Season 1990 · Round 2

Brazilian Grand Prix

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1990-03-25 · Autódromo José Carlos Pace · Brazil · Brazilian Grand Prix · 71Lap · 307.075km
1 Alain Prost
Ferrari 1:37:21.258
Team win 12pt P1 · P4
28 Gerhard Berger
McLaren +13.564
27 Ayrton Senna
McLaren +37.722
Fastest Lap
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DNF
12
Alex Caffi L49 Martin Donnelly L43 Stefano Modena L39 Paolo Barilla L38 Yannick Dalmas L28 Derek Warwick L25 Aguri Suzuki L24 Michele Alboreto L24 Gregor Foitek L14 Éric Bernard L13 +2
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Alain Prost active 6 wins
Pole-to-win rate 19/42 45.2%
Most DNFs · all-time P30
Most SC/VSC · all-time P6
Closest finish · all-time P48
Most lead changes · all-time P12
Circuit Info
Autódromo José Carlos Pace São Paulo, Brazil
71Lap 307.075km 43 races held (1973–) Lap record 1:10.540 · Valtteri Bottas (2018)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P1 Alain Prost 6 wins · GP #1
P5 Nelson Piquet 2 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
P5 Nigel Mansell 2 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
Pole Position
P1 Ayrton Senna 6 · GP #1
P6 Nigel Mansell 2 · → Felipe Massa -1
P6 Alain Prost 2 · → Felipe Massa -1
Starts
P5 Riccardo Patrese 16 starts · → Jenson Button -1
P10 Nelson Piquet 13 starts · → Felipe Massa -1
P10 Alain Prost 13 starts · → Felipe Massa -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 L71 Prost · P6 → P1 · +5 6 Prost PRO 1 Prost PRO Berger · P2 → P2 2 Berger BER 2 Berger BER Senna · P1 → P3 · -2 1 Senna SEN 3 Senna SEN Mansell · P5 → P4 · +1 5 Mansell MAN 4 Mansell MAN Boutsen · P3 → P5 · -2 3 Boutsen BOU 5 Boutsen BOU Piquet · P13 → P6 · +7 13 Piquet PIQ 6 Piquet PIQ Alesi · P7 → P7 7 Alesi ALE 7 Alesi ALE Nakajima · P19 → P8 · +11 19 Nakajima NAK 8 Nakajima NAK Martini · P8 → P9 · -1 8 Martini MAR 9 Martini MAR Nannini · P15 → P10 · +5 15 Nannini NAN 10 Nannini NAN Larini · P20 → P11 · +9 20 Larini LAR 11 Larini LAR Alliot · P10 → P12 · -2 10 Alliot ALL 12 Alliot ALL Patrese · P4 → P13 · -9 4 Patrese PAT 13 Patrese PAT Morbidelli · P16 → P14 · +2 16 Morbidelli MOR 14 Morbidelli MOR Caffi · P25 → retired L49 Caffi · retired L49 25 Caffi CAF R Caffi CAF Donnelly · P14 → retired L43 Donnelly · retired L43 14 Donnelly DON R Donnelly DON Modena · P12 → retired L39 Modena · retired L39 12 Modena MOD R Modena MOD Barilla · P17 → retired L38 Barilla · retired L38 17 Barilla BAR R Barilla BAR Dalmas · P26 → retired L28 Dalmas · retired L28 26 Dalmas DAL R Dalmas DAL Warwick · P24 → retired L25 Warwick · retired L25 24 Warwick WAR R Warwick WAR Suzuki · P18 → retired L24 Suzuki · retired L24 18 Suzuki SUZ R Suzuki SUZ Alboreto · P23 → retired L24 Alboreto · retired L24 23 Alboreto ALB R Alboreto ALB Foitek · P22 → retired L14 Foitek · retired L14 22 Foitek FOI R Foitek FOI Bernard · P11 → retired L13 Bernard · retired L13 11 Bernard BER R Bernard BER Grouillard · P21 → retired L8 Grouillard · retired L8 21 Grouillard GRO R Grouillard GRO de Cesaris · P9 → retired L0 de Cesaris · retired L0 9 de Cesaris DE R de Cesaris DE
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 1 Alain Prost Ferrari 6 71 1:37:21.258 9
2 28 Gerhard Berger McLaren 2 71 +13.564 6
3 27 Ayrton Senna McLaren 1 71 +37.722 4
4 2 Nigel Mansell Ferrari 5 71 +47.266 3
5 5 Thierry Boutsen Williams 3 70 +1 Lap 2
6 20 Nelson Piquet Benetton 13 70 +1 Lap 1
7 4 Jean Alesi Tyrrell 7 70 +1 Lap
8 3 Satoru Nakajima Tyrrell 19 70 +1 Lap
9 23 Pierluigi Martini Minardi 8 69 +2 Laps
10 19 Alessandro Nannini Benetton 15 68 Puncture
11 25 Nicola Larini Ligier 20 68 +3 Laps
12 26 Philippe Alliot Ligier 10 68 +3 Laps
13 6 Riccardo Patrese Williams 4 65 Oil pressure
14 24 Gianni Morbidelli Dallara 16 64 +7 Laps
R 10 Alex Caffi Arrows 25 49 Clutch
R 12 Martin Donnelly Team Lotus 14 43 Spun off
R 8 Stefano Modena Brabham 12 39 Spun off
R 24 Paolo Barilla Minardi 17 38 Engine
R 18 Yannick Dalmas AGS 26 28 Suspension
R 11 Derek Warwick Team Lotus 24 25 Electrical
R 30 Aguri Suzuki Larrousse 18 24 Suspension
R 9 Michele Alboreto Arrows 23 24 Suspension
R 35 Gregor Foitek Brabham 22 14 Transmission
R 29 Éric Bernard Larrousse 11 13 Gearbox
R 14 Olivier Grouillard Osella 21 8 Collision
R 22 Andrea de Cesaris Dallara 9 0 Collision
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
27 Ayrton Senna
2
28 Gerhard Berger
3
5 Thierry Boutsen
4
6 Riccardo Patrese
5
2 Nigel Mansell
6
1 Alain Prost
7
4 Jean Alesi
8
23 Pierluigi Martini
9
22 Andrea de Cesaris
10
26 Philippe Alliot
11
29 Éric Bernard
12
8 Stefano Modena
13
20 Nelson Piquet
14
12 Martin Donnelly
15
19 Alessandro Nannini
16
24 Gianni Morbidelli
17
24 Paolo Barilla
18
30 Aguri Suzuki
19
3 Satoru Nakajima
20
25 Nicola Larini
21
14 Olivier Grouillard
22
35 Gregor Foitek
23
9 Michele Alboreto
24
11 Derek Warwick
25
10 Alex Caffi
26
18 Yannick Dalmas
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