Race · Round 9 of 16 · 29 July 1990

1990 German Grand Prix

Ayrton Senna won for McLaren from pole at Hockenheimring. 15 of the starters were not classified.

Dry · High of 30 °C, 0.4 mm of rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)

How it is modelled

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Circuit: HockenheimringHockenheim, Germany
Winner: Ayrton SennaMcLaren
Pole: Ayrton Senna
Fastest lap: Thierry Boutsen
Entries: 3511 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	MP4/5B	1	45	Finished	9
2	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	—	9	45	Finished	6
3	Gerhard Berger	McLaren	MP4/5B	2	45	Finished	4
4	Alain Prost	Ferrari	641	3	45	Finished	3
5	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	FW13B	5	45	Finished	2
6	Thierry Boutsen	Williams	FW13B	6	45	Finished	1	fastest lap
7	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House	CG901	10	44	Finished	0
8	Derek Warwick	Team Lotus	102	16	44	Finished	0
9	Alex Caffi	Arrows	—	18	44	Finished	0
10	Nicola Larini	Ligier	JS33B	22	43	Finished	0
11	Jean Alesi	Tyrrell	—	8	40	Transmission	0
NC	Jyrki Järvilehto	Onyx	—	25	39	NC	0
DNF	Éric Bernard	Lola	—	12	35	Fuel pump	0
DNF	Aguri Suzuki	Lola	—	11	33	Clutch	0
DNF	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell	—	13	24	Engine	0
DNF	Nelson Piquet	Benetton	—	7	23	Engine	0
DNF	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	—	15	20	Engine	0
DNF	Gregor Foitek	Onyx	—	26	19	Spun off	0
DNF	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	641	4	15	Broken wing	0
DNF	Mauricio Gugelmin	Leyton House	CG901	14	12	Engine	0
DNF	David Brabham	Brabham	—	21	12	Engine	0
DNF	Michele Alboreto	Arrows	—	19	10	Engine	0
DNF	Martin Donnelly	Team Lotus	102	20	1	Clutch	0
DNF	Stefano Modena	Brabham	—	17	0	Clutch	0
DNF	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara	F190	23	0	Collision	0
DSQ	Philippe Alliot	Ligier	JS33B	24	0	Received outside assistance	0
DNQ	Olivier Grouillard	Osella	—	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Paolo Barilla	Minardi	—	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Yannick Dalmas	AGS	—	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara	F190	—	—	DNQ	0
DNPQ	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS	—	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Roberto Moreno	EuroBrun	ER189B	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Bertrand Gachot	Coloni	C3C	—	—	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 hockenheimring-2 · 6.802 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

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	45
Alessandro Nannini	9	2	45
Gerhard Berger	2	3	45
Alain Prost	3	4	45
Riccardo Patrese	5	5	45
Thierry Boutsen	6	6	45
Ivan Capelli	10	7	44
Derek Warwick	16	8	44
Alex Caffi	18	9	44
Nicola Larini	22	10	43
Jean Alesi	8	11	40
Jyrki Järvilehto	25	NC	39
Éric Bernard	12	DNF	35
Aguri Suzuki	11	DNF	33
Satoru Nakajima	13	DNF	24
Nelson Piquet	7	DNF	23
Pierluigi Martini	15	DNF	20
Gregor Foitek	26	DNF	19
Nigel Mansell	4	DNF	15
Mauricio Gugelmin	14	DNF	12
David Brabham	21	DNF	12
Michele Alboreto	19	DNF	10
Martin Donnelly	20	DNF	1
Stefano Modena	17	DNF	0
Emanuele Pirro	23	DNF	0
Philippe Alliot	24	DSQ	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	27	1:40.198	—	0 m	—
2	Gerhard Berger	McLaren	28	1:40.434	+0.236	16 m	+0.236
3	Alain Prost	Ferrari	1	1:41.732	+1.534	104 m	+1.298
4	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	2	1:42.057	+1.859	126 m	+0.325
5	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	6	1:42.195	+1.997	136 m	+0.138
6	Thierry Boutsen	Williams	5	1:42.380	+2.182	148 m	+0.185
7	Nelson Piquet	Benetton	20	1:42.872	+2.674	182 m	+0.492
8	Jean Alesi	Tyrrell	4	1:43.255	+3.057	208 m	+0.383
9	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	19	1:43.594	+3.396	231 m	+0.339
10	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House	16	1:44.349	+4.151	282 m	+0.755
11	Aguri Suzuki	Lola	30	1:44.363	+4.165	283 m	+0.014
12	Éric Bernard	Lola	29	1:44.496	+4.298	292 m	+0.133
13	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell	3	1:44.650	+4.452	302 m	+0.154
14	Mauricio Gugelmin	Leyton House	15	1:45.193	+4.995	339 m	+0.543
15	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	23	1:45.237	+5.039	342 m	+0.044
16	Derek Warwick	Team Lotus	11	1:45.244	+5.046	343 m	+0.007
17	Stefano Modena	Brabham	8	1:45.547	+5.349	363 m	+0.303
18	Alex Caffi	Arrows	10	1:45.604	+5.406	367 m	+0.057
19	Michele Alboreto	Arrows	9	1:45.755	+5.557	377 m	+0.151
20	Martin Donnelly	Team Lotus	12	1:45.790	+5.592	380 m	+0.035
21	David Brabham	Brabham	7	1:46.110	+5.912	401 m	+0.320
22	Nicola Larini	Ligier	25	1:46.187	+5.989	407 m	+0.077
23	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara	21	1:46.506	+6.308	428 m	+0.319
24	Philippe Alliot	Ligier	26	1:46.596	+6.398	434 m	+0.090
25	Jyrki Järvilehto	Onyx	36	1:46.857	+6.659	452 m	+0.261
26	Gregor Foitek	Onyx	35	1:47.209	+7.011	476 m	+0.352
27	Olivier Grouillard	Osella	14	1:47.429	+7.231	491 m	+0.220
28	Paolo Barilla	Minardi	24	1:47.747	+7.549	512 m	+0.318
29	Yannick Dalmas	AGS	18	1:47.789	+7.591	515 m	+0.042
30	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara	22	1:48.032	+7.834	532 m	+0.243

