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Race · Round 16 of 16 ·

1990 Australian Grand Prix

Nelson Piquet won for Benetton from 7th on the grid at Adelaide Street Circuit. 13 of the starters were not classified.

Dry · High of 29 °C, no rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)

How it is modelled

ERA5's reanalysis, through Open-Meteo, of the circuit's whole local day and not the race's hours, for the grid cell the circuit sits in and not the track, so a shower can be missing from it. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.

Circuit
Adelaide Street CircuitAdelaide, Australia
Winner
Nelson PiquetBenetton
Fastest lap
Nigel Mansell
Entries
3013 classified

Classification

Classification
PosDriverConstructorChassisGridLapsOutPointsFL
1Nelson PiquetBenetton—781Finished9
2Nigel MansellFerrari641381Finished6fastest lap
3Alain ProstFerrari641481Finished4
4Gerhard BergerMcLarenMP4/5B281Finished3
5Thierry BoutsenWilliamsFW13B981Finished2
6Riccardo PatreseWilliamsFW13B680Finished1
7Roberto MorenoBenetton—880Finished0
8Jean AlesiTyrrell—580Finished0
9Pierluigi MartiniMinardi—1079Finished0
10Nicola LariniLigierJS33B1279Finished0
11Philippe AlliotLigierJS33B1978Finished0
12Stefano ModenaBrabham—1777Finished0
13Olivier GrouillardOsella—2274Finished0
DNFEmanuele PirroDallaraF1902168Engine0
DNFAyrton SennaMcLarenMP4/5B161Gearbox0
DNFGabriele TarquiniAGS—2658Engine0
DNFJohnny HerbertTeam Lotus1021857Clutch0
DNFSatoru NakajimaTyrrell—1353Brakes0
DNFIvan CapelliLeyton HouseCG9011446Throttle0
DNFDerek WarwickTeam Lotus1021143Gearbox0
DNFMauricio GugelminLeyton HouseCG9011627Brakes0
DNFAndrea de CesarisDallaraF1901523Electrical0
DNFÉric BernardLola—2321Gearbox0
DNFGianni MorbidelliMinardi—2020Gearbox0
DNFDavid BrabhamBrabham—2518Spun off0
DNFAguri SuzukiLola—246Transmission0
DNQMichele AlboretoArrows———DNQ0
DNQYannick DalmasAGS———DNQ0
DNQAlex CaffiArrows———DNQ0
DNQBertrand GachotColoniC3C——DNQ0
A blank chassis is a season the team ran more than one design and no source says which car raced here.
F1DB layout adelaide-1 · 3.78 km · 16 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

01020304050607080Laps completedGridResult71Nelson Piquet32Nigel Mansell43Alain Prost24Gerhard Berger95Thierry Boutsen66Riccardo Patrese87Roberto Moreno58Jean Alesi109Pierluigi Martini1210Nicola Larini1911Philippe Alliot1712Stefano Modena2213Olivier Grouillard21DNFEmanuele Pirro1DNFAyrton Senna26DNFGabriele Tarquini18DNFJohnny Herbert13DNFSatoru Nakajima14DNFIvan Capelli11DNFDerek Warwick16DNFMauricio Gugelmin15DNFAndrea de Cesaris23DNFÉric Bernard20DNFGianni Morbidelli25DNFDavid Brabham24DNFAguri Suzuki

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
DriverGridResultLaps
Nelson Piquet7181
Nigel Mansell3281
Alain Prost4381
Gerhard Berger2481
Thierry Boutsen9581
Riccardo Patrese6680
Roberto Moreno8780
Jean Alesi5880
Pierluigi Martini10979
Nicola Larini121079
Philippe Alliot191178
Stefano Modena171277
Olivier Grouillard221374
Emanuele Pirro21DNF68
Ayrton Senna1DNF61
Gabriele Tarquini26DNF58
Johnny Herbert18DNF57
Satoru Nakajima13DNF53
Ivan Capelli14DNF46
Derek Warwick11DNF43
Mauricio Gugelmin16DNF27
Andrea de Cesaris15DNF23
Éric Bernard23DNF21
Gianni Morbidelli20DNF20
David Brabham25DNF18
Aguri Suzuki24DNF6

