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1990 480 km of Mexico City

Layout of the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez (1986-2014)

The 1990 480 km of Mexico City was the ninth and final round of the 1990 World Sportscar Championship season, taking place at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, Mexico. It took place on October 7, 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
Engine
1 C 2 Germany Team Sauber Mercedes Germany Jochen Mass
Germany Michael Schumacher
Mercedes-Benz C11 G 109
Mercedes-Benz M119 5.0L Turbo V8
2 C 23 Japan Nissan Motorsports International United Kingdom Julian Bailey
United Kingdom Mark Blundell
Nissan R90CK D 107
Nissan VHR35Z 3.5L Turbo V8
3 C 4 United Kingdom Silk Cut Jaguar United Kingdom Andy Wallace
United States Davy Jones
Jaguar XJR-11 G 107
Jaguar JV6 3.5L Turbo V6
4 C 24 Japan Nissan Motorsports International United Kingdom Kenny Acheson
Italy Gianfranco Brancatelli
Nissan R90CK D 106
Nissan VHR35Z 3.5L Turbo V8
5 C 8 Germany Joest Porsche Racing United Kingdom Jonathan Palmer
Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck
Porsche 962C M 106
Porsche Type-935 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
6 C 7 Germany Joest Porsche Racing France Bob Wollek
Germany Frank Jelinski
Porsche 962C M 105
Porsche Type-935 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
7 C 10 Germany Porsche Kremer Racing Germany Bernd Schneider
Mexico Tomas Lopez
Porsche 962CK6 Y 105
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
8 C 9 Germany Joest Racing France Henri Pescarolo
Germany "John Winter"
Porsche 962C G 103
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
9 C 27 Germany Obermaier Racing Germany Otto Altenbach
Germany Harald Grohs
Porsche 962C G 103
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
10 C 21 United Kingdom Spice Engineering Spain Fermín Vélez
Chile Eliseo Salazar
Spice SE90C G 103
Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5L V8
11 C 13 France Courage Compétition France Pascal Fabre
France Michel Trollé
Cougar C24S G 102
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
12 C 32 Austria Konrad Motorsport Austria Franz Konrad
Finland Harri Toivonen
Porsche 962C G 102
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
13 C 44 France Peugeot Talbot Sport Finland Keke Rosberg
France Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Peugeot 905 M 101
Peugeot SA35 3.5L V10
14 C 30 United Kingdom GP Motorsport United States Tom Hessert
Mexico Enrique Contreras
Spice SE90C D 91
Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8
15 C 20 United Kingdom Team Davey Mexico Bernard Jourdain
Mexico Michel Jourdain
Porsche 962C D 88
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
16 C 41 Italy Alba Formula Italy Giorgio Francia
France François Migault
Alba AR20 G 85
Buick 4.5L V6
17
DSQ
C 1 Germany Team Sauber Mercedes France Jean-Louis Schlesser
Italy Mauro Baldi
Mercedes-Benz C11 G 109
Mercedes-Benz M119 5.0L Turbo V8
18
DNF
C 34 France Equipe Alméras Fréres France Jacques Alméras
France Jean-Marie Alméras
Porsche 962C G 75
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
19
DNF
C 36 Japan Toyota Team Tom's United Kingdom Johnny Dumfries
Italy Roberto Ravaglia
Toyota 90C-V B 70
Toyota R36V 3.6L Turbo V8
20
DNF
C 15 Switzerland Brun Motorsport Argentina Oscar Larrauri Porsche 962C Y 65
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
21
DNF
C 16 Switzerland Brun Motorsport Spain Jesús Pareja
Switzerland Walter Brun
Porsche 962C Y 56
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
22
DNF
C 39 Switzerland Swiss Team Salamin Switzerland Antoine Salamin
Morocco Max Cohen-Olivar
Porsche 962C G 52
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
23
DNF
C 3 United Kingdom Silk Cut Jaguar United Kingdom Martin Brundle
Netherlands Jan Lammers
Jaguar XJR-11 G 46
Jaguar JV6 3.5L Turbo V6
24
DNF
C 14 United Kingdom Richard Lloyd Racing Germany Manuel Reuter
United Kingdom Perry McCarthy
Porsche 962C GTi G 42
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
25
DNF
C 29 United Kingdom Chamberlain Engineering United Kingdom Richard Piper
Netherlands Charles Zwolsman
Spice SE89C G 23
Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8
26
DNF
C 37 Japan Toyota Team Tom's United Kingdom Geoff Lees
United Kingdom John Watson
Toyota 89C-V B 15
Toyota R36V 3.6L Turbo V8
27
DNF
C 40 United Kingdom The Berkeley Team London Italy Pasquale Barberio
Italy "Stingbrace"
Spice SE89C G 0
Ford Cosworth DFZ
DNS C 17 Switzerland Brun Motorsport Switzerland Bernard Santal
Italy Massimo Sigala
Porsche 962C Y -
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
DNS C 26 Germany Obermaier Racing Germany Otto Altenbach
Germany Harald Grohs
Porsche 962C G -
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6

† - #1 Team Sauber Mercedes was disqualified for using more than its allowed amount of fuel.

Statistics

  • Pole Position - #3 Silk Cut Jaguar - 1:20.626
  • Fastest Lap - #2 Team Sauber Mercedes - 1:23.250
  • Average Speed - 172.19 km/h


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