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1990 International Formula 3000 Championship

Motor racing competition

1990 Japanese Formula 3000 Championship 1990 British Formula 3000 Championship The 1990 International Formula 3000 Championship was a motor racing competition organised by the FIA for Formula 3000 cars. It was the sixth running of an FIA Formula 3000 Championship.

Season summary

The season began on a damp Donington Park track. On the second lap, Allan McNish and Emanuele Naspetti collided on the straight before the Esses. McNish's car went over the concrete wall, and its engine broke away and killed a spectator. Meanwhile, the race continued uninterrupted and several drivers, including polesitter Andrea Montermini, spun off in the damp conditions. McNish's DAMS Lola teammate Érik Comas took the victory.

At the next round at Silverstone, Damon Hill overtook the two DAMS cars at the start, but suffered the same rear tire failure that had earlier claimed his teammate Gary Brabham. McNish took an emotional win just one week after his Donington crash.

The third round at Pau had to be restarted twice after accidents caused traffic jams on the narrow streets. Marco Apicella took a commanding lead, but slid off into a tire barrier, leaving Eric van de Poele to take the win. Érik Comas won the next round at Jerez, with Apicella coming second. Comas won at Monza as well, this time pursued by Eddie Irvine.

At Enna, a dusty track surface was exacerbated by the rubber “marbles” that resulted from the wearing tires. Many of the favorites spun out of the race, and Gianni Morbidelli won despite a spin of his own. Eddie Irvine managed to come in fourth with a broken front wing, having been off the track at least three times. Irvine won from Apicella at Hockenheim after polesitter Hill had spun off early.

Allan McNish won on a drying Brands Hatch track as the series returned to England. Van de Poele took his second win of the year at the Birmingham Superprix, a race in which Fabrizio Barbazza walked away from a spectacular accident. On the Bugatti Circuit at Le Mans, championship leader Comas led away. He was challenged by Philippe Gache, who put in a surprising drive in a year-old Lola before retiring. Comas won the race and clinched the title. Van de Poele won in the wet at Nogaro to take second in the championship. The final round, scheduled to be held at Dijon-Prenois was cancelled. An official statement cited the Gulf crisis and French talks on tobacco sponsorship as the reasons behind the cancellation.

Teams and drivers

Team	Chassis	Engine	No.	Driver	Rounds
GBR Eddie Jordan Racing	Reynard	Mugen Honda	1	ITA Emanuele Naspetti	1-3, 5-10
ITA Vincenzo Sospiri	4, 11
2	GBR Eddie Irvine	All
3	DEU Heinz-Harald Frentzen	All
ITA First Racing	Reynard	Mugen Honda	4	ITA Fabrizio Giovanardi	All
5	ITA Marco Apicella	All
6	CHE Jean-Denis Délétraz	1-5
BRA Marco Greco	10-11
GBR GA Motorsport	Reynard	Ford Cosworth	8	BEL Eric van de Poele	All
9	MEX Giovanni Aloi	1-4
DEU Otto Rensing	5
BRA Marco Greco	6-8
ITA Vittorio Zoboli	10-11
44	FRA Thierry Delubac	10-11
GBR Paul Stewart Racing	Lola	Mugen Honda	10	CAN John Jones	All
11	CHE Andrea Chiesa	All
GBR Leyton House Racing	Leyton House	Ford Cosworth	12	GBR Andrew Gilbert-Scott	1-7
GBR Paul Warwick	8-11
13	CHE Philippe Favre	8-11
FRA Galaxy Racing	Lola	Ford Cosworth	14	FRA Thierry Delubac	1-5
15	FRA Franck Fréon	1-5
FRA Philippe Gache	10-11
GBR Madgwick International	Reynard	Mugen Honda	16	ITA Andrea Montermini	All
17	FRA Jean-Marc Gounon	All
Ford Cosworth	43	PRT Pedro Chaves	8-11
GBR CoBRa Motorsports	Reynard	Mugen Honda	18	DEU Michael Bartels	All
19	GBR Richard Dean	1-5
ITA Giovanna Amati	6-10
CHE Alain Menu	11
GBR Pacific Racing	Lola	Mugen Honda	24	CAN Stéphane Proulx	All
25	BRA Marco Greco	1-2
CAN Claude Bourbonnais	10-11
FRA DAMS	Lola	Mugen Honda	26	FRA Érik Comas	All
33	GBR Allan McNish	All
GBR Middlebridge Racing	Lola	Ford Cosworth	27	AUS Gary Brabham	2-11
28	GBR Damon Hill	All
GBR Roni Motorsport	Reynard	Ford Cosworth	31	ITA Antonio Tamburini	All
32	ITA Giovanna Amati	1-5
GBR Becsport	Lola	Mugen Honda	32	ITA Paolo Delle Piane	6-11
34	ITA Giovanni Bonanno	1-4
ITA Domenico Gitto	6-7
GBR Superpower	Reynard	Mugen Honda	35	GBR Phil Andrews	All
36	FRA Paul Belmondo	All
ITA Crypton Engineering	Leyton House	Ford Cosworth	37	ITA Fabrizio Barbazza	All
AUT RSM Marko	Lola	Ford Cosworth	39	AUT Karl Wendlinger	1-2, 4–9, 11
DEU Ellen Lohr	10
FRA Apomatox	Reynard	Ford Cosworth	40	FRA Philippe Gache	1-7
GBR Andrew Gilbert-Scott	8-11
41	FRA Didier Artzet	1-7, 9
FRA Franck Fréon	10-11
ITA Forti Corse	Lola	Ford Cosworth	42	ITA Gianni Morbidelli	All
Sources:

