Race · Round 8 of 16 · 15 July 1990

1990 British Grand Prix

Alain Prost won for Ferrari from 5th on the grid at Silverstone Circuit. 11 of the starters were not classified. With this win, Alain Prost set a new record of 43 championship Grand Prix wins.

Circuit: Silverstone CircuitSilverstone, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom
Winner: Alain ProstFerrari
Pole: Nigel Mansell
Fastest lap: Nigel Mansell
Entries: 3514 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Alain Prost	Ferrari	641	5	64	Finished	9
2	Thierry Boutsen	Williams	FW13B	4	64	Finished	6
3	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	MP4/5B	2	64	Finished	4
4	Éric Bernard	Lola	—	8	64	Finished	3
5	Nelson Piquet	Benetton	—	11	64	Finished	2
6	Aguri Suzuki	Lola	—	9	63	Finished	1
7	Alex Caffi	Arrows	—	17	63	Finished	0
8	Jean Alesi	Tyrrell	—	6	63	Finished	0
9	Stefano Modena	Brabham	—	20	62	Finished	0
10	Nicola Larini	Ligier	JS33B	21	62	Finished	0
11	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara	F190	19	62	Finished	0
12	Paolo Barilla	Minardi	—	24	62	Finished	0
13	Philippe Alliot	Ligier	JS33B	22	61	Finished	0
14	Gerhard Berger	McLaren	MP4/5B	3	60	Throttle	0
DNF	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	641	1	55	Gearbox	0	fastest lap
DNF	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House	CG901	10	48	Fuel leak	0
DNF	Martin Donnelly	Team Lotus	102	14	48	Engine	0
DNF	Derek Warwick	Team Lotus	102	16	46	Engine	0
DNF	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS	—	26	41	Engine	0
DNF	Michele Alboreto	Arrows	—	25	37	Engine	0
DNF	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	FW13B	7	26	Collision damage	0
DNF	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell	—	12	20	Electrical	0
DNF	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	—	13	15	Collision	0
DNF	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara	F190	23	12	Fuel system	0
DNF	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	—	18	3	Alternator	0
DNS	Mauricio Gugelmin	Leyton House	CG901	15	—	Fuel pump	0
DNQ	Olivier Grouillard	Osella	—	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	David Brabham	Brabham	—	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Jyrki Järvilehto	Onyx	—	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Gregor Foitek	Onyx	—	—	—	DNQ	0
DNPQ	Roberto Moreno	EuroBrun	ER189B	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Yannick Dalmas	AGS	—	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Claudio Langes	EuroBrun	ER189B	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Bertrand Gachot	Coloni	C3B	—	—	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 silverstone-3 · 4.778 km · 9 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
Alain Prost	5	1	64
Thierry Boutsen	4	2	64
Ayrton Senna	2	3	64
Éric Bernard	8	4	64
Nelson Piquet	11	5	64
Aguri Suzuki	9	6	63
Alex Caffi	17	7	63
Jean Alesi	6	8	63
Stefano Modena	20	9	62
Nicola Larini	21	10	62
Emanuele Pirro	19	11	62
Paolo Barilla	24	12	62
Philippe Alliot	22	13	61
Gerhard Berger	3	14	60
Nigel Mansell	1	DNF	55
Ivan Capelli	10	DNF	48
Martin Donnelly	14	DNF	48
Derek Warwick	16	DNF	46
Gabriele Tarquini	26	DNF	41
Michele Alboreto	25	DNF	37
Riccardo Patrese	7	DNF	26
Satoru Nakajima	12	DNF	20
Alessandro Nannini	13	DNF	15
Andrea de Cesaris	23	DNF	12
Pierluigi Martini	18	DNF	3

