1990 Canadian Grand Prix

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1990 Canadian Grand Prix
Race 5 of 16 in the 1990 Formula One World Championship
Gilles Villeneuve Circuit Montreal (88-93).svg
Race details
DateJune 10, 1990
Official name XXVIII Grand Prix Molson du Canada
Location Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Course Partial street circuit
Course length 4.390 km (2.728 miles)
Distance 70 laps, 307.300 km (190.947 miles)
Weather Warm and cloudy with temperatures approaching 19.8 °C (67.6 °F); wind speeds up to 27.8 kilometres per hour (17.3 mph) [1]
Pole position
Driver McLaren-Honda
Time 1:20.399
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Austria.svg Gerhard Berger McLaren-Honda
Time 1:22.077 on lap 70
Podium
First McLaren-Honda
Second Benetton-Ford
Third Ferrari
Lap leaders
  • 1990 Canadian Grand Prix

The 1990 Canadian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 10 June 1990 at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. It was Race 5 of 16 in the 1990 Formula One World Championship. It was the 28th Canadian Grand Prix and the 12th to be held at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. The race was held over 70 laps of the 4.390 km (2.728 mi) circuit for a race distance of 307 kilometres.

Contents

The race was won for the second time by Brazilian driver Ayrton Senna driving a McLaren MP4/5B. It was Senna's third win for the season having won the season-opening United States Grand Prix and the Monaco Grand Prix just two weeks earlier. Senna won by ten seconds over fellow Brazilian Nelson Piquet who drove a Benetton B190. Three seconds further back in third was British driver Nigel Mansell driving a Ferrari 641.

The win allowed Senna to gain a twelve-point lead in the drivers' championship over his McLaren teammate Gerhard Berger. His nearest competitive rival, Ferrari driver Alain Prost had less than half of Senna's points.

Qualifying

Pre-qualifying report

In the Friday morning pre-qualifying session, Roberto Moreno was fastest by over three tenths of a second in the EuroBrun, despite a continued lack of testing. Olivier Grouillard was second fastest in the sole Osella, with the Larrousse-Lolas in third and fourth. For the first time this season, Aguri Suzuki was faster than his team-mate Éric Bernard. [2]

In fifth place, failing to pre-qualify by a hundredth of a second, was Gabriele Tarquini in the AGS, with his team-mate Yannick Dalmas in sixth. It was the fourth double failure to pre-qualify for the French team. The other three entrants were a long way behind: Bertrand Gachot was seventh in the Coloni, nearly 16 seconds slower than Moreno. Claudio Langes had been fired by EuroBrun prior to this event, but had been reinstated; he was eighth fastest, nearly 19 seconds slower than his team-mate Moreno. [2] Slowest again, and nearly 22 seconds off the pace, was Bruno Giacomelli, who managed seven laps in the Life before his engine failed. The team were at this point talking to Brabham and Lotus, hoping to purchase some used Judd CV engines, the same type that EuroBrun were using. [3]

Pre-qualifying classification

PosNoDriverConstructorTimeGap
133 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Roberto Moreno EuroBrun-Judd 1:28.268
214 Flag of France.svg Olivier Grouillard Osella-Ford 1:28.589+0.321
330 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Aguri Suzuki Lola-Lamborghini 1:29.372+1.104
429 Flag of France.svg Éric Bernard Lola-Lamborghini 1:29.844+1.576
517 Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Tarquini AGS-Ford 1:29.855+1.587
618 Flag of France.svg Yannick Dalmas AGS-Ford 1:30.460+2.192
731 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Bertrand Gachot Coloni-Subaru 1:44.185+15.917
834 Flag of Italy.svg Claudio Langes EuroBrun-Judd 1:47.118+18.850
939 Flag of Italy.svg Bruno Giacomelli Life 1:50.253+21.985

Qualifying report

The qualifying session on Saturday was wet, therefore Friday's times were used to decide the grid order. Ayrton Senna was fastest in the McLaren, with his team-mate Gerhard Berger alongside him on the front row. [2]

Qualifying classification

PosNoDriverConstructorQ1Q2Gap
127 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda 1:20.3991:30.514
228 Flag of Austria.svg Gerhard Berger McLaren-Honda 1:20.4651:33.240+0.066
31 Flag of France.svg Alain Prost Ferrari 1:20.8261:31.514+0.427
419 Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Nannini Benetton-Ford 1:21.3021:30.575+0.903
520 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Nelson Piquet Benetton-Ford 1:21.5681:27.124+1.169
65 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thierry Boutsen Williams-Renault 1:21.599+1.200
72 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nigel Mansell Ferrari 1:21.6411:27.647+1.242
84 Flag of France.svg Jean Alesi Tyrrell-Ford 1:21.748+1.349
96 Flag of Italy.svg Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault 1:22.01844:52.525+1.619
108 Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Modena Brabham-Judd 1:22.6601:29.062+2.261
1111 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Derek Warwick Lotus-Lamborghini 1:22.673+2.274
1212 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Martin Donnelly Lotus-Lamborghini 1:22.7031:35.198+2.304
133 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Satoru Nakajima Tyrrell-Ford 1:23.605+3.205
149 Flag of Italy.svg Michele Alboreto Arrows-Ford 1:23.744+3.345
1514 Flag of France.svg Olivier Grouillard Osella-Ford 1:23.7791:30.872+3.380
1623 Flag of Italy.svg Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ford 1:23.7951:40.047+3.396
1726 Flag of France.svg Philippe Alliot Ligier-Ford 1:23.8991:31.797+3.500
1830 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Aguri Suzuki Lola-Lamborghini 1:23.9151:32.777+3.516
1921 Flag of Italy.svg Emanuele Pirro Dallara-Ford 1:24.2691:38.775+3.870
2025 Flag of Italy.svg Nicola Larini Ligier-Ford 1:24.2851:30.091+3.886
2135 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Gregor Foitek Onyx-Ford 1:24.3971:42.487+3.998
2236 Flag of Finland.svg JJ Lehto Onyx-Ford 1:24.4251:40.607+4.026
2329 Flag of France.svg Éric Bernard Lola-Lamborghini 1:24.4511:32.750+4.052
2416 Flag of Italy.svg Ivan Capelli Leyton House-Judd 1:24.5547:00.728+4.155
2522 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea de Cesaris Dallara-Ford 1:24.6211:36.629+4.222
2610 Flag of Italy.svg Alex Caffi Arrows-Ford 1:25.1131:39.209+4.714
2733 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Roberto Moreno EuroBrun-Judd 1:25.1721:31.097+4.773
2815 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Maurício Gugelmin Leyton House-Judd 1:25.7121:45.435+5.313
2924 Flag of Italy.svg Paolo Barilla Minardi-Ford 1:25.9511:51.583+5.552
307 Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Brabham Brabham-Judd 1:26.7711:36.453+6.372

