Racing tournament
The1990 World Sportscar Championship season was the 38th season ofFIAWorld Sportscar Championship racing. It featured the 1990 FIA World Sports-Prototype Championship for Drivers and the 1990 FIA World Sports-Prototype Championship for Teams, both of which were contested over a series for cars running under the FIA'sGroup C formula. The series ran from 8 April 1990 to 7 October 1990 and was composed of nine races.
| Entrant | Car | Engine | Tyre | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
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 Team Sauber-Mercedes | Mercedes-Benz C9
Mercedes-Benz C11 | Mercedes-Benz M119 5.0 L Turbo V8 | G | 1 |  Jean-Louis Schlesser | All |
 Mauro Baldi | All |
| 2 | Jochen Mass | All |
 Karl Wendlinger | 1–2, 4, 8 |
| Michael Schumacher | 3, 5–6, 9 |
| Heinz-Harald Frentzen | 7 |
 Silk Cut Jaguar | Jaguar XJR-11 | Jaguar JV6 3.5 L Turbo V6 | G | 3 | Martin Brundle | All |
| Alain Ferté | 1–7 |
 Jan Lammers | 8–9 |
| 4 | Andy Wallace | All |
| Jan Lammers | 1–7 |
 Davy Jones | 8–9 |
| Joest Racing | Porsche 962C | Porsche Type-935/82 3.0 L Turbo Flat-6
Porsche Type-935/82 3.2 L Turbo Flat-6 | G | 6 | Jean-Louis Ricci | 2, 4–6 |
| Henri Pescarolo | 2, 4–5 |
| Joest Porsche Racing | M | 7 | Bob Wollek | All |
| Frank Jelinski | All |
| 8 | Jonathan Palmer | All |
| Henri Pescarolo | 1 |
| Tiff Needell | 2–3 |
| Derek Bell | 4 |
| David Hobbs | 5 |
| Hans-Joachim Stuck | 6, 8–9 |
| Michael Bartels | 7 |
M
G | 9 | "John Winter" | All |
 Stanley Dickens | 1–6 |
| Henri Pescarolo | 7–9 |
| Porsche Kremer Racing | Porsche 962CK6
Porsche 962C | Porsche Type-935/82 3.0 L Turbo Flat-6 | Y | 10 | Bernd Schneider | 1–4, 6–9 |
 Hideki Okada | 1 |
 Sarel van der Merwe | 2, 4–7 |
| Steven Andskär | 3 |
| Giovanni Lavaggi | 5 |
| Jürgen Barth | 8 |
 Tomas Lopez | 9 |
Y
D | 11 | Kunimitsu Takahashi | 1 |
| Kazuo Mogi | 1 |
| Anthony Reid | 2–4, 6–7 |
| Anders Olofsson | 2, 4, 7 |
| Eje Elgh | 3, 6 |
| D | 19 | Anthony Reid | 5 |
| Jürgen Barth | 5 |
| Courage Compétition | Porsche 962C
Cougar C24S | Porsche Type-935/82 3.0 L Turbo Flat-6 | G | 12 | Kenji Takahashi | 1 |
| Will Hoy | 1 |
 Bernard Thuner | 2–6, 8 |
 Costas Los | 2–4 |
| Michel Trollé | 5–7, 9 |
| Denis Morin | 8 |
| Pascal Fabre | 9 |
| 13 | Pascal Fabre | All |
| Lionel Robert | 1, 5–6 |
| Beppe Gabbiani | 2 |
| Michel Trollé | 3–4, 7–9 |
| Richard Lloyd Racing | Porsche 962C GTi | Porsche Type-935/82 3.0 L Turbo Flat-6
Porsche Type-935/82 3.2 L Turbo Flat-6 | G | 14 | Manuel Reuter | All |
 Luis Pérez-Sala | 1 |
| James Weaver | 2–3, 5 |
| Steven Andskär | 4, 6–8 |
| Perry McCarthy | 9 |
| Brun Motorsport | Porsche 962C
Porsche 962C GTi | Porsche Type-935/82 3.0 L Turbo Flat-6
Porsche Type-935/82 3.2 L Turbo Flat-6 | Y | 15 |  Oscar Larrauri | All |
 Harald Huysman | All |
| 16 | Walter Brun | All |
| Jésus Pareja | All |
D
Y | 17 | George Fouché | 1 |
| Steven Andskär | 1 |
| Massimo Sigala | 2–4, 9 |
| Eje Elgh | 2 |
| Bernard Santal | 3–9 |
