1990 Japanese Formula 3000 Championship

1990 Japanese Formula 3000 Championship

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1990 International Formula 3000 Championship
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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

All 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
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

Driver

The scoring system was 9-6-4-3-2-1 points awarded to the first six classified drivers. The best seven results counted. One driver had a point deduction, which are given in ().

Place	Name	Country	Team	Chassis	Engine											Total points
1	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	Japan	Team Impul	Lola	Mugen Honda	9	9	(3)	-	4	9	9	9	(2)	9	58 (63)
2	Hitoshi Ogawa	Japan	Stellar International	Lola	Mugen Honda	-	6	6	-	3	1	-	6	6	6	34
3	Mauro Martini	Italy	Suntec Racing	Lola	Mugen Honda	1	2	-	6	9	6	-	3	-	2	29
4	Keiji Matsumoto	Japan	Dome	Lola	Mugen Honda	4	-	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	22
5	Ukyo Katayama	Japan	Cabin Racing/Heroes	Lola	Cosworth	-	4	2	-	-	2	6	4	-	-	18
6	Volker Weidler	West Germany	Team Take One	Lola	Mugen Honda	-	-	-	2	-	4	-	-	9	-	15
7	Jeff Krosnoff	United States	Suntec Racing	Lola	Mugen Honda	-	-	-	4	-	-	3	2	-	4	13
8	Ross Cheever	United States	Dome	Reynard	Mugen Honda	6	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	8
9	Kunimitsu Takahashi	Japan	Advan Sport Nova	Lola	Mugen Honda	-	-	-	3	-	-	4	-	-	-	7
10	Thomas Danielsson	Sweden	Dome	Lola	Mugen Honda	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	6
	Takao Wada	Japan	Advan Sport Pal	Lola	Mugen Honda	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	6
12	Masahiro Hasemi	Japan	Speed Star Wheel Racing Team	Lola	Mugen Honda	3	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
	Akihiko Nakaya	Japan	Team Take One	Lola	Mugen Honda	-	-	-	-	2	3	-	-	-	-	5
14	Enrico Bertaggia	Italy	Footwork Racing International	Lola	Mugen Honda	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
	Christian Danner	West Germany	Leyton House Racing	Leyton House	Mugen Honda	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	4
16	Johnny Herbert	United Kingdom	Team LeMans	Reynard	Mugen Honda	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	3
	Takuya Kurosawa	Japan	Team LeMans	Reynard	Mugen Honda	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	3
	Osamu Nakako	Japan	Nakajima Racing	Lola	Mugen Honda	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3
19	Masahiko Kageyama	Japan	Stellar International	Lola	Mugen Honda	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Hideki Okada	Japan	Motor Sport Development	Leyton House	Cosworth	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1

Complete Overview

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

Place	Name	Country	Team	Chassis	Engine
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
-	Koji 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	-	-
-	Shunji 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