Japanese Grand Prix

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Date & Time
Sun 21st October 1990 12:00am Local
Sun 21st October 1990 12:00am UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
1990

Round
Round 15

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Location

Suzuka International Racing Course

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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	Benetton Formula	1:34:36.824
02	Roberto Moreno	Benetton Formula	+7.223
03	Aguri Suzuki	MasterCard Lola	+22.469
04	Riccardo Patrese	Williams Racing	+0:36.258
05	Thierry Boutsen	Williams Racing	+0:46.884
06	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell Racing	+1:12.350
07	Nicola Larini	Ligier	+1 Lap
08	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	+1 Lap
09	Alex Caffi	Arrows Grand Prix International	+1 Lap
10	Philippe Alliot	Ligier	+1 Lap
11	Derek Warwick	Lotus F1	DNF
12	Johnny Herbert	Lotus F1	DNF
13	Michele Alboreto	Arrows Grand Prix International	DNF
14	Nigel Mansell	Scuderia Ferrari HP	DNF
15	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara	DNF
16	Éric Bernard	MasterCard Lola	DNF
17	Gianni Morbidelli	Minardi	DNF
18	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House Racing	DNF
19	Andrea De Cesaris	Dallara	DNF
20	Maurício Gugelmin	Leyton House Racing	DNF
21	David Brabham	Brabham	DNF
22	Gerhard Berger	McLaren Formula 1 Team	DNF
23	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Formula 1 Team	DNF
24	Alain Prost	Scuderia Ferrari HP	DNF
25	Stefano Modena	Brabham	DNF
26	Jean Alesi	Tyrrell Racing	DNF
27	Olivier Grouillard	Osella	Did not qualify
28	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS	Did not qualify
29	Yannick Dalmas	AGS	Did not qualify