1990 Monaco Grand Prix

F1 Monaco Monaco XLVIII Grand Prix Automobile de Monaco 27 May 1990 4 16 Circuit de Monaco 1986.png Circuit de MonacoMonte Carlo, Monaco Temporary street circuit 2.068 3.328 78 161.298 259.584 Warm, dry, sunny Ayrton Senna Brazil 1968 McLaren-Honda 1:21.314 Ayrton Senna Brazil 1968 McLaren-Honda 1:24.468 59 Ayrton Senna Brazil 1968 McLaren-Honda Jean Alesi France Tyrrell-Ford Gerhard Berger Austria McLaren-Honda MON The 1990 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 27 May 1990 at Monaco. It was the fourth race of the 1990 Formula One World Championship and the 48th Monaco Grand Prix. The race was held over 78 laps of the 3.32 km mi on circuit for a race distance of 259 km mi. The race was won by Brazilian driver Ayrton Senna, driving a McLaren-Honda. Senna started from pole position, led every lap and set the fastest race lap, en route to his second consecutive Monaco win and third in all. French driver Jean Alesi finished second in a Tyrrell-Ford, with Senna's Austrian teammate Gerhard Berger third. Qualifying Pre-qualifying report The four successful pre-qualifiers in the one-hour Thursday morning session were the same four drivers as at the previous race at Imola, in the same order. The Larrousse-Lola cars finished first and second for the third time in a row, with Éric Bernard again outpacing his teammate Aguri Suzuki. The Osella of Olivier Grouillard was third fastest, followed by Roberto Moreno in the EuroBrun. The AGS drivers were frozen out in fifth and sixth, with Gabriele Tarquini considerably faster than Yannick Dalmas on this occasion. Seventh was Claudio Langes in the second EuroBrun, six seconds off Bernard's pace. The other two runners were far behind; Bertrand Gachot was over twelve seconds adrift in the Coloni after another engine failure, with the team now in some disarray,Walker Murray 1990 Murray Walker's Grand Prix Year Hazleton Publishing 39–46 0-905138-82-1 but still nearly two seconds faster than the Life, driven again by Bruno Giacomelli. This time, however, the Italian managed to complete a stint of seven laps and return to the pits without breaking down. Well off the pace, Giacomelli went back out on to the circuit and completed another lap before the W12 engine failed. Pre-qualifying classification Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap 1 29 France Éric Bernard Lola-Lamborghini 1:27.134 — 2 30 Japan 1947 Aguri Suzuki Lola-Lamborghini 1:27.548 +0.414 3 14 France Olivier Grouillard Osella-Ford 1:27.938 +0.804 4 33 Brazil 1968 Roberto Moreno EuroBrun-Judd 1:28.295 +1.161 5 17 Italy Gabriele Tarquini AGS-Ford 1:28.677 +1.543 6 18 France Yannick Dalmas AGS-Ford 1:30.511 +3.377 7 34 Italy Claudio Langes EuroBrun-Judd 1:33.195 +6.061 8 31 Belgium Bertrand Gachot Coloni-Subaru 1:39.295 +12.161 9 39 Italy Bruno Giacomelli Life 1:41.187 +14.053 Qualifying report There were no surprises in qualifying with Ayrton Senna taking pole from his rival Alain Prost. Jean Alesi continued to impress in his Tyrrell, qualifying third ahead of Riccardo Patrese. Row three was formed of Gerhard Berger and Thierry Boutsen; Nigel Mansell lined up seventh alongside the Minardi of Pierluigi Martini, while Emanuele Pirro and Nelson Piquet rounded out the top ten. Young Australian driver David Brabham qualified in 25th, thus making his first Formula One race start. Qualifying classification Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap 1 27 Brazil 1968 Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda 1:21.797 1:21.314 — 2 1 France Alain Prost Ferrari 1:23.449 1:21.776 +0.462 3 