1990 480 km of Suzuka

File:Suzuka circuit map (1987-2002).svg

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

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	Template:Flagicon Team Sauber Mercedes	Template:Flagicon Mauro Baldi Template:Flagicon Jean-Louis Schlesser	Mercedes-Benz C9	G	82
					Mercedes-Benz M119 5.0L Turbo V8
2	C	2	Template:Flagicon Team Sauber Mercedes	Template:Flagicon Jochen Mass Template:Flagicon Karl Wendlinger	Mercedes-Benz C9	G	82
					Mercedes-Benz M119 5.0L Turbo V8
3	C	24	Template:Flagicon Nissan Motorsports International	Template:Flagicon Masahiro Hasemi Template:Flagicon Anders Olofsson	Nissan R89C	D	82
					Nissan VRH35Z 3.5L Turbo V8
4	C	36	Template:Flagicon Toyota Team Tom's	Template:Flagicon Hitoshi Ogawa Template:Flagicon Geoff Lees	Toyota 90C-V	B	81
					Toyota R36V 3.6L Turbo V8
5	C	11	Template:Flagicon Porsche Kremer Racing Template:Flagicon Advan Alpha Nova	Template:Flagicon Kunimitsu Takahashi Template:Flagicon Kazou Mogi	Porsche 962C	Y	80
					Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
6	C	15	Template:Flagicon Brun Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Harald Huysman Template:Flagicon Oscar Larrauri	Porsche 962C	Y	80
					Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
7	C	17	Template:Flagicon Brun Motorsport Template:Flagicon Trust Racing Team	Template:Flagicon Steven Andskär Template:Flagicon George Fouché	Porsche 962C GTi	Y	80
					Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
8	C	34	Template:Flagicon Equipe Almeras Fréres Template:Flagicon The Alpha Racing	Template:Flagicon Derek Bell Template:Flagicon Tiff Needell	Porsche 962C	G	80
					Porsche Type-935 2.8L Turbo Flat-6
9	C	19	Template:Flagicon Team Davey Template:Flagicon Omron Racing Team	Template:Flagicon Eje Elgh Template:Flagicon Vern Schuppan	Porsche 962C	D	79
					Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
10	C	39	Template:Flagicon Swiss Team Salamin Template:Flagicon From-A Racing	Template:Flagicon Volker Weidler Template:Flagicon Akihiko Nakaya	Porsche 962C	G	79
					Porsche 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
11	C	8	Template:Flagicon Joest Porsche Racing	Template:Flagicon Henri Pescarolo Template:Flagicon Jonathan Palmer	Porsche 962C	M	79
					Porsche Type-935 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
12	C	13	Template:Flagicon Courage Compétition	Template:Flagicon Pascal Fabre Template:Flagicon Lionel Robert	Cougar C24S	G	78
					Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
13	C	10	Template:Flagicon Porsche Kremer Racing	Template:Flagicon Bernd Schneider Template:Flagicon Hideki Okada	Porsche 962CK6	Y	77
					Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
14	C	12	Template:Flagicon Courage Compétition Template:Flagicon Alpha Racing	Template:Flagicon Will Hoy Template:Flagicon Kenji Takahashi	Porsche 962C	Y	77
					Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
15	C	14	Template:Flagicon Richard Lloyd Racing	Template:Flagicon Manuel Reuter Template:Flagicon Luis Pérez-Sala	Porsche 962C GTi	G	77
					Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
16	C	9	Template:Flagicon Joest Porsche Racing	Template:Flagicon Stanley Dickens Template:Flagicon "John Winter"	Porsche 962C	M	76
					Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
17	C	20	Template:Flagicon Team Davey	Template:Flagicon Tim Lee-Davey Template:Flagicon Alfonso Toledano	Porsche 962C	D	76
					Porsche Type-935 2.8L Turbo Flat-6
18	C	21	Template:Flagicon Spice Engineering	Template:Flagicon Eliseo Salazar Template:Flagicon Bernard Jourdain	Spice SE90C	G	75
					Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5L V8
19	C	32	Template:Flagicon Konrad Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Franz Konrad Template:Flagicon Jean-Louis Ricci	Porsche 962C	G	75
					Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
20	C	37	Template:Flagicon Toyota Team Tom's	Template:Flagicon Johnny Dumfries Template:Flagicon Aguri Suzuki	Toyota 90C-V	B	73
					Toyota R36V 3.6L Turbo V8
21 NC	C	30	Template:Flagicon GP Motorsport	Template:Flagicon David Hobbs Template:Flagicon Philippe de Henning	Spice SE90C	G	60
					Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5L V8
22 DSQ†	C	27	Template:Flagicon Obermaier Primagaz	Template:Flagicon Jürgen Lässig Template:Flagicon Otto Altenbach	Porsche 962C	G	78
					Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
23 DNF	C	38	Template:Flagicon Toyota Team Tom's Template:Flagicon Team SARD	Template:Flagicon Roland Ratzenberger Template:Flagicon Pierre-Henri Raphanel	Toyota 90C-V	B	79
					Toyota R36V 3.6L Turbo V8
24 DNF	C	3	Template:Flagicon Silk Cut Jaguar	Template:Flagicon Martin Brundle Template:Flagicon Alain Ferté	Jaguar XJR-11	G	77
					Jaguar JV6 3.5L Turbo V6
25 DNF	C	16	Template:Flagicon Brun Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Jesús Pareja Template:Flagicon Walter Brun	Porsche 962C	Y	74
					Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
26 DNF	C	23	Template:Flagicon Nissan Motorsports International	Template:Flagicon Andrew Gilbert-Scott Template:Flagicon Kazuyoshi Hoshino	Nissan R90CP	D	65
					Nissan VRH35Z 3.5L Turbo V8
27 DNF	C	25	Template:Flagicon Nissan Motorsports International Template:Flagicon Cabin Racing Team Template:Flagicon Team Le Mans	Template:Flagicon Kenny Acheson Template:Flagicon Takao Wada	Nissan R89C	D	45
					Nissan VRH35Z 3.5L Turbo V8
28 DNF	C	4	Template:Flagicon Silk Cut Jaguar	Template:Flagicon Jan Lammers Template:Flagicon Andy Wallace	Jaguar XJR-11	G	44
					Jaguar JV6 3.5L Turbo V6
29 DNF	C	26	Template:Flagicon Obermaier Primagaz	Template:Flagicon Harald Grohs Template:Flagicon Jürgen Oppermann	Porsche 962C	G	39
					Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
30 DNF	C	35	Template:Flagicon Louis Descartes	Template:Flagicon François Migault Template:Flagicon Louis Descartes	ALD C190	D	36
					Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8
31 DNF	C	22	Template:Flagicon Spice Engineering	Template:Flagicon Tim Harvey Template:Flagicon Bruno Giacomelli	Spice SE90C	G	28
					Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5L V8
32 DNF	C	7	Template:Flagicon Joest Porsche Racing	Template:Flagicon Bob Wollek Template:Flagicon Frank Jelinski	Porsche 962C	M	23
					Porsche Type-935 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
33 DNF	C	40	Template:Flagicon The Berkeley Team London	Template:Flagicon Ranieri Randaccio Template:Flagicon "Stingbrace"	Spice SE90C	G	14
					Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8
34 DNF	C	29	Template:Flagicon Chamberlain Engineering Template:Flagicon British Barn Racing Team	Template:Flagicon Tsunehisa Asai Template:Flagicon Jiro Yoneyama	British Barn BB90	?	13
					Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8
DNQ	C	28	Template:Flagicon Chamberlain Engineering	Template:Flagicon Cor Euser Template:Flagicon Fermín Vélez	Spice SE89C	G	-
					Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8
DNQ	C	41	Template:Flagicon Alba Formula Team	Template:Flagicon Marco Brand Template:Flagicon 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

• 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

External links

• WSPR-Racing - 1990 Suzuka results