1990 Hungarian Grand Prix

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1990 Hungarian Grand Prix
Race 10 of 16 in the 1990 Formula One World Championship
Hungaroring circuit 1989-2002.svg
Race details
Date12 August 1990
Location Hungaroring
Mogyoród, Hungary
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 3.968 km (2.466 miles)
Distance 77 laps, 305.536 km (189.851 miles)
Weather Dry
Pole position
Driver Williams-Renault
Time 1:17.919
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Italy.svg Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault
Time 1:22.058 on lap 63
Podium
First Williams-Renault
Second McLaren-Honda
Third Benetton-Ford
Lap leaders
  • 1990 Hungarian Grand Prix

The 1990 Hungarian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Hungaroring on 12 August 1990. It was the tenth race of the 1990 Formula One World Championship. The race was the sixth Hungarian Grand Prix and the fifth to be held at the Hungaroring. It was held over 77 laps of the 3.97-kilometre (2.47 mi) circuit for a race distance of 305.5 kilometres (189.8 mi).

Contents

Belgian driver Thierry Boutsen, driving a Williams-Renault, took his third and final Grand Prix win after leading the entire race. Ayrton Senna, driving a McLaren-Honda, finished less than 0.3 seconds behind Boutsen, having survived a collision with the Benetton-Ford of Alessandro Nannini. Nannini's teammate Nelson Piquet finished third. As of the 2022 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix , this is the last victory in Formula One for a driver competing under the Belgian flag.

With rival Alain Prost failing to finish, Senna increased his lead in the Drivers' Championship over the Frenchman.

Pre-race

In the run-up to the race, Camel announced that it was ending its sponsorship of Lotus at the end of 1990 and would be sponsoring Williams and Benetton in 1991. [1]

Qualifying

Pre-qualifying report

As at the previous event in Germany, the Ligier drivers were first and second in the Friday morning pre-qualifying session. The positions were reversed, however, with Nicola Larini outpacing team-mate Philippe Alliot. The other two pre-qualifiers were the AGS cars, driven by Yannick Dalmas in third, and Gabriele Tarquini in fourth, the pair nearly two seconds slower than the Ligiers. It was the first time since the French Grand Prix that both AGS cars had pre-qualified, and only the second time this season. [2]

Also for only the second time this season, Olivier Grouillard failed to pre-qualify in the Osella, as he was fifth fastest, less than two tenths of a second slower than Tarquini. There was a big improvement from Bertrand Gachot in the Coloni, now seeing the benefits of the Cosworth DFR engine in place of the Subaru, as he was sixth fastest, just 0.264 seconds behind Tarquini. The EuroBruns were seventh and eighth, Roberto Moreno a couple of seconds faster than Claudio Langes, and bottom of the time sheets as usual was Bruno Giacomelli in the Life, missing the cut by a very wide margin. On this occasion the L190 managed five laps before the engine expired. [2]

Pre-qualifying classification

PosNoDriverConstructorTimeGap
125 Flag of Italy.svg Nicola Larini Ligier-Ford 1:21.518
226 Flag of France.svg Philippe Alliot Ligier-Ford 1:21.710+0.192
318 Flag of France.svg Yannick Dalmas AGS-Ford 1:23.227+1.709
417 Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Tarquini AGS-Ford 1:23.406+1.888
514 Flag of France.svg Olivier Grouillard Osella-Ford 1:23.582+2.064
631 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Bertrand Gachot Coloni-Ford 1:23.670+2.152
733 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Roberto Moreno EuroBrun-Judd 1:24.386+2.868
834 Flag of Italy.svg Claudio Langes EuroBrun-Judd 1:26.514+4.996
939 Flag of Italy.svg Bruno Giacomelli Life 1:41.431+19.913

Qualifying report

On the tight and twisty Hungaroring, the two Williams filled the front row with Thierry Boutsen 0.036 seconds ahead of Riccardo Patrese. This was to be the only pole position of Boutsen's career. Gerhard Berger was third ahead of McLaren teammate Ayrton Senna, while Senna's Drivers' Championship rival Alain Prost could only manage eighth, behind Ferrari teammate Nigel Mansell, Jean Alesi in the Tyrrell and Alessandro Nannini in the Benetton. The top ten was completed by Nelson Piquet in the second Benetton and Andrea de Cesaris in the Dallara.

