1990 Japanese Grand Prix
| Racing data | ||
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| 15th of 16 races in the 1990 Formula 1 World Championship | ||
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| Surname: | Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix | |
| Date: | October 21, 1990 | |
| Place: | Suzuka | |
| Course: | Suzuka International Racing Course | |
| Length: | 310.527 km in 53 laps of 5.859 km
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| Weather: | slightly cloudy, but warm | |
| Spectator: | ~ 150,000 | |
| Pole position | ||
| Driver: |
.svg){kind=small} Ayrton Senna
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 McLaren Honda
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| Time: | 1: 36.996 min | |
| Fastest lap | ||
| Driver: |
 Riccardo Patrese
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Williams-Renault
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| Time: | 1: 44.233 min (lap 40) | |
| Podium | ||
| First: |
Nelson Piquet
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Benetton-Ford
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| Second: |
Roberto Moreno
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Benetton-Ford
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| Third: |
 Aguri Suzuki
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Lola Lamborghini
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The 1990 Japanese Grand Prix took place in Suzuka on October 21 and was the 15th race of the 1990 Formula 1 World Championship .
Reports
background
The penultimate World Championship run of the year took place three weeks after the Spanish Grand Prix and brought several changes to the field of participants.
The EuroBrun and Life teams decided to withdraw from Formula 1 immediately. All of the 30 remaining vehicles were able to take part in the regular training rounds, so that the pre-qualification practiced during the entire season so far could be omitted.
Alessandro Nannini sustained serious injuries in the course of a helicopter crash and had to end his Formula 1 career. Roberto Moreno , who was available when the EuroBrun team left, was hired as a replacement . The Lotus team took Johnny Herbert under contract as the successor to Martin Donnelly , who continued to receive intensive care after his serious accident in training for the Spanish GP . Paolo Barilla was replaced at Minardi by his compatriot Gianni Morbidelli . Alex Caffi returned to the Arrows team.
training
The training was overshadowed by two serious accidents involving Emanuele Pirro and Jean Alesi . Pirro injured his finger, Alesi decided not to participate in the rest of the race weekend due to neck pain.
Just ahead of his title rival Alain Prost , qualified Ayrton Senna for the pole position. The second row was made up of their two teammates Nigel Mansell and Gerhard Berger , followed by Thierry Boutsen and Nelson Piquet .
All drivers achieved average speeds of over 200 km / h on their best laps.
Since the left side of the start-and-finish straight was considered the cleaner and therefore more advantageous, McLaren, at Ayrton Senna's urging , demanded that the pole position be shifted from right to left. The FISA refused. Senna saw a benefit in favor of Alain Prost by his compatriot Jean-Marie Balestre , who as President of FISA was ultimately responsible for the decision.
run
The fear of Senna and his team that Prost could accelerate better from second place due to better traction due to the location of the starting place on the ideal line, proved to be true. Although Prost turned into the first corner by about half a car length, Senna did not give in and provoked a collision that inevitably occurred. Both World Cup opponents were eliminated after their cars came to a halt in the gravel. Senna's point lead could no longer be made up by Prost in the remaining last race of the season in Australia , making the Brazilian the world champion of the 1990 season. For the experts, there was no question that Senna was clearly the culprit in the collision. When asked about this, however, the latter blamed the FISA, as it had not complied with his request for the launch site to be relocated.
Stefano Modena collided with Philippe Alliot in the dust cloud triggered by the two opponents . In order to avoid a similar collision, the two Arrows pilots had to carry out sudden evasive maneuvers. Michele Alboreto also had to react quickly and fell back to the bottom of the field. At the beginning of the second lap, Gerhard Berger, who was in charge at the time, also became a subsequent victim of the start-up accident by sliding on sand that had been thrown onto the track and spinning out of bounds. Nigel Mansell was leading in front of the two Benetton teammates Nelson Piquet and Roberto Moreno as well as the two Williams FW13B by Thierry Boutsen and Riccardo Patrese .
Mansell made a pit stop on lap 26. Although he had a clear lead, the teams Benetton and Williams pursued the strategy of completing the race with a harder tire compound and therefore without stopping at all. Since Mansell was aware of this, he accelerated out of the pit lane so violently that the drive shaft of his Ferrari 641 broke. This resulted in a double lead for the Benetton team in front of Patrese, who found that despite the more durable rubber compound, they could not do without changing tires in the meantime. As a result, Aguri Suzuki reached third place, which he defended against Patrese until the finish. Thierry Boutsen and Satoru Nakajima finished fifth and sixth.
Both participating Japanese reached the points in their home race. Riccardo Patrese completed the fastest lap of the race for the third time in a row. In addition, Suzuki and Moreno each scored the only podium finishes in their Formula 1 careers (and Suzuki scored the first podium finish by an Asian driver). Since the Lola LC90 was not an in-house design by Larrousse , the team was again not taken into account when awarding the points for the constructors' world championship. Piquet took his first win of the season, earning him a million dollar bonus under his performance-related contract with Benetton team boss Flavio Briatore .
