The 1990 World Sportscar Championship season was the 38th season of FIA World Sportscar Championship racing. It featured the 1990 FIA World Sports-Prototype Championship for Drivers and the 1990 FIA World Sports-Prototype Championship for Teams, both of which were contested over a series for cars running under the FIA's Group C formula. The series ran from 8 April 1990 to 7 October 1990 and was composed of nine races.
Rnd | Race | Circuit | Date |
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1 | Fuji Film Cup (480 km) | Suzuka Circuit | 8 April |
2 | Trofeo F. Caracciolo (480km) | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | 29 April |
3 | Shell BRDC Empire Trophy (480 km) | Silverstone Circuit | 20 May |
4 | Coupes de Spa (480km) | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 3 June |
5 | Coupe de Dijon (480 km) | Dijon-Prenois | 22 July |
6 | ADAC Sportwagen Weltmeisterschaft (480km) | Nürburgring | 19 August |
7 | Shell Donington Trophy (480 km) | Donington Park | 2 September |
8 | Players Ltée Mondial (480 km) | Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 23 September |
9 | Trofeo Hermanos Rodriguez (480 km) | Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez | 7 October |
The Montreal race was stopped before 75% distance was completed, therefore half points were awarded.
Rnd | Circuit | Winning Team | Results |
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Winning Drivers | |||
1 | Suzuka | No. 1 Team Sauber-Mercedes | Report |
Jean-Louis Schlesser Mauro Baldi | |||
2 | Monza | No. 1 Team Sauber-Mercedes | Report |
Jean-Louis Schlesser Mauro Baldi | |||
3 | Silverstone | No. 3 Silk Cut Jaguar | Report |
Martin Brundle Alain Ferté | |||
4 | Spa-Francorchamps | No. 2 Team Sauber-Mercedes | Report |
Jochen Mass Karl Wendlinger | |||
5 | Dijon-Prenois | No. 1 Team Sauber-Mercedes | Report |
Jean-Louis Schlesser Mauro Baldi | |||
6 | Nürburgring | No. 1 Team Sauber-Mercedes | Report |
Jean-Louis Schlesser Mauro Baldi | |||
7 | Donington | No. 1 Team Sauber-Mercedes | Report |
Jean-Louis Schlesser Mauro Baldi | |||
8 | Montreal | No. 1 Team Sauber-Mercedes | Report |
Jean-Louis Schlesser Mauro Baldi | |||
9 | Mexico City | No. 2 Team Sauber-Mercedes | Report |
Jochen Mass Michael Schumacher |
1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
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9 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
In order to be classified for points, a team had to complete 75% of the winner's distance. Further, drivers were required to complete at least 30% of their car's total race distance to qualify for championship points.
Pos | Team | SUZ | MNZ | SIL | SPA | DIJ | NUR | DON | MON | MEX | Points |
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1 | Team Sauber-Mercedes | 1 | 1 | Ret | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 67.5 |
2 | Silk Cut Jaguar | Ret | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | DSQ | 15 | 3 | 30 |
3 | Nissan Motorsports International | 3 | 7 | NC | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 26 |
4 | Spice Engineering | 18 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 13 |
5 | Joest Porsche Racing | 11 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 8.5 |
6 | Porsche Kremer Racing | 5 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 5.5 |
7 | Brun Motorsport | 6 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 10 | Ret | 4 |
8 | Richard Lloyd Racing | 15 | 17 | 11 | 6 | Ret | Ret | 11 | 3 | Ret | 3 |
9 | Toyota Team Tom's | 4 | Ret | 12 | 18 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 7 | Ret | 3 |
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