Race · Round 11 of 16 · 26 August 1990

1990 Belgian Grand Prix

Ayrton Senna won for McLaren from pole at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. 9 of the starters were not classified.

Dry · High of 23 °C, no rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)

How it is modelled

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Circuit: Circuit de Spa-FrancorchampsStavelot, Belgium
Winner: Ayrton SennaMcLaren
Pole: Ayrton Senna
Fastest lap: Alain Prost
Entries: 3317 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	MP4/5B	1	44	Finished	9
2	Alain Prost	Ferrari	641	3	44	Finished	6	fastest lap
3	Gerhard Berger	McLaren	MP4/5B	2	44	Finished	4
4	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	—	6	44	Finished	3
5	Nelson Piquet	Benetton	—	8	44	Finished	2
6	Mauricio Gugelmin	Leyton House	CG901	14	44	Finished	1
7	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House	CG901	12	43	Finished	0
8	Jean Alesi	Tyrrell	—	9	43	Finished	0
9	Éric Bernard	Lola	—	15	43	Finished	0
10	Alex Caffi	Arrows	—	19	43	Finished	0
11	Derek Warwick	Team Lotus	102	18	43	Finished	0
12	Martin Donnelly	Team Lotus	102	22	43	Finished	0
13	Michele Alboreto	Arrows	—	26	43	Finished	0
14	Nicola Larini	Ligier	JS33B	21	42	Finished	0
15	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	—	16	42	Finished	0
16	Olivier Grouillard	Osella	—	23	42	Finished	0
17	Stefano Modena	Brabham	—	13	39	Engine	0
DNF	David Brabham	Brabham	—	24	36	Electrical	0
DNF	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara	F190	20	27	Engine	0
DNF	Thierry Boutsen	Williams	FW13B	4	21	Transmission	0
DNF	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	641	5	19	Handling	0
DNF	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	FW13B	7	18	Gearbox	0
DNF	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara	F190	17	5	Water leak	0
DNF	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell	—	10	4	Engine	0
DNF	Aguri Suzuki	Lola	—	11	0	Accident	0
DNF	Paolo Barilla	Minardi	—	25	0	Accident	0
DNQ	Philippe Alliot	Ligier	JS33B	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS	—	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Yannick Dalmas	AGS	—	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Bertrand Gachot	Coloni	C3C	—	—	DNQ	0
DNPQ	Roberto Moreno	EuroBrun	ER189B	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Claudio Langes	EuroBrun	ER189B	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Bruno Giacomelli	Life	L190	—	—	DNPQ	0

A blank chassis is a season the team ran more than one design and no source says which car raced here.

