1990 Fuji 1000km explained

The All Japan Fuji 1000 km, was the sixth round of the 1990 All Japan Sports Prototype Championship and the fourth round of the 1990 Fuji Long Distance Series which was held at the Fuji International Speedway, on October 7, in front of a crowd of approximately 41,000.[1]

Report

Entry

A total of 19 cars were entered for the event, in two classes, one for cars running to Group C1 specification and the other to IMSA GTP regulations.[1]

Qualifying

The Nissan Motorsport car of Anders Olofsson and Masahiro Hasemi took pole position, in their Nissan R90CP ahead of team mates Kazuyoshi Hoshino and Toshio Suzuki, by 0.428secs.[2]

Race

The race was held over 224 laps of the Fuji circuit, a distance of 1000 km (actual distance was 1001.28 km). Roland Ratzenberger, and Naoki Nagasaka took the winner spoils for the Toyota Team SARD, driving their Toyota 89C-V. They won with a time of 5hr 57:15.832mins., averaging a speed of 168.158km/h. Second place went to Kazuyoshi Hoshino and Toshio Suzuki in the pole sitting Nissan Motorsport’s Nissan R90CP[3] who finished about 1 minute and 18 seconds adrift. Five laps down, in third place was the Alpha Racing Porsche 962 C of Stanley Dickens and Will Hoy.[4]

Classification

Result

Class Winners are in Bold text.

Pos.No.ClassDriversEntrantCar - EngineTime, LapsReason Out
1st 39C1 Roland Ratzenberger Naoki NagasakaToyota Team SARDToyota 89C-V5:57:15.832
2nd 23C1 Kazuyoshi Hoshino Toshio SuzukiNissan MotorsportsNissan R90CP5:58:34.540
3rd 2C1 Stanley Dickens Will HoyAlpha RacingPorsche 962C219
4th 55C1 Eje Elgh Tomas MezeraOmron Racing TeamPorsche 962C214
5th 24C1 Masahiro Hasemi Anders OlofssonNissan MotorsportsNissan R90CP214
6th 203GTP Maurizio Sandro Sala Yoshimi KatayamaMazdaspeedMazda 767B211
7th 201GTP David Kennedy Pierre DieudonnéMazdaspeedMazda 787208
DNF37C1 Pierre-Henri Raphanel Masanori Sekiya Hitoshi OgawaToyota Team Tom'sToyota 90C-V189Transmission
9th230GTP Tetsuji Shiratori Syuuji FujiiPleasure RacingMazda 757B183
DNF7C1 Tiff Needell Derek Bell Anthony ReidThe Alpha RacingPorsche 962C167Suspension
DNF1C1 Kunimitsu Takahashi Kazuo MogiAdvan Alpha NovaPorsche 962C124Accident
DNF33C1 Johnny Herbert Rickard RydellTakefuji Racing TeamPorsche 962C110Accident
DNF27C1 Akihiko Nakaya Volker Weidler Yukihiro HaneFrom A RacingPorsche 962C98Accident
DNF85C1 Takao Wada Osamu NakakoCabin Racing Team With Team Le MansNissan R90V97Transmission
DNF202GTP Yojiro Terada Takashi YorinoMazdaspeedMazda 78739Transmission
DNF88C1 Jirou Yoneyama Hisatoyo Goto Hideo FukuyamaBritish Barn Racing TeamBritish Barn BB90R36Electrics
DNF 100C1 George Fouché Steven AndskärTrust Racing TeamPorsche 962C 20Engine
DNF 36C1 Hitoshi Ogawa Keiichi Suzuki Takuya KurosawaToyota Team Tom'sToyota 89C-V10Engine
DSQ240GTP "Nogami" Kazuhiko Oda Keiichi MizutaniLenox RacingMazda 757?Engine repair with outside assistance

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fuji 1000 Kilometres 1990 - Racing Sports Cars.
  2. Web site: Fuji 1000 Kilometres 1990 - Photo Gallery - Racing Sports Cars.
  3. Web site: [OTHER] Nissan's Gr. C racing cars results in Japan, 1990-92 | Nissan Heritage Collection]. www.nissan-global.com.
  4. Web site: Fuji 1000 Kilometres 1990 - Photo Gallery - Racing Sports Cars.
  5. Web site: Fuji 1000 Kilometres 1990 - Photo Gallery - Racing Sports Cars.