90 January 29 & 30 - Bernd Schneider test Zakspeed 891B-Yamaha V8 @ Paul Ricard

On January 29 & 30, 1990, Zakspeed F1 team did their last F1 test session with driver Bernd Schneider driving a 891B with a Yamaha V8 engine. As the team had lost their title sponsor ’West’ at the end of 89 season, they started 1990 with testing at Estoril from January 11 to 14, but having not find a new sponsor before the FIA entry deadline on January 31, they decide to withdrew from the championship. According to () here’s the result from the Paul Ricard test which started on January 26: 1. Eric Bernard (Larrousse) 1’08″86 – 86 laps 2. Philippe Alliot (Ligier) 1’09″10 3. Aguri Suzuki (Larrousse) 1’09″77 – 125 laps 4. Stefano Modena (Brabham) 1’10″30 5. Bernd Schneider (Zakspeed) 1’14″40 – 20 laps