F1DB layout spa-francorchamps-2 · 6.94 km · 19 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Ayrton Senna	1	1	44
Alain Prost	3	2	44
Gerhard Berger	2	3	44
Alessandro Nannini	6	4	44
Nelson Piquet	8	5	44
Mauricio Gugelmin	14	6	44
Ivan Capelli	12	7	43
Jean Alesi	9	8	43
Éric Bernard	15	9	43
Alex Caffi	19	10	43
Derek Warwick	18	11	43
Martin Donnelly	22	12	43
Michele Alboreto	26	13	43
Nicola Larini	21	14	42
Pierluigi Martini	16	15	42
Olivier Grouillard	23	16	42
Stefano Modena	13	17	39
David Brabham	24	DNF	36
Andrea de Cesaris	20	DNF	27
Thierry Boutsen	4	DNF	21
Nigel Mansell	5	DNF	19
Riccardo Patrese	7	DNF	18
Emanuele Pirro	17	DNF	5
Satoru Nakajima	10	DNF	4
Aguri Suzuki	11	DNF	0
Paolo Barilla	25	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	27	1:50.365	—	0 m	—
2	Gerhard Berger	McLaren	28	1:50.948	+0.583	37 m	+0.583
3	Alain Prost	Ferrari	1	1:51.043	+0.678	43 m	+0.095
4	Thierry Boutsen	Williams	5	1:51.902	+1.537	98 m	+0.859
5	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	2	1:52.267	+1.902	121 m	+0.365
6	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	19	1:52.648	+2.283	145 m	+0.381
7	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	6	1:52.703	+2.338	148 m	+0.055
8	Nelson Piquet	Benetton	20	1:52.853	+2.488	158 m	+0.150
9	Jean Alesi	Tyrrell	4	1:52.885	+2.520	160 m	+0.032
10	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell	3	1:53.468	+3.103	197 m	+0.583
11	Aguri Suzuki	Lola	30	1:53.523	+3.158	200 m	+0.055
12	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House	16	1:53.783	+3.418	217 m	+0.260
13	Stefano Modena	Brabham	8	1:53.916	+3.551	225 m	+0.133
14	Mauricio Gugelmin	Leyton House	15	1:54.120	+3.755	238 m	+0.204
15	Éric Bernard	Lola	29	1:54.251	+3.886	247 m	+0.131
16	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	23	1:54.312	+3.947	250 m	+0.061
17	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara	21	1:54.595	+4.230	268 m	+0.283
18	Derek Warwick	Team Lotus	11	1:55.068	+4.703	298 m	+0.473
19	Alex Caffi	Arrows	10	1:55.199	+4.834	307 m	+0.131
20	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara	22	1:55.261	+4.896	311 m	+0.062
21	Nicola Larini	Ligier	25	1:55.278	+4.913	312 m	+0.017
22	Martin Donnelly	Team Lotus	12	1:55.304	+4.939	313 m	+0.026
23	Olivier Grouillard	Osella	14	1:55.334	+4.969	315 m	+0.030
24	David Brabham	Brabham	7	1:55.668	+5.303	337 m	+0.334
25	Paolo Barilla	Minardi	24	1:55.859	+5.494	349 m	+0.191
26	Michele Alboreto	Arrows	9	1:56.055	+5.690	361 m	+0.196
27	Philippe Alliot	Ligier	26	1:56.118	+5.753	365 m	+0.063
28	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS	17	1:57.566	+7.201	457 m	+1.448
29	Yannick Dalmas	AGS	18	1:57.704	+7.339	466 m	+0.138
30	Bertrand Gachot	Coloni	31	1:58.520	+8.155	518 m	+0.816

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Pit stops

Pit stops are recorded from 1994. F1DB, the source of every stop here, holds none before then, so this race has no stints to draw.

Practice sessions Pre-qualifying · Practice 1 · Practice 2 · Warm-up

Pre-qualifying

Pre-qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Olivier Grouillard	Osella	14	1:57.941	—	0 m	—	—
2	Yannick Dalmas	AGS	18	1:58.339	+0.398	24 m	+0.398	—
3	Bertrand Gachot	Coloni	31	1:59.130	+1.189	71 m	+0.791	—
4	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS	17	1:59.910	+1.969	117 m	+0.780	—
5	Roberto Moreno	EuroBrun	33	2:00.270	+2.329	138 m	+0.360	—
6	Claudio Langes	EuroBrun	34	2:01.405	+3.464	206 m	+1.135	—
7	Bruno Giacomelli	Life	39	2:19.445	+21.504	1,277 m	+18.040	—

