1990 Italian Grand Prix
| 1990 Italian Grand Prix | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 12 of 16 in the 1990 Formula One World Championship | |||
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| Race details | |||
| Date | September 9, 1990 | ||
| Official name | Coca-Cola 61o Gran Premio d'Italia | ||
| Location |
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza Milan, Italy | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 5.80 km (3.6039 miles) | ||
| Distance | 53 laps, 307.400 km (191.009 miles) | ||
| Weather | Hot, dry, sunny | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | McLaren-Honda | ||
| Time | 1:22.533 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Ayrton Senna | McLaren-Honda | |
| Time | 1:26.254 on lap 46 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | McLaren-Honda | ||
| Second | Ferrari | ||
| Third | McLaren-Honda | ||
The 1990 Italian Grand Prix (formally the Coca-Cola 61o Gran Premio d'Italia[1]) was a Formula One motor race held on 9 September 1990 at Monza. It was the twelfth race of the 1990 Formula One season. The race was the 60th Italian Grand Prix and the 55th to be held at Monza.
Brazilian driver Ayrton Senna in a McLaren-Honda took pole position and then led every lap, winning the race by six seconds over his title rival reigning world champion, French driver Alain Prost driving a Ferrari. Senna also set the fastest lap of the race, scoring a Grand Slam. With Senna's Austrian team mate Gerhard Berger third, the podium was identical to that at the previous round.
Near the end of the first lap, Derek Warwick crashed his Lotus-Lamborghini at the Parabolica, hitting the guard rail at an estimated 140 mph. The race was stopped on the second lap and restarted over the original distance. Warwick, who admitted that it was his own fault simply going too wide into the Parabolica, was unhurt as was a track marshal who had to take quick evasive action to avoid the debris that was thrown up when the car hit the fence. Indeed Warick sprinted back down pit lane to the Team Lotus pits and took the restart in the spare car with the rest of the field.[2]
Senna's victory over Prost saw the championship points gap expand to 16 points, the largest gap between the two all season to that point.
Classification
Pre Qualifying
| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14 |  Olivier Grouillard
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Osella-Ford | 1:26.947 | — |
| 2 | 31 |  Bertrand Gachot
|
Coloni-Ford | 1:27.594 | +0.647 |
| 3 | 17 |  Gabriele Tarquini
|
AGS-Ford | 1:27.773 | +0.826 |
| 4 | 18 | Yannick Dalmas
|
AGS-Ford | 1:28.113 | +1.166 |
| 5 | 33 | Roberto Moreno
|
EuroBrun-Judd | 1:28.703 | +1.756 |
| 6 | 34 | Claudio Langes
|
EuroBrun-Judd | 1:35.061 | +8.114 |
| 7 | 39 | Bruno Giacomelli
|
Life | 1:55.244 | +28.297 |
Qualifying
| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Q1 | Q2 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 27 | Ayrton Senna
|
McLaren-Honda | 1:22.972 | 1:22.533 | — |
| 2 | 1 | Alain Prost
|
Ferrari | 1:23.497 | 1:22.935 | +0.402 |
| 3 | 28 |  Gerhard Berger
|
McLaren-Honda | 1:23.239 | 1:22.936 | +0.403 |
| 4 | 2 |  Nigel Mansell
|
Ferrari | 1:23.141 | 1:23.720 | +0.608 |
| 5 | 4 | Jean Alesi
|
Tyrrell-Ford | 1:24.159 | 1:23.526 | +0.993 |
| 6 | 5 | Thierry Boutsen
|
Williams-Renault | 1:24.042 | 1:23.984 | +1.451 |
| 7 | 6 | Riccardo Patrese
|
Williams-Renault | 1:24.253 | 1:24.555 | +1.720 |
| 8 | 19 | Alessandro Nannini
|
Benetton-Ford | 1:25.567 | 1:24.583 | +2.050 |
| 9 | 20 | Nelson Piquet
|
Benetton-Ford | 1:24.699 | 1:24.987 | +2.166 |
| 10 | 15 | Maurício Gugelmin
|
Leyton House-Judd | 1:26.170 | 1:25.556 | +3.023 |
| 11 | 12 | Martin Donnelly
|
Lotus-Lamborghini | 1:26.110 | 1:25.629 | +3.096 |
| 12 | 11 | Derek Warwick
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Lotus-Lamborghini | 1:25.728 | 1:25.677 | +3.144 |
| 13 | 29 | Éric Bernard
|
Lola-Lamborghini | 1:25.927 | 1:26.154 | +3.394 |
| 14 | 3 |  Satoru Nakajima
|
Tyrrell-Ford | 1:26.449 | 1:26.081 | +3.548 |
| 15 | 23 | Pierluigi Martini
|
Minardi-Ford | 1:26.330 | 1:26.516 | +3.797 |
| 16 | 16 | Ivan Capelli
|
Leyton House-Judd | 1:26.712 | 1:26.735 | +4.179 |
| 17 | 8 | Stefano Modena
|
Brabham-Judd | 1:26.950 | 1:27:997 | +4.417 |
| 18 | 30 | Aguri Suzuki
|
Lola-Lamborghini | 1:27.074 | 1:26.962 | +4.429 |
| 19 | 21 | Emanuele Pirro
|
Dallara-Ford | 1:27.790 | 1:26.964 | +4.431 |
| 20 | 26 | Philippe Alliot
|
Ligier-Ford | 1:27.153 | 1:27.043 | +4.510 |
| 21 | 10 | Alex Caffi
|
Arrows-Ford | 1:27.828 | 1:27.410 | +4.877 |
| 22 | 9 | Michele Alboreto
|
Arrows-Ford | 1:27.784 | 1:27.448 | +4.915 |
| 23 | 14 | Olivier Grouillard
|
Osella-Ford | 1:27.541 | 1:28.228 | +5.008 |
| 24 | 18 | Yannick Dalmas
|
AGS-Ford | 1:28.564 | 1:27.673 | +5.140 |
| 25 | 22 | Andrea de Cesaris
|
Dallara-Ford | 1:27.772 | 1:27.749 | +5.216 |
| 26 | 25 | Nicola Larini
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Ligier-Ford | 1:28.626 | 1:27.937 | +5.404 |
| 27 | 17 | Gabriele Tarquini
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AGS-Ford | 1:28.107 | 1:28.256 | +5.574 |
| 28 | 24 | Paolo Barilla
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Minardi-Ford | 1:28.258 | 1:28.521 | +5.725 |
| 29 | 7 |  David Brabham
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Brabham-Judd | 1:28.382 | 1:30.446 | +5.849 |
| 30 | 31 | Bertrand Gachot
|
Coloni-Ford | 1:28.952 | 1:30.140 | +6.419 |
Race
Lap leaders
- Lap Leaders: Ayrton Senna 53 laps (1–53);
Championship standings after the race
- Bold text indicates who still has a theoretical chance of becoming World Champion.
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References
- ^ "1990 Italian Grand Prix programme cover". Archived from the original on 2017-04-02. Retrieved 2017-04-02.
- ^ Warwick Flips at Monza and Walks Away – 1990 Italian GP
- ^ "1990 Italian Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 21 December 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
