Race · Round 4 of 16 · 27 May 1990

1990 Monaco Grand Prix

Ayrton Senna won for McLaren from pole at Circuit de Monaco. 19 of the starters were not classified.

Dry · High of 19 °C, 8.9 mm of rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)

How it is modelled

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Circuit: Circuit de MonacoMonte Carlo, Monaco
Winner: Ayrton SennaMcLaren
Pole: Ayrton Senna
Fastest lap: Ayrton Senna
Entries: 357 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	MP4/5B	1	78	Finished	9	fastest lap
2	Jean Alesi	Tyrrell	—	3	78	Finished	6
3	Gerhard Berger	McLaren	MP4/5B	5	78	Finished	4
4	Thierry Boutsen	Williams	FW13B	6	77	Finished	3
5	Alex Caffi	Arrows	—	22	76	Finished	2
6	Éric Bernard	Lola	—	24	76	Finished	1
7	Gregor Foitek	Onyx	—	20	72	Collision	0
DNF	Derek Warwick	Team Lotus	102	13	66	Spun off	0
DNF	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	641	7	63	Battery	0
DNF	Paolo Barilla	Minardi	—	19	52	Gearbox	0
DNF	Jyrki Järvilehto	Onyx	—	26	52	Gearbox	0
DNF	Philippe Alliot	Ligier	JS33B	18	47	Gearbox	0
DNF	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	FW13B	4	41	Distributor	0
DNF	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara	F190	12	38	Engine	0
DNF	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell	—	21	36	Spun off	0
DSQ	Nelson Piquet	Benetton	—	10	34	Push start	0
DNF	Alain Prost	Ferrari	641	2	30	Battery	0
DNF	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	—	16	20	Gearbox	0
DNF	David Brabham	Brabham	—	25	16	Transmission	0
DNF	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House	CG901	23	13	Brakes	0
DNF	Nicola Larini	Ligier	JS33B	17	12	Differential	0
DNF	Aguri Suzuki	Lola	—	15	11	Steering	0
DNF	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	—	8	7	Electrical	0
DNF	Martin Donnelly	Team Lotus	102	11	6	Gearbox	0
DNF	Stefano Modena	Brabham	—	14	3	Transmission	0
DNF	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara	F190	9	0	Engine	0
DNQ	Michele Alboreto	Arrows	—	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Olivier Grouillard	Osella	—	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Mauricio Gugelmin	Leyton House	CG901	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Roberto Moreno	EuroBrun	ER189B	—	—	DNQ	0
DNPQ	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS	—	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Yannick Dalmas	AGS	—	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Claudio Langes	EuroBrun	ER189B	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Bertrand Gachot	Coloni	C3B	—	—	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 monaco-5 · 3.328 km · 20 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	78
Jean Alesi	3	2	78
Gerhard Berger	5	3	78
Thierry Boutsen	6	4	77
Alex Caffi	22	5	76
Éric Bernard	24	6	76
Gregor Foitek	20	7	72
Derek Warwick	13	DNF	66
Nigel Mansell	7	DNF	63
Paolo Barilla	19	DNF	52
Jyrki Järvilehto	26	DNF	52
Philippe Alliot	18	DNF	47
Riccardo Patrese	4	DNF	41
Andrea de Cesaris	12	DNF	38
Satoru Nakajima	21	DNF	36
Nelson Piquet	10	DSQ	34
Alain Prost	2	DNF	30
Alessandro Nannini	16	DNF	20
David Brabham	25	DNF	16
Ivan Capelli	23	DNF	13
Nicola Larini	17	DNF	12
Aguri Suzuki	15	DNF	11
Pierluigi Martini	8	DNF	7
Martin Donnelly	11	DNF	6
Stefano Modena	14	DNF	3
Emanuele Pirro	9	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	27	1:21.314	—	0 m	—
2	Alain Prost	Ferrari	1	1:21.776	+0.462	19 m	+0.462
3	Jean Alesi	Tyrrell	4	1:21.801	+0.487	20 m	+0.025
4	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	6	1:22.026	+0.712	29 m	+0.225
5	Gerhard Berger	McLaren	28	1:22.682	+1.368	56 m	+0.656
6	Thierry Boutsen	Williams	5	1:22.691	+1.377	56 m	+0.009
7	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	2	1:22.733	+1.419	58 m	+0.042
8	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	23	1:23.149	+1.835	75 m	+0.416
9	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara	21	1:23.494	+2.180	89 m	+0.345
10	Nelson Piquet	Benetton	20	1:23.566	+2.252	92 m	+0.072
11	Martin Donnelly	Team Lotus	12	1:23.600	+2.286	94 m	+0.034
12	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara	22	1:23.613	+2.299	94 m	+0.013
13	Derek Warwick	Team Lotus	11	1:23.656	+2.342	96 m	+0.043
14	Stefano Modena	Brabham	8	1:23.920	+2.606	107 m	+0.264
15	Aguri Suzuki	Lola	30	1:24.023	+2.709	111 m	+0.103
16	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	19	1:24.139	+2.825	116 m	+0.116
17	Nicola Larini	Ligier	25	1:24.206	+2.892	118 m	+0.067
18	Philippe Alliot	Ligier	26	1:24.294	+2.980	122 m	+0.088
19	Paolo Barilla	Minardi	24	1:24.334	+3.020	124 m	+0.040
20	Gregor Foitek	Onyx	35	1:24.367	+3.053	125 m	+0.033
21	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell	3	1:24.371	+3.057	125 m	+0.004
22	Alex Caffi	Arrows	10	1:25.000	+3.686	151 m	+0.629
23	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House	16	1:25.020	+3.706	152 m	+0.020
24	Éric Bernard	Lola	29	1:25.398	+4.084	167 m	+0.378
25	David Brabham	Brabham	7	1:25.420	+4.106	168 m	+0.022
26	Jyrki Järvilehto	Onyx	36	1:25.508	+4.194	172 m	+0.088
27	Michele Alboreto	Arrows	9	1:25.622	+4.308	176 m	+0.114
28	Olivier Grouillard	Osella	14	1:25.785	+4.471	183 m	+0.163
29	Mauricio Gugelmin	Leyton House	15	1:26.192	+4.878	200 m	+0.407
30	Roberto Moreno	EuroBrun	33	1:26.604	+5.290	217 m	+0.412

