1990 Mexican Grand Prix

F1 Mexican Mexico 24 June 1990 Autódromo_Hermanos_Rodríguez.svg XIV Gran Premio de Mexico 6 16 Autódromo Hermanos RodríguezMexico City, Mexico Permanent racing facility 2.747 4.421 69 189.549 305.049 Overcast21 °C °Fhttp://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/MMMX/1990/6/24/DailyHistory.html?req_city=NA&req_state=NA&req_statename=NA History | Weather Underground Wunderground.com 2013-10-26 Gerhard Berger Austria McLaren-Honda 1:17.227 Alain Prost France Ferrari 1:17.958 58 Alain Prost France Ferrari Nigel Mansell UK Ferrari Gerhard Berger Austria McLaren-Honda MEX The 1990 Mexican Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez on 24 June 1990. It was the sixth race of the 1990 Formula One World Championship, the 14th Mexican Grand Prix and the fifth since the Mexico City circuit returned to the Formula One calendar in 1986. It was held over 69 laps of the 4.4 kilometre circuit for a race distance of 305 kilometres. The race was won by reigning world champion, French driver Alain Prost driving a Ferrari 641. Prost, the 1988 race winner, became the second multiple-winner in Mexican Grand Prix history, joining British driver Jim Clark who won the race in 1962 (non-championship), 1963 and 1967. It was Prost's second win of the year after the Brazilian Grand Prix. Prost won the race by 26 seconds over his British teammate Nigel Mansell. Third was Austrian driver Gerhard Berger driving a McLaren MP4/5B. Ayrton Senna stopped with a puncture late in the race, allowing both Prost and Berger to close to eight points behind him in the Driver's Championship. The one-two finish for Ferrari at this race would be the last for the team until the 1998 French Grand Prix. Ferrari would wait a further 34 years until their next win in Mexico was secured in 2024 by Carlos Sainz Jr. This was the last race of the season to be held in the continent of North America. Qualifying Pre-qualifying report During the Friday morning pre-qualifying session, Olivier Grouillard was fastest for the first time this season, in the Osella. The Larrousse-Lolas of Éric Bernard and Aguri Suzuki were second and fourth, with the EuroBrun of Roberto Moreno between them in third place. For the third Grand Prix in succession, the AGS cars missed out in fifth and sixth positions, with Yannick Dalmas faster than Gabriele Tarquini this time. AGS technical director Hugues de Chaunac left the team prior to this event, frustrated at the team's lack of progress.Walker Murray 1990 Murray Walker's Grand Prix Year Hazleton Publishing 55–62 0-905138-82-1 Seventh again was Bertrand Gachot in the Coloni, although he was much closer to the pace on this occasion, just three tenths of a second behind Tarquini. Claudio Langes was a distant eighth again after only completing the minimum three laps required by the regulations, as the team concentrated on Moreno. Bottom of the time sheets as usual was Bruno Giacomelli in the Life, only managing an out-lap before his engine failed. Team manager Sergio Barbasio confirmed that his engineers were working on converting the L190 chassis to run with the Judd CV engines he now claimed to have bought from Lotus.Motoring News 27 June 1990 Pre-qualifying classification Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap 1 14 France Olivier Grouillard Osella-Ford 1:25.281 — 2 29 France Éric Bernard Lola-Lamborghini 1:25.456 +0.175 3 33 Brazil 1968 Roberto Moreno EuroBrun-Judd 1:26.724 +1.443 4 30 Japan 1947 Aguri Suzuki Lola-Lamborghini 1:27.511 +2.230 5 18 France Yannick Dalmas AGS-Ford 1:27.830 +2.549 6 17 Italy Gabriele Tarquini AGS-Ford 1:28.499 +3.218 7 31 Belgium Bertrand Gachot Coloni-Subaru 1:28.805 +3.524 8 34 Italy Claudio Langes EuroBrun-Judd 1:40.414 +15.133 9 39 Italy Bruno Giacomelli Life 4:07.475 +2:42.194 Qualifying report There were no driver changes as the F1 show moved to Mexico City. The