The 1990 480 km of Suzuka was the opening round of the 1990 World Sportscar Championship season, taking place at Suzuka Circuit, Japan. It took place on April 8, 1990.

Layout of the Suzuka International Racing Course (1987-2002)

Official results

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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   Mauro Baldi
  Jean-Louis Schlesser
Mercedes-Benz C9 G 82
Mercedes-Benz M119 5.0L Turbo V8
2 C 2   Team Sauber Mercedes   Jochen Mass
  Karl Wendlinger
Mercedes-Benz C9 G 82
Mercedes-Benz M119 5.0L Turbo V8
3 C 24   Nissan Motorsports International   Masahiro Hasemi
  Anders Olofsson
Nissan R89C D 82
Nissan VRH35Z 3.5L Turbo V8
4 C 36   Toyota Team Tom's   Hitoshi Ogawa
  Geoff Lees
Toyota 90C-V B 81
Toyota R36V 3.6L Turbo V8
5 C 11   Porsche Kremer Racing
  Advan Alpha Nova
  Kunimitsu Takahashi
  Kazou Mogi
Porsche 962C Y 80
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
6 C 15   Brun Motorsport   Harald Huysman
  Oscar Larrauri
Porsche 962C Y 80
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
7 C 17   Brun Motorsport
  Trust Racing Team
  Steven Andskär
  George Fouché
Porsche 962C GTi Y 80
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
8 C 34   Equipe Almeras Fréres
  The Alpha Racing
  Derek Bell
  Tiff Needell
Porsche 962C G 80
Porsche Type-935 2.8L Turbo Flat-6
9 C 19   Team Davey
  Omron Racing Team
  Eje Elgh
  Vern Schuppan
Porsche 962C D 79
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
10 C 39   Swiss Team Salamin
  From-A Racing
  Volker Weidler
  Akihiko Nakaya
Porsche 962C G 79
Porsche 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
11 C 8   Joest Porsche Racing   Henri Pescarolo
  Jonathan Palmer
Porsche 962C M 79
Porsche Type-935 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
12 C 13   Courage Compétition   Pascal Fabre
  Lionel Robert
Cougar C24S G 78
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
13 C 10   Porsche Kremer Racing   Bernd Schneider
  Hideki Okada
Porsche 962CK6 Y 77
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
14 C 12   Courage Compétition
  Alpha Racing
  Will Hoy
  Kenji Takahashi
Porsche 962C Y 77
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
15 C 14   Richard Lloyd Racing   Manuel Reuter
  Luis Pérez-Sala
Porsche 962C GTi G 77
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
16 C 9   Joest Porsche Racing   Stanley Dickens
  "John Winter"
Porsche 962C M 76
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
17 C 20   Team Davey   Tim Lee-Davey
  Alfonso Toledano
Porsche 962C D 76
Porsche Type-935 2.8L Turbo Flat-6
18 C 21   Spice Engineering   Eliseo Salazar
  Bernard Jourdain
Spice SE90C G 75
Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5L V8
19 C 32   Konrad Motorsport   Franz Konrad
  Jean-Louis Ricci
Porsche 962C G 75
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
20 C 37   Toyota Team Tom's   Johnny Dumfries
  Aguri Suzuki
Toyota 90C-V B 73
Toyota R36V 3.6L Turbo V8
21
NC
C 30   GP Motorsport   David Hobbs
  Philippe de Henning
Spice SE90C G 60
Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5L V8
22
DSQ
C 27   Obermaier Primagaz   Jürgen Lässig
  Otto Altenbach
Porsche 962C G 78
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
23
DNF
C 38   Toyota Team Tom's
  Team SARD
  Roland Ratzenberger
  Pierre-Henri Raphanel
Toyota 90C-V B 79
Toyota R36V 3.6L Turbo V8
24
DNF
C 3   Silk Cut Jaguar   Martin Brundle
  Alain Ferté
Jaguar XJR-11 G 77
Jaguar JV6 3.5L Turbo V6
25
DNF
C 16   Brun Motorsport   Jesús Pareja
  Walter Brun
Porsche 962C Y 74
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
26
DNF
C 23   Nissan Motorsports International   Andrew Gilbert-Scott
  Kazuyoshi Hoshino
Nissan R90CP D 65
Nissan VRH35Z 3.5L Turbo V8
27
DNF
C 25   Nissan Motorsports International
  Cabin Racing Team
  Team Le Mans
  Kenny Acheson
  Takao Wada
Nissan R89C D 45
Nissan VRH35Z 3.5L Turbo V8
28
DNF
C 4   Silk Cut Jaguar   Jan Lammers
  Andy Wallace
Jaguar XJR-11 G 44
Jaguar JV6 3.5L Turbo V6
29
DNF
C 26   Obermaier Primagaz   Harald Grohs
  Jürgen Oppermann
Porsche 962C G 39
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
30
DNF
C 35   Louis Descartes   François Migault
  Louis Descartes
ALD C190 D 36
Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8
31
DNF
C 22   Spice Engineering   Tim Harvey
  Bruno Giacomelli
Spice SE90C G 28
Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5L V8
32
DNF
C 7   Joest Porsche Racing   Bob Wollek
  Frank Jelinski
Porsche 962C M 23
Porsche Type-935 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
33
DNF
C 40   The Berkeley Team London   Ranieri Randaccio
  "Stingbrace"
Spice SE90C G 14
Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8
34
DNF
C 29   Chamberlain Engineering
  British Barn Racing Team
  Tsunehisa Asai
  Jiro Yoneyama
British Barn BB90 ? 13
Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8
DNQ C 28   Chamberlain Engineering   Cor Euser
  Fermín Vélez
Spice SE89C G -
Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8
DNQ C 41   Alba Formula Team   Marco Brand
  Gianfranco Brancatelli
Alba AR20 G -
Subaru (Motori Moderni) 1235 3.5L Flat-12

† - #27 Obermaier Primagaz was disqualified for being underweight in post-race inspection.

Statistics

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  • Pole Position - #36 Toyota Team Tom's - 1:48.716
  • Fastest Lap - #3 Silk Cut Jaguar - 1:53.732
  • Average Speed - 176.031 km/h
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World Sportscar Championship
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None
1990 season Next race:
1990 480 km of Monza