Japanese Grand Prix

Date
Sun 21st October 1990 (UTC)
Sun 21st October 1990 (Local)

Timestamp
1990-10-21T00:00:00

Time

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

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League
Formula 1

Season
1990

Round
15

Status

Location
Suzuka International Racing Course

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Description

The 1990 Japanese Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 21 October 1990 at Suzuka Circuit, the fifteenth and penultimate race of the 1990 Formula One World Championship. It was the 16th Japanese Grand Prix and the 6th held at Suzuka. The race saw a first-corner collision between World Championship rivals Brazilian driver Ayrton Senna and French driver Alain Prost, the second consecutive year that the World Championship had been decided by a collision of Senna coming from behind shunting Prost off the Japanese track. This time, with Senna leading in the standings, the "absolutely predictable" (Murray Walker) collision immediately put both cars out of the race and secured Senna his second World Championship, a reversal of fortunes from the 1989 Japanese Grand Prix, where the collision had secured the third championship for Prost.

The race saw a best result to that point for the Benetton Formula team, with their drivers Brazilian veteran Nelson Piquet and his protégé Roberto Moreno finishing first and second in their Benetton B190s. It was back to back wins for Benetton in Japan after the team's win the previous year. Japanese driver Aguri Suzuki scored a career-best result for himself, the Larrousse team and the Lamborghini engine, finishing third in his Lola LC90. With Ferrari scoring no points after Nigel Mansell's retirement, the McLaren team secured their sixth and third consecutive Constructors' Championship.

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Result List

01	Nelson Piquet	1:34:36.824
02	Roberto Moreno	+7.223
03	Aguri Suzuki	+22.469
04	Riccardo Patrese	+0:36.258
05	Thierry Boutsen	+0:46.884
06	Satoru Nakajima	+1:12.350
07	Nicola Larini	+1 Lap
08	Pierluigi Martini	+1 Lap
09	Alex Caffi	+1 Lap
10	Philippe Alliot	+1 Lap
11	Derek Warwick	DNF
12	Johnny Herbert	DNF
13	Michele Alboreto	DNF
14	Nigel Mansell	DNF
15	Emanuele Pirro	DNF
16	Éric Bernard	DNF
17	Gianni Morbidelli	DNF
18	Ivan Capelli	DNF
19	Andrea De Cesaris	DNF
20	Maurício Gugelmin	DNF
21	David Brabham	DNF
22	Gerhard Berger	DNF
23	Ayrton Senna	DNF
24	Alain Prost	DNF
25	Stefano Modena	DNF
26	Jean Alesi	DNF
27	Olivier Grouillard	Did not qualify
28	Gabriele Tarquini	Did not qualify
29	Yannick Dalmas	Did not qualify