Race · Round 11 of 16 · 26 August 1990

1990 Belgian Grand Prix

Ayrton Senna won for McLaren from pole at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. 9 of the starters were not classified.

Circuit: Circuit de Spa-FrancorchampsStavelot, Belgium
Winner: Ayrton SennaMcLaren
Pole: Ayrton Senna
Fastest lap: Alain Prost
Entries: 3317 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	MP4/5B	1	44	Finished	9
2	Alain Prost	Ferrari	641	3	44	Finished	6	fastest lap
3	Gerhard Berger	McLaren	MP4/5B	2	44	Finished	4
4	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	—	6	44	Finished	3
5	Nelson Piquet	Benetton	—	8	44	Finished	2
6	Mauricio Gugelmin	Leyton House	CG901	14	44	Finished	1
7	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House	CG901	12	43	Finished	0
8	Jean Alesi	Tyrrell	—	9	43	Finished	0
9	Éric Bernard	Lola	—	15	43	Finished	0
10	Alex Caffi	Arrows	—	19	43	Finished	0
11	Derek Warwick	Team Lotus	102	18	43	Finished	0
12	Martin Donnelly	Team Lotus	102	22	43	Finished	0
13	Michele Alboreto	Arrows	—	26	43	Finished	0
14	Nicola Larini	Ligier	JS33B	21	42	Finished	0
15	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	—	16	42	Finished	0
16	Olivier Grouillard	Osella	—	23	42	Finished	0
17	Stefano Modena	Brabham	—	13	39	Engine	0
DNF	David Brabham	Brabham	—	24	36	Electrical	0
DNF	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara	F190	20	27	Engine	0
DNF	Thierry Boutsen	Williams	FW13B	4	21	Transmission	0
DNF	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	641	5	19	Handling	0
DNF	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	FW13B	7	18	Gearbox	0
DNF	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara	F190	17	5	Water leak	0
DNF	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell	—	10	4	Engine	0
DNF	Aguri Suzuki	Lola	—	11	0	Accident	0
DNF	Paolo Barilla	Minardi	—	25	0	Accident	0
DNQ	Philippe Alliot	Ligier	JS33B	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS	—	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Yannick Dalmas	AGS	—	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Bertrand Gachot	Coloni	C3C	—	—	DNQ	0
DNPQ	Roberto Moreno	EuroBrun	ER189B	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Claudio Langes	EuroBrun	ER189B	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Bruno Giacomelli	Life	L190	—	—	DNPQ	0

A blank chassis is a season the team ran more than one design and no source says which car raced here.

F1DB layout spa-francorchamps-2 · 6.94 km · 19 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Ayrton Senna	1	1	44
Alain Prost	3	2	44
Gerhard Berger	2	3	44
Alessandro Nannini	6	4	44
Nelson Piquet	8	5	44
Mauricio Gugelmin	14	6	44
Ivan Capelli	12	7	43
Jean Alesi	9	8	43
Éric Bernard	15	9	43
Alex Caffi	19	10	43
Derek Warwick	18	11	43
Martin Donnelly	22	12	43
Michele Alboreto	26	13	43
Nicola Larini	21	14	42
Pierluigi Martini	16	15	42
Olivier Grouillard	23	16	42
Stefano Modena	13	17	39
David Brabham	24	DNF	36
Andrea de Cesaris	20	DNF	27
Thierry Boutsen	4	DNF	21
Nigel Mansell	5	DNF	19
Riccardo Patrese	7	DNF	18
Emanuele Pirro	17	DNF	5
Satoru Nakajima	10	DNF	4
Aguri Suzuki	11	DNF	0
Paolo Barilla	25	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	27	1:50.365	—	—
2	Gerhard Berger	McLaren	28	1:50.948	+0.583	+0.583
3	Alain Prost	Ferrari	1	1:51.043	+0.678	+0.095
4	Thierry Boutsen	Williams	5	1:51.902	+1.537	+0.859
5	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	2	1:52.267	+1.902	+0.365
6	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	19	1:52.648	+2.283	+0.381
7	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	6	1:52.703	+2.338	+0.055
8	Nelson Piquet	Benetton	20	1:52.853	+2.488	+0.150
9	Jean Alesi	Tyrrell	4	1:52.885	+2.520	+0.032
10	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell	3	1:53.468	+3.103	+0.583
11	Aguri Suzuki	Lola	30	1:53.523	+3.158	+0.055
12	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House	16	1:53.783	+3.418	+0.260
13	Stefano Modena	Brabham	8	1:53.916	+3.551	+0.133
14	Mauricio Gugelmin	Leyton House	15	1:54.120	+3.755	+0.204
15	Éric Bernard	Lola	29	1:54.251	+3.886	+0.131
16	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	23	1:54.312	+3.947	+0.061
17	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara	21	1:54.595	+4.230	+0.283
18	Derek Warwick	Team Lotus	11	1:55.068	+4.703	+0.473
19	Alex Caffi	Arrows	10	1:55.199	+4.834	+0.131
20	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara	22	1:55.261	+4.896	+0.062
21	Nicola Larini	Ligier	25	1:55.278	+4.913	+0.017
22	Martin Donnelly	Team Lotus	12	1:55.304	+4.939	+0.026
23	Olivier Grouillard	Osella	14	1:55.334	+4.969	+0.030
24	David Brabham	Brabham	7	1:55.668	+5.303	+0.334
25	Paolo Barilla	Minardi	24	1:55.859	+5.494	+0.191
26	Michele Alboreto	Arrows	9	1:56.055	+5.690	+0.196
27	Philippe Alliot	Ligier	26	1:56.118	+5.753	+0.063
28	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS	17	1:57.566	+7.201	+1.448
29	Yannick Dalmas	AGS	18	1:57.704	+7.339	+0.138
30	Bertrand Gachot	Coloni	31	1:58.520	+8.155	+0.816