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	2	1:07.428	—	—
2	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	27	1:08.071	+0.643	+0.643
3	Gerhard Berger	McLaren	28	1:08.246	+0.818	+0.175
4	Thierry Boutsen	Williams	5	1:08.291	+0.863	+0.045
5	Alain Prost	Ferrari	1	1:08.336	+0.908	+0.045
6	Jean Alesi	Tyrrell	4	1:08.370	+0.942	+0.034
7	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	6	1:08.677	+1.249	+0.307
8	Éric Bernard	Lola	29	1:09.003	+1.575	+0.326
9	Aguri Suzuki	Lola	30	1:09.243	+1.815	+0.240
10	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House	16	1:09.308	+1.880	+0.065
11	Nelson Piquet	Benetton	20	1:09.407	+1.979	+0.099
12	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell	3	1:09.608	+2.180	+0.201
13	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	19	1:09.641	+2.213	+0.033
14	Martin Donnelly	Team Lotus	12	1:09.741	+2.313	+0.100
15	Mauricio Gugelmin	Leyton House	15	1:10.044	+2.616	+0.303
16	Derek Warwick	Team Lotus	11	1:10.092	+2.664	+0.048
17	Alex Caffi	Arrows	10	1:10.110	+2.682	+0.018
18	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	23	1:10.303	+2.875	+0.193
19	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara	21	1:10.847	+3.419	+0.544
20	Stefano Modena	Brabham	8	1:11.070	+3.642	+0.223
21	Nicola Larini	Ligier	25	1:11.180	+3.752	+0.110
22	Philippe Alliot	Ligier	26	1:11.215	+3.787	+0.035
23	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara	22	1:11.234	+3.806	+0.019
24	Paolo Barilla	Minardi	24	1:11.387	+3.959	+0.153
25	Michele Alboreto	Arrows	9	1:11.562	+4.134	+0.175
26	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS	17	1:11.681	+4.253	+0.119
27	Olivier Grouillard	Osella	14	1:11.710	+4.282	+0.029
28	David Brabham	Brabham	7	1:11.741	+4.313	+0.031
29	Jyrki Järvilehto	Onyx	36	1:12.631	+5.203	+0.890
30	Gregor Foitek	Onyx	35	1:13.271	+5.843	+0.640

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	Éric Bernard	Lola	29	1:10.254	—	—	—
2	Aguri Suzuki	Lola	30	1:11.128	+0.874	+0.874	—
3	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS	17	1:11.516	+1.262	+0.388	—
4	Olivier Grouillard	Osella	14	1:11.953	+1.699	+0.437	—
5	Roberto Moreno	EuroBrun	33	1:12.554	+2.300	+0.601	—
6	Yannick Dalmas	AGS	18	1:12.653	+2.399	+0.099	—
7	Claudio Langes	EuroBrun	34	1:15.059	+4.805	+2.406	—
8	Bertrand Gachot	Coloni	31	1:19.230	+8.976	+4.171	—
9	Bruno Giacomelli	Life	39	1:25.947	+15.693	+6.717	—

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	1:08.582	—	—	—
2	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	6	1:08.769	+0.187	+0.187	—
3	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	2	1:09.012	+0.430	+0.243	—
4	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	27	1:09.095	+0.513	+0.083	—
5	Jean Alesi	Tyrrell	4	1:09.532	+0.950	+0.437	—
6	Thierry Boutsen	Williams	5	1:09.637	+1.055	+0.105	—
7	Nelson Piquet	Benetton	20	1:09.761	+1.179	+0.124	—
8	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell	3	1:09.906	+1.324	+0.145	—
9	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	19	1:09.931	+1.349	+0.025	—
10	Alain Prost	Ferrari	1	1:10.076	+1.494	+0.145	—
11	Aguri Suzuki	Lola	30	1:10.219	+1.637	+0.143	—
12	Derek Warwick	Team Lotus	11	1:10.718	+2.136	+0.499	—
13	Éric Bernard	Lola	29	1:11.083	+2.501	+0.365	—
14	Alex Caffi	Arrows	10	1:11.130	+2.548	+0.047	—
15	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House	16	1:11.403	+2.821	+0.273	—
16	Martin Donnelly	Team Lotus	12	1:11.459	+2.877	+0.056	—
17	Michele Alboreto	Arrows	9	1:11.537	+2.955	+0.078	—
18	Mauricio Gugelmin	Leyton House	15	1:11.556	+2.974	+0.019	—
19	Stefano Modena	Brabham	8	1:11.842	+3.260	+0.286	—
20	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	23	1:12.076	+3.494	+0.234	—
21	Paolo Barilla	Minardi	24	1:12.320	+3.738	+0.244	—
22	Philippe Alliot	Ligier	26	1:12.443	+3.861	+0.123	—
23	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara	22	1:12.499	+3.917	+0.056	—
24	Nicola Larini	Ligier	25	1:12.527	+3.945	+0.028	—
25	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara	21	1:12.644	+4.062	+0.117	—
26	Jyrki Järvilehto	Onyx	36	1:12.818	+4.236	+0.174	—
27	David Brabham	Brabham	7	1:12.819	+4.237	+0.001	—
28	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS	17	1:12.927	+4.345	+0.108	—
29	Gregor Foitek	Onyx	35	1:13.393	+4.811	+0.466	—
30	Olivier Grouillard	Osella	14	1:13.622	+5.040	+0.229	—

