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1990 / SENNA

A scrolling recap of 1990 in six acts. The champion, the constructor, the bump chart, and the race-by-race podiums.

ACT 1 CUMULATIVE TRAJECTORY

The points reel out, race after race.

Every line is a driver's running championship total. The heaviest three at the top are the ones who mattered. Ayrton Senna closed the year on 78 points, a 7-point gap over P2.

DATA TABLE · CUMULATIVE POINTS

Cumulative points by driver and round for 1990
DRIVER	R01	R02	R03	R04	R05	R06	R07	R08	R09	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14	R15	R16
Ayrton Senna	9	13	13	22	31	31	35	39	48	54	63	72	78	78	78	78
Alain Prost	0	9	12	12	14	23	32	41	44	44	50	56	60	69	69	71
Gerhard Berger	0	6	12	16	19	23	25	25	29	29	33	37	40	40	40	43
Nelson Piquet	3	4	6	6	12	13	16	18	18	22	24	24	26	26	35	43
Nigel Mansell	0	3	3	3	7	13	13	13	13	13	13	16	25	31	31	37
Thierry Boutsen	4	6	6	9	9	11	11	17	18	27	27	27	27	30	32	34
Riccardo Patrese	0	0	9	9	9	9	10	10	12	15	15	17	17	19	22	23
Alessandro Nannini	0	0	4	4	4	7	7	7	13	13	16	16	17	21	21	21
Jean Alesi	6	6	7	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Aguri Suzuki	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	6	6

ACT 2 CONSTRUCTORS

Two-car teams, one trophy.

The constructors' championship is a different game — both cars score. A team can win it with consistent doubles even when neither driver leads the standings. McLaren–Honda ended on 121 points.

DATA

Constructor championship standings for 1990
POS	CONSTRUCTOR	PTS
P1	MCLAREN–HONDA	121
P2	FERRARI	110
P3	BENETTON–FORD	71
P4	WILLIAMS–RENAULT	57
P5	TYRRELL–FORD	16
P6	LOLA–LAMBORGHINI	11
P7	LEYTON HOUSE–JUDD	7
P8	LOTUS–LAMBORGHINI	3
P9	BRABHAM–JUDD	2
P9	ARROWS–FORD	2

ACT 3 STANDINGS BUMP

Position by position, week to week.

Cumulative points hide where the order actually changed. The bump chart ranks every driver after each race — every crossing of lines is somebody passing somebody in the table.

DRIVER TRACES · TAP TO ISOLATE

DATA TABLE · OFFICIAL RANK BY ROUND

Official championship rank by driver and round for 1990
DRIVER	R01	R02	R03	R04	R05	R06	R07	R08	R09	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14	R15	R16
Ayrton Senna	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P2	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1
Alain Prost	—	P2	P2	P4	P3	P2	P2	P1	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2
Nelson Piquet	P4	P6	P7	P7	P5	P6	P4	P4	P5	P5	P5	P5	P5	P6	P4	P3
Gerhard Berger	—	P3	P3	P2	P2	P3	P3	P3	P3	P3	P3	P3	P3	P3	P3	P4
Nigel Mansell	—	P7	P9	P9	P8	P5	P6	P7	P7	P8	P9	P7	P6	P4	P6	P5
Thierry Boutsen	P3	P5	P6	P6	P7	P7	P7	P5	P4	P4	P4	P4	P4	P5	P5	P6
Riccardo Patrese	—	—	P4	P5	P6	P8	P8	P8	P9	P6	P7	P6	P7	P8	P7	P7
Alessandro Nannini	—	—	P8	P8	P9	P9	P9	P9	P7	P8	P6	P7	P8	P7	P8	P8
Jean Alesi	P2	P3	P5	P3	P4	P4	P5	P6	P6	P7	P8	P9	P9	P9	P9	P9
Ivan Capelli	—	—	—	—	—	—	P10	P10	P10	P10	P10	P10	P10	P10	P10	P10
Roberto Moreno	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	P10	P10
Aguri Suzuki	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	P14	P14	P15	P15	P16	P16	P15	P12	P12
Éric Bernard	—	—	—	P12	P12	P12	P13	P11	P11	P11	P11	P11	P11	P11	P13	P13
Derek Warwick	—	—	—	—	P12	P12	P13	P14	P14	P12	P12	P12	P12	P12	P14	P14
Satoru Nakajima	P6	P9	P11	P12	P12	P12	P13	P14	P14	P15	P15	P15	P15	P15	P15	P15

ACT 4 RACE-BY-RACE

12 drivers stood on a podium.

