Alain Prost's victory secured Ferrari's last one-two finish until 1998, while tightening the 1990 drivers' championship to eight points.
Key Facts
- Race distance
- 305 km over 69 laps
- Circuit length
- 4.4 km km
- Winner's margin
- 26 seconds ahead of Mansell
- Championship round
- 6th of 1990 season
- Next Ferrari win in Mexico
- 2024 (Carlos Sainz Jr.), 34 years later
By the Numbers
Location
Cause → Event → Consequence
The Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez had returned to the Formula One calendar in 1986, and by mid-1990 Ayrton Senna led the drivers' championship with Ferrari's Alain Prost and Nigel Mansell seeking to close the gap during the season's final North American round.
On 24 June 1990, Alain Prost drove his Ferrari 641 to victory in the Mexican Grand Prix, finishing 26 seconds ahead of teammate Nigel Mansell for a Ferrari one-two. Gerhard Berger took third in his McLaren, while championship leader Senna retired late with a puncture.
Prost's win reduced Senna's drivers' championship lead to eight points, intensifying their title battle. Ferrari's one-two finish proved to be the team's last until the 1998 French Grand Prix, a gap of eight years. The race was also the final Formula One event held in North America that season.