Race · Round 2 of 16 · 25 March 1990

1990 Brazilian Grand Prix

Alain Prost won for Ferrari from 6th on the grid at Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace (Interlagos). 12 of the starters were not classified. With this win, Alain Prost set a new record of 40 championship Grand Prix wins.

Dry · High of 27 °C, no rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)

How it is modelled

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Circuit: Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace (Interlagos)Sao Paulo, Brazil
Winner: Alain ProstFerrari
Pole: Ayrton Senna
Fastest lap: Gerhard Berger
Entries: 3514 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Alain Prost	Ferrari	641	6	71	Finished	9
2	Gerhard Berger	McLaren	MP4/5B	2	71	Finished	6	fastest lap
3	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	MP4/5B	1	71	Finished	4
4	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	641	5	71	Finished	3
5	Thierry Boutsen	Williams	FW13B	3	70	Finished	2
6	Nelson Piquet	Benetton	—	13	70	Finished	1
7	Jean Alesi	Tyrrell	—	7	70	Finished	0
8	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell	—	19	70	Finished	0
9	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	—	8	69	Finished	0
10	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	—	15	68	Puncture	0
11	Nicola Larini	Ligier	JS33B	20	68	Finished	0
12	Philippe Alliot	Ligier	JS33B	10	68	Finished	0
13	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	FW13B	4	65	Oil pressure	0
14	Gianni Morbidelli	Dallara	F190	16	64	Finished	0
DNF	Alex Caffi	Arrows	—	25	49	Clutch	0
DNF	Martin Donnelly	Team Lotus	102	14	43	Spun off	0
DNF	Stefano Modena	Brabham	—	12	39	Spun off	0
DNF	Paolo Barilla	Minardi	—	17	38	Engine	0
DNF	Yannick Dalmas	AGS	—	26	28	Suspension	0
DNF	Derek Warwick	Team Lotus	102	24	25	Electrical	0
DNF	Aguri Suzuki	Lola	—	18	24	Suspension	0
DNF	Michele Alboreto	Arrows	—	23	24	Suspension	0
DNF	Gregor Foitek	Brabham	—	22	14	Transmission	0
DNF	Éric Bernard	Lola	—	11	13	Gearbox	0
DNF	Olivier Grouillard	Osella	—	21	8	Collision	0
DNF	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara	F190	9	0	Collision	0
DNQ	Stefan Johansson	Onyx	—	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Jyrki Järvilehto	Onyx	—	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House	CG901	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Mauricio Gugelmin	Leyton House	CG901	—	—	DNQ	0
DNPQ	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS	—	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Roberto Moreno	EuroBrun	ER189B	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Bertrand Gachot	Coloni	C3B	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Claudio Langes	EuroBrun	ER189B	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Gary Brabham	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 interlagos-2 · 4.309 km · 15 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
