1990 Spanish Grand Prix
Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap
1 27 Ayrton Senna McLaren - Honda 1:18.900 1:18.387 -
2 1 Alain Prost Ferrari 1:20.026 1:18.824 +0.437
3 2 Nigel Mansell Ferrari 1:21.005 1:19.106 +0.719
4 4 Jean Alesi Tyrrell - Ford 1:19.923 1:19.604 +1.217
5 28 Gerhard Berger McLaren - Honda 1:19.643 1:19.618 +1.231
6 6 Riccardo Patrese Williams - Renault 1:20.562 1:19.647 +1.260
7 5 Thierry Boutsen Williams - Renault 1:20.721 1:19.689 +1.302
8 20 Nelson Piquet Benetton - Ford 1:21.111 1:19.700 +1.313
9 19 Alessandro Nannini Benetton - Ford 1:21.383 1:20.367 +1.980
10 11 Derek Warwick Lotus - Lamborghini 1:22.111 1:20.610 +2.223
11 23 Pierluigi Martini Minardi - Ford 1:22.255 1:21.060 +2.673
12 15 Maurício Gugelmin Leyton House - Judd 1:23.019 1:21.167 +2.780
13 26 Philippe Alliot Ligier - Ford 1:23.783 1:21.170 +2.783
14 3 Satoru Nakajima Tyrrell - Ford 1:22.690 1:21.215 +2.828
15 30 Aguri Suzuki Lola - Lamborghini 1:21.740 1:21.244 +2.857
16 21 Emanuele Pirro Dallara - Ford 1:23.485 1:21.277 +2.890
17 22 Andrea de Cesaris Dallara - Ford 1:22.953 1:21:467 +3.080
18 29 Éric Bernard Lola - Lamborghini 1:22.403 1:21.551 +3.164
19 16 Ivan Capelli Leyton House - Judd 1:23.866 1:21.916 +3.529
20 25 Nicola Larini Ligier - Ford 1:23.290 1:21.996 +3.609
Classification -- Qualifying
The 1990 Spanish Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Jerez on 30 September 1990. It was the fourteenth race of the 1990 Formula One World Championship, and the fifth and last Spanish Grand Prix to be held at Jerez (though the circuit would host the European Grand Prix in and ). The 73-lap race was won by Alain Prost, driving a Ferrari, with teammate Nigel Mansell second and Alessandro Nannini third in a Benetton-Ford. Prost's Drivers' Championship rival, Ayrton Senna, took the 50th pole position of his career in his McLaren-Honda, but retired with a failed radiator, allowing Prost to close to within nine points of him in the championship with two races remaining. The event was marred by a serious incident during Friday practice, when Martin Donnelly crashed his Lotus at the high-speed Turn 14. Donnelly was thrown from the wreckage, suffering serious injuries that ended his Formula One career. This also turned out to be the last F1 race for Nannini, who severed his right arm in a helicopter crash the following week (though he would return to racing as a touring car driver), as well as the last race for the back-marking EuroBrun and Life teams.