1990 480 km of Suzuka explained

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.

Official results

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
Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Engine	Tyre	Laps
1	C	1	Team Sauber Mercedes	Mauro Baldi Jean-Louis Schlesser	Mercedes-Benz C9		82
1	C	1	Team Sauber Mercedes	Mauro Baldi Jean-Louis Schlesser	Mercedes-Benz M119 5.0L Turbo V8		82
2	C	2	Team Sauber Mercedes	Jochen Mass Karl Wendlinger	Mercedes-Benz C9		82
2	C	2	Team Sauber Mercedes	Jochen Mass Karl Wendlinger	Mercedes-Benz M119 5.0L Turbo V8		82
3	C	24	Nissan Motorsports International	Masahiro Hasemi Anders Olofsson	Nissan R89C		82
3	C	24	Nissan Motorsports International	Masahiro Hasemi Anders Olofsson	Nissan VRH35Z 3.5L Turbo V8		82
4	C	36	Toyota Team Tom's	Hitoshi Ogawa Geoff Lees	Toyota 90C-V		81
4	C	36	Toyota Team Tom's	Hitoshi Ogawa Geoff Lees	Toyota R36V 3.6L Turbo V8		81
5	C	11	Porsche Kremer Racing Advan Alpha Nova	Kunimitsu Takahashi Kazou Mogi	Porsche 962C		80
5	C	11	Porsche Kremer Racing Advan Alpha Nova	Kunimitsu Takahashi Kazou Mogi	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6		80
6	C	15	Brun Motorsport	Harald Huysman Oscar Larrauri	Porsche 962C		80
6	C	15	Brun Motorsport	Harald Huysman Oscar Larrauri	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6		80
7	C	17	Brun Motorsport Trust Racing Team	Steven Andskär George Fouché	Porsche 962C GTi		80
7	C	17	Brun Motorsport Trust Racing Team	Steven Andskär George Fouché	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6		80
8	C	34	Equipe Almeras Fréres The Alpha Racing	Derek Bell Tiff Needell	Porsche 962C		80
8	C	34	Equipe Almeras Fréres The Alpha Racing	Derek Bell Tiff Needell	Porsche Type-935 2.8L Turbo Flat-6		80
9	C	19	Team Davey Omron Racing Team	Eje Elgh Vern Schuppan	Porsche 962C		79
9	C	19	Team Davey Omron Racing Team	Eje Elgh Vern Schuppan	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6		79
10	C	39	Swiss Team Salamin From-A Racing	Volker Weidler Akihiko Nakaya	Porsche 962C		79
10	C	39	Swiss Team Salamin From-A Racing	Volker Weidler Akihiko Nakaya	Porsche 3.0L Turbo Flat-6		79
11	C	8	Joest Porsche Racing	Henri Pescarolo Jonathan Palmer	Porsche 962C		79
11	C	8	Joest Porsche Racing	Henri Pescarolo Jonathan Palmer	Porsche Type-935 3.2L Turbo Flat-6		79
12	C	13	Courage Compétition	Pascal Fabre Lionel Robert	Cougar C24S		78
12	C	13	Courage Compétition	Pascal Fabre Lionel Robert	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6		78
13	C	10	Porsche Kremer Racing	Bernd Schneider Hideki Okada	Porsche 962CK6		77
13	C	10	Porsche Kremer Racing	Bernd Schneider Hideki Okada	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6		77
14	C	12	Courage Compétition Alpha Racing	Will Hoy Kenji Takahashi	Porsche 962C		77
14	C	12	Courage Compétition Alpha Racing	Will Hoy Kenji Takahashi	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6		77
15	C	14	Richard Lloyd Racing	Manuel Reuter Luis Pérez-Sala	Porsche 962C GTi		77
15	C	14	Richard Lloyd Racing	Manuel Reuter Luis Pérez-Sala	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6		77
16	C	9	Joest Porsche Racing	Stanley Dickens "John Winter"	Porsche 962C		76
16	C	9	Joest Porsche Racing	Stanley Dickens "John Winter"	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6		76
17	C	20	Team Davey	Tim Lee-Davey Alfonso Toledano	Porsche 962C		76
17	C	20	Team Davey	Tim Lee-Davey Alfonso Toledano	Porsche Type-935 2.8L Turbo Flat-6		76
18	C	21	Spice Engineering	Eliseo Salazar Bernard Jourdain	Spice SE90C		75
