1990 Spanish Grand Prix

 1990 Spanish Grand Prix

Racing data
14th of 16 races in the 1990 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	Gran Premio Tío Pepe de España
Date:	September 30, 1990
Place:	Jerez de la Frontera
Course:	Circuito Permanente de Jerez
Length:	307.914 km in 73 laps of 4.218 km
Weather:	cloudy but hot
Spectator:	~ 35,000
Pole position
Driver:	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda
Time:	1: 18.387 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault
Time:	1: 24.513 min (lap 53)
Podium
First:	Alain Prost	Ferrari
Second:	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari
Third:	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton-Ford

The 1990 Spanish Grand Prix took place in Jerez de la Frontera on September 30th and was the 14th race of the 1990 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

Bernd Schneider returned to Formula 1 one last time to replace the injured Alex Caffi . Otherwise, the same drivers who had contested the Portuguese Grand Prix the previous weekend also competed in the last European race of the season in Spain.

During the weekend, Alain Prost made several negative comments about Scuderia Ferrari , which led to displeasure in the team.

training

The pre-qualification on Friday morning was scheduled so early that it was still dark at the time of the planned implementation.

During qualifying in the afternoon, Martin Donnelly and his Lotus 102 hit the track so hard due to a suspension damage that the entire front of the car down to the roll bar literally splintered. Donnelly and his seat were lying motionless on the track. He was taken to hospital with severe leg injuries that marked the end of his Formula 1 career. That he survived the accident was described in some media as the "miracle of Jerez". The fact that Ayrton Senna reached pole position for the fiftieth time in his Formula 1 career was of minor importance in view of these events. His best lap time was more than four tenths of a second lower than that of second-placed Alain Prost. Nigel Mansell and Jean Alesi formed the second row ahead of Gerhard Berger and Riccardo Patrese .

run

While Senna took the lead ahead of Prost and Mansell, Berger tried to reach fourth place between Alesi and Patrese. Although he succeeded in doing this, it resulted in an Alesis lathe.

While Prost and Mansell were able to keep up with the leader Senna, Berger, who had started with a relatively hard tire compound, came under pressure from the rivals who followed him and who lined up behind him. Among them were both Williams and both Benetton pilots.

During the pit stops, Prost, with the support of Mansell, managed to overtake Senna. Nelson Piquet , who had not yet completed a pit stop, was in the lead at this point. Due to a driving error, however, he had to let Prost and Senna pass two laps later. After that, he was third for a few laps before retiring on lap 41. Around the same time, Senna slowed down so Mansell could catch up. The Brazilian had to give up two laps later. It was later discovered that the radiator in Senna's car had been damaged by a piece of wreckage, causing fluid to spill onto the rear tires.

Prost and Mansell achieved a double victory for Ferrari. Alessandro Nannini took third place ahead of Thierry Boutsen , Riccardo Patrese and Aguri Suzuki , whose team Larrousse, as usual, was not taken into account when awarding the points for the constructors' world championship due to the chassis that was not manufactured in-house.

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	Bernd Schneider
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 C3C	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		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: 18,900	192.456 km / h	1: 18.387	193.716 km / h	01
02	Alain Prost	Ferrari	-	-	1: 20.026	189.748 km / h	1: 18.824	192.642 km / h	02
03	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	-	-	1: 21.005	187.455 km / h	1: 19.106	191.955 km / h	03
04th	Jean Alesi	Tyrrell-Ford	-	-	1: 19.923	189.993 km / h	1: 19.604	190.754 km / h	04th
05	Gerhard Berger	McLaren Honda	-	-	1: 19.643	190.661 km / h	1: 19.618	190.721 km / h	05
06th	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	-	-	1: 20.562	188.486 km / h	1: 19.647	190.651 km / h	06th
07th	Thierry Boutsen	Williams-Renault	-	-	1: 20.721	188.115 km / h	1: 19.689	190.551 km / h	07th
08th	Nelson Piquet	Benetton-Ford	-	-	1: 21.111	187.210 km / h	1: 19.700	190.524 km / h	08th
09	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton-Ford	-	-	1: 21.383	186.584 km / h	1: 20.367	188.943 km / h	09
10	Derek Warwick	Lotus Lamborghini	-	-	1: 22.111	184.930 km / h	1: 20.610	188.374 km / h	10
11	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Ford	-	-	1: 22.255	184.606 km / h	1: 21.060	187.328 km / h	11
12	Maurício Gugelmin	Leyton House-Judd	-	-	1: 23.019	182.908 km / h	1: 21.167	187.081 km / h	12
13	Philippe Alliot	Ligier-Ford	-	-	1: 23.783	181.240 km / h	1: 21.170	187.074 km / h	13
14th	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell-Ford	-	-	1: 22.690	183.635 km / h	1: 21.215	186.970 km / h	14th
15th	Aguri Suzuki	Lola Lamborghini	-	-	1: 21.740	185.770 km / h	1: 21.244	186.904 km / h	15th
16	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara-Ford	-	-	1: 23.485	181.887 km / h	1: 21.277	186.828 km / h	16
17th	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara-Ford	-	-	1: 22.953	183.053 km / h	1: 21.467	186.392 km / h	17th
18th	Eric Bernard	Lola Lamborghini	-	-	1: 22.403	184.275 km / h	1: 21.551	186.200 km / h	18th
19th	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House-Judd	-	-	1: 23.866	181.060 km / h	1: 21.910	185.384 km / h	19th
20th	Nicola Larini	Ligier-Ford	-	-	1: 23.290	182.312 km / h	1: 21.996	185.190 km / h	20th
21st	Olivier Grouillard	Osella-Ford	1: 22.708	183.595 km / h	1: 24.784	179.100 km / h	1: 22.288	184.532 km / h	21st
22nd	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS-Ford	1: 22.592	183.853 km / h	1: 23.260	182.378 km / h	1: 22.466	184.134 km / h	22nd
23	Martin Donnelly	Lotus Lamborghini	-	-	1: 22.659	183.704 km / h	-	-	DNS
24	Yannick Dalmas	AGS-Ford	1: 22.470	184.125 km / h	1: 23.249	182.402 km / h	1: 22.716	183.578 km / h	23
25th	Stefano Modena	Brabham-Judd	-	-	1: 23.641	181.547 km / h	1: 23.133	182.657 km / h	24
26th	Michele Alboreto	Arrows Ford	-	-	1: 24.043	180.679 km / h	1: 23.161	182.595 km / h	25th
DNQ	David Brabham	Brabham-Judd	-	-	1: 25.899	176.775 km / h	1: 23.163	182.591 km / h	-
DNQ	Paolo Barilla	Minardi-Ford	-	-	1: 25.093	178.449 km / h	1: 23.274	182.347 km / h	-
DNQ	Bernd Schneider	Arrows Ford	-	-	1: 24.675	179.330 km / h	1: 23.924	180.935 km / h	-
DNQ	Bertrand Gachot	Coloni-Ford	1: 24.603	179.483 km / h	1: 26.593	175.358 km / h	1: 25.114	178.405 km / h	-
DNPQ	Roberto Moreno	EuroBrun-Judd	1: 24.621	179.445 km / h	-	-	-	-	-
DNPQ	Claudio Langes	EuroBrun-Judd	1: 25.736	177.111 km / h	-	-	-	-	-
DNPQ	Bruno Giacomelli	Life Judd	1: 42.699	147.857 km / h	-	-	-	-	-