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Practice 1

Practice 1
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Gerhard Berger	McLaren	28	1:52.498	—	0 m	—	—
2	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	2	1:53.095	+0.597	37 m	+0.597	—
3	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	27	1:53.575	+1.077	67 m	+0.480	—
4	Alain Prost	Ferrari	1	1:53.654	+1.156	72 m	+0.079	—
5	Thierry Boutsen	Williams	5	1:54.546	+2.048	128 m	+0.892	—
6	Jean Alesi	Tyrrell	4	1:54.593	+2.095	130 m	+0.047	—
7	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	6	1:54.638	+2.140	133 m	+0.045	—
8	Nelson Piquet	Benetton	20	1:54.833	+2.335	145 m	+0.195	—
9	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	19	1:55.061	+2.563	160 m	+0.228	—
10	Mauricio Gugelmin	Leyton House	15	1:55.530	+3.032	189 m	+0.469	—
11	Aguri Suzuki	Lola	30	1:55.882	+3.384	211 m	+0.352	—
12	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	23	1:56.215	+3.717	231 m	+0.333	—
13	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell	3	1:56.765	+4.267	266 m	+0.550	—
14	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara	21	1:56.778	+4.280	266 m	+0.013	—
15	Derek Warwick	Team Lotus	11	1:56.901	+4.403	274 m	+0.123	—
16	Éric Bernard	Lola	29	1:56.977	+4.479	279 m	+0.076	—
17	Michele Alboreto	Arrows	9	1:57.090	+4.592	286 m	+0.113	—
18	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara	22	1:57.696	+5.198	324 m	+0.606	—
19	Philippe Alliot	Ligier	26	1:57.742	+5.244	326 m	+0.046	—
20	Nicola Larini	Ligier	25	1:57.791	+5.293	330 m	+0.049	—
21	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House	16	1:57.842	+5.344	333 m	+0.051	—
22	Stefano Modena	Brabham	8	1:58.257	+5.759	359 m	+0.415	—
23	David Brabham	Brabham	7	1:58.417	+5.919	369 m	+0.160	—
24	Martin Donnelly	Team Lotus	12	1:58.753	+6.255	389 m	+0.336	—
25	Alex Caffi	Arrows	10	1:59.021	+6.523	406 m	+0.268	—
26	Yannick Dalmas	AGS	18	1:59.239	+6.741	420 m	+0.218	—
27	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS	17	1:59.440	+6.942	432 m	+0.201	—
28	Olivier Grouillard	Osella	14	1:59.590	+7.092	442 m	+0.150	—
29	Paolo Barilla	Minardi	24	2:00.410	+7.912	493 m	+0.820	—

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Practice 2

Practice 2
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Alain Prost	Ferrari	1	1:51.116	—	0 m	—	—
2	Gerhard Berger	McLaren	28	1:51.672	+0.556	35 m	+0.556	—
3	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	2	1:51.955	+0.839	53 m	+0.283	—
4	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	19	1:52.582	+1.466	92 m	+0.627	—
5	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	27	1:52.895	+1.779	112 m	+0.313	—
6	Thierry Boutsen	Williams	5	1:52.975	+1.859	117 m	+0.080	—
7	Jean Alesi	Tyrrell	4	1:54.041	+2.925	184 m	+1.066	—
8	Nelson Piquet	Benetton	20	1:54.046	+2.930	185 m	+0.005	—
9	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	6	1:54.569	+3.453	218 m	+0.523	—
10	Éric Bernard	Lola	29	1:54.749	+3.633	229 m	+0.180	—
11	Stefano Modena	Brabham	8	1:55.044	+3.928	248 m	+0.295	—
12	Martin Donnelly	Team Lotus	12	1:55.070	+3.954	249 m	+0.026	—
13	Derek Warwick	Team Lotus	11	1:55.190	+4.074	257 m	+0.120	—
14	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House	16	1:55.206	+4.090	258 m	+0.016	—
15	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara	22	1:55.306	+4.190	264 m	+0.100	—
16	Alex Caffi	Arrows	10	1:55.364	+4.248	268 m	+0.058	—
17	Aguri Suzuki	Lola	30	1:55.502	+4.386	276 m	+0.138	—
18	Paolo Barilla	Minardi	24	1:55.630	+4.514	285 m	+0.128	—
19	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell	3	1:55.715	+4.599	290 m	+0.085	—
20	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	23	1:55.939	+4.823	304 m	+0.224	—
21	Michele Alboreto	Arrows	9	1:55.945	+4.829	304 m	+0.006	—
22	David Brabham	Brabham	7	1:56.125	+5.009	316 m	+0.180	—
23	Mauricio Gugelmin	Leyton House	15	1:56.196	+5.080	320 m	+0.071	—
24	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara	21	1:56.588	+5.472	345 m	+0.392	—
25	Philippe Alliot	Ligier	26	1:57.045	+5.929	374 m	+0.457	—
26	Olivier Grouillard	Osella	14	1:57.118	+6.002	378 m	+0.073	—
27	Nicola Larini	Ligier	25	1:57.300	+6.184	390 m	+0.182	—
28	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS	17	1:57.621	+6.505	410 m	+0.321	—
29	Yannick Dalmas	AGS	18	1:59.249	+8.133	513 m	+1.628	—

