1990 World Sports Prototype Championship
Racing tournament
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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
| Rnd | Race | Circuit | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Fuji Film Cup (480 km) |
Suzuka Circuit | 8 April |
| 2 |  Trofeo F. Caracciolo (480km) |
Autodromo Nazionale Monza | 29 April |
| 3 |  Shell BRDC Empire Trophy (480 km) |
Silverstone Circuit | 20 May |
| 4 |  Coupes de Spa (480km) |
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 3 June |
| 5 |  Coupe de Dijon (480 km) |
Dijon-Prenois | 22 July |
| 6 |  ADAC Sportwagen Weltmeisterschaft (480km) |
Nürburgring | 19 August |
| 7 | Shell Donington Trophy (480 km) |
Donington Park | 2 September |
| 8 |  Players Ltée Mondial (480 km) |
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 23 September |
| 9 |  Trofeo Hermanos Rodriguez (480 km) |
Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez | 7 October |
Entries
Results and standings
Race results
The Montreal race was stopped before 75% distance was completed, therefore half points were awarded.
| Rnd | Circuit | Winning team | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winning drivers | |||
| 1 | Suzuka | No. 1 Team Sauber-Mercedes |
Report |
| Jean-Louis Schlesser Mauro Baldi | |||
| 2 | Monza | No. 1 Team Sauber-Mercedes |
Report |
| Jean-Louis Schlesser Mauro Baldi | |||
| 3 | Silverstone | No. 3 Silk Cut Jaguar |
Report |
| Martin Brundle Alain Ferté | |||
| 4 | Spa-Francorchamps | No. 2 Team Sauber-Mercedes |
Report |
Jochen Mass Karl Wendlinger | |||
| 5 | Dijon-Prenois | No. 1 Team Sauber-Mercedes |
Report |
| Jean-Louis Schlesser Mauro Baldi | |||
| 6 | Nürburgring | No. 1 Team Sauber-Mercedes |
Report |
| Jean-Louis Schlesser Mauro Baldi | |||
| 7 | Donington | No. 1 Team Sauber-Mercedes |
Report |
| Jean-Louis Schlesser Mauro Baldi | |||
| 8 | Montreal | No. 1 Team Sauber-Mercedes |
Report |
| Jean-Louis Schlesser Mauro Baldi | |||
| 9 | Mexico City | No. 2 Team Sauber-Mercedes |
Report |
| Jochen Mass Michael Schumacher |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Teams' World Championship
| Pos | Team | SUZ |
MNZ |
SIL |
SPA |
DIJ |
NUR |
DON |
MON |
MEX |
Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Team Sauber-Mercedes |
1 | 1 | Ret | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 67.5 |
| 2 | Silk Cut Jaguar |
Ret | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | DSQ | 15 | 3 | 30 |
| 3 | Nissan Motorsports International |
3 | 7 | NC | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 26 |
| 4 | Spice Engineering |
18 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 13 |
| 5 | Joest Porsche Racing |
11 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 8.5 |
| 6 | Porsche Kremer Racing |
5 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 5.5 |
| 7 |  Brun Motorsport |
6 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 10 | Ret | 4 |
| 8 | Richard Lloyd Racing |
15 | 17 | 11 | 6 | Ret | Ret | 11 | 3 | Ret | 3 |
| 9 | Toyota Team Tom's |
4 | Ret | 12 | 18 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 7 | Ret | 3 |
See also
1990 24 Hours of Le Mans, a race for Group C Sports Prototypes which did not count towards the 1990 World Sports-Prototype Championship.
External links
- Points table for the 1990 World Sports-Prototype Championship for Drivers Retrieved from wspr-racing.com on 7 February 1990
- Points table for the 1990 World Sports-Prototype Championship for Teams Retrieved from wspr-racing.com on 7 February 1990
- 1990 World Sports-Prototype Championship - round results
- Round 3 photos: Silverstone
- Round 5 photos: Dijon-Prenois
- Round 7 photos: Donington Park
- Round 8 photos: Montreal