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Alain Prost	Ferrari	73	2	1: 48: 01.461	02	1: 25.177
02	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	73	1	+ 22.064	03	1: 26,957
03	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton-Ford	73	1	+ 34.874	09	1: 26.599
04th	Thierry Boutsen	Williams-Renault	73	1	+ 43.296	07th	1: 27.206
05	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	73	2	+ 57.530	06th	1: 24.513
06th	Aguri Suzuki	Lola Lamborghini	73	1	+1: 03.728	15th	1: 27.158
07th	Nicola Larini	Ligier-Ford	72	2	+ 1 lap	20th	1: 26.104
08th	Maurício Gugelmin	Leyton House-Judd	72	1	+ 1 lap	12	1: 26.773
09	Yannick Dalmas	AGS-Ford	72	2	+ 1 lap	23	1: 27.710
10	Michele Alboreto	Arrows Ford	71	2	+ 2 rounds	25th	1: 28.712
-	Derek Warwick	Lotus Lamborghini	63	2	DNF	10	1: 26.252	Gearbox damage
-	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House-Judd	59	0	DNF	19th	1: 28.436	task
-	Gerhard Berger	McLaren Honda	56	2	DNF	05	1: 26.250	collision
-	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	53	2	DNF	01	1: 27.430	Cooling water loss
-	Nelson Piquet	Benetton-Ford	47	2	DNF	08th	1: 25.095	defective battery
-	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara-Ford	47	2	DNF	17th	1: 28.471	Engine failure
-	Olivier Grouillard	Osella-Ford	45	1	DNF	21st	1: 29.692	Wheel bearing damage
-	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Ford	41	2	DNF	11	1: 28.314	accident
-	Philippe Alliot	Ligier-Ford	22nd	0	DNF	13	1: 29.329	accident
-	Eric Bernard	Lola Lamborghini	20th	0	DNF	18th	1: 29.296	Gearbox damage
-	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell-Ford	13	0	DNF	14th	1: 30.347	accident
-	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS-Ford	05	0	DNF	22nd	1: 31.062	Electrical damage
-	Stefano Modena	Brabham-Judd	05	0	DNF	24	1: 31.467	accident
-	Jean Alesi	Tyrrell-Ford	00	0	DNF	04th	-	accident
-	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara-Ford	00	0	DNF	16	-	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

Item driver constructor Points 01  Ayrton Senna McLaren Honda 78 02  Alain Prost Ferrari 69 03  Gerhard Berger McLaren Honda 40 04th  Nigel Mansell Ferrari 31 05  Thierry Boutsen Williams-Renault 30th 06th  Nelson Piquet Benetton-Ford 26th 07th  Alessandro Nannini Benetton-Ford 21st 08th  Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault 19th 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  Aguri Suzuki Lola Lamborghini 2 15th  Satoru Nakajima Tyrrell-Ford 2 16  Stefano Modena Brabham-Judd 2 17th  Maurício Gugelmin Leyton House-Judd 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  McLaren Honda 118 02  Ferrari 100 03  Williams-Renault 49 04th  Benetton-Ford 47 05  Tyrrell-Ford 15th

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 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
2. ↑ "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)  
3. ^ "Report" (accessed December 7, 2013)
4. ↑ "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)  

Web links

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