1990 Australian Grand Prix

 1990 Australian Grand Prix

Racing data
16th of 16 races in the 1990 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	Foster's Australian Grand Prix
Date:	4th November 1990
Place:	Adelaide
Course:	Adelaide Street Circuit
Length:	306.18 km in 81 laps of 3.78 km
Weather:	hot
Spectator:	~ 85,000
Pole position
Driver:	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda
Time:	1: 15.671 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari
Time:	1: 18.203 min (lap 75)
Podium
First:	Nelson Piquet	Benetton-Ford
Second:	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari
Third:	Alain Prost	Ferrari

The 1990 Australian Grand Prix took place on November 4th as the 16th and final race of the 1990 Formula 1 World Championship on the Adelaide Street Circuit .

Reports

background

As a result of the collision with Alain Prost provoked by Ayrton Senna two weeks earlier, shortly after the start of the Japanese Grand Prix , Scuderia Ferrari , threatening to withdraw from Formula 1 , demanded new rules from FISA to avoid dangerous collisions and appropriate penalties for violations.

The final run in Australia was the 500th Grand Prix in Formula 1 history. The field of participants remained unchanged compared to the Japanese GP.

training

The two McLaren drivers Ayrton Senna and Gerhard Berger secured the front row in front of the two Ferrari 641s driven by Nigel Mansell and Alain Prost. Jean Alesi followed before Riccardo Patrese and the two Benetton team- mates Nelson Piquet and Roberto Moreno .

run

First Berger was able to defend second place behind the leading Senna against Mansell. In the second round, however, he accidentally turned the ignition on his engine. While he was correcting this, Mansell was able to get past him.

By the ninth lap, Piquet passed Prost and Berger into third place. Up to the 43rd lap, Mansell dueled Senna for the lead. Then he fell back to fifth as a result of a small driving error and a pit stop.

When Senna had to retire on lap 62 due to a gearbox failure, Piquet took the lead from Prost, Mansell and Berger. On lap 73 Mansell passed Prost and caught up with the leader. However, this defended his position to the finish. Mansell was second, around three seconds behind, ahead of Prost, Berger, Boutsen and Patrese.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Scuderia Ferrari SpA	1	Alain Prost	Ferrari 641	Ferrari 036 3.5 V12	G
	2	Nigel Mansell
Tyrrell Racing Organization	3	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell 019	Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8	P
	4th	Jean Alesi
Canon Williams team	5	Thierry Boutsen	Williams FW13B	Renault RS2 3.5 V10	G
	6th	Riccardo Patrese
Motor Racing Developments	7th	David Brabham	Brabham BT59	Judd EV 3.5 V8	P
	8th	Stefano Modena
Footwork Arrows Racing	9	Michele Alboreto	Arrows A11B	Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8	G
	10	Alex Caffi
Camel Team Lotus	11	Derek Warwick	Lotus 102	Lamborghini 3512 3.5 V12	G
	12	Johnny Herbert
Fondmetal Osella	14th	Olivier Grouillard	Osella FA1ME	Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8	P
Leyton House Racing	15th	Maurício Gugelmin	Leyton House CG901	Judd EV 3.5 V8	G
	16	Ivan Capelli
AGS Racing	17th	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS JH25	Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8	G
	18th	Yannick Dalmas
Benetton Formula Ltd	19th	Roberto Moreno	Benetton B190	Ford Cosworth HBA4 3.5 V8	G
	20th	Nelson Piquet
BMS Scuderia Italia	21st	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara 190	Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8	P
	22nd	Andrea de Cesaris
SCM Minardi team	23	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi M190		P
	24	Gianni Morbidelli
Ligier Gitanes	25th	Nicola Larini	Ligier JS33B		G
	26th	Philippe Alliot
Honda Marlboro McLaren	27	Ayrton Senna	McLaren MP4 / 5B	Honda RA100E 3.5 V10	G
	28	Gerhard Berger
Espo Larrousse F1	29	Eric Bernard	Lola LC90	Lamborghini 3512 3.5 V12	G
	30th	Aguri Suzuki
Coloni Racing	31	Bertrand Gachot	Coloni C3C	Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8	P

