1990 German Grand Prix
1990 German Grand Prix | |||
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Race 9 of 16 in the 1990 Formula One World Championship | |||
Race details | |||
Date | 29 July 1990 | ||
Official name | Grosser Mobil 1 Preis von Deutschland | ||
Location |
Hockenheimring near Heidelberg, West Germany | ||
Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
Course length | 6.802 km (4.227 miles) | ||
Distance | 45 laps, 306.090 km (190.195 miles) | ||
Weather | Hot, dry, sunny | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver |
Honda | ||
Time | 1:40.198 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Driver | Thierry Boutsen |
Renault | |
Time | 1:45.602 on lap 31 | ||
Podium | |||
First |
Honda | ||
Second | Benetton-Ford | ||
Third |
Honda | ||
Lap leaders |
The 1990 German Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Hockenheimring on 29 July 1990. It was the ninth race of the 1990 Formula One World Championship. The race was the 52nd German Grand Prix and the 14th to be held at the Hockenheimring. It was the 39th and last Formula One Grand Prix to be held in West Germany prior to its re-unification with East Germany. The race was held over 45 laps of the seven kilometre circuit for a race distance of 306 kilometres.
The race was won by 1988 World Champion, Brazilian driver
Senna's win put him back into the championship points lead, four ahead of Ferrari driver Alain Prost.
Qualifying
Pre-qualifying report
The Hockenheim circuit had been given all-new pits facilities with a wider pit lane, and a wider start-finish straight.
The participants in the Friday morning pre-qualifying sessions were slightly reshuffled prior to this event, the season having reached its mid-point.
Here at Hockenheim, Ligier were comfortably first and second in the one-hour session, with
was fourth in his AGS. It was Grouillard's eighth pre-qualification from nine events, and Dalmas' third.Those missing out on pre-qualification included fifth-placed
Pre-qualifying classification
Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Time | Gap |
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1 | 26 | Philippe Alliot | Ligier-Ford
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1:45.513 | — |
2 | 25 | Nicola Larini | Ligier-Ford
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1:46.186 | +0.673 |
3 | 14 | Olivier Grouillard | Osella-Ford | 1:46.828 | +1.315 |
4 | 18 | Yannick Dalmas | AGS-Ford | 1:47.125 | +1.612 |
5 | 17 | Gabriele Tarquini | AGS-Ford | 1:48.127 | +2.614 |
6 | 33 | Roberto Moreno | EuroBrun-Judd | 1:48.983 | +3.470 |
7 | 31 | Bertrand Gachot | Coloni-Ford
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1:50.460 | +4.947 |
8 | 34 | Claudio Langes | EuroBrun-Judd | 1:50.897 | +5.384 |
9 | 39 | Bruno Giacomelli | Life
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2:10.786 | +25.273 |
Qualifying report
After three straight wins by
Rounding out the top 10 were
Qualifying classification
Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Q1 | Q2 | Gap |
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1 | 27 | Ayrton Senna | Honda
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1:40.198 | 1:46.843 | — |
2 | 28 | Gerhard Berger | Honda
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1:40.434 | 1:46.628 | +0.236 |
3 | 1 | Alain Prost | Ferrari | 1:41.732 | 1:42.590 | +1.532 |
4 | 2 | Nigel Mansell | Ferrari | 1:42.313 | 1:42.057 | +1.859 |
5 | 6 | Riccardo Patrese | Renault
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1:43.736 | 1:42.195 | +1.997 |
6 | 5 | Thierry Boutsen | Renault
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1:43.620 | 1:42.380 | +2.182 |
7 | 20 | Nelson Piquet | Benetton-Ford | 1:42.926 | 1:42.872 | +2.674 |
8 | 4 | Jean Alesi | Tyrrell-Ford | 1:43.255 | 1:44.652 | +3.057 |
9 | 19 | Alessandro Nannini | Benetton-Ford | 1:43.594 | 1:44.559 | +3.396 |
10 | 16 | Ivan Capelli | Leyton House-Judd
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1:45.025 | 1:44.349 | +4.151 |
11 | 30 | Aguri Suzuki | Lola-Lamborghini | 1:45.382 | 1:44.363 | +4.165 |
12 | 29 | Éric Bernard | Lola-Lamborghini | 1:44.998 | 1:44.496 | +4.298 |
13 | 3 | Satoru Nakajima | Tyrrell-Ford | 1:44.873 | 1:44.650 | +4.452 |
14 | 15 | Maurício Gugelmin | Leyton House-Judd
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no time | 1:45.193 | +4.995 |
15 | 23 | Pierluigi Martini | Minardi-Ford | 1:45.736 | 1:45.237 | +5.039 |
16 | 11 | Derek Warwick | Lotus-Lamborghini | 1:45.364 | 1:45.244 | +5.046 |
17 | 8 | Stefano Modena | Brabham-Judd | 1:45.547 | 1:47.269 | +5.349 |
18 | 10 | Alex Caffi | Arrows-Ford | 1:46.201 | 1:45.604 | +5.406 |
19 | 9 | Michele Alboreto | Arrows-Ford | 1:45.871 | 1:45.755 | +5.557 |
