1990 Suzuka


8 April 1990 - Suzuka (J): Round 1, World Sports Prototype Championship.
82 laps of a 3.641 mile/5.859 km circuit - 298.531 miles/480.438 kms were completed.
Weather: cloudy


Pos. No. Driver / Nationality Car Entrant Laps Time/retired Grp Pos Group Grid Qual Time
1. 1T Jean-Louis Schlesser (F)
Mauro Baldi (I)
Karl Wendlinger (A)^
Mercedes-Benz C9 05 Team Sauber Mercedes 82 2:43:45,429    2 2. 1:48,732 
2. 2 Jochen Mass (D)
Karl Wendlinger (A)
Mauro Baldi (I)^
Heinz-Harald Frentzen (D)*
Mercedes-Benz C9 06 Team Sauber Mercedes 82 2:44:27,762    2 4. 1:50,623 
3. 24 Masahiro Hasemi (J)
Anders Olofsson (S)
Nissan R89C 01 Nissan Motorsports International 81 2:44:47,116    2 9. 1:51,490 
4. 36 Geoff Lees (GB)
Hitoshi Ogawa (J)
Toyota 90C-V 02 Toyota Team Tom's 81 2:47:13,047    2 1. 1:48,716 
5. 11 Kunimitsu Takahashi (J)
Kazuo Mogi (J)
Porsche 962C 134 Porsche Kremer Racing (Advan Alpha Nova) 80 2:44:29,594    2 11. 1:52,347 
6. 15 Oscar Larrauri (RA)
Harald Huysman (B)
Porsche 962C 007BM Brun Motorsport 80 2:45:17,458    2 12. 1:53,113 
7. 17 George Fouché (ZA)
Steven Andskar (S)
Porsche 962C GTi 106B Brun Motorsport (Trust Racing Team) 80 2:45:18,682    2 21. 1:55,563 
8. 34 Tiff Needell (GB)
Derek Bell (GB)
Costas Los (GR)*
Porsche 962C 154 Equipe Almeras Fréres (The Alpha Racing) 80 2:45:49,860    2 14. 1:53,827 
9. 19 Eje Elgh (S)
Vern Schuppan (AUS)
Porsche 962C TS/01C Team Davey (Omron Racing Team) 79 2:45:15,976    2 20. 1:55,163 
10. 39 Akihiko Nakaya (J)
Volker Weidler (D)
Porsche 962C 151 Swiss Team Salamin (Form A Racing) 79 2:45:20,605    2 13. 1:53,700 
11. 8 Jonathan Palmer (GB)
Henri Pescarolo (F)
Bob Wollek (F)*
Frank Jelinski (D)*
Porsche 962C 014 Joest Porsche Racing 79 2:45:48,057    2 15. 1:53,906 
12. 13 Pascal Fabre (F)
Lionel Robert (F)
Cougar C24S Porsche 5 Courage Competition 78 2:44:30,121    2 24. 1:56,210 
13. 10 Bernd Schneider (D)
Hideki Okada (J)
Porsche 962CK6 CK6/05-2 Porsche Kremer Racing 77 2:44:46,694    2 27. 1:58,116 
14. 12 Will Hoy (GB)
Kenji Takahashi (J)
Porsche 962C 147 Courage Competition (Alpha Racing) 77 2:45:19,547    2 25. 1:56,659 
15. 14 Manuel Reuter (D)
Luis Perez-Sala (E)
Porsche 962C GTi 200 Richard Lloyd Racing 77 2:45:23,080    2 16. 1:54,165 
16. 9 Stanley Dickens (S)
"John Winter" (D)
Porsche 962C 129 Joest Porsche Racing 76 2:44:08,700    2 23. 1:55,747 
17. 20 Tim Lee-Davey (GB)
Alfonso Toledano (MEX)
Porsche 962C 138.001 Team Davey 76 2:45:34,465    2 31. 2:02,719 
18. 21 Bernard Jourdain (MEX)
Eliseo Salazar (RCH)
Spice SE90C Ford 016 Spice Engineering 75 2:45:28,256    1 17. 1:54,699 
19. 32 Franz Konrad (A)
Jean-Louis Ricci (F)
Walter Lechner (A)*
Porsche 962C 001K Konrad Motorsport 75 2:45:49,633    2 29. 2:00,965 
20. 37 Aguri Suzuki (J)
Johnny Dumfries (GB)
Toyota 90C-V 04 Toyota Team Tom's 73 2:44:48,261    2 6. 1:50,832 