Qualifying classification

PosNoDriverConstructorQ1Q2Gap
15 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thierry Boutsen Williams-Renault 1:19.6911:17.919
26 Flag of Italy.svg Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault 1:19.4191:17.955+0.036
328 Flag of Austria.svg Gerhard Berger McLaren-Honda 1:18.1271:18.703+0.208
427 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda 1:20.3891:18.162+0.243
52 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nigel Mansell Ferrari 1:18.7391:18.719+0.800
64 Flag of France.svg Jean Alesi Tyrrell-Ford 1:19.0421:18.762+0.843
719 Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Nannini Benetton-Ford 1:19.3001:18.901+0.982
81 Flag of France.svg Alain Prost Ferrari 1:20.3091:19.029+1.110
920 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Nelson Piquet Benetton-Ford 1:21.1091:19.453+1.534
1022 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea de Cesaris Dallara-Ford 1:21.6751:19.675+1.756
1111 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Derek Warwick Lotus-Lamborghini 1:21.1541:19.839+1.920
1229 Flag of France.svg Éric Bernard Lola-Lamborghini 1:21.6921:19.963+2.044
1321 Flag of Italy.svg Emanuele Pirro Dallara-Ford 1:21.0701:19.970+2.051
1423 Flag of Italy.svg Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ford 1:21.2421:20.197+2.278
153 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Satoru Nakajima Tyrrell-Ford 1:21.4491:20.202+2.283
1616 Flag of Italy.svg Ivan Capelli Leyton House-Judd 1:21.5121:20.385+2.466
1715 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Maurício Gugelmin Leyton House-Judd 1:22.1981:20.397+2.478
1812 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Martin Donnelly Lotus-Lamborghini 1:21.3241:20.602+2.683
1930 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Aguri Suzuki Lola-Lamborghini 1:21.5771:20.619+2.700
208 Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Modena Brabham-Judd 1:22.0241:20.715+2.786
2126 Flag of France.svg Philippe Alliot Ligier-Ford 1:22.7011:21.003+3.084
229 Flag of Italy.svg Michele Alboreto Arrows-Ford 1:22.9091:21.758+3.839
2324 Flag of Italy.svg Paolo Barilla Minardi-Ford 1:22.7841:21.849+3.930
2417 Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Tarquini AGS-Ford 1:23.8271:21.964+4.045
2525 Flag of Italy.svg Nicola Larini Ligier-Ford 1:22.5841:22.078+4.159
2610 Flag of Italy.svg Alex Caffi Arrows-Ford 1:22.9861:22.126+4.207
2718 Flag of France.svg Yannick Dalmas AGS-Ford 1:23.1161:22.263+4.344
287 Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Brabham Brabham-Judd 1:23.9231:22.488+4.569
2936 Flag of Finland.svg JJ Lehto Onyx-Ford no time1:22.647+4.728
3035 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Gregor Foitek Onyx-Ford 1:24.3611:24.863+6.442

Race

Race report

At the start, Boutsen led away while Berger moved ahead of Patrese. Mansell and Alesi both passed Senna at the first corner, while de Cesaris shot past both Benettons and Prost. The top four started to pull away, while Alesi held up the cars behind him.

Nannini soon re-passed de Cesaris, but the Dallara driver kept ahead of Piquet and Prost before retiring on lap 23 with an engine failure. Senna passed Alesi on lap 21, only to suffer a puncture which dropped him to tenth. Nannini passed the Tyrrell driver shortly afterwards and quickly caught up to the top four, followed by Prost. On lap 36, Alesi collided with the Minardi of Pierluigi Martini, putting them both out; Prost retired at around the same time with a gearbox failure.

