In October 1992 we were going out one day in the car to Glossop and passed a garage and car showroom in Brookfield, just outside Glossop. When I saw this car in the showroom window I just had to stop and investigate.
It's a 1990 Benetton B190, as driven by Nelson Piquet, Alessandro Nannini and (for two races) Roberto Moreno in the 1990 Formula 1 World Championship season.
Nelson Piquet finished in third place in the World Drivers' Championship, thanks to wins in the final two races of the season in Japan and Australia. Alessandro Nannini finished in eighth place in the Championship despite not racing in the last two races after a serious injury in a helicopter crash that ended his driving career. Roberto Moreno took over the car for those two races and managed to take second place to Nelson Piquet in Japan.
The Benetton B190 had a 3,498cc Cosworth Ford HBA4 V8 engine and it helped Benetton to third place in the World Constructors' Championship.
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