Senna and Prost qualified in 3rd and 4th place, the first time no McLaren had been on the front row of the grid since the 1987 Mexican Grand Prix and first time in 1988 that neither McLaren was on pole.
Senna e Prost cualificaron en 3º e 4º posto, a primeira vez que McLaren quedaba fora da primeira fila da grella desde o Gran Premio de México de 1987 e a primeira vez en 1988 que ningún McLaren estaba na pole.