8 Ret Ret '1' — Nicola Larini Ret 11 10 Ret Ret 16 14 10 10 11 14 11 10 7 7 10 '0' — Martin Donnelly Ret Ret 8 Ret Ret 8 12 Ret Ret 7 12 Ret Ret DNS '0' — Pierluigi Martini 7 9 DNS Ret Ret 12 Ret Ret Ret Ret 15 Ret 11 Ret 8 9 '0' — Gregor Foitek Ret Ret Ret 7 Ret 15 DNQ DNQ Ret DNQ '0' — Philippe Alliot DSQ 12 9 Ret Ret 18 9 13 DSQ 14 DNQ 13 Ret Ret 10 11 '0' — Michele Alboreto 10 Ret DNQ DNQ Ret 17 10 Ret Ret 12 13 12 9 10 Ret DNQ '0' — Yannick Dalmas DNPQ Ret DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ 17 DNPQ DNQ DNQ DNQ Ret Ret 9 DNQ DNQ '0' — Emanuele Pirro Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 11 Ret 10 Ret Ret 15 Ret Ret Ret '0' — Andrea de Cesaris Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 13 DNS Ret DNQ Ret Ret 10 Ret Ret Ret Ret '0' — Paolo Barilla Ret Ret 11 Ret DNQ 14 DNQ 12 Ret 15 Ret DNQ DNQ DNQ '0' — Jyrki Järvilehto DNQ DNQ 12 Ret Ret Ret DNQ DNQ NC DNQ '0' — Bernd Schneider 12 DNQ '0' — Olivier Grouillard Ret Ret Ret DNQ 13 19 DNPQ DNQ DNQ DNPQ 16 Ret DNQ Ret DNQ 13 '0' — Gabriele Tarquini DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNQ Ret DNPQ 13 DNQ DNQ DNQ Ret DNQ Ret '0' — Gianni Morbidelli DNQ 14 Ret Ret '0' — David Brabham DNQ Ret DNQ Ret 15 DNQ Ret DNQ Ret DNQ Ret DNQ Ret Ret '0' — Johnny Herbert Ret Ret '0' — Bertrand Gachot DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ '0' — Claudio Langes DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ '0' — Bruno Giacomelli DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ DNPQ '0' — Stefan Johansson DNQ DNQ '0' — Gary Brabham DNPQ DNPQ '0' Pos Driver USA BRA SMR MON CAN MEX FRA GBR GER HUN BEL ITA POR ESP JPN AUS Points

Place	Driver	Number	Country	Points	Wins	Podiums	Poles
1	Ayrton Senna	27	Brazil	78	6	11	10
2	Alain Prost	1	France	71 (73)	5	9
3	Nelson Piquet	20	Brazil	44	2	4
4	Gerhard Berger	28	Austria	43		7	2
5	Nigel Mansell	2	Britain	37	1	5	3
6	Thierry Boutsen	5	Belgium	34	1	3	1
7	Riccardo Patrese	6	Italy	23	1	1
8	Alessandro Nannini	19	Italy	21		3
9	Jean Alesi	4	France	13		2
10	Ivan Capelli	16	Italy	6		1
11	Roberto Moreno	19	Brazil	6		1
12	Aguri Suzuki	30	Japan	6		1
13	Éric Bernard	29	France	5
14	Derek Warwick	11	Britain	3
15	Satoru Nakajima	3	Japan	3
16	Alex Caffi	10	Italy	2
17	Stefano Modena	8	Italy	2
18	Mauricio Gugelmin	15	Brazil	1
—	Nicola Larini	25	Italy
—	Martin Donnelly	12	Ireland
—	Pierluigi Martini	23	Italy
—	Gregor Foitek	35	Switzerland
—	Philippe Alliot	26	France
—	Michele Alboreto	9	Italy
—	Yannick Dalmas	18	France
—	Emanuele Pirro	21	Italy
—	Andrea de Cesaris	22	Italy
—	Paolo Barilla	24	Italy
—	Jyrki Järvilehto	36	Finland
—	Bernd Schneider	10	Germany
—	Olivier Grouillard	14	France
—	Gabriele Tarquini	17	Italy
—	Gianni Morbidelli	24	Italy
—	David Brabham	7	Australia
—	Johnny Herbert	12	Britain
—	Bertrand Gachot	31	Belgium
—	Claudio Langes	34	Italy
—	Bruno Giacomelli	39	Italy
—	Stefan Johansson	35	Sweden
—	Gary Brabham	39	Australia

Notes

1. Only the best 11 results counted towards the Drivers' Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.