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Thierry Boutsen won the 1990 Hungarian Grand Prix

Thierry Boutsen won the 1990 Hungarian Grand Prix for Williams, ahead of Ayrton Senna and Nelson Piquet at Hungaroring.

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Race recap

Winner
Thierry Boutsen
Team
Williams
Top listed
Thierry Boutsen, Ayrton Senna, and Nelson Piquet
Race date
August 12, 1990
Pole
Thierry Boutsen
Fastest lap
Riccardo Patrese
Classified drivers
35
Circuit
Hungaroring

The decisive result

Thierry Boutsen finished first for Williams. Ayrton Senna is listed 2 for McLaren, with Nelson Piquet 3 for Benetton.

Grid to finish

Alex Caffi from P26 to P9 (+17), Nicola Larini from P25 to P11 (+14), and Martin Donnelly from P18 to P7 (+11) recorded the largest positive grid-to-finish changes in the classification. Thierry Boutsen started from the listed P1 grid position.

Status and fastest lap

The classification lists 6 Finished, 5 +1 lap, 5 Collision, 5 DNPQ, and 4 DNQ. Riccardo Patrese holds the fastest-lap entry at 1:22.058 on lap 63. It records the result without speculating about incidents or strategy.

This summary sticks to the classification and does not speculate about incidents, strategy, weather, or causes. Source: F1DB (CC BY 4.0) · updated Jul 26, 2026.

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Race classification
PosDriverConstructorTime / statusPoints
1Thierry BoutsenWilliams1:49:30.5979
2Ayrton SennaMcLaren1:49:30.8856
3Nelson PiquetBenetton1:49:58.4904
4Riccardo PatreseWilliams1:50:02.4303
5Derek WarwickTeam Lotus1:50:44.8412
6Éric BernardLola1:50:54.9051
7Martin DonnellyTeam Lotus+1 lap0
8Maurício GugelminLeyton House+1 lap0
9Alex CaffiArrows+1 lap0
10Emanuele PirroDallara+1 lap0
11Nicola LariniLigier+1 lap0
12Michele AlboretoArrows+2 laps0
13Gabriele TarquiniAGS+3 laps0
14Philippe AlliotLigier+3 laps0
15Paolo BarillaMinardi+3 laps0
16Gerhard BergerMcLarenCollision0
17Nigel MansellFerrariCollision0
DNFAlessandro NanniniBenettonCollision0
DNFIvan CapelliLeyton HouseGearbox0
DNFAguri SuzukiLolaEngine0