1990 season/Round 7
French Grand Prix 1990
- Paul Ricard
- Le Castellet
- 8 July 1990
- 80 laps
- 305 km
- 3.813 km a lap
- P1Alain ProstFerrari1:33:29.606
- P2Ivan CapelliLeyton House+8.626
- P3Ayrton SennaMcLaren+11.606
- Pole positionNigel MansellFerrari · 1:04.402
- Fastest lapNigel Mansell1:08.012 · lap 64
- Winner started fromP4on the grid
Result
A number in the first column means classified. DNF, DNQ and DNS stand for retirement, did not qualify and did not start. ‘shared’ marks a car that two drivers shared between them – permitted in the 1950s, and both were classified.
Qualifying
Fastest laps
Each driver's quickest lap of the race.
| Pos | Driver | Lap | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigel Mansell | 64 | 1:08.012 | |
| 2 | Martin Donnelly | 69 | 1:08.023 | +0.011 |
| 3 | Alain Prost | 72 | 1:08.212 | +0.200 |
| 4 | Alessandro Nannini | 66 | 1:08.214 | +0.202 |
| 5 | Ivan Capelli | 62 | 1:08.373 | +0.361 |
| 6 | Ayrton Senna | 59 | 1:08.573 | +0.561 |
| 7 | Derek Warwick | 77 | 1:08.882 | +0.870 |
| 8 | Satoru Nakajima | 60 | 1:08.916 | +0.904 |
| 9 | Riccardo Patrese | 51 | 1:08.922 | +0.910 |
| 10 | Maurício Gugelmin | 47 | 1:08.983 | +0.971 |
Championship after this race
The official standings after round 7. Arrows show the change against the round before.
| Pos | Driver | Points | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ayrton Senna | 35 | |
| 2 | Alain Prost | 32 | |
| 3 | Gerhard Berger | 25 | |
| 4 | Nelson Piquet | 16 | ▲2 |
| 5 | Jean Alesi | 13 | ▼1 |
| 6 | Nigel Mansell | 13 | ▼1 |
| 7 | Thierry Boutsen | 11 | |
| 8 | Riccardo Patrese | 10 | |
| 9 | Alessandro Nannini | 7 | |
| 10 | Ivan Capelli | 6 |