Alain Prost	6	1	71
Gerhard Berger	2	2	71
Ayrton Senna	1	3	71
Nigel Mansell	5	4	71
Thierry Boutsen	3	5	70
Nelson Piquet	13	6	70
Jean Alesi	7	7	70
Satoru Nakajima	19	8	70
Pierluigi Martini	8	9	69
Alessandro Nannini	15	10	68
Nicola Larini	20	11	68
Philippe Alliot	10	12	68
Riccardo Patrese	4	13	65
Gianni Morbidelli	16	14	64
Alex Caffi	25	DNF	49
Martin Donnelly	14	DNF	43
Stefano Modena	12	DNF	39
Paolo Barilla	17	DNF	38
Yannick Dalmas	26	DNF	28
Derek Warwick	24	DNF	25
Aguri Suzuki	18	DNF	24
Michele Alboreto	23	DNF	24
Gregor Foitek	22	DNF	14
Éric Bernard	11	DNF	13
Olivier Grouillard	21	DNF	8
Andrea de Cesaris	9	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	27	1:17.277	—	0 m	—
2	Gerhard Berger	McLaren	28	1:17.888	+0.611	34 m	+0.611
3	Thierry Boutsen	Williams	5	1:18.150	+0.873	49 m	+0.262
4	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	6	1:18.288	+1.011	57 m	+0.138
5	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	2	1:18.509	+1.232	69 m	+0.221
6	Alain Prost	Ferrari	1	1:18.631	+1.354	76 m	+0.122
7	Jean Alesi	Tyrrell	4	1:18.923	+1.646	92 m	+0.292
8	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	23	1:19.039	+1.762	99 m	+0.116
9	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara	22	1:19.125	+1.848	103 m	+0.086
10	Philippe Alliot	Ligier	26	1:19.309	+2.032	114 m	+0.184
11	Éric Bernard	Lola	29	1:19.406	+2.129	119 m	+0.097
12	Stefano Modena	Brabham	8	1:19.425	+2.148	120 m	+0.019
13	Nelson Piquet	Benetton	20	1:19.629	+2.352	132 m	+0.204
14	Martin Donnelly	Team Lotus	12	1:20.032	+2.755	154 m	+0.403
15	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	19	1:20.055	+2.778	155 m	+0.023
16	Gianni Morbidelli	Dallara	21	1:20.164	+2.887	162 m	+0.109
17	Paolo Barilla	Minardi	24	1:20.282	+3.005	168 m	+0.118
18	Aguri Suzuki	Lola	30	1:20.557	+3.280	184 m	+0.275
19	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell	3	1:20.568	+3.291	184 m	+0.011
20	Nicola Larini	Ligier	25	1:20.650	+3.373	189 m	+0.082
21	Olivier Grouillard	Osella	14	1:20.884	+3.607	202 m	+0.234
22	Gregor Foitek	Brabham	7	1:20.902	+3.625	203 m	+0.018
23	Michele Alboreto	Arrows	9	1:20.920	+3.643	204 m	+0.018
24	Derek Warwick	Team Lotus	11	1:20.998	+3.721	208 m	+0.078
25	Alex Caffi	Arrows	10	1:21.065	+3.788	212 m	+0.067
26	Yannick Dalmas	AGS	18	1:21.087	+3.810	213 m	+0.022
27	Stefan Johansson	Onyx	35	1:21.241	+3.964	222 m	+0.154
28	Jyrki Järvilehto	Onyx	36	1:21.323	+4.046	226 m	+0.082
29	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House	16	1:21.383	+4.106	230 m	+0.060
30	Mauricio Gugelmin	Leyton House	15	1:21.616	+4.339	243 m	+0.233

