1990 Australian Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
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| Race 16 of 16 in the 1990 Formula One season | |||
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| Date | 4 November 1990 | ||
| Official name | LV Foster's Australian Grand Prix | ||
| Location |
Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, South Australia, Australia |
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| Course | Temporary street circuit | ||
| Course length | 3.780 km (2.362 mi) | ||
| Distance | 81 laps, 306.180 km (191.322 mi) | ||
| Weather | Sunny | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | McLaren-Honda | ||
| Time | 1:15.671 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Nigel Mansell
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Ferrari | |
| Time | 1:18.203 on lap 75 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Benetton-Ford | ||
| Second | Ferrari | ||
| Third | Ferrari | ||
The 1990 Australian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 4 November 1990 at Adelaide. This was the 500th race to contribute to the World Drivers' Championship since the series had started in 1950. The race was the 55th Australian Grand Prix and the sixth to be held on the Adelaide street circuit, which also made it the sixth AGP to be part of the Formula One World Championship. The race was held over 81 laps of the 3.78 km circuit for a race distance of 306 kilometres.
Ayrton Senna claimed his 52nd pole position with a 1:15.671, the fastest time recorded on the Adelaide street circuit to date. Second on the grid was his McLaren-Honda team mate Gerhard Berger who was over half a second slower. Filling out the second row were the Ferraris of Nigel Mansell, in his last race for the Maranello based team, and Prost, who was only 0.013 slower than Mansell. Despite brake problems with his Tyrrell-Ford, Jean Alesi qualified 5th in front of the Williams-Renault of Riccardo Patrese. During the final qualifying session it was reported by 1980 World Champion Alan Jones who was acting as pit reporter for race television broadcaster Channel 9 that Tyrrell team owner Ken Tyrrell believed Alesi's brake trouble to be more driver related rather than any fault with the car.
Japanese Grand Prix winner Nelson Piquet qualified his Benetton-Ford in 7th with team mate Roberto Moreno 8th and 1989 race winner Thierry Boutsen 9th in his Williams. Rounding out the top 10 qualifiers was Pierluigi Martini in his Pirelli shod Minardi-Ford.
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