Гран-при Португалии 1990 года: Победа Мэнселла и дебют системы контроля тяги

The 1990 Portuguese Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 23 September 1990 at Autódromo do Estoril. It was the thirteenth race of the 1990 FIA Formula One World Championship. The race was the 19th Portuguese Grand Prix and the seventh to be held at Estoril. It was scheduled to be held over 71 laps of the circuit but was stopped after 61 laps, a race distance of , after an accident involving the Arrows of Alex Caffi and the Lola of Aguri Suzuki. Nigel Mansell took pole position in his Ferrari and was leading when the race was stopped, thus taking his only victory of the season and his last for the Ferrari team. Mansell finished 2.8 seconds ahead of Drivers' Championship leader Ayrton Senna in the McLaren Honda, who in turn finished 1.3 seconds ahead of rival Alain Prost in the other Ferrari. Senna thus extended his lead over Prost to 18 points with three races remaining. This also marked the first race in which an effective traction control system was used in Formula One. Scuderia Ferrari used the system on Prost's Ferrari 641; which gave the Frenchman an eventual third place podium finish. Mansell's 641 was also equipped with the same traction control system; however, the Englishman decided to switch his system off for the race. Nonetheless, he still managed to win the race.

The Friday morning pre qualifying session produced a similar result to the previous two races, with the same four cars pre qualifying, albeit in a slightly different order. Olivier Grouillard was fastest for the third time in a row in the Osella, half a second ahead of the AGS of Yannick Dalmas. Now a regular pre qualifier after the disastrous period with the Subaru engine, Bertrand Gachot was third fastest in the Coloni, nearly a second ahead of Gabriele Tarquini in the other AGS. This left the now usual trio missing out on pre qualification. The two EuroBruns of Robert Moreno and Claudio Langes were again fifth and sixth, with Langes more than two seconds slower than his team mate as the team began to lose touch with their rivals. The Life team had finally abandoned their unreliable and vastly underpowered W12 engine, and had fitted the L190 with a well used Judd CV V8. It had taken ten days to modify the chassis, and the car was now 80 kg lighter. But the engine cover now did not fit properly, and it flew off on Bruno Giacomelli's shakedown lap, halfway through the session. It was slightly damaged and the team had no replacement, so no further running was possible.

Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap 1 14 Olivier Grouillard Osella Ford 1:19.384 — 2 18 Yannick Dalmas AGS Ford 1:19.885 +0.501 3 31 Bertrand Gachot Coloni Ford 1:20.000 +0.616 4 17 Gabriele Tarquini AGS Ford 1:20.942 +1.558 5 33 Roberto Moreno EuroBrun Judd 1:21.188 +1.804 6 34 Claudio Langes EuroBrun Judd 1:23.447 +4.063 7 39 Bruno Giacomelli Life Judd no time —

Tyrrell's Satoru Nakajima qualified 20th but withdrew due to influenza after crashing in the Sunday morning warm up session. The grid was adjusted accordingly, although only 25 drivers started as no non qualifier was reinstated.

Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap 1 2 Nigel Mansell Ferrari 1:14.861 1:13.557 — 2 1 Alain Prost Ferrari 1:14.536 1:13.595 +0.038 3 27 Ayrton Senna McLaren Honda 1:14.246 1:13.601 +0.044 4 28 Gerhard Berger McLaren Honda 1:14.552 1:14.292 +0.735 5 6 Riccardo Patrese Williams Renault 1:15.539 1:14.723 +1.166 6 20 Nelson Piquet Benetton Ford 1:15.542 1:14.728 +1.171 7 5 Thierry Boutsen Williams Renault 1:15.646 1:14.934 +1.377 8 4 Jean Alesi Tyrrell Ford 1:16.092 1:15.112 +1.555 9 19 Alessandro Nannini Benetton Ford 1:16.123 1:15.411 +1.854 10 29 Éric Bernard Lola Lamborghini 1:16.477 1:15.673 +2.116 11 30 Aguri Suzuki Lola Lamborghini 1:17.189 1:16.012 +2.455 12 16 Ivan Capelli Leyton House Judd 1:18.242 1:16.284 +2.727 13 21 Emanuele Pirro Dallara Ford 1:17.653 1:16.290 +2.733 14 15 Maurício Gugelmin Leyton House Judd 1:17.569 1:16.296 +2.739 15 12 Martin Donnelly Lotus Lamborghini 1:17.414 1:16.762 +3.205 16 23 Pierluigi Martini Minardi Ford 1:17.045 1:16.795 +3.238 17 10 Alex Caffi Arrows Ford 1:18.725 1:16.946 +3.389 18 22 Andrea de Cesaris Dallara Ford 1:17.252 1:17.066 +3.509 19 9 Michele Alboreto Arrows Ford 1:18.630 1:17.081 +3.524 20 3 Satoru Nakajima Tyrrell Ford 1:17.097 no time +3.540 21 26 Philippe Alliot Ligier Ford 1:17.330 1:17.120 +3.563 22 11 Derek Warwick Lotus Lamborghini 1:17.904 1:17.259 +3.702 23 25 Nicola Larini Ligier Ford 1:18.958 1:17.269 +3.712 24 8 Stefano Modena Brabham Judd 1:17.962 1:17.341 +3.784 25 18 Yannick Dalmas AGS Ford 1:18.581 1:17.621 +4.064 26 7 David Brabham Brabham Judd 1:18.967 1:17.715 +4.158 27 14 Olivier Grouillard Osella Ford 1:18.512 1:17.775 +4.218 28 24 Paolo Barilla Minardi Ford 1:18.669 1:18.280 +4.723 29 17 Gabriele Tarquini AGS Ford 1:20.226 1:18.815 +5.258 30 31 Bertrand Gachot Coloni Ford 1:20.662 1:20.516 +6.959

