Season 1990 · Round 8

British Grand Prix

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1990-07-15 · Silverstone Circuit · UK · British Grand Prix · 64Lap · 305.904km
1 Alain Prost
Ferrari 1:18:30.999
Team win 9pt P1 · P15
5 Thierry Boutsen
Williams +39.092
27 Ayrton Senna
McLaren +43.088
Fastest Lap
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DNF
11
Nigel Mansell L55 Ivan Capelli L48 Martin Donnelly L48 Derek Warwick L46 Gabriele Tarquini L41 Michele Alboreto L37 Riccardo Patrese L26 Satoru Nakajima L20 Alessandro Nannini L15 Andrea de Cesaris L12 +1
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Jim Clark 5 wins
Alain Prost active 5 wins
Pole-to-win rate 22/61 36.1%
Most DNFs · all-time P13
Most SC/VSC · all-time P1
Closest finish · all-time P34
Most lead changes · all-time P4
Circuit Info
Silverstone Circuit Silverstone, UK
64Lap 305.904km 61 races held (1950–) Lap record 1:18.739 · Michael Schumacher (2004)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P2 Alain Prost 5 wins · → Lewis Hamilton -4
P4 Nigel Mansell 4 wins · → Alain Prost -1
P17 Ayrton Senna 1 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
Starts
P6 Riccardo Patrese 17 starts · → Michael Schumacher -1
P14 Andrea de Cesaris 14 starts · → Sebastian Vettel -1
P18 Nelson Piquet 13 starts · → Giancarlo Fisichella -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 L64 Prost · P5 → P1 · +4 5 Prost PRO 1 Prost PRO Boutsen · P4 → P2 · +2 4 Boutsen BOU 2 Boutsen BOU Senna · P2 → P3 · -1 2 Senna SEN 3 Senna SEN Bernard · P8 → P4 · +4 8 Bernard BER 4 Bernard BER Piquet · P11 → P5 · +6 11 Piquet PIQ 5 Piquet PIQ Suzuki · P9 → P6 · +3 9 Suzuki SUZ 6 Suzuki SUZ Caffi · P17 → P7 · +10 17 Caffi CAF 7 Caffi CAF Alesi · P6 → P8 · -2 6 Alesi ALE 8 Alesi ALE Modena · P20 → P9 · +11 20 Modena MOD 9 Modena MOD Larini · P21 → P10 · +11 21 Larini LAR 10 Larini LAR Pirro · P19 → P11 · +8 19 Pirro PIR 11 Pirro PIR Barilla · P24 → P12 · +12 24 Barilla BAR 12 Barilla BAR Alliot · P22 → P13 · +9 22 Alliot ALL 13 Alliot ALL Berger · P3 → P14 · -11 3 Berger BER 14 Berger BER Mansell · P1 → retired L55 Mansell · retired L55 1 Mansell MAN R Mansell MAN Capelli · P10 → retired L48 Capelli · retired L48 10 Capelli CAP R Capelli CAP Donnelly · P14 → retired L48 Donnelly · retired L48 14 Donnelly DON R Donnelly DON Warwick · P16 → retired L46 Warwick · retired L46 16 Warwick WAR R Warwick WAR Tarquini · P26 → retired L41 Tarquini · retired L41 26 Tarquini TAR R Tarquini TAR Alboreto · P25 → retired L37 Alboreto · retired L37 25 Alboreto ALB R Alboreto ALB Patrese · P7 → retired L26 Patrese · retired L26 7 Patrese PAT R Patrese PAT Nakajima · P12 → retired L20 Nakajima · retired L20 12 Nakajima NAK R Nakajima NAK Nannini · P13 → retired L15 Nannini · retired L15 13 Nannini NAN R Nannini NAN de Cesaris · P23 → retired L12 de Cesaris · retired L12 23 de Cesaris DE R de Cesaris DE Martini · P18 → retired L3 Martini · retired L3 18 Martini MAR R Martini MAR Gugelmin · P15 → P26 · -11 15 Gugelmin GUG 26 Gugelmin GUG
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 1 Alain Prost Ferrari 5 64 1:18:30.999 9
2 5 Thierry Boutsen Williams 4 64 +39.092 6
3 27 Ayrton Senna McLaren 2 64 +43.088 4
4 29 Éric Bernard Larrousse 8 64 +1:15.302 3
5 20 Nelson Piquet Benetton 11 64 +1:24.003 2
6 30 Aguri Suzuki Larrousse 9 63 +1 Lap 1
7 10 Alex Caffi Arrows 17 63 +1 Lap
8 4 Jean Alesi Tyrrell 6 63 +1 Lap
9 8 Stefano Modena Brabham 20 62 +2 Laps
10 25 Nicola Larini Ligier 21 62 +2 Laps
11 21 Emanuele Pirro Dallara 19 62 +2 Laps
12 24 Paolo Barilla Minardi 24 62 +2 Laps
13 26 Philippe Alliot Ligier 22 61 +3 Laps
14 28 Gerhard Berger McLaren 3 60 Throttle
R 2 Nigel Mansell Ferrari 1 55 Gearbox
R 16 Ivan Capelli Leyton House 10 48 Fuel leak
R 12 Martin Donnelly Team Lotus 14 48 Engine
R 11 Derek Warwick Team Lotus 16 46 Engine
R 17 Gabriele Tarquini AGS 26 41 Engine
R 9 Michele Alboreto Arrows 25 37 Engine
R 6 Riccardo Patrese Williams 7 26 Chassis
R 3 Satoru Nakajima Tyrrell 12 20 Electrical
R 19 Alessandro Nannini Benetton 13 15 Collision
R 22 Andrea de Cesaris Dallara 23 12 Fuel system
R 23 Pierluigi Martini Minardi 18 3 Alternator
W 15 Maurício Gugelmin Leyton House 15 0 Fuel pump
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
2 Nigel Mansell
2
27 Ayrton Senna
3
28 Gerhard Berger
4
5 Thierry Boutsen
5
1 Alain Prost
6
4 Jean Alesi
7
6 Riccardo Patrese
8
29 Éric Bernard
9
30 Aguri Suzuki
10
16 Ivan Capelli
11
20 Nelson Piquet
12
3 Satoru Nakajima
13
19 Alessandro Nannini
14
12 Martin Donnelly
15
15 Maurício Gugelmin
16
11 Derek Warwick
17
10 Alex Caffi
18
23 Pierluigi Martini
19
21 Emanuele Pirro
20
8 Stefano Modena
21
25 Nicola Larini
22
26 Philippe Alliot
23
22 Andrea de Cesaris
24
24 Paolo Barilla
25
9 Michele Alboreto
26
17 Gabriele Tarquini
Final grid as classified, including any pit lane starts. Source: Jolpica-F1. The arrow compares the grid slot with the qualifying classification; hover a drop to see the stewards document behind it.
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Record Basis · Calculation basis
Race order is the final classification(post-race penalties applied) · qualifying session data 2003+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished statuses
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-09-05 14:15