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	1:08.577	—	—	—
2	Jean Alesi	Tyrrell	4	1:08.860	+0.283	+0.283	—
3	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	6	1:09.426	+0.849	+0.566	—
4	Nelson Piquet	Benetton	20	1:09.530	+0.953	+0.104	—
5	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	2	1:09.570	+0.993	+0.040	—
6	Thierry Boutsen	Williams	5	1:10.012	+1.435	+0.442	—
7	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	27	1:10.042	+1.465	+0.030	—
8	Éric Bernard	Lola	29	1:10.158	+1.581	+0.116	—
9	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	19	1:10.525	+1.948	+0.367	—
10	Derek Warwick	Team Lotus	11	1:10.537	+1.960	+0.012	—
11	Martin Donnelly	Team Lotus	12	1:10.549	+1.972	+0.012	—
12	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House	16	1:10.556	+1.979	+0.007	—
13	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell	3	1:10.725	+2.148	+0.169	—
14	Michele Alboreto	Arrows	9	1:10.968	+2.391	+0.243	—
15	Alex Caffi	Arrows	10	1:11.079	+2.502	+0.111	—
16	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	23	1:11.170	+2.593	+0.091	—
17	Gerhard Berger	McLaren	28	1:11.372	+2.795	+0.202	—
18	Mauricio Gugelmin	Leyton House	15	1:11.429	+2.852	+0.057	—
19	Paolo Barilla	Minardi	24	1:11.648	+3.071	+0.219	—
20	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara	21	1:11.693	+3.116	+0.045	—
21	Nicola Larini	Ligier	25	1:11.736	+3.159	+0.043	—
22	Olivier Grouillard	Osella	14	1:11.926	+3.349	+0.190	—
23	Stefano Modena	Brabham	8	1:11.974	+3.397	+0.048	—
24	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara	22	1:12.043	+3.466	+0.069	—
25	Aguri Suzuki	Lola	30	1:12.192	+3.615	+0.149	—
26	Philippe Alliot	Ligier	26	1:12.299	+3.722	+0.107	—
27	Jyrki Järvilehto	Onyx	36	1:12.564	+3.987	+0.265	—
28	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS	17	1:12.611	+4.034	+0.047	—
29	David Brabham	Brabham	7	1:12.644	+4.067	+0.033	—
30	Gregor Foitek	Onyx	35	1:13.295	+4.718	+0.651	—

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	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	2	1:10.880	—	—	—
2	Nelson Piquet	Benetton	20	1:11.247	+0.367	+0.367	—
3	Alain Prost	Ferrari	1	1:11.272	+0.392	+0.025	—
4	Gerhard Berger	McLaren	28	1:11.647	+0.767	+0.375	—
5	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	27	1:11.840	+0.960	+0.193	—
6	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	6	1:12.023	+1.143	+0.183	—
7	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House	16	1:12.188	+1.308	+0.165	—
8	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	19	1:12.231	+1.351	+0.043	—
9	Jean Alesi	Tyrrell	4	1:12.303	+1.423	+0.072	—
10	Thierry Boutsen	Williams	5	1:12.364	+1.484	+0.061	—
11	Aguri Suzuki	Lola	30	1:12.621	+1.741	+0.257	—
12	Éric Bernard	Lola	29	1:12.843	+1.963	+0.222	—
13	Michele Alboreto	Arrows	9	1:12.843	+1.963	+0.000	—
14	Martin Donnelly	Team Lotus	12	1:12.935	+2.055	+0.092	—
15	Derek Warwick	Team Lotus	11	1:12.988	+2.108	+0.053	—
16	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell	3	1:13.209	+2.329	+0.221	—
17	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	23	1:13.273	+2.393	+0.064	—
18	Stefano Modena	Brabham	8	1:13.309	+2.429	+0.036	—
19	Mauricio Gugelmin	Leyton House	15	1:13.599	+2.719	+0.290	—
20	Alex Caffi	Arrows	10	1:13.741	+2.861	+0.142	—
21	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara	22	1:14.028	+3.148	+0.287	—
22	Philippe Alliot	Ligier	26	1:14.294	+3.414	+0.266	—
23	Paolo Barilla	Minardi	24	1:14.522	+3.642	+0.228	—
24	Nicola Larini	Ligier	25	1:14.719	+3.839	+0.197	—
25	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara	21	1:15.193	+4.313	+0.474	—
26	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS	17	1:15.485	+4.605	+0.292	—

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

Photographs from this race

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The cars in this race

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Coloni C3
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Where this comes from

Round: 8 of 1990
Grand Prix: British Grand Prix
Dates: 15 Jul 1990
Layout raced: With Bridge chicane · 4.778 km
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Ferrari
Entrant: Ferrari
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.