Driving career - Alfonso de Vinuesa - S4- 1991

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Story of the race:
Had a great qualifying and at the start I settled for 3rd behind Senna and Berger. I had a spin on lap 21 but still could hold to 3rd place which turned into 2nd when Berger retired. At the pitstop I lost the place to Mansell who performed a perfectly timed undercut but could never start the chase because the gearbox folded just a few hundred meters into the 2nd stint. Brundle then proceeded to bottle his race from points scoring places. Only two races to never have to drive this unreliable car ever again xD

Stream: https://www.youtube.com/live/2qHIUwN-elo?feature=share
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Story of the race: I started well but got tipped over by Nannini at the exit of turn 2, so I was demoted to last. I recovered up to 11th by Lap 18, but that's as far as the gearbox went this time. Brundle also retired with gearbox issues.

Up front, Prost crashed into Warwick stupidly when lapping the Arrows, and Honda chief's horror faces happened when Donnelly spun while running 3rd behind Patrese shortly after the pitstop and when Senna's engine folded a few laps to the end. Nakajima also lost the battle for a podium place. Alliot could have scored for Lola but his car also failed very near the end, so Gugelmin picked his first point of 1989.

Stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uzm98xs ... nel=D.I.G.
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Story of the race: I only had a non-miserable day for about 10 seconds when I did a good start and pulled on first place out of the first chicane. Then I was swiftly overtaken by Senna and I went off at east terrace and damaged the front wing, so I went from 1st to last in 2.5 kms. Then I climbed to 17th rather quickly when I suffered an electric failure, so 2nd stop of the day. I was keeping my driving relatively clean and so I did until the pitstops, but with the lower fuel load the car became really unstable and that started a series of spins, and a crash with Prost at turn 1 which got me doing the whole track on 3 wheels. I was just banking on retirements several laps when just at the 2 hour mark I spun for good, with Patrese running into my car.

Up front, Senna retired while holding the lead and Satoru did survive all the madness around to win his third race of the season and the fourth for Lotus!

Stream: https://www.youtube.com/live/4YADRlwq8eM?feature=share
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1990 Pre-Season related RNG:

First, let's start with the teams and engines related things
First RNG is for Zakspeed - The team has built an evolution of the 89 car, although they lack some of the budget required to go into the 1990 season, Yamaha is keen to have a platform to keep developing their F1 engine
1-95 : Zakspeed don't find the budget to get into the grid in 1990 and the team folds after a few winter tests
96-100: Yamaha chips in some money and the team decides to go ahead with their F1 program.

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After some hesitation, the German team decide their time in Formula 1 has come to an end. That leaves Yamaha without a partner for the 1990 season

Next is Rial.
Despite having avoided Pre-Qualifying for 1989, the team failed to score any points and often both cars ended up not qualifying for the races anyway.
Rial wants to avoid as much expenditure in Formula 1, but there's still some options left.
1-90: Rial pulls out completely
91-96: Rial partners with FIRST racing and both teams embark in a join venture for 1990.
97-100: FIRST buys Rial assets and blueprints for the ARC-3 and Rial remains as a sponsor.

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Negotiations don't come to anything meaningful and Rial closes their F1 operation. This also ends once and for all FIRST hopes of getting into F1

Finally, there's AGS. Having been stuck the whole of 1989 in Pre-Qualifying has been a major financial blow for the french squad. However, french sponsors are still interested in the team, they still have their facilities, and a competent driver pairing, so there's still a chance that the team survives into 1990.
1-60: AGS sadly decide to close their F1 team and focus on other business
61-100: The team finds the means to continue in F1

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AGS will form part of the grid in 1990, with Gabriele Tarquini and Yannick Dalmas still at the wheel

Now, on the engine side, Lamborghini is coming into F1 with a new engine. Larrousse were quick to sign a deal with the Modena maker for their new V12 engine. Now, they can supply up to two teams and some other teams are interested in this deal.
1-35 - Brabham get the Lamborghini as they feel Judd is not giving the team equal treatment to Leyton House
36-70 - The new Japanese ownership at Footwork Arrows craft together a deal
71-100 - Gitanes comes up with the money first and Lamborghini go fully to french teams

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Footwork Arrows get Lamborghini engines for 1990

Now, let's move on to the driver market
The key piece in this driver market is Alain Prost
The triple world champion has two serious proposals

1-69: Ferrari comes with more money, John Barnard and semi-automatic gearboxes
70-100: Williams comes with more frenchness, thanks to Renault and Elf

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Alain Prost signs a deal with Williams for 1990 onwards!
Ferrari decide to keep Gerhard Berger as result of the failed negotiations.