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	1:27.134	—	0 m	—	—
2	Aguri Suzuki	Lola	30	1:27.548	+0.414	16 m	+0.414	—
3	Olivier Grouillard	Osella	14	1:27.938	+0.804	31 m	+0.390	—
4	Roberto Moreno	EuroBrun	33	1:28.295	+1.161	44 m	+0.357	—
5	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS	17	1:28.677	+1.543	59 m	+0.382	—
6	Yannick Dalmas	AGS	18	1:30.511	+3.377	129 m	+1.834	—
7	Claudio Langes	EuroBrun	34	1:33.195	+6.061	231 m	+2.684	—
8	Bertrand Gachot	Coloni	31	1:39.295	+12.161	464 m	+6.100	—
9	Bruno Giacomelli	Life	39	1:41.187	+14.053	537 m	+1.892	—

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	Jean Alesi	Tyrrell	4	1:22.730	—	0 m	—	—
2	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	27	1:23.114	+0.384	15 m	+0.384	—
3	Gerhard Berger	McLaren	28	1:23.554	+0.824	33 m	+0.440	—
4	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	2	1:24.093	+1.363	55 m	+0.539	—
5	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	6	1:24.513	+1.783	72 m	+0.420	—
6	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	23	1:24.864	+2.134	86 m	+0.351	—
7	Derek Warwick	Team Lotus	11	1:24.884	+2.154	87 m	+0.020	—
8	Thierry Boutsen	Williams	5	1:24.999	+2.269	91 m	+0.115	—
9	Stefano Modena	Brabham	8	1:25.037	+2.307	93 m	+0.038	—
10	Martin Donnelly	Team Lotus	12	1:25.056	+2.326	94 m	+0.019	—
11	Alain Prost	Ferrari	1	1:25.073	+2.343	94 m	+0.017	—
12	Nelson Piquet	Benetton	20	1:25.490	+2.760	111 m	+0.417	—
13	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell	3	1:25.503	+2.773	112 m	+0.013	—
14	Éric Bernard	Lola	29	1:25.705	+2.975	120 m	+0.202	—
15	Paolo Barilla	Minardi	24	1:25.918	+3.188	128 m	+0.213	—
16	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara	21	1:25.924	+3.194	128 m	+0.006	—
17	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara	22	1:26.004	+3.274	132 m	+0.080	—
18	Roberto Moreno	EuroBrun	33	1:26.044	+3.314	133 m	+0.040	—
19	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	19	1:26.232	+3.502	141 m	+0.188	—
20	Aguri Suzuki	Lola	30	1:26.326	+3.596	145 m	+0.094	—
21	Nicola Larini	Ligier	25	1:26.519	+3.789	152 m	+0.193	—
22	Alex Caffi	Arrows	10	1:26.695	+3.965	160 m	+0.176	—
23	Philippe Alliot	Ligier	26	1:27.061	+4.331	174 m	+0.366	—
24	Olivier Grouillard	Osella	14	1:27.406	+4.676	188 m	+0.345	—
25	Michele Alboreto	Arrows	9	1:27.604	+4.874	196 m	+0.198	—
26	Gregor Foitek	Onyx	35	1:27.653	+4.923	198 m	+0.049	—
27	Mauricio Gugelmin	Leyton House	15	1:27.850	+5.120	206 m	+0.197	—
28	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House	16	1:28.552	+5.822	234 m	+0.702	—
29	Jyrki Järvilehto	Onyx	36	1:28.816	+6.086	245 m	+0.264	—
30	David Brabham	Brabham	7	1:28.869	+6.139	247 m	+0.053	—

