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Grand Prix de Monaco 1990 · race

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THE HISTORICAL RECORD

Profile & context

Name: Grand Prix de Monaco 1990 · race

PROVENANCE

Sources behind this page

F1DB

v2026.17.0 · session/488-race

Original reference ↗

Historical source & scope

F1DB v2026.17.0 · CC BY 4.0. Normalisation, links and calculations by MotorPedia. Original source observations retained.

Source-reported facts are not independent historical confirmation. Missing times and points remain unknown; source-rounded points retain their published precision. Constructor, entrant and team identities are kept distinct.

Grand Prix context

Grand Prix de Monaco 1990 · Circuit de Monaco

Technical formula: Formula 1. World Championship membership is separate from technical regulations.

1990 Formula 1 World Championship · round 4

Race classification

Source participant rows: shared cars and nonstarters retained
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	1:52:46.982 · 78 laps · honda	9
2	Jean Alesi	Tyrrell	1:52:48.069 · 78 laps · ford	6
3	Gerhard Berger	McLaren	1:52:49.055 · 78 laps · honda	4
4	Thierry Boutsen	Williams	Time not recorded · 77 laps · renault	3
5	Alex Caffi	Arrows	Time not recorded · 76 laps · ford	2
6	Éric Bernard	Lola	Time not recorded · 76 laps · lamborghini	1
7	Gregor Foitek	Onyx	Collision · Time not recorded · 72 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Derek Warwick	Lotus	Spun off · Time not recorded · 66 laps · lamborghini	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	Battery · Time not recorded · 63 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Paolo Barilla	Minardi	Gearbox · Time not recorded · 52 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	JJ Lehto	Onyx	Gearbox · Time not recorded · 52 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Philippe Alliot	Ligier	Gearbox · Time not recorded · 47 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	Distributor · Time not recorded · 41 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara	Engine · Time not recorded · 38 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell	Spun off · Time not recorded · 36 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Alain Prost	Ferrari	Battery · Time not recorded · 30 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	Gearbox · Time not recorded · 20 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	David Brabham	Brabham	Transmission · Time not recorded · 16 laps · judd	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House	Brakes · Time not recorded · 13 laps · judd	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Nicola Larini	Ligier	Differential · Time not recorded · 12 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Aguri Suzuki	Lola	Steering · Time not recorded · 11 laps · lamborghini	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	Electrical · Time not recorded · 7 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Martin Donnelly	Lotus	Gearbox · Time not recorded · 6 laps · lamborghini	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Stefano Modena	Brabham	Transmission · Time not recorded · 3 laps · judd	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara	Engine · Time not recorded · 0 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DSQ	Nelson Piquet	Benetton	Push start · Time not recorded · 34 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNQ	Michele Alboreto	Arrows	Time not recorded · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNQ	Olivier Grouillard	Osella	Time not recorded · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNQ	Maurício Gugelmin	Leyton House	Time not recorded · judd	Unknown / not applicable
DNQ	Roberto Moreno	EuroBrun	Time not recorded · judd	Unknown / not applicable
DNPQ	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS	Time not recorded · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNPQ	Yannick Dalmas	AGS	Time not recorded · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNPQ	Claudio Langes	EuroBrun	Time not recorded · judd	Unknown / not applicable
DNPQ	Bertrand Gachot	Coloni	Time not recorded · subaru	Unknown / not applicable
DNPQ	Bruno Giacomelli	Life	Time not recorded · life	Unknown / not applicable