18	C	21	Spice Engineering	Eliseo Salazar Bernard Jourdain	Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5L V8		75
19	C	32	Konrad Motorsport	Franz Konrad Jean-Louis Ricci	Porsche 962C		75
19	C	32	Konrad Motorsport	Franz Konrad Jean-Louis Ricci	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6		75
20	C	37	Toyota Team Tom's	Johnny Dumfries Aguri Suzuki	Toyota 90C-V		73
20	C	37	Toyota Team Tom's	Johnny Dumfries Aguri Suzuki	Toyota R36V 3.6L Turbo V8		73
21 NC	C	30	GP Motorsport	David Hobbs Philippe de Henning	Spice SE90C		60
21 NC	C	30	GP Motorsport	David Hobbs Philippe de Henning	Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5L V8		60
22 DSQ^†	C	27	Obermaier Primagaz	Jürgen Lässig Otto Altenbach	Porsche 962C		78
22 DSQ^†	C	27	Obermaier Primagaz	Jürgen Lässig Otto Altenbach	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6		78
23 DNF	C	38	Toyota Team Tom's Team SARD	Roland Ratzenberger Pierre-Henri Raphanel	Toyota 90C-V		79
23 DNF	C	38	Toyota Team Tom's Team SARD	Roland Ratzenberger Pierre-Henri Raphanel	Toyota R36V 3.6L Turbo V8		79
24 DNF	C	3	Silk Cut Jaguar	Martin Brundle Alain Ferté	Jaguar XJR-11		77
24 DNF	C	3	Silk Cut Jaguar	Martin Brundle Alain Ferté	Jaguar JV6 3.5L Turbo V6		77
25 DNF	C	16	Brun Motorsport	Jesús Pareja Walter Brun	Porsche 962C		74
25 DNF	C	16	Brun Motorsport	Jesús Pareja Walter Brun	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6		74
26 DNF	C	23	Nissan Motorsports International	Andrew Gilbert-Scott Kazuyoshi Hoshino	Nissan R90CP		65
26 DNF	C	23	Nissan Motorsports International	Andrew Gilbert-Scott Kazuyoshi Hoshino	Nissan VRH35Z 3.5L Turbo V8		65
27 DNF	C	25	Nissan Motorsports International Cabin Racing Team Team Le Mans	Kenny Acheson Takao Wada	Nissan R89C		45
27 DNF	C	25		Kenny Acheson Takao Wada	Nissan VRH35Z 3.5L Turbo V8		45
28 DNF	C	4	Silk Cut Jaguar	Jan Lammers Andy Wallace	Jaguar XJR-11		44
28 DNF	C	4	Silk Cut Jaguar	Jan Lammers Andy Wallace	Jaguar JV6 3.5L Turbo V6		44
29 DNF	C	26	Obermaier Primagaz	Harald Grohs Jürgen Oppermann	Porsche 962C		39
29 DNF	C	26	Obermaier Primagaz	Harald Grohs Jürgen Oppermann	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6		39
30 DNF	C	35	Louis Descartes	François Migault Louis Descartes	ALD C190		36
30 DNF	C	35	Louis Descartes	François Migault Louis Descartes	Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8		36
31 DNF	C	22	Spice Engineering	Tim Harvey Bruno Giacomelli	Spice SE90C		28
31 DNF	C	22	Spice Engineering	Tim Harvey Bruno Giacomelli	Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5L V8		28
32 DNF	C	7	Joest Porsche Racing	Bob Wollek Frank Jelinski	Porsche 962C		23
32 DNF	C	7	Joest Porsche Racing	Bob Wollek Frank Jelinski	Porsche Type-935 3.2L Turbo Flat-6		23
33 DNF	C	40	The Berkeley Team London	Ranieri Randaccio "Stingbrace"	Spice SE90C		14
33 DNF	C	40	The Berkeley Team London	Ranieri Randaccio "Stingbrace"	Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8		14
34 DNF	C	29	Chamberlain Engineering British Barn Racing Team	Tsunehisa Asai Jiro Yoneyama	British Barn BB90	?	13
34 DNF	C	29	Chamberlain Engineering British Barn Racing Team	Tsunehisa Asai Jiro Yoneyama	Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8	?	13
DNQ	C	28	Chamberlain Engineering	Cor Euser Fermín Vélez	Spice SE89C		-
DNQ	C	28	Chamberlain Engineering	Cor Euser Fermín Vélez	Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8		-
DNQ	C	41	Alba Formula Team	Marco Brand Gianfranco Brancatelli	Alba AR20		-
DNQ	C	41	Alba Formula Team	Marco Brand Gianfranco Brancatelli	Subaru (Motori Moderni) 1235 3.5L Flat-12		-