The 1990 Canadian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 10 June 1990 at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. It was Race 5 of 16 in the 1990 Formula One World Championship. It was the 28th Canadian Grand Prix and the 12th to be held at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. The race was held over 70 laps of the 4.390 km (2.728 mi) circuit for a race distance of 307 kilometres.
The race was won for the second time by Brazilian driver Ayrton Senna driving a McLaren MP4/5B. It was Senna's third win for the season having won the season-opening United States Grand Prix and the Monaco Grand Prix just two weeks earlier. Senna won by ten seconds over fellow Brazilian Nelson Piquet who drove a Benetton B190. Three seconds further back in third was British driver Nigel Mansell driving a Ferrari 641.
The win allowed Senna to gain a twelve-point lead in the drivers' championship over his McLaren teammate Gerhard Berger. His nearest competitive rival, Ferrari driver Alain Prost had less than half of Senna's points.
Qualifying Pre-qualifying report In the Friday morning pre-qualifying session, Roberto Moreno was fastest by over three tenths of a second in the EuroBrun, despite a continued lack of testing. Olivier Grouillard was second fastest in the sole Osella, with the Larrousse-Lolas in third and fourth. For the first time this season, Aguri Suzuki was faster than his team-mate Éric Bernard.
In fifth place, failing to pre-qualify by a hundredth of a second, was Gabriele Tarquini in the AGS, with his team-mate Yannick Dalmas in sixth. It was the fourth double failure to pre-qualify for the French team. The other three entrants were a long way behind: Bertrand Gachot was seventh in the Coloni, nearly 16 seconds slower than Moreno. Claudio Langes had been fired by EuroBrun prior to this event, but had been reinstated; he was eighth fastest, nearly 19 seconds slower than his team-mate Moreno. Slowest again, and nearly 22 seconds off the pace, was Bruno Giacomelli, who managed seven laps in the Life before his engine failed. The team were at this point talking to Brabham and Lotus, hoping to purchase some used Judd CV engines, the same type that EuroBrun were using.
Pre-qualifying classification Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap 1 33 Roberto Moreno EuroBrun-Judd 1:28.268 — 2 14 Olivier Grouillard Osella-Ford 1:28.589 +0.321 3 30 Aguri Suzuki Lola-Lamborghini 1:29.372 +1.104 4 29 Éric Bernard Lola-Lamborghini 1:29.844 +1.576 5 17 Gabriele Tarquini AGS-Ford 1:29.855 +1.587 6 18 Yannick Dalmas AGS-Ford 1:30.460 +2.192 7 31 Bertrand Gachot Coloni-Subaru 1:44.185 +15.917 8 34 Claudio Langes EuroBrun-Judd 1:47.118 +18.850 9 39 Bruno Giacomelli Life 1:50.253 +21.985
Qualifying report The qualifying session on Saturday was wet, therefore Friday's times were used to decide the grid order. Ayrton Senna was fastest in the McLaren, with his team-mate Gerhard Berger alongside him on the front row.
Qualifying classification Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap 1 27 Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda 1:20.399 1:30.514 — 2 28 Gerhard Berger McLaren-Honda 1:20.465 1:33.240 +0.066 3 1 Alain Prost Ferrari 1:20.826 1:31.514 +0.427 4 19 Alessandro Nannini Benetton-Ford 1:21.302 1:30.575 +0.903 5 20 Nelson Piquet Benetton-Ford 1:21.568 1:27.124 +1.169 6 5 Thierry Boutsen Williams-Renault 1:21.599 — +1.200 7 2 Nigel Mansell Ferrari 1:21.641 1:27.647 +1.242 8 4 Jean Alesi Tyrrell-Ford 1:21.748 — +1.349 9 6 Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault 1:22.018 44:52.525 +1.619 10 8 Stefano Modena Brabham-Judd 1:22.660 1:29.062 +2.261 11 11 Derek Warwick Lotus-Lamborghini 1:22.673 — +2.274 12 12 Martin Donnelly Lotus-Lamborghini 1:22.703 1:35.198 +2.304 13 3 Satoru Nakajima Tyrrell-Ford 1:23.605 — +3.205 14 9 Michele Alboreto Arrows-Ford 1:23.744 — +3.345 15 14 Olivier Grouillard Osella-Ford 1:23.779 1:30.872 +3.380 16 23 Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ford 1:23.795 1:40.047 +3.396 17 26 Philippe Alliot Ligier-Ford 1:23.899 1:31.797 +3.500 18 30 Aguri Suzuki Lola-Lamborghini 1:23.915 1:32.777 +3.516 19 21 Emanuele Pirro Dallara-Ford 1:24.269 1:38.775 +3.870 20 25 Nicola Larini Ligier-Ford 1:24.285 1:30.091 +3.886 21 35 Gregor Foitek Onyx-Ford 1:24.397 1:42.487 +3.998 22 36 JJ Lehto Onyx-Ford 1:24.425 1:40.607 +4.026 23 29 Éric Bernard Lola-Lamborghini 1:24.451 1:32.750 +4.052 24 16 Ivan Capelli Leyton House-Judd 1:24.554 7:00.728 +4.155 25 22 Andrea de Cesaris Dallara-Ford 1:24.621 1:36.629 +4.222 26 10 Alex Caffi Arrows-Ford 1:25.113 1:39.209 +4.714 27 33 Roberto Moreno EuroBrun-Judd 1:25.172 1:31.097 +4.773 28 15 Maurício Gugelmin Leyton House-Judd 1:25.712 1:45.435 +5.313 29 24 Paolo Barilla Minardi-Ford 1:25.951 1:51.583 +5.552 30 7 David Brabham Brabham-Judd 1:26.771 1:36.453 +6.372
Race Race report In a race with a McLaren front row, the team looked strong. Senna maintained the lead coming into the first corner with Berger second, but the Austrian was deemed to have jumped the start. A few laps into the race it was announced that Berger would have a one-minute penalty added to his race time. As a consequence, after a round of pitstops for new tyres, Senna allowed his teammate to pass him going into the hairpin so that the Austrian could set about gaining time in relation to his competitors.