4 France Jean Alesi Tyrrell-Ford 1:23.372 1:21.801 +0.487 4 6 Italy Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault 1:24.179 1:22.026 +0.712 5 28 Austria Gerhard Berger McLaren-Honda 1:23.001 1:22.682 +1.368 6 5 Belgium Thierry Boutsen Williams-Renault 1:23.936 1:22.691 +1.377 7 2 UK Nigel Mansell Ferrari 1:24.433 1:22.733 +1.419 8 23 Italy Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ford 1:24.012 1:23.149 +1.835 9 21 Italy Emanuele Pirro Dallara-Ford 1:24.766 1:23.494 +2.180 10 20 Brazil 1968 Nelson Piquet Benetton-Ford 1:25.273 1:23.566 +2.252 11 12 UK Martin Donnelly Lotus-Lamborghini 1:24.724 1:23.600 +2.286 12 22 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Dallara-Ford 1:25.849 1:23.613 +2.299 13 11 UK Derek Warwick Lotus-Lamborghini 1:24.070 1:23.656 +2.342 14 8 Italy Stefano Modena Brabham-Judd 1:25.485 1:23.920 +2.606 15 30 Japan 1947 Aguri Suzuki Lola-Lamborghini 1:27.193 1:24.023 +2.709 16 19 Italy Alessandro Nannini Benetton-Ford 1:25.926 1:24.139 +2.825 17 25 Italy Nicola Larini Ligier-Ford 1:24.206 1:24.270 +2.892 18 26 France Philippe Alliot Ligier-Ford 1:25.387 1:24.294 +2.980 19 24 Italy Paolo Barilla Minardi-Ford 1:26.352 1:24.334 +3.020 20 35 Switzerland Gregor Foitek Onyx-Ford 1:26.183 1:24.367 +3.053 21 3 Japan 1947 Satoru Nakajima Tyrrell-Ford 1:25.679 1:24.371 +3.057 22 10 Italy Alex Caffi Arrows-Ford 1:26.520 1:25.000 +3.686 23 16 Italy Ivan Capelli Leyton House-Judd 1:26.969 1:25.020 +3.706 24 29 France Éric Bernard Lola-Lamborghini 1:25.398 1:25.541 +4.084 25 7 Australia David Brabham Brabham-Judd 1:28.339 1:25.420 +4.106 26 36 Finland JJ Lehto Onyx-Ford 1:27.923 1:25.508 +4.194 27 9 Italy Michele Alboreto Arrows-Ford 1:27.282 1:25.622 +4.308 28 14 France Olivier Grouillard Osella-Ford 1:25.785 1:26.781 +4.471 29 15 Brazil 1968 Maurício Gugelmin Leyton House-Judd 1:26.943 1:26.192 +4.878 30 33 Brazil 1968 Roberto Moreno EuroBrun-Judd 1:26.604 1:27.265 +5.290 Race Race report At the start there was an overly long delay between the red and green lights, which caused the drivers to be a little more agitated than usual, resulting in an accident between Prost and Berger at the Mirabeau corner. The track was blocked and the race had to be stopped. At the second start everything went to plan and Senna led from Prost, Alesi, Berger, Patrese and Boutsen, with Pirro being the first retirement when his engine blew on the opening lap. Eighth-placed Nigel Mansell was the centre of action in the early stages, quickly passing Martini before setting off after Boutsen, but his overtaking attempt on the Belgian was unsuccessful as he touched the back of the Williams at the seafront chicane and had to limp back to the pits for a new front wing. At the front Senna led comfortably, even more so after Prost retired on lap 30 with battery problems. On lap 35, Piquet spun approaching Loewes Hairpin and stalled his engine; he received a push start from the marshals and was disqualified as a result. While Senna maintained his lead, there was action further back where Mansell was charging through the field. First he disposed of Derek Warwick and then managed to successfully pass Boutsen for fourth, as Alesi and Berger fought over second place. In the late stages Senna started to slow, which allowed Alesi and Berger to close up on him, but Senna's McLaren survived to the finish for his third career win at Monaco. Alesi was second, followed by Berger, Boutsen, Alex Caffi and the only other survivor, Éric Bernard, who had taken sixth place in the late stages after he had forced himself past Gregor Foitek's Onyx by pushing