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

Pit stops

Pit stops are recorded from 1994. F1DB, the source of every stop here, holds none before then, so this race has no stints to draw.

Practice sessions Pre-qualifying · Practice 1 · Practice 2 · Warm-up

Pre-qualifying

Pre-qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Olivier Grouillard	Osella	14	1:57.941	—	—	—
2	Yannick Dalmas	AGS	18	1:58.339	+0.398	+0.398	—
3	Bertrand Gachot	Coloni	31	1:59.130	+1.189	+0.791	—
4	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS	17	1:59.910	+1.969	+0.780	—
5	Roberto Moreno	EuroBrun	33	2:00.270	+2.329	+0.360	—
6	Claudio Langes	EuroBrun	34	2:01.405	+3.464	+1.135	—
7	Bruno Giacomelli	Life	39	2:19.445	+21.504	+18.040	—

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

Practice 1

Practice 1
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Gerhard Berger	McLaren	28	1:52.498	—	—	—
2	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	2	1:53.095	+0.597	+0.597	—
3	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	27	1:53.575	+1.077	+0.480	—
4	Alain Prost	Ferrari	1	1:53.654	+1.156	+0.079	—
5	Thierry Boutsen	Williams	5	1:54.546	+2.048	+0.892	—
6	Jean Alesi	Tyrrell	4	1:54.593	+2.095	+0.047	—
7	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	6	1:54.638	+2.140	+0.045	—
8	Nelson Piquet	Benetton	20	1:54.833	+2.335	+0.195	—
9	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	19	1:55.061	+2.563	+0.228	—
10	Mauricio Gugelmin	Leyton House	15	1:55.530	+3.032	+0.469	—
11	Aguri Suzuki	Lola	30	1:55.882	+3.384	+0.352	—
12	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	23	1:56.215	+3.717	+0.333	—
13	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell	3	1:56.765	+4.267	+0.550	—
14	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara	21	1:56.778	+4.280	+0.013	—
15	Derek Warwick	Team Lotus	11	1:56.901	+4.403	+0.123	—
16	Éric Bernard	Lola	29	1:56.977	+4.479	+0.076	—
17	Michele Alboreto	Arrows	9	1:57.090	+4.592	+0.113	—
18	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara	22	1:57.696	+5.198	+0.606	—
19	Philippe Alliot	Ligier	26	1:57.742	+5.244	+0.046	—
20	Nicola Larini	Ligier	25	1:57.791	+5.293	+0.049	—
21	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House	16	1:57.842	+5.344	+0.051	—
22	Stefano Modena	Brabham	8	1:58.257	+5.759	+0.415	—
23	David Brabham	Brabham	7	1:58.417	+5.919	+0.160	—
24	Martin Donnelly	Team Lotus	12	1:58.753	+6.255	+0.336	—
25	Alex Caffi	Arrows	10	1:59.021	+6.523	+0.268	—
26	Yannick Dalmas	AGS	18	1:59.239	+6.741	+0.218	—
27	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS	17	1:59.440	+6.942	+0.201	—
28	Olivier Grouillard	Osella	14	1:59.590	+7.092	+0.150	—
29	Paolo Barilla	Minardi	24	2:00.410	+7.912	+0.820	—

