Season 1990 · Round 7

French Grand Prix

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1990-07-08 · Circuit Paul Ricard · France · French Grand Prix · 80Lap · 305.040km
1 Alain Prost
Ferrari 1:33:29.606
Team win 9pt P1 · P18
16 Ivan Capelli
Leyton House +8.626
27 Ayrton Senna
McLaren +11.606
Fastest Lap
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DNF
7
Satoru Nakajima L63 Maurício Gugelmin L58 Pierluigi Martini L40 Jean Alesi L23 Alex Caffi L22 Thierry Boutsen L7 Emanuele Pirro L7
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Alain Prost active 6 wins
Pole-to-win rate 11/18 61.1%
Most DNFs · all-time P13
Circuit Info
Circuit Paul Ricard Le Castellet, France
80Lap 305.040km 18 races held (1971–) Lap record 1:32.740 · Sebastian Vettel (2019)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P2 Alain Prost 6 wins · → Michael Schumacher -2
P3 Nigel Mansell 4 wins · → Alain Prost -2
P15 Nelson Piquet 1 wins · → Niki Lauda -1
Podiums
P1 Alain Prost 11 · GP #1
P6 Nelson Piquet 5 · → Nigel Mansell -1
Starts
P1 Riccardo Patrese 17 starts · GP #1
P6 Nelson Piquet 13 starts · → David Coulthard -1
P6 Alain Prost 13 starts · → David Coulthard -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 L80 Prost · P4 → P1 · +3 4 Prost PRO 1 Prost PRO Capelli · P7 → P2 · +5 7 Capelli CAP 2 Capelli CAP Senna · P3 → P3 3 Senna SEN 3 Senna SEN Piquet · P9 → P4 · +5 9 Piquet PIQ 4 Piquet PIQ Berger · P2 → P5 · -3 2 Berger BER 5 Berger BER Patrese · P6 → P6 6 Patrese PAT 6 Patrese PAT Suzuki · P14 → P7 · +7 14 Suzuki SUZ 7 Suzuki SUZ Bernard · P11 → P8 · +3 11 Bernard BER 8 Bernard BER Alliot · P12 → P9 · +3 12 Alliot ALL 9 Alliot ALL Alboreto · P18 → P10 · +8 18 Alboreto ALB 10 Alboreto ALB Warwick · P16 → P11 · +5 16 Warwick WAR 11 Warwick WAR Donnelly · P17 → P12 · +5 17 Donnelly DON 12 Donnelly DON Modena · P20 → P13 · +7 20 Modena MOD 13 Modena MOD Larini · P19 → P14 · +5 19 Larini LAR 14 Larini LAR Brabham · P25 → P15 · +10 25 Brabham BRA 15 Brabham BRA Nannini · P5 → P16 · -11 5 Nannini NAN 16 Nannini NAN Dalmas · P26 → P17 · +9 26 Dalmas DAL 17 Dalmas DAL Mansell · P1 → P18 · -17 1 Mansell MAN 18 Mansell MAN de Cesaris · P21 → P19 · +2 21 de Cesaris DE 19 de Cesaris DE Nakajima · P15 → retired L63 Nakajima · retired L63 15 Nakajima NAK R Nakajima NAK Gugelmin · P10 → retired L58 Gugelmin · retired L58 10 Gugelmin GUG R Gugelmin GUG Martini · P23 → retired L40 Martini · retired L40 23 Martini MAR R Martini MAR Alesi · P13 → retired L23 Alesi · retired L23 13 Alesi ALE R Alesi ALE Caffi · P22 → retired L22 Caffi · retired L22 22 Caffi CAF R Caffi CAF Boutsen · P8 → retired L7 Boutsen · retired L7 8 Boutsen BOU R Boutsen BOU Pirro · P24 → retired L7 Pirro · retired L7 24 Pirro PIR R Pirro PIR
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 1 Alain Prost Ferrari 4 80 1:33:29.606 9
2 16 Ivan Capelli Leyton House 7 80 +8.626 6
3 27 Ayrton Senna McLaren 3 80 +11.606 4
4 20 Nelson Piquet Benetton 9 80 +41.207 3
5 28 Gerhard Berger McLaren 2 80 +42.219 2
6 6 Riccardo Patrese Williams 6 80 +1:09.351 1
7 30 Aguri Suzuki Larrousse 14 79 +1 Lap
8 29 Éric Bernard Larrousse 11 79 +1 Lap
9 26 Philippe Alliot Ligier 12 79 +1 Lap
10 9 Michele Alboreto Arrows 18 79 +1 Lap
11 11 Derek Warwick Team Lotus 16 79 +1 Lap
12 12 Martin Donnelly Team Lotus 17 79 +1 Lap
13 8 Stefano Modena Brabham 20 78 +2 Laps
14 25 Nicola Larini Ligier 19 78 +2 Laps
15 7 David Brabham Brabham 25 77 +3 Laps
16 19 Alessandro Nannini Benetton 5 75 Electrical
17 18 Yannick Dalmas AGS 26 75 +5 Laps
18 2 Nigel Mansell Ferrari 1 72 Engine
D 22 Andrea de Cesaris Dallara 21 78 Disqualified
R 3 Satoru Nakajima Tyrrell 15 63 Gearbox
R 15 Maurício Gugelmin Leyton House 10 58 Engine
R 23 Pierluigi Martini Minardi 23 40 Electrical
R 4 Jean Alesi Tyrrell 13 23 Differential
R 10 Alex Caffi Arrows 22 22 Suspension
R 5 Thierry Boutsen Williams 8 7 Engine
R 21 Emanuele Pirro Dallara 24 7 Brakes
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
2 Nigel Mansell
2
28 Gerhard Berger
3
27 Ayrton Senna
4
1 Alain Prost
5
19 Alessandro Nannini
6
6 Riccardo Patrese
7
16 Ivan Capelli
8
5 Thierry Boutsen
9
20 Nelson Piquet
10
15 Maurício Gugelmin
11
29 Éric Bernard
12
26 Philippe Alliot
13
4 Jean Alesi
14
30 Aguri Suzuki
15
3 Satoru Nakajima
16
11 Derek Warwick
17
12 Martin Donnelly
18
9 Michele Alboreto
19
25 Nicola Larini
20
8 Stefano Modena
21
22 Andrea de Cesaris
22
10 Alex Caffi
23
23 Pierluigi Martini
24
21 Emanuele Pirro
25
7 David Brabham
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