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1990 480 km of Suzuka

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Layout of the Suzuka International Racing Course (1987-2002)

The 1990 480 km of Suzuka was the opening round of the 1990 World Sportscar Championship season, taking place at Suzuka Circuit, Japan. It took place on April 8, 1990.

Official results

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Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of the winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps
Engine
1 C 1 Germany Team Sauber Mercedes Italy Mauro Baldi
France Jean-Louis Schlesser
Mercedes-Benz C9 G 82
Mercedes-Benz M119 5.0L Turbo V8
2 C 2 Germany Team Sauber Mercedes Germany Jochen Mass
Austria Karl Wendlinger
Mercedes-Benz C9 G 82
Mercedes-Benz M119 5.0L Turbo V8
3 C 24 Japan Nissan Motorsports International Japan Masahiro Hasemi
Sweden Anders Olofsson
Nissan R89C D 82
Nissan VRH35Z 3.5L Turbo V8
4 C 36 Japan Toyota Team Tom's Japan Hitoshi Ogawa
United Kingdom Geoff Lees
Toyota 90C-V B 81
Toyota R36V 3.6L Turbo V8
5 C 11 Germany Porsche Kremer Racing
Japan Advan Alpha Nova
Japan Kunimitsu Takahashi
Japan Kazou Mogi
Porsche 962C Y 80
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
6 C 15 Switzerland Brun Motorsport Norway Harald Huysman
Argentina Oscar Larrauri
Porsche 962C Y 80
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
7 C 17 Switzerland Brun Motorsport
Japan Trust Racing Team
Sweden Steven Andskär
South Africa George Fouché
Porsche 962C GTi Y 80
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
8 C 34 France Equipe Almeras Fréres
Japan The Alpha Racing
United Kingdom Derek Bell
United Kingdom Tiff Needell
Porsche 962C G 80
Porsche Type-935 2.8L Turbo Flat-6
9 C 19 United Kingdom Team Davey
Japan Omron Racing Team
Sweden Eje Elgh
Australia Vern Schuppan
Porsche 962C D 79
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
10 C 39 Switzerland Swiss Team Salamin
Japan From-A Racing
Germany Volker Weidler
Japan Akihiko Nakaya
Porsche 962C G 79
Porsche 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
11 C 8 Germany Joest Porsche Racing France Henri Pescarolo
United Kingdom Jonathan Palmer
Porsche 962C M 79
Porsche Type-935 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
12 C 13 France Courage Compétition France Pascal Fabre
France Lionel Robert
Cougar C24S G 78
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
13 C 10 Germany Porsche Kremer Racing Germany Bernd Schneider
Japan Hideki Okada
Porsche 962CK6 Y 77
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
14 C 12 France Courage Compétition
Japan Alpha Racing
United Kingdom Will Hoy
Japan Kenji Takahashi
Porsche 962C Y 77
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
15 C 14 United Kingdom Richard Lloyd Racing Germany Manuel Reuter
Spain Luis Pérez-Sala
Porsche 962C GTi G 77
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
16 C 9 Germany Joest Porsche Racing Sweden Stanley Dickens
Germany "John Winter"
Porsche 962C M 76
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
17 C 20 United Kingdom Team Davey United Kingdom Tim Lee-Davey
Mexico Alfonso Toledano
Porsche 962C D 76
Porsche Type-935 2.8L Turbo Flat-6
18 C 21 United Kingdom Spice Engineering Chile Eliseo Salazar
Mexico Bernard Jourdain
Spice SE90C G 75
Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5L V8
19 C 32 Austria Konrad Motorsport Austria Franz Konrad
France Jean-Louis Ricci
Porsche 962C G 75
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
20 C 37 Japan Toyota Team Tom's United Kingdom Johnny Dumfries
Japan Aguri Suzuki
Toyota 90C-V B 73
Toyota R36V 3.6L Turbo V8
21
NC
C 30 United Kingdom GP Motorsport United Kingdom David Hobbs
France Philippe de Henning
Spice SE90C G 60
Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5L V8
22
DSQ
C 27 Germany Obermaier Primagaz Germany Jürgen Lässig
Germany Otto Altenbach
Porsche 962C G 78
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
23
DNF
C 38 Japan Toyota Team Tom's
Japan Team SARD
Austria Roland Ratzenberger
France Pierre-Henri Raphanel
Toyota 90C-V B 79
Toyota R36V 3.6L Turbo V8
24
DNF
C 3 United Kingdom Silk Cut Jaguar United Kingdom Martin Brundle
France Alain Ferté
Jaguar XJR-11 G 77
Jaguar JV6 3.5L Turbo V6
25
DNF
C 16 Switzerland Brun Motorsport Spain Jesús Pareja
Switzerland Walter Brun
Porsche 962C Y 74
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
26
DNF
C 23 Japan Nissan Motorsports International United Kingdom Andrew Gilbert-Scott
Japan Kazuyoshi Hoshino
Nissan R90CP D 65
Nissan VRH35Z 3.5L Turbo V8
27
DNF
C 25 Japan Nissan Motorsports International
Japan Cabin Racing Team
Japan Team Le Mans
United Kingdom Kenny Acheson
Japan Takao Wada
Nissan R89C D 45
Nissan VRH35Z 3.5L Turbo V8
28
DNF
C 4 United Kingdom Silk Cut Jaguar Netherlands Jan Lammers
United Kingdom Andy Wallace
Jaguar XJR-11 G 44
Jaguar JV6 3.5L Turbo V6
29
DNF
C 26 Germany Obermaier Primagaz Germany Harald Grohs
Germany Jürgen Oppermann
Porsche 962C G 39
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
30
DNF
C 35 France Louis Descartes France François Migault
France Louis Descartes
ALD C190 D 36
Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8
31
DNF
C 22 United Kingdom Spice Engineering United Kingdom Tim Harvey
Italy Bruno Giacomelli
Spice SE90C G 28
Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5L V8
32
DNF
C 7 Germany Joest Porsche Racing France Bob Wollek
Germany Frank Jelinski
Porsche 962C M 23
Porsche Type-935 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
33
DNF
C 40 United Kingdom The Berkeley Team London Italy Ranieri Randaccio
Italy "Stingbrace"
Spice SE90C G 14
Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8
34
DNF
C 29 United Kingdom Chamberlain Engineering
Japan British Barn Racing Team
Japan Tsunehisa Asai
Japan Jiro Yoneyama
British Barn BB90 ? 13
Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8
DNQ C 28 United Kingdom Chamberlain Engineering Netherlands Cor Euser
Spain Fermín Vélez
Spice SE89C G -
Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8
DNQ C 41 Italy Alba Formula Team Italy Marco Brand
Italy Gianfranco Brancatelli
Alba AR20 G -
Subaru (Motori Moderni) 1235 3.5L Flat-12

† - #27 Obermaier Primagaz was disqualified for being underweight in post-race inspection.

Statistics

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  • Pole Position - #36 Toyota Team Tom's - 1:48.716
  • Fastest Lap - #3 Silk Cut Jaguar - 1:53.732
  • Average Speed - 176.031 km/h
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World Sportscar Championship
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1990 480 km of Monza