Now, who will line up along Ayrton Senna at McLaren?
1-69: Ron Dennis and Marlboro want Gerhard Berger, even if it might be a bit difficult to poach him from Ferrari
70-85: Honda would like to promote Satoru Nakajima to their best team
86-99: Ayrton Senna would feel most comfortable with Thierry Boutsen
100: Jonathan Palmer is a trusty reserve driver and gets the nod

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Money rules and Philip Morris get what they want. Now, can they really poach Berger from Ferrari?

1-85: Philip Morris make a bank transfer to Italy for an undisclosed amount and Berger packs for the UK
86-100: Ferrari find themselves in a corner after their terrible reliability problems from 1989 and know they can trust Berger to continue developing the car, so they show Ron Dennis the finger

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Money talks, Berger will partner Senna in 1990

Now, who's going to partner Prost at Williams?

Thierry Boutsen has had a great 1989 season with the team, but there's rumours that Patrese has more trust from the engineers and from Canon, who pay for a lot of things
1-55: Thierry Boutsen partners Prost
56-100: Riccardo Patrese stays

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It's clear that there's full trust in Patrese and Boutsen is given the boot

Now, on to Lotus

The 1989 season has seen a win from Piquet and three unvelievable wins from Nakajima, aided in no doubt by Ferrari's lack of reliability and Honda's power.
The team has great plans for 1990; being able to keep Honda power as long as they employ Satoru, which the team is keen to do

Some up and coming company called Coca-Cola and also BP are very close to signing sponsorship deals for 1990 with Lotus, which would help the shortcoming in chassis development, as seen in the races where the team failed to be close to the front

It looks though as chairman Fred Bushell has been involved in the past in some sort of scandal
1-85: The involvement of Fred Bushell in the Delorean scandal is uncovered and Bushell goes to prison
86-100: The judge finds nothing against Bushell and the rumours are quickly swept under the rug

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Lotus chairman is sent to prison and the matter gets a very public shout in the international press

Also, Peter Warr leaves the team following the aftermath. Peter Collins is the new boss around
Now, regarding the drivers

Nelson Piquet is happy at Lotus, but can already see the lack of technical prowess the team once was already famous for and has a juicy offer from Benetton, with Ford happily paying for a driver of his caliber
What does he do?
1-55: Continues at Lotus for 1990
56-100: Takes Ford money

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There's no doubt in Nelson's mind that he should stay at Lotus
Now, there's the elephant in the room, Ferrari, having been left without their preferred choice AND their backup choice to partner Nigel Mansell
There's certainly a plethora of drivers who'd gladly drive for Ferrari
1-50: Alessandro Nannini is the choice (2nd RNG to determine if he actually leaves Benetton)
51-100: Second RNG

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This means we go back to Benetton, who certainly need someone to partner up with Nannini

1-60: Thierry Boutsen is called back
61-90: Emanuele Pirro did a good job in place of Herbert and deserves a full season
91-100: Alfonso de Vinuesa's performances call Briatore's attention

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Boutsen gladly comes back to the team
Now, who will receive the call from Maranello?

