1990 World Sportscar Championship


The 1990 World Sportscar Championship season was the 38th season of FIA World 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's Group C formula. The series ran from 8 April 1990 to 7 October 1990 and was composed of nine races.

Schedule

RndRaceCircuitDate
1 Fuji Film Cup Suzuka Circuit8 April
2 Trofeo F. Caracciolo Autodromo Nazionale Monza29 April
3 Shell BRDC Empire Trophy Silverstone Circuit20 May
4 Coupes de Spa Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps3 June
5 Coupe de Dijon Dijon-Prenois22 July
6 ADAC Sportwagen Weltmeisterschaft Nürburgring19 August
7 Shell Donington Trophy Donington Park2 September
8 Players Ltée Mondial Circuit Gilles Villeneuve23 September
9 Trofeo Hermanos Rodriguez Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez7 October

Entries

Results and standings

Race results

The Montreal race was stopped before 75% distance was completed, therefore half points were awarded.
RndCircuitWinning TeamResults
RndCircuitWinning DriversResults
1Suzuka No. 1 Team Sauber-MercedesReport
1Suzuka Jean-Louis Schlesser
Mauro Baldi
Report
2Monza No. 1 Team Sauber-MercedesReport
2Monza Jean-Louis Schlesser
Mauro Baldi
Report
3Silverstone No. 3 Silk Cut JaguarReport
3Silverstone Martin Brundle
Alain Ferté
Report
4Spa-Francorchamps No. 2 Team Sauber-MercedesReport
4Spa-Francorchamps Jochen Mass
Karl Wendlinger
Report
5Dijon-Prenois No. 1 Team Sauber-MercedesReport
5Dijon-Prenois Jean-Louis Schlesser
Mauro Baldi
Report
6Nürburgring No. 1 Team Sauber-MercedesReport
6Nürburgring Jean-Louis Schlesser
Mauro Baldi
Report
7Donington No. 1 Team Sauber-MercedesReport
7Donington Jean-Louis Schlesser
Mauro Baldi
Report
8Montreal No. 1 Team Sauber-MercedesReport
8Montreal Jean-Louis Schlesser
Mauro Baldi
Report
9Mexico City No. 2 Team Sauber-MercedesReport
9Mexico City Jochen Mass
Michael Schumacher
Report

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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

Teams' World Championship

PosTeam
SUZ

MNZ

SIL

SPA

DIJ

NUR

DON

MON

MEX
Points
1 Team Sauber-Mercedes11Ret11111167.5
2 Silk Cut JaguarRet31243DSQ15330
3 Nissan Motorsports International37NC33542226
4 Spice Engineering18634673211013
5 Joest Porsche Racing11547767658.5
6 Porsche Kremer Racing595918188475.5
7 Brun Motorsport612651181210Ret4
8 Richard Lloyd Racing1517116RetRet113Ret3
9 Toyota Team Tom's4Ret1218RetRetRet7Ret3