British Grand Prix

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Date & Time
Sun 15th July 1990 12:00am Local
Sun 15th July 1990 12:00am UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
1990

Round
Round 8

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Location

Silverstone Circuit

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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.

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Result List

01	Alain Prost	Scuderia Ferrari HP	1:18:30.999
02	Thierry Boutsen	Williams Racing	+0:39.092
03	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Formula 1 Team	+0:43.088
04	Éric Bernard	MasterCard Lola	+ 1:15.302
05	Nelson Piquet	Benetton Formula	+1:24.003
06	Aguri Suzuki	MasterCard Lola	+ 1 lap
07	Alex Caffi	Arrows Grand Prix International	+1 Lap
08	Jean Alesi	Tyrrell Racing	+1 Lap
09	Stefano Modena	Brabham	+2 Laps
10	Nicola Larini	Ligier	+2 Laps
11	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara	+2 Laps
12	Paolo Barilla	Minardi	+2 Laps
13	Philippe Alliot	Ligier	+3 Laps
14	Gerhard Berger	McLaren Formula 1 Team	DNF
15	Nigel Mansell	Scuderia Ferrari HP	DNF
16	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House Racing	DNF
17	Martin Donnelly	Lotus F1	DNF
18	Derek Warwick	Lotus F1	DNF
19	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS	DNF
20	Michele Alboreto	Arrows Grand Prix International	DNF
21	Riccardo Patrese	Williams Racing	DNF
22	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell Racing	DNF
23	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton Formula	DNF
24	Andrea De Cesaris	Dallara	DNF
25	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	DNF
26	Maurício Gugelmin	Leyton House Racing	DNF
27	Olivier Grouillard	Osella	Did not qualify
28	David Brabham	Brabham	Did not qualify
29	JJ Lehto	Onyx Grand Prix	Did not qualify
30	Gregor Foitek	Onyx Grand Prix	Did not qualify