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1990 Monaco Grand Prix
1990 Monaco Grand Prix
Race 4 of 16 in the 1990 Formula One World Championship
Race details
Date	27 May 1990
Official name	XLVIII Grand Prix Automobile de Monaco
Location	Circuit de Monaco; Monte Carlo, Monaco
Course	Temporary street circuit
Course length	3.328 km (2.068 miles)
Distance	78 laps, 259.584 km (161.298 miles)
Weather	Warm, dry, sunny
Pole position
Driver	Ayrton Senna;
Time	1:21.314
Fastest lap
Driver	Ayrton Senna
Time	1:24.468 on lap 59
Podium
First	Ayrton Senna;
Second	Jean Alesi;
Third	Gerhard Berger;
	Lap leaders ;

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-kilometre (2.06 mi) circuit for a race distance of 259 kilometres (161 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,^[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.^[1]

Pre-qualifying classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	29	Éric Bernard	Lola-Lamborghini	1:27.134	—
2	30	Aguri Suzuki	Lola-Lamborghini	1:27.548	+0.414
3	14	Olivier Grouillard	Osella-Ford	1:27.938	+0.804
4	33	Roberto Moreno	EuroBrun-Judd	1:28.295	+1.161
5	17	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS-Ford	1:28.677	+1.543
6	18	Yannick Dalmas	AGS-Ford	1:30.511	+3.377
7	34	Claudio Langes	EuroBrun-Judd	1:33.195	+6.061
8	31	Bertrand Gachot	Coloni-Subaru	1:39.295	+12.161
9	39	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	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	1:21.797	1:21.314	—
2	1	Alain Prost	Ferrari	1:23.449	1:21.776	+0.462
3	4	Jean Alesi	Tyrrell-Ford	1:23.372	1:21.801	+0.487
4	6	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	1:24.179	1:22.026	+0.712
5	28	Gerhard Berger	McLaren-Honda	1:23.001	1:22.682	+1.368
6	5	Thierry Boutsen	Williams-Renault	1:23.936	1:22.691	+1.377
7	2	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	1:24.433	1:22.733	+1.419
8	23	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Ford	1:24.012	1:23.149	+1.835
9	21	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara-Ford	1:24.766	1:23.494	+2.180
10	20	Nelson Piquet	Benetton-Ford	1:25.273	1:23.566	+2.252
11	12	Martin Donnelly	Lotus-Lamborghini	1:24.724	1:23.600	+2.286
12	22	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara-Ford	1:25.849	1:23.613	+2.299
13	11	Derek Warwick	Lotus-Lamborghini	1:24.070	1:23.656	+2.342
14	8	Stefano Modena	Brabham-Judd	1:25.485	1:23.920	+2.606
15	30	Aguri Suzuki	Lola-Lamborghini	1:27.193	1:24.023	+2.709
16	19	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton-Ford	1:25.926	1:24.139	+2.825
17	25	Nicola Larini	Ligier-Ford	1:24.206	1:24.270	+2.892
18	26	Philippe Alliot	Ligier-Ford	1:25.387	1:24.294	+2.980
19	24	Paolo Barilla	Minardi-Ford	1:26.352	1:24.334	+3.020
20	35	Gregor Foitek	Onyx-Ford	1:26.183	1:24.367	+3.053
21	3	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell-Ford	1:25.679	1:24.371	+3.057
22	10	Alex Caffi	Arrows-Ford	1:26.520	1:25.000	+3.686
23	16	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House-Judd	1:26.969	1:25.020	+3.706
24	29	Éric Bernard	Lola-Lamborghini	1:25.398	1:25.541	+4.084
25	7	David Brabham	Brabham-Judd	1:28.339	1:25.420	+4.106
26	36	JJ Lehto	Onyx-Ford	1:27.923	1:25.508	+4.194
27	9	Michele Alboreto	Arrows-Ford	1:27.282	1:25.622	+4.308
28	14	Olivier Grouillard	Osella-Ford	1:25.785	1:26.781	+4.471
29	15	Maurício Gugelmin	Leyton House-Judd	1:26.943	1:26.192	+4.878
30	33	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	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	78	1:52:46.982	1	9
2	4	Jean Alesi	Tyrrell-Ford	78	+ 1.087	3	6
3	28	Gerhard Berger	McLaren-Honda	78	+ 2.073	5	4
4	5	Thierry Boutsen	Williams-Renault	77	+ 1 lap	6	3
5	10	Alex Caffi	Arrows-Ford	76	+ 2 laps	22	2
6	29	Éric Bernard	Lola-Lamborghini	76	+ 2 laps	24	1
7	35	Gregor Foitek	Onyx-Ford	72	Collision	20
Ret	11	Derek Warwick	Lotus-Lamborghini	66	Spun off	13
Ret	2	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	63	Battery	7
Ret	24	Paolo Barilla	Minardi-Ford	52	Gearbox	19
Ret	36	JJ Lehto	Onyx-Ford	52	Gearbox	26
Ret	26	Philippe Alliot	Ligier-Ford	47	Gearbox	18
Ret	6	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	41	Distributor	4
Ret	22	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara-Ford	38	Engine	12
Ret	3	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell-Ford	36	Spun off	21
DSQ	20	Nelson Piquet	Benetton-Ford	34	Push start	10
Ret	1	Alain Prost	Ferrari	30	Battery	2
Ret	19	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton-Ford	20	Gearbox	16
Ret	7	David Brabham	Brabham-Judd	16	Transmission	25
Ret	16	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House-Judd	13	Brakes	23
Ret	25	Nicola Larini	Ligier-Ford	12	Differential	17
Ret	30	Aguri Suzuki	Lola-Lamborghini	11	Steering	15
Ret	23	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Ford	7	Electrical	8
Ret	12	Martin Donnelly	Lotus-Lamborghini	6	Gearbox	11
Ret	8	Stefano Modena	Brabham-Judd	3	Transmission	14
Ret	21	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara-Ford	0	Engine	9
DNQ	9	Michele Alboreto	Arrows-Ford
DNQ	14	Olivier Grouillard	Osella-Ford
DNQ	15	Maurício Gugelmin	Leyton House-Judd
DNQ	33	Roberto Moreno	EuroBrun-Judd
DNPQ	17	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS-Ford
DNPQ	18	Yannick Dalmas	AGS-Ford
DNPQ	34	Claudio Langes	EuroBrun-Judd
DNPQ	31	Bertrand Gachot	Coloni-Subaru
DNPQ	39	Bruno Giacomelli	Life
Source:^[2]

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Ayrton Senna	22
2	Gerhard Berger	16
3	Jean Alesi	13
4	Alain Prost	12
5	Riccardo Patrese	9
Source:^[3]

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	McLaren-Honda	38
2	Williams-Renault	18
3	Ferrari	15
4	Tyrrell-Ford	14
5	Benetton-Ford	10
Source:^[3]

Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

^ ^a ^b Walker, Murray (1990). Murray Walker's Grand Prix Year. Hazleton Publishing. pp. 39–46. ISBN 0-905138-82-1.
^ "1990 Monaco Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 21 December 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Monaco 1990 - Championship". statsf1.com. Retrieved 19 March 2019.

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