21. 30 David Hobbs (GB)
Philippe de Henning (F)
Spice SE90C Ford 08 GP Motorsport 60 2:44:04,519    1 33. 2:07,800 
DSQ 27 Otto Altenbach (D)
Jürgen Lässig (D)
Harald Grohs (D)*
Porsche 962C 155 Obermaier Primagaz 78 Underweight   2 28. 1:58,269 
DNF 38 Roland Ratzenberger (A)
Pierre-Henri Raphanel (F)
Toyota 90C-V 01 Toyota Team Tom's (SARD) 79 Out of fuel   2 3. 1:48,788 
DNF 3 Martin Brundle (GB)
Alain Ferté (F)
Jaguar XJR-11 189 Silk Cut Jaguar 77 Oil pump   2 8. 1:51,046 
DNF 16 Jésus Pareja (E)
Walter Brun (CH)
Porsche 962C 150 Brun Motorsport 74 Drive shaft   2 26. 1:57,988 
DNF 23 Kazuyoshi Hoshino (J)
Andrew Gilbert-Scott (GB)
Toshio Suzuki (J)*
Nissan R90CP R89-02 Nissan Motorsports International 65 Spin   2 5. 1:50,751 
DNF 25 Takao Wada (J)
Kenny Acheson (GB)
Nissan R89C 03 Nissan Motorsports Int'l. (Cabin Racing Team/Team Le Mans) 45 Accident   2 18. 1:55,052 
DNF 4 Jan Lammers (NL)
Andy Wallace (GB)
Jaguar XJR-11 289 Silk Cut Jaguar 44 Oil pump, engine   2 7. 1:50,899 
DNF 26 Harald Grohs (D)
Jürgen Oppermann (D)^
Juergen Laessig (D)*
Porsche 962C 901 Obermaier Primagaz 39 Electrics   2 22. 1:55,653 
DNF 35 François Migault (F)
Louis Descartes (F)^
Alain Serpaggi (F)*
ALD C289 Ford 1 Louis Descartes 36 Accident   1 34. 2:07,859 
DNF 22 Tim Harvey (GB)
Bruno Giacomelli (I)^
Wayne Taylor (ZA)*
Spice SE90C Ford 011 Spice Engineering 28 Fuel leak   1 19. 1:55,071 
DNF 7 Bob Wollek (F)
Frank Jelinski (D)^
Jonathan Palmer (GB)*
Henri Pescarolo (F)*
Porsche 962C 012 Joest Porsche Racing 23 Pit fire   2 10. 1:51,555 
DNF 40 Ranieri Randaccio (I)
Stefano Sebastiani (I)^
Spice SE89C Ford 004 The Berkeley Team London 14 Accident   1 30. 2:01,355 
DNF 29 Tsunehisa Asai (J)
Jirou Yoneyama (J)^
British Barn BB90 Ford Chamberlain Engineering (British Barn Racing Team) 13 Accident   1 32. 2:02,725 
DNS 28 Fermin Velez (E)
Cor Euser (NL)
Spice SE89C Ford 101 Chamberlain Engineering   Refueling at illegal place   1   1:56,034 
DNQ 41 Gianfranco Brancatelli (I)
Marco Brand (I)
Alba AR20 Subaru 1 Alba Formula Team       1 35. 2:15,538 
DNS 1 Jean-Louis Schlesser (F)
Mauro Baldi (I)
Mercedes-Benz C11 01 Team Sauber Mercedes   Accident in practice   2   1:48,732 

 
Winning Time: 2h43m45.249, 109.383 mph/176.034 kph
Fastest Lap: Martin Brundle #3 (Jaguar XJR-11), 1m53.732, 115.238 mph/185.457 kph

 
* Driver entered for car, but never drove it at meeting
^ Driver practiced car, but did not race it
RES - Reserve (Practiced, on standy-by for start)
REE - Reserve Entry
DNA - Did Not Arrive
DNS - Did Not Start
DNF - Did Not Finish
DNP - Did Not Practice
NC - Not Classified
DSQ - Disqualified
NRF - Not Running At Finish
NAC - Not Accepted
REJ - Rejected (Did not pass scrutineering)


Last Updated on 01/01/2004
By Darren Galpin
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