1990 Japanese Formula 3000 Championship

The 1990 Japanese Formula 3000 Championship was contested over 10 rounds. 25 different teams, 38 different drivers, 4 different chassis and 2 different engines competed.

Calendar

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All events took place at venues located within the country of Japan.

Race No Track Lap Length Date Laps Distance Time Speed Winner Pole Position Fastest Race Lap
1 Suzuka 5.864 km 4 March 1990 35 205.241 km 1'05:07.183 189.105 km/h Kazuyoshi Hoshino Kazuyoshi Hoshino Ross Cheever
2 Fuji 4.470 km 15 April 1990 45 201.15 km 1'00:26.740 199.667 km/h Kazuyoshi Hoshino Kazuyoshi Hoshino Takao Wada
3 Nishinihon 2.816 km 13 May 1990 72 202.752 km 1'14:51.717 161.053 km/h Keiji Matsumoto Keiji Matsumoto Hitoshi Ogawa
4 Suzuka 5.864 km 27 May 1990 35 205.241 km 1'05:32.223 187.901 km/h Keiji Matsumoto Hitoshi Ogawa Takao Wada
5 Sugo 3.704 km 29 July 1990 37 137.048 km 0'46:44.016 175.952 km/h Mauro Martini Masanori Sekiya Kunimitsu Takahashi
6 Fuji 4.470 km 12 August 1990 44 196.68 km 1'04:13.952 183.720 km/h Kazuyoshi Hoshino Mauro Martini Ukyo Katayama
7 Fuji 4.470 km 2 September 1990 45 201.15 km 1'00:23.432 199.849 km/h Kazuyoshi Hoshino Mauro Martini Hitoshi Ogawa
8 Suzuka 5.864 km 23 September 1990 35 205.241 km 1'05:32.773 187.874 km/h Kazuyoshi Hoshino Hitoshi Ogawa Kazuyoshi Hoshino
9 Fuji 4.470 km 28 October 1990 43 192.21 km 0'57:05.266 202.015 km/h Volker Weidler Volker Weidler Kazuyoshi Hoshino
10 Suzuka 5.864 km 18 November 1990 35 205.241 km 1'04:36.731 190.590 km/h Kazuyoshi Hoshino Hitoshi Ogawa Hitoshi Ogawa

Final point standings

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Driver

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For every race points were awarded: 9 points to the winner, 6 for runner-up, 4 for third place, 3 for fourth place, 2 for fifth place and 1 for sixth place. No additional points were awarded. The best 7 results count. One driver had a point deduction, which are given in ().

Place Name Country Team Chassis Engine                     Total Points
1 Kazuyoshi Hoshino   Japan Team Impul Lola Mugen Honda 9 9 (3) - 4 9 9 9 (2) 9 58 (63)
2 Hitoshi Ogawa   Japan Stellar International Lola Mugen Honda - 6 6 - 3 1 - 6 6 6 34
3 Mauro Martini   Italy Suntec Racing Lola Mugen Honda 1 2 - 6 9 6 - 3 - 2 29
4 Keiji Matsumoto   Japan Dome Lola Mugen Honda 4 - 9 9 - - - - - - 22
5 Ukyo Katayama   Japan Cabin Racing/Heroes Lola Cosworth - 4 2 - - 2 6 4 - - 18
6 Volker Weidler   West Germany Team Take One Lola Mugen Honda - - - 2 - 4 - - 9 - 15
7 Jeff Krosnoff   United States Suntec Racing Lola Mugen Honda - - - 4 - - 3 2 - 4 13
8 Ross Cheever   United States Dome Reynard Mugen Honda 6 - - - 1 - 1 - - - 8
9 Kunimitsu Takahashi   Japan Advan Sport Nova Lola Mugen Honda - - - 3 - - 4 - - - 7
10 Thomas Danielsson   Sweden Dome Lola Mugen Honda - - - - 6 - - - - - 6
Takao Wada   Japan Advan Sport Pal Lola Mugen Honda - 3 - - - - - - - 3 6
12 Masahiro Hasemi   Japan Speed Star Wheel Racing Team Lola Mugen Honda 3 1 - 1 - - - - - - 5
Akihiko Nakaya   Japan Team Take One Lola Mugen Honda - - - - 2 3 - - - - 5
14 Enrico Bertaggia   Italy Footwork Racing International Lola Mugen Honda - - 4 - - - - - - - 4
Christian Danner   West Germany Leyton House Racing Leyton House Mugen Honda - - - - - - - - 4 - 4
16 Johnny Herbert   United Kingdom Team LeMans Reynard Mugen Honda - - - - - - 2 1 - - 3
Takuya Kurosawa   Japan Team LeMans Reynard Mugen Honda - - - - - - - - 3 - 3
Osamu Nakako   Japan Nakajima Racing Lola Mugen Honda 2 - - - - - - - - 1 3
19 Masahiko Kageyama   Japan Stellar International Lola Mugen Honda - - 1 - - - - - - - 1
Hideki Okada   Japan Motor Sport Development Leyton House Cosworth - - - - - - - - 1 - 1