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	1:21.722	—	0 m	—	—
2	Jean Alesi	Tyrrell	4	1:22.374	+0.652	27 m	+0.652	—
3	Gerhard Berger	McLaren	28	1:23.209	+1.487	61 m	+0.835	—
4	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	6	1:23.506	+1.784	73 m	+0.297	—
5	Alain Prost	Ferrari	1	1:23.588	+1.866	76 m	+0.082	—
6	Thierry Boutsen	Williams	5	1:23.619	+1.897	77 m	+0.031	—
7	Philippe Alliot	Ligier	26	1:23.666	+1.944	79 m	+0.047	—
8	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	2	1:23.719	+1.997	81 m	+0.053	—
9	Derek Warwick	Team Lotus	11	1:23.986	+2.264	92 m	+0.267	—
10	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara	21	1:24.299	+2.577	105 m	+0.313	—
11	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara	22	1:24.332	+2.610	106 m	+0.033	—
12	Martin Donnelly	Team Lotus	12	1:24.384	+2.662	108 m	+0.052	—
13	Nelson Piquet	Benetton	20	1:24.435	+2.713	110 m	+0.051	—
14	Éric Bernard	Lola	29	1:24.458	+2.736	111 m	+0.023	—
15	Gregor Foitek	Onyx	35	1:24.557	+2.835	115 m	+0.099	—
16	Aguri Suzuki	Lola	30	1:24.615	+2.893	118 m	+0.058	—
17	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell	3	1:24.902	+3.180	130 m	+0.287	—
18	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	19	1:24.965	+3.243	132 m	+0.063	—
19	Stefano Modena	Brabham	8	1:25.001	+3.279	134 m	+0.036	—
20	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	23	1:25.327	+3.605	147 m	+0.326	—
21	Alex Caffi	Arrows	10	1:25.502	+3.780	154 m	+0.175	—
22	Jyrki Järvilehto	Onyx	36	1:25.714	+3.992	163 m	+0.212	—
23	Michele Alboreto	Arrows	9	1:25.911	+4.189	171 m	+0.197	—
24	Nicola Larini	Ligier	25	1:26.000	+4.278	174 m	+0.089	—
25	Paolo Barilla	Minardi	24	1:26.212	+4.490	183 m	+0.212	—
26	Olivier Grouillard	Osella	14	1:26.351	+4.629	189 m	+0.139	—
27	Mauricio Gugelmin	Leyton House	15	1:27.707	+5.985	244 m	+1.356	—
28	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House	16	1:28.383	+6.661	271 m	+0.676	—
29	Roberto Moreno	EuroBrun	33	1:28.551	+6.829	278 m	+0.168	—
30	David Brabham	Brabham	7	1:28.823	+7.101	289 m	+0.272	—

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	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	27	1:24.814	—	0 m	—	—
2	Alain Prost	Ferrari	1	1:24.936	+0.122	5 m	+0.122	—
3	Gerhard Berger	McLaren	28	1:25.858	+1.044	41 m	+0.922	—
4	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	2	1:26.082	+1.268	50 m	+0.224	—
5	Éric Bernard	Lola	29	1:26.725	+1.911	75 m	+0.643	—
6	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara	22	1:26.739	+1.925	76 m	+0.014	—
7	Nelson Piquet	Benetton	20	1:26.779	+1.965	77 m	+0.040	—
8	Jean Alesi	Tyrrell	4	1:26.908	+2.094	82 m	+0.129	—
9	Derek Warwick	Team Lotus	11	1:27.027	+2.213	87 m	+0.119	—
10	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	6	1:27.135	+2.321	91 m	+0.108	—
11	Martin Donnelly	Team Lotus	12	1:27.261	+2.447	96 m	+0.126	—
12	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	23	1:27.723	+2.909	114 m	+0.462	—
13	Stefano Modena	Brabham	8	1:27.749	+2.935	115 m	+0.026	—
14	Philippe Alliot	Ligier	26	1:27.795	+2.981	117 m	+0.046	—
15	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara	21	1:27.871	+3.057	120 m	+0.076	—
16	Thierry Boutsen	Williams	5	1:28.057	+3.243	127 m	+0.186	—
17	Gregor Foitek	Onyx	35	1:28.295	+3.481	137 m	+0.238	—
18	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell	3	1:28.535	+3.721	146 m	+0.240	—
19	Nicola Larini	Ligier	25	1:28.692	+3.878	152 m	+0.157	—
20	Paolo Barilla	Minardi	24	1:28.698	+3.884	152 m	+0.006	—
21	Jyrki Järvilehto	Onyx	36	1:29.007	+4.193	165 m	+0.309	—
22	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	19	1:29.046	+4.232	166 m	+0.039	—
23	Alex Caffi	Arrows	10	1:29.109	+4.295	169 m	+0.063	—
24	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House	16	1:30.329	+5.515	216 m	+1.220	—
25	David Brabham	Brabham	7	1:32.131	+7.317	287 m	+1.802	—

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: 4 of 1990
Grand Prix: Monaco Grand Prix
Dates: 27 May 1990
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: McLaren
Entrant: McLaren-Honda
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.