Calendar

Round	Race	Circuit	Date	Laps	Distance	Time	Speed	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winner	1	2	3	4	5
nowrap	Donington 200 Gold Cup	nowrap	GBR Donington Park	nowrap	22 April	50	4.023=201.150 km	1'12:15.34	167.03 km/h	nowrap	ITA Andrea Montermini	nowrap	CAN Stéphane Proulx	nowrap	FRA Érik Comas
nowrap	International Trophy	nowrap	GBR Silverstone Circuit	nowrap	19 May	41	4.778=196.308 km	0'54:23.20	214.59 km/h	nowrap	GBR Allan McNish	nowrap	GBR Allan McNish	nowrap	GBR Allan McNish
nowrap	Grand Prix de Pau	nowrap	FRA Pau Grand Prix	nowrap	4 June	69	2.76=190.44 km	1'24:18.72	135.532 km/h	nowrap	FRA Érik Comas	nowrap	ITA Marco Apicella	nowrap	BEL Eric van de Poele
nowrap	Jerez F3000	nowrap	ESP Circuito de Jerez	nowrap	17 June	48	4.2179=202.459 km	1'18:07.02	155.49 km/h	nowrap	FRA Érik Comas	nowrap	FRA Érik Comas	nowrap	FRA Érik Comas
nowrap	Monza F3000	nowrap	ITA Autodromo Nazionale Monza	nowrap	24 June	34	5.8=197.2 km	0'55:19.12	213.75 km/h	nowrap	GBR Damon Hill	nowrap	GBR Damon Hill	nowrap	FRA Érik Comas
nowrap	Grand Premio del Mediterraneo	nowrap	ITA Autodromo di Pergusa	nowrap	22 July	36	4.95=178.200 km	0'55:27.219	192.80 km/h	nowrap	GBR Damon Hill	nowrap	GBR Damon Hill	nowrap	ITA Gianni Morbidelli
nowrap	Hockenheim F3000	nowrap	FRG Hockenheimring	nowrap	28 July	29	6.797=197.113 km	0'58:14.604	202.95 km/h	nowrap	GBR Damon Hill	nowrap	ITA Marco Apicella	nowrap	GBR Eddie Irvine
nowrap	Brands Hatch F3000	nowrap	GBR Brands Hatch	nowrap	19 August	48	4.1846=200.861 km	1'09:09.68	174.23 km/h	nowrap	GBR Eddie Irvine	nowrap	FRG Michael Bartels	nowrap	GBR Allan McNish
nowrap	Halfords Birmingham Superprix	nowrap	GBR Birmingham	nowrap	27 August	51	3.975=202.725 km	1'11:47.02	169.45 km/h	nowrap	ITA Marco Apicella	nowrap	ITA Marco Apicella	nowrap	BEL Eric van de Poele
nowrap	Le Mans F3000	nowrap	FRA Bugatti Circuit	nowrap	23 September	45	4.426=199.170 km	1'11:41.65	166.85 km/h	nowrap	FRA Érik Comas	nowrap	FRA Philippe Gache	nowrap	FRA Érik Comas
nowrap	Grand Prix de Nogaro	nowrap	FRA Circuit Paul Armagnac	nowrap	7 October	55	3.625=199.375 km	1'20:27.81	148.670 km/h	nowrap	ITA Gianni Morbidelli	nowrap	FRA Érik Comas	nowrap	BEL Eric van de Poele
	nowrap	Dijon F3000	nowrap	FRA Dijon-Prenois	nowrap	21 October	Cancelled
Source:

