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 Team Sauber Mercedes Mauro Baldi Jean-Louis Schlesser Mercedes-Benz C9 82 Mercedes-Benz M119 5.0L Turbo V8 2 C 2 Team Sauber Mercedes Jochen Mass Karl Wendlinger Mercedes-Benz C9 82 Mercedes-Benz M119 5.0L Turbo V8 3 C 24 Nissan Motorsports International Masahiro Hasemi Anders Olofsson Nissan R89C 82 Nissan VRH35Z 3.5L Turbo V8 4 C 36 Toyota Team Tom's Hitoshi Ogawa Geoff Lees Toyota 90C-V 81 Toyota R36V 3.6L Turbo V8 5 C 11 Porsche Kremer Racing Advan Alpha Nova Kunimitsu Takahashi Kazou Mogi Porsche 962C 80 Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6 6 C 15 Brun Motorsport Harald Huysman Oscar Larrauri Porsche 962C 80 Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6 7 C 17 Brun Motorsport Trust Racing Team Steven Andskär George Fouché Porsche 962C GTi 80 Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6 8 C 34 Equipe Almeras Fréres The Alpha Racing Derek Bell Tiff Needell Porsche 962C 80 Porsche Type-935 2.8L Turbo Flat-6 9 C 19 Team Davey Omron Racing Team Eje Elgh Vern Schuppan Porsche 962C 79 Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6 10 C 39 Swiss Team Salamin From-A Racing Volker Weidler Akihiko Nakaya Porsche 962C 79 Porsche 3.0L Turbo Flat-6 11 C 8 Joest Porsche Racing Henri Pescarolo Jonathan Palmer Porsche 962C 79 Porsche Type-935 3.2L Turbo Flat-6 12 C 13 Courage Compétition Pascal Fabre Lionel Robert Cougar C24S 78 Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6 13 C 10 Porsche Kremer Racing Bernd Schneider Hideki Okada Porsche 962CK6 77 Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6 14 C 12 Courage Compétition Alpha Racing Will Hoy Kenji Takahashi Porsche 962C 77 Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6 15 C 14 Richard Lloyd Racing Manuel Reuter Luis Pérez-Sala Porsche 962C GTi 77 Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6 16 C 9 Joest Porsche Racing Stanley Dickens "John Winter" Porsche 962C 76 Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6 17 C 20 Team Davey Tim Lee-Davey Alfonso Toledano Porsche 962C 76 Porsche Type-935 2.8L Turbo Flat-6 18 C 21 Spice Engineering Eliseo Salazar Bernard Jourdain Spice SE90C 75 Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5L V8 19 C 32 Konrad Motorsport Franz Konrad Jean-Louis Ricci Porsche 962C 75 Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6 20 C 37 Toyota Team Tom's Johnny Dumfries Aguri Suzuki Toyota 90C-V 73 Toyota R36V 3.6L Turbo V8 21NC C 30 GP Motorsport David Hobbs Philippe de Henning Spice SE90C 60 Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5L V8 22DSQ† C 27 Obermaier Primagaz Jürgen Lässig Otto Altenbach Porsche 962C 78 Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6 23DNF C 38 Toyota Team Tom's Team SARD Roland Ratzenberger Pierre-Henri Raphanel Toyota 90C-V 79 Toyota R36V 3.6L Turbo V8 24DNF C 3 Silk Cut Jaguar Martin Brundle Alain Ferté Jaguar XJR-11 77 Jaguar JV6 3.5L Turbo V6 25DNF C 16 Brun Motorsport Jesús Pareja Walter Brun Porsche 962C 74 Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6 26DNF C 23 Nissan Motorsports International Andrew Gilbert-Scott Kazuyoshi Hoshino Nissan R90CP 65 Nissan VRH35Z 3.5L Turbo V8 27DNF C 25 Nissan Motorsports International Cabin Racing Team Team Le Mans Kenny Acheson Takao Wada Nissan R89C 45 Nissan VRH35Z 3.5L Turbo V8 28DNF C 4 Silk Cut Jaguar Jan Lammers Andy Wallace Jaguar XJR-11 44 Jaguar JV6 3.5L Turbo V6 29DNF C 26 Obermaier Primagaz Harald Grohs Jürgen Oppermann Porsche 962C 39 Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6 30DNF C 35 Louis Descartes François Migault Louis Descartes ALD C190 36 Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8 31DNF C 22 Spice Engineering Tim Harvey Bruno Giacomelli Spice SE90C 28 Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5L V8 32DNF C 7 Joest Porsche Racing Bob Wollek Frank Jelinski Porsche 962C 23 Porsche Type-935 3.2L Turbo Flat-6 33DNF C 40 The Berkeley Team London Ranieri Randaccio "Stingbrace" Spice SE90C 14 Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8 34DNF C 29 Chamberlain Engineering British Barn Racing Team Tsunehisa Asai Jiro Yoneyama British Barn BB90 ? 13 Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8 DSQ C 28 Chamberlain Engineering Cor Euser Fermín Vélez Spice SE89C - Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8 DNQ C 41 Alba Formula Team Marco Brand Gianfranco Brancatelli Alba AR20 - Subaru (Motori Moderni) 1235 3.5L Flat-12 † - #27 Obermaier Primagaz was disqualified for being underweight in post-race inspection.
Statistics Pole Position - #36 Geoff Lees - 1:48.716 Fastest Lap - #3 Martin Brundle - 1:53.732 Average Speed - 176.031 km/h
External links WSPR-Racing - 1990 Suzuka results