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Ayrton Senna won the 1990 Canadian Grand Prix

Ayrton Senna won the 1990 Canadian Grand Prix for McLaren, ahead of Nelson Piquet and Nigel Mansell at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.

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Race recap

Winner
Ayrton Senna
Team
McLaren
Top listed
Ayrton Senna, Nelson Piquet, and Nigel Mansell
Race date
June 10, 1990
Pole
Ayrton Senna
Fastest lap
Gerhard Berger
Classified drivers
35
Circuit
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve

The decisive result

Ayrton Senna finished first for McLaren. Nelson Piquet is listed 2 for Benetton, with Nigel Mansell 3 for Ferrari.

Grid to finish

Alex Caffi from P26 to P8 (+18), Éric Bernard from P23 to P9 (+14), and Ivan Capelli from P24 to P10 (+14) recorded the largest positive grid-to-finish changes in the classification. Ayrton Senna started from the listed P1 grid position.

Status and fastest lap

The classification lists 5 DNPQ, 5 Finished, 4 Collision, 4 DNQ, and 4 Engine. Gerhard Berger holds the fastest-lap entry at 1:22.077 on lap 70. 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
1Ayrton SennaMcLaren1:42:56.4009
2Nelson PiquetBenetton1:43:06.8976
3Nigel MansellFerrari1:43:09.7854
4Gerhard BergerMcLaren1:43:11.2543
5Alain ProstFerrari1:43:12.2202
6Derek WarwickTeam Lotus+2 laps1
7Stefano ModenaBrabham+2 laps0
8Alex CaffiArrows+2 laps0
9Éric BernardLola+3 laps0
10Ivan CapelliLeyton House+3 laps0
11Satoru NakajimaTyrrell+3 laps0
12Aguri SuzukiLola+4 laps0
13Olivier GrouillardOsella+5 laps0
DNFMartin DonnellyTeam LotusEngine0
DNFGregor FoitekOnyxEngine0
DNFAndrea de CesarisDallaraGearbox0
DNFJJ LehtoOnyxEngine0
DNFRiccardo PatreseWilliamsBrakes0
DNFPhilippe AlliotLigierEngine0
DNFJean AlesiTyrrellSpun off0