At the halfway point of the race, the top five remained Boutsen, Berger, Patrese, Mansell and Nannini, with Senna back up to sixth and closing fast. He moved ahead of teammate Berger when the Austrian pitted for new tyres. On lap 52 Mansell made an attempt to pass Patrese, only to fall behind Nannini and Senna. Patrese pitted a few laps later, falling to seventh behind Berger and Piquet.

On lap 64, Senna attempted to pass Nannini at the chicane. The two collided, putting the Benetton driver out. Then on lap 72, Berger attempted a similar move on Mansell, taking both drivers out. This left Boutsen and Senna nearly half a minute clear of Piquet. Senna tried to find a way past Boutsen, but the Belgian held him off, crossing the line 0.288 seconds ahead. Boutsen would later claim that if the race had continued for any longer his brakes would likely have failed. [3] Piquet finished four seconds ahead of Patrese, with Derek Warwick in the Lotus and Éric Bernard in the Larrousse-Lola completing the top six.

Senna increased his lead over Prost in the Drivers' Championship to ten points, 54 to 44, with Berger on 29 and Boutsen on 27. McLaren also increased their lead in the Constructors' Championship, with 83 points to Ferrari's 57, followed by Williams on 42 and Benetton on 35.

Race classification

PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
15 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thierry Boutsen Williams-Renault 771:49:30.59719
227 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda 77+ 0.28846
320 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Nelson Piquet Benetton-Ford 77+ 27.89394
46 Flag of Italy.svg Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault 77+ 31.83323
511 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Derek Warwick Lotus-Lamborghini 77+ 1:14.244112
629 Flag of France.svg Éric Bernard Lola-Lamborghini 77+ 1:24.308121
712 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Martin Donnelly Lotus-Lamborghini 76+ 1 lap18
815 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Maurício Gugelmin Leyton House-Judd 76+ 1 lap17
910 Flag of Italy.svg Alex Caffi Arrows-Ford 76+ 1 lap26
1021 Flag of Italy.svg Emanuele Pirro Dallara-Ford 76+ 1 lap13
1125 Flag of Italy.svg Nicola Larini Ligier-Ford 76+ 1 lap25
129 Flag of Italy.svg Michele Alboreto Arrows-Ford 75+ 2 laps22
1317 Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Tarquini AGS-Ford 74+ 3 laps24
1426 Flag of France.svg Philippe Alliot Ligier-Ford 74+ 3 laps21
1524 Flag of Italy.svg Paolo Barilla Minardi-Ford 74+ 3 laps23
1628 Flag of Austria.svg Gerhard Berger McLaren-Honda 72Collision3
172 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nigel Mansell Ferrari 71Collision5
Ret19 Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Nannini Benetton-Ford 64Collision7
Ret16 Flag of Italy.svg Ivan Capelli Leyton House-Judd 56Gearbox16
Ret30 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Aguri Suzuki Lola-Lamborghini 37Engine19
Ret1 Flag of France.svg Alain Prost Ferrari 36Gearbox8
Ret4 Flag of France.svg Jean Alesi Tyrrell-Ford 36Collision6
Ret8 Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Modena Brabham-Judd 35Engine20
Ret23 Flag of Italy.svg Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ford 35Collision14
Ret22 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea de Cesaris Dallara-Ford 22Engine10
Ret3 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Satoru Nakajima Tyrrell-Ford 9Brakes15
DNQ18 Flag of France.svg Yannick Dalmas AGS-Ford
DNQ7 Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Brabham Brabham-Judd
DNQ36 Flag of Finland.svg JJ Lehto Onyx-Ford
DNQ35 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Gregor Foitek Onyx-Ford
DNPQ14 Flag of France.svg Olivier Grouillard Osella-Ford
DNPQ31 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
Source: [4]

Championship standings after the race

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