Senna covered a lot of fast laps in first qualifying, dipping below his own record. He’d been to Brazil again but working for his sponsors, not on holiday.
At the green light, he moved decisively and by Copse seemed to have the race at his mercy. Leslie followed him through Copse but his clutch failed and Brundle suffered extreme oversteer. On lap 3 Senna led by two seconds and simply (if you can put it like that) increased it over the 30 laps.
podium
Final result
1º
Ayrton Senna
27m 00.98s
2º
Brundle
-10.10
3º
Berg
-22.49