| Walter Brun | 5 |
| Otto Rensing | 6 |
| Jésus Pareja | 8 |
| Team Davey | Porsche 962C | Porsche Type-935/82 3.0 L Turbo Flat-6 | D | 19 |  Vern Schuppan | 1 |
| Eje Elgh | 1 |
| Fulvio Ballabio | 2 |
| Bruno Giacomelli | 2 |
| Giovanni Lavaggi | 3–4 |
| Tim Lee-Davey | 3–4 |
| 20 | Alfonso Toledano | 1–3 |
| Tim Lee-Davey | 1–2, 5, 8 |
| Fulvio Ballabio | 2 |
| Bruno Giacomelli | 2 |
| Paul Stott | 3 |
| Robin Smith | 5 |
| Val Musetti | 7 |
| Giovanni Lavaggi | 7 |
| Mercedes Stermitz | 8 |
| Bernard Jourdain | 9 |
| Michel Jourdain | 9 |
| Spice Engineering | Spice SE90C | FordCosworth DFR 3.5 L V8 | G | 21 | Bernard Jourdain | 1–2 |
 Eliseo Salazar | 1, 9 |
| Fermín Vélez | 2–5, 8–9 |
| Bruno Giacomelli | 3, 7 |
| Tim Harvey | 4 |
| Cor Euser | 5–6 |
| Costas Los | 6 |
| Eric van de Poele | 7 |
| Wayne Taylor | 8 |
| 22 | Tim Harvey | 1, 3–4, 7 |
| Bruno Giacomelli | 1 |
| Wayne Taylor | 2–3, 5, 8 |
| Eric van de Poele | 2 |
| Fermín Vélez | 4, 8 |
| Eliseo Salazar | 5 |
| Cor Euser | 6–7 |
| Costas Los | 6 |
| Nissan Motorsports International | Nissan R89C
Nissan R90CP
Nissan R90CK | Nissan VRH35Z 3.5 L Turbo V8 | D | 23 | Kazuyoshi Hoshino | 1 |
| Andrew Gilbert-Scott | 1 |
| Julian Bailey | 2–9 |
| Kenny Acheson | 2–4 |
| Mark Blundell | 5–9 |
| 24 | Masahiro Hasemi | 1 |
| Anders Olofsson | 1 |
| Gianfranco Brancatelli | 2–5, 8-9 |
| Mark Blundell | 2–4 |
| Kenny Acheson | 5–9 |
| Y | 25 | Takao Wada | 1 |
| Kenny Acheson | 1 |
| Obermaier Racing | Porsche 962C | Porsche Type-935/82 3.0 L Turbo Flat-6 | G | 26 | Harald Grohs | All |
| Jürgen Oppermann | 1–4, 6 |
| Pierre Yver | 5 |
| Otto Altenbach | 7–9 |
| 27 | Otto Altenbach | All |
| Jürgen Lässig | 1–4, 6, 8 |
| Harald Grohs | 5, 7, 9 |
| Chamberlain Engineering | Spice SE89C
British Barn BB90R | FordCosworth DFZ 3.5 L V8
FordCosworth DFR 3.5 L V8 | G | 28 | Cor Euser | 1–4 |
| Fermín Vélez | 1 |
| Mario Hytten | 2–4 |
| Nick Adams | 5–8 |
| Charles Zwolsman | 5–6, 8 |
| Richard Piper | 6 |
| Will Hoy | 7 |
| Alfonso Toledano | 9 |
| Bernard Thuner | 9 |
D
G | 29 | Tunehisa Asai | 1 |
| Jirou Yoneyama | 1 |
| Nick Adams | 2–4 |
| Charles Zwolsman | 2, 4, 8–9 |
| Richard Piper | 3, 8–9 |
| Philippe de Henning | 5 |
| John Williams | 5 |
| Bernard Thuner | 7 |
 Robbie Stirling | 7 |
| GP Motorsport | Spice SE90C
Spice SE87C
Spice SE89C | FordCosworth DFZ 3.5 L V8
FordCosworth DFR 3.5 L V8 | D | 30 | Philippe de Henning | 1–4 |
| David Hobbs | 1 |
| Will Hoy | 2 |
 Jari Nurminen | 3–5, 7 |
| Quirin Bovy | 4 |
| Beppe Gabbiani | 5–8 |
| Richard Jones | 6 |
| Andrew Hepworth | 8 |
| Tom Hessert | 9 |
| Enrique Contreras | 9 |
| 31 | Dudley Wood | 3 |
| Pasquale Barberio | 3 |
| Richard Piper | 7 |
| David Youles | 7 |
| Konrad Motorsport | Porsche 962C | Porsche Type-935/82 3.0 L Turbo Flat-6 | G | 32 | Franz Konrad | All |
| Jean-Louis Ricci | 1 |
| Almo Coppelli | 2 |
| Harri Toivonen | 3–9 |
| BF | 33 |  Raul Boesel | 2, 6 |
| Derek Bell | 3 |
| Henri Pescarolo | 3 |
