1990 Mexican Grand Prix

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1990 Mexican Grand Prix
Race 6 of 16 in the 1990 Formula One World Championship
Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez.svg
Race details
Date24 June 1990
Official name XIV Gran Premio de Mexico
Location Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
Mexico City, Mexico
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.421 km (2.747 miles)
Distance 69 laps, 305.049 km (189.549 miles)
Weather Overcast
21 °C (70 °F) [1]
Pole position
Driver McLaren-Honda
Time 1:17.227
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of France.svg Alain Prost Ferrari
Time 1:17.958 on lap 58
Podium
First Ferrari
Second Ferrari
Third McLaren-Honda
Lap leaders
  • 1990 Mexican Grand Prix

The 1990 Mexican Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez on 24 June 1990. It was sixth race of the 1990 Formula One World Championship, the 14th Mexican Grand Prix and the fifth since the Mexico City circuit returned to the Formula One calendar in 1986. It was held over 69 laps of the 4.4 kilometre circuit for a race distance of 305 kilometres.

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The race was won by reigning world champion, French driver Alain Prost driving a Ferrari 641. Prost, the 1988 race winner, became the second multiple-winner in Mexican Grand Prix history, joining British driver Jim Clark who won the race in 1962 (non-championship), 1963 and 1967. It was Prost's second win of the year after the Brazilian Grand Prix. Prost won the race by 26 seconds over his British teammate Nigel Mansell. Third was Austrian driver Gerhard Berger driving a McLaren MP4/5B. Ayrton Senna stopped with a puncture late in the race, allowing both Prost and Berger to close to eight points behind him in the Driver's Championship.

Qualifying

Pre-qualifying report

During the Friday morning pre-qualifying session, Olivier Grouillard was fastest for the first time this season, in the Osella. The Larrousse-Lolas of Éric Bernard and Aguri Suzuki were second and fourth, with the EuroBrun of Roberto Moreno between them in third place.

For the third Grand Prix in succession, the AGS cars missed out in fifth and sixth positions, with Yannick Dalmas faster than Gabriele Tarquini this time. AGS technical director Hugues de Chaunac left the team prior to this event, frustrated at the team's lack of progress. [2] Seventh again was Bertrand Gachot in the Coloni, although he was much closer to the pace on this occasion, just three tenths of a second behind Tarquini. Claudio Langes was a distant eighth again after only completing the minimum three laps required by the regulations, as the team concentrated on Moreno. [2] Bottom of the time sheets as usual was Bruno Giacomelli in the Life, only managing an out-lap before his engine failed. Team manager Sergio Barbasio confirmed that his engineers were working on converting the L190 chassis to run with the Judd CV engines he now claimed to have bought from Lotus. [3]

Pre-qualifying classification

PosNoDriverConstructorTimeGap
114 Flag of France.svg Olivier Grouillard Osella-Ford 1:25.281
229 Flag of France.svg Éric Bernard Lola-Lamborghini 1:25.456+0.175
333 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Roberto Moreno EuroBrun-Judd 1:26.724+1.443
430 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Aguri Suzuki Lola-Lamborghini 1:27.511+2.230
518 Flag of France.svg Yannick Dalmas AGS-Ford 1:27.830+2.549
617 Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Tarquini AGS-Ford 1:28.499+3.218
731 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Bertrand Gachot Coloni-Subaru 1:28.805+3.524
834 Flag of Italy.svg Claudio Langes EuroBrun-Judd 1:40.414+15.133
939 Flag of Italy.svg Bruno Giacomelli Life 4:07.475+2:42.194

Qualifying report

There were no driver changes as the F1 show moved to Mexico City. The weather was changeable during the weekend, catching some drivers out, with both of the Larrousse team's drivers having major accidents on the Saturday morning. Despite that, both Aguri Suzuki and Éric Bernard managed to qualify for the race. The Leyton House drivers Ivan Capelli and Maurício Gugelmin both failed to qualify. At the front of the grid, Gerhard Berger took pole from Riccardo Patrese, Ayrton Senna, Nigel Mansell, Thierry Boutsen, Jean Alesi, Pierluigi Martini, Nelson Piquet, Satoru Nakajima, and Stefano Modena, with championship contender Alain Prost, not happy with the qualifying set up of his Ferrari so deciding instead to qualify with his race set up, 13th. Roberto Moreno was disqualified for receiving a push start in qualifying. [4]

