Season 1990 · Round 9

German Grand Prix

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1990-07-29 · Hockenheimring · Germany · German Grand Prix · 45Lap · 306.090km
27 Ayrton Senna
McLaren 1:20:47.164
Team win 13pt P1 · P3 1-3
19 Alessandro Nannini
Benetton +6.520
28 Gerhard Berger
McLaren +8.553
Fastest Lap
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DNF
14
Jyrki Järvilehto L39 Éric Bernard L35 Aguri Suzuki L33 Satoru Nakajima L24 Nelson Piquet L23 Pierluigi Martini L20 Gregor Foitek L19 Nigel Mansell L15 Maurício Gugelmin L12 David Brabham L12 +4
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Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Pole-to-win rate 18/37 48.6%
Most DNFs · all-time P5
Closest finish · all-time P33
Most lead changes · all-time P12
Circuit Info
Hockenheimring Hockenheim, Germany
45Lap 306.090km 37 races held (1970–) Lap record 1:13.780 · Kimi Räikkönen (2004)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P3 Nelson Piquet 3 wins · → Michael Schumacher -1
P3 Ayrton Senna 3 wins · → Michael Schumacher -1
P8 Nigel Mansell 2 wins · → Ayrton Senna -1
Pole Position
P3 Nigel Mansell 3 · → Jacky Ickx -1
P3 Alain Prost 3 · → Jacky Ickx -1
P3 Ayrton Senna 3 · → Jacky Ickx -1
Starts
P2 Riccardo Patrese 17 starts · → Rubens Barrichello -1
P6 Nelson Piquet 14 starts · → Jenson Button -1
P10 Alain Prost 13 starts · → Kimi Räikkönen -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 L45 Senna · P1 → P1 1 Senna SEN 1 Senna SEN Nannini · P9 → P2 · +7 9 Nannini NAN 2 Nannini NAN Berger · P2 → P3 · -1 2 Berger BER 3 Berger BER Prost · P3 → P4 · -1 3 Prost PRO 4 Prost PRO Patrese · P5 → P5 5 Patrese PAT 5 Patrese PAT Boutsen · P6 → P6 6 Boutsen BOU 6 Boutsen BOU Capelli · P10 → P7 · +3 10 Capelli CAP 7 Capelli CAP Warwick · P16 → P8 · +8 16 Warwick WAR 8 Warwick WAR Caffi · P18 → P9 · +9 18 Caffi CAF 9 Caffi CAF Larini · P22 → P10 · +12 22 Larini LAR 10 Larini LAR Alesi · P8 → P11 · -3 8 Alesi ALE 11 Alesi ALE Järvilehto · P25 → retired L39 Järvilehto · retired L39 25 Järvilehto JÄR R Järvilehto JÄR Bernard · P12 → retired L35 Bernard · retired L35 12 Bernard BER R Bernard BER Suzuki · P11 → retired L33 Suzuki · retired L33 11 Suzuki SUZ R Suzuki SUZ Nakajima · P13 → retired L24 Nakajima · retired L24 13 Nakajima NAK R Nakajima NAK Piquet · P7 → retired L23 Piquet · retired L23 7 Piquet PIQ R Piquet PIQ Martini · P15 → retired L20 Martini · retired L20 15 Martini MAR R Martini MAR Foitek · P26 → retired L19 Foitek · retired L19 26 Foitek FOI R Foitek FOI Mansell · P4 → retired L15 Mansell · retired L15 4 Mansell MAN R Mansell MAN Gugelmin · P14 → retired L12 Gugelmin · retired L12 14 Gugelmin GUG R Gugelmin GUG Brabham · P21 → retired L12 Brabham · retired L12 21 Brabham BRA R Brabham BRA Alboreto · P19 → retired L10 Alboreto · retired L10 19 Alboreto ALB R Alboreto ALB Donnelly · P20 → retired L1 Donnelly · retired L1 20 Donnelly DON R Donnelly DON Modena · P17 → retired L0 Modena · retired L0 17 Modena MOD R Modena MOD Pirro · P23 → retired L0 Pirro · retired L0 23 Pirro PIR R Pirro PIR Alliot · P24 → P26 · -2 24 Alliot ALL 26 Alliot ALL
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 27 Ayrton Senna McLaren 1 45 1:20:47.164 9
2 19 Alessandro Nannini Benetton 9 45 +6.520 6
3 28 Gerhard Berger McLaren 2 45 +8.553 4
4 1 Alain Prost Ferrari 3 45 +45.270 3
5 6 Riccardo Patrese Williams 5 45 +48.028 2
6 5 Thierry Boutsen Williams 6 45 +1:21.491 1
7 16 Ivan Capelli Leyton House 10 44 +1 Lap
8 11 Derek Warwick Team Lotus 16 44 +1 Lap
9 10 Alex Caffi Arrows 18 44 +1 Lap
10 25 Nicola Larini Ligier 22 43 +2 Laps
11 4 Jean Alesi Tyrrell 8 40 Transmission
R 36 Jyrki Järvilehto Onyx 25 39 Not classified
R 29 Éric Bernard Larrousse 12 35 Fuel pump
R 30 Aguri Suzuki Larrousse 11 33 Clutch
R 3 Satoru Nakajima Tyrrell 13 24 Engine
R 20 Nelson Piquet Benetton 7 23 Engine
R 23 Pierluigi Martini Minardi 15 20 Engine
R 35 Gregor Foitek Onyx 26 19 Spun off
R 2 Nigel Mansell Ferrari 4 15 Broken wing
R 15 Maurício Gugelmin Leyton House 14 12 Engine
R 7 David Brabham Brabham 21 12 Engine
R 9 Michele Alboreto Arrows 19 10 Engine
R 12 Martin Donnelly Team Lotus 20 1 Clutch
R 8 Stefano Modena Brabham 17 0 Clutch
R 21 Emanuele Pirro Dallara 23 0 Collision
D 26 Philippe Alliot Ligier 24 0 Disqualified
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
27 Ayrton Senna
2
28 Gerhard Berger
3
1 Alain Prost
4
2 Nigel Mansell
5
6 Riccardo Patrese
6
5 Thierry Boutsen
7
20 Nelson Piquet
8
4 Jean Alesi
9
19 Alessandro Nannini
10
16 Ivan Capelli
11
30 Aguri Suzuki
12
29 Éric Bernard
13
3 Satoru Nakajima
14
15 Maurício Gugelmin
15
23 Pierluigi Martini
16
11 Derek Warwick
17
8 Stefano Modena
18
10 Alex Caffi
19
9 Michele Alboreto
20
12 Martin Donnelly
21
7 David Brabham
22
25 Nicola Larini
23
21 Emanuele Pirro
24
26 Philippe Alliot
25
36 Jyrki Järvilehto
26
35 Gregor Foitek
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