| Jochen Dauer | 5 |
| Bobby Unser | 5 |
| Equipe Alméras Frères | Porsche 962C | Porsche Type-935/82 3.0 L Turbo Flat-6 | Y
G | 34 | Tiff Needell | 1 |
| Derek Bell | 1 |
| Jacques Alméras | 2–6, 8–9 |
| Jean-Marie Alméras | 2, 4–6, 8–9 |
| Louis Descartes | ALD C289 | FordCosworth DFL 3.3 L V8 | D | 35 | François Migault | 1–8 |
| Louis Descartes | 1 |
| Denis Morin | 2–4 |
| Gérard Tremblay | 5 |
| François Wettling | 6–7 |
| Luigi Taverna | 8 |
| Toyota Team Tom's | Toyota 89C-V
Toyota 90C-V | Toyota R36V 3.6 L Turbo V8 | B | 36 | Geoff Lees | 1–3 |
| Hitoshi Ogawa | 1 |
| Aguri Suzuki | 2 |
| John Watson | 3–4 |
| Johnny Dumfries | 4–9 |
| Roberto Ravaglia | 5–9 |
| 37 | Johnny Dumfries | 1–3 |
| Aguri Suzuki | 1, 4 |
| Roberto Ravaglia | 2 |
| Hitoshi Ogawa | 3, 6 |
| Geoff Lees | 4–9 |
| John Watson | 5, 7–9 |
| D | 38 | Roland Ratzenberger | 1 |
| Pierre-Henri Raphanel | 1 |
| Swiss Team Salamin | Porsche 962C | Porsche Type-935/82 3.0 L Turbo Flat-6 | B
G | 39 | Volker Weidler | 1 |
| Akihiko Nakaya | 1 |
| Antoine Salamin | 2–9 |
| Luigi Taverna | 2–5 |
 Max Cohen-Olivar | 6–9 |
| The Berkeley Team London | Spice SE89C | FordCosworth DFZ 3.5 L V8 | G | 40 | Ranieri Randaccio | 1–8 |
| Stefano Sebastiani | 1, 3–5, 7, 9 |
| Pasquale Barberio | 2, 6, 8–9 |
| Alba Formula Team | Alba AR20 | Subaru 1235 3.5 L Flat-12
Buick 4.5 L V6 | G | 41 | Marco Brand | 1–4, 6–7 |
| Gianfranco Brancatelli | 1, 6-7 |
| Fabio Mancini | 2, 4 |
| Giorgio Francia | 8–9 |
| François Migault | 9 |
| Peugeot Talbot Sport | Peugeot 905 | Peugeot SA35-A1 3.5 L V10 | M | 44 | Keke Rosberg | 8–9 |
| Jean-Pierre Jabouille | 8–9 |
Results and standings
[edit]The Montreal race was stopped before 75% distance was completed, therefore half points were awarded.
Points system| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
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| 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
In order to be classified for points, a team had to complete 75% of the winner's distance. Further, drivers were required to complete at least 30% of their car's total race distance to qualify for championship points.
Drivers' World Championship
[edit] | | Colour | Result |
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| Gold | Winner | | Silver | Second place | | Bronze | Third place | | Green | Points classification | | Blue | Non-points classification | | Non-classified finish (NC) | | Purple | Retired, not classified (Ret) | | Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) | | Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) | | Black | Disqualified (DSQ) | | White | Did not start (DNS) | | Withdrew (WD) | | Race cancelled (C) | | Blank | Did not practice (DNP) | | Did not arrive (DNA) | | Excluded (EX) |
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Teams' World Championship
[edit]1990 24 Hours of Le Mans, a race for Group C Sports Prototypes which did not count towards the 1990 World Sports-Prototype Championship.
