1990 French Grand Prix

 1990 French Grand Prix

Racing data
7th of 16 races in the 1990 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	Rhône-Poulenc Grand Prix de France
Date:	July 8, 1990
Place:	Le Castellet
Course:	Circuit Paul Ricard
Length:	305.04 km in 80 laps of 3.813 km
Weather:	sunny and hot
Spectator:	~ 80,000
Pole position
Driver:	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari
Time:	1: 04.402 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari
Time:	1: 08.012 min (lap 64)
Podium
First:	Alain Prost	Ferrari
Second:	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House-Judd
Third:	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda

The 1990 French Grand Prix took place on July 8th at the Paul Ricard Circuit in Le Castellet and was the seventh race of the 1990 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

There were no changes in the list of participants compared to the Mexican Grand Prix two weeks earlier.

training

With Nigel Mansell , for the first time in the current season, not one of the two McLaren drivers Gerhard Berger and Ayrton Senna secured pole position. These followed in second and third in front of Mansell's Ferrari team- mate Alain Prost . Alessandro Nannini and Riccardo Patrese formed the third row ahead of Ivan Capelli , Thierry Boutsen and Nelson Piquet .

run

In the first corner, Berger took the lead from Mansell. Senna made a McLaren one-two lead in the second lap.

When, after around 30 laps, numerous drivers made a pit stop, the two Leyton House drivers Ivan Capelli and Maurício Gugelmin , who completed the race without changing their tires, came out on top. To the surprise of the experts, this one-two lead lasted for around 20 laps, although the pursuers had advantages from their fresh tires. It was not until the 54th lap that Prost passed Gugelmin, who had to give up shortly afterwards due to an engine failure. The reigning world champion caught up quickly on the leading Capelli, but only found an opportunity to overtake him three laps before the end of the race. Third was Senna. Piquet came fourth ahead of Berger and Patrese. Andrea De Cesaris , who actually finished 14th, was disqualified after the race because of an underweight vehicle.

Scuderia Ferrari celebrated the 100th Grand Prix victory in team history.

