1990 British Grand Prix
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Silverstone, Northamptonshire, England
| 1990 British Grand Prix | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 8 of 16 in the 1990 Formula One World Championship | |||
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| Race details | |||
| Date | 15 July 1990 | ||
| Official name | XLIII Foster's British Grand Prix | ||
| Location |
Silverstone Circuit Silverstone, Northamptonshire, England | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 4.778 km (2.969 miles) | ||
| Distance | 64 laps, 305.904 km (190.080 miles) | ||
| Weather | Hot, dry, sunny | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Ferrari | ||
| Time | 1:07.428 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Nigel Mansell | Ferrari | |
| Time | 1:11.291 on lap 51 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Ferrari | ||
| Second | Williams-Renault | ||
| Third | McLaren-Honda | ||
|
Lap leaders | |||
The 1990 British Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Silverstone on 15 July 1990. It was the eighth race of the 1990 Formula One World Championship. It was the 45th British Grand Prix and the 26th to be held at Silverstone, which was the fastest circuit on the F1 calendar at the time. The race was held over 64 laps of the 4.78-kilometre (2.97 mi) circuit for a race distance of 305.9 kilometres (190.1 mi).
The race was won by Frenchman Alain Prost, driving a Ferrari. Prost's teammate, local hero Nigel Mansell, took pole position and led before retiring with a gearbox failure nine laps from the end. Belgian Thierry Boutsen finished second in a Williams-Renault, with Brazilian Ayrton Senna third in a McLaren-Honda.
The win, Prost's third in succession and fourth of the season, gave him the lead of the Drivers' Championship, two points ahead of Senna.
At this event Ricardo Patrese made history by becoming the first ever F1 driver to compete in 200 F1 GP's.
Pre-qualifying report
In Friday morning pre-qualifying, the Larrousse-Lolas were again first and second, their fifth 1–2 of the season, with Éric Bernard nearly a second faster than team-mate Aguri Suzuki. As at the previous Grand Prix in France, third fastest was Gabriele Tarquini in the AGS. This time, the fourth pre-qualifying spot went to Olivier Grouillard in the sole Osella.
These four were comfortably faster than the other runners, the fastest of which was Roberto Moreno in a revised EuroBrun in fifth place. Sixth was Yannick Dalmas in the other AGS, his sixth failure to pre-qualify so far this season. Claudio Langes was seventh in the other, unrevised EuroBrun, with Bertrand Gachot a distant eighth in the Coloni after its engine destroyed itself yet again.[1] Subaru ended their involvement with the Coloni team after this Grand Prix, with eight consecutive failures to pre-qualify, and the team were to source new engines for the next race in Germany.[2] The Life team had no pit garage in which to prepare their car, and worked on the grass near the pits.[1] Their car, still driven by Bruno Giacomelli, suffered an electrical failure after five laps, and was bottom of the time sheets again. Team manager Sergio Barbasio announced that they would stick with the hopeless in-house W12 engine, citing a lack of time to prepare the chassis for the Judd CV engines purchased from Lotus. However, Italian sources claimed that Life had simply been unable to complete the purchase due to lack of funds.[1]
Pre-qualifying classification
| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 29 |  Éric Bernard |
Lola-Lamborghini | 1:10.254 | |
| 2 | 30 |  Aguri Suzuki |
Lola-Lamborghini | 1:11.128 | +0.874 |
| 3 | 17 |  Gabriele Tarquini |
AGS-Ford | 1:11.516 | +1.262 |
| 4 | 14 | Olivier Grouillard |
Osella-Ford | 1:11.953 | +1.699 |
| 5 | 33 |  Roberto Moreno |
EuroBrun-Judd | 1:12.554 | +2.300 |
| 6 | 18 | Yannick Dalmas |
AGS-Ford | 1:12.653 | +2.399 |
| 7 | 34 | Claudio Langes |
EuroBrun-Judd | 1:15.059 | +4.805 |
| 8 | 31 |  Bertrand Gachot |
Coloni-Subaru | 1:19.230 | +8.976 |
| 9 | 39 | Bruno Giacomelli |
Life | 1:25.947 | +15.693 |
Qualifying report
Mansell qualified on pole more than half a second in front of Senna, at an average speed of 158 mph (252 km/h).
