The Garagiste.

Broadcast Age  ·  Round 15

Japanese Grand Prix

1990  ·  Suzuka Circuit  ·  21 October 1990  ·  53 laps

  1. 1st Nelson Piquet Benetton · 01:34:36.824
  2. 2nd Roberto Moreno Benetton · +7.223
  3. 3rd Aguri Suzuki Larrousse · +22.469

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Ayrton Senna

McLaren  —  Pole position

02 Lap 0

Ayrton Senna

Retirement McLaren  —  Collision

03 Lap 0

Alain Prost

Retirement Ferrari  —  Collision

04 Lap 1

Gerhard Berger

Retirement McLaren  —  Spun off

05 Lap 26

Nigel Mansell

Retirement Ferrari  —  Transmission

06 Lap 38

Derek Warwick

Retirement Team Lotus  —  Gearbox

07 On the Charge

Philippe Alliot

Ligier  —  P25 → P10

08 Victory

Nelson Piquet

Benetton  —  Won from P6

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Nelson Piquet Benetton 6 53 01:34:36.824 9
2 Roberto Moreno Benetton 8 53 +7.223 6
3 Aguri Suzuki Larrousse 9 53 +22.469 4
4 Riccardo Patrese Williams 7 53 +36.258 3
5 Thierry Boutsen Williams 5 53 +46.884 2
6 Satoru Nakajima Tyrrell 14 53 +1:12.350 1
7 Nicola Larini Ligier 17 52 +1 Lap
8 Pierluigi Martini Minardi 10 52 +1 Lap
9 Alex Caffi Arrows 23 52 +1 Lap
10 Philippe Alliot Ligier 25 52 +1 Lap
11 Derek Warwick Team Lotus 11 38 Gearbox
12 Johnny Herbert Team Lotus 12 31 Engine
13 Michele Alboreto Arrows 24 28 Engine
14 Nigel Mansell Ferrari 3 26 Transmission
15 Emanuele Pirro Dallara 19 24 Alternator
16 Éric Bernard Larrousse 18 24 Engine
17 Gianni Morbidelli Minardi 20 18 Spun off
18 Ivan Capelli Leyton House 13 16 Ignition
19 Andrea de Cesaris Dallara 26 13 Spun off
20 Maurício Gugelmin Leyton House 16 5 Engine
21 David Brabham Brabham 21 5 Clutch
22 Gerhard Berger McLaren 4 1 Spun off
23 Ayrton Senna McLaren 1 0 Collision
24 Alain Prost Ferrari 2 0 Collision
25 Stefano Modena Brabham 22 0 Collision
26 Jean Alesi Tyrrell 7 0 Withdrew

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