Qualifying

Qualifying
PosDriverConstructorNo.TimeGap≈ DistanceInterval
1Ayrton SennaMcLaren271:15.671—0 m—
2Gerhard BergerMcLaren281:16.244+0.57329 m+0.573
3Nigel MansellFerrari21:16.352+0.68134 m+0.108
4Alain ProstFerrari11:16.365+0.69435 m+0.013
5Jean AlesiTyrrell41:16.837+1.16658 m+0.472
6Riccardo PatreseWilliams61:17.156+1.48574 m+0.319
7Nelson PiquetBenetton201:17.173+1.50275 m+0.017
8Roberto MorenoBenetton191:17.437+1.76688 m+0.264
9Thierry BoutsenWilliams51:17.596+1.92596 m+0.159
10Pierluigi MartiniMinardi231:17.827+2.156108 m+0.231
11Derek WarwickTeam Lotus111:18.351+2.680134 m+0.524
12Nicola LariniLigier251:18.730+3.059153 m+0.379
13Satoru NakajimaTyrrell31:18.738+3.067153 m+0.008
14Ivan CapelliLeyton House161:18.843+3.172158 m+0.105
15Andrea de CesarisDallara221:18.858+3.187159 m+0.015
16Mauricio GugelminLeyton House151:18.860+3.189159 m+0.002
17Stefano ModenaBrabham81:18.886+3.215161 m+0.026
18Johnny HerbertTeam Lotus121:19.091+3.420171 m+0.205
19Philippe AlliotLigier261:19.202+3.531176 m+0.111
20Gianni MorbidelliMinardi241:19.347+3.676184 m+0.145
21Emanuele PirroDallara211:19.476+3.805190 m+0.129
22Olivier GrouillardOsella141:19.722+4.051202 m+0.246
23Éric BernardLola291:19.858+4.187209 m+0.136
24Aguri SuzukiLola301:19.970+4.299215 m+0.112
25David BrabhamBrabham71:20.218+4.547227 m+0.248
26Gabriele TarquiniAGS171:20.296+4.625231 m+0.078
27Michele AlboretoArrows91:20.545+4.874243 m+0.249
28Yannick DalmasAGS181:20.570+4.899245 m+0.025
29Alex CaffiArrows101:20.609+4.938247 m+0.039
30Bertrand GachotColoni311:23.135+7.464373 m+2.526
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, Qualifying

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 Practice 1 · Practice 2 · Warm-up

Practice 1

Practice 1
PosDriverConstructorNo.Best lapGap≈ DistanceIntervalLaps
1Ayrton SennaMcLaren271:15.713—0 m——
2Nigel MansellFerrari21:16.626+0.91346 m+0.913—
3Gerhard BergerMcLaren281:16.840+1.12756 m+0.214—
4Nelson PiquetBenetton201:17.233+1.52076 m+0.393—
5Alain ProstFerrari11:17.660+1.94797 m+0.427—
6Riccardo PatreseWilliams61:17.677+1.96498 m+0.017—
7Roberto MorenoBenetton191:17.892+2.179109 m+0.215—
8Jean AlesiTyrrell41:17.948+2.235112 m+0.056—
9Mauricio GugelminLeyton House151:18.476+2.763138 m+0.528—
10Thierry BoutsenWilliams51:18.491+2.778139 m+0.015—
11Éric BernardLola291:18.672+2.959148 m+0.181—
12Aguri SuzukiLola301:18.877+3.164158 m+0.205—
13Andrea de CesarisDallara221:18.919+3.206160 m+0.042—
14Philippe AlliotLigier261:18.970+3.257163 m+0.051—
15Stefano ModenaBrabham81:18.984+3.271163 m+0.014—
16Nicola LariniLigier251:19.188+3.475173 m+0.204—
17Satoru NakajimaTyrrell31:19.199+3.486174 m+0.011—
18Pierluigi MartiniMinardi231:19.365+3.652182 m+0.166—
19Alex CaffiArrows101:19.955+4.242212 m+0.590—
20Emanuele PirroDallara211:20.132+4.419221 m+0.177—
21Ivan CapelliLeyton House161:20.421+4.708235 m+0.289—
22Gianni MorbidelliMinardi241:20.513+4.800240 m+0.092—
23Yannick DalmasAGS181:20.621+4.908245 m+0.108—
24Olivier GrouillardOsella141:20.937+5.224261 m+0.316—
25Derek WarwickTeam Lotus111:21.023+5.310265 m+0.086—
26Johnny HerbertTeam Lotus121:21.050+5.337266 m+0.027—
27Gabriele TarquiniAGS171:21.400+5.687284 m+0.350—
28Michele AlboretoArrows91:21.556+5.843292 m+0.156—
29David BrabhamBrabham71:21.557+5.844292 m+0.001—
30Bertrand GachotColoni311:23.697+7.984399 m+2.140—
Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.
How it is derived: distance, Practice 1

