1989 480km of Suzuka

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The 1989 480km of Suzuka was the first round of the 1989 World Sportscar Championship season. It took place at Suzuka Circuit, Japan on April 9, 1989.

[edit] Official results

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps
Engine
1 C1 61 Flag of Germany Team Sauber Mercedes Flag of France Jean-Louis Schlesser
Flag of Italy Mauro Baldi
Sauber C9 M 82
Mercedes-Benz M119 5.0L Turbo V8
2 C1 62 Flag of Germany Team Sauber Mercedes Flag of the United Kingdom Kenny Acheson Sauber C9 M 82
Mercedes-Benz M119 5.0L V8
3 C1 7 Flag of Germany Joest Racing Flag of Germany Frank Jelinski
Flag of France Bob Wollek
Porsche 962C G 82
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
4 C1 23 Flag of Japan Nissan Motorsports International Flag of Japan Toshio Suzuki
Flag of Japan Kazuyoshi Hoshino
Nissan R88C D 81
Nissan VRH30 3.0L Turbo V8
5 C1 2 Flag of the United Kingdom Silk Cut Jaguar Flag of Denmark John Nielsen
Flag of the United Kingdom Andy Wallace
Jaguar XJR-9 D 81
Jaguar 7.0L V12
6 C1 36 Flag of Japan Toyota Team Tom's Flag of Italy Paolo Barilla
Flag of Japan Hitoshi Ogawa
Toyota 89C-V B 81
Toyota R32V 3.2L Turbo V8
7 C1 34 Flag of France Porsche Alméras Montpellier
Flag of Japan Advan Team Alpha
Flag of Japan Kunimitsu Takahashi
Flag of Sweden Stanley Dickens
Porsche 962C G 81
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
8 C1 16 Flag of Switzerland Repsol Brun Motorsport Flag of Argentina Oscar Larrauri
Flag of Brazil Maurizio Sandro Sala
Porsche 962C Y 81
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
9 C1 11 Flag of Germany Porsche Kremer Racing
Flag of Japan Leyton House Racing
Flag of Japan Masanori Sekiya
Flag of Japan Hideki Okada
Porsche 962CK6 Y 81
Porsche Type-935 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
10 C1 72 Flag of Germany Obermaier Primagaz
Flag of Japan From-A Racing
Flag of Germany Harald Grohs
Flag of Japan Akihiko Nakaya
Porsche 962C G 81
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
11 C1 24 Flag of Japan Nissan Motorsports International Flag of Japan Masahiro Hasemi
Flag of Sweden Anders Olofsson
Nissan R88C D 81
Nissan Nissan VRH30 3.0L Turbo V8
12 C1 55 Flag of the United Kingdom Team Davey
Flag of Japan Omron Racing Team
Flag of Australia Vern Schuppan
Flag of Sweden Eje Elgh
Porsche 962C D 80
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
13 C1 100 Flag of the United Kingdom Richard Lloyd Racing
Flag of Japan Trust Racing Team
Flag of Sweden Steven Andskär
Flag of South Africa George Fouché
Porsche 962C GTi G 79
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
14 C1 13 Flag of France Courage Compétition Flag of France Pascal Fabre
Flag of Italy Alessandro Santin
Cougar C22S G 79
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
15 C1 17 Flag of Germany Dauer Racing Flag of Germany Jochen Dauer
Flag of Austria Franz Konrad
Porsche 962C G 78
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
16 C1 40 Flag of Switzerland Swiss Team Salamin
Flag of Japan Advan Alpha Tomei
Flag of Japan Kazou Mogi
Flag of Japan Kenji Takahashi
Porsche 962C G 78
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
17 GTP 201 Flag of Japan Mazdaspeed Flag of Japan Takashi Yorino
Flag of Japan Tetsuya Ota
Mazda 767 D 77
Mazda 13J 2.6L 4-Rotor
18 C1 6 Flag of Switzerland Repsol Brun Motorsport Flag of Switzerland Walter Brun
Flag of Spain Jésus Pareja
Porsche 962C Y 77
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
