1990 season

Dropped scores
Title decided in round 15

‹ 1989 1991 ›

World ChampionAyrton Senna78 points · 6 wins
Constructors' championMcLaren121 points

Races16
Different winners6
Pole-sitters4
Not classified47%195 of 414 starts

Points: 9-6-4-3-2-1 for the top six. Only the best 11 results counted towards the championship.

In this season not every result counted towards the championship: only a driver's best races went into the standings, the rest were dropped. The championship standings therefore sit below the sum of the points scored in races.

The title was decided in round 15: Japanese Grand Prix on 21 Oct 1990.

Points progression

Championship standings after each round. Not every result counted in this season: the chart shows the official championship standings, not the sum of the race points.

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Championship points after each round
Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Ayrton Senna	9	13	13	22	31	31	35	39	48	54	63	72	78	78	78	78
Alain Prost	0	9	12	12	14	23	32	41	44	44	50	56	60	69	69	71
Nelson Piquet	3	4	6	6	12	13	16	18	18	22	24	24	26	26	35	43
Gerhard Berger	0	6	12	16	19	23	25	25	29	29	33	37	40	40	40	43
Nigel Mansell	0	3	3	3	7	13	13	13	13	13	13	16	25	31	31	37
Thierry Boutsen	4	6	6	9	9	11	11	17	18	27	27	27	27	30	32	34
Riccardo Patrese	0	0	9	9	9	9	10	10	12	15	15	17	17	19	22	23
Alessandro Nannini	0	0	4	4	4	7	7	7	13	13	16	16	17	21	21	21
Jean Alesi	6	6	7	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Ivan Capelli	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Roberto Moreno	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	6
Aguri Suzuki	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	6	6
Éric Bernard	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Derek Warwick	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Satoru Nakajima	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3
Alex Caffi	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Stefano Modena	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Maurício Gugelmin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1

The constructors' championship, round by round

McLaren121
Ferrari110
Benetton71
Williams57
Tyrrell16
Lola11
Leyton House7
Lotus3
2 further teams

Constructors' championship standings after each round.

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Championship points after each round
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
McLaren	9	19	25	38	50	54	60	64	77	83	96	109	118	118	118	121
Ferrari	0	12	15	15	21	36	45	54	57	57	63	72	85	100	100	110
Benetton	3	4	10	10	16	20	23	25	31	35	40	40	43	47	62	71
Williams	4	6	15	18	18	20	21	27	30	42	42	44	44	49	54	57
Tyrrell	7	7	8	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	16	16
Lola	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	5	5	6	6	6	6	7	11	11
Leyton House	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7
Lotus	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Arrows	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Brabham	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Standings

Drivers

Pos	Driver	Team	Wins	Points
1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	6	78
2	Alain Prost	Ferrari	5	71
3	Nelson Piquet	Benetton	2	43
4	Gerhard Berger	McLaren		43
5	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	1	37
6	Thierry Boutsen	Williams	1	34
7	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	1	23
8	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton		21
9	Jean Alesi	Tyrrell		13
10	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House		6
10	Roberto Moreno	EuroBrun, Benetton		6
12	Aguri Suzuki	Lola		6
13	Éric Bernard	Lola		5
14	Derek Warwick	Lotus		3
15	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell		3
16	Alex Caffi	Arrows		2
16	Stefano Modena	Brabham		2
18	Maurício Gugelmin	Leyton House		1

Constructors

Pos	Team	Points
1	McLaren	121
2	Ferrari	110
3	Benetton	71
4	Williams	57
5	Tyrrell	16
6	Lola	11
7	Leyton House	7
8	Lotus	3
9	Arrows	2
9	Brabham	2

Results grid

Every driver in every race: the finishing position, or why there was none. Gold, silver and bronze for the podium, green for points.