Race

Race report

In a race with a McLaren front row, the team looked strong. Senna maintained the lead coming into the first corner with Berger second, but the Austrian was deemed to have jumped the start. A few laps into the race it was announced that Berger would have a one-minute penalty added to his race time. As a consequence, after a round of pitstops for new tyres, Senna allowed his teammate to pass him going into the hairpin so that the Austrian could set about gaining time in relation to his competitors.

The weather conditions were moist, making for a mildly slippery track. This caused spins for many. The first of the spinners was Pierluigi Martini who spun off at turn 2 on the first lap. Thierry Boutsen, the 1989 winner, spun mid-race while trying to pass Prost approaching a corner, and hit the Ligier of Nicola Larini as he spun.

Nannini spun off the track into a tyre wall. Shortly afterwards on lap 26, Jean Alesi lost control while challenging another car and spun into the same tyre barrier, ending up on top of Nannini's abandoned Benetton B190. The Benetton was written off when hit by the Tyrrell, leaving team mechanics with a massive rebuild before the next race in Mexico.

In the end, Berger had crossed the line first but was awarded a one-minute penalty for a jumped start, which was added to his overall race time, dropping him to fourth in the final order. Following Berger's penalty, Senna took the victory, whilst Piquet finished second after a determined battle with the two Ferraris where he forced his way past Prost's Ferrari going into the hairpin. It was the Benetton driver's first podium finish since the 1988 Australian Grand Prix. Prost was later passed at the same place by teammate Mansell who went on to finish third.

Race classification

PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
127 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda 701:42:56.40019
220 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Nelson Piquet Benetton-Ford 70+10.49756
32 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nigel Mansell Ferrari 70+13.38574
428 Flag of Austria.svg Gerhard Berger McLaren-Honda 70+14.85423
51 Flag of France.svg Alain Prost Ferrari 70+15.82032
611 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Derek Warwick Lotus-Lamborghini 68+2 laps111
78 Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Modena Brabham-Judd 68+2 laps10
810 Flag of Italy.svg Alex Caffi Arrows-Ford 68+2 laps26
929 Flag of France.svg Éric Bernard Lola-Lamborghini 67+3 laps23
1016 Flag of Italy.svg Ivan Capelli Leyton House-Judd 67+3 laps24
113 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Satoru Nakajima Tyrrell-Ford 67+3 laps13
1230 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Aguri Suzuki Lola-Lamborghini 66+4 laps18
1314 Flag of France.svg Olivier Grouillard Osella-Ford 65+5 laps15
Ret12 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Martin Donnelly Lotus-Lamborghini 57Engine12
Ret35 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Gregor Foitek Onyx-Ford 53Engine21
Ret22 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea de Cesaris Dallara-Ford 50Gearbox25
Ret36 Flag of Finland.svg JJ Lehto Onyx-Ford 46Engine22
Ret6 Flag of Italy.svg Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault 44Brakes9
Ret26 Flag of France.svg Philippe Alliot Ligier-Ford 34Engine17
Ret4 Flag of France.svg Jean Alesi Tyrrell-Ford 26Spun off8
Ret19 Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Nannini Benetton-Ford 21Spun off4
Ret5 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thierry Boutsen Williams-Renault 19Collision6
Ret25 Flag of Italy.svg Nicola Larini Ligier-Ford 18Collision20
Ret21 Flag of Italy.svg Emanuele Pirro Dallara-Ford 11Collision19
Ret9 Flag of Italy.svg Michele Alboreto Arrows-Ford 11Collision14
Ret23 Flag of Italy.svg Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ford 0Spun off16
DNQ33 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Roberto Moreno EuroBrun-Judd
DNQ15 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Maurício Gugelmin Leyton House-Judd
DNQ24 Flag of Italy.svg Paolo Barilla Minardi-Ford
DNQ7 Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Brabham Brabham-Judd
DNPQ17 Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Tarquini AGS-Ford
DNPQ18 Flag of France.svg Yannick Dalmas AGS-Ford
DNPQ31 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Bertrand Gachot Coloni-Subaru
DNPQ34 Flag of Italy.svg Claudio Langes EuroBrun-Judd
DNPQ39 Flag of Italy.svg Bruno Giacomelli Life
Source: [4]

Championship standings after the race

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