1990 480 km of Donington

The 1990 480 km of Donington was the seventh round of the 1990 World Sportscar Championship season, taking place at Donington Park, United Kingdom. It took place on September 2, 1990.

Layout of the Donington Park

Official results edit

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   Jean-Louis Schlesser
  Mauro Baldi
Mercedes-Benz C11 G 120
Mercedes-Benz M119 5.0L Turbo V8
2 C 2   Team Sauber Mercedes   Jochen Mass
  Heinz-Harald Frentzen
Mercedes-Benz C11 G 120
Mercedes-Benz M119 5.0L Turbo V8
3 C 22   Spice Engineering   Tim Harvey
  Cor Euser
Spice SE90C G 118
Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5L V8
4 C 24   Nissan Motorsports International   Kenny Acheson
  Gianfranco Brancatelli
Nissan R90CK D 117
Nissan VHR35Z 3.5L Turbo V8
5 C 21   Spice Engineering   Eric van de Poele
  Bruno Giacomelli
Spice SE90C G 117
Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5L V8
6 C 23   Nissan Motorsports International   Julian Bailey
  Mark Blundell
Nissan R90CK D 117
Nissan VHR35Z 3.5L Turbo V8
7 C 7   Joest Porsche Racing   Bob Wollek
  Frank Jelinski
Porsche 962C M 116
Porsche Type-935 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
8 C 11   Porsche Kremer Racing
  Convector
  Anders Olofsson
  Anthony Reid
Porsche 962C D 116
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
9 C 10   Porsche Kremer Racing   Bernd Schneider
  Sarel van der Merwe
Porsche 962CK6 Y 115
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
10 C 8   Joest Porsche Racing   Jonathan Palmer
  Michael Bartels
Porsche 962C M 115
Porsche Type-935 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
11 C 14   Richard Lloyd Racing   Manuel Reuter
  Steven Andskär
Porsche 962C GTi G 114
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
12 C 16   Brun Motorsport   Jesús Pareja
  Walter Brun
Porsche 962C Y 113
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
13 C 26   Obermaier Racing   Harald Grohs
  Otto Altenbach
Porsche 962C G 113
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
14 C 9   Joest Racing   Henri Pescarolo
  "John Winter"
Porsche 962C G 113
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
15 C 17   Brun Motorsport   Bernard Santal Porsche 962C Y 113
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
16 C 32   Konrad Motorsport   Franz Konrad
  Harri Toivonen
Porsche 962C G 112
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
17 C 20   Team Davey   Giovanni Lavaggi
  Val Musetti
Porsche 962C D 111
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
18 C 29   Chamberlain Engineering   Robbie Stirling
  Bernard Thuner
Spice SE89C G 108
Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8
19 C 39   Swiss Team Salamin   Antoine Salamin
  Max Cohen-Olivar
Porsche 962C G 107
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
20 C 35   Louis Descartes   François Migault
  François Wettling
ALD C289 D 97
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
21
DSQ
C 3   Silk Cut Jaguar   Martin Brundle Jaguar XJR-11 G 119
Jaguar JV6 3.5L Turbo V6
22
DSQ
C 4   Silk Cut Jaguar   Andy Wallace
  Jan Lammers
Jaguar XJR-11 G 117
Jaguar JV6 3.5L Turbo V6
23
DNF
C 15   Brun Motorsport   Oscar Larrauri
  Harald Huysman
Porsche 962C Y 116
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
24
DNF
C 37   Toyota Team Tom's   Geoff Lees
  John Watson
Toyota 89C-V B 112
Toyota R36V 3.6L Turbo V8
25
DNF
C 36   Toyota Team Tom's   Johnny Dumfries
  Roberto Ravaglia
Toyota 90C-V B 99
Toyota R36V 3.6L Turbo V8
26
DNF
C 13   Courage Compétition   Pascal Fabre
  Michel Trollé
Cougar C24S G 54
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
27
DNF
C 40   The Berkeley Team London   Ranieri Randaccio
  "Stingbrace"
Spice SE89C G 45
Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8
28
DNF
C 30   GP Motorsport   Beppe Gabbiani
  Jari Nurminen
Spice SE90C D 35
Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8
29
DNF
C 31   GP Motorsport
  PC Automotive
  Richard Piper
  Mike Youles
Spice SE89C G 35
Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8
30
DNF
C 28   Chamberlain Engineering   Will Hoy
  Nick Adams
Spice SE89C G 7
Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8
31
DNF
C 27   Obermaier Racing   Harald Grohs
  Otto Altenbach
Porsche 962C G 1
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
DNS C 12   Courage Compétition   Michel Trollé Cougar C24S G -
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
DNQ C 41   Alba Formula Team   Gianfranco Trombetti
  Marco Brand
Alba AR20 G -
Buick 4.5L V6

† - #3 and #4 Silk Cut Jaguars both were disqualified for using more than their allowed amount of fuel.

Statistics edit

  • Pole Position - #1 Team Sauber Mercedes - 1:16.952
  • Fastest Lap - #1 Team Sauber Mercedes - 1:23.597
  • Average Speed - 166.64 km/h

External links edit


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1990 480 km of Nürburgring
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1990 480 km of Montreal