The 1990 Japanese Formula 3000 Championship was contested over 10 rounds. 25 different teams, 38 different drivers, 4 different chassis and 2 different engines competed.
Calendar
editAll events took place at venues located within the country of Japan.
| Race No | Track | Lap Length | Date | Laps | Distance | Time | Speed | Winner | Pole Position | Fastest Race Lap |
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| 1 | Suzuka | 5.864 km | 4 March 1990 | 35 | 205.241 km | 1'05:07.183 | 189.105 km/h | Kazuyoshi Hoshino | Kazuyoshi Hoshino | Ross Cheever |
| 2 | Fuji | 4.470 km | 15 April 1990 | 45 | 201.15 km | 1'00:26.740 | 199.667 km/h | Kazuyoshi Hoshino | Kazuyoshi Hoshino | Takao Wada |
| 3 | Nishinihon | 2.816 km | 13 May 1990 | 72 | 202.752 km | 1'14:51.717 | 161.053 km/h | Keiji Matsumoto | Keiji Matsumoto | Hitoshi Ogawa |
| 4 | Suzuka | 5.864 km | 27 May 1990 | 35 | 205.241 km | 1'05:32.223 | 187.901 km/h | Keiji Matsumoto | Hitoshi Ogawa | Takao Wada |
| 5 | Sugo | 3.704 km | 29 July 1990 | 37 | 137.048 km | 0'46:44.016 | 175.952 km/h | Mauro Martini | Masanori Sekiya | Kunimitsu Takahashi |
| 6 | Fuji | 4.470 km | 12 August 1990 | 44 | 196.68 km | 1'04:13.952 | 183.720 km/h | Kazuyoshi Hoshino | Mauro Martini | Ukyo Katayama |
| 7 | Fuji | 4.470 km | 2 September 1990 | 45 | 201.15 km | 1'00:23.432 | 199.849 km/h | Kazuyoshi Hoshino | Mauro Martini | Hitoshi Ogawa |
| 8 | Suzuka | 5.864 km | 23 September 1990 | 35 | 205.241 km | 1'05:32.773 | 187.874 km/h | Kazuyoshi Hoshino | Hitoshi Ogawa | Kazuyoshi Hoshino |
| 9 | Fuji | 4.470 km | 28 October 1990 | 43 | 192.21 km | 0'57:05.266 | 202.015 km/h | Volker Weidler | Volker Weidler | Kazuyoshi Hoshino |
| 10 | Suzuka | 5.864 km | 18 November 1990 | 35 | 205.241 km | 1'04:36.731 | 190.590 km/h | Kazuyoshi Hoshino | Hitoshi Ogawa | Hitoshi Ogawa |
Final point standings
editDriver
editFor every race points were awarded: 9 points to the winner, 6 for runner-up, 4 for third place, 3 for fourth place, 2 for fifth place and 1 for sixth place. No additional points were awarded. The best 7 results count. One driver had a point deduction, which are given in ().