Final points standings

Driver

In each championship round, 9 points were awarded to the winning driver, 6 to the runner up, 4 for third place, 3 for fourth place, 2 for fifth place and 1 for sixth place. No additional points were awarded.

Pos	Driver	DON
GBR	SIL
GBR	PAU
FRA	JER
ESP	MNZ
ITA	PER
ITA	HOC
FRG	BRH
GBR	BIR
GBR	BUG
FRA	NOG
FRA	Points	1	51	2	30	3	27	4	26	5	20	6	20	7	18	8	13	9	11	10	10	11	8	12	7	13	6	14	6	15	4	16	3	17	3	18	3	19	2	20	2	21	2	22	1	23	1	24	1	25	0	26	0	27	0	28	0	29	0	30	0	31	0	32	0	33	0	34	0	35	0	36	0	37	0
FRA Érik Comas	1	2	Ret	*1*	1	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	1	2
BEL Eric van de Poele	6	5	1	9	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	1	10	1
GBR Eddie Irvine	Ret	6	Ret	DNS	2	4	1	3	Ret	3	Ret
GBR Allan McNish	Ret	*1*	6†	16	6	2	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	8
ITA Gianni Morbidelli	8	Ret	3	Ret	4	1	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	3
ITA Marco Apicella	13	3	Ret	2	5	Ret	2	*DSQ*	Ret	Ret	5
CHE Andrea Chiesa	2	Ret	Ret	5	7	Ret	Ret	5	2	5	Ret
ITA Andrea Montermini	Ret	4	Ret	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	2	Ret
FRA Jean-Marc Gounon	Ret	13	DNQ	Ret	Ret	DSQ	3	6	4	4	Ret
ITA Fabrizio Giovanardi	Ret	Ret	2	6	10	6	7	Ret	5	Ret	Ret
AUS Gary Brabham		Ret	DNQ	12	3	3	14†	8	DNQ	8	11
CAN John Jones	3	11	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	11	9	DNQ
GBR Damon Hill	DNQ	Ret	Ret	7	11	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	Ret	10
ITA Antonio Tamburini	4	9	Ret	13	8	8	DNQ	Ret	Ret	16	4
FRA Didier Artzet	DNQ	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	Ret	8		3
ITA Fabrizio Barbazza	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	18
PRT Pedro Chaves								4	Ret	DNQ	14
DEU Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Ret	Ret	Ret	17	Ret	5	6	7	Ret	Ret	DNQ
GBR Richard Dean	5	7	Ret	Ret	Ret
FRA Franck Fréon	DNQ	DNQ	5†	DNQ	DNQ					14	16
AUT Karl Wendlinger	DNQ	14		DNQ	Ret	Ret	5	DNQ	10		9
DEU Michael Bartels	11	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	11	Ret	13	6
ITA Emanuele Naspetti	Ret	10	Ret		Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	DNQ
FRA Paul Belmondo	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	Ret	DNQ	11	Ret	Ret	6	Ret
GBR Andrew Gilbert-Scott	Ret	12	DNQ	10	Ret	Ret	13	10	7	11	13
CAN Stéphane Proulx	12	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	7
SUI Jean-Denis Délétraz	7	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	Ret
ITA Giovanni Bonanno	10	8	DNQ	Ret				9	DNQ
GBR Paul Warwick								Ret	8	DNS	15
ITA Vincenzo Sospiri				8							DNQ
FRA Philippe Gache	9	DNQ	Ret	14	Ret	Ret	Ret			Ret	Ret
GBR Phil Andrews	14	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	12	Ret	Ret	12	19
SUI Philippe Favre								12	DNS	15	DNQ
SUI Alain Menu											12
MEX Giovanni Aloi	Ret	15	DNQ	15
ITA Giovanna Amati	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	15	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
FRA Thierry Delubac	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ					17	17
ITA Paolo Delle Piane						DNQ	Ret	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
ITA Domenico Gitto						Ret	Ret
BRA Marco Greco	DNQ	DNQ				Ret	DNQ	DNQ		DNQ	DNQ
CAN Claude Bourbonnais										DNQ	DNQ
ITA Vittorio Zoboli										DNQ	DNQ
DEU Otto Rensing					DNQ
DEU Ellen Lohr										DNQ
Sources:

