1990 Monaco Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
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| Race 4 of 16 in the 1990 Formula One season | |||
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| Date | May 27, 1990 | ||
| Official name | XLVIII Grand Prix Automobile de Monaco | ||
| Location |
Circuit de Monaco Monte Carlo, Monaco |
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| Course | Temporary street circuit | ||
| Course length | 3.328 km (2.068 mi) | ||
| Distance | 78 laps, 259.584 km (161.298 mi) | ||
| Weather | Warm, dry, sunny | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | McLaren-Honda | ||
| Time | 1:21.314 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Ayrton Senna
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McLaren-Honda | |
| Time | 1:24.468 on lap 59 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | McLaren-Honda | ||
| Second | Tyrrell-Ford | ||
| Third | McLaren-Honda | ||
The 1990 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 27 May 1990 at Monaco. It was the fourth round of the 1990 Formula One season and the 48th Monaco Grand Prix. It was held over 78 laps of the three kilometre circuit for a race distance of 259 kilometres.
The race was won by defending race champion Brazilian driver Ayrton Senna who led every lap of the race driving a McLaren MP4/5B. Senna became the first driver in 1990 to win a second race. Like his previous win in the US, Senna's rival for the race was the unexpected form of young French driver Jean Alesi driving a Tyrrell 019. Senna held a one-second gap over Alesi at the finish. It was Senna's third win at the Monaco Grand Prix. The only other driver to complete full race distance was Senna's Austrian team mate Gerhard Berger.
There had been no changes to the field as the cars arrived for the Jewel in the crown of Formula One and qualifying saw no surprises with Monaco master Ayrton Senna taking pole from arch-rival Alain Prost. Jean Alesi continued to impress in his Tyrrell, qualifying third from Riccardo Patrese. Row three was formed of Gerhard Berger and Thierry Boutsen; Nigel Mansell lined up seventh alongside the Minardi of Pierluigi Martini, while Emanuele Pirro and Nelson Piquet rounded out the top ten. Young Australian driver David Brabham qualified in 25th, to make a race start for the first time in his Formula 1 career.
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