Le Mans 24 Hours 1990 - Racing Sports Cars

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Event: 24 Heures du Mans		Date: 17.6.1990
Track: Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans (France), 13.600 kms	Organiser: Automobile Club de L'Oest
Le Mans 24 Hours
Non championship race

Weather:	sunny, warm
Start time:	16/6 16:00
Grid:	2-2-2, PP right
Distance:	24 hours
Attendance:	240000

Entered:	60
Practiced:	57
Qualified:	49
Started:	49
Finished:	28
Classified:	28

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
C1	38	35	22
C2	11	10	5
GTP	4	4	1

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Race notes:
1 full-course caution for 15 minutes
24 finishers (including the winner) unable cross the line because of crowd

Pre-race sessions:
4 qualifying sessions held for a total of 600 minutes on 13-14/6
30 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:

Overall:	3	Jaguar XJR-12 LM	Nielsen / Cobb / Brundle
C2:	116	Spice SE89C Ford	Piper / Iacobelli / Youles
GTP:	203	Mazda 767B	Katayama / Yorino / Terada

Fastest Laps:

Overall:	84	Nissan R90CK	Steve Millen (NZ)	3:40.030	222.515 km/h	lap 269
C2	128	Spice SE90C Ford	Charles Zwolsman (NL)	3:58.270	205.520 km/h
GTP	202	Mazda 787	Volker Weidler (D)	3:47.330	215.369 km/h

Pole Positions:

Overall:	24	Nissan R90CK	Mark Blundell (GB)	3:27.020	236.499 km/h
C2	103	Spice SE88C Ford	James Shead (GB)	3:50.690
GTP	202	Mazda 787	Volker Weidler (D)	3:43.040	219.512 km/h

Notes of interest:

Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (18), Nissan (7), Spice (7), Jaguar (4), Toyota (3), Cougar (3), Mazda (3)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (21), Ford (10), Nissan (7), Jaguar (4), Toyota (3), Mazda (3)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 962 (18), Jaguar XJR-12 (4), Nissan R90CK (4)
Driver nationalities:	GB (34), F (28), J (15), D (10), I (8), S (7), USA (7), B (6), CH (4), ZA (3), IRL (3)
Team nationalities:	GB (15), J (10), D (8), F (6), CH (3), AUS (2), USA (2)
Most used colours:	white (33%), blue (25%), red (18%), yellow (5%), black (4%), violet (4%)
Engine positions:	middle-engined (100%)
Average engine size:	3477 cc (with regard to 65% turbocharged cars and 6% cars with rotary engine an applicable size is 4643 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Kunimitsu Takahashi (50), Gianpiero Moretti (50), Katsunori Iketani (49)
Youngest known drivers:	Rickard Rydell (23), Mark Blundell (24), J.J. Lehto (24)

Official Race Programme:

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