Belgian Grand Prix 1990

 Belgian Grand Prix 1990

Racing data
11th of 16 races in the 1990 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	Belgian Grand Prix
Date:	August 26, 1990
Place:	spa
Course:	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Length:	305.36 km in 44 laps of 6.94 km
Weather:	cloudy but warm
Spectator:	~ 50,000
Pole position
Driver:	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda
Time:	1: 50.365 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Alain Prost	Ferrari
Time:	1: 55.087 min (lap 38)
Podium
First:	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda
Second:	Alain Prost	Ferrari
Third:	Gerhard Berger	McLaren Honda

The 1990 Belgian Grand Prix took place on August 26th at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps near Spa and was the eleventh race of the 1990 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

The Onyx team withdrew completely from Formula 1. Gregor Foitek had already announced his retirement two weeks earlier during training for the Hungarian Grand Prix . JJ Lehto did not find a new job at first and had to forego participating in the remaining races of the 1990 season. The rest of the field remained unchanged.

training

Due to the withdrawal of Onyx, the Ligier team was spared participation in the pre-qualification. Bertrand Gachot also benefited from the loss of two competitors , who was able to reach regular qualifying for the first time this season with the Coloni C3B .

The two McLaren drivers Ayrton Senna and Gerhard Berger dueled for pole position, which ultimately went to Senna with a lap time that was around six tenths of a second shorter. They were followed by Alain Prost and Thierry Boutsen before Nigel Mansell and Alessandro Nannini and Riccardo Patrese and Nelson Piquet .

run

While Senna took the lead over Berger, Aguri Suzuki collided with Nelson Piquet. This then collided with Nigel Mansell, whose car hit the pit wall head-on and thus partially blocked the route. While trying to avoid this obstacle, the two Lotus teammates Derek Warwick and Martin Donnelly collided with each other. In the further course of the first lap there was another collision elsewhere, namely between Satoru Nakajima and Stefano Modena . Emanuele Pirro and Nicola Larini were prevented from continuing by the blockades. As a result, the race management decided to abandon the race with the red flag.

Except for Suzuki, all drivers in repaired vehicles or T-Cars were able to participate in the restart. Senna took the lead again. This time, however, Boutsen managed to overtake Berger and take second place. Shortly afterwards, after a serious accident by Paolo Barilla in the Eau Rouge , the race was stopped again because debris from his Minardi had spread over the track.

Senna managed to defend his top position again on the third attempt. Behind him followed Berger in front of Prost, Boutsen, Patrese, Nannini, Piquet and Mansell. The latter then fell behind due to handling problems and gave up the race after 19 laps.

In the 14th lap, Prost passed Berger. Boutsen also caught up with the Austrian, which he took as an opportunity to have fresh tires fitted to the pits. Within a few laps, both Williams drivers retired due to technical defects.

A pit stop by Prost put Nannini in second place on lap 23. The French, however, pushed him back from this position four laps later. Nannini then dueled Berger for third place, which finally led to a collision between the two on lap 36. However, both were able to continue the race. Berger overtook the Italian on the 41st lap after he had made a small driving error in the Eau Rouge , and thus achieved third place behind Senna and Prost. The finish of the first three thus corresponded exactly to the world championship ranking at that time. Piquet crossed the finish line in fifth behind Nannini. Maurício Gugelmin was sixth to receive the last World Cup point of the day, which was also his first of the current season.

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	Martin Donnelly
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	Alessandro Nannini	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	Paolo Barilla
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 C3B	Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8	P
EuroBrun Racing	33	Roberto Moreno	EuroBrun ER189B	Judd CV 3.5 V8	P
	34	Claudio Langes
Life Racing Engines	39	Bruno Giacomelli	Life L190	Life F35 3.5 W12	G

