1990 Hungarian Grand Prix
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Mogyoród, Hungary
| 1990 Hungarian Grand Prix | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 10 of 16 in the 1990 Formula One World Championship | |||
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| Race details | |||
| Date | 12 August 1990 | ||
| Location |
Hungaroring Mogyoród, Hungary | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 3.968 km (2.466 miles) | ||
| Distance | 77 laps, 305.536 km (189.851 miles) | ||
| Weather | Dry | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Williams-Renault | ||
| Time | 1:17.919 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Riccardo Patrese | Williams-Renault | |
| Time | 1:22.058 on lap 63 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Williams-Renault | ||
| Second | McLaren-Honda | ||
| Third | Benetton-Ford | ||
|
Lap leaders | |||
The 1990 Hungarian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Hungaroring on 12 August 1990. It was the tenth race of the 1990 Formula One World Championship. The race was the sixth Hungarian Grand Prix and the fifth to be held at the Hungaroring. It was held over 77 laps of the 3.97-kilometre (2.47 mi) circuit for a race distance of 305.5 kilometres (189.8 mi).
Belgian driver Thierry Boutsen, driving a Williams-Renault, took his third and final Grand Prix win after leading the entire race. Ayrton Senna, driving a McLaren-Honda, finished less than 0.3 seconds behind Boutsen, having survived a collision with the Benetton-Ford of Alessandro Nannini. Nannini's teammate Nelson Piquet finished third. It turned out to be Boutsen's final podium of his career. As of 2026[update], this is the last victory and podium finish in Formula One for a driver competing under the Belgian flag.
With rival Alain Prost failing to finish, Senna increased his lead in the Drivers' Championship over the Frenchman.
Qualifying
Pre-qualifying report
As at the previous event in Germany, the Ligier drivers were first and second in the Friday morning pre-qualifying session. The positions were reversed, however, with Nicola Larini outpacing team-mate Philippe Alliot. The other two pre-qualifiers were the AGS cars, driven by Yannick Dalmas in third, and Gabriele Tarquini in fourth, the pair nearly two seconds slower than the Ligiers. It was the first time since the French Grand Prix that both AGS cars had pre-qualified, and only the second time this season.[2]
Also for only the second time this season, Olivier Grouillard failed to pre-qualify in the Osella, as he was fifth fastest, less than two tenths of a second slower than Tarquini. There was a big improvement from Bertrand Gachot in the Coloni, now seeing the benefits of the Cosworth DFR engine in place of the Subaru, as he was sixth fastest, just 0.264 seconds behind Tarquini. The EuroBruns were seventh and eighth, Roberto Moreno a couple of seconds faster than Claudio Langes, and bottom of the time sheets as usual was Bruno Giacomelli in the Life, missing the cut by a very wide margin. On this occasion the L190 managed five laps before the engine expired.[2]
Pre-qualifying classification
| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 25 | Nicola Larini |
Ligier-Ford | 1:21.518 | — |
| 2 | 26 |  Philippe Alliot |
Ligier-Ford | 1:21.710 | +0.192 |
| 3 | 18 | Yannick Dalmas |
AGS-Ford | 1:23.227 | +1.709 |
| 4 | 17 | Gabriele Tarquini |
AGS-Ford | 1:23.406 | +1.888 |
| 5 | 14 | Olivier Grouillard |
Osella-Ford | 1:23.582 | +2.064 |
| 6 | 31 |  Bertrand Gachot |
Coloni-Ford | 1:23.670 | +2.152 |
| 7 | 33 |  Roberto Moreno |
EuroBrun-Judd | 1:24.386 | +2.868 |
| 8 | 34 | Claudio Langes |
EuroBrun-Judd | 1:26.514 | +4.996 |
| 9 | 39 | Bruno Giacomelli |
Life | 1:41.431 | +19.913 |
Qualifying report
On the tight and twisty Hungaroring, the two Williams filled the front row with Thierry Boutsen 0.036 seconds ahead of Riccardo Patrese. This was to be the only pole position of Boutsen's career. Gerhard Berger was third ahead of McLaren teammate Ayrton Senna, while Senna's Drivers' Championship rival Alain Prost could only manage eighth, behind Ferrari teammate Nigel Mansell, Jean Alesi in the Tyrrell and Alessandro Nannini in the Benetton. The top ten was completed by Nelson Piquet in the second Benetton and Andrea de Cesaris in the Dallara.
