Autódromo José Carlos Pace · 25 March 1990
Alain Prost won the 1990 Brazilian Grand Prix for Ferrari from 6th on the grid, 13.564s ahead of Gerhard Berger. Satoru Nakajima gained the most places, from 19th on the grid to 8th.
| Pos | Team | Points Breakdown | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ferrari Prost 9 + Mansell 3 | Prost 9 + Mansell 3 | 12 | |
| 2 | McLaren Berger 6 + Senna 4 | Berger 6 + Senna 4 | 10 | |
| 3 | Williams Boutsen 2 + Patrese 0 | Boutsen 2 + Patrese 0 | 2 | |
| 4 | Benetton Piquet 1 + Nannini 0 | Piquet 1 + Nannini 0 | 1 | |
| 5 | Tyrrell Alesi 0 + Nakajima 0 | Alesi 0 + Nakajima 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | Minardi Martini 0 + Barilla 0 | Martini 0 + Barilla 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Ligier Larini 0 + Alliot 0 | Larini 0 + Alliot 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Dallara Morbidelli 0 + de Cesaris 0 | Morbidelli 0 + de Cesaris 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Arrows Caffi 0 + Alboreto 0 | Caffi 0 + Alboreto 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Team Lotus Donnelly 0 + Warwick 0 | Donnelly 0 + Warwick 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Brabham Modena 0 + Foitek 0 | Modena 0 + Foitek 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | AGS Dalmas 0 | Dalmas 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | Larrousse Suzuki 0 + Bernard 0 | Suzuki 0 + Bernard 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | Osella Grouillard 0 | Grouillard 0 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Race time / Gap | Laps | Stops | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alain Prost Ferrari | Ferrari | 1:37:21.258 | 71 | — | 9 | |
| 2 | Gerhard Berger McLaren | McLaren | +13.564s | 71 | — | 6 | |
| 3 | Ayrton Senna McLaren | McLaren | +37.722s | 71 | — | 4 | |
| 4 | Nigel Mansell Ferrari | Ferrari | +47.266s | 71 | — | 3 | |
| 5 | Thierry Boutsen Williams | Williams | +1 Lap | 70 | — | 2 | |
| 6 | Nelson Piquet Benetton | Benetton | +1 Lap | 70 | — | 1 | |
| 7 | Jean Alesi Tyrrell | Tyrrell | +1 Lap | 70 | — | — | |
| 8 | Satoru Nakajima Tyrrell | Tyrrell | +1 Lap | 70 | — | — | |
| 9 | Pierluigi Martini Minardi | Minardi | +2 Laps | 69 | — | — | |
| 10 | Alessandro Nannini Benetton | Benetton | DNF Puncture | 68 | — | — | |
| 11 | Nicola Larini Ligier | Ligier | +3 Laps | 68 | — | — | |
| 12 | Philippe Alliot Ligier | Ligier | +3 Laps | 68 | — | — | |
| 13 | Riccardo Patrese Williams | Williams | DNF Oil pressure | 65 | — | — | |
| 14 | Gianni Morbidelli Dallara | Dallara | +7 Laps | 64 | — | — | |
| DNF | Alex Caffi Arrows | Arrows | DNF Clutch | 49 | — | — | |
| DNF | Martin Donnelly Team Lotus | Team Lotus | DNF Spun off | 43 | — | — | |
| DNF | Stefano Modena Brabham | Brabham | DNF Spun off | 39 | — | — | |
| DNF | Paolo Barilla Minardi | Minardi | DNF Engine | 38 | — | — | |
| DNF | Yannick Dalmas AGS | AGS | DNF Suspension | 28 | — | — | |
| DNF | Derek Warwick Team Lotus | Team Lotus | DNF Electrical | 25 | — | — | |
| DNF | Aguri Suzuki Larrousse | Larrousse | DNF Suspension | 24 | — | — | |
| DNF | Michele Alboreto Arrows | Arrows | DNF Suspension | 24 | — | — | |
| DNF | Gregor Foitek Brabham | Brabham | DNF Transmission | 14 | — | — | |
| DNF | Éric Bernard Larrousse | Larrousse | DNF Gearbox | 13 | — | — | |
| DNF | Olivier Grouillard Osella | Osella | DNF Collision | 8 | — | — | |
| DNF | Andrea de Cesaris Dallara | Dallara | DNF Collision | 0 | — | — |