1990 in motorsport

Overview of the events of 1990 in motorsport
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The following is an overview of the events of 1990 in motorsport including the major racing events, motorsport venues that were opened and closed during a year, championships and non-championship events that were established and disestablished in a year, and births and deaths of racing drivers and other motorsport people.

Annual events

The calendar includes only annual major non-championship events or annual events that had significance separate from the championship. For the dates of the championship events see related season articles.

Date Event Ref
25 December-16 January 12th Dakar Rally [1]
3–4 February 28th 24 Hours of Daytona [2]
18 February 32nd Daytona 500 [3]
27 May 48th Monaco Grand Prix [4]
27 May 74th Indianapolis 500 [5]
28 May-8 June 73rd Isle of Man TT [6]
16–17 June 58th 24 Hours of Le Mans [7]
16–17 June 18th 24 Hours of Nurburgring [8]
21–22 July 42nd 24 Hours of Spa [9]
29 July 13th Suzuka 8 Hours [10]
30 September 31st Tooheys 1000 [11]
25 November 37th Macau Grand Prix [12]
8–9 December 3rd Race of Champions [13]

Births

Date Month Name Nationality Occupation Note Ref
2 January Karel Abraham Czech Motorcycle racer MotoGP competitor [14]
25 April Jean-Éric Vergne French Racing driver FIA Formula E Championship winner (2017-18). [15]
9 July Earl Bamber New Zealand Racing driver 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (2015, 2017). FIA World Endurance champion (2017). [16]

Deaths

Date Month Name Age Nationality Occupation Note Ref
26 January Bob Gerard 76 British Racing driver One of the first British Formula One drivers. [17]
24 May Dries van der Lof 70 Dutch Racing driver One of the first Dutch Formula One drivers. [18]
25 August David Hampshire 72 British Racing driver One of the first British Formula One drivers. [19]

See also

References

  1. ^ "1990 Dakar Rally" (PDF). rssp.eu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  2. ^ "Daytona 24 Hours 1990 - Racing Sports Cars". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  3. ^ "1990 Daytona 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  4. ^ "1990 Grand Prix of Monaco". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  5. ^ "1990 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  6. ^ "TT 1990". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  7. ^ "Le Mans Register - 1990". formula2.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  8. ^ "Freunde der Nordschleife - 1990". veedol-freunde-der-nordschleife.de. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  9. ^ "24 h Spa-Francorchamps". touringcarracing.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  10. ^ "Suzuka 8 Hours 1990 results". Moto Racing JAPAN. Archived from the original on 15 March 2011. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  11. ^ "1990 Bathurst 1000". Unique Cars & Parts. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  12. ^ "1990 Macau Grand Prix". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  13. ^ "1990 Barcelona". roc.com. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  14. ^ "Abraham and Brookes join WorldSBK with BMW". Superbike World Championship. Dorna WSBK. 2 December 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  15. ^ "Jean-Éric Vergne". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  16. ^ "Earl Bamber". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  17. ^ "Bob Gerard". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  18. ^ "Dries van der Lof". motorsportmagazine.com. Motorsport Magazine. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  19. ^ "David Hampshire". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 15 April 2018.

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