1990 in motorsport

Overview of the events of 1990 in motorsport

Years in motorsport

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1990 in sports

* Air sports
* American football
* Aquatic sports
* Association football
* Athletics
* Australian rules football
* Badminton
* Baseball
* Basketball
* Canadian football
* Chess
* Climbing
* Combat sports
* Sumo
* Cricket
* 1989–90
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* Cycling
* Dance sports
* Darts
* Equestrianism
* Esports
* Field hockey
* Flying disc
* Golf
* Gymnastics
* Handball
* Ice hockey
* Ice sports
* Korfball
* Lumberjack sports
* Mind sports
* Modern pentathlon
* Motorsport
* Orienteering
* Paralympic sports
* Precision sports
* Shooting
* Racquetball
* Roller sports
* Sailing
* Skiing
* Speedway
* Rugby league‎
* Rugby union
* Snooker
* 1989–90
* 1990–91
* Strength sports
* Weightlifting
* Squash
* Table tennis
* Tennis
* Triathlon
* Volleyball

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

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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

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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

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Date  | Month  | Name  | Nationality  | Occupation  | Note  | Ref

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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

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Date  | Month  | Name  | Age  | Nationality  | Occupation  | Note  | Ref

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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

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* List of 1990 motorsport champions

## References

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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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