1990 Spanish Grand Prix

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1990 Spanish Grand Prix
Race 14 of 16 in the 1990 Formula One World Championship
Circuito de Jerez (1985-1992).svg
Race details
Date30 September 1990
Official name XXXI Gran Premio Tio Pepe de España
Location Circuito Permanente de Jerez
Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.218 km (2.6209 miles)
Distance 73 laps, 307.918 km (191.328 miles)
Weather Dry, hot, sunny
Pole position
Driver McLaren-Honda
Time 1:18.387
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Italy.svg Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault
Time 1:24.513 on lap 53
Podium
First Ferrari
Second Ferrari
Third Benetton-Ford
Lap leaders
  • 1990 Spanish Grand Prix

The 1990 Spanish Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Jerez on 30 September 1990. It was the fourteenth race of the 1990 Formula One World Championship, and the fifth and last Spanish Grand Prix to be held at Jerez (though the circuit would host the European Grand Prix in 1994 and 1997).

Contents

The 73-lap race was won by Alain Prost, driving a Ferrari, with teammate Nigel Mansell second and Alessandro Nannini third in a Benetton-Ford. Prost's Drivers' Championship rival, Ayrton Senna, took the 50th pole position of his career in his McLaren-Honda, but retired with a failed radiator, allowing Prost to close to within nine points of him in the championship with two races remaining.

The event was marred by a serious incident during Friday practice, when Martin Donnelly crashed his Lotus at the high-speed Turn 14. Donnelly was thrown from the wreckage, suffering serious injuries that ended his Formula One career. This also turned out to be the last F1 race for Nannini, who severed his right arm in a helicopter crash the following week (though he would return to racing as a touring car driver), as well as the last race for the back-marking EuroBrun and Life teams.

Qualifying

Pre-qualifying report

In the Friday morning pre-qualifying session, the same four drivers went through to the main qualifying sessions as had progressed in the previous three events. This time it was Yannick Dalmas who topped the time sheets in his AGS, the first time he had done so this season. Gabriele Tarquini made it an AGS 1–2, just over a tenth of a second behind. Olivier Grouillard was a shade slower in third in the Osella, while Bertrand Gachot was nearly two seconds slower in the Coloni, back in fourth.

In fifth place, Roberto Moreno missed the cut by just 0.018 of a second in the EuroBrun, with Claudio Langes just over a second behind in sixth. Langes' gap to Gachot of 1.133 seconds represented the closest the Italian had come all season to successfully pre-qualifying, as he had failed to pre-qualify for all 14 races so far this season. This proved to be his last opportunity, as EuroBrun withdrew from Formula One after this event. [1] It was also the last event for the hapless Life team, who also withdrew from the sport after this weekend. Bruno Giacomelli managed two laps in the L190 before it stopped out on the circuit, the switch to the Judd engine apparently not providing much improvement. The car had never come within 12 seconds of pre-qualifying successfully at any of its 14 events. [1] [2] The absence of EuroBrun and Life at the last two Grands Prix of the season avoided the need for pre-qualifying at those events.

Pre-qualifying classification

PosNoDriverConstructorTimeGap
118 Flag of France.svg Yannick Dalmas AGS-Ford 1:22.470
217 Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Tarquini AGS-Ford 1:22.592+0.122
314 Flag of France.svg Olivier Grouillard Osella-Ford 1:22.708+0.238
431 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Bertrand Gachot Coloni-Ford 1:24.603+2.133
533 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Roberto Moreno EuroBrun-Judd 1:24.621+2.151
634 Flag of Italy.svg Claudio Langes EuroBrun-Judd 1:25.736+3.266
739 Flag of Italy.svg Bruno Giacomelli Life-Judd 1:42.699+20.229

