1990 / ROUND 15

Japanese Grand Prix

WinnerNelson PiquetPublished race classification

Official poleAyrton SennaSeparate from qualifying rank

Race distance310.58 km53 laps

Race entries30Includes non-starts and exclusions

Points after this race

Championship

Result	Driver	Constructor	Qual.	Grid	Laps	Time / status	Points
1	Nelson Piquet	Benetton	6	6	53	1:34:36.824	9
2	Roberto Moreno	Benetton	9	8	53	1:34:44.047	6
3	Aguri Suzuki	Lola	10	9	53	1:34:59.293	4
4	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	8	7	53	1:35:13.082	3
5	Thierry Boutsen	Williams	5	5	53	1:35:23.708	2
6	Satoru Nakajima	Tyrrell	14	13	53	1:35:49.174	1
7	Nicola Larini	Ligier	18	17	52	+1 lap	0
8	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	11	10	52	+1 lap	0
9	Alex Caffi	Arrows	24	23	52	+1 lap	0
10	Philippe Alliot	Ligier	21	20	52	+1 lap	0
DNF	Derek Warwick	Lotus	12	11	38	Gearbox	0
DNF	Johnny Herbert	Lotus	15	14	31	Engine	0
DNF	Michele Alboreto	Arrows	25	24	28	Engine	0
DNF	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	3	3	26	Halfshaft	0
DNF	Emanuele Pirro	Dallara	19	18	24	Alternator	0
DNF	Éric Bernard	Lola	17	16	24	Engine	0
DNF	Gianni Morbidelli	Minardi	20	19	18	Spun off	0
DNF	Ivan Capelli	Leyton House	13	12	16	Ignition	0
DNF	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara	26	25	13	Spun off	0
DNF	Maurício Gugelmin	Leyton House	16	15	5	Engine	0
DNF	David Brabham	Brabham	23	22	2	Clutch	0
DNF	Gerhard Berger	McLaren	4	4	1	Spun off	0
DNF	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	1	1	0	Collision	0
DNF	Alain Prost	Ferrari	2	2	0	Collision	0
DNF	Stefano Modena	Brabham	22	21	0	Collision	0
DNS	Jean Alesi	Tyrrell	7	—	—	Injury	0
DNQ	Olivier Grouillard	Osella	27	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS	28	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Yannick Dalmas	AGS	29	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Bertrand Gachot	Coloni	30	—	—	DNQ	0

Position	Driver	Published overall / latest phase
1	Ayrton Senna	1:36.996
2	Alain Prost	1:37.228
3	Nigel Mansell	1:37.719
4	Gerhard Berger	1:38.118
5	Thierry Boutsen	1:39.324
6	Nelson Piquet	1:40.049
7	Jean Alesi	1:40.052
8	Riccardo Patrese	1:40.355
9	Roberto Moreno	1:40.579
10	Aguri Suzuki	1:40.888
11	Pierluigi Martini	1:40.899
12	Derek Warwick	1:41.024
13	Ivan Capelli	1:41.033
14	Satoru Nakajima	1:41.078
15	Johnny Herbert	1:41.558
16	Maurício Gugelmin	1:41.698
17	Éric Bernard	1:41.709
18	Nicola Larini	1:42.339
19	Emanuele Pirro	1:42.361
20	Gianni Morbidelli	1:42.364
21	Philippe Alliot	1:42.593
22	Stefano Modena	1:42.617
23	David Brabham	1:43.156
24	Alex Caffi	1:43.270
25	Michele Alboreto	1:43.304
26	Andrea de Cesaris	1:43.601
27	Olivier Grouillard	1:43.782
28	Gabriele Tarquini	1:44.281
29	Yannick Dalmas	1:44.410
30	Bertrand Gachot	1:45.393

Time columns can refer to different phases; Head 2 Head uses a common phase. Grid penalties and Sprint-defined grids do not rewrite qualifying.