Results of every driver in every race of 1990
Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pts
SEN (Ayrton Senna)	1	3^P	Ret^P	1^P^F	1^P	20	3	3	1^P	2	1^P	1^P^F	2	Ret^P	Ret^P	Ret^P	78
PRO (Alain Prost)	Ret	1	4	Ret	5	1^F	1	1	4	Ret	2^F	2	3	1	Ret	3	71
PIQ (Nelson Piquet)	4	6	5	Ret	2	6	4	5	Ret	3	5	7	5	Ret	1	1	43
BER (Gerhard Berger)	Ret^P^F	2^F	2	3	4^F	3^P	5	14	3	16	3	3	4	Ret	Ret	4	43
MAN (Nigel Mansell)	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	3	2	18^P^F	Ret^P^F	Ret	17	Ret	4	1^P	2	Ret	2^F	37
BOU (Thierry Boutsen)	3	5	Ret	4	Ret	5	Ret	2	6^F	1^P	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	5	5	34
PAT (Riccardo Patrese)	9	13	1	Ret	Ret	9	6	Ret	5	4^F	Ret	5	7^F	5^F	4^F	6	23
NAN (Alessandro Nannini)	11	10	3^F	Ret	Ret	4	16	Ret	2	Ret	4	8	6	3			21
ALE (Jean Alesi)	2	7	6	2	Ret	7	Ret	8	11	Ret	8	Ret	8	Ret	DNS	8	13
CAP (Ivan Capelli)	Ret	DNQ	Ret	Ret	10	DNQ	2	Ret	7	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	6
MOR (Roberto Moreno)	13	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	2	7	6
SUZ (Aguri Suzuki)	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	7	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	14	6	3	Ret	6
BER (Éric Bernard)	8	Ret	13	6	9	Ret	8	4	Ret	6	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	5
WAR (Derek Warwick)	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	6	10	11	Ret	8	5	11	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	3
NAK (Satoru Nakajima)	6	8	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	DNS	Ret	6	Ret	3
CAF (Alex Caffi)		Ret	DNQ	5	8	DNQ	Ret	7	9	9	10	9	13		9	DNQ	2
MOD (Stefano Modena)	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	11	13	9	Ret	Ret	17	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	2
GUG (Maurício Gugelmin)	14	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNS	Ret	8	6	Ret	12	8	Ret	Ret	1

Ret: retired. DNQ: did not qualify. P: pole position. F: fastest lap. S above a round: a sprint weekend. Hover or tap a round number for the race.

Race calendar

Rd	Race	Circuit	Date	Pole	Winner
1	United States	Phoenix	11 Mar 1990	Gerhard Berger	Ayrton Senna
2	Brazil	José Carlos Pace	25 Mar 1990	Ayrton Senna	Alain Prost
3	San Marino	Enzo e Dino Ferrari	13 May 1990	Ayrton Senna	Riccardo Patrese
4	Monaco	Monaco	27 May 1990	Ayrton Senna	Ayrton Senna
5	Canada	Gilles Villeneuve	10 Jun 1990	Ayrton Senna	Ayrton Senna
6	Mexico	Hermanos Rodríguez	24 Jun 1990	Gerhard Berger	Alain Prost
7	France	Paul Ricard	8 Jul 1990	Nigel Mansell	Alain Prost
8	Great Britain	Silverstone	15 Jul 1990	Nigel Mansell	Alain Prost
9	Germany	Hockenheimring	29 Jul 1990	Ayrton Senna	Ayrton Senna
10	Hungary	Hungaroring	12 Aug 1990	Thierry Boutsen	Thierry Boutsen
11	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	26 Aug 1990	Ayrton Senna	Ayrton Senna
12	Italy	Monza	9 Sept 1990	Ayrton Senna	Ayrton Senna
13	Portugal	Estoril	23 Sept 1990	Nigel Mansell	Nigel Mansell
14	Spain	Jerez	30 Sept 1990	Ayrton Senna	Alain Prost
15	JapanTitle decided	Suzuka	21 Oct 1990	Ayrton Senna	Nelson Piquet
16	Australia	Adelaide	4 Nov 1990	Ayrton Senna	Nelson Piquet

Entries

Who entered with which car, engine and tyres. The entrant is the organisation that entered the car – not always the team that built it.

