1990 in motorsport

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, births and deaths of racing drivers and other motorsport people.

List of years in motorsport
In sports
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993

Annual events

The calendar includes only annual major non-championship events or annual events that had own 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]
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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. 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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