Complete Overview

first column of every race	10	= grid position

second column of every race	10	= race result

R6=retired, but classified R=retired NS=did not start NQ=did not qualify DIS(3)=disqualified after finishing in third position

DON
GBR	SIL
GBR	PAU
FRA	JER
ESP	MNZ
ITA	PER
ITA	HOC
FRG	BRH
GBR	BIR
GBR	BUG
FRA	NOG
FRA
Place	Name	Team	Chassis	Engine
1	FRA Érik Comas	DAMS	Lola	Mugen Honda	2	1	2	2	1	R
2	BEL Eric van de Poele	GA Motorsports	Reynard	Ford Cosworth	4	6	17	5	5	1
3	GBR Eddie Irvine	Jordan Racing	Reynard	Mugen Honda	15	R	8	6	15	R
4	GBR Allan McNish	DAMS	Lola	Mugen Honda	5	R	1	1	6	R6
5	ITA Gianni Morbidelli	Forti Corse	Lola	Ford Cosworth	14	8	26	R	17	3
6	ITA Marco Apicella	First Racing	Reynard	Mugen Honda	3	13	6	3	3	R
7	CHE Andrea Chiesa	Paul Stewart Racing	Lola	Mugen Honda	6	2	5	R	16	R
8	ITA Andrea Montermini	Madgwick International	Reynard	Mugen Honda	1	R	9	4	19	R
9	FRA Jean-Marc Gounon	Madgwick International	Reynard	Mugen Honda	9	R	23	13	24	NQ
10	ITA Fabrizio Giovanardi	First Racing	Reynard	Mugen Honda	16	R	10	R	2	2
11	AUS Gary Brabham	Middlebridge	Lola	Ford Cosworth	-	-	12	R	28	NQ
12	CAN John Jones	Paul Stewart Racing	Lola	Mugen Honda	7	3	20	11	9	4
13	GBR Damon Hill	Middlebridge	Lola	Ford Cosworth	28	NQ	3	R	13	R
14	ITA Antonio Tamburini	Roni Motorsport	Reynard	Ford Cosworth	11	4	7	9	4	R
15	FRA Didier Artzet	Apomatox	Reynard	Ford Cosworth	29	NQ	21	R	8	R
16	ITA Fabrizio Barbazza	Crypton Engineering	Leyton House	Ford Cosworth	13	R	14	R	14	R
	PRT Pedro Chaves	Madgwick International	Reynard	Ford Cosworth	-	-	-	-	-	-
18	DEU Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan Racing	Reynard	Mugen Honda	8	R	16	R	10	R
19	GBR Richard Dean	CoBRa Motorsports	Reynard	Mugen Honda	18	5	11	7	20	R
	FRA Franck Fréon	Galaxy Racing	Lola	Ford Cosworth	30	NQ	29	NQ	12	R5
Apomatox	Reynard	Ford Cosworth
	AUT Karl Wendlinger	RSM Marko	Lola	Ford Cosworth	32	NQ	19	14	-	-
22	ITA Emanuele Naspetti	Jordan Racing	Reynard	Mugen Honda	17	R	13	10	22	R
	FRA Paul Belmondo	Superpower	Reynard	Mugen Honda	23	R	32	NQ	31	NQ
	DEU Michael Bartels	CoBRa Motorsports	Reynard	Mugen Honda	12	11	22	R	7	R
-	GBR Andrew Gilbert-Scott	Leyton House Racing	Leyton House	Ford Cosworth	19	R	25	12	25	NQ
Apomatox	Reynard	Ford Cosworth
-	CAN Stéphane Proulx	Pacific Racing	Lola	Mugen Honda	10	12	4	R	11	R
-	CHE Jean-Denis Délétraz	First Racing	Reynard	Ford Cosworth	21	7	31	NQ	18	R
-	ITA Giovanni Bonanno	Becsport	Lola	Mugen Honda	22	10	15	8	29	NQ