The weather conditions were moist, making for a mildly slippery track. This caused spins for many. The first of the spinners was Pierluigi Martini who spun off at turn 2 on the first lap. Thierry Boutsen, the 1989 winner, spun mid-race while trying to pass Prost approaching a corner, and hit the Ligier of Nicola Larini as he spun.
Nannini spun off the track into a tyre wall. Shortly afterwards on lap 26, Jean Alesi lost control while challenging another car and spun into the same tyre barrier, ending up on top of Nannini's abandoned Benetton B190. The Benetton was written off when hit by the Tyrrell, leaving team mechanics with a massive rebuild before the next race in Mexico.
In the end, Berger had crossed the line first but was awarded a one-minute penalty for a jumped start, which was added to his overall race time, dropping him to fourth in the final order. Following Berger's penalty, Senna took the victory, whilst Piquet finished second after a determined battle with the two Ferraris where he forced his way past Prost's Ferrari going into the hairpin. It was the Benetton driver's first podium finish since the 1988 Australian Grand Prix. Prost was later passed at the same place by teammate Mansell who went on to finish third.
Race classification Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 27 Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda 70 1:42:56.400 1 9 2 20 Nelson Piquet Benetton-Ford 70 +10.497 5 6 3 2 Nigel Mansell Ferrari 70 +13.385 7 4 4 28 Gerhard Berger McLaren-Honda 70 +14.854 2 3 5 1 Alain Prost Ferrari 70 +15.820 3 2 6 11 Derek Warwick Lotus-Lamborghini 68 +2 laps 11 1 7 8 Stefano Modena Brabham-Judd 68 +2 laps 10 8 10 Alex Caffi Arrows-Ford 68 +2 laps 26 9 29 Éric Bernard Lola-Lamborghini 67 +3 laps 23 10 16 Ivan Capelli Leyton House-Judd 67 +3 laps 24 11 3 Satoru Nakajima Tyrrell-Ford 67 +3 laps 13 12 30 Aguri Suzuki Lola-Lamborghini 66 +4 laps 18 13 14 Olivier Grouillard Osella-Ford 65 +5 laps 15 12 Martin Donnelly Lotus-Lamborghini 57 Engine 12 35 Gregor Foitek Onyx-Ford 53 Engine 21 22 Andrea de Cesaris Dallara-Ford 50 Gearbox 25 36 JJ Lehto Onyx-Ford 46 Engine 22 6 Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault 44 Brakes 9 26 Philippe Alliot Ligier-Ford 34 Engine 17 4 Jean Alesi Tyrrell-Ford 26 Spun off 8 19 Alessandro Nannini Benetton-Ford 21 Spun off 4 5 Thierry Boutsen Williams-Renault 19 Collision 6 25 Nicola Larini Ligier-Ford 18 Collision 20 21 Emanuele Pirro Dallara-Ford 11 Collision 19 9 Michele Alboreto Arrows-Ford 11 Collision 14 23 Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ford 0 Spun off 16 33 Roberto Moreno EuroBrun-Judd 15 Maurício Gugelmin Leyton House-Judd 24 Paolo Barilla Minardi-Ford 7 David Brabham Brabham-Judd 17 Gabriele Tarquini AGS-Ford 18 Yannick Dalmas AGS-Ford 31 Bertrand Gachot Coloni-Subaru 34 Claudio Langes EuroBrun-Judd 39 Bruno Giacomelli Life
Championship standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings PosDriverPoints 1 Ayrton Senna 31 2 Gerhard Berger 19 3 Alain Prost 14 4 Jean Alesi 13 5 Nelson Piquet 12Source:
Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 McLaren-Honda50 2 Ferrari21 3 Williams-Renault18 4 Benetton-Ford16 5 Tyrrell-Ford14Source:
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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