Constructor	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	Drivers
AGS	AGS	JH24, JH25	Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8	Goodyear	Gabriele Tarquini, Yannick Dalmas
Arrows	Footwork Arrows Racing	A11, A11B	Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8	Goodyear	Alex Caffi, Bernd Schneider, Michele Alboreto
Benetton	Benetton Formula	B189B, B190	Ford HBA4 3.5 V8	Goodyear	Alessandro Nannini, Nelson Piquet, Roberto Moreno
Brabham	Motor Racing Developments	BT58, BT59	Judd EV 3.5 V8	Pirelli	David Brabham, Gregor Foitek, Stefano Modena
Coloni	Coloni Racing	C3C	Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8	Goodyear	Bertrand Gachot
Coloni	Subaru Coloni Racing	C3B	Subaru 1235 3.5 F12	Goodyear	Bertrand Gachot
Dallara	BMS Scuderia Italia	F190	Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8	Pirelli	Andrea de Cesaris, Emanuele Pirro, Gianni Morbidelli
EuroBrun	EuroBrun Racing	ER189B	Judd CV 3.5 V8	Pirelli	Claudio Langes, Roberto Moreno
Ferrari	Scuderia Ferrari	641	Ferrari 036 3.5 V12, Ferrari 037 3.5 V12	Goodyear	Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell
Leyton House	Leyton House Racing	CG901	Judd EV 3.5 V8	Goodyear	Ivan Capelli, Maurício Gugelmin
Life	Life Racing Engines	L190	Judd CV 3.5 V8	Goodyear	Bruno Giacomelli
Life	Life Racing Engines	L190	Life F35 3.5 W12	Goodyear	Bruno Giacomelli, Gary Brabham
Ligier	Ligier Gitanes	JS33B	Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8	Goodyear	Nicola Larini, Philippe Alliot
Lola	ESPO Larrousse F1	LC89B, LC90	Lamborghini 3512 3.5 V12	Goodyear	Aguri Suzuki, Éric Bernard
Lotus	Camel Team Lotus	102	Lamborghini 3512 3.5 V12	Goodyear	Derek Warwick, Johnny Herbert, Martin Donnelly
McLaren	Honda Marlboro McLaren	MP4/5B	Honda RA109E 3.5 V10	Goodyear	Ayrton Senna, Gerhard Berger
Minardi	SCM Minardi Team	M189, M190	Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8	Pirelli	Gianni Morbidelli, Paolo Barilla, Pierluigi Martini
Onyx	Monteverdi Onyx Formula One	ORE-1, ORE-1B	Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8	Goodyear	Gregor Foitek, JJ lehto, Stefan Johansson
Osella	Fondmetal Osella	FA1M, FA1ME	Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8	Pirelli	Olivier Grouillard
Tyrrell	Tyrrell Racing Organisation	018, 019	Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8	Pirelli	Jean Alesi, Satoru Nakajima
Williams	Canon Williams Team	FW13B	Renault RS2 3.5 V10	Goodyear	Riccardo Patrese, Thierry Boutsen

What if – other points systems

The same finishing positions, scored under any points system used since 1950, with or without the dropped-scores rule of the time.

Scored 8-6-4-3-2 for the top five, plus one for the fastest lap, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Ayrton Senna	74	78	P1
2	Alain Prost	70	71	P2
3	Gerhard Berger	46	43	P4
4	Nelson Piquet	40	43	P3
5	Nigel Mansell	39	37	P5
6	Thierry Boutsen	33	34	P6
7	Riccardo Patrese	24	23	P7
8	Alessandro Nannini	21	21	P8
9	Jean Alesi	12	13	P9
10	Ivan Capelli	6	6	P10
11	Roberto Moreno	6	6	P10
12	Aguri Suzuki	4	6	P12

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 8-6-4-3-2 for the top five, plus one for the fastest lap, with the dropped-scores rule of the time.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Dropped	Official points	Official position
1	Ayrton Senna	74		78	P1
2	Alain Prost	68	−2	71	P2
3	Gerhard Berger	45	−1	43	P4
4	Nelson Piquet	40		43	P3
5	Nigel Mansell	39		37	P5
6	Thierry Boutsen	33		34	P6
7	Riccardo Patrese	24		23	P7
8	Alessandro Nannini	21		21	P8
9	Jean Alesi	12		13	P9
10	Ivan Capelli	6		6	P10
11	Roberto Moreno	6		6	P10
12	Aguri Suzuki	4		6	P12