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	Pre-qualification		1. Qualification training		2. Qualification training		begin
			time	Ø speed	time	Ø speed	time	Ø speed
01	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	-	-	1: 52.278	222.519 km / h	1: 50.365	226.376 km / h	01
02	Gerhard Berger	McLaren Honda	-	-	1: 51.211	224.654 km / h	1: 50.948	225.187 km / h	02
03	Alain Prost	Ferrari	-	-	1: 51.841	223.389 km / h	1: 51.043	224.994 km / h	03
04th	Thierry Boutsen	Williams-Renault	-	-	1: 54.024	219.112 km / h	1: 51.902	223.267 km / h	04th
05	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	-	-	1: 52.601	221.881 km / h	1: 52.267	222.541 km / h	05
06th	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton-Ford	-	-	1: 55.800	215.751 km / h	1: 52.648	221.788 km / h	06th
07th	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	-	-	1: 54.260	218.659 km / h	1: 52.703	221.680 km / h	07th
08th	Nelson Piquet	Benetton-Ford	-	-	1: 53.689	219.757 km / h	1: 52.853	221.385 km / h	08th
09	Jean Alesi	Tyrrell-Ford	-	-	1: 54.116	218.935 km / h	1: 52.885	221.323 km / h	09
10	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell-Ford	-	-	1: 55.798	215.755 km / h	1: 53.468	220.185 km / h	10
11	Aguri Suzuki	Lola Lamborghini	-	-	1: 55.294	216.698 km / h	1: 53.523	220.079 km / h	11
12	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House-Judd	-	-	1: 55.012	217.230 km / h	1: 53.783	219.576 km / h	12
13	Stefano Modena	Brabham-Judd	-	-	1: 57.014	213.513 km / h	1: 53.916	219.319 km / h	13
14th	Maurício Gugelmin	Leyton House-Judd	-	-	1: 54.497	218.207 km / h	1: 54.120	218.927 km / h	14th
15th	Eric Bernard	Lola Lamborghini	-	-	1: 56.213	214.985 km / h	1: 54.251	218.676 km / h	15th
16	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Ford	-	-	1: 56.074	215.242 km / h	1: 54.312	218.560 km / h	16
17th	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara-Ford	-	-	1: 56.239	214.936 km / h	1: 54.595	218.020 km / h	17th
18th	Derek Warwick	Lotus Lamborghini	-	-	1: 56.246	214.924 km / h	1: 55.068	217.124 km / h	18th
19th	Alex Caffi	Arrows Ford	-	-	1: 56.562	214.341 km / h	1: 55.199	216.877 km / h	19th
20th	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara-Ford	-	-	1: 56.923	213.679 km / h	1: 55.261	216.760 km / h	20th
21st	Nicola Larini	Ligier-Ford	-	-	1: 57.471	212.682 km / h	1: 55.278	216.728 km / h	21st
22nd	Martin Donnelly	Lotus Lamborghini	-	-	1: 56.666	214.150 km / h	1: 55.304	216.679 km / h	22nd
23	Olivier Grouillard	Osella-Ford	1: 57.941	211.835 km / h	1: 57.770	212.142 km / h	1: 55.334	216.623 km / h	23
24	David Brabham	Brabham-Judd	-	-	1: 58.034	211.668 km / h	1: 55.668	215.998 km / h	24
25th	Paolo Barilla	Minardi-Ford	-	-	1: 57.221	213.136 km / h	1: 55.859	215.641 km / h	25th
26th	Michele Alboreto	Arrows Ford	-	-	1: 57.255	213.074 km / h	1: 56.055	215.277 km / h	26th
DNQ	Philippe Alliot	Ligier-Ford	-	-	-	-	1: 56.118	215.160 km / h	-
DNQ	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS-Ford	1: 59.910	208.356 km / h	1: 58.293	211.204 km / h	1: 57.566	212.510 km / h	-
DNQ	Yannick Dalmas	AGS-Ford	1: 58.339	211.122 km / h	1: 58.995	209.958 km / h	1: 57.704	212.261 km / h	-
DNQ	Bertrand Gachot	Coloni-Ford	1: 59.130	209.720 km / h	-	-	1: 58.520	210.800 km / h	-
DNPQ	Roberto Moreno	EuroBrun-Judd	2: 00.270	207.733 km / h	-	-	-	-	-
DNPQ	Claudio Langes	EuroBrun-Judd	2: 01,405	205.791 km / h	-	-	-	-	-
DNPQ	Bruno Giacomelli	Life	2: 19.445	179.167 km / h	-	-	-	-	-

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	44	1	1: 26: 31,997	01	1: 55.132
02	Alain Prost	Ferrari	44	1	+ 03,550	03	1: 55.087
03	Gerhard Berger	McLaren Honda	44	1	+ 28,462	02	1: 55.531
04th	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton-Ford	44	0	+ 49.337	06th	1: 55.650
05	Nelson Piquet	Benetton-Ford	44	1	+1: 29.650	08th	1: 57.036
06th	Maurício Gugelmin	Leyton House-Judd	44	0	+1: 48.851	14th	1: 58.163
07th	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House-Judd	43	0	+ 1 lap	12	1: 58.351
08th	Jean Alesi	Tyrrell-Ford	43	0	+ 1 lap	09	1: 58.531
09	Eric Bernard	Lola Lamborghini	43	1	+ 1 lap	15th	1: 56.531
10	Alex Caffi	Arrows Ford	43	0	+ 1 lap	19th	2: 00.610
11	Derek Warwick	Lotus Lamborghini	43	1	+ 1 lap	18th	1: 59.081
12	Martin Donnelly	Lotus Lamborghini	43	1	+ 1 lap	22nd	1: 58.330
13	Michele Alboreto	Arrows Ford	43	0	+ 1 lap	26th	2: 00.671
14th	Nicola Larini	Ligier-Ford	42	2	+ 2 rounds	21st	1: 59.956
15th	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Ford	42	1	+ 2 rounds	16	2: 00.157
16	Olivier Grouillard	Osella-Ford	42	1	+ 2 rounds	23	2: 00.886
17th	Stefano Modena	Brabham-Judd	39	1	DNF	13	1: 59.415	Engine failure
-	David Brabham	Brabham-Judd	36	0	DNF	24	2: 01,959	Electrical damage
-	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara-Ford	27	1	DNF	20th	2: 02.225	Engine failure
-	Thierry Boutsen	Williams-Renault	21st	0	DNF	04th	1: 58.199	broken drive shaft
-	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	19th	1	DNF	05	1: 59.767	task
-	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	18th	0	DNF	07th	1: 58.666	Gearbox damage
-	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara-Ford	05	0	DNF	17th	2: 03,152	Cooling water loss
-	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell-Ford	04th	1	DNF	10	2: 14.599	Engine failure
-	Paolo Barilla	Minardi-Ford	00	0	DNF	25th	-	accident
-	Aguri Suzuki	Lola Lamborghini	00	0	DNF	11	-	task

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 63 02  Alain Prost Ferrari 50 03  Gerhard Berger McLaren Honda 33 04th  Thierry Boutsen Williams-Renault 27 05  Nelson Piquet Benetton-Ford 24 06th  Alessandro Nannini Benetton-Ford 16 07th  Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault 15th 08th  Nigel Mansell Ferrari 13 09  Jean Alesi Tyrrell-Ford 13

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

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  McLaren Honda 96 02  Ferrari 63 03  Williams-Renault 42 04th  Benetton-Ford 40 05  Tyrrell-Ford 14th

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 the original from December 6, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on November 1, 2013)  
2. ^ "Report" (accessed on November 1, 2013)
3. ↑ "World Cup stands" ( Memento of the original from December 5, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on November 1, 2013)  

Web links

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