1-74: Emanuele Pirro has had decent results in the final part of 1989 and has testing experience with none other than McLaren, so he seems the right choice
75-84: Andrea de Cesaris seems now mature enough for the seat
85-90: but Alex Caffi shows more promise for the future than de Cesaris
91-95: Alfonso de Vinuesa's qualifying performances come to mind of the people at Maranello
96-100: Roberto Moreno developed the problematic gearbox and proved at Coloni he's ready
Whoever it is the fortunate driver, it is only a one year deal

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it's our friend Andrea

This means Pirro automatically goes to Scuderia Italia
in hindsight, I should have also included Alboreto
but we'll pretend he shared chances with Pirro
Now, on to Alfonso de Vinuesa
Alfonso doesn't seem to have many options, after the game of musical chairs up the grid ended up with bigger fish getting the valued placement
Brabham is keen to have de Vinuesa on for 1990
But Footwork Arrows also show an interest

1-81: Alfonso de Vinuesa gets the undisputed leader role at Brabham
82-100: Goes to Footwork Arrows to partner Alboreto

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Alfonso stays at Brabham for 1990

On to Tyrrell
Tyrrell look to have signed a big sponsorship deal with Rothmans, as pictures surfaced in the press
This would secure the team financially for the foreseeable future, as it is a 3 year deal
Now, Rothmans might be having cold feet, feeling they should try to enter F1 with an even bigger name
1-85: Rothmans back off and Tyrrell are left in the dry
86-100: Rothmans sign on the dotted line

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Very last minute Rothmans withdraw their support

Still, Tyrrell is spoiled for choice when it comes for a driver to partner Alesi
1-45: Derek Warwick gets the deal to mix experience and youth
46-69: Martin Donnelly gets the seat after being left out of Lotus
70-84: Johnny Herbert favours a year at Tyrrell before trying to win the F3000 championship
85-96: Stefano Modena is called after leading Eurobrun somewhat competently
97-100: Marco Apicella is chosen in a gamble for youth after a very good 1989 in F3000

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Martin Donnelly will partner Jean Alesi!

This means Derek Warwick will retain his seat at Footwork Arrows, giving the Lamborghini engine deal a vote of confidence, since he wants to move up the order in F1
Now, who will fill the second Brabham seat alongside de Vinuesa, now that Brundle has gone back to sportscars?
1-70: Stefano Modena will partner de Vinuesa again
71-100: David Brabham is offered the seat, since it would be great publicity for the team

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A familiar pairing at Brabham for 1990
There's still 4 seats left

Luis Perez-Sala has some offers from small teams to continue in F1, mainly from Eurobrun and Osella
1-89: Sala leaves F1, as he doesn't want to struggle in Pre-Qualifying
90-95: Signs for Osella
96-100: Signs for Eurobrun

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Luis Perez-Sala will partner Roberto Moreno at Eurobrun

Dallara needs someone to partner Pirro
1-95: Alex Caffi keeps the seat
96-100: Erik Comas is relied upon

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Osella needs someone to partner Olivier Grouillard; and they offer the job to Bernd Schneider
1-60: Bernd Schneider accepts, as it seems his only option for the year
61-100: The German declines, thinking it'd be better to wait for a bigger opportunity

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Osella gets a strong pairing in Schneider and Grouillard

Last seat for grabs is at Coloni-Subaru
The team would prefer an italian driver to partner Bertrand Gachot

1-50: Claudio Langes coughs up the dough
51-64: Antonio Tamburini gets the seat
65-77: Marco Apicella gets the drive
78-92: Fabrizio Giovinardi is the chosen one
93-97: Fulvio Ballabio gets the money first
99-100: Guido Daccò will make his F1 debut at 42

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Claudio Langes was the most serious about getting the seat for the small italian team
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1990 FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ENTRY LIST

Honda Marlboro McLaren
#1 - Ayrton Senna
#2 - Gerhard Berger

Tyrrell Racing Organisation
#3 - Martin Donnelly
#4 - Jean Alesi

Canon Williams Team
#5 - Alain Prost
#6 - Riccardo Patrese

Motor Racing Developments
#7 - Alfonso de Vinuesa
#8 - Stefano Modena

Footwork Arrows Racing
#9 - Derek Warwick
#10 - Michele Alboreto

Camel Team Lotus
#11 - Nelson Piquet
#12 - Satoru Nakajima

Osella Squadra Corse
#13 - Bernd Schneider
#14 - Olivier Grouillard

Leyton House Racing
#15 - Mauricio Gugelmin
#16 - Ivan Capelli

Automobiles Gonfaronnaises Sportives
#17 - Gabriele Tarquini
#18 - Yannick Dalmas

