Mexican Grand Prix

Date
Sun 24th June 1990 (UTC)
Sun 24th June 1990 (Local)

Timestamp
1990-06-24T00:00:00

Time

00:00:00 UTC (00:00:00 Local)

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League
Formula 1

Season
1990

Round
6

Status

Location
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez

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Description

The 1990 Mexican Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez on 24 June 1990. It was the sixth race of the 1990 Formula One World Championship, the 14th Mexican Grand Prix and the fifth since the Mexico City circuit returned to the Formula One calendar in 1986. It was held over 69 laps of the 4.4 kilometre circuit for a race distance of 305 kilometres.

The race was won by reigning world champion, French driver Alain Prost driving a Ferrari 641. Prost, the 1988 race winner, became the second multiple-winner in Mexican Grand Prix history, joining British driver Jim Clark who won the race in 1962 (non-championship), 1963 and 1967. It was Prost's second win of the year after the Brazilian Grand Prix. Prost won the race by 26 seconds over his British teammate Nigel Mansell. Third was Austrian driver Gerhard Berger driving a McLaren MP4/5B. Ayrton Senna stopped with a puncture late in the race, allowing both Prost and Berger to close to eight points behind him in the Driver's Championship.

Ferrari would wait a further 34 years until their next win in Mexico was secured in 2024 by Carlos Sainz Jr..

Prost continued his charge through the field, eventually taking second from Mansell with 15 laps to go. Prost proceeded to set off after Senna, who was beginning to slow with tyre problems. The Brazilian had gambled on tyre durability by not making a stop for fresh rubber. On lap 60, Prost got past Senna with a simple move and three laps later Senna's rear tyre exploded, forcing him to retire from his 100th Grand Prix. As he had completed over 90% of the race, he was classified as a finisher in 20th place, the lowest classified result of his career.

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Result List

01	Alain Prost	1:32:35.783
02	Nigel Mansell	+0:25.351
03	Gerhard Berger	+0:25.530
04	Alessandro Nannini	+0:41.099
05	Thierry Boutsen	+0:46.669
06	Nelson Piquet	+0:46.943
07	Jean Alesi	+0:49.077
08	Martin Donnelly	+1:06.142
09	Riccardo Patrese	+1:09.918
10	Derek Warwick	+1 Lap
11	Stefano Modena	+1 Lap
12	Pierluigi Martini	+1 Lap
13	Andrea De Cesaris	+1 Lap
14	Paolo Barilla	+2 Laps
15	Gregor Foitek	+2 Laps
16	Nicola Larini	+2 Laps
17	Michele Alboreto	+3 Laps
18	Philippe Alliot	+3 Laps
19	Olivier Grouillard	+4 Laps
20	Ayrton Senna	DNF
21	JJ Lehto	DNF
22	Éric Bernard	DNF
23	Aguri Suzuki	DNF
24	Satoru Nakajima	DNF
25	David Brabham	DNF
26	Emanuele Pirro	DNF
27	Roberto Moreno	DNF
28	Ivan Capelli	Did not qualify
29	Maurício Gugelmin	Did not qualify
30	Alex Caffi	Did not qualify
31	Yannick Dalmas	Did not prequalify
32	Gabriele Tarquini	Did not prequalify