1990 480 km of Mexico City

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.

Layout of the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez (1986-2014)

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

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  • 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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