Qualifying

Recorded qualifying order; Q1/Q2/Q3 and earlier formats remain distinct in original evidence
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	1:21.314 · honda
2	Alain Prost	Ferrari	1:21.776 · ferrari
3	Jean Alesi	Tyrrell	1:21.801 · ford
4	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	1:22.026 · renault
5	Gerhard Berger	McLaren	1:22.682 · honda
6	Thierry Boutsen	Williams	1:22.691 · renault
7	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	1:22.733 · ferrari
8	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	1:23.149 · ford
9	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara	1:23.494 · ford
10	Nelson Piquet	Benetton	1:23.566 · ford
11	Martin Donnelly	Lotus	1:23.600 · lamborghini
12	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara	1:23.613 · ford
13	Derek Warwick	Lotus	1:23.656 · lamborghini
14	Stefano Modena	Brabham	1:23.920 · judd
15	Aguri Suzuki	Lola	1:24.023 · lamborghini
16	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	1:24.139 · ford
17	Nicola Larini	Ligier	1:24.206 · ford
18	Philippe Alliot	Ligier	1:24.294 · ford
19	Paolo Barilla	Minardi	1:24.334 · ford
20	Gregor Foitek	Onyx	1:24.367 · ford
21	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell	1:24.371 · ford
22	Alex Caffi	Arrows	1:25.000 · ford
23	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House	1:25.020 · judd
24	Éric Bernard	Lola	1:25.398 · lamborghini
25	David Brabham	Brabham	1:25.420 · judd
26	JJ Lehto	Onyx	1:25.508 · ford
27	Michele Alboreto	Arrows	1:25.622 · ford
28	Olivier Grouillard	Osella	1:25.785 · ford
29	Maurício Gugelmin	Leyton House	1:26.192 · judd
30	Roberto Moreno	EuroBrun	1:26.604 · judd

Starting grid

Recorded grid; pole awards are not inferred from starting position
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	1:21.314 · honda
2	Alain Prost	Ferrari	1:21.776 · ferrari
3	Jean Alesi	Tyrrell	1:21.801 · ford
4	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	1:22.026 · renault
5	Gerhard Berger	McLaren	1:22.682 · honda
6	Thierry Boutsen	Williams	1:22.691 · renault
7	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	1:22.733 · ferrari
8	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	1:23.149 · ford
9	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara	1:23.494 · ford
10	Nelson Piquet	Benetton	1:23.566 · ford
11	Martin Donnelly	Lotus	1:23.600 · lamborghini
12	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara	1:23.613 · ford
13	Derek Warwick	Lotus	1:23.656 · lamborghini
14	Stefano Modena	Brabham	1:23.920 · judd
15	Aguri Suzuki	Lola	1:24.023 · lamborghini
16	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	1:24.139 · ford
17	Nicola Larini	Ligier	1:24.206 · ford
18	Philippe Alliot	Ligier	1:24.294 · ford
19	Paolo Barilla	Minardi	1:24.334 · ford
20	Gregor Foitek	Onyx	1:24.367 · ford
21	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell	1:24.371 · ford
22	Alex Caffi	Arrows	1:25.000 · ford
23	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House	1:25.020 · judd
24	Éric Bernard	Lola	1:25.398 · lamborghini
25	David Brabham	Brabham	1:25.420 · judd
26	JJ Lehto	Onyx	1:25.508 · ford

Championship progression

Driver standings after this championship round
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Ayrton Senna	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	22
2	Gerhard Berger	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	16
3	Jean Alesi	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	13
4	Alain Prost	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	12
5	Riccardo Patrese	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	9
6	Thierry Boutsen	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	9
7	Nelson Piquet	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	6
8	Alessandro Nannini	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	4
9	Nigel Mansell	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	3
10	Stefano Modena	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	2
10	Alex Caffi	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	2
12	Satoru Nakajima	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	1
12	Éric Bernard	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	1

Practice & warm-up observations

Original F1DB session observations; bounded to 120 rows. Missing times remain unknown. Not qualifying or race classifications.

