French Grand Prix

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Date & Time
Sun 8th July 1990 12:00am Local
Sun 8th July 1990 12:00am UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
1990

Round
Round 7

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Circuit Paul Ricard

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The 1990 French Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Paul Ricard on 8 July 1990. It was the seventh race of the 1990 Formula One World Championship. It was the 68th French Grand Prix and the 14th and last to be held at Paul Ricard until the 2018 French Grand Prix. It was held over 80 laps of the four kilometre circuit for a race distance of 305 kilometres.
The race almost saw one of the most remarkable upsets in Formula One history with the Leyton House Racing team of Italian driver Ivan Capelli and Brazilian driver Maurício Gugelmin running first and second for an extended period of the race in their Leyton House CG901s. Local driver Alain Prost claimed the lead late in the race to take the win in his Ferrari 641 by eight seconds over Capelli. Brazilian driver Ayrton Senna finished third in his McLaren MP4/5B.

The win, Prost's third for the season, marked Ferrari's 100th race victory in Formula One, and closed the gap to championship points leader Senna to just three points.

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Result List

01	Alain Prost	Scuderia Ferrari HP	1:33:29.606
02	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House Racing	+0:08.626
03	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Formula 1 Team	+0:11.606
04	Nelson Piquet	Benetton Formula	+0:41.207
05	Gerhard Berger	McLaren Formula 1 Team	+0:42.219
06	Riccardo Patrese	Williams Racing	+1:09.351
09	Philippe Alliot	Ligier	+1 Lap
10	Michele Alboreto	Arrows Grand Prix International	+1 Lap
11	Derek Warwick	Lotus F1	+1 Lap
12	Martin Donnelly	Lotus F1	+1 Lap
13	Stefano Modena	Brabham	+2 Laps
14	Nicola Larini	Ligier	+2 Laps
15	David Brabham	Brabham	+3 Laps
16	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton Formula	DNF
17	Yannick Dalmas	AGS	+5 Laps
18	Nigel Mansell	Scuderia Ferrari HP	DNF
19	Andrea De Cesaris	Dallara	DNF
20	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell Racing	DNF
21	Maurício Gugelmin	Leyton House Racing	DNF
22	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	DNF
23	Jean Alesi	Tyrrell Racing	DNF
24	Alex Caffi	Arrows Grand Prix International	DNF
25	Thierry Boutsen	Williams Racing	DNF
26	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara	DNF
27	Paolo Barilla	Minardi	Did not qualify
28	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS	Did not qualify
29	Gregor Foitek	Onyx Grand Prix	Did not qualify
30	JJ Lehto	Onyx Grand Prix	Did not qualify
31	Olivier Grouillard	Osella	Did not prequalify