-	GBR Paul Warwick	Leyton House Racing	Leyton House	Ford Cosworth	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	ITA Vincenzo Sospiri	Jordan Racing	Reynard	Mugen Honda	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	FRA Philippe Gache	Apomatox	Reynard	Ford Cosworth	20	9	27	NQ	21	R
Galaxy Racing	Lola	Ford Cosworth
-	GBR Phil Andrews	Superpower	Reynard	Mugen Honda	25	14	18	R	30	NQ
-	CHE Philippe Favre	Leyton House Racing	Leyton House	Ford Cosworth	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	CHE Alain Menu	CoBRa Motorsports	Reynard	Mugen Honda	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	MEX Giovanni Aloi	GA Motorsports	Reynard	Ford Cosworth	24	R	24	15	26	NQ
-	ITA Giovanna Amati	Roni Motorsport	Reynard	Ford Cosworth	26	R	33	NQ	27	NQ
CoBRa Motorsports	Reynard	Mugen Honda
-	FRA Thierry Delubac	Galaxy Racing	Lola	Ford Cosworth	31	NQ	30	NQ	23	NQ
GA Motorsports	Reynard	Ford Cosworth
-	ITA Paolo Delle Piane	Roni Motorsport	Reynard	Ford Cosworth	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	ITA Domenico Gitto	Becsport	Lola	Mugen Honda	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	BRA Marco Greco	Pacific Racing	Lola	Mugen Honda	27	NQ	28	NQ	-	-
GA Motorsports	Reynard	Ford Cosworth
First Racing	Reynard	Ford Cosworth
-	CAN Claude Bourbonnais	Pacific Racing	Lola	Mugen Honda	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	ITA Vittorio Zoboli	GA Motorsport	Reynard	Ford Cosworth	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	DEU Otto Rensing	Becsport	Reynard	Ford Cosworth	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	DEU Ellen Lohr	RSM Marko	Lola	Ford Cosworth	-	-	-	-	-	-

References

Dijon F3000 cancelled, Autosport, 18 October 1990, page 10
"FIA Formula 3000 Int. Championship - 1990-: Entrylist". Speedsport Magazine.
"F3000 International Championship Entry List 1990". Motorsport Stats.
Peter Higham, The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing, 1995, pages 241-242
"F3000 International Championship Results 1990". Motorsport Stats.
"FIA Formula 3000 Int. Championship - Season 1990: Points standings". Speedsport Magazine.
"F3000 International Championship Standings 1990". Motorsport Stats.
"FIA Formula 3000 Int. Championship - Season 1990: Results". Speedsport Magazine.
"1990 FIA International F3000 Championship". [[Motor Sport (magazine).

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