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

Practice 2

Practice 2
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Alain Prost	Ferrari	1	1:51.116	—	—	—
2	Gerhard Berger	McLaren	28	1:51.672	+0.556	+0.556	—
3	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	2	1:51.955	+0.839	+0.283	—
4	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	19	1:52.582	+1.466	+0.627	—
5	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	27	1:52.895	+1.779	+0.313	—
6	Thierry Boutsen	Williams	5	1:52.975	+1.859	+0.080	—
7	Jean Alesi	Tyrrell	4	1:54.041	+2.925	+1.066	—
8	Nelson Piquet	Benetton	20	1:54.046	+2.930	+0.005	—
9	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	6	1:54.569	+3.453	+0.523	—
10	Éric Bernard	Lola	29	1:54.749	+3.633	+0.180	—
11	Stefano Modena	Brabham	8	1:55.044	+3.928	+0.295	—
12	Martin Donnelly	Team Lotus	12	1:55.070	+3.954	+0.026	—
13	Derek Warwick	Team Lotus	11	1:55.190	+4.074	+0.120	—
14	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House	16	1:55.206	+4.090	+0.016	—
15	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara	22	1:55.306	+4.190	+0.100	—
16	Alex Caffi	Arrows	10	1:55.364	+4.248	+0.058	—
17	Aguri Suzuki	Lola	30	1:55.502	+4.386	+0.138	—
18	Paolo Barilla	Minardi	24	1:55.630	+4.514	+0.128	—
19	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell	3	1:55.715	+4.599	+0.085	—
20	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	23	1:55.939	+4.823	+0.224	—
21	Michele Alboreto	Arrows	9	1:55.945	+4.829	+0.006	—
22	David Brabham	Brabham	7	1:56.125	+5.009	+0.180	—
23	Mauricio Gugelmin	Leyton House	15	1:56.196	+5.080	+0.071	—
24	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara	21	1:56.588	+5.472	+0.392	—
25	Philippe Alliot	Ligier	26	1:57.045	+5.929	+0.457	—
26	Olivier Grouillard	Osella	14	1:57.118	+6.002	+0.073	—
27	Nicola Larini	Ligier	25	1:57.300	+6.184	+0.182	—
28	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS	17	1:57.621	+6.505	+0.321	—
29	Yannick Dalmas	AGS	18	1:59.249	+8.133	+1.628	—

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

Warm-up

Warm-up
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Alain Prost	Ferrari	1	1:55.290	—	—	—
2	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	19	1:56.015	+0.725	+0.725	—
3	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	27	1:56.401	+1.111	+0.386	—
4	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	2	1:57.249	+1.959	+0.848	—
5	Nelson Piquet	Benetton	20	1:57.369	+2.079	+0.120	—
6	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	6	1:57.369	+2.079	+0.000	—
7	Thierry Boutsen	Williams	5	1:57.721	+2.431	+0.352	—
8	Éric Bernard	Lola	29	1:57.875	+2.585	+0.154	—
9	Michele Alboreto	Arrows	9	1:58.049	+2.759	+0.174	—
10	Gerhard Berger	McLaren	28	1:58.183	+2.893	+0.134	—
11	Aguri Suzuki	Lola	30	1:58.403	+3.113	+0.220	—
12	Mauricio Gugelmin	Leyton House	15	1:58.412	+3.122	+0.009	—
13	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara	21	1:58.992	+3.702	+0.580	—
14	Jean Alesi	Tyrrell	4	1:59.038	+3.748	+0.046	—
15	Nicola Larini	Ligier	25	1:59.088	+3.798	+0.050	—
16	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	23	1:59.257	+3.967	+0.169	—
17	Stefano Modena	Brabham	8	1:59.326	+4.036	+0.069	—
18	Alex Caffi	Arrows	10	1:59.334	+4.044	+0.008	—
19	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House	16	1:59.462	+4.172	+0.128	—
20	Derek Warwick	Team Lotus	11	1:59.534	+4.244	+0.072	—
21	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara	22	2:00.027	+4.737	+0.493	—
22	Martin Donnelly	Team Lotus	12	2:00.179	+4.889	+0.152	—
23	Olivier Grouillard	Osella	14	2:00.463	+5.173	+0.284	—
24	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell	3	2:00.940	+5.650	+0.477	—
25	Paolo Barilla	Minardi	24	2:01.031	+5.741	+0.091	—

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

The cars in this race

The photograph each car's Wikipedia article leads with, from Wikimedia Commons: taken wherever and whenever that was, not necessarily at this race.

Coloni C3
C3-1 · Matthias v.d. Elbe · CC BY-SA 3.0 · unchecked

A photograph marked unchecked has a file name that does not name the car it is shown for. Most are still the right car, filed under the driver rather than the machine — but nobody has confirmed these one by one.

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Where this comes from

Round: 11 of 1990
Grand Prix: Belgian Grand Prix
Dates: 26 Aug 1990
Layout raced: Modern circuit · 7.004 km · 19 turns
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: McLaren
Entrant: McLaren-Honda
Confidence: reference

The layout raced and its figures are this register’s, from its own sources; the figures under the race’s drawing are F1DB’s, and at some circuits the two disagree.