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Warm-up

Warm-up
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Alain Prost	Ferrari	1	1:55.290	—	0 m	—	—
2	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	19	1:56.015	+0.725	44 m	+0.725	—
3	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	27	1:56.401	+1.111	67 m	+0.386	—
4	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	2	1:57.249	+1.959	119 m	+0.848	—
5	Nelson Piquet	Benetton	20	1:57.369	+2.079	126 m	+0.120	—
6	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	6	1:57.369	+2.079	126 m	+0.000	—
7	Thierry Boutsen	Williams	5	1:57.721	+2.431	148 m	+0.352	—
8	Éric Bernard	Lola	29	1:57.875	+2.585	157 m	+0.154	—
9	Michele Alboreto	Arrows	9	1:58.049	+2.759	168 m	+0.174	—
10	Gerhard Berger	McLaren	28	1:58.183	+2.893	176 m	+0.134	—
11	Aguri Suzuki	Lola	30	1:58.403	+3.113	189 m	+0.220	—
12	Mauricio Gugelmin	Leyton House	15	1:58.412	+3.122	190 m	+0.009	—
13	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara	21	1:58.992	+3.702	225 m	+0.580	—
14	Jean Alesi	Tyrrell	4	1:59.038	+3.748	228 m	+0.046	—
15	Nicola Larini	Ligier	25	1:59.088	+3.798	231 m	+0.050	—
16	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	23	1:59.257	+3.967	241 m	+0.169	—
17	Stefano Modena	Brabham	8	1:59.326	+4.036	245 m	+0.069	—
18	Alex Caffi	Arrows	10	1:59.334	+4.044	246 m	+0.008	—
19	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House	16	1:59.462	+4.172	253 m	+0.128	—
20	Derek Warwick	Team Lotus	11	1:59.534	+4.244	258 m	+0.072	—
21	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara	22	2:00.027	+4.737	288 m	+0.493	—
22	Martin Donnelly	Team Lotus	12	2:00.179	+4.889	297 m	+0.152	—
23	Olivier Grouillard	Osella	14	2:00.463	+5.173	314 m	+0.284	—
24	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell	3	2:00.940	+5.650	343 m	+0.477	—
25	Paolo Barilla	Minardi	24	2:01.031	+5.741	349 m	+0.091	—

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

The cars in this race

The photograph each car's Wikipedia article leads with, from Wikimedia Commons: taken wherever and whenever that was, not necessarily at this race.

Coloni C3
C3-1 · Matthias v.d. Elbe · CC BY-SA 3.0 · unchecked

A photograph marked unchecked has a file name that does not name the car it is shown for. Most are still the right car, filed under the driver rather than the machine — but nobody has confirmed these one by one.

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Where this comes from

Round: 11 of 1990
Grand Prix: Belgian Grand Prix
Dates: 26 Aug 1990
Layout raced: Modern circuit · 7.004 km · 19 turns
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: McLaren
Entrant: McLaren-Honda
Confidence: reference

The layout raced and its figures are this register’s, from its own sources; the figures under the race’s drawing are F1DB’s, and at some circuits the two disagree.