Complete Overview
edit| first column of every race | 10 | = grid position |
| second column of every race | 10 | = race result |
R14=retired, but classified R=retired NC=not classified NQ=did not qualify DIS=disqualified
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| 1 | Kazuyoshi Hoshino | Japan |
Team Impul | Lola | Mugen Honda | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | Hitoshi Ogawa | Japan |
Stellar International | Lola | Mugen Honda | 7 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | R | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Mauro Martini |  Italy |
Suntec Racing | Lola | Mugen Honda | 21 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 3 | R | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | R | 4 | 4 | 5 | R | 5 | 5 |
| 4 | Keiji Matsumoto | Japan |
Dome | Lola | Mugen Honda | 3 | 3 | 3 | R | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 19 | R | 20 | 14 | 15 | R | 8 | 7 | 26 | 13 | 16 | R |
| 5 | Ukyo Katayama | Japan |
Cabin Racing/Heroes | Lola | Cosworth | 2 | R | 4 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 4 | R | 25 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | R | 3 | DIS |
| 6 | Volker Weidler |  West Germany |
Team Take One | Lola | Mugen Honda | 8 | R | 15 | R | 18 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 16 | R | 19 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 12 | DIS |
| 7 | Jeff Krosnoff |  United States |
Suntec Racing | Lola | Mugen Honda | 26 | 10 | 9 | R | 30 | NQ | 7 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 9 | R | 7 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 4 | 3 |
| 8 | Ross Cheever | United States |
Dome | Reynard | Mugen Honda | 6 | 2 | 2 | NS | 8 | R | 6 | 6 | 24 | R | 3 | 6 | 3 | R | 10 | 10 | 9 | R | ||
| Dome | Lola | Mugen Honda | 4 | R | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Kunimitsu Takahashi | Japan |
Advan Sport Nova | Lola | Mugen Honda | 16 | 12 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 27 | R |
| 10 | Thomas Danielsson |  Sweden |
Dome | Reynard | Mugen Honda | 14 | 7 | 7 | R | 8 | R | ||||||||||||||
| Dome | Lola | Mugen Honda | 31 | NQ | 7 | 2 | 8 | R | 18 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 21 | 16 | 19 | R | |||||||||
| Takao Wada | Japan |
Advan Sport Pal | Lola | Mugen Honda | 4 | R | 14 | 4 | 14 | R | 9 | 14 | 11 | 22 | 18 | 7 | 8 | R | 9 | R | 18 | R | 6 | 4 | |
| 12 | Masahiro Hasemi | Japan |
Speed Star Wheel Racing Team | Lola | Mugen Honda | 12 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 10 | R | 10 | 6 | 18 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 11 | R | 12 | 11 | 2 | 12 | 17 | 8 |
| Akihiko Nakaya | Japan |
Team Take One | Lola | Mugen Honda | 9 | R | 19 | 13 | 25 | 8 | 13 | R | 12 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | R | 10 | 8 | 9 | R | 8 | R | |
| 14 | Enrico Bertaggia | Italy |
Footwork Racing International | Lola | Mugen Honda | 13 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 18 | R | 26 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 12 | R | 13 | R | 24 | 14 | 11 | 7 |
| Christian Danner | West Germany |
Leyton House Racing | Leyton House | Mugen Honda | 10 | 13 | 12 | R | 23 | 9 | 26 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 16 | R | 17 | 10 | 21 | 16 | 15 | 3 | - | - | |
| 16 | Johnny Herbert |  United Kingdom |
Team LeMans | Reynard | Mugen Honda | 19 | 19 | 24 | 10 | 6 | R | 16 | R | 4 | 7 | 19 | R | 20 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 13 | R | 7 | R |
| Takuya Kurosawa | Japan |
Team LeMans | Reynard | Mugen Honda | 11 | R | 20 | 9 | 21 | R | 14 | R | 9 | 18 | 21 | R | 19 | R | 27 | 19 | 22 | 4 | 21 | R | |
| Osamu Nakako | Japan |