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	Philippe Alliot	Ligier	26	1:45.513	—	0 m	—	—
2	Nicola Larini	Ligier	25	1:46.186	+0.673	43 m	+0.673	—
3	Olivier Grouillard	Osella	14	1:46.828	+1.315	85 m	+0.642	—
4	Yannick Dalmas	AGS	18	1:47.125	+1.612	104 m	+0.297	—
5	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS	17	1:48.127	+2.614	169 m	+1.002	—
6	Roberto Moreno	EuroBrun	33	1:48.983	+3.470	224 m	+0.856	—
7	Bertrand Gachot	Coloni	31	1:50.460	+4.947	319 m	+1.477	—
8	Claudio Langes	EuroBrun	34	1:50.897	+5.384	347 m	+0.437	—
9	Bruno Giacomelli	Life	39	2:10.786	+25.273	1,629 m	+19.889	—

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	1:42.243	—	0 m	—	—
2	Alain Prost	Ferrari	1	1:42.333	+0.090	6 m	+0.090	—
3	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	19	1:42.672	+0.429	29 m	+0.339	—
4	Gerhard Berger	McLaren	28	1:42.745	+0.502	33 m	+0.073	—
5	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	6	1:42.922	+0.679	45 m	+0.177	—
6	Nelson Piquet	Benetton	20	1:42.967	+0.724	48 m	+0.045	—
7	Jean Alesi	Tyrrell	4	1:43.354	+1.111	74 m	+0.387	—
8	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	2	1:43.509	+1.266	84 m	+0.155	—
9	Thierry Boutsen	Williams	5	1:43.587	+1.344	89 m	+0.078	—
10	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell	3	1:44.764	+2.521	168 m	+1.177	—
11	Mauricio Gugelmin	Leyton House	15	1:44.911	+2.668	177 m	+0.147	—
12	Derek Warwick	Team Lotus	11	1:45.202	+2.959	197 m	+0.291	—
13	Éric Bernard	Lola	29	1:45.336	+3.093	206 m	+0.134	—
14	Aguri Suzuki	Lola	30	1:45.549	+3.306	220 m	+0.213	—
15	Michele Alboreto	Arrows	9	1:45.725	+3.482	232 m	+0.176	—
16	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	23	1:45.818	+3.575	238 m	+0.093	—
17	Martin Donnelly	Team Lotus	12	1:45.914	+3.671	244 m	+0.096	—
18	Alex Caffi	Arrows	10	1:46.345	+4.102	273 m	+0.431	—
19	Stefano Modena	Brabham	8	1:46.407	+4.164	277 m	+0.062	—
20	David Brabham	Brabham	7	1:46.603	+4.360	290 m	+0.196	—
21	Philippe Alliot	Ligier	26	1:46.640	+4.397	293 m	+0.037	—
22	Nicola Larini	Ligier	25	1:46.817	+4.574	304 m	+0.177	—
23	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House	16	1:46.999	+4.756	316 m	+0.182	—
24	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara	21	1:47.558	+5.315	354 m	+0.559	—
25	Yannick Dalmas	AGS	18	1:48.267	+6.024	401 m	+0.709	—
26	Jyrki Järvilehto	Onyx	36	1:48.482	+6.239	415 m	+0.215	—
27	Paolo Barilla	Minardi	24	1:48.562	+6.319	420 m	+0.080	—
28	Olivier Grouillard	Osella	14	1:49.360	+7.117	473 m	+0.798	—
29	Gregor Foitek	Onyx	35	1:49.389	+7.146	475 m	+0.029	—
30	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara	22	1:51.346	+9.103	606 m	+1.957	—