weather was changeable during the weekend, catching some drivers out, with both of the Larrousse team's drivers having major accidents on the Saturday morning. Despite that, both Aguri Suzuki and Éric Bernard managed to qualify for the race. The Leyton House drivers Ivan Capelli and Maurício Gugelmin both failed to qualify. At the front of the grid, Gerhard Berger took pole from Riccardo Patrese, Ayrton Senna, Nigel Mansell, Thierry Boutsen, Jean Alesi, Pierluigi Martini, Nelson Piquet, Satoru Nakajima, and Stefano Modena, with championship contender Alain Prost, not happy with the qualifying set up of his Ferrari so deciding instead to qualify with his race set up, 13th. Roberto Moreno was disqualified for receiving a push start in qualifying.EuroBrun – Profile http://www.f1rejects.com/teams/eurobrun/profile.html https://web.archive.org/web/20080513160055/http://f1rejects.com/teams/eurobrun/profile.html 2008-05-13 dead 2009-05-28 Qualifying classification Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap 1 28 Austria Gerhard Berger McLaren-Honda 1:17.227 1:17.850 — 2 6 Italy Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault 1:18.215 1:17.498 +0.271 3 27 Brazil 1968 Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda 1:18.417 1:17.670 +0.443 4 2 UK Nigel Mansell Ferrari 1:17.938 1:17.732 +0.505 5 5 Belgium Thierry Boutsen Williams-Renault 1:19.062 1:17.883 +0.656 6 4 France Jean Alesi Tyrrell-Ford 1:18.727 1:18.282 +1.055 7 23 Italy Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ford 1:18.526 1:18.590 +1.299 8 20 Brazil 1968 Nelson Piquet Benetton-Ford 1:19.022 1:18.561 +1.334 9 3 Japan 1947 Satoru Nakajima Tyrrell-Ford 1:19.551 1:18.575 +1.348 10 8 Italy Stefano Modena Brabham-Judd 1:18.592 1:19.817 +1.365 11 11 UK Derek Warwick Lotus-Lamborghini 1:19.557 1:18.951 +1.724 12 12 UK Martin Donnelly Lotus-Lamborghini 1:19.769 1:18.994 +1.767 13 1 France Alain Prost Ferrari 1:19.378 1:19.026 +1.799 14 19 Italy Alessandro Nannini Benetton-Ford 1:19.909 1:19.227 +2.000 15 22 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Dallara-Ford 1:21.635 1:19.865 +2.638 16 24 Italy Paolo Barilla Minardi-Ford 1:19.897 1:21.242 +2.670 17 9 Italy Michele Alboreto Arrows-Ford 1:21.212 1:19.941 +2.714 18 21 Italy Emanuele Pirro Dallara-Ford 1:21.067 1:20.044 +2.817 19 30 Japan 1947 Aguri Suzuki Lola-Lamborghini 1:21.077 1:20.268 +3.041 20 14 France Olivier Grouillard Osella-Ford 1:20.274 1:21.167 +3.047 21 7 Australia David Brabham Brabham-Judd 1:20.447 1:20.636 +3.220 22 26 France Philippe Alliot Ligier-Ford 1:21.451 1:20.657 +3.430 23 35 Switzerland Gregor Foitek Onyx-Ford 1:21.012 1:21.400 +3.785 24 25 Italy Nicola Larini Ligier-Ford 1:21.584 1:21.116 +3.889 25 29 France Éric Bernard Lola-Lamborghini 1:21.273 1:21.677 +4.046 26 36 Finland JJ Lehto Onyx-Ford 1:21.519 1:21.687 +4.292 27 16 Italy Ivan Capelli Leyton House-Judd 1:23.639 1:21.544 +4.317 28 15 Brazil 1968 Maurício Gugelmin Leyton House-Judd 1:22.612 1:21.665 +4.438 29 10 Italy Alex Caffi Arrows-Ford 1:22.278 1:22.154 +4.927 EX Excluded 33 Brazil 1968 Roberto Moreno EuroBrun-Judd 1:21.142 no time +3.915 Race Race report Sunshine greeted the drivers on race day and at the start it was Patrese who got away from Senna, Berger, Boutsen, and Piquet. Senna and Berger both passed Patrese on lap 2, and the McLaren drivers opened a significant lead over the rest of the field. Prost was charging through the field from his poor grid position, while Piquet moved up to third. Berger's run in second place came to an early end when he had to stop for new tyres on lap 13, leaving Piquet in second but under pressure from his former team-mate Nigel Mansell, who was able to pass him soon afterwards. Prost continued his charge through the field, eventually taking second from Mansell with 15 laps to go. Prost proceeded to set off after Senna, who was beginning to slow with tyre problems. The