Ayrton Senna's victory extended his 1990 championship lead to twelve points, reinforcing McLaren's dominance early in the season.
Key Facts
- Race number in championship
- 5 of 16
- Circuit length
- 4.390 km
- Total laps
- 70 laps
- Race distance
- 307 km
- Winning margin (2nd place)
- 10 seconds
- Championship lead after race
- 12 points
By the Numbers
Location
Cause → Event → Consequence
Entering Race 5 of the 1990 Formula One World Championship, Ayrton Senna had already secured victories at the United States Grand Prix and Monaco Grand Prix, establishing momentum and placing McLaren at the front of the constructors' standings heading into the Canadian round.
On 10 June 1990 at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Senna drove his McLaren MP4/5B to victory over 70 laps, finishing ten seconds ahead of Nelson Piquet in a Benetton B190 and thirteen seconds ahead of Nigel Mansell in a Ferrari 641, in what was the 28th Canadian Grand Prix.
The win gave Senna a twelve-point lead in the drivers' championship over teammate Gerhard Berger, while chief rival Alain Prost held fewer than half of Senna's points, effectively consolidating Senna's position as the dominant title contender at that stage of the season.