Qualifying classification
| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Q1 | Q2 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Thierry Boutsen |
Williams-Renault | 1:19.691 | 1:17.919 | — |
| 2 | 6 | Riccardo Patrese |
Williams-Renault | 1:19.419 | 1:17.955 | +0.036 |
| 3 | 28 |  Gerhard Berger |
McLaren-Honda | 1:18.127 | 1:18.703 | +0.208 |
| 4 | 27 | Ayrton Senna |
McLaren-Honda | 1:20.389 | 1:18.162 | +0.243 |
| 5 | 2 |  Nigel Mansell |
Ferrari | 1:18.739 | 1:18.719 | +0.800 |
| 6 | 4 | Jean Alesi |
Tyrrell-Ford | 1:19.042 | 1:18.762 | +0.843 |
| 7 | 19 | Alessandro Nannini |
Benetton-Ford | 1:19.300 | 1:18.901 | +0.982 |
| 8 | 1 | Alain Prost |
Ferrari | 1:20.309 | 1:19.029 | +1.110 |
| 9 | 20 | Nelson Piquet |
Benetton-Ford | 1:21.109 | 1:19.453 | +1.534 |
| 10 | 22 | Andrea de Cesaris |
Dallara-Ford | 1:21.675 | 1:19.675 | +1.756 |
| 11 | 11 | Derek Warwick |
Lotus-Lamborghini | 1:21.154 | 1:19.839 | +1.920 |
| 12 | 29 | Éric Bernard |
Lola-Lamborghini | 1:21.692 | 1:19.963 | +2.044 |
| 13 | 21 | Emanuele Pirro |
Dallara-Ford | 1:21.070 | 1:19.970 | +2.051 |
| 14 | 23 | Pierluigi Martini |
Minardi-Ford | 1:21.242 | 1:20.197 | +2.278 |
| 15 | 3 |  Satoru Nakajima |
Tyrrell-Ford | 1:21.449 | 1:20.202 | +2.283 |
| 16 | 16 | Ivan Capelli |
Leyton House-Judd | 1:21.512 | 1:20.385 | +2.466 |
| 17 | 15 | Maurício Gugelmin |
Leyton House-Judd | 1:22.198 | 1:20.397 | +2.478 |
| 18 | 12 | Martin Donnelly |
Lotus-Lamborghini | 1:21.324 | 1:20.602 | +2.683 |
| 19 | 30 | Aguri Suzuki |
Lola-Lamborghini | 1:21.577 | 1:20.619 | +2.700 |
| 20 | 8 | Stefano Modena |
Brabham-Judd | 1:22.024 | 1:20.715 | +2.786 |
| 21 | 26 | Philippe Alliot |
Ligier-Ford | 1:22.701 | 1:21.003 | +3.084 |
| 22 | 9 | Michele Alboreto |
Arrows-Ford | 1:22.909 | 1:21.758 | +3.839 |
| 23 | 24 | Paolo Barilla |
Minardi-Ford | 1:22.784 | 1:21.849 | +3.930 |
| 24 | 17 | Gabriele Tarquini |
AGS-Ford | 1:23.827 | 1:21.964 | +4.045 |
| 25 | 25 | Nicola Larini |
Ligier-Ford | 1:22.584 | 1:22.078 | +4.159 |
| 26 | 10 | Alex Caffi |
Arrows-Ford | 1:22.986 | 1:22.126 | +4.207 |
| 27 | 18 | Yannick Dalmas |
AGS-Ford | 1:23.116 | 1:22.263 | +4.344 |
| 28 | 7 |  David Brabham |
Brabham-Judd | 1:23.923 | 1:22.488 | +4.569 |
| 29 | 36 |  JJ Lehto |
Onyx-Ford | no time | 1:22.647 | +4.728 |
| 30 | 35 |  Gregor Foitek |
Onyx-Ford | 1:24.361 | 1:24.863 | +6.442 |