Qualifying report

Qualifying classification

PosNoDriverConstructorQ1Q2Gap
127 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda 1:18.9001:18.387
21 Flag of France.svg Alain Prost Ferrari 1:20.0261:18.824+0.437
32 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nigel Mansell Ferrari 1:21.0051:19.106+0.719
44 Flag of France.svg Jean Alesi Tyrrell-Ford 1:19.9231:19.604+1.217
528 Flag of Austria.svg Gerhard Berger McLaren-Honda 1:19.6431:19.618+1.231
66 Flag of Italy.svg Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault 1:20.5621:19.647+1.260
75 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thierry Boutsen Williams-Renault 1:20.7211:19.689+1.302
820 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Nelson Piquet Benetton-Ford 1:21.1111:19.700+1.313
919 Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Nannini Benetton-Ford 1:21.3831:20.367+1.980
1011 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Derek Warwick Lotus-Lamborghini 1:22.1111:20.610+2.223
1123 Flag of Italy.svg Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ford 1:22.2551:21.060+2.673
1215 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Maurício Gugelmin Leyton House-Judd 1:23.0191:21.167+2.780
1326 Flag of France.svg Philippe Alliot Ligier-Ford 1:23.7831:21.170+2.783
143 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Satoru Nakajima Tyrrell-Ford 1:22.6901:21.215+2.828
1530 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Aguri Suzuki Lola-Lamborghini 1:21.7401:21.244+2.857
1621 Flag of Italy.svg Emanuele Pirro Dallara-Ford 1:23.4851:21.277+2.890
1722 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea de Cesaris Dallara-Ford 1:22.9531:21.467+3.080
1829 Flag of France.svg Éric Bernard Lola-Lamborghini 1:22.4031:21.551+3.164
1916 Flag of Italy.svg Ivan Capelli Leyton House-Judd 1:23.8661:21.916+3.529
2025 Flag of Italy.svg Nicola Larini Ligier-Ford 1:23.2901:21.996+3.609
2114 Flag of France.svg Olivier Grouillard Osella-Ford 1:24.7841:22.288+3.901
2217 Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Tarquini AGS-Ford 1:23.2601:22.466+4.079
2312 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Martin Donnelly Lotus-Lamborghini 1:22.659no time+4.272
2418 Flag of France.svg Yannick Dalmas AGS-Ford 1:23.2491:22.716+4.329
258 Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Modena Brabham-Judd 1:23.6411:23.133+4.746
269 Flag of Italy.svg Michele Alboreto Arrows-Ford 1:24.0431:23.161+4.774
277 Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Brabham Brabham-Judd 1:25.8991:23.163+4.776
2824 Flag of Italy.svg Paolo Barilla Minardi-Ford 1:25.0931:23.274+4.887
2910 Flag of Germany.svg Bernd Schneider Arrows-Ford 1:24.6751:23.924+5.537
3031 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Bertrand Gachot Coloni-Ford 1:26.5931:25.114+6.727

Race

Race report

On the start Patrese collided with Jean Alesi, and sending the Frenchman into a heavy spin at turn 1 into the gravel trap and then retired as a result. As it was Senna who lead the early stages before lap 27 as Nelson Piquet then took the lead for two laps as a result of not pitting before Prost then took the lead on lap 29, Piquet who pitted after 40 laps would eventually retire with battery problems after 48 laps, Ayrton Senna would also retire with the result of a punctured radiator on lap 54 forcing the Brazilian into retirement, as did Gerhard Berger after colliding with Thierry Boutsen on Lap 57. From there the Ferrari drivers eventually dominated the race with reigning world champion Alain Prost leading his teammate Nigel Mansell home by 22 seconds for a 1-2 finish. British Team Lotus driver Martin Donnelly had a horrific crash during Friday practice at the very fast Turn 14; the seat of his Lotus 102 broke free and was flung clear of the wreck. Donnelly received serious injuries that took months of recovery, bringing an end to his Formula One career, although he later returned to racing. Team Lotus decided not to retire from the race, and Derek Warwick was close to the point-scoring positions when he became the race's final retirement on lap 63 with a broken gearbox in the other Lotus 102. Donnelly attributed his survival to safety improvements made after Riccardo Paletti's fatal accident at the 1982 Canadian Grand Prix.

