Hockenheimring · 29 July 1990
Ayrton Senna won the 1990 German Grand Prix for McLaren from 1st on the grid, 6.52s ahead of Alessandro Nannini. Nicola Larini gained the most places, from 22nd on the grid to 10th.
| Pos | Team | Points Breakdown | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLaren Senna 9 + Berger 4 | Senna 9 + Berger 4 | 13 | |
| 2 | Benetton Nannini 6 + Piquet 0 | Nannini 6 + Piquet 0 | 6 | |
| 3 | Ferrari Prost 3 + Mansell 0 | Prost 3 + Mansell 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Williams Patrese 2 + Boutsen 1 | Patrese 2 + Boutsen 1 | 3 | |
| 5 | Leyton House Capelli 0 + Gugelmin 0 | Capelli 0 + Gugelmin 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | Team Lotus Warwick 0 + Donnelly 0 | Warwick 0 + Donnelly 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Arrows Caffi 0 + Alboreto 0 | Caffi 0 + Alboreto 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Ligier Larini 0 + Alliot 0 | Larini 0 + Alliot 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Tyrrell Alesi 0 + Nakajima 0 | Alesi 0 + Nakajima 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Onyx Järvilehto 0 + Foitek 0 | Järvilehto 0 + Foitek 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Larrousse Bernard 0 + Suzuki 0 | Bernard 0 + Suzuki 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Minardi Martini 0 | Martini 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | Brabham Brabham 0 + Modena 0 | Brabham 0 + Modena 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | Dallara Pirro 0 | Pirro 0 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Race time / Gap | Laps | Stops | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ayrton Senna McLaren | McLaren | 1:20:47.164 | 45 | — | 9 | |
| 2 | Alessandro Nannini Benetton | Benetton | +6.520s | 45 | — | 6 | |
| 3 | Gerhard Berger McLaren | McLaren | +8.553s | 45 | — | 4 | |
| 4 | Alain Prost Ferrari | Ferrari | +45.270s | 45 | — | 3 | |
| 5 | Riccardo Patrese Williams | Williams | +48.028s | 45 | — | 2 | |
| 6 | Thierry Boutsen Williams | Williams | +1:21.491 | 45 | — | 1 | |
| 7 | Ivan Capelli Leyton House | Leyton House | +1 Lap | 44 | — | — | |
| 8 | Derek Warwick Team Lotus | Team Lotus | +1 Lap | 44 | — | — | |
| 9 | Alex Caffi Arrows | Arrows | +1 Lap | 44 | — | — | |
| 10 | Nicola Larini Ligier | Ligier | +2 Laps | 43 | — | — | |
| 11 | Jean Alesi Tyrrell | Tyrrell | DNF Transmission | 40 | — | — | |
| NC | Jyrki Järvilehto Onyx | Onyx | NC | 39 | — | — | |
| DNF | Éric Bernard Larrousse | Larrousse | DNF Fuel pump | 35 | — | — | |
| DNF | Aguri Suzuki Larrousse | Larrousse | DNF Clutch | 33 | — | — | |
| DNF | Satoru Nakajima Tyrrell | Tyrrell | DNF Engine | 24 | — | — | |
| DNF | Nelson Piquet Benetton | Benetton | DNF Engine | 23 | — | — | |
| DNF | Pierluigi Martini Minardi | Minardi | DNF Engine | 20 | — | — | |
| DNF | Gregor Foitek Onyx | Onyx | DNF Spun off | 19 | — | — | |
| DNF | Nigel Mansell Ferrari | Ferrari | DNF Broken wing | 15 | — | — | |
| DNF | Maurício Gugelmin Leyton House | Leyton House | DNF Engine | 12 | — | — | |
| DNF | David Brabham Brabham | Brabham | DNF Engine | 12 | — | — | |
| DNF | Michele Alboreto Arrows | Arrows | DNF Engine | 10 | — | — | |
| DNF | Martin Donnelly Team Lotus | Team Lotus | DNF Clutch | 1 | — | — | |
| DNF | Stefano Modena Brabham | Brabham | DNF Clutch | 0 | — | — | |
| DNF | Emanuele Pirro Dallara | Dallara | DNF Collision | 0 | — | — | |
| DSQ | Philippe Alliot Ligier | Ligier | DSQ | 0 | — | — |