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 8-6-4-3-2-1 for the top six, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Ayrton Senna	72	78	P1
2	Alain Prost	68	71	P2
3	Gerhard Berger	43	43	P4
4	Nelson Piquet	42	43	P3
5	Nigel Mansell	36	37	P5
6	Thierry Boutsen	33	34	P6
7	Riccardo Patrese	22	23	P7
8	Alessandro Nannini	21	21	P8
9	Jean Alesi	13	13	P9
10	Ivan Capelli	6	6	P10
11	Roberto Moreno	6	6	P10
12	Aguri Suzuki	6	6	P12

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 8-6-4-3-2-1 for the top six, with the dropped-scores rule of the time.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Dropped	Official points	Official position
1	Ayrton Senna	72		78	P1
2	Alain Prost	66	−2	71	P2
3	Gerhard Berger	43		43	P4
4	Nelson Piquet	41	−1	43	P3
5	Nigel Mansell	36		37	P5
6	Thierry Boutsen	33		34	P6
7	Riccardo Patrese	22		23	P7
8	Alessandro Nannini	21		21	P8
9	Jean Alesi	13		13	P9
10	Ivan Capelli	6		6	P10
11	Roberto Moreno	6		6	P10
12	Aguri Suzuki	6		6	P12

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

The system in force at the time, but every result counts – nothing dropped.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Ayrton Senna	78	78	P1
2	Alain Prost	73	71	P2
3	Nelson Piquet	44	43	P3
4	Gerhard Berger	43	43	P4
5	Nigel Mansell	37	37	P5
6	Thierry Boutsen	34	34	P6
7	Riccardo Patrese	23	23	P7
8	Alessandro Nannini	21	21	P8
9	Jean Alesi	13	13	P9
10	Ivan Capelli	6	6	P10
11	Roberto Moreno	6	6	P10
12	Aguri Suzuki	6	6	P12

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 10-6-4-3-2-1 for the top six, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Ayrton Senna	84	78	P1
2	Alain Prost	78	71	P2
3	Nelson Piquet	46	43	P3
4	Gerhard Berger	43	43	P4
5	Nigel Mansell	38	37	P5
6	Thierry Boutsen	35	34	P6
7	Riccardo Patrese	24	23	P7
8	Alessandro Nannini	21	21	P8
9	Jean Alesi	13	13	P9
10	Ivan Capelli	6	6	P10
11	Roberto Moreno	6	6	P10
12	Aguri Suzuki	6	6	P12

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 10-6-4-3-2-1 for the top six, with the dropped-scores rule of the time.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Dropped	Official points	Official position
1	Ayrton Senna	84		78	P1
2	Alain Prost	76	−2	71	P2
3	Nelson Piquet	45	−1	43	P3
4	Gerhard Berger	43		43	P4
5	Nigel Mansell	38		37	P5
6	Thierry Boutsen	35		34	P6
7	Riccardo Patrese	24		23	P7
8	Alessandro Nannini	21		21	P8
9	Jean Alesi	13		13	P9
10	Ivan Capelli	6		6	P10
11	Roberto Moreno	6		6	P10
12	Aguri Suzuki	6		6	P12

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 for the top eight, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Ayrton Senna	94	78	P1
2	Alain Prost	92	71	P2
3	Nelson Piquet	68	43	P3
4	Gerhard Berger	65	43	P4
5	Thierry Boutsen	53	34	P6
6	Nigel Mansell	50	37	P5
7	Riccardo Patrese	40	23	P7
8	Alessandro Nannini	34	21	P8
9	Jean Alesi	27	13	P9
10	Aguri Suzuki	14	6	P12
11	Éric Bernard	13	5	P13
12	Ivan Capelli	12	6	P10

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 for the top eight, with the dropped-scores rule of the time.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Dropped	Official points	Official position
1	Ayrton Senna	94		78	P1
2	Alain Prost	88	−4	71	P2
3	Gerhard Berger	65		43	P4
4	Nelson Piquet	63	−5	43	P3
5	Thierry Boutsen	53		34	P6
6	Nigel Mansell	50		37	P5
7	Riccardo Patrese	40		23	P7
8	Alessandro Nannini	34		21	P8
9	Jean Alesi	27		13	P9
10	Aguri Suzuki	14		6	P12
11	Éric Bernard	13		5	P13
12	Ivan Capelli	12		6	P10