The race also turned out to be the last race of Alessandro Nannini's Formula One career. Nannini claimed the final podium position of the race in his Benetton B190, the ninth podium of his career, finishing ahead of the Williams pair of Thierry Boutsen and Riccardo Patrese. One week after the race, his right arm was severed in a helicopter accident. Nannini recovered and returned to racing as a touring car driver.

At the start of the race, Gerhard Berger, desperate to move up from his fifth place on the grid, gave Jean Alesi no room, resulting in Alesi moving to the outside, where he was hit and put out of the race by Riccardo Patrese.

The Larrousse-Lola of Aguri Suzuki claimed the final championship point of the race, continuing an encouraging season for the French team. It was an encouraging race for another French team, Yannick Dalmas and Gabriele Tarquini both qualified in AGS JH25s in a first for the team, but AGS never again got two cars onto a Formula One grid. Dalmas finished in ninth position, the highlight of the season for the small French team. The ninth-placed finish saved the team from pre-qualifying for the first half of 1991 as it moved them up to a crucial 13th place in the Constructors Championship. As a consequence, Scuderia Italia dropped into pre-qualifying, as they failed to finish higher than 10th all season.

McLaren driver Ayrton Senna's lap 53 retirement with a failed radiator reduced his lead in the world championship over Prost to nine points with just the Japanese and Australian Grands Prix remaining in the season.

Race classification

PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
11 Flag of France.svg Alain Prost Ferrari 731:48:01.46129
22 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nigel Mansell Ferrari 73+ 22.06436
319 Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Nannini Benetton-Ford 73+ 34.87494
45 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thierry Boutsen Williams-Renault 73+ 43.29673
56 Flag of Italy.svg Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault 73+ 57.53062
630 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Aguri Suzuki Lola-Lamborghini 73+ 1:03.728151
725 Flag of Italy.svg Nicola Larini Ligier-Ford 72+ 1 lap20
815 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Maurício Gugelmin Leyton House-Judd 72+ 1 lap12
918 Flag of France.svg Yannick Dalmas AGS-Ford 72+ 1 lap23
109 Flag of Italy.svg Michele Alboreto Arrows-Ford 71+ 2 laps25
Ret11 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Derek Warwick Lotus-Lamborghini 63Gearbox10
Ret16 Flag of Italy.svg Ivan Capelli Leyton House-Judd 59Physical19
Ret28 Flag of Austria.svg Gerhard Berger McLaren-Honda 56Collision5
Ret27 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda 53Radiator1
Ret20 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Nelson Piquet Benetton-Ford 47Battery8
Ret22 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea de Cesaris Dallara-Ford 47Engine17
Ret14 Flag of France.svg Olivier Grouillard Osella-Ford 45Wheel bearing21
Ret23 Flag of Italy.svg Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ford 41Spun off11
Ret26 Flag of France.svg Philippe Alliot Ligier-Ford 22Spun off13
Ret29 Flag of France.svg Éric Bernard Lola-Lamborghini 20Gearbox18
Ret3 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Satoru Nakajima Tyrrell-Ford 13Spun off14
Ret17 Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Tarquini AGS-Ford 5Engine22
Ret8 Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Modena Brabham-Judd 5Collision24
Ret4 Flag of France.svg Jean Alesi Tyrrell-Ford 0Spun off4
Ret21 Flag of Italy.svg Emanuele Pirro Dallara-Ford 0Throttle16
DNS12 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Martin Donnelly Lotus-Lamborghini Driver injured
DNQ7 Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Brabham Brabham-Judd
DNQ24 Flag of Italy.svg Paolo Barilla Minardi-Ford
DNQ10 Flag of Germany.svg Bernd Schneider Arrows-Ford
DNQ31 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Bertrand Gachot Coloni-Ford
DNPQ33 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Roberto Moreno EuroBrun-Judd
DNPQ34 Flag of Italy.svg Claudio Langes EuroBrun-Judd
DNPQ39 Flag of Italy.svg Bruno Giacomelli Life-Judd
Source: [3]

Championship standings after the race

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