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	Éric Bernard	Lola	29	1:23.763	—	0 m	—	—
2	Aguri Suzuki	Lola	30	1:23.982	+0.219	11 m	+0.219	—
3	Olivier Grouillard	Osella	14	1:23.987	+0.224	12 m	+0.005	—
4	Yannick Dalmas	AGS	18	1:24.015	+0.252	13 m	+0.028	—
5	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS	17	1:24.265	+0.502	26 m	+0.250	—
6	Roberto Moreno	EuroBrun	33	1:25.763	+2.000	103 m	+1.498	—
7	Bertrand Gachot	Coloni	31	1:34.046	+10.283	531 m	+8.283	—
8	Claudio Langes	EuroBrun	34	1:39.188	+15.425	796 m	+5.142	—
9	Gary Brabham	Life	39	—	—	—	—	—

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	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	27	1:18.034	—	0 m	—	—
2	Alain Prost	Ferrari	1	1:18.159	+0.125	7 m	+0.125	—
3	Gerhard Berger	McLaren	28	1:18.180	+0.146	8 m	+0.021	—
4	Thierry Boutsen	Williams	5	1:18.229	+0.195	11 m	+0.049	—
5	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	6	1:18.602	+0.568	31 m	+0.373	—
6	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	2	1:18.728	+0.694	38 m	+0.126	—
7	Jean Alesi	Tyrrell	4	1:19.282	+1.248	69 m	+0.554	—
8	Philippe Alliot	Ligier	26	1:19.330	+1.296	72 m	+0.048	—
9	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara	22	1:19.441	+1.407	78 m	+0.111	—
10	Nelson Piquet	Benetton	20	1:19.446	+1.412	78 m	+0.005	—
11	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	19	1:19.580	+1.546	86 m	+0.134	—
12	Aguri Suzuki	Lola	30	1:19.814	+1.780	99 m	+0.234	—
13	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	23	1:19.852	+1.818	101 m	+0.038	—
14	Stefano Modena	Brabham	8	1:19.976	+1.942	108 m	+0.124	—
15	Éric Bernard	Lola	29	1:20.093	+2.059	114 m	+0.117	—
16	Jyrki Järvilehto	Onyx	36	1:20.485	+2.451	136 m	+0.392	—
17	Nicola Larini	Ligier	25	1:20.533	+2.499	139 m	+0.048	—
18	Paolo Barilla	Minardi	24	1:20.847	+2.813	156 m	+0.314	—
19	Olivier Grouillard	Osella	14	1:21.039	+3.005	167 m	+0.192	—
20	Gianni Morbidelli	Dallara	21	1:21.081	+3.047	169 m	+0.042	—
21	Martin Donnelly	Team Lotus	12	1:21.242	+3.208	178 m	+0.161	—
22	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell	3	1:21.264	+3.230	179 m	+0.022	—
23	Michele Alboreto	Arrows	9	1:21.528	+3.494	194 m	+0.264	—
24	Mauricio Gugelmin	Leyton House	15	1:21.671	+3.637	202 m	+0.143	—
25	Alex Caffi	Arrows	10	1:21.787	+3.753	208 m	+0.116	—
26	Derek Warwick	Team Lotus	11	1:21.787	+3.753	208 m	+0.000	—
27	Stefan Johansson	Onyx	35	1:21.987	+3.953	219 m	+0.200	—
28	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House	16	1:22.026	+3.992	221 m	+0.039	—
29	Yannick Dalmas	AGS	18	1:22.565	+4.531	251 m	+0.539	—
30	Gregor Foitek	Brabham	7	1:23.026	+4.992	277 m	+0.461	—

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	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	27	1:17.634	—	0 m	—	—
2	Alain Prost	Ferrari	1	1:18.392	+0.758	42 m	+0.758	—
3	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	2	1:18.467	+0.833	46 m	+0.075	—
4	Thierry Boutsen	Williams	5	1:18.512	+0.878	49 m	+0.045	—
5	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	6	1:19.238	+1.604	89 m	+0.726	—
6	Jean Alesi	Tyrrell	4	1:19.450	+1.816	101 m	+0.212	—
7	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	19	1:19.586	+1.952	109 m	+0.136	—
8	Michele Alboreto	Arrows	9	1:19.778	+2.144	119 m	+0.192	—
9	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara	22	1:19.852	+2.218	124 m	+0.074	—
10	Éric Bernard	Lola	29	1:19.957	+2.323	129 m	+0.105	—
11	Martin Donnelly	Team Lotus	12	1:20.179	+2.545	142 m	+0.222	—
12	Nicola Larini	Ligier	25	1:20.235	+2.601	145 m	+0.056	—
13	Philippe Alliot	Ligier	26	1:20.267	+2.633	147 m	+0.032	—
14	Nelson Piquet	Benetton	20	1:20.310	+2.676	149 m	+0.043	—
15	Jyrki Järvilehto	Onyx	36	1:20.475	+2.841	158 m	+0.165	—
16	Aguri Suzuki	Lola	30	1:20.497	+2.863	159 m	+0.022	—
17	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	23	1:20.739	+3.105	173 m	+0.242	—
18	Yannick Dalmas	AGS	18	1:20.744	+3.110	173 m	+0.005	—
19	Stefano Modena	Brabham	8	1:20.802	+3.168	176 m	+0.058	—
20	Derek Warwick	Team Lotus	11	1:20.852	+3.218	179 m	+0.050	—
21	Stefan Johansson	Onyx	35	1:20.949	+3.315	185 m	+0.097	—
22	Gerhard Berger	McLaren	28	1:20.989	+3.355	187 m	+0.040	—
23	Olivier Grouillard	Osella	14	1:21.087	+3.453	192 m	+0.098	—
24	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell	3	1:21.125	+3.491	194 m	+0.038	—
25	Alex Caffi	Arrows	10	1:21.166	+3.532	197 m	+0.041	—
26	Paolo Barilla	Minardi	24	1:21.254	+3.620	202 m	+0.088	—
27	Gianni Morbidelli	Dallara	21	1:21.438	+3.804	212 m	+0.184	—
28	Gregor Foitek	Brabham	7	1:21.881	+4.247	237 m	+0.443	—
29	Mauricio Gugelmin	Leyton House	15	1:22.050	+4.416	246 m	+0.169	—
30	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House	16	1:22.489	+4.855	270 m	+0.439	—