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	1. Qualification training		2. Qualification training		begin
			time	Ø speed	time	Ø speed
01	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	1: 15.671	179.831 km / h	1: 15.693	179.779 km / h	01
02	Gerhard Berger	McLaren Honda	1: 17.431	175.744 km / h	1: 16.244	178.480 km / h	02
03	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	1: 17.294	176.055 km / h	1: 16.352	178.227 km / h	03
04th	Alain Prost	Ferrari	1: 16.365	178.197 km / h	1: 17.021	176.679 km / h	04th
05	Jean Alesi	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 16.837	177.102 km / h	1: 17.246	176.164 km / h	05
06th	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	1: 17.156	176.370 km / h	1: 17.449	175.703 km / h	06th
07th	Nelson Piquet	Benetton-Ford	1: 17.640	175.270 km / h	1: 17.173	176.331 km / h	07th
08th	Roberto Moreno	Benetton-Ford	1: 17.437	175.730 km / h	1: 18.089	174.263 km / h	08th
09	Thierry Boutsen	Williams-Renault	1: 17.596	175.370 km / h	1: 18.112	174.211 km / h	09
10	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Ford	1: 18.235	173.937 km / h	1: 17.827	174.849 km / h	10
11	Derek Warwick	Lotus Lamborghini	1: 19.579	171,000 km / h	1: 18.351	173.680 km / h	11
12	Nicola Larini	Ligier-Ford	1: 19.567	171.026 km / h	1: 18.730	172.844 km / h	12
13	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 18.738	172.826 km / h	1: 19.066	172.109 km / h	13
14th	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House-Judd	1: 19.341	171.513 km / h	1: 18.843	172.596 km / h	14th
15th	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara-Ford	1: 19.107	172.020 km / h	1: 18.858	172.563 km / h	15th
16	Maurício Gugelmin	Leyton House-Judd	1: 19.804	170.518 km / h	1: 18.860	172.559 km / h	16
17th	Stefano Modena	Brabham-Judd	1: 19.861	170.396 km / h	1: 18.886	172.502 km / h	17th
18th	Johnny Herbert	Lotus Lamborghini	1: 19.091	172.055 km / h	1: 19.185	171.851 km / h	18th
19th	Philippe Alliot	Ligier-Ford	1: 19.202	171.814 km / h	1: 19.835	170.452 km / h	19th
20th	Gianni Morbidelli	Minardi-Ford	1: 19.408	171.368 km / h	1: 19.347	171.500 km / h	20th
21st	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara-Ford	1: 19.476	171.222 km / h	1: 19.609	170.935 km / h	21st
22nd	Olivier Grouillard	Osella-Ford	1: 21.047	167.903 km / h	1: 19.722	170.693 km / h	22nd
23	Eric Bernard	Lola Lamborghini	1: 21.489	166.992 km / h	1: 19.858	170.402 km / h	23
24	Aguri Suzuki	Lola Lamborghini	1: 19.970	170.164 km / h	1: 20.235	169.602 km / h	24
25th	David Brabham	Brabham-Judd	1: 20.846	168.320 km / h	1: 20.218	169.638 km / h	25th
26th	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS-Ford	1: 21.222	167.541 km / h	1: 20.296	169.473 km / h	26th
DNQ	Michele Alboreto	Arrows Ford	1: 20.630	168.771 km / h	1: 20.545	168.949 km / h	-
DNQ	Yannick Dalmas	AGS-Ford	1: 21.342	167.294 km / h	1: 20.570	168.897 km / h	-
DNQ	Alex Caffi	Arrows Ford	1: 21.101	167.791 km / h	1: 20.609	168.815 km / h	-
DNQ	Bertrand Gachot	Coloni-Ford	1: 23.135	163.686 km / h	1: 23.975	162.048 km / h	-

