The 1990 Brazilian Grand Prix was Round 2 of the 1990 FIA Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held in Interlagos, Brazil on Sunday, 25 March 1990. Ayrton Senna started on pole position in the McLaren Honda and Alain Prost was the race winner for Ferrari. Having also won in 1982, 1984, 1985, 1987 and 1988, this was Prost’s sixth and final Brazilian Grand Prix victory.
1990 Brazilian Grand Prix Race Result
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Tyre | Laps | Time/Retired | Race Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Lap | Speed | Started | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Alain Prost | France | Ferrari | Goodyear | 71 | 1:37:21.258 | 1:37:21.258 | - | - | 1:20.010 | 57 | 189.252 | 6 | 9 |
| 2 | 28 | Gerhard Berger | Austria | McLaren Honda | Goodyear | 71 | +13.564 | 1:37:34.822 | +13.564 | +13.564 | 1:19.899 | 55 | 188.813 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 27 | Ayrton Senna | Brazil | McLaren Honda | Goodyear | 71 | +37.722 | 1:37:58.980 | +37.722 | +24.158 | 1:20.067 | 42 | 188.037 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | Nigel Mansell | Great Britain | Ferrari | Goodyear | 71 | +47.266 | 1:38:08.524 | +47.266 | +9.544 | 1:20.389 | 61 | 187.732 | 5 | 3 |
| 5 | 5 | Thierry Boutsen | Belgium | Williams Renault | Goodyear | 70 | +1 lap | 1:37:33.877 | 1 lap | 1 lap | 1:20.089 | 38 | 186.184 | 3 | 2 |
| 6 | 20 | Nelson Piquet | Brazil | Benetton Ford | Goodyear | 70 | +1 lap | 1:37:59.861 | 1 lap | +25.984 | 1:20.650 | 61 | 185.361 | 13 | 1 |
| 7 | 4 | Jean Alesi | France | Tyrrell Ford | Pirelli | 70 | +1 lap | 1:38:00.860 | 1 lap | +0.999 | 1:22.536 | 38 | 185.330 | 7 | |
| 8 | 3 | Satoru Nakajima | Japan | Tyrrell Ford | Pirelli | 70 | +1 lap | 1:38:27.693 | 1 lap | +26.833 | 1:22.398 | 38 | 184.488 | 19 | |
| 9 | 23 | Pierluigi Martini | Italy | Minardi Ford | Pirelli | 69 | +2 laps | 1:38:31.426 | 2 laps | 1 lap | 1:21.799 | 54 | 181.737 | 8 | |
| 10 | 19 | Alessandro Nannini | Italy | Benetton Ford | Goodyear | 68 | Puncture | 1:36:30.323 | 3 laps | 1 lap | 1:21.820 | 52 | 182.849 | 15 | |
| 11 | 25 | Nicola Larini | Italy | Ligier Ford | Goodyear | 68 | +3 laps | 1:37:24.265 | 3 laps | +53.942 | 1:22.649 | 60 | 181.162 | 20 | |
| 12 | 26 | Philippe Alliot | France | Ligier Ford | Goodyear | 68 | +3 laps | 1:38:19.147 | 3 laps | +54.882 | 1:23.115 | 58 | 179.476 | 10 | |
| 13 | 6 | Riccardo Patrese | Italy | Williams Renault | Goodyear | 65 | Oil Pressure | 1:29:58.026 | 6 laps | 3 laps | 1:20.132 | 45 | 187.485 | 4 | |
| 14 | 21 | Gianni Morbidelli | Italy | Dallara Ford | Pirelli | 64 | +7 laps | 1:37:24.574 | 7 laps | 1 lap | 1:22.987 | 58 | 170.496 | 16 | |
| DNF | 10 | Alex Caffi | Italy | Arrows Ford | Goodyear | 49 | Clutch | 1:12:49.041 | 1:23.671 | 22 | 174.621 | 25 | |||
| DNF | 12 | Martin Donnelly | Great Britain | Lotus Lamborghini | Goodyear | 43 | Spun Off | 1:01:50.050 | 1:22.899 | 43 | 180.458 | 14 | |||
| DNF | 8 | Stefano Modena | Italy | Brabham Judd | Pirelli | 39 | Spun Off | 54:49.256 | 1:23.255 | 30 | 184.610 | 12 | |||
| DNF | 24 | Paolo Barilla | Italy | Minardi Ford | Pirelli | 38 | Engine | 54:29.563 | 1:24.177 | 29 | 180.959 | 17 | |||
| DNF | 18 | Yannick Dalmas | France | AGS Ford | Goodyear | 28 | Suspension | 40:59.231 | 1:22.948 | 27 | 177.274 | 26 | |||
| DNF | 11 | Derek Warwick | Great Britain | Lotus Lamborghini | Goodyear | 25 | Electrical | 36:32.563 | 1:23.390 | 17 | 177.531 | 24 | |||
| DNF | 30 | Aguri Suzuki | Japan | Lola Lamborghini | Goodyear | 24 | Suspension | 35:06.461 | 1:23.491 | 21 | 177.397 | 18 | |||
| DNF | 9 | Michele Alboreto | Italy | Arrows Ford | Goodyear | 24 | Suspension | 36:19.722 | 1:23.292 | 21 | 171.434 | 23 | |||
| DNF | 7 | Gregor Foitek | Switzerland | Brabham Judd | Pirelli | 14 | Transmission | 20:24.800 | 1:24.922 | 10 | 177.971 | 22 | |||
| DNF | 29 | Éric Bernard | France | Lola Lamborghini | Goodyear | 13 | Gearbox | 19:33.489 | 1:24.658 | 11 | 172.485 | 11 | |||
| DNF | 14 | Olivier Grouillard | France | Osella Ford | Pirelli | 8 | Collision | 13:29.525 | 1:25.308 | 6 | 153.868 | 21 | |||
| DNF | 22 | Andrea de Cesaris | Italy | Dallara Ford | Pirelli | Collision | 9 | ||||||||
| DNQ | 35 | Stefan Johansson | Sweden | Onyx Ford | Goodyear | ||||||||||
| DNQ | 36 | JJ Lehto | Finland | Onyx Ford | Goodyear | ||||||||||
| DNQ | 16 | Ivan Capelli | Italy | Leyton House Judd | Goodyear | ||||||||||
| DNQ | 15 | Mauricio Gugelmin | Brazil | Leyton House Judd | Goodyear | ||||||||||
| DNPQ | 17 | Gabriele Tarquini | Italy | AGS Ford | Goodyear | ||||||||||
| DNPQ | 33 | Roberto Moreno | Brazil | Euro Brun Judd | Pirelli | ||||||||||
| DNPQ | 31 | Bertrand Gachot | Belgium | Coloni Subaru | Goodyear | ||||||||||
| DNPQ | 34 | Claudio Langes | Italy | Euro Brun Judd | Pirelli | ||||||||||
| DNPQ | 39 | Gary Brabham | Australia | Life | Goodyear |