Qualifying classification
| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Q1 | Q2 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Nigel Mansell |
Ferrari | 1:08.336 | 1:07.428 | |
| 2 | 27 | Ayrton Senna |
McLaren-Honda | 1:08.071 | 1:09.055 | +0.643 |
| 3 | 28 |  Gerhard Berger |
McLaren-Honda | 1:08.246 | 1:08.674 | +0.818 |
| 4 | 5 | Thierry Boutsen |
Williams-Renault | 1:09.102 | 1:08.291 | +0.863 |
| 5 | 1 | Alain Prost |
Ferrari | 1:09.110 | 1:08.336 | +0.908 |
| 6 | 4 | Jean Alesi |
Tyrrell-Ford | 1:09.147 | 1:08.370 | +0.942 |
| 7 | 6 | Riccardo Patrese |
Williams-Renault | 1:08.677 | 1:08.864 | +1.249 |
| 8 | 29 | Éric Bernard |
Lola-Lamborghini | 1:09.560 | 1:09.003 | +1.575 |
| 9 | 30 | Aguri Suzuki |
Lola-Lamborghini | 1:09.243 | 1:09.865 | +1.815 |
| 10 | 16 | Ivan Capelli |
Leyton House-Judd | 1:10.691 | 1:09.308 | +1.880 |
| 11 | 20 | Nelson Piquet |
Benetton-Ford | 1:09.684 | 1:09.407 | +1.979 |
| 12 | 3 | Satoru Nakajima |
Tyrrell-Ford | 1:09.937 | 1:09.608 | +2.180 |
| 13 | 19 | Alessandro Nannini |
Benetton-Ford | 1:09.782 | 1:09.641 | +2.213 |
| 14 | 12 | Martin Donnelly |
Lotus-Lamborghini | 1:10.786 | 1:09.741 | +2.313 |
| 15 | 15 | Maurício Gugelmin |
Leyton House-Judd | 1:11.167 | 1:10.044 | +2.616 |
| 16 | 11 | Derek Warwick |
Lotus-Lamborghini | 1:10.552 | 1:10.092 | +2.664 |
| 17 | 10 | Alex Caffi |
Arrows-Ford | 1:10.480 | 1:10.110 | +2.682 |
| 18 | 23 | Pierluigi Martini |
Minardi-Ford | 1:10.568 | 1:10.303 | +2.875 |
| 19 | 21 | Emanuele Pirro |
Dallara-Ford | 1:11.413 | 1:10.847 | +3.419 |
| 20 | 8 | Stefano Modena |
Brabham-Judd | 1:11.070 | 1:11.600 | +3.642 |
| 21 | 25 | Nicola Larini |
Ligier-Ford | 1:11.942 | 1:11.180 | +3.752 |
| 22 | 26 | Philippe Alliot |
Ligier-Ford | 1:12.483 | 1:11.215 | +3.787 |
| 23 | 22 | Andrea de Cesaris |
Dallara-Ford | 1:11.705 | 1:11.234 | +3.806 |
| 24 | 24 | Paolo Barilla |
Minardi-Ford | 1:11.498 | 1:11.387 | +3.959 |
| 25 | 9 | Michele Alboreto |
Arrows-Ford | 1:11.562 | 1:12.644 | +4.134 |
| 26 | 17 | Gabriele Tarquini |
AGS-Ford | 1:12.506 | 1:11.681 | +4.253 |
| DNQ | 14 | Olivier Grouillard |
Osella-Ford | 1:12.179 | 1:11.710 | +4.282 |
| DNQ | 7 |  David Brabham |
Brabham-Judd | 1:11.741 | 1:13.016 | +4.313 |
| DNQ | 36 |  JJ Lehto |
Onyx-Ford | 1:12.712 | 1:12.631 | +5.203 |
| DNQ | 35 |  Gregor Foitek |
Onyx-Ford | 1:13.413 | 1:13.271 | +5.843 |