Nakajima Racing | Lola | Mugen Honda | 5 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 9 | R | 15 | R | 22 | R | 26 | 16 | 21 | 7 | 24 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 20 | 6 | |
| 19 | Masahiko Kageyama | Japan |
Stellar International | Lola | Mugen Honda | 25 | 15 | 32 | NQ | 19 | 6 | 27 | R | 21 | 11 | 14 | R | 14 | R | 17 | R | 17 | NS | 15 | 9 |
| Hideki Okada | Japan |
Motor Sport Development | Leyton House | Cosworth | 24 | R | 21 | R | 15 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 27 | NQ | 25 | R | 25 | 13 | 18 | 17 | 20 | 6 | 25 | R | |
| - | Maurizio Sandro Sala |  Brazil |
Funaki Racing | Reynard | Mugen Honda | 27 | 16 | 31 | NQ | ||||||||||||||||
| Funaki Racing | Lola | Mugen Honda | 26 | R | 17 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 19 | 24 | 15 | 26 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 30 | NQ | |||||||
| - | Hideshi Matsuda | Japan |
Takeshi Project Racing | Lola | Cosworth | 29 | NQ | 16 | 8 | 24 | 13 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 10 | NC | 11 | 13 | 16 | NS | 14 | 10 |
| - | Kazuo Mogi | Japan |
Zoom Racing | Lola | Cosworth | - | - | 25 | R | - | - | 25 | 10 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 15 | 26 | 8 | 29 | NQ | 32 | NQ | 32 | NQ |
| - | Toshio Suzuki | Japan |
Super Evolution Racing | Lola | Mugen Honda | 22 | 20 | - | - | 13 | 14 | 23 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 22 | R | 15 | 22 | 19 | 11 | 26 | 12 |
| - | Eiki Muramatsu | Japan |
Mooncraft | Mooncraft | Mugen Honda | 17 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | Katsutomo Kaneishi | Japan |
Mola C2 Racing | Lola | Mugen Honda | 18 | R | 28 | 12 | 22 | 10 | 29 | NQ | 20 | 15 | 28 | 18 | 23 | 9 | 30 | NQ | 28 | R | 29 | NQ |
| - | Masanori Sekiya | Japan |
Leyton House | Leyton House | Mugen Honda | 15 | 9 | 18 | R | 16 | R | 19 | R | 1 | 19 | 6 | R | 4 | R | 22 | 14 | 3 | R | 10 | R |
| - | Kouji Sato | Japan |
Nakajima Racing | Reynard | Mugen Honda | 20 | R | 27 | R | 20 | 15 | 24 | 17 | 28 | NQ | 29 | NQ | 28 | 14 | 23 | R | 25 | R | 23 | 11 |
| - | Philippe Favre |  Switzerland |
Team Noji International | Lola | Mugen Honda | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | 13 | 16 | R | 22 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | Masatomo Shimizu | Japan |
Shimizu Racing | Lola | Mugen Honda | 28 | 18 | 29 | NQ | - | - | 28 | 12 | - | - | 31 | NQ | 33 | NQ | 32 | NQ | - | - | - | - |
| - | Katsunori Iketani | Japan |
Super Card Racing | Lola | Mugen Honda | 23 | 17 | 22 | R | - | - | 21 | R | 29 | NQ | 27 | 17 | 30 | NQ | 25 | R | 29 | NQ | 28 | 13 |
| - | Tetsuya Ota | Japan |
CSK Racing | Reynard | Mugen Honda | - | - | 26 | R | 28 | NQ | 30 | NQ | 30 | NQ | ||||||||||
| CSK Racing | Lola | Mugen Honda | 32 | NQ | 29 | NQ | 28 | 18 | 23 | R | 22 | 14 | |||||||||||||
| - | Roland Ratzenberger |  Austria |
Team Noji International | Lola | Mugen Honda | 31 | NQ | 11 | R | 17 | R | - | - | - | - | - | - | 27 | R | 20 | 15 | 30 | NQ | - | - |
| - | Syunji Kasuya | Japan |
Super Evolution Racing | Lola | Mugen Honda | - | - | 23 | DIS | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 31 | NQ | - | - | 27 | 15 | - | - |
| - | Kouichi Iwaki | Japan |
Team Iwaki | Lola | Mugen Honda | 30 | NQ | 30 | R | 27 | NQ | 32 | NQ | 31 | NQ | 30 | NQ | 32 | NQ | 31 | NQ | 31 | NQ | 31 | NQ |
| - | Geoff Lees | United Kingdom |
Team Hayashi | Lola | Mugen Honda | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | R |
| - | Hideo Fukuyama | Japan |
Team Noji International | Lola | Mugen Honda | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18 | R |
| - | Minoru Tanaka | Japan |
Leyton House | Leyton House | Mugen Honda | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 24 | R |