Benetton Formula Ltd
#19 - Alessandro Nannini
#20 - Thierry Boutsen

BMS Scuderia Italia
#21 - Emanuele Pirro
#22 - Alex Caffi

SCM Minardi Team
#23 - Pierluigi Martini
#24 - Paolo Barilla

Equipe Ligier Gitanes
#25 - Nicola Larini
#26 - Philippe Alliot

Scuderia Ferrari
#27 - Nigel Mansell
#28 - Andrea de Cesaris

ESPO Larrousse F1
#29 - Eric Bernard
#30 - Aguri Suzuki

Subaru Coloni Racing
#31 - Bertrand Gachot
#32 - Claudio Langes

Eurobrun Racing
#33 - Roberto Moreno
#34 - Luis Perez-Sala

Monteverdi Onyx Racing
#37 - Stefan Johansson
#38 - JJ Lehto

Life Racing Engines
#39 - Gary Brabham
#40 - Bruno Giacomelli
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US GRAND PRIX RESULTS:

https://youtu.be/87LVsN7g5yg

Race report:

With the new car not ready yet, the team brought the old BT58 to Phoenix. There was no sign at all to be able to repeat last years qualifying performance, and ended up right in the middle of the field, in 14th place. Modena was able to qualify the car in a decent 10th place.

The start was very good and climbed up to 10th place but I tangled wheels with Piquet on turn 2 and that destroyed my front wing.
The first half of the race was about recovering places at much as possible and with a little help of attrition I got up to 10th place by the pitstop time. By then, Nannini was quite up ahead and I was never able to match his pace anyways so the second half was pretty lonely until the car developed a small suspension problem on lap 62, probably as a result of the bumps and the start incident with Piquet. Luckily, I could pit and solve it quickly and with new tires at least I could enjoy the final few laps and scored the 4th fastest lap of the race. Even without the problems, I think 8th was the best possible result today.

Elsewhere, Senna dominated the race once he got past Alesi and Berger. Alesi impressed everyone by battling with Berger until his gearbox failed. Donnelly picked up the pieces for Tyrrell though as he ran a very good race to snatch his best Formula 1 result so far. Piquet rounded an all Honda podium in his comeback after his accident at Spa last season. Prost and Patrese were victims of poor reliability by the Williams, alhough slam dunk disaster goes to Ferrari, as both cars only lasted four laps on track. Andrea de Cesaris featured the first retirement of the season by crashing his car while Mansell's transmission failed the very same lap.

FULL STREAM: https://www.youtube.com/live/eVeVYB7KLtY?feature=share
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1990 BRAZILIAN GRAND PRIX

Results: https://youtu.be/kIfT5oMFbZQ

Story of the race: Ever since qualifying 23rd it'd be a tough race. The whole thing was very limited as I was just faster than a few other teams, so the race consisted of keeping good pace and waiting for mistakes and problems to happen ahead, which definitely happened. My first stop came 4 laps earlier than planned as Donnelly sent me off the track with the mandatory loss of front wing. In the second half of the race I tried to get closer to Modena or Barilla with no luck and Piquet got to catch me as well. Some laps to the end he experienced problems but just as I entered the top 10 the transmission failed with only a couple laps to go.

Up front, Senna suffered some problems early in the race and for some time it seemed he wouldn't be able to win at home turf, but then Patrese retired and of course Berger wasn't an obstacle so another 1-2 for McLaren.
De Cesaris got the first points for Ferrari.