Session	Driver	Position	Time
freePractice1Results	Jean Alesi	1	1:22.730
freePractice1Results	Ayrton Senna	2	1:23.114
freePractice1Results	Gerhard Berger	3	1:23.554
freePractice1Results	Nigel Mansell	4	1:24.093
freePractice1Results	Riccardo Patrese	5	1:24.513
freePractice1Results	Pierluigi Martini	6	1:24.864
freePractice1Results	Derek Warwick	7	1:24.884
freePractice1Results	Thierry Boutsen	8	1:24.999
freePractice1Results	Stefano Modena	9	1:25.037
freePractice1Results	Martin Donnelly	10	1:25.056
freePractice1Results	Alain Prost	11	1:25.073
freePractice1Results	Nelson Piquet	12	1:25.490
freePractice1Results	Satoru Nakajima	13	1:25.503
freePractice1Results	Éric Bernard	14	1:25.705
freePractice1Results	Paolo Barilla	15	1:25.918
freePractice1Results	Emanuele Pirro	16	1:25.924
freePractice1Results	Andrea de Cesaris	17	1:26.004
freePractice1Results	Roberto Moreno	18	1:26.044
freePractice1Results	Alessandro Nannini	19	1:26.232
freePractice1Results	Aguri Suzuki	20	1:26.326
freePractice1Results	Nicola Larini	21	1:26.519
freePractice1Results	Alex Caffi	22	1:26.695
freePractice1Results	Philippe Alliot	23	1:27.061
freePractice1Results	Olivier Grouillard	24	1:27.406
freePractice1Results	Michele Alboreto	25	1:27.604
freePractice1Results	Gregor Foitek	26	1:27.653
freePractice1Results	Maurício Gugelmin	27	1:27.850
freePractice1Results	Ivan Capelli	28	1:28.552
freePractice1Results	JJ Lehto	29	1:28.816
freePractice1Results	David Brabham	30	1:28.869
freePractice2Results	Ayrton Senna	1	1:21.722
freePractice2Results	Jean Alesi	2	1:22.374
freePractice2Results	Gerhard Berger	3	1:23.209
freePractice2Results	Riccardo Patrese	4	1:23.506
freePractice2Results	Alain Prost	5	1:23.588
freePractice2Results	Thierry Boutsen	6	1:23.619
freePractice2Results	Philippe Alliot	7	1:23.666
freePractice2Results	Nigel Mansell	8	1:23.719
freePractice2Results	Derek Warwick	9	1:23.986
freePractice2Results	Emanuele Pirro	10	1:24.299
freePractice2Results	Andrea de Cesaris	11	1:24.332
freePractice2Results	Martin Donnelly	12	1:24.384
freePractice2Results	Nelson Piquet	13	1:24.435
freePractice2Results	Éric Bernard	14	1:24.458
freePractice2Results	Gregor Foitek	15	1:24.557
freePractice2Results	Aguri Suzuki	16	1:24.615
freePractice2Results	Satoru Nakajima	17	1:24.902
freePractice2Results	Alessandro Nannini	18	1:24.965
freePractice2Results	Stefano Modena	19	1:25.001
freePractice2Results	Pierluigi Martini	20	1:25.327
freePractice2Results	Alex Caffi	21	1:25.502
freePractice2Results	JJ Lehto	22	1:25.714
freePractice2Results	Michele Alboreto	23	1:25.911
freePractice2Results	Nicola Larini	24	1:26.000
freePractice2Results	Paolo Barilla	25	1:26.212
freePractice2Results	Olivier Grouillard	26	1:26.351
freePractice2Results	Maurício Gugelmin	27	1:27.707
freePractice2Results	Ivan Capelli	28	1:28.383
freePractice2Results	Roberto Moreno	29	1:28.551
freePractice2Results	David Brabham	30	1:28.823
warmingUpResults	Ayrton Senna	1	1:24.814
warmingUpResults	Alain Prost	2	1:24.936
warmingUpResults	Gerhard Berger	3	1:25.858
warmingUpResults	Nigel Mansell	4	1:26.082
warmingUpResults	Éric Bernard	5	1:26.725
warmingUpResults	Andrea de Cesaris	6	1:26.739
warmingUpResults	Nelson Piquet	7	1:26.779
warmingUpResults	Jean Alesi	8	1:26.908
warmingUpResults	Derek Warwick	9	1:27.027
warmingUpResults	Riccardo Patrese	10	1:27.135
warmingUpResults	Martin Donnelly	11	1:27.261
warmingUpResults	Pierluigi Martini	12	1:27.723
warmingUpResults	Stefano Modena	13	1:27.749
warmingUpResults	Philippe Alliot	14	1:27.795
warmingUpResults	Emanuele Pirro	15	1:27.871
warmingUpResults	Thierry Boutsen	16	1:28.057
warmingUpResults	Gregor Foitek	17	1:28.295
warmingUpResults	Satoru Nakajima	18	1:28.535
warmingUpResults	Nicola Larini	19	1:28.692
warmingUpResults	Paolo Barilla	20	1:28.698
warmingUpResults	JJ Lehto	21	1:29.007
warmingUpResults	Alessandro Nannini	22	1:29.046
warmingUpResults	Alex Caffi	23	1:29.109
warmingUpResults	Ivan Capelli	24	1:30.329
warmingUpResults	David Brabham	25	1:32.131