The 1990 Italian Grand Prix (formally the Coca-Cola 61º Gran Premio d'Italia) was a Formula One motor race held at Monza on 9 September 1990. It was the twelfth race of the 1990 Formula One World Championship. The race was the 60th Italian Grand Prix and the 55th to be held at Monza.
The 53-lap race was won by Brazilian driver Ayrton Senna, driving a McLaren-Honda. Senna took pole position, led every lap and set the fastest race lap, thus achieving a Grand Slam. Senna's Driver's Championship rival, Frenchman Alain Prost, finished second in his Ferrari, some six seconds behind, with Senna's Austrian teammate Gerhard Berger third.
The win enabled Senna to extend his lead over Prost in the Drivers' Championship to 16 points with four races remaining.
Qualifying Pre-qualifying report The Friday morning pre-qualifying session at Monza followed a similar pattern to the previous race at Spa, with the same four drivers progressing to the main qualifying sessions. Olivier Grouillard was fastest again in the Osella, his tenth pre-qualification from twelve attempts. Bertrand Gachot achieved his best pre-qualifying position of the season so far in second place in the Coloni, his second success at this stage. The AGS cars both pre-qualified again in third and fourth, with Gabriele Tarquini outpacing Yannick Dalmas this time.
Therefore the same three cars missed out on pre-qualification, namely the two EuroBruns and the Life. Fifth again was the EuroBrun of Roberto Moreno, just under six tenths of a second slower than Dalmas, although Claudio Langes was nearly 6.5 seconds further adrift in the sister car. Bruno Giacomelli was 20 seconds further behind in the Life, having only managed two laps at the team's home event before a substantial engine failure. It was the last appearance for their unusual, but hugely underdeveloped W12 engine.
Pre-qualifying classification Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap 1 14 Olivier Grouillard Osella-Ford 1:26.947 — 2 31 Bertrand Gachot Coloni-Ford 1:27.594 +0.647 3 17 Gabriele Tarquini AGS-Ford 1:27.773 +0.826 4 18 Yannick Dalmas AGS-Ford 1:28.113 +1.166 5 33 Roberto Moreno EuroBrun-Judd 1:28.703 +1.756 6 34 Claudio Langes EuroBrun-Judd 1:35.061 +8.114 7 39 Bruno Giacomelli Life 1:55.244 +28.297
Qualifying report
Qualifying classification Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap 1 27 Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda 1:22.972 1:22.533 — 2 1 Alain Prost Ferrari 1:23.497 1:22.935 +0.402 3 28 Gerhard Berger McLaren-Honda 1:23.239 1:22.936 +0.403 4 2 Nigel Mansell Ferrari 1:23.141 1:23.720 +0.608 5 4 Jean Alesi Tyrrell-Ford 1:24.159 1:23.526 +0.993 6 5 Thierry Boutsen Williams-Renault 1:24.042 1:23.984 +1.451 7 6 Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault 1:24.253 1:24.555 +1.720 8 19 Alessandro Nannini Benetton-Ford 1:25.567 1:24.583 +2.050 9 20 Nelson Piquet Benetton-Ford 1:24.699 1:24.987 +2.166 10 15 Maurício Gugelmin Leyton House-Judd 1:26.170 1:25.556 +3.023 11 12 Martin Donnelly Lotus-Lamborghini 1:26.110 1:25.629 +3.096 12 11 Derek Warwick Lotus-Lamborghini 1:25.728 1:25.677 +3.144 13 29 Éric Bernard Lola-Lamborghini 1:25.927 1:26.154 +3.394 14 3 Satoru Nakajima Tyrrell-Ford 1:26.449 1:26.081 +3.548 15 23 Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ford 1:26.330 1:26.516 +3.797 16 16 Ivan Capelli Leyton House-Judd 1:26.712 1:26.735 +4.179 17 8 Stefano Modena Brabham-Judd 1:26.950 