1990 Season

Races

Champion

Ayrton Senna

Constructor

McLaren

The 1990 Formula 1 World Championship featured 16 Grand Prix races across the season. Ayrton Senna of Brazilian claimed the Drivers' Championship with 78 points and 6 race victories. Alain Prost finished as runner-up, 7 points behind. McLaren won the Constructors' Championship with 121 points. The season saw 6 different race winners, making it one of the more competitive years in F1 history. The top three in the final standings were Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost, Nelson Piquet.

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What races were in the 1990 F1 season?

Rd	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date	Winner
1	United States Grand Prix	Phoenix street circuit	1990-03-11	Ayrton Senna(McLaren)
2	Brazilian Grand Prix	Autódromo José Carlos Pace	1990-03-25	Alain Prost(Ferrari)
3	San Marino Grand Prix	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	1990-05-13	Riccardo Patrese(Williams)
4	Monaco Grand Prix	Circuit de Monaco	1990-05-27	Ayrton Senna(McLaren)
5	Canadian Grand Prix	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve	1990-06-10	Ayrton Senna(McLaren)
6	Mexican Grand Prix	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez	1990-06-24	Alain Prost(Ferrari)
7	French Grand Prix	Circuit Paul Ricard	1990-07-08	Alain Prost(Ferrari)
8	British Grand Prix	Silverstone Circuit	1990-07-15	Alain Prost(Ferrari)
9	German Grand Prix	Hockenheimring	1990-07-29	Ayrton Senna(McLaren)
10	Hungarian Grand Prix	Hungaroring	1990-08-12	Thierry Boutsen(Williams)
11	Belgian Grand Prix	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	1990-08-26	Ayrton Senna(McLaren)
12	Italian Grand Prix	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza	1990-09-09	Ayrton Senna(McLaren)
13	Portuguese Grand Prix	Autódromo do Estoril	1990-09-23	Nigel Mansell(Ferrari)
14	Spanish Grand Prix	Circuito de Jerez	1990-09-30	Alain Prost(Ferrari)
15	Japanese Grand Prix	Suzuka Circuit	1990-10-21	Nelson Piquet(Benetton)
16	Australian Grand Prix	Adelaide Street Circuit	1990-11-04	Nelson Piquet(Benetton)

Championship Battle

Championship Progression

Round	Senna	Alesi	Boutsen	Prost	Berger
R1United States Grand Prix	9	6	4	—	—
R2Brazilian Grand Prix	13	6	6	9	6
R3San Marino Grand Prix	13	7	—	12	12
R4Monaco Grand Prix	22	13	—	12	16
R5Canadian Grand Prix	31	13	—	14	19
R6Mexican Grand Prix	31	13	—	23	23
R7French Grand Prix	35	13	—	32	25
R8British Grand Prix	39	—	17	41	25
R9German Grand Prix	48	—	18	44	29
R10Hungarian Grand Prix	54	—	27	44	29
R11Belgian Grand Prix	63	—	27	50	33
R12Italian Grand Prix	72	—	27	56	37
R13Portuguese Grand Prix	78	—	27	60	40
R14Spanish Grand Prix	78	—	30	69	40
R15Japanese Grand Prix	78	—	32	69	40
R16Australian Grand Prix	78	—	—	71	43

Who won the 1990 F1 driver championship?

Pos	Driver	Nationality	Wins	Points
1	Ayrton Senna	Brazilian	6	78
2	Alain Prost	French	5	71
3	Nelson Piquet	Brazilian	2	43
4	Gerhard Berger	Austrian	0	43
5	Nigel Mansell	British	1	37
6	Thierry Boutsen	Belgian	1	34
7	Riccardo Patrese	Italian	1	23
8	Alessandro Nannini	Italian	0	21
9	Jean Alesi	French	0	13
10	Ivan Capelli	Italian	0	6
11	Roberto Moreno	Brazilian	0	6
12	Aguri Suzuki	Japanese	0	6
13	Éric Bernard	French	0	5
14	Derek Warwick	British	0	3
15	Satoru Nakajima	Japanese	0	3
16	Alex Caffi	Italian	0	2
17	Stefano Modena	Italian	0	2
18	Maurício Gugelmin	Brazilian	0	1
19	Nicola Larini	Italian	0	0
20	Martin Donnelly	British	0	0
21	Pierluigi Martini	Italian	0	0
22	Gregor Foitek	Swiss	0	0
23	Philippe Alliot	French	0	0
24	Michele Alboreto	Italian	0	0
25	Yannick Dalmas	French	0	0
26	Emanuele Pirro	Italian	0	0
27	Andrea de Cesaris	Italian	0	0
28	Paolo Barilla	Italian	0	0
29	Jyrki Järvilehto	Finnish	0	0
30	Bernd Schneider	German	0	0
31	Olivier Grouillard	French	0	0
32	Gabriele Tarquini	Italian	0	0
33	Gianni Morbidelli	Italian	0	0
34	David Brabham	Australian	0	0
35	Johnny Herbert	British	0	0
36	Stefan Johansson	Swedish	0	0
37	Bertrand Gachot	Belgian	0	0
38	Claudio Langes	Italian	0	0
39	Bruno Giacomelli	Italian	0	0
40	Gary Brabham	Australian	0	0

Who won the 1990 constructors' championship?

Pos	Constructor	Nationality	Wins	Points
1	McLaren	British	6	121
2	Ferrari	Italian	6	110
3	Benetton	Italian	2	71
4	Williams	British	2	57
5	Tyrrell	British	0	16
6	Larrousse	French	0	11
7	Leyton House	British	0	7
8	Team Lotus	British	0	3
9	Arrows	British	0	2
10	Brabham	British	0	2
11	Ligier	French	0	0
12	Minardi	Italian	0	0
13	Onyx	British	0	0
14	AGS	French	0	0
15	Dallara	Italian	0	0
16	Osella	Italian	0	0
17	Euro Brun	Italian	0	0
18	Coloni	Italian	0	0
19	Life	Italian	0	0