him into the wall. In doing so, Bernard earned his first point in Formula One. Despite not finishing the race, Foitek was classified seventh, his best F1 result. Race classification Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 27 Brazil 1968 Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda 78 1:52:46.982 1 9 2 4 France Jean Alesi Tyrrell-Ford 78 + 1.087 3 6 3 28 Austria Gerhard Berger McLaren-Honda 78 + 2.073 5 4 4 5 Belgium Thierry Boutsen Williams-Renault 77 + 1 lap 6 3 5 10 Italy Alex Caffi Arrows-Ford 76 + 2 laps 22 2 6 29 France Éric Bernard Lola-Lamborghini 76 + 2 laps 24 1 7 35 Switzerland Gregor Foitek Onyx-Ford 72 Collision 20 Ret Retired 11 UK Derek Warwick Lotus-Lamborghini 66 Spun off 13 Ret Retired 2 UK Nigel Mansell Ferrari 63 Battery 7 Ret Retired 24 Italy Paolo Barilla Minardi-Ford 52 Gearbox 19 Ret Retired 36 Finland JJ Lehto Onyx-Ford 52 Gearbox 26 Ret Retired 26 France Philippe Alliot Ligier-Ford 47 Gearbox 18 Ret Retired 6 Italy Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault 41 Distributor 4 Ret Retired 22 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Dallara-Ford 38 Engine 12 Ret Retired 3 Japan 1947 Satoru Nakajima Tyrrell-Ford 36 Spun off 21 Ret Retired 1 France Alain Prost Ferrari 30 Battery 2 Ret Retired 19 Italy Alessandro Nannini Benetton-Ford 20 Gearbox 16 Ret Retired 7 Australia David Brabham Brabham-Judd 16 Transmission 25 Ret Retired 16 Italy Ivan Capelli Leyton House-Judd 13 Brakes 23 Ret Retired 25 Italy Nicola Larini Ligier-Ford 12 Differential 17 Ret Retired 30 Japan 1947 Aguri Suzuki Lola-Lamborghini 11 Steering 15 Ret Retired 23 Italy Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ford 7 Electrical 8 Ret Retired 12 UK Martin Donnelly Lotus-Lamborghini 6 Gearbox 11 Ret Retired 8 Italy Stefano Modena Brabham-Judd 3 Transmission 14 Ret Retired 21 Italy Emanuele Pirro Dallara-Ford 0 Engine 9 DSQ Disqualified 20 Brazil 1968 Nelson Piquet Benetton-Ford 34 Push start 10 DNQ Did not qualify 9 Italy Michele Alboreto Arrows-Ford DNQ Did not qualify 14 France Olivier Grouillard Osella-Ford DNQ Did not qualify 15 Brazil 1968 Maurício Gugelmin Leyton House-Judd DNQ Did not qualify 33 Brazil 1968 Roberto Moreno EuroBrun-Judd DNPQ Did not pre-qualify 17 Italy Gabriele Tarquini AGS-Ford DNPQ Did not pre-qualify 18 France Yannick Dalmas AGS-Ford DNPQ Did not pre-qualify 34 Italy Claudio Langes EuroBrun-Judd DNPQ Did not pre-qualify 31 Belgium Bertrand Gachot Coloni-Subaru DNPQ Did not pre-qualify 39 Italy Bruno Giacomelli LifeSource:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1990/218/ 1990 Monaco Grand Prix formula1.com 23 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20141221232542/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1990/218/ 21 December 2014 Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings PosDriverPoints 1 BRA 1968 Ayrton Senna 22 2 AUT Gerhard Berger 16 3 FRA Jean Alesi 13 4 FRA Alain Prost 12 5 ITA Riccardo Patrese 9Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1990/monaco/championnat.aspx Monaco 1990 - Championship statsf1.com 19 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 GBR McLaren-Honda38 2 GBR Williams-Renault18 3 ITA Ferrari15 4 GBR Tyrrell-Ford14 5 GBR Benetton-Ford10Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References Monaco Grand Prix 1990 1990 San Marino Grand Prix 1990 Canadian Grand Prix 1989 Monaco Grand Prix 1991 Monaco Grand Prix 43 44 4.74 N 7 25 16.8 E scale:1563_type:landmark_region:MC title Monaco Grand Prix Category:Monaco Grand Prix Grand Prix Category:May 1990 sports events in Europe