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

Practice 2

Practice 2
PosDriverConstructorNo.Best lapGap≈ DistanceIntervalLaps
1Ayrton SennaMcLaren271:15.828—0 m——
2Gerhard BergerMcLaren281:16.802+0.97449 m+0.974—
3Jean AlesiTyrrell41:16.997+1.16958 m+0.195—
4Nelson PiquetBenetton201:17.155+1.32766 m+0.158—
5Roberto MorenoBenetton191:17.365+1.53777 m+0.210—
6Nigel MansellFerrari21:17.650+1.82291 m+0.285—
7Riccardo PatreseWilliams61:17.666+1.83892 m+0.016—
8Alain ProstFerrari11:17.670+1.84292 m+0.004—
9Derek WarwickTeam Lotus111:17.924+2.096104 m+0.254—
10Thierry BoutsenWilliams51:18.095+2.267113 m+0.171—
11Mauricio GugelminLeyton House151:18.393+2.565128 m+0.298—
12Johnny HerbertTeam Lotus121:18.828+3.000150 m+0.435—
13Pierluigi MartiniMinardi231:18.932+3.104155 m+0.104—
14Aguri SuzukiLola301:19.088+3.260163 m+0.156—
15Gianni MorbidelliMinardi241:19.196+3.368168 m+0.108—
16Nicola LariniLigier251:19.224+3.396169 m+0.028—
17Ivan CapelliLeyton House161:19.228+3.400169 m+0.004—
18Philippe AlliotLigier261:19.473+3.645182 m+0.245—
19Stefano ModenaBrabham81:19.622+3.794189 m+0.149—
20Andrea de CesarisDallara221:20.193+4.365218 m+0.571—
21Éric BernardLola291:20.299+4.471223 m+0.106—
22Olivier GrouillardOsella141:20.339+4.511225 m+0.040—
23Alex CaffiArrows101:20.351+4.523225 m+0.012—
24David BrabhamBrabham71:20.477+4.649232 m+0.126—
25Gabriele TarquiniAGS171:20.504+4.676233 m+0.027—
26Michele AlboretoArrows91:20.676+4.848242 m+0.172—
27Emanuele PirroDallara211:20.740+4.912245 m+0.064—
28Yannick DalmasAGS181:21.479+5.651282 m+0.739—
29Satoru NakajimaTyrrell31:22.185+6.357317 m+0.706—
30Bertrand GachotColoni311:23.512+7.684383 m+1.327—
Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.
How it is derived: distance, Practice 2

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

Warm-up

Warm-up
PosDriverConstructorNo.Best lapGap≈ DistanceIntervalLaps
1Alain ProstFerrari11:19.422—0 m——
2Ayrton SennaMcLaren271:19.516+0.0944 m+0.094—
3Gerhard BergerMcLaren281:19.645+0.22311 m+0.129—
4Nigel MansellFerrari21:19.666+0.24412 m+0.021—
5Jean AlesiTyrrell41:19.845+0.42320 m+0.179—
6Thierry BoutsenWilliams51:20.082+0.66031 m+0.237—
7Riccardo PatreseWilliams61:20.254+0.83240 m+0.172—
8Derek WarwickTeam Lotus111:20.734+1.31262 m+0.480—
9Nelson PiquetBenetton201:20.775+1.35364 m+0.041—
10Roberto MorenoBenetton191:20.953+1.53173 m+0.178—
11Pierluigi MartiniMinardi231:21.303+1.88190 m+0.350—
12Satoru NakajimaTyrrell31:21.678+2.256107 m+0.375—
13Mauricio GugelminLeyton House151:21.707+2.285109 m+0.029—
14Andrea de CesarisDallara221:22.091+2.669127 m+0.384—
15Philippe AlliotLigier261:22.200+2.778132 m+0.109—
16Johnny HerbertTeam Lotus121:22.248+2.826135 m+0.048—
17Éric BernardLola291:22.314+2.892138 m+0.066—
18Nicola LariniLigier251:22.487+3.065146 m+0.173—
19Aguri SuzukiLola301:22.500+3.078146 m+0.013—
20Emanuele PirroDallara211:22.554+3.132149 m+0.054—
21Gianni MorbidelliMinardi241:22.795+3.373161 m+0.241—
22Ivan CapelliLeyton House161:22.990+3.568170 m+0.195—
23Gabriele TarquiniAGS171:23.147+3.725177 m+0.157—
24David BrabhamBrabham71:23.546+4.124196 m+0.399—
25Stefano ModenaBrabham81:23.696+4.274203 m+0.150—
26Olivier GrouillardOsella141:24.115+4.693223 m+0.419—
Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.
How it is derived: distance, Warm-up

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.

Ferrari 641
Ferrari 641
Ferrari 641-2 front-left2 Museo Ferrari · Morio · CC BY-SA 3.0
McLaren MP4/5
McLaren MP4/5
McLaren MP4-5 · John Chapman ( Pyrope ) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Williams FW13
Williams FW13
Williams FW13 front-left 2017 Williams Conference Centre · Morio · CC BY-SA 4.0
Ligier JS33
Ligier JS33
Philippe Alliot 1990 United States · wileynorwichphoto · CC BY 2.0 · unchecked
Coloni C3
Coloni C3
C3-1 · Matthias v.d. Elbe · CC BY-SA 3.0 · unchecked
Leyton House CG901
Leyton House CG901
Leyton House CG901 Formula One, 1990 - Collings Foundation - Massachusetts - DSC07049 · Daderot · CC0

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.

1 more photograph
Lotus 102
Lotus 102
Lotus-Lamborghini 102 · Andrew Basterfield · CC BY-SA 2.0 · unchecked

Where this comes from

Round
16 of 1990
Grand Prix
Australian Grand Prix
Dates
Layout raced
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Format
Standard weekend
Constructor
Benetton
Entrant
Benetton-Ford
Confidence
reference

No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.