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Nelson Piquet	Benetton-Ford	81	0	1: 49: 44.570	07th	1: 18.527
02	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	81	1	+ 3.129	03	1: 18.203
03	Alain Prost	Ferrari	81	0	+ 37.259	04th	1: 19.434
04th	Gerhard Berger	McLaren Honda	81	0	+ 46.862	02	1: 20.025
05	Thierry Boutsen	Williams-Renault	81	0	+1: 51.160	09	1: 19.717
06th	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	80	1	+ 1 lap	06th	1: 19.818
07th	Roberto Moreno	Benetton-Ford	80	1	+ 1 lap	08th	1: 19.707
08th	Jean Alesi	Tyrrell-Ford	80	1	+ 1 lap	05	1: 19.732
09	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Ford	79	1	+ 2 rounds	10	1: 21.257
10	Nicola Larini	Ligier-Ford	79	2	+ 2 rounds	12	1: 21.209
11	Philippe Alliot	Ligier-Ford	78	0	+ 3 rounds	19th	1: 21.921
12	Stefano Modena	Brabham-Judd	77	1	+ 4 rounds	17th	1: 22.693
13	Olivier Grouillard	Osella-Ford	74	2	+ 7 rounds	22nd	1: 25.642
-	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara-Ford	68	0	DNF	21st	1: 22.505	Engine failure
-	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	61	0	DNF	01	1: 19.302	Gearbox damage
-	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS-Ford	58	1	DNF	26th	1: 23.147	Engine failure
-	Johnny Herbert	Lotus Lamborghini	57	1	DNF	18th	1: 22.142	Clutch damage
-	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell-Ford	53	1	DNF	13	1: 21.713	accident
-	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House-Judd	46	1	DNF	14th	1: 22.583	jammed throttle cable
-	Derek Warwick	Lotus Lamborghini	43	0	DNF	11	1: 22.524	Clutch damage
-	Maurício Gugelmin	Leyton House-Judd	27	0	DNF	16	1: 22,200	Brake defect
-	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara-Ford	23	0	DNF	15th	1: 23.897	Electrical damage
-	Eric Bernard	Lola Lamborghini	21st	0	DNF	23	1: 23.272	Gearbox damage
-	Gianni Morbidelli	Minardi-Ford	20th	0	DNF	20th	1: 24.272	Gearbox damage
-	David Brabham	Brabham-Judd	18th	0	DNF	25th	1: 25.703	Lathe operator
-	Aguri Suzuki	Lola Lamborghini	06th	0	DNF	24	1: 24.007	defective power transmission

World Cup stands after the race

The first six of the race got 9, 6, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point (s) respectively.

Driver ranking

Item driver constructor Points 01  Ayrton Senna McLaren Honda 78 02  Alain Prost Ferrari 71 (73) 03  Gerhard Berger McLaren Honda 43 (44) 04th  Nelson Piquet Benetton-Ford 43 05  Nigel Mansell Ferrari 37 06th  Thierry Boutsen Williams-Renault 34 07th  Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault 23 08th  Alessandro Nannini Benetton-Ford 21st 09  Jean Alesi Tyrrell-Ford 13

Item driver constructor Points 10  Aguri Suzuki Lola Lamborghini 6th 11  Ivan Capelli Leyton House-Judd 6th 12  Roberto Moreno Benetton-Ford 6th 13  Eric Bernard Lola Lamborghini 5 14th  Derek Warwick Lotus Lamborghini 3 15th  Satoru Nakajima Tyrrell-Ford 3 16  Alex Caffi Arrows Ford 2 17th  Stefano Modena Brabham-Judd 2 18th  Maurício Gugelmin Leyton House-Judd 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  McLaren Honda 121 02  Ferrari 110 03  Benetton-Ford 71 04th  Williams-Renault 57 05  Tyrrell-Ford 16

Item constructor Points 06th  Leyton House-Judd 7th 07th  Lotus Lamborghini 3 08th  Arrows Ford 2 09  Brabham-Judd 2

Individual evidence

1. ^ "Training" ( Memento of December 12, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on December 7, 2013)
2. ^ "Report" (accessed December 7, 2013)
3. ^ "World Championship stands" ( Memento from December 12, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on December 7, 2013)

Web links

• Race result on the official Formula 1 website
• Race result on "Motorsportarchiv.de"