Full race stream: https://youtube.com/live/KPKedekrmrk?feature=share
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1990 SAN MARINO GRAND PRIX

Results: https://youtu.be/fWP2V-Auv-s

Story of the race: I did a good start and being agressive into Tosa moved into 4th place, sitting behind Senna and both Ferraris. It was clear from the very beginning that both Williams were faster and in lap 3 Patrese launched and over-agressive move into Acqua Minerali, which made me go over zealously cautious on the left side of the chicane. Just as I hit the kerb Prost appeared out of nowhere on my right and that destroyed my front wing, with Berger later sending me off the track as well. New front wing needed and down to last. From then on I started a race to come back through the pack, with good pace overall. I got up to 7th in the closing stages ahead of Modena and was running with the small hope that someone else would retire ... when my engine blew up. I tried to coast to the finish line to no success.
Ahead, Senna and Mansell retired relatively early which led to a fierce battle between Patrese and Berger after De Cesaris had some problems early on. Berger spun and lost a lot of time with several laps to go, but Patrese also lost time to De Cesaris, who ended up overtaking and passing his compatriot to score an emotional and well celebrated race win for Ferrari.
A good day for italian motorsport as Nannini and Martini also scored points and another 3 italian drivers rounded the top 10.

Full stream: https://youtube.com/live/qMPkMbhRFzI?feature=share
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1990 Monaco Grand Prix:

Story of the race: Good qualifying followed by an Ok start followed by a brakes failure on lap 3. Obviously pushing from the back isn't an easy task. My race pace was fine but got only to 24th by lap 20 when I spun on Casino Square and then was hit by Patrese. Otherwise the race was amazing, with Senna having to retire and making way for a race that Mansell lost by getting stuck behind Prost in the pitlane and Berger lost when De Cesaris decided to park his Ferrari at the inside of Ste. Devote. That allowed Donnelly and Alesi through with the british driver scoring an amazing and historial 1-2 for Tyrrell.

Results: https://youtu.be/0O37CxoeJvs

Full stream: https://youtube.com/live/MIGkqCzPLwE?feature=share
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1990 Canadian Grand Prix:

Story of the race: Rain = Pain, but at least I finished the race. Berger threw away again a win so Senna recovers the WDC lead. First point for Ligier since Johansson scored in the 1988 Spanish Grand Prix.

Full stream: https://youtube.com/live/uQIjPDMz6JU?feature=share

Results: https://youtu.be/_PmT8Qe59B0
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Re: Driving career - Alfonso de Vinuesa - S3- 1990

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I was the one who commented on your cockpit... I'm shopping for a new cockpit and the main reason is since the plank-drag indicator does not show up enough.

I like your rain simulation as well - seems like a neat idea but I'm not sure how hard it would be to implement.

Thanks for the video and giving gp2 some attention on youtube, I always wish we had more of it. It would be nice to attract some more younger folks to the game
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samsepi0l wrote:
20.07.2023, 08:12
I was the one who commented on your cockpit... I'm shopping for a new cockpit and the main reason is since the plank-drag indicator does not show up enough.

I like your rain simulation as well - seems like a neat idea but I'm not sure how hard it would be to implement.

Thanks for the video and giving gp2 some attention on youtube, I always wish we had more of it. It would be nice to attract some more younger folks to the game
The rain simulation idea is actually a pain in the ass :D I have to duplicate the "normal" install and apply the rain patch to it, and then do that every time I want to use it because I use a dedicated carset per race, and then I have to delete that install and do it all over again xD

I've been playing GP2 roughly since it came out and still love it. Very happy to put out some modded content online.
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1990 MEXICAN GRAND PRIX

Very good qualifying and decent race start for once. I kept fighting towards the points scoring places during the first laps of the race and then started moving upwards, specially when lapped traffic started to appear as I was able to move better throught it than my rivals. Somewhat incredibly I moved even up Prost for 2nd left when on lap 19 the engine expired. For sure a great opportunity missed for Brabham. Senna then went on to win when Prost retired. Mansell and Nannini completed the podium.

