1990 Brazilian Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
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| Race 2 of 16 in the 1990 Formula One season | |||
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| Date | 25 March 1990 | ||
| Official name | XIX Grande Prêmio do Brasil | ||
| Location |
Autódromo José Carlos Pace São Paulo, Brazil |
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| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 4.325 km (2.687 mi) | ||
| Distance | 71 laps, 307.075 km (190.807 mi) | ||
| Weather | Hot, dry, sunny | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | McLaren-Honda | ||
| Time | 1:17.277 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Gerhard Berger
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McLaren-Honda | |
| Time | 1:19.899 on lap 55 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Ferrari | ||
| Second | McLaren-Honda | ||
| Third | McLaren-Honda | ||
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The 1990 Brazilian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 25 March 1990 at Interlagos. It was the 19th Brazilian Grand Prix and the ninth to be held at Interlagos. The São Paulo circuit had not held the Grand Prix since 1980 and the circuit was extensively renovated with the circuit itself almost halved in length. The race was contested over 71 laps of the four kilometre circuit (as opposed to 40 for the races on the original circuit), for a race distance of 307 kilometres.
The race was won for the sixth time by the reigning world champion Alain Prost driving a Ferrari 641. The win extended Prost's record for most wins of the Brazilian Grand Prix. Prost's winning margin was 13 seconds over Austrian driver Gerhard Berger driving a McLaren MP4/5B. Berger's Brazilian team mate Ayrton Senna was third.
The rebuilt Interlagos circuit which hosted the race for the first time since 1980 had been dramatically altered, the track had been shortened by 3.5 km and lost many fast sweepers and the Retao straight, which allowed Formula One drivers to use full throttle for 20 seconds.
In pre-qualifying, the Life Racing Engines team saw their car splutter to a halt 400 metres after exiting the pits, Gary Brabham claimed the mechanics were on strike and refused to put oil in the car.
Local hero Ayrton Senna took his 43rd career pole position and led from the start. Gianni Morbidelli made it through qualifying for the first time in his Formula One career.
After qualifying, Williams driver Thierry Boutsen, himself 3rd on the grid, predicted that the Ferraris on the 3rd row of the grid would be the cars to beat, citing their semi-automatic transmission and its paddle shift which allowed both Alain Prost and Nigel Mansell to keep their hands on the wheel around the bumpy turns at the back of the circuit
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