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	1:42.470	—	0 m	—	—
2	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	6	1:42.874	+0.404	27 m	+0.404	—
3	Nelson Piquet	Benetton	20	1:43.289	+0.819	54 m	+0.415	—
4	Jean Alesi	Tyrrell	4	1:43.701	+1.231	82 m	+0.412	—
5	Thierry Boutsen	Williams	5	1:44.387	+1.917	127 m	+0.686	—
6	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	2	1:44.409	+1.939	129 m	+0.022	—
7	Martin Donnelly	Team Lotus	12	1:44.743	+2.273	151 m	+0.334	—
8	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell	3	1:45.197	+2.727	181 m	+0.454	—
9	Gerhard Berger	McLaren	28	1:45.536	+3.066	204 m	+0.339	—
10	Philippe Alliot	Ligier	26	1:45.724	+3.254	216 m	+0.188	—
11	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	27	1:45.770	+3.300	219 m	+0.046	—
12	Alex Caffi	Arrows	10	1:45.859	+3.389	225 m	+0.089	—
13	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House	16	1:45.939	+3.469	230 m	+0.080	—
14	Mauricio Gugelmin	Leyton House	15	1:46.085	+3.615	240 m	+0.146	—
15	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	23	1:46.094	+3.624	241 m	+0.009	—
16	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	19	1:46.178	+3.708	246 m	+0.084	—
17	Jyrki Järvilehto	Onyx	36	1:46.212	+3.742	248 m	+0.034	—
18	Derek Warwick	Team Lotus	11	1:46.269	+3.799	252 m	+0.057	—
19	Gregor Foitek	Onyx	35	1:46.423	+3.953	262 m	+0.154	—
20	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara	22	1:46.572	+4.102	272 m	+0.149	—
21	Michele Alboreto	Arrows	9	1:46.681	+4.211	280 m	+0.109	—
22	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara	21	1:46.919	+4.449	295 m	+0.238	—
23	Éric Bernard	Lola	29	1:47.102	+4.632	307 m	+0.183	—
24	Nicola Larini	Ligier	25	1:47.215	+4.745	315 m	+0.113	—
25	Stefano Modena	Brabham	8	1:47.348	+4.878	324 m	+0.133	—
26	Yannick Dalmas	AGS	18	1:47.844	+5.374	357 m	+0.496	—
27	Aguri Suzuki	Lola	30	1:48.379	+5.909	392 m	+0.535	—
28	Olivier Grouillard	Osella	14	1:49.604	+7.134	474 m	+1.225	—
29	Paolo Barilla	Minardi	24	1:49.670	+7.200	478 m	+0.066	—
30	David Brabham	Brabham	7	2:13.973	+31.503	2,091 m	+24.303	—

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	1:44.734	—	0 m	—	—
2	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	2	1:44.810	+0.076	5 m	+0.076	—
3	Gerhard Berger	McLaren	28	1:45.514	+0.780	51 m	+0.704	—
4	Alain Prost	Ferrari	1	1:45.688	+0.954	62 m	+0.174	—
5	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	19	1:46.433	+1.699	110 m	+0.745	—
6	Nelson Piquet	Benetton	20	1:46.585	+1.851	120 m	+0.152	—
7	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	6	1:46.892	+2.158	140 m	+0.307	—
8	Thierry Boutsen	Williams	5	1:47.471	+2.737	178 m	+0.579	—
9	Aguri Suzuki	Lola	30	1:47.647	+2.913	189 m	+0.176	—
10	Éric Bernard	Lola	29	1:47.796	+3.062	199 m	+0.149	—
11	Jean Alesi	Tyrrell	4	1:47.994	+3.260	212 m	+0.198	—
12	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House	16	1:48.063	+3.329	216 m	+0.069	—
13	Mauricio Gugelmin	Leyton House	15	1:48.186	+3.452	224 m	+0.123	—
14	Alex Caffi	Arrows	10	1:48.207	+3.473	226 m	+0.021	—
15	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell	3	1:48.459	+3.725	242 m	+0.252	—
16	Philippe Alliot	Ligier	26	1:48.889	+4.155	270 m	+0.430	—
17	Nicola Larini	Ligier	25	1:49.044	+4.310	280 m	+0.155	—
18	Martin Donnelly	Team Lotus	12	1:49.047	+4.313	280 m	+0.003	—
19	Jyrki Järvilehto	Onyx	36	1:49.509	+4.775	310 m	+0.462	—
20	Derek Warwick	Team Lotus	11	1:49.573	+4.839	314 m	+0.064	—
21	Stefano Modena	Brabham	8	1:49.704	+4.970	323 m	+0.131	—
22	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara	21	1:49.800	+5.066	329 m	+0.096	—
23	Gregor Foitek	Onyx	35	1:49.850	+5.116	332 m	+0.050	—
24	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	23	1:50.060	+5.326	346 m	+0.210	—
25	David Brabham	Brabham	7	1:51.060	+6.326	411 m	+1.000	—
26	Michele Alboreto	Arrows	9	1:51.555	+6.821	443 m	+0.495	—

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.

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

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

Where this comes from

Round: 9 of 1990
Grand Prix: German Grand Prix
Dates: 29 Jul 1990
Layout raced: Forest circuit, Ostkurve chicane · 6.802 km · 16 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.