1990 San Marino Grand Prix
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| Race 3 of 16 in the 1990 Formula One season | |||
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| Date | 13 May 1990 | ||
| Official name | X Gran Premio di San Marino | ||
| Location | Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola, Emilia-Romagna, Italy | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 5.040 km (3.132 mi) | ||
| Distance | 61 laps, 307.440 km (191.033 mi) | ||
| Weather | Warm, dry, sunny | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | McLaren-Honda | ||
| Time | 1:23.220 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Alessandro Nannini
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Benetton-Ford | |
| Time | 1:27.156 on lap 60 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Williams-Renault | ||
| Second | McLaren-Honda | ||
| Third | Benetton-Ford | ||
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The 1990 San Marino Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 13 May 1990 at Imola. It was the third round of the 1990 Formula One season. It was the tenth San Marino Grand Prix and it was the eleventh time Imola hosted a Formula One Grand Prix. The race was held over 61 laps of the five kilometre circuit for a race distance of 307 kilometres.
The race was won by Italian driver Riccardo Patrese driving a Williams FW13B. It was Patrese's third Grand Prix victory, his first since 1983 and his first for Williams. Patrese took a five-second victory over Austrian driver Gerhard Berger driving a McLaren MP4/5B. Third was Italian driver Alessandro Nannini driving a Benetton B190.
In the run-up to the first European round of the world championship there were a few changes to the grid. Brabham fired accident-prone Swiss driver Gregor Foitek and replaced him with David Brabham, son of team founder Jack. Foitek moved over to the troubled Onyx team to replace Stefan Johansson, who was unhappy at the way the team was being run. David's brother Gary Brabham had come to his senses and quit the hopeless Life team, and he was replaced by Italian veteran Bruno Giacomelli who had not raced since 1983; he would predictably fail to pre-qualify. Meanwhile, Emanuele Pirro returned to the Dallara team, having been out of action with hepatitis. The Tyrrell 019– designed by Harvey Postlethwaite– was the first in F1 to sport a "high-nose" design with downward-extending supports for the front wing.
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