1990 Spanish Grand Prix

On the start Patrese collided with Jean Alesi, and sending the Frenchman into a heavy spin at turn 1 into the gravel trap and then retired as a result. As it was Senna who lead the early stages before lap 27 as Nelson Piquet then took the lead for two laps as a result of not pitting before Prost then took the lead on lap 29, Piquet who pitted after 40 laps would eventually retire with battery problems after 48 laps, Ayrton Senna would also retire with the result of a punctured radiator on lap 54 forcing the Brazilian into retirement, as did Gerhard Berger after colliding with Thierry Boutsen on Lap 57. From there the Ferrari drivers eventually dominated the race with reigning world champion Alain Prost leading his teammate Nigel Mansell home by 22 seconds for a 1-2 finish. British Team Lotus driver Martin Donnelly had a horrific crash during Friday practice at the very fast Turn 14; the seat of his Lotus 102 broke free and was flung clear of the wreck. Donnelly received serious injuries that took months of recovery, bringing an end to his Formula One career, although he later returned to racing. Team Lotus decided not to retire from the race, and Derek Warwick was close to the point-scoring positions when he became the race's final retirement on lap 63 with a broken gearbox in the other Lotus 102. Donnelly attributed his survival to safety improvements made after Riccardo Paletti's fatal accident at the 1982 Canadian Grand Prix.

The race also turned out to be the last race of Alessandro Nannini's Formula One career. Nannini claimed the final podium position of the race in his Benetton B190, the ninth podium of his career, finishing ahead of the Williams pair of Thierry Boutsen and Riccardo Patrese. One week after the race, his right arm was severed in a helicopter accident. Nannini recovered and returned to racing as a touring car driver.

At the start of the race, Gerhard Berger, desperate to move up from his fifth place on the grid, gave Jean Alesi no room, resulting in Alesi moving to the outside, where he was hit and put out of the race by Riccardo Patrese.

The Larrousse-Lola of Aguri Suzuki claimed the final championship point of the race, continuing an encouraging season for the French team. It was an encouraging race for another French team, Yannick Dalmas and Gabriele Tarquini both qualified in AGS JH25s in a first for the team, but AGS never again got two cars onto a Formula One grid. Dalmas finished in ninth position, the highlight of the season for the small French team. The ninth-placed finish saved the team from pre-qualifying for the first half of 1991 as it moved them up to a crucial 13th place in the Constructors Championship. As a consequence, Scuderia Italia dropped into pre-qualifying, as they failed to finish higher than 10th all season.

McLaren driver Ayrton Senna's lap 53 retirement with a failed radiator reduced his lead in the world championship over Prost to nine points with just the Japanese and Australian Grands Prix remaining in the season.

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Alain Prost	Ferrari	73	1:48:01.461	2	9
2	2	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	73	+ 22.064	3	6
3	19	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton-Ford	73	+ 34.874	9	4
4	5	Thierry Boutsen	Williams-Renault	73	+ 43.296	7	3
5	6	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	73	+ 57.530	6	2
6	30	Aguri Suzuki	Lola-Lamborghini	73	+ 1:03.728	15	1
7	25	Nicola Larini	Ligier-Ford	72	+ 1 lap	20
8	15	Maurício Gugelmin	Leyton House-Judd	72	+ 1 lap	12
9	18	Yannick Dalmas	AGS-Ford	72	+ 1 lap	23
10	9	Michele Alboreto	Arrows-Ford	71	+ 2 laps	25
Ret	11	Derek Warwick	Lotus-Lamborghini	63	Gearbox	10
Ret	16	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House-Judd	59	Physical	19
Ret	28	Gerhard Berger	McLaren-Honda	56	Collision	5
Ret	27	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	53	Radiator	1
Ret	20	Nelson Piquet	Benetton-Ford	47	Battery	8
Ret	22	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara-Ford	47	Engine	17
Ret	14	Olivier Grouillard	Osella-Ford	45	Wheel bearing	21
Ret	23	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Ford	41	Spun off	11
Ret	26	Philippe Alliot	Ligier-Ford	22	Spun off	13
Ret	29	Éric Bernard	Lola-Lamborghini	20	Gearbox	18
Ret	3	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell-Ford	13	Spun off	14
Ret	17	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS-Ford	5	Engine	22
Ret	8	Stefano Modena	Brabham-Judd	5	Collision	24
Ret	4	Jean Alesi	Tyrrell-Ford	0	Spun off	4
Ret	21	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara-Ford	0	Throttle	16
DNS	12	Martin Donnelly	Lotus-Lamborghini		Driver injured
DNQ	7	David Brabham	Brabham-Judd
DNQ	24	Paolo Barilla	Minardi-Ford
DNQ	10	Bernd Schneider	Arrows-Ford
DNQ	31	Bertrand Gachot	Coloni-Ford
DNPQ	33	Roberto Moreno	EuroBrun-Judd
DNPQ	34	Claudio Langes	EuroBrun-Judd
DNPQ	39	Bruno Giacomelli	Life-Judd
Source:[4]

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Ayrton Senna 78 2 Alain Prost 69 3 Gerhard Berger 40 4 Nigel Mansell 31 5 Thierry Boutsen 30 Source:[5]

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 McLaren-Honda 118 2 Ferrari 100 3 Williams-Renault 49 4 Benetton-Ford 47 5 Tyrrell-Ford 15 Source:[5]

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