Registration list
Classifications
Qualifying
| Item | driver | constructor | 1. Qualification training | 2. Qualification training | begin | ||
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| time | Ø speed | time | Ø speed | ||||
| 1 |
Ayrton Senna
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McLaren Honda
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1: 38.828 | 213.425 km / h | 1: 36.996 | 217.456 km / h | 1 |
| 2 |
 Alain Prost
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Ferrari
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1: 38.684 | 213.737 km / h | 1: 37.228 | 216.938 km / h | 2 |
| 3 |
Nigel Mansell
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Ferrari
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1: 38.969 | 213.121 km / h | 1: 37.719 | 215.847 km / h | 3 |
| 4th |
 Gerhard Berger
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McLaren Honda
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1: 38.374 | 214.410 km / h | 1: 38.118 | 214.970 km / h | 4th |
| 5 |
 Thierry Boutsen
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Williams-Renault
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1: 39.577 | 211.820 km / h | 1: 39.324 | 212.360 km / h | 5 |
| 6th |
Nelson Piquet
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Benetton-Ford
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1: 41.041 | 208.751 km / h | 1: 40.049 | 210.821 km / h | 6th |
| 7th |
Jean Alesi
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Tyrrell-Ford
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1: 40.052 | 210.814 km / h | - | - | DNS |
| 8th |
Riccardo Patrese
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Williams-Renault
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1: 40.355 | 210.178 km / h | 1: 40.664 | 209.533 km / h | 7th |
| 9 |
Roberto Moreno
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Benetton-Ford
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1: 41.719 | 207.359 km / h | 1: 40.579 | 209.710 km / h | 8th |
| 10 |
Aguri Suzuki
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Lola Lamborghini
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1: 41.442 | 207.926 km / h | 1: 40.888 | 209.067 km / h | 9 |
| 11 |
Pierluigi Martini
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Minardi-Ford
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1: 40.899 | 209.045 km / h | 1: 41.964 | 206.861 km / h | 10 |
| 12 |
Derek Warwick
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Lotus Lamborghini
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1: 41.482 | 207.844 km / h | 1: 41.024 | 208.786 km / h | 11 |
| 13 |
Ivan Capelli
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Leyton House-Judd
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1: 41.657 | 207.486 km / h | 1: 41.033 | 208.767 km / h | 12 |
| 14th |
Satoru Nakajima
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Tyrrell-Ford
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1: 41.208 | 208.406 km / h | 1: 41.078 | 208.674 km / h | 13 |
| 15th |
Johnny Herbert
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Lotus Lamborghini
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1: 43.111 | 204.560 km / h | 1: 41.558 | 207.688 km / h | 14th |
| 16 |
Maurício Gugelmin
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Leyton House-Judd
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1: 42.049 | 206.689 km / h | 1: 41.698 | 207.402 km / h | 15th |
| 17th |
Eric Bernard
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Lola Lamborghini
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1: 42.141 | 206.503 km / h | 1: 41.709 | 207.380 km / h | 16 |
| 18th |
Nicola Larini
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Ligier-Ford
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1: 43.396 | 203.996 km / h | 1: 42.339 | 206.103 km / h | 17th |
| 19th |
Emanuele Pirro
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Dallara-Ford
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- | - | 1: 42.361 | 206.059 km / h | 18th |
| 20th |
Gianni Morbidelli
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Minardi-Ford
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1: 42.858 | 205.063 km / h | 1: 42.364 | 206.053 km / h | 19th |
| 21st |
Philippe Alliot
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Ligier-Ford
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1: 44.106 | 202.605 km / h | 1: 42.593 | 205.593 km / h | 20th |
| 22nd |
Stefano Modena
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Brabham-Judd
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1: 42.617 | 205.545 km / h | - | - | 21st |
| 23 |
 David Brabham
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Brabham-Judd
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1: 43.156 | 204.471 km / h | - | - | 22nd |
| 24 |
Alex Caffi
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Arrows Ford
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1: 43.270 | 204.245 km / h | 1: 43.887 | 203.032 km / h | 23 |
| 25th |
Michele Alboreto
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Arrows Ford
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1: 43.304 | 204.178 km / h | 1: 43.610 | 203.575 km / h | 24 |
| 26th |
Andrea de Cesaris
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Dallara-Ford
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1: 43.601 | 203.593 km / h | 1: 43.647 | 203.502 km / h | 25th |
| DNQ |
Olivier Grouillard
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Osella-Ford
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1: 43.993 | 202.825 km / h | 1: 43.782 | 203.238 km / h | - |
| DNQ |
Gabriele Tarquini
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AGS-Ford
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1: 44.281 | 202.265 km / h | - | - | - |
| DNQ |
Yannick Dalmas
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AGS-Ford
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1: 44.410 | 202.015 km / h | 1: 46.326 | 198.375 km / h | - |