https://youtube.com/live/8TmYNe7jteQ?feature=share

1990 FRENCH GRAND PRIX

After qualifying in the midfield ahead of Stefano, I was running 16th when at the beggining of lap 3 Piquet tipped me around at the first corner and sent me to last place. From then on it was a battle of coming up through the field. I hit my performance ceiling when I got behind Martini a few laps before the pitstop and then I fell behind Suzuki in the 2nd half of the race. Together with the attrition I was running happily in 9th place when by lap 70 the engine went so that was it. Ahead, Nannini led brilliantly until his Benetton tragically expired, then Mansell took the lead, but the Ferrari failed too, which led Patrese in the lead, which he then proceeded to defend from Senna until the very end of the race to get a very big win for Renault at their home race. Mention also to Derek Warwick for a fantastic race up to 4th and beating Gerhard Berger in the process

https://youtube.com/live/F4Zk8Zw9CIU?feature=share

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1990 British Grand Prix

Decent qualifying at a power track in 15th place, quite ahead of Stefano Modena. Race day, I did a really good start and climbed into 9th place by the end of the first lap. Then moved up to 8th as Alesi made a mistake and kept running ahead of a Larrousse and both Benettons for quite a while, then up to 7th when Prost retired. That was until lap 11 when the gearbox went and that was it. Mansell went on to win from De Cesaris completing a great 1-2 for Ferrari. Feel that a 4th or 5th place could have been on the cards without that problem.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owha3QK ... nel=D.I.G.

1990 German Grand Prix

At the endless straights of Hockenheim qualified a very decent 9th place, but went a bit too far into a risky side with the setup. Nevertheless, I couldn't even test what the car was capable of when less than 10 seconds into the race Piquet spun me around and forced me into a front wing change, losing a lot of time in the process. Add to that a couple of spins, an electrical problem, a collission with Alex Caffi (his fault) and that meant finishing 17th, last, and three laps down in a day to forget.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0mZFPW ... nel=D.I.G.

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1990 Hungarian Grand Prix

The track where I achieved great things in my previous two seasons in F1 wasn't gonna be easy in 1990 given the lack of strenght in the Brabham. From 10th of the grid I made a decent start and ran 9th ahead of Piquet for the first part of the race. However, the pace was far off those in the points scoring positions. I moved into 8th as Patrese retired while a mistake demoted me into 13th place on lap 32. No panic, I started to make some ground back and by lap 45 I was running 10th ahead of Piquet. I ran out of brakes on lap 58 however and had to pit to fix the problem. That demoted me again to 13th in a race with lower attrition than desired with the front running teams. I had however some fun chasing Nakajima and catching him on lap 69, moving again into the top 10, where I finished.

Prost finally broke his bad luck with an excellent win in a day Senna only finished 6th with some problems. Berger and Boutsen completed the podium.

The Onyx team found some funds in the form of paid driver Alain Menu to keep competing, at least until the end of the 1990 season.

Stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErAnzKfgfho&t=1s

1990 Belgian Grand Prix

Qualified 25th so not a lot hope for the race. However I moved into 19th at the start and was making good progress into 16th when I overshot braking into T1 at lap 4 and lost my front wing in a clash with Nakajima and had to pit for a new FW. My race was very lonely from then on having lost any chance to run a competitive race in the middle of the pack. Most of the places were recovered by retirements ahead or passing some backmarkers. On lap 33 I was running 13th out of 19 runners when I suffered a puncture. Then on lap 34 having recovered from that, I suffered what's probably the worst accident of my F1 career so far when Gugelmin banged wheels with me at over 250 kph and sent me flying into the gravel trap ahead of Blanchimont. I was very lucky then to hit the barriers moving sideways, but it was a nasty accident nonetheless. Gugelmin was summoned to the stewards but nothing came out of it other than a reprimand. Senna won from Berger, Boutsen and De Cesaris.

Stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqOQ3pvumbk&t=1s

1990 Italian Grand Prix

Another weekend to forget at Monza, where I qualified 22nd, and in the space of just 12 laps I was hit from behind by Grouillard, sending me and Bernard into the gravel trap. Then hit by Mansell while being lapped, then one spin then hit again for good by Nakajima when he tried something weird and parabolica ending both his and my race. I guess this was his idea of "revenge" from Belgium?
Senna won once again with Berger and Mansell on the podium. Patrese threw away one point by spinning two laps from the end. Weekend to forget by Lotus. Alain Menu made his GP debut by qualifying the Onyx for the very first time in detriment of Lehto and Barilla.

Stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwj0a0zO88I

Championship after 12 rounds:

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