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 LXXVI  Rhone-Poulenc Grand Prix de France

Event Overview • SessionsEntry List
Qualifying Pre-QualifyingQualification
Race Starting GridClassificationFastest LapsLaps Led

Details
DateSunday 8 July 1990
Start time14:00
Event French GP
Circuit Paul Ricard
Event FormatRace of 80 laps
ChampionshipWorld Championship
Race number#7 of 16 in 1990
#491 (of all time)
Circuit
Laps80
Circuit Perimeter3813 m
Race Distance3813 × 80 = 305.040 km
Grid Format2-2-2-2 (staggered)
Pole PositionRight
First CornerRight
Track DirectionClockwise
Weather
WeatherSunny, Hot, Dry
Participants
Entries35
Qualifiers26
Finishers18
DebutantsNone
MilestonesScuderia Ferrari SpA – 1st Pole Position (Entrant)
 Lola – 200th Race Entry (Car Manufacturer)
 Pierluigi Martini – 50th Race Entry (Driver)
 Riccardo Patrese – 200th Race Entry (Driver)
Records Broken 1. Most 18th Place Finishes Ferrari (4),
2. Most Failures to Pre-Qualify Coloni (35),
3. Most Poles Ferrari (108),
4. Most 4th Place Qualifications Alain Prost (22)
Records Extended 1. Most Constructors' Championship Points Scores Ferrari (408),
2. Most Podium Finishes Ferrari (346),
3. Most Drivers' Championship Points Scores Ferrari (540),
4. Most Constructors' Championship Points Scores Alain Prost (101),
5. Most Drivers' Championship Points Scores Alain Prost (101),
6. Most Podium Finishes Alain Prost (83),
7. Most Race Wins Ferrari (101),
8. Most Race Wins Alain Prost (42),
9. Most 4th Place Finishes Nélson Piquet (17),
10. Most 11th Place Finishes Lotus (28),
11. Most Fastest Laps Ferrari (116),
12. Most Races Led Ferrari (245),
13. Most Races Led Alain Prost (66),
14. Most Laps Led Ferrari (6700),
15. Most Laps Led Alain Prost (2142),
16. Most Race Entries Lotus (1186),
17. Most Race Entries Riccardo Patrese (200),
18. Most Perfect Weekends Ferrari (42),
19. Most 4th Place Qualifications Ferrari (114),
20. Most 16th Place Qualifications Lotus (63),
21. Most 17th Place Qualifications Lotus (45)

World Championship standings
1  Ayrton Senna 35 
2  Alain Prost 32 
3  Gerhard Berger 25 
4  Nélson Piquet 16 up
5  Jean Alesi 13 up
6  Nigel Mansell 13 up
7  Thierry Boutsen 11 
8  Riccardo Patrese 10 
9  Alessandro Nannini 7 
10  Ivan Capelli 6 
11  Stefano Modena 2 up
  Alex Caffi 2 up
13  Derek Warwick 1 up
  Éric Bernard 1 up
  Satoru Nakajima 1 up
1  McLaren / Honda 60 
2  Ferrari / Ferrari 45 
3  Benetton / Ford 23 up
4  Williams / Renault 21 up
5  Tyrrell / Ford 14 
6  Leyton House / Judd 6 
7  Brabham / Judd 2 up
  Arrows / Ford 2 up
9  Lola / Lamborghini 1 up
  Lotus / Lamborghini 1 up

Results
 WinnerPole PositionFastest Lap
Car NumberCar 1Car 2Car 2
EntrantScuderia Ferrari SpAScuderia Ferrari SpAScuderia Ferrari SpA
Driver Alain Prost Nigel Mansell Nigel Mansell
Car Ferrari F1-90-2 Ferrari F1-90-2 Ferrari F1-90-2
EngineFerrari 3.5 V12Ferrari 3.5 V12Ferrari 3.5 V12
Time1:33'29.6061'04.4021'08.012
Speed195.761 km/h213.142 km/h201.829 km/h