| DNQ |
Bertrand Gachot
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Coloni-Ford
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- | - | 1: 45.393 | 200.131 km / h | - |
run
| Item | driver | constructor | Round | Stops | time | begin | Fastest lap | Failure reason |
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| 1 |
Nelson Piquet
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Benetton-Ford
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53 | 0 | 1: 34: 36.824 | 6th | 1: 45.114 | |
| 2 |
Roberto Moreno
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Benetton-Ford
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53 | 0 | + 7.223 | 8th | 1: 45.539 | |
| 3 |
Aguri Suzuki
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Lola Lamborghini
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53 | 1 | + 22.469 | 9 | 1: 44.850 | |
| 4th |
Riccardo Patrese
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Williams-Renault
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53 | 1 | + 36.258 | 7th | 1: 44.233 | |
| 5 |
Thierry Boutsen
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Williams-Renault
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53 | 1 | + 46.884 | 5 | 1: 45.706 | |
| 6th |
Satoru Nakajima
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Tyrrell-Ford
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53 | 1 | +1: 12.350 | 13 | 1: 45.887 | |
| 7th |
Nicola Larini
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Ligier-Ford
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52 | 1 | + 1 lap | 17th | 1: 46.681 | |
| 8th |
Pierluigi Martini
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Minardi-Ford
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52 | 1 | + 1 lap | 10 | 1: 46.897 | |
| 9 |
Alex Caffi
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Arrows Ford
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52 | 1 | + 1 lap | 23 | 1: 46.849 | |
| 10 |
Philippe Alliot
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Ligier-Ford
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52 | 1 | + 1 lap | 20th | 1: 46.106 | |
| - |
Derek Warwick
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Lotus Lamborghini
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38 | 1 | DNF | 11 | 1: 46.042 | Gearbox damage |
| - |
Johnny Herbert
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Lotus Lamborghini
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31 | 1 | DNF | 14th | 1: 46.463 | Engine failure |
| - |
Michele Alboreto
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Arrows Ford
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28 | 0 | DNF | 24 | 1: 47.094 | Engine failure |
| - |
Nigel Mansell
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Ferrari
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26th | 1 | DNF | 3 | 1: 46.272 | broken drive shaft |
| - |
Emanuele Pirro
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Dallara-Ford
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24 | 0 | DNF | 18th | 1: 48.506 | Electrical damage |
| - |
Eric Bernard
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Lola Lamborghini
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24 | 0 | DNF | 16 | 1: 47.518 | Engine failure |
| - |
Gianni Morbidelli
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Minardi-Ford
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18th | 0 | DNF | 19th | 1: 48.865 | Lathe operator |
| - |
Ivan Capelli
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Leyton House-Judd
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16 | 2 | DNF | 12 | 1: 48.035 | defective ignition |
| - |
Andrea de Cesaris
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Dallara-Ford
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13 | 0 | DNF | 25th | 1: 49.761 | Gearbox damage |
| - |
Maurício Gugelmin
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Leyton House-Judd
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5 | 0 | DNF | 15th | 1: 49.471 | Engine failure |
| - |
David Brabham
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Brabham-Judd
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2 | 0 | DNF | 22nd | 1: 54.765 | Clutch damage |
| - |
Gerhard Berger
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McLaren Honda
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1 | 0 | DNF | 4th | 1: 49.573 | Lathe operator |
| - |
Alain Prost
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Ferrari
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0 | 0 | DNF | 2 | - | collision |
| - |
Ayrton Senna
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McLaren Honda
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0 | 0 | DNF | 1 | - | collision |
| - |
Stefano Modena
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Brabham-Judd
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0 | 0 | DNF | 21st | - | accident |
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
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Constructors' championship
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Individual evidence
- ↑ "Training" ( Memento of the original from December 12, 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 December 7, 2013)
- ↑ Fight at the limit. The Formula 1 Chronicle 1950–2000 , ed. v. Willy Knupp, RTL book edition: Zeitgeist Publisher: Düsseldorf / Gütersloh 2000, ISBN 3-89748-277-0 , p. 286
- ↑ Fight at the limit. The Formula 1 Chronicle 1950–2000 , ed. v. Willy Knupp, RTL book edition: Zeitgeist Verlag: Düsseldorf / Gütersloh 2000, ISBN 3-89748-277-0 , p. 287
- ^ "Report" (accessed December 7, 2013)
- ↑ Fight at the limit. The Formula 1 Chronicle 1950–2000 , ed. v. Willy Knupp, RTL book edition: Zeitgeist Verlag: Düsseldorf / Gütersloh 2000, ISBN 3-89748-277-0 , p. 283
- ↑ "World Cup stands" ( Memento of the original from December 12, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was 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 December 7, 2013)