6 different drivers won a race. Tap any chip to pin a driver's appearances across the calendar — the matching tiles light up. Empty bars mean a race where the chosen driver missed the top three.

PODIUM DRIVERS

R01 UNITED S

1 SENNA

2 ALESI

3 BOUTSEN

R02 BRAZIL

1 PROST

2 BERGER

3 SENNA

R03 SAN MARI

1 PATRESE

2 BERGER

3 NANNINI

R04 MONACO

1 SENNA

2 ALESI

3 BERGER

R05 CANADA

1 SENNA

2 PIQUET

3 MANSELL

R06 MEXICO

1 PROST

2 MANSELL

3 BERGER

R07 FRANCE

1 PROST

2 CAPELLI

3 SENNA

R08 GREAT BR

1 PROST

2 BOUTSEN

3 SENNA

R09 GERMANY

1 SENNA

2 NANNINI

3 BERGER

R10 HUNGARY

1 BOUTSEN

2 SENNA

3 PIQUET

R11 BELGIUM

1 SENNA

2 PROST

3 BERGER

R12 ITALY

1 SENNA

2 PROST

3 BERGER

R13 PORTUGAL

1 MANSELL

2 SENNA

3 PROST

R14 SPAIN

1 PROST

2 MANSELL

3 NANNINI

R15 JAPAN

1 PIQUET

2 MORENO

3 SUZUKI

R16 AUSTRALI

1 PIQUET

2 MANSELL

3 PROST

DATA TABLE · RACE PODIUMS

EPILOGUE BY THE NUMBERS

The year in five numbers.

ROUNDS

16

DRIVERS

18

WINNERS

6

PODIUM·DRIVERS

12

POINTS·SHARED

397

CHAMPION

Ayrton Senna

78 PTS · 6 WINS

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ROUND	RACE	P1	P2	P3
R01 · 1990 Iceberg USA Grand Prix	1990 Iceberg USA Grand Prix	SENNA	ALESI	BOUTSEN
R02 · Grande Prêmio do Brasil 1990	Grande Prêmio do Brasil 1990	PROST	BERGER	SENNA
R03 · Gran Premio di San Marino 1990	Gran Premio di San Marino 1990	PATRESE	BERGER	NANNINI
R04 · Grand Prix de Monaco 1990	Grand Prix de Monaco 1990	SENNA	ALESI	BERGER
R05 · Grand Prix Molson du Canada 1990	Grand Prix Molson du Canada 1990	SENNA	PIQUET	MANSELL
R06 · Gran Premio de México 1990	Gran Premio de México 1990	PROST	MANSELL	BERGER
R07 · Rhone Poulenc Grand Prix de France 1990	Rhone Poulenc Grand Prix de France 1990	PROST	CAPELLI	SENNA
R08 · 1990 Foster's British Grand Prix	1990 Foster's British Grand Prix	PROST	BOUTSEN	SENNA
R09 · Grosser Mobil 1 Preis von Deutschland 1990	Grosser Mobil 1 Preis von Deutschland 1990	SENNA	NANNINI	BERGER
R10 · Magyar Nagydíj 1990	Magyar Nagydíj 1990	BOUTSEN	SENNA	PIQUET
R11 · 1990 Belgian Grand Prix	1990 Belgian Grand Prix	SENNA	PROST	BERGER
R12 · Coca Cola Gran Premio d'Italia 1990	Coca Cola Gran Premio d'Italia 1990	SENNA	PROST	BERGER
R13 · Grande Prémio de Portugal 1990	Grande Prémio de Portugal 1990	MANSELL	SENNA	PROST
R14 · Gran Premio Tio Pepe de España 1990	Gran Premio Tio Pepe de España 1990	PROST	MANSELL	NANNINI
R15 · 1990 Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix	1990 Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix	PIQUET	MORENO	SUZUKI
R16 · 1990 Foster's Australian Grand Prix	1990 Foster's Australian Grand Prix	PIQUET	MANSELL	PROST