1:27.997 +4.417 18 30 Aguri Suzuki Lola-Lamborghini 1:27.074 1:26.962 +4.429 19 21 Emanuele Pirro Dallara-Ford 1:27.790 1:26.964 +4.431 20 26 Philippe Alliot Ligier-Ford 1:27.153 1:27.043 +4.510 21 10 Alex Caffi Arrows-Ford 1:27.828 1:27.410 +4.877 22 9 Michele Alboreto Arrows-Ford 1:27.784 1:27.448 +4.915 23 14 Olivier Grouillard Osella-Ford 1:27.541 1:28.228 +5.008 24 18 Yannick Dalmas AGS-Ford 1:28.564 1:27.673 +5.140 25 22 Andrea de Cesaris Dallara-Ford 1:27.772 1:27.749 +5.216 26 25 Nicola Larini Ligier-Ford 1:28.626 1:27.937 +5.404 27 17 Gabriele Tarquini AGS-Ford 1:28.107 1:28.256 +5.574 28 24 Paolo Barilla Minardi-Ford 1:28.258 1:28.521 +5.725 29 7 David Brabham Brabham-Judd 1:28.382 1:30.446 +5.849 30 31 Bertrand Gachot Coloni-Ford 1:28.952 1:30.140 +6.419
Race Race report Near the end of the first lap, Derek Warwick ran wide at the Parabolica, his Lotus hitting the guard rail at around and flipping upside down. Warwick clambered out of the car unhurt.Warwick Flips at Monza and Walks Away – 1990 Italian GP The race was stopped on the second lap and restarted over the original distance, with Warwick taking the spare car and eventually retiring with a clutch failure. Jean Alesi became the first retirement as he went off Variante del Rettifilo on lap 5 and hit the wall, as the Lotus of Martin Donnelly had a dramatic engine failure at the start of lap 14. And Alboreto in the Arrows spun off at Ascari with only 1 lap to go.
Race classification Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 27 Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda 53 1:17:57.878 1 9 2 1 Alain Prost Ferrari 53 + 6.054 2 6 3 28 Gerhard Berger McLaren-Honda 53 + 7.404 3 4 4 2 Nigel Mansell Ferrari 53 + 56.219 4 3 5 6 Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault 52 + 1:25.274 7 2 6 3 Satoru Nakajima Tyrrell-Ford 52 + 1 lap 14 1 7 20 Nelson Piquet Benetton-Ford 52 + 1 lap 9 8 19 Alessandro Nannini Benetton-Ford 52 + 1 lap 8 9 10 Alex Caffi Arrows-Ford 51 + 2 laps 21 10 22 Andrea de Cesaris Dallara-Ford 51 + 2 laps 25 11 25 Nicola Larini Ligier-Ford 51 + 2 laps 26 12 9 Michele Alboreto Arrows-Ford 50 Spun off 22 13 26 Philippe Alliot Ligier-Ford 50 + 3 laps 20 18 Yannick Dalmas AGS-Ford 45 + 8 laps 24 16 Ivan Capelli Leyton House-Judd 36 Engine 16 30 Aguri Suzuki Lola-Lamborghini 36 Electrical 18 14 Olivier Grouillard Osella-Ford 27 Wheel bearing 23 15 Maurício Gugelmin Leyton House-Judd 24 Engine 10 8 Stefano Modena Brabham-Judd 21 Engine 17 5 Thierry Boutsen Williams-Renault 18 Suspension 6 11 Derek Warwick Lotus-Lamborghini 15 Clutch 12 21 Emanuele Pirro Dallara-Ford 14 Spun off 19 12 Martin Donnelly Lotus-Lamborghini 13 Engine 11 29 Éric Bernard Lola-Lamborghini 10 Clutch 13 23 Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ford 7 Suspension 15 4 Jean Alesi Tyrrell-Ford 4 Spun off 5 17 Gabriele Tarquini AGS-Ford 24 Paolo Barilla Minardi-Ford 7 David Brabham Brabham-Judd 31 Bertrand Gachot Coloni-Ford 33 Roberto Moreno EuroBrun-Judd 34 Claudio Langes EuroBrun-Judd 39 Bruno Giacomelli Life
Championship standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings PosDriverPoints 1 Ayrton Senna 72 2 Alain Prost 56 3 Gerhard Berger 37 4 Thierry Boutsen 27 5 Nelson Piquet 24Source:
Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 McLaren-Honda109 2 Ferrari72 3 Williams-Renault44 4 Benetton-Ford40 5 Tyrrell-Ford15Source:
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