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 for the top ten, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Ayrton Senna	231	78	P1
2	Alain Prost	225	71	P2
3	Nelson Piquet	169	43	P3
4	Gerhard Berger	157	43	P4
5	Thierry Boutsen	130	34	P6
6	Nigel Mansell	118	37	P5
7	Riccardo Patrese	105	23	P7
8	Alessandro Nannini	85	21	P8
9	Jean Alesi	72	13	P9
10	Éric Bernard	40	5	P13
11	Aguri Suzuki	37	6	P12
12	Ivan Capelli	31	6	P10

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 for the top ten, with the dropped-scores rule of the time.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Dropped	Official points	Official position
1	Ayrton Senna	231		78	P1
2	Alain Prost	215	−10	71	P2
3	Gerhard Berger	157		43	P4
4	Nelson Piquet	155	−14	43	P3
5	Thierry Boutsen	130		34	P6
6	Nigel Mansell	118		37	P5
7	Riccardo Patrese	105		23	P7
8	Alessandro Nannini	85		21	P8
9	Jean Alesi	72		13	P9
10	Éric Bernard	40		5	P13
11	Aguri Suzuki	37		6	P12
12	Ivan Capelli	31		6	P10

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1, plus one for the fastest lap inside the top ten, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Ayrton Senna	233	78	P1
2	Alain Prost	227	71	P2
3	Nelson Piquet	169	43	P3
4	Gerhard Berger	159	43	P4
5	Thierry Boutsen	131	34	P6
6	Nigel Mansell	119	37	P5
7	Riccardo Patrese	109	23	P7
8	Alessandro Nannini	86	21	P8
9	Jean Alesi	72	13	P9
10	Éric Bernard	40	5	P13
11	Aguri Suzuki	37	6	P12
12	Ivan Capelli	31	6	P10

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1, plus one for the fastest lap inside the top ten, with the dropped-scores rule of the time.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Dropped	Official points	Official position
1	Ayrton Senna	233		78	P1
2	Alain Prost	217	−10	71	P2
3	Gerhard Berger	159		43	P4
4	Nelson Piquet	155	−14	43	P3
5	Thierry Boutsen	131		34	P6
6	Nigel Mansell	119		37	P5
7	Riccardo Patrese	109		23	P7
8	Alessandro Nannini	86		21	P8
9	Jean Alesi	72		13	P9
10	Éric Bernard	40		5	P13
11	Aguri Suzuki	37		6	P12
12	Ivan Capelli	31		6	P10

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 for the top ten, no fastest-lap point, every result counted.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Official points	Official position
1	Ayrton Senna	231	78	P1
2	Alain Prost	225	71	P2
3	Nelson Piquet	169	43	P3
4	Gerhard Berger	157	43	P4
5	Thierry Boutsen	130	34	P6
6	Nigel Mansell	118	37	P5
7	Riccardo Patrese	105	23	P7
8	Alessandro Nannini	85	21	P8
9	Jean Alesi	72	13	P9
10	Éric Bernard	40	5	P13
11	Aguri Suzuki	37	6	P12
12	Ivan Capelli	31	6	P10

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.

Scored 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 for the top ten, no fastest-lap point, with the dropped-scores rule of the time.

The World Champion would be the same.

Pos	Driver	Points	Dropped	Official points	Official position
1	Ayrton Senna	231		78	P1
2	Alain Prost	215	−10	71	P2
3	Gerhard Berger	157		43	P4
4	Nelson Piquet	155	−14	43	P3
5	Thierry Boutsen	130		34	P6
6	Nigel Mansell	118		37	P5
7	Riccardo Patrese	105		23	P7
8	Alessandro Nannini	85		21	P8
9	Jean Alesi	72		13	P9
10	Éric Bernard	40		5	P13
11	Aguri Suzuki	37		6	P12
12	Ivan Capelli	31		6	P10

Amber: the position differs from the official result. A calculation, not a rewriting of history – drivers would have raced differently if different points had been at stake.