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1990 Formula One season
Season
Races	17 16
Start date	11th March 1990
Start Event	Iceberg United States Grand Prix
End date	4th November 1990
End Event	Foster's Australian Grand Prix
Awards
Driver's Champion	TBA
Constructor's Champion	TBA
Seasons
Previous season	Next season
1989	1991
Junior Categories
Tier 1	1990 International F3000 season

The 1990 Formula One season was the 41st Formula One World Championship season.

Teams and Drivers

Team	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	#	Driver	Rounds
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC [?]	Ferrari	TBA	Ferrari 035/5 3.5 V12	TBA	1	Ayrton Senna	1-
					2	TBA	1-
Tyrrell Racing Organisation [?]	Tyrrell-TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	3	TBA	1-
					4	TBA	1-
Canon Williams Renault Team [?]	Williams-TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	5	Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler	1-
					6	TBA	1-
Honda Marlboro McLaren [?]	McLaren-TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	7	TBA	1-
					8	TBA	1-
Benetton Arrows Grand Prix International [?]	Arrows-TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	9	Chris Dagnall	1-
					10	Guillaume Gauthier	1-
Camel Team Lotus [?]	Lotus-TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	11	TBA	1-
					12	TBA	1-
Leyton House March Racing Team [?]	March-TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	15	TBA	1-
					16	TBA	1-
Osella Squadra Corse [?]	Osella-TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	17	TBA	1-
					18	TBA	1-
BMS Scuderia Italia [?]	Dallara-TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	19	TBA	1-
					20	TBA	1-
Minardi Team SpA [?]	Minardi-TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	21	TBA	1-
					22	TBA	1-
Ligier Loto [?]	Ligier-TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	23	TBA	1-
					24	Yannick Dalmas	1-
ESPO Larrousse F1 [?]	Lola-TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	25	TBA	1-
					26	Isabella Noriko	1-
Coloni SpA [?]	Coloni-TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	29	TBA	1-
					30	TBA	1-
Rial Racing [?]	Rial-TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	31	TBA	1-
					32	TBA	1-
Automobiles Gonfaronnaises Sportives [?]	AGS-TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	33	TBA	1-
					34	TBA	1-
Footwork Team Oreca [?]	Oreca-TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	35	TBA	1-
					36	TBA	1-
Motor Racing Developments Ltd [?]	Brabham-TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	37	TBA	1-
					38	TBA	1-
Life Racing Engines [?]	Life	Life L190	Life F35 3.5 W12	TBA	39	Bruno Giacomelli	1-
					40	Leonhard von Gottorp	1-

Team Changes

• The Benetton family elected to sell their under-performing team in favour of reverting to conventional sponsorship, entering into a title sponsorship deal with Arrows which saw the Arrows cars run in Benetton livery and the official team name changed to "Benetton Arrows Grand Prix International". Benetton chose to sponsor Arrows due to their Ford works engine status, a deal which was renewed for 1990 and saw the Leafield-based team have exclusive rights to the Ford HB engine. The Benetton team was sold to French Formula 3000 outfit Oreca, who entered the sport with financial backing from the Japanese logistics company Footwork. The new team would be called "Footwork Oreca" and run TBA engines
• Zakspeed entered financial difficulty over the off-season after main sponsor Imperial Tobacco removed their sponsorship in the form of the West brand of cigarettes. The team elected to withdraw from Formula One to focus on their championship-winning World Touring Car Masters squad.
• The paddock saw another new entrant in the form of Life Racing Engines, the eponymous team of Ernesto Vita, after the eccentric Italian failed to find any customers for his unconventional W12 engines.
• Formula 3000 team Onyx Racing did apply to enter the season but had to cancel their entry plans after running into financial difficulty.
• Another Formula 3000 team, Middlebridge Racing, entered the season under the Brabham name, bringing it back to the sport for the first time since 1986.

Driver Changes

Season Calendar

	Race	Track	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	Iceberg United States Grand Prix	Phoenix Street Circuit	March 11
2	Nestlé Brazilian Grand Prix	Autodromo Hermano da Silva Ramos	March 25
3	Yaname Electronics Pacific Grand Prix	Autopolis	April 15
4	Kronenbourg San Marino Grand Prix	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	May 6
5	Monaco Grand Prix	Circuit de Monaco	May 20
6	Molson Canadian Grand Prix	Cricuit Gilles Villeneuve	June 3
7	Marlboro Mexican Grand Prix	Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez	June 17
8	Rhône-Poulenc French Grand Prix	Circuit Paul Ricard	July 1
9	Shell Oils British Grand Prix	Silverstone Circuit	July 8
10	Mobil 1 German Grand Prix	Hockenheimring	July 12
11	Marlboro Hungarian Grand Prix	Hungaroring	August 5
12	Gazprom Soviet Grand Prix	Bikernieki Circuit	August 12	Cancelled
13	Iceberg Belgian Grand Prix	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	August 26
14	Coca-Cola Italian Grand Prix	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	September 9
15	Portuguese Grand Prix	Autodromo do Estoril	September 30
16	Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix	Suzuka Circuit	October 21
17	Foster's Australian Grand Prix	Adelaide Street Circuit	November 4

Calendar Changes

• Japan held two Grands Prix for the first time with the addition of the Pacific Grand Prix at the newly constructed Autopolis circuit. The race would take place in the first half of the season.
• The United States Grand Prix would open the season for the first time with the race moving to an early March slot. This was due to the sweltering heat of the mid-June climate in Phoenix.
• The Mexican Grand Prix was moved from the end of the season to replace the United States Grand Prix's June slot.
• To avoid cold weather, the Belgian and Italian Grands Prix were swapped, and both Grands Prix moved a few weeks earlier to late August-early September, displacing the Portuguese Grand Prix which would instead take place on the last weekend of September.
• Following the Restoration of Independence of the Republic of Latvia on 4th May 1990 the future of the Soviet Grand Prix, held at the Bikernieki Circuit in the former Latvian SSR, was placed into doubt. With the new Latvian government not willing to host the race and the Soviet organisers unable to find a suitable replacement venue in time for the race's scheduled date of 12th August, the race was cancelled.