20 | 12 | Martin Donnelly | Lotus-Lamborghini | 1:47.723 | 1:45.790 | +5.592 |
21 | 7 | David Brabham | Brabham-Judd | 1:46.110 | 1:46.518 | +5.912 |
22 | 25 | Nicola Larini | Ligier-Ford
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1:47.068 | 1:46.187 | +5.989 |
23 | 21 | Emanuele Pirro | Dallara-Ford | 1:46.904 | 1:46.506 | +6.308 |
24 | 26 | Philippe Alliot | Ligier-Ford
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1:46.596 | 1:57.287 | +6.398 |
25 | 36 | JJ Lehto | Onyx-Ford
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1:48.856 | 1:46.867 | +6.669 |
26 | 35 | Gregor Foitek | Onyx-Ford
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1:47.209 | 1:47.726 | +7.011 |
27 | 14 | Olivier Grouillard | Osella-Ford | 1:47.429 | 1:48.172 | +7.231 |
28 | 24 | Paolo Barilla | Minardi-Ford | 1:47.747 | 1:47.958 | +7.549 |
29 | 18 | Yannick Dalmas | AGS-Ford | 1:47.789 | 1:47.874 | +7.591 |
30 | 22 | Andrea de Cesaris | Dallara-Ford | 1:48.118 | 1:48.032 | +7.834 |
Race
Race report
The circuit's fast nature resulted in several engine failures, although the four big teams of the era took all six points-paying positions. The first driver to retire with an engine failure was
Berger got a stronger start off the line than Senna did but the Brazilian was able to hold on to the lead through the first corner. Senna lead the first lap ahead of Berger, Prost, Mansell, Patrese and Piquet. The order of the top 6 remained the same until the 11th lap when Piquet made an attempt to pass Patrese in the
Both Onyx Grand Prix teammates JJ Lehto and Gregor Foitek both got their renamed Monteverdi ORE-1Bs into the race, the last time either car would qualify for a race prior to the team's dissolution in August.
Race classification
Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 27 | Ayrton Senna | Honda
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45 | 1:20:47.164 | 1 | 9 |
2 | 19 | Alessandro Nannini | Benetton-Ford | 45 | + 6.520 | 9 | 6 |
3 | 28 | Gerhard Berger | Honda
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45 | + 8.553 | 2 | 4 |
4 | 1 | Alain Prost | Ferrari | 45 | + 45.270 | 3 | 3 |
5 | 6 | Riccardo Patrese | Renault
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45 | + 48.028 | 5 | 2 |
6 | 5 | Thierry Boutsen | Renault
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45 | + 1:21.491 | 6 | 1 |
7 | 16 | Ivan Capelli | Leyton House-Judd | 44 | + 1 lap | 10 | |
8 | 11 | Derek Warwick | Lotus-Lamborghini | 44 | + 1 lap | 16 | |
9 | 10 | Alex Caffi | Arrows-Ford | 44 | + 1 lap | 18 | |
10 | 25 | Nicola Larini | Ligier-Ford
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43 | + 2 laps | 22 | |
11 | 4 | Jean Alesi | Tyrrell-Ford | 40 | Transmission | 8 | |
NC | 36 | JJ Lehto | Onyx-Ford | 39 | +6 laps | 25 | |
Ret | 29 | Éric Bernard | Lola-Lamborghini | 35 | Fuel pump | 12 | |
Ret | 30 | Aguri Suzuki | Lola-Lamborghini | 33 | Clutch | 11 | |
Ret | 3 | Satoru Nakajima | Tyrrell-Ford | 24 | Engine | 13 | |
Ret | 20 | Nelson Piquet | Benetton-Ford | 23 | Engine | 7 | |
Ret | 23 | Pierluigi Martini | Minardi-Ford | 20 | Engine | 15 | |
Ret | 35 | Gregor Foitek | Onyx-Ford | 19 | Spun off | 26 | |
Ret | 2 | Nigel Mansell | Ferrari | 15 | Broken wing | 4 | |
Ret | 15 | Maurício Gugelmin | Leyton House-Judd | 12 | Engine | 14 | |
Ret | 7 | David Brabham | Brabham-Judd | 12 | Engine | 21 | |
Ret | 9 | Michele Alboreto | Arrows-Ford | 10 | Engine | 19 | |
Ret | 12 | Martin Donnelly | Lotus-Lamborghini | 1 | Clutch | 20 | |
Ret | 8 | Stefano Modena | Brabham-Judd | 0 | Clutch | 17 | |
Ret | 21 | Emanuele Pirro | Dallara-Ford | 0 | Collision | 23 | |
DSQ | 26 | Philippe Alliot | Ligier-Ford
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0 | Outside assistance | 24 | |
DNQ | 14 | Olivier Grouillard | Osella-Ford | ||||
DNQ | 24 | Paolo Barilla | Minardi-Ford | ||||
DNQ | 18 | Yannick Dalmas | AGS-Ford | ||||
DNQ | 22 | Andrea de Cesaris | Dallara-Ford | ||||
DNPQ | 17 | Gabriele Tarquini | AGS-Ford | ||||
DNPQ | 33 | Roberto Moreno | EuroBrun-Judd | ||||
DNPQ | 31 | Bertrand Gachot | Coloni-Ford
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DNPQ | 34 | Claudio Langes | EuroBrun-Judd | ||||
DNPQ | 39 | Bruno Giacomelli | Life | ||||
Source:[4]
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Championship standings after the race
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References
- ^ ISBN 0-905138-82-1.
- ^ 1990 German Grand Prix 1st Qualifying Session
- ^ 1990 German Grand Prix 2nd Qualifying Session
- ^ "1990 German Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 21 December 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- ^ a b "Germany 1990 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 18 March 2019.