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
Subaru Coloni Racing	31	Bertrand Gachot	Coloni C3B	Subaru 1235 3.5 V12	P
EuroBrun Racing	33	Roberto Moreno	EuroBrun ER189B	Judd CV 3.5 V8	P
	34	Claudio Langes
Moneytron Onyx Formula One	35	Gregor Foitek	Onyx ORE-1B	Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8	G
	36	JJ Lehto
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	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	-	-	1: 04,402	213.142 km / h	1: 04.871	211.601 km / h	01
02	Gerhard Berger	McLaren Honda	-	-	1: 05.350	210.050 km / h	1: 04.512	212.779 km / h	02
03	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	-	-	1: 04.549	212.657 km / h	1: 08.886	199.268 km / h	03
04th	Alain Prost	Ferrari	-	-	1: 04.792	211.859 km / h	1: 04.781	211.895 km / h	04th
05	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton-Ford	-	-	1: 05.670	209.027 km / h	1: 05.009	211.152 km / h	05
06th	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	-	-	1: 05.059	210.990 km / h	1: 05.394	209.909 km / h	06th
07th	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House-Judd	-	-	1: 06.384	206.779 km / h	1: 05.369	209.989 km / h	07th
08th	Thierry Boutsen	Williams-Renault	-	-	1: 05.446	209.742 km / h	1: 06.394	206.748 km / h	08th
09	Nelson Piquet	Benetton-Ford	-	-	1: 05.640	209.122 km / h	1: 05.744	208.792 km / h	09
10	Maurício Gugelmin	Leyton House-Judd	-	-	1: 05.818	208.557 km / h	1: 06.446	206.586 km / h	10
11	Eric Bernard	Lola Lamborghini	1: 05.165	210.647 km / h	1: 05.910	208.266 km / h	1: 05.852	208.449 km / h	11
12	Philippe Alliot	Ligier-Ford	-	-	1: 05.986	208.026 km / h	1: 06.866	205.288 km / h	12
13	Jean Alesi	Tyrrell-Ford	-	-	1: 06.084	207.717 km / h	1: 06,200	207.353 km / h	13
14th	Aguri Suzuki	Lola Lamborghini	1: 06.505	206.403 km / h	1: 06,100	207.667 km / h	1: 06.158	207.485 km / h	14th
15th	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell-Ford	-	-	1: 06.999	204.881 km / h	1: 06.563	206.223 km / h	15th
16	Derek Warwick	Lotus Lamborghini	-	-	1: 06.624	206.034 km / h	1: 07.031	204.783 km / h	16
17th	Martin Donnelly	Lotus Lamborghini	-	-	1: 06.647	205.963 km / h	1: 07.248	204.122 km / h	17th
18th	Michele Alboreto	Arrows Ford	-	-	1: 06.847	205.347 km / h	1: 07.239	204.149 km / h	18th
19th	Nicola Larini	Ligier-Ford	-	-	1: 07.224	204.195 km / h	1: 06.856	205.319 km / h	19th
20th	Stefano Modena	Brabham-Judd	-	-	1: 06.937	205.070 km / h	1: 06.943	205.052 km / h	20th
21st	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara-Ford	-	-	1: 09.727	196.865 km / h	1: 07.137	204.460 km / h	21st
22nd	Alex Caffi	Arrows Ford	-	-	1: 07.496	203.372 km / h	1: 07.207	204.247 km / h	22nd
23	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Ford	-	-	1: 07.315	203.919 km / h	1: 07.333	203.864 km / h	23
24	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara-Ford	-	-	1: 07.687	202.798 km / h	1: 07.692	202.783 km / h	24
25th	David Brabham	Brabham-Judd	-	-	1: 07.733	202.660 km / h	1: 08.532	200.298 km / h	25th
26th	Yannick Dalmas	AGS-Ford	1: 08.151	201.417 km / h	1: 08.630	200.012 km / h	1: 07.926	202.085 km / h	26th
DNQ	Paolo Barilla	Minardi-Ford	-	-	1: 08.008	201.841 km / h	1: 08.592	200.122 km / h	-
DNQ	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS-Ford	1: 07.232	204.171 km / h	1: 09.176	198.433 km / h	1: 08.147	201.429 km / h	-
DNQ	Gregor Foitek	Onyx Ford	-	-	1: 08.794	199.535 km / h	1: 08.232	201.178 km / h	-
DNQ	JJ Lehto	Onyx Ford	-	-	1: 08.954	199.072 km / h	1: 08.487	200.429 km / h	-
DNPQ	Olivier Grouillard	Osella-Ford	1: 08.219	201.217 km / h	-	-	-	-	-
DNPQ	Roberto Moreno	EuroBrun-Judd	1: 09.885	196.420 km / h	-	-	-	-	-
DNPQ	Claudio Langes	EuroBrun-Judd	1: 10.368	195.072 km / h	-	-	-	-	-
DNPQ	Bertrand Gachot	Coloni-Subaru	14: 02.465	16.294 km / h	-	-	-	-	-
DNPQ	Bruno Giacomelli	Life	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Alain Prost	Ferrari	80	1	1: 33: 29.606	04th	1: 08.212
02	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House-Judd	80	0	+ 8.626	07th	1: 08.373
03	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	80	1	+ 11.606	03	1: 08.573
04th	Nelson Piquet	Benetton-Ford	80	1	+ 41.207	09	1: 09.135
05	Gerhard Berger	McLaren Honda	80	1	+ 42.219	02	1: 09.206
06th	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	80	1	+1: 09.351	06th	1: 08.922
07th	Aguri Suzuki	Lola Lamborghini	79	1	+ 1 lap	14th	1: 09.720
08th	Eric Bernard	Lola Lamborghini	79	1	+ 1 lap	11	1: 09.895
09	Philippe Alliot	Ligier-Ford	79	1	+ 1 lap	12	1: 09.752
10	Michele Alboreto	Arrows Ford	79	1	+ 1 lap	18th	1: 09.314
11	Derek Warwick	Lotus Lamborghini	79	2	+ 1 lap	16	1: 08.882
12	Martin Donnelly	Lotus Lamborghini	79	2	+ 1 lap	17th	1: 08.023
13	Stefano Modena	Brabham-Judd	78	1	+ 2 rounds	20th	1: 09.934
14th	Nicola Larini	Ligier-Ford	78	1	+ 2 rounds	19th	1: 10.374
-	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara-Ford	78	1	DSQ	21st	1: 09.583	disqualified
16 (15)	David Brabham	Brabham-Judd	77	1	+ 3 rounds	25th	1: 11.110
17 (16)	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton-Ford	75	1	DNF	05	1: 08.214	Engine failure
18 (17)	Yannick Dalmas	AGS-Ford	75	2	+ 5 rounds	26th	1: 09.877
19 (18)	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	72	2	DNF	01	1: 08.012	Engine failure
-	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell-Ford	63	2	DNF	15th	1: 08.916	Gearbox damage
-	Maurício Gugelmin	Leyton House-Judd	58	0	DNF	10	1: 08.983	Engine failure
-	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Ford	40	0	DNF	23	1: 11.406	Engine failure
-	Jean Alesi	Tyrrell-Ford	23	1	DNF	13	1: 10.265	Differential damage
-	Alex Caffi	Arrows Ford	22nd	0	DNF	22nd	1: 11.242	Suspension damage
-	Thierry Boutsen	Williams-Renault	08th	0	DNF	08th	1: 10.837	Engine failure
-	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara-Ford	07th	0	DNF	24	1: 12.275	defective brake disc

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 35 02  Alain Prost Ferrari 32 03  Gerhard Berger McLaren Honda 25th 04th  Nelson Piquet Benetton-Ford 16 05  Jean Alesi Tyrrell-Ford 13 06th  Nigel Mansell Ferrari 13 07th  Thierry Boutsen Williams-Renault 11 08th  Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault 10

Item driver constructor Points 09  Alessandro Nannini Benetton-Ford 7th 10  Ivan Capelli Leyton House-Judd 6th 11  Alex Caffi Arrows Ford 2 12  Stefano Modena Brabham-Judd 2 13  Satoru Nakajima Tyrrell-Ford 1 14th  Derek Warwick Lotus Lamborghini 1 15th  Eric Bernard Lola Lamborghini 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  McLaren Honda 60 02  Ferrari 45 03  Benetton-Ford 23 04th  Williams-Renault 21st 05  Tyrrell-Ford 14th

Item constructor Points 06th  Leyton House-Judd 6th 07th  Arrows Ford 2 08th  Brabham-Judd 2 09  Lotus Lamborghini 1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Training" ( memento of the original from November 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)  
2. ^ "Report" (accessed on November 1, 2013)
3. ↑ “World Cup stands” ( Memento of the original from November 5, 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)  

Web links

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