Complete Overview

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first column of every race 10 = grid position
second column of every race 10 = race result

R14=retired, but classified R=retired NC=not classified NQ=did not qualify DIS=disqualified

Place Name Country Team Chassis Engine                    
1 Kazuyoshi Hoshino   Japan Team Impul Lola Mugen Honda 1 1 1 1 5 4 3 16 17 3 7 1 2 1 2 1 4 5 2 1
2 Hitoshi Ogawa   Japan Stellar International Lola Mugen Honda 7 11 6 2 2 2 1 R 3 4 3 6 5 12 1 2 7 2 1 2
3 Mauro Martini   Italy Suntec Racing Lola Mugen Honda 21 6 8 5 3 R 5 2 2 1 1 2 1 R 4 4 5 R 5 5
4 Keiji Matsumoto   Japan Dome Lola Mugen Honda 3 3 3 R 1 1 2 1 19 R 20 14 15 R 8 7 26 13 16 R
5 Ukyo Katayama   Japan Cabin Racing/Heroes Lola Cosworth 2 R 4 3 11 5 4 R 25 12 4 5 6 2 5 3 6 R 3 DIS
6 Volker Weidler   West Germany Team Take One Lola Mugen Honda 8 R 15 R 18 11 12 5 23 21 5 3 16 R 19 20 1 1 12 DIS
7 Jeff Krosnoff   United States Suntec Racing Lola Mugen Honda 26 10 9 R 30 NQ 7 3 15 10 9 R 7 4 7 5 8 17 4 3
8 Ross Cheever   United States Dome Reynard Mugen Honda 6 2 2 NS 8 R 6 6 24 R 3 6 3 R 10 10 9 R
Dome Lola Mugen Honda 4 R
9 Kunimitsu Takahashi   Japan Advan Sport Nova Lola Mugen Honda 16 12 5 14 12 7 6 4 8 20 11 10 9 3 16 12 11 8 27 R
10 Thomas Danielsson   Sweden Dome Reynard Mugen Honda 14 7 7 R 8 R
Dome Lola Mugen Honda 31 NQ 7 2 8 R 18 11 14 10 21 16 19 R
Takao Wada   Japan Advan Sport Pal Lola Mugen Honda 4 R 14 4 14 R 9 14 11 22 18 7 8 R 9 R 18 R 6 4
12 Masahiro Hasemi   Japan Speed Star Wheel Racing Team Lola Mugen Honda 12 4 10 6 10 R 10 6 18 13 17 8 11 R 12 11 2 12 17 8
Akihiko Nakaya   Japan Team Take One Lola Mugen Honda 9 R 19 13 25 8 13 R 12 5 2 4 13 R 10 8 9 R 8 R
14 Enrico Bertaggia   Italy Footwork Racing International Lola Mugen Honda 13 14 17 11 7 3 18 R 26 16 13 13 12 R 13 R 24 14 11 7
Christian Danner   West Germany Leyton House Racing Leyton House Mugen Honda 10 13 12 R 23 9 26 15 14 17 16 R 17 10 21 16 15 3 - -
16 Johnny Herbert   United Kingdom Team LeMans Reynard Mugen Honda 19 19 24 10 6 R 16 R 4 7 19 R 20 5 6 6 13 R 7 R
Takuya Kurosawa   Japan Team LeMans Reynard Mugen Honda 11 R 20 9 21 R 14 R 9 18 21 R 19 R 27 19 22 4 21 R
Osamu Nakako   Japan Nakajima Racing Lola Mugen Honda 5 5 13 7 9 R 15 R 22 R 26 16 21 7 24 9 12 9 20 6