Qualifying classification

PosNoDriverConstructorQ1Q2Gap
128 Flag of Austria.svg Gerhard Berger McLaren-Honda 1:17.2271:17.850
26 Flag of Italy.svg Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault 1:18.2151:17.498+0.271
327 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda 1:18.4171:17.670+0.443
42 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nigel Mansell Ferrari 1:17.9381:17.732+0.505
55 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thierry Boutsen Williams-Renault 1:19.0621:17.883+0.656
64 Flag of France.svg Jean Alesi Tyrrell-Ford 1:18.7271:18.282+1.055
723 Flag of Italy.svg Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ford 1:18.5261:18.590+1.299
820 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Nelson Piquet Benetton-Ford 1:19.0221:18.561+1.334
93 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Satoru Nakajima Tyrrell-Ford 1:19.5511:18.575+1.348
108 Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Modena Brabham-Judd 1:18.5921:19.817+1.365
1111 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Derek Warwick Lotus-Lamborghini 1:19.5571:18.951+1.724
1212 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Martin Donnelly Lotus-Lamborghini 1:19.7691:18.994+1.767
131 Flag of France.svg Alain Prost Ferrari 1:19.3781:19.026+1.799
1419 Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Nannini Benetton-Ford 1:19.9091:19.227+2.000
1522 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea de Cesaris Dallara-Ford 1:21.6351:19.865+2.638
1624 Flag of Italy.svg Paolo Barilla Minardi-Ford 1:19.8971:21.242+2.670
179 Flag of Italy.svg Michele Alboreto Arrows-Ford 1:21.2121:19.941+2.714
1821 Flag of Italy.svg Emanuele Pirro Dallara-Ford 1:21.0671:20.044+2.817
1930 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Aguri Suzuki Lola-Lamborghini 1:21.0771:20.268+3.041
2014 Flag of France.svg Olivier Grouillard Osella-Ford 1:20.2741:21.167+3.047
217 Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Brabham Brabham-Judd 1:20.4471:20.636+3.220
2226 Flag of France.svg Philippe Alliot Ligier-Ford 1:21.4511:20.657+3.430
2335 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Gregor Foitek Onyx-Ford 1:21.0121:21.400+3.785
2425 Flag of Italy.svg Nicola Larini Ligier-Ford 1:21.5841:21.116+3.889
2529 Flag of France.svg Éric Bernard Lola-Lamborghini 1:21.2731:21.677+4.046
2636 Flag of Finland.svg JJ Lehto Onyx-Ford 1:21.5191:21.687+4.292
2716 Flag of Italy.svg Ivan Capelli Leyton House-Judd 1:23.6391:21.544+4.317
2815 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Maurício Gugelmin Leyton House-Judd 1:22.6121:21.665+4.438
2910 Flag of Italy.svg Alex Caffi Arrows-Ford 1:22.2781:22.154+4.927
EX33 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Roberto Moreno EuroBrun-Judd 1:21.142no time+3.915

Race

Race report

Sunshine greeted the drivers on race day and at the start it was Patrese who got away from Senna, Berger, Boutsen, and Piquet. Senna and Berger both passed Patrese on lap 2, and the McLaren drivers opened a significant lead over the rest of the field. Prost was charging through the field from his poor grid position, while Piquet moved up to third. Berger's run in second place came to an early end when he had to stop for new tyres on lap 13, leaving Piquet in second but under pressure from his former team-mate Nigel Mansell, who was able to pass him soon afterwards. Prost continued his charge through the field, eventually taking second from Mansell with 15 laps to go. Prost proceeded to set off after Senna, who was beginning to slow with tyre problems. The Brazilian had gambled on tyre durability by not making a stop for fresh rubber. On lap 60, Prost got past Senna with a simple move and three laps later Senna's rear tyre exploded, forcing him to retire from his 100th Grand Prix. As he had completed over 90% of the race, he was classified as a finisher in 20th place, the lowest classified result of his career. The battle for second place between Mansell and Berger culminated in Mansell passing around the outside of Berger going into the ultra-fast Peraltada corner. Mansell thus finished second behind Prost, with Berger third from Alessandro Nannini, Boutsen, and Piquet.

Race classification

PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
11 Flag of France.svg Alain Prost Ferrari 691:32:35.783139
22 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nigel Mansell Ferrari 69+ 25.35146
328 Flag of Austria.svg Gerhard Berger McLaren-Honda 69+ 25.53014
419 Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Nannini Benetton-Ford 69+ 41.099143
55 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thierry Boutsen Williams-Renault 69+ 46.66952
620 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Nelson Piquet Benetton-Ford 69+ 46.94381
74 Flag of France.svg Jean Alesi Tyrrell-Ford 69+ 49.0776
812 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Martin Donnelly Lotus-Lamborghini 69+ 1:06.14212
96 Flag of Italy.svg Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault 69+ 1:09.9182
1011 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Derek Warwick Lotus-Lamborghini 68+ 1 lap11
118 Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Modena Brabham-Judd 68+ 1 lap10
1223 Flag of Italy.svg Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ford 68+ 1 lap7
1322 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea de Cesaris Dallara-Ford 68+ 1 lap15
1424 Flag of Italy.svg Paolo Barilla Minardi-Ford 67+ 2 laps16
1535 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Gregor Foitek Onyx-Ford 67+ 2 laps23
1625 Flag of Italy.svg Nicola Larini Ligier-Ford 67+ 2 laps24
179 Flag of Italy.svg Michele Alboreto Arrows-Ford 66+ 3 laps17
1826 Flag of France.svg Philippe Alliot Ligier-Ford 66+ 3 laps22
1914 Flag of France.svg Olivier Grouillard Osella-Ford 65+ 4 laps20
2027 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda 63Tyre3
Ret36 Flag of Finland.svg JJ Lehto Onyx-Ford 26Engine26
Ret29 Flag of France.svg Éric Bernard Lola-Lamborghini 12Brakes25
Ret30 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Aguri Suzuki Lola-Lamborghini 11Collision19
Ret3 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Satoru Nakajima Tyrrell-Ford 11Collision9
Ret7 Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Brabham Brabham-Judd 11Electrical21
Ret21 Flag of Italy.svg Emanuele Pirro Dallara-Ford 10Engine18
EX33 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Roberto Moreno EuroBrun-Judd Push start
DNQ16 Flag of Italy.svg Ivan Capelli Leyton House-Judd
DNQ15 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Maurício Gugelmin Leyton House-Judd
DNQ10 Flag of Italy.svg Alex Caffi Arrows-Ford
DNPQ18 Flag of France.svg Yannick Dalmas AGS-Ford
DNPQ17 Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Tarquini 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: [5]

Championship standings after the race

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