Season 1990 · Round 15

Japanese Grand Prix

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1990-10-21 · Suzuka Circuit · Japan · Japanese Grand Prix · 53Lap · 310.580km
20 Nelson Piquet
Benetton 1:34:36.824
Team win 15pt P1 · P2 1-2
19 Roberto Moreno
Benetton +7.223
30 Aguri Suzuki
Larrousse +22.469
Fastest Lap
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DNF
15
Derek Warwick L38 Johnny Herbert L31 Michele Alboreto L28 Nigel Mansell L26 Emanuele Pirro L24 Éric Bernard L24 Gianni Morbidelli L18 Ivan Capelli L16 Andrea de Cesaris L13 Maurício Gugelmin L5 +5
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Pole-to-win rate 20/36 55.6%
Most SC/VSC · all-time P14
Closest finish · all-time P27
Most lead changes · all-time P1
Circuit Info
Suzuka Circuit Suzuka, Japan
53Lap 310.580km 36 races held (1987–) Lap record 1:30.965 · Andrea Kimi Antonelli (2025)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P5 Gerhard Berger 2 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -2
P5 Ayrton Senna 2 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -2
P10 Riccardo Patrese 1 wins · → Damon Hill -1
Starts
P11 Jean Alesi 13 starts · → Sebastian Vettel -1
P16 Gerhard Berger 11 starts · → Mark Webber -1
P16 Johnny Herbert 11 starts · → Mark Webber -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 L53 Piquet · P6 → P1 · +5 6 Piquet PIQ 1 Piquet PIQ Moreno · P8 → P2 · +6 8 Moreno MOR 2 Moreno MOR Suzuki · P9 → P3 · +6 9 Suzuki SUZ 3 Suzuki SUZ Patrese · P7 → P4 · +3 7 Patrese PAT 4 Patrese PAT Boutsen · P5 → P5 5 Boutsen BOU 5 Boutsen BOU Nakajima · P14 → P6 · +8 14 Nakajima NAK 6 Nakajima NAK Larini · P17 → P7 · +10 17 Larini LAR 7 Larini LAR Martini · P10 → P8 · +2 10 Martini MAR 8 Martini MAR Caffi · P23 → P9 · +14 23 Caffi CAF 9 Caffi CAF Alliot · P25 → P10 · +15 25 Alliot ALL 10 Alliot ALL Warwick · P11 → retired L38 Warwick · retired L38 11 Warwick WAR R Warwick WAR Herbert · P12 → retired L31 Herbert · retired L31 12 Herbert HER R Herbert HER Alboreto · P24 → retired L28 Alboreto · retired L28 24 Alboreto ALB R Alboreto ALB Mansell · P3 → retired L26 Mansell · retired L26 3 Mansell MAN R Mansell MAN Pirro · P19 → retired L24 Pirro · retired L24 19 Pirro PIR R Pirro PIR Bernard · P18 → retired L24 Bernard · retired L24 18 Bernard BER R Bernard BER Morbidelli · P20 → retired L18 Morbidelli · retired L18 20 Morbidelli MOR R Morbidelli MOR Capelli · P13 → retired L16 Capelli · retired L16 13 Capelli CAP R Capelli CAP de Cesaris · P26 → retired L13 de Cesaris · retired L13 26 de Cesaris DE R de Cesaris DE Gugelmin · P16 → retired L5 Gugelmin · retired L5 16 Gugelmin GUG R Gugelmin GUG Brabham · P21 → retired L5 Brabham · retired L5 21 Brabham BRA R Brabham BRA Berger · P4 → retired L1 Berger · retired L1 4 Berger BER R Berger BER Senna · P1 → retired L0 Senna · retired L0 1 Senna SEN R Senna SEN Prost · P2 → retired L0 Prost · retired L0 2 Prost PRO R Prost PRO Modena · P22 → retired L0 Modena · retired L0 22 Modena MOD R Modena MOD Alesi · P7 → P26 · -19 7 Alesi ALE 26 Alesi ALE
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 20 Nelson Piquet Benetton 6 53 1:34:36.824 9
2 19 Roberto Moreno Benetton 8 53 +7.223 6
3 30 Aguri Suzuki Larrousse 9 53 +22.469 4
4 6 Riccardo Patrese Williams 7 53 +36.258 3
5 5 Thierry Boutsen Williams 5 53 +46.884 2
6 3 Satoru Nakajima Tyrrell 14 53 +1:12.350 1
7 25 Nicola Larini Ligier 17 52 +1 Lap
8 23 Pierluigi Martini Minardi 10 52 +1 Lap
9 10 Alex Caffi Arrows 23 52 +1 Lap
10 26 Philippe Alliot Ligier 25 52 +1 Lap
R 11 Derek Warwick Team Lotus 11 38 Gearbox
R 12 Johnny Herbert Team Lotus 12 31 Engine
R 9 Michele Alboreto Arrows 24 28 Engine
R 2 Nigel Mansell Ferrari 3 26 Transmission
R 21 Emanuele Pirro Dallara 19 24 Alternator
R 29 Éric Bernard Larrousse 18 24 Engine
R 24 Gianni Morbidelli Minardi 20 18 Spun off
R 16 Ivan Capelli Leyton House 13 16 Ignition
R 22 Andrea de Cesaris Dallara 26 13 Spun off
R 15 Maurício Gugelmin Leyton House 16 5 Engine
R 7 David Brabham Brabham 21 5 Clutch
R 28 Gerhard Berger McLaren 4 1 Spun off
R 27 Ayrton Senna McLaren 1 0 Collision
R 1 Alain Prost Ferrari 2 0 Collision
R 8 Stefano Modena Brabham 22 0 Collision
W 4 Jean Alesi Tyrrell 7 0 Withdrew
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
27 Ayrton Senna
2
1 Alain Prost
3
2 Nigel Mansell
4
28 Gerhard Berger
5
5 Thierry Boutsen
6
20 Nelson Piquet
7
6 Riccardo Patrese
7
4 Jean Alesi
8
19 Roberto Moreno
9
30 Aguri Suzuki
10
23 Pierluigi Martini
11
11 Derek Warwick
12
12 Johnny Herbert
13
16 Ivan Capelli
14
3 Satoru Nakajima
16
15 Maurício Gugelmin
17
25 Nicola Larini
18
29 Éric Bernard
19
21 Emanuele Pirro
20
24 Gianni Morbidelli
21
7 David Brabham
22
8 Stefano Modena
23
10 Alex Caffi
24
9 Michele Alboreto
25
26 Philippe Alliot
26
22 Andrea de Cesaris
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