19 Masahiko Kageyama   Japan Stellar International Lola Mugen Honda 25 15 32 NQ 19 6 27 R 21 11 14 R 14 R 17 R 17 NS 15 9
Hideki Okada   Japan Motor Sport Development Leyton House Cosworth 24 R 21 R 15 12 11 7 27 NQ 25 R 25 13 18 17 20 6 25 R
- Maurizio Sandro Sala   Brazil Funaki Racing Reynard Mugen Honda 27 16 31 NQ
Funaki Racing Lola Mugen Honda 26 R 17 8 10 9 15 19 24 15 26 21 14 7 30 NQ
- Hideshi Matsuda   Japan Takeshi Project Racing Lola Cosworth 29 NQ 16 8 24 13 22 9 5 14 10 9 10 NC 11 13 16 NS 14 10
- Kazuo Mogi   Japan Zoom Racing Lola Cosworth - - 25 R - - 25 10 24 23 23 15 26 8 29 NQ 32 NQ 32 NQ
- Toshio Suzuki   Japan Super Evolution Racing Lola Mugen Honda 22 20 - - 13 14 23 11 13 8 12 11 22 R 15 22 19 11 26 12
- Eiki Muramatsu   Japan Mooncraft Mooncraft Mugen Honda 17 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- Katsutomo Kaneishi   Japan Mola C2 Racing Lola Mugen Honda 18 R 28 12 22 10 29 NQ 20 15 28 18 23 9 30 NQ 28 R 29 NQ
- Masanori Sekiya   Japan Leyton House Leyton House Mugen Honda 15 9 18 R 16 R 19 R 1 19 6 R 4 R 22 14 3 R 10 R
- Kouji Sato   Japan Nakajima Racing Reynard Mugen Honda 20 R 27 R 20 15 24 17 28 NQ 29 NQ 28 14 23 R 25 R 23 11
- Philippe Favre   Switzerland Team Noji International Lola Mugen Honda - - - - - - 20 13 16 R 22 12 - - - - - - - -
- Masatomo Shimizu   Japan Shimizu Racing Lola Mugen Honda 28 18 29 NQ - - 28 12 - - 31 NQ 33 NQ 32 NQ - - - -
- Katsunori Iketani   Japan Super Card Racing Lola Mugen Honda 23 17 22 R - - 21 R 29 NQ 27 17 30 NQ 25 R 29 NQ 28 13
- Tetsuya Ota   Japan CSK Racing Reynard Mugen Honda - - 26 R 28 NQ 30 NQ 30 NQ
CSK Racing Lola Mugen Honda 32 NQ 29 NQ 28 18 23 R 22 14
- Roland Ratzenberger   Austria Team Noji International Lola Mugen Honda 31 NQ 11 R 17 R - - - - - - 27 R 20 15 30 NQ - -
- Syunji Kasuya   Japan Super Evolution Racing Lola Mugen Honda - - 23 DIS - - - - - - - - 31 NQ - - 27 15 - -
- Kouichi Iwaki   Japan Team Iwaki Lola Mugen Honda 30 NQ 30 R 27 NQ 32 NQ 31 NQ 30 NQ 32 NQ 31 NQ 31 NQ 31 NQ
- Geoff Lees   United Kingdom Team Hayashi Lola Mugen Honda - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 13 R
- Hideo Fukuyama   Japan Team Noji International Lola Mugen Honda - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 18 R
- Minoru Tanaka   Japan Leyton House Leyton House Mugen Honda - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 24 R