1990 Brazilian Grand Prix

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The 1990 Brazilian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on March 25, 1990 at Interlagos.

[edit] Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Alain Prost	Ferrari	71	1'37:21.258	6	9
2	28	Gerhard Berger	McLaren-Honda	71	+13.564	2	6
3	27	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	71	+37.722	1	4
4	2	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	71	+47.266	5	3
5	5	Thierry Boutsen	Williams-Renault	70	+1 Lap	3	2
6	20	Nelson Piquet	Benetton-Ford	70	+1 Lap	13	1
7	4	Jean Alesi	Tyrrell-Ford	70	+1 Lap	7
8	3	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell-Ford	70	+1 Lap	19
9	23	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Ford	69	+2 laps	8
10	19	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton-Ford	68	Puncture	15
11	25	Nicola Larini	Ligier-Ford	68	+3 Laps	20
12	26	Philippe Alliot	Ligier-Ford	68	+3 Laps	10
13	6	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	65	Oil Pressure	4
14	21	Gianni Morbidelli	Dallara-Ford	64	+7 Laps	16
Ret	10	Alex Caffi	Arrows-Ford	49	Clutch	25
Ret	12	Martin Donnelly	Lotus-Lamborghini	43	Spun Off	14
Ret	8	Stefano Modena	Brabham-Judd	39	Spun Off	12
Ret	24	Paolo Barilla	Minardi-Ford	38	Engine	17
Ret	18	Yannick Dalmas	AGS-Ford	28	Suspension	26
Ret	11	Derek Warwick	Lotus-Lamborghini	25	Electrical	24
Ret	30	Aguri Suzuki	Larrousse-Lamborghini	24	Suspension	18
Ret	9	Michele Alboreto	Arrows-Ford	24	Suspension	23
Ret	7	Gregor Foitek	Brabham-Judd	14	Transmission	22
Ret	29	Éric Bernard	Larrousse-Lamborghini	13	Gearbox	11
Ret	14	Olivier Grouillard	Osella-Ford	8	Collision	21
Ret	22	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara-Ford	0	Collision	9
DNQ	35	Stefan Johansson	Onyx-Ford
DNQ	36	Jyrki Järvilehto	Onyx-Ford
DNQ	16	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House-Judd
DNQ	15	Mauricio Gugelmin	Leyton House-Judd
DNPQ	17	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS-Ford
DNPQ	33	Roberto Moreno	Euro Brun-Judd
DNPQ	31	Bertrand Gachot	Coloni-Subaru
DNPQ	34	Claudio Langes	Euro Brun-Judd
DNPQ	39	Gary Brabham	Life

[edit] Race summary

The new Interlagos circuit which hosted the race for the first time since 1981 had been dramatically altered and yet managed to be rebuilt and redeveloped without losing any of its challenges.Local hero Ayrton Senna took his 43rd career pole position and led from the start.At the first corner,Jean Alesi,Alessandro Nannini and Andrea de Cesaris tangled,requiring the Benetton to stop for a new nosecone.On lap 8 Thierry Boutsen passed Gerhard Berger and Alain Prost took the Ferrari on lap 17.Nigel Mansell pitted on lap 27 for new tyres and also to inspect a broken rollbar.He rejoined in 9th place. Boutsen's pit stop on lap 30 went disastrously wrong.With failing brakes,the Williams was unable to stop and crashed into the wheel and tyre equipment stacked in the garage.This required a new nosecone and when he rejoined it was down in 11th. Prost was piling on the pressure-by lap 35 he had climbed to second within 10 seconds of Senna,ahead of Riccardo Patrese,Berger and Nelson Piquet.When Senna came up to lap backmarker Satoru Nakajima,there was contact and the McLaren had to pit for a new nosecone.He rejoined and challenged hard,but the downforce levels made the car difficult to drive. On lap 66,Patrese retired with a broken oil cooler. Prost took his 40th victory from Berger and Senna.Mansell finished an excellent 4th,having driven through the field with a broken rollbar.Boutsen finished a creditable 5th and Piquet claimed the final point in front of his home crowd after passing Jean Alesi-who was suffering severe tyre wear after attempting to run non stop-on the last lap.

[edit] Notes

• Pole position: Ayrton Senna - 1:17.277
• Fastest Lap: Gerhard Berger - 1:19.899
• Lap Leaders: Ayrton Senna 38 laps (1-32 & 35-40); Gerhard Berger 2 laps (33-34); Alain Prost 31 laps (41-71)

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