At the start, with both Ferraris on the front row (Mansell on pole, Alain Prost second), Mansell got too much wheelspin and slid across the track towards Prost, who had to avoid being shunted into the pitwall. All of this allowed the McLarens of Ayrton Senna and Gerhard Berger to slip past Mansell and Prost to make it a McLaren 1–2 with Senna leading into the first corner. After all the mid race tyre stops, it was Senna who emerged as the race leader, followed by Mansell, Berger, and Prost. A few laps later Mansell had caught Senna and passed him into turn one (Senna letting him through, unlike the year before when they collided). On lap 52, race leader Nigel Mansell was attempting to lap the Ligier JS33B of Philippe Alliot when the Frenchman stuck to the racing line by driving inches in front of Mansell into the inside of "Curva 2" corner. However, the right rear wheel of his car hit the left front of Mansell's Ferrari and Alliot was sent spinning into the Armco barrier. Mansell came out unscathed from this incident, and eventually won the race which was stopped early due to an accident between Suzuki and Caffi. Ferrari announced that Jean Alesi would partner Alain Prost for 1991. Alesi was reported to have already signed a contract with Williams, but changed his mind when Ferrari showed an interest, feeling that this would give him a better chance of winning a championship.

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 2 Nigel Mansell Ferrari 61 1:22:11.014 1 9 2 27 Ayrton Senna McLaren Honda 61 + 2.808 3 6 3 1 Alain Prost Ferrari 61 + 4.189 2 4 4 28 Gerhard Berger McLaren Honda 61 + 5.896 4 3 5 20 Nelson Piquet Benetton Ford 61 + 57.418 6 2 6 19 Alessandro Nannini Benetton Ford 61 + 58.249 9 1 7 6 Riccardo Patrese Williams Renault 60 + 1 lap 5 8 4 Jean Alesi Tyrrell Ford 60 + 1 lap 8 9 9 Michele Alboreto Arrows Ford 60 + 1 lap 19 10 25 Nicola Larini Ligier Ford 59 + 2 laps 22 11 23 Pierluigi Martini Minardi Ford 59 + 2 laps 16 12 15 Maurício Gugelmin Leyton House Judd 59 + 2 laps 14 13 10 Alex Caffi Arrows Ford 58 Collision 17 14 30 Aguri Suzuki Lola Lamborghini 58 Collision 11 15 21 Emanuele Pirro Dallara Ford 58 + 3 laps 13 Ret 26 Philippe Alliot Ligier Ford 52 Accident 20 Ret 7 David Brabham Brabham Judd 52 Gearbox 25 Ret 16 Ivan Capelli Leyton House Judd 51 Engine 12 Ret 5 Thierry Boutsen Williams Renault 30 Engine 7 Ret 29 Éric Bernard Lola Lamborghini 24 Gearbox 10 Ret 8 Stefano Modena Brabham Judd 21 Gearbox 23 Ret 12 Martin Donnelly Lotus Lamborghini 14 Alternator 15 Ret 11 Derek Warwick Lotus Lamborghini 5 Throttle 21 Ret 18 Yannick Dalmas AGS Ford 3 Halfshaft 24 Ret 22 Andrea de Cesaris Dallara Ford 0 Spun off 18 DNS 3 Satoru Nakajima Tyrrell Ford Driver unwell DNQ 14 Olivier Grouillard Osella Ford DNQ 24 Paolo Barilla Minardi Ford DNQ 17 Gabriele Tarquini AGS Ford DNQ 31 Bertrand Gachot Coloni Ford DNPQ 33 Roberto Moreno EuroBrun Judd DNPQ 34 Claudio Langes EuroBrun Judd DNPQ 39 Bruno Giacomelli Life Judd Source: