The 1990 French Grand Prix was Round 7 of the 1990 FIA Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held at Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France on Sunday, 8 July 1990. Nigel Mansell started on pole position for Ferrari and his team-mate Alain Prost was the race winner.
1990 French 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 | 80 | 1:33:29.606 | 1:33:29.606 | - | - | 1:08.212 | 72 | 195.761 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | 16 | Ivan Capelli | Italy | Leyton House Judd | Goodyear | 80 | +8.626 | 1:33:38.232 | +8.626 | +8.626 | 1:08.373 | 62 | 195.460 | 7 | 6 |
| 3 | 27 | Ayrton Senna | Brazil | McLaren Honda | Goodyear | 80 | +11.606 | 1:33:41.212 | +11.606 | +2.980 | 1:08.573 | 59 | 195.357 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | 20 | Nelson Piquet | Brazil | Benetton Ford | Goodyear | 80 | +41.207 | 1:34:10.813 | +41.207 | +29.601 | 1:09.135 | 70 | 194.333 | 9 | 3 |
| 5 | 28 | Gerhard Berger | Austria | McLaren Honda | Goodyear | 80 | +42.219 | 1:34:11.825 | +42.219 | +1.012 | 1:09.206 | 73 | 194.299 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | 6 | Riccardo Patrese | Italy | Williams Renault | Goodyear | 80 | +1:09.351 | 1:34:38.957 | +1:09.351 | +27.132 | 1:08.922 | 51 | 193.370 | 6 | 1 |
| 7 | 30 | Aguri Suzuki | Japan | Lola Lamborghini | Goodyear | 79 | +1 lap | 1:33:45.780 | 1 lap | 1 lap | 1:09.720 | 59 | 192.758 | 16 | |
| 8 | 29 | Éric Bernard | France | Lola Lamborghini | Goodyear | 79 | +1 lap | 1:34:06.463 | 1 lap | +20.683 | 1:09.895 | 31 | 192.052 | 11 | |
| 9 | 26 | Philippe Alliot | France | Ligier Ford | Goodyear | 79 | +1 lap | 1:34:08.940 | 1 lap | +2.477 | 1:09.752 | 41 | 191.968 | 12 | |
| 10 | 9 | Michele Alboreto | Italy | Arrows Ford | Goodyear | 79 | +1 lap | 1:34:10.196 | 1 lap | +1.256 | 1:09.314 | 67 | 191.925 | 18 | |
| 11 | 11 | Derek Warwick | Great Britain | Lotus Lamborghini | Goodyear | 79 | +1 lap | 1:34:15.268 | 1 lap | +5.072 | 1:08.882 | 77 | 191.753 | 16 | |
| 12 | 12 | Martin Donnelly | Great Britain | Lotus Lamborghini | Goodyear | 79 | +1 lap | 1:34:16.000 | 1 lap | +0.732 | 1:08.023 | 69 | 191.728 | 17 | |
| 13 | 8 | Stefano Modena | Italy | Brabham Judd | Pirelli | 78 | +2 laps | 1:33:47.998 | 2 laps | 1 lap | 1:09.934 | 77 | 190.243 | 20 | |
| 14 | 25 | Nicola Larini | Italy | Ligier Ford | Goodyear | 78 | +2 laps | 1:34:07.525 | 2 laps | +19.527 | 1:10.374 | 74 | 189.585 | 19 | |
| 15 | 7 | David Brabham | Australia | Dallara Ford | Pirelli | 77 | +3 laps | 1:33:47.696 | 3 laps | 1 lap | 1:11.110 | 57 | 187.814 | 25 | |
| 16 | 19 | Alessandro Nannini | Italy | Brabham Judd | Pirelli | 75 | Electrical | 1:27:48.115 | 5 laps | 2 laps | 1:08.214 | 66 | 195.422 | 5 | |
| 17 | 18 | Yannick Dalmas | France | Benetton Ford | Goodyear | 75 | +5 laps | 1:33:51.969 | 5 laps | +6:03.854 | 1:09.877 | 63 | 182.797 | 26 | |
| 18 | 2 | Nigel Mansell | Great Britain | AGS Ford | Goodyear | 72 | Engine | 1:24:52.980 | 8 laps | 3 laps | 1:08.012 | 64 | 194.057 | 1 | |
| DSQ | 22 | Andrea de Cesaris | Italy | Ferrari | Goodyear | 78 | Disqualified | 1:34:13.423 | 1:09.583 | 53 | 189.387 | 21 | |||
| DNF | 3 | Satoru Nakajima | Japan | Tyrrell Ford | Pirelli | 63 | Gearbox | 1:15:14.973 | 1:08.916 | 60 | 191.537 | 15 | |||
| DNF | 15 | Maurício Gugelmin | Brazil | Leyton House Judd | Goodyear | 58 | Engine | 1:08:15.822 | 1:08.983 | 47 | 194.382 | 10 | |||
| DNF | 23 | Pierluigi Martini | Italy | Minardi Ford | Pirelli | 40 | Electrical | 48:29.288 | 1:11.406 | 36 | 188.730 | 23 | |||
| DNF | 4 | Jean Alesi | France | Tyrrell Ford | Pirelli | 23 | Differential | 27:23.412 | 1:10.265 | 22 | 192.110 | 13 | |||
| DNF | 10 | Alex Caffi | Italy | Arrows Ford | Goodyear | 22 | Suspension | 26:36.771 | 1:11.242 | 16 | 189.125 | 22 | |||
| DNF | 5 | Thierry Boutsen | Belgium | Williams Renault | Goodyear | 8 | Engine | 9:42.212 | 1:10.837 | 7 | 188.615 | 8 | |||
| DNF | 21 | Emanuele Pirro | Italy | Dallara Ford | Pirelli | 7 | Brakes | 8:41.673 | 1:12.275 | 4 | 184.191 | 24 | |||
| DNQ | 24 | Paolo Barilla | Italy | Minardi Ford | Pirelli | ||||||||||
| DNQ | 17 | Gabriele Tarquini | Italy | ||||||||||||
| DNQ | 35 | Gregor Foitek | Switzerland | Onyx Ford | Goodyear | ||||||||||
| DNQ | 36 | JJ Lehto | Finland | Onyx Ford | Goodyear | ||||||||||
| DNPQ | 14 | Olivier Grouillard | France | ||||||||||||
| DNPQ | 33 | Roberto Moreno | Brazil | ||||||||||||
| DNPQ | 34 | Claudio Langes | Italy | ||||||||||||
| DNPQ | 31 | Bertrand Gachot | Belgium | ||||||||||||
| DNPQ | 39 | Bruno Giacomelli | Italy |