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	1:20.589	—	0 m	—	—
2	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	27	1:20.990	+0.401	22 m	+0.401	—
3	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	2	1:21.229	+0.640	34 m	+0.239	—
4	Gerhard Berger	McLaren	28	1:21.436	+0.847	45 m	+0.207	—
5	Thierry Boutsen	Williams	5	1:21.539	+0.950	51 m	+0.103	—
6	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	6	1:21.638	+1.049	56 m	+0.099	—
7	Jean Alesi	Tyrrell	4	1:21.782	+1.193	64 m	+0.144	—
8	Nelson Piquet	Benetton	20	1:22.705	+2.116	114 m	+0.923	—
9	Derek Warwick	Team Lotus	11	1:22.806	+2.217	119 m	+0.101	—
10	Martin Donnelly	Team Lotus	12	1:22.897	+2.308	124 m	+0.091	—
11	Philippe Alliot	Ligier	26	1:22.899	+2.310	124 m	+0.002	—
12	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	23	1:22.931	+2.342	126 m	+0.032	—
13	Éric Bernard	Lola	29	1:22.980	+2.391	128 m	+0.049	—
14	Stefano Modena	Brabham	8	1:23.121	+2.532	136 m	+0.141	—
15	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell	3	1:23.477	+2.888	155 m	+0.356	—
16	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	19	1:23.574	+2.985	160 m	+0.097	—
17	Gregor Foitek	Brabham	7	1:23.580	+2.991	161 m	+0.006	—
18	Michele Alboreto	Arrows	9	1:23.586	+2.997	161 m	+0.006	—
19	Gianni Morbidelli	Dallara	21	1:24.112	+3.523	189 m	+0.526	—
20	Aguri Suzuki	Lola	30	1:24.213	+3.624	194 m	+0.101	—
21	Paolo Barilla	Minardi	24	1:24.308	+3.719	200 m	+0.095	—
22	Nicola Larini	Ligier	25	1:24.352	+3.763	202 m	+0.044	—
23	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara	22	1:24.374	+3.785	203 m	+0.022	—
24	Alex Caffi	Arrows	10	1:24.464	+3.875	208 m	+0.090	—
25	Olivier Grouillard	Osella	14	1:24.751	+4.162	223 m	+0.287	—
26	Yannick Dalmas	AGS	18	1:26.446	+5.857	314 m	+1.695	—

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: 2 of 1990
Grand Prix: Brazilian Grand Prix
Dates: 25 Mar 1990
Layout raced: Shortened circuit · 4.325 km · 15 turns
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Ferrari
Entrant: Ferrari
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.