Brazilian had gambled on tyre durability by not making a stop for fresh rubber. On lap 60, Prost got past Senna with a simple move and three laps later Senna's rear tyre exploded, forcing him to retire from his 100th Grand Prix. As he had completed over 90% of the race, he was classified as a finisher in 20th place, the lowest classified result of his career. The battle for second place between Mansell and Berger culminated in Mansell passing around the outside of Berger going into the ultra-fast Peraltada corner. Mansell thus finished second behind Prost, with Berger third from Alessandro Nannini, Boutsen, and Piquet. Race classification Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 France Alain Prost Ferrari 69 1:32:35.783 13 9 2 2 UK Nigel Mansell Ferrari 69 + 25.351 4 6 3 28 Austria Gerhard Berger McLaren-Honda 69 + 25.530 1 4 4 19 Italy Alessandro Nannini Benetton-Ford 69 + 41.099 14 3 5 5 Belgium Thierry Boutsen Williams-Renault 69 + 46.669 5 2 6 20 Brazil 1968 Nelson Piquet Benetton-Ford 69 + 46.943 8 1 7 4 France Jean Alesi Tyrrell-Ford 69 + 49.077 6 8 12 UK Martin Donnelly Lotus-Lamborghini 69 + 1:06.142 12 9 6 Italy Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault 69 + 1:09.918 2 10 11 UK Derek Warwick Lotus-Lamborghini 68 + 1 lap 11 11 8 Italy Stefano Modena Brabham-Judd 68 + 1 lap 10 12 23 Italy Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ford 68 + 1 lap 7 13 22 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Dallara-Ford 68 + 1 lap 15 14 24 Italy Paolo Barilla Minardi-Ford 67 + 2 laps 16 15 35 Switzerland Gregor Foitek Onyx-Ford 67 + 2 laps 23 16 25 Italy Nicola Larini Ligier-Ford 67 + 2 laps 24 17 9 Italy Michele Alboreto Arrows-Ford 66 + 3 laps 17 18 26 France Philippe Alliot Ligier-Ford 66 + 3 laps 22 19 14 France Olivier Grouillard Osella-Ford 65 + 4 laps 20 20 27 Brazil 1968 Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda 63 Tyre 3 Ret Retired 36 Finland JJ Lehto Onyx-Ford 26 Engine 26 Ret Retired 29 France Éric Bernard Lola-Lamborghini 12 Brakes 25 Ret Retired 30 Japan 1947 Aguri Suzuki Lola-Lamborghini 11 Collision 19 Ret Retired 3 Japan 1947 Satoru Nakajima Tyrrell-Ford 11 Collision 9 Ret Retired 7 Australia David Brabham Brabham-Judd 11 Electrical 21 Ret Retired 21 Italy Emanuele Pirro Dallara-Ford 10 Engine 18 EX Excluded 33 Brazil 1968 Roberto Moreno EuroBrun-Judd Push start DNQ Did not qualify 16 Italy Ivan Capelli Leyton House-Judd DNQ Did not qualify 15 Brazil 1968 Maurício Gugelmin Leyton House-Judd DNQ Did not qualify 10 Italy Alex Caffi Arrows-Ford DNPQ Did not pre-qualify 18 France Yannick Dalmas AGS-Ford DNPQ Did not pre-qualify 17 Italy Gabriele Tarquini AGS-Ford DNPQ Did not pre-qualify 31 Belgium Bertrand Gachot Coloni-Subaru DNPQ Did not pre-qualify 34 Italy Claudio Langes EuroBrun-Judd DNPQ Did not pre-qualify 39 Italy Bruno Giacomelli LifeSource:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1990/220/ 1990 Mexican Grand Prix formula1.com 23 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20141221233934/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1990/220/ 21 December 2014 Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings PosDriverPoints 1 BRA 1968 Ayrton Senna 31 2 FRA Alain Prost 23 3 AUT Gerhard Berger 23 4 FRA Jean Alesi 13 5 GBR Nigel Mansell 13Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1990/mexique/championnat.aspx Mexico 1990 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 19 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 GBR McLaren-Honda54 2 ITA Ferrari36 3 GBR Williams-Renault20 4 GBR Benetton-Ford20 5 GBR Tyrrell-Ford14Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References Mexican Grand Prix 1990 1990 Canadian Grand Prix 1990 French Grand Prix 1989 Mexican Grand Prix 1991 Mexican Grand Prix Mexican Grand Prix Category:Mexican Grand Prix Grand Prix Category:June 1990 sports events in Mexico