Circuit Paul Ricard · 8 July 1990
Alain Prost won the 1990 French Grand Prix for Ferrari from 4th on the grid, 8.626s ahead of Ivan Capelli. David Brabham gained the most places, from 25th on the grid to 15th.
| Pos | Team | Points Breakdown | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ferrari Prost 9 + Mansell 0 | Prost 9 + Mansell 0 | 9 | |
| 2 | Leyton House Capelli 6 + Gugelmin 0 | Capelli 6 + Gugelmin 0 | 6 | |
| 3 | McLaren Senna 4 + Berger 2 | Senna 4 + Berger 2 | 6 | |
| 4 | Benetton Piquet 3 + Nannini 0 | Piquet 3 + Nannini 0 | 3 | |
| 5 | Williams Patrese 1 + Boutsen 0 | Patrese 1 + Boutsen 0 | 1 | |
| 6 | Larrousse Suzuki 0 + Bernard 0 | Suzuki 0 + Bernard 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Ligier Alliot 0 + Larini 0 | Alliot 0 + Larini 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Arrows Alboreto 0 + Caffi 0 | Alboreto 0 + Caffi 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Team Lotus Warwick 0 + Donnelly 0 | Warwick 0 + Donnelly 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Brabham Modena 0 + Brabham 0 | Modena 0 + Brabham 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | AGS Dalmas 0 | Dalmas 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Dallara de Cesaris 0 + Pirro 0 | de Cesaris 0 + Pirro 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | Tyrrell Nakajima 0 + Alesi 0 | Nakajima 0 + Alesi 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | Minardi Martini 0 | Martini 0 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Race time / Gap | Laps | Stops | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alain Prost Ferrari | Ferrari | 1:33:29.606 | 80 | — | 9 | |
| 2 | Ivan Capelli Leyton House | Leyton House | +8.626s | 80 | — | 6 | |
| 3 | Ayrton Senna McLaren | McLaren | +11.606s | 80 | — | 4 | |
| 4 | Nelson Piquet Benetton | Benetton | +41.207s | 80 | — | 3 | |
| 5 | Gerhard Berger McLaren | McLaren | +42.219s | 80 | — | 2 | |
| 6 | Riccardo Patrese Williams | Williams | +1:09.351 | 80 | — | 1 | |
| 7 | Aguri Suzuki Larrousse | Larrousse | +1 Lap | 79 | — | — | |
| 8 | Éric Bernard Larrousse | Larrousse | +1 Lap | 79 | — | — | |
| 9 | Philippe Alliot Ligier | Ligier | +1 Lap | 79 | — | — | |
| 10 | Michele Alboreto Arrows | Arrows | +1 Lap | 79 | — | — | |
| 11 | Derek Warwick Team Lotus | Team Lotus | +1 Lap | 79 | — | — | |
| 12 | Martin Donnelly Team Lotus | Team Lotus | +1 Lap | 79 | — | — | |
| 13 | Stefano Modena Brabham | Brabham | +2 Laps | 78 | — | — | |
| 14 | Nicola Larini Ligier | Ligier | +2 Laps | 78 | — | — | |
| 15 | David Brabham Brabham | Brabham | +3 Laps | 77 | — | — | |
| 16 | Alessandro Nannini Benetton | Benetton | DNF Electrical | 75 | — | — | |
| 17 | Yannick Dalmas AGS | AGS | +5 Laps | 75 | — | — | |
| 18 | Nigel Mansell Ferrari | Ferrari | DNF Engine | 72 | — | — | |
| DSQ | Andrea de Cesaris Dallara | Dallara | DSQ | 78 | — | — | |
| DNF | Satoru Nakajima Tyrrell | Tyrrell | DNF Gearbox | 63 | — | — | |
| DNF | Maurício Gugelmin Leyton House | Leyton House | DNF Engine | 58 | — | — | |
| DNF | Pierluigi Martini Minardi | Minardi | DNF Electrical | 40 | — | — | |
| DNF | Jean Alesi Tyrrell | Tyrrell | DNF Differential | 23 | — | — | |
| DNF | Alex Caffi Arrows | Arrows | DNF Suspension | 22 | — | — | |
| DNF | Thierry Boutsen Williams | Williams | DNF Engine | 7 | — | — | |
| DNF | Emanuele Pirro Dallara | Dallara | DNF Brakes | 7 | — | — |