19 C1 14 Flag of the United Kingdom Richard Lloyd Racing Flag of the United Kingdom Tiff Needell
Flag of the United Kingdom Derek Bell
Porsche 962C GTi G 76
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
20 C1 37 Flag of Japan Toyota Team Tom's Flag of the United Kingdom Geoff Lees
Flag of Japan Johnny Dumfries
Toyota 89C-V B 75
Toyota R32V 3.2L Turbo V8
21 C1 85 Flag of Japan Nissan Motorsports International
Flag of Japan Cabin Racing Team with Le Mans
Flag of Japan Takao Wada
Flag of Japan Akio Morimoto
Nissan R88V D 74
Nissan VG30 3.0L Turbo V6
22 C1 20 Flag of the United Kingdom Team Davey Flag of the United Kingdom Tim Lee-Davey
Flag of Germany Jürgen Barth
Porsche 962C D 71
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
23 C2 101 Flag of the United Kingdom Chamberlain Engineering Flag of Spain Fermín Velez
Flag of the United Kingdom Nick Adams
Spice SE86C G 63
Hart 418T 1.9L Turbo I4
24 C1 50 Flag of Japan Toyota Team Tom's
Flag of Japan SARD
Flag of Austria Roland Ratzenberger
Flag of Japan Keiichi Suzuki
Toyota 89C-V B 62
Toyota R32V 3.2L Turbo V8
25
DSQ
C2 108 Flag of the United Kingdom Roy Baker Racing Flag of the United Kingdom John Sheldon
Flag of Sweden Lief Lindström
Tiga GC289 G 47
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
26
DNF
C1 1 Flag of the United Kingdom Silk Cut Jaguar Flag of the Netherlands Jan Lammers
Flag of France Patrick Tambay
Jaguar XJR-9 D 80
Jaguar 7.0L V12
27
DNF
C1 22 Flag of the United Kingdom Spice Engineering Flag of South Africa Wayne Taylor
Flag of Denmark Thorkild Thyrring
Spice SE89C G 32
Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8
28
DNF
C1 5 Flag of Switzerland Repsol Brun Motorsport Flag of Norway Harald Huysman
Flag of Finland Jura Varjosaari
Porsche 962C Y 23
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
29
DNF
C1 10 Flag of Germany Porsche Kremer Racing Flag of Italy Bruno Giacomelli
Flag of Italy Giovanni Lavaggi
Porsche 962CK6 Y 16
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
30
DNF
C1 8 Flag of Germany Joest Racing Flag of France Jean-Louis Ricci
Flag of France Claude Ballot-Léna
Porsche 962C G 15
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
31
DNF
C2 107 Flag of the United Kingdom Tiga Racing Team Flag of Finland Jari Nurminen
Flag of Italy Luigi Taverna
Tiga GC289 G 11
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
32
DNF
C1 21 Flag of the United Kingdom Spice Engineering Flag of Chile Eliseo Salazar
Flag of the United Kingdom Ray Bellm
Spice SE89C G 5
Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8
33
DNF
GTP 202 Flag of Japan Mazdaspeed Flag of Japan Yoshimi Katayama
Flag of Japan Yojiro Terada
Mazda 767B D 4
Mazda 13J 2.6L 4-Rotor
34
DNF
C2 103 Flag of France France Prototeam Flag of Italy Almo Coppelli
Flag of Switzerland Bernard Thuner
Spice SE88C G 3
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
DNS C1 26 Flag of France France Prototeam Flag of France Alain Ferté
Flag of France Henri Pescarolo
Spice SE88C G -
Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8
DNQ C1 29 Flag of Italy Mussato Action Car Flag of Italy Franco Scapini
Flag of Italy Gianfranco Tacchino
Lancia LC2 D -
Ferrari 308C 3.0L Turbo V8

† - The #108 Roy Baker Racing entry was disqualified after the race for receiving assistance at the race start.

[edit] Statistics

  • Pole position - #37 Toyota Team Tom's - 1:50.635
  • Fastest lap - #1 Silk Cut Jaguar - 1:57.549
  • Average speed - 170.596 km/h

[edit] References


World Sportscar Championship
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1989 480km of Dijon