The 1990 480 km of Dijon was the fifth round of the 1990 World Sportscar Championship season, taking place at Circuit de Dijon-Prenois, France. It took place on July 22, 1990.

Layout of the Dijon circuit

Following a heavy accident involving the #14 Richard Lloyd Racing and #26 Obermaier Racing entries on the first lap, the race was red-flagged. A restart was performed several minutes later, with the race running its original distance.

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 1   Team Sauber Mercedes   Jean-Louis Schlesser
  Mauro Baldi
Mercedes-Benz C11 G 127
Mercedes-Benz M119 5.0L Turbo V8
2 C 2   Team Sauber Mercedes   Jochen Mass
  Michael Schumacher
Mercedes-Benz C11 G 127
Mercedes-Benz M119 5.0L Turbo V8
3 C 23   Nissan Motorsports International   Julian Bailey
  Mark Blundell
Nissan R90CK D 126
Nissan VHR35Z 3.5L Turbo V8
4 C 4   Silk Cut Jaguar   Andy Wallace
  Jan Lammers
Jaguar XJR-11 G 125
Jaguar JV6 3.5L Turbo V6
5 C 3   Silk Cut Jaguar   Martin Brundle
  Alain Ferté
Jaguar XJR-11 G 125
Jaguar JV6 3.5L Turbo V6
6 C 22   Spice Engineering   Wayne Taylor
  Eliseo Salazar
Spice SE90C G 124
Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5L V8
7 C 7   Joest Porsche Racing   Bob Wollek
  Frank Jelinski
Porsche 962C M 124
Porsche Type-935 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
8 C 8   Joest Porsche Racing   Jonathan Palmer
  David Hobbs
Porsche 962C M 122
Porsche Type-935 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
9 C 6   Joest Racing   Henri Pescarolo
  Jean-Louis Ricci
Porsche 962C G 121
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
10 C 13   Courage Compétition   Pascal Fabre
  Lionel Robert
Cougar C24S G 121
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
11 C 16   Brun Motorsport   Jesús Pareja
  Walter Brun
Porsche 962C Y 121
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
12 C 15   Brun Motorsport   Oscar Larrauri
  Harald Huysman
Porsche 962C Y 121
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
13 C 30   GP Motorsport   Jari Nurminen
  Beppe Gabbiani
Spice SE90C D 120
Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8
14 C 28   Chamberlain Engineering   Nick Adams
  Charles Zwolsman
Spice SE90C G 120
Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8
15 C 33   Konrad Motorsport
  Dauer Racing
  Jochen Dauer
  Bobby Unser
Porsche 962C BF 120
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
16 C 16   Brun Motorsport   Bernard Santal
  Walter Brun
Porsche 962C Y 118
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
17 C 27   Obermaier Racing   Otto Altenbach Porsche 962C G 117
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
18 C 19   Porsche Kremer Racing
  Convector
  Anthony Reid
  Jürgen Barth
Porsche 962C D 117
Porsche 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
19 C 12   Courage Compétition   Michel Trollé
  Bernard Thuner
Cougar C24S G 117
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
20 C 116   Konrad Motorsport   Franz Konrad
  Harri Toivonen
Porsche 962C G 116
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
21 C 24   Nissan Motorsports International   Kenny Acheson
  Gianfranco Brancatelli
Nissan R90CK D 116
Nissan VHR35Z 3.5L Turbo V8
22 C 39   Swiss Team Salamin   Antoine Salamin
  Luigi Taverna
Porsche 962C G 115
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
23 C 34   Equipe Alméras Fréres   Jacques Alméras
  Jean-Marie Alméras
Porsche 962C G 115
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
24 C 10   Porsche Kremer Racing   Sarel van der Merwe Porsche 962CK6 Y 114
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
25 C 40   The Berkeley Team London   Ranieri Randaccio
  "Stingbrace"
Spice SE89C G 106
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
26
NC
C 35   Louis Descartes   François Migault ALD C289 D 88
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
27
DSQ
C 29   Chamberlain Engineering   Philippe de Henning
  John Williams
Spice SE89C G 89
Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8
28
DNF
C 21   Spice Engineering   Fermín Vélez
  Cor Euser
Spice SE90C G 117
Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5L V8
29
DNF
C 20   Team Davey   Tim Lee-Davey Porsche 962C D 80
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
30
DNF
C 9   Joest Porsche Racing   "John Winter"
  Stanley Dickens
Porsche 962C M 57
Porsche Type-935 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
31
DNF
C 37   Toyota Team Tom's   Geoff Lees
  John Watson
Toyota 90C-V B 9
Toyota R36V 3.6L Turbo V8
32
DNF
C 36   Toyota Team Tom's   Johnny Dumfries
  Roberto Ravaglia
Toyota 90C-V B 7
Toyota R36V 3.6L Turbo V8
33
DNF
C 14   Richard Lloyd Racing   Manuel Reuter
  James Weaver
Porsche 962C GTi G 0
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
34
DNF
C 26   Obermaier Racing   Harold Grohs Porsche 962C G 0
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6

† - #29 Chamberlain Engineering was disqualified for taking a short-cut in order to return to the pits.

Statistics

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  • Pole Position - #1 Team Sauber Mercedes - 1:05.527
  • Fastest Lap - #1 Team Sauber Mercedes - 1:08.973
  • Average Speed - 182.044 km/h
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1990 480 km of Spa
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1990 480 km of Nürburgring