1989 480 km of Suzuka

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

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 Team Sauber Mercedes Jean-Louis Schlesser
Mauro Baldi
Sauber C9 M 82
Mercedes-Benz M119 5.0L Turbo V8
2 C1 62 Team Sauber Mercedes Kenny Acheson Sauber C9 M 82
Mercedes-Benz M119 5.0L Turbo V8
3 C1 7 Joest Racing Frank Jelinski
Bob Wollek
Porsche 962C G 82
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
4 C1 23 Nissan Motorsports International Toshio Suzuki
Kazuyoshi Hoshino
Nissan R88C D 81
Nissan VRH30 3.0L Turbo V8
5 C1 2 Silk Cut Jaguar John Nielsen
Andy Wallace
Jaguar XJR-9 D 81
Jaguar 7.0L V12
6 C1 36 Toyota Team Tom's Paolo Barilla
Hitoshi Ogawa
Toyota 89C-V B 81
Toyota R32V 3.2L Turbo V8
7 C1 34 Porsche Alméras Montpellier
Advan Team Alpha
Kunimitsu Takahashi
Stanley Dickens
Porsche 962C G 81
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
8 C1 16 Repsol Brun Motorsport Oscar Larrauri
Maurizio Sandro Sala
Porsche 962C Y 81
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
9 C1 11 Porsche Kremer Racing
Leyton House Racing
Masanori Sekiya
Hideki Okada
Porsche 962CK6 Y 81
Porsche Type-935 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
10 C1 72 Obermaier Primagaz
From-A Racing
Harald Grohs
Akihiko Nakaya
Porsche 962C G 81
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
11 C1 24 Nissan Motorsports International Masahiro Hasemi
Anders Olofsson
Nissan R88C D 81
Nissan VRH30 3.0L Turbo V8
12 C1 55 Team Davey
Omron Racing Team
Vern Schuppan
Eje Elgh
Porsche 962C D 80
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
13 C1 100 Richard Lloyd Racing
Trust Racing Team
Steven Andskär
George Fouché
Porsche 962C GTi G 79
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
14 C1 13 Courage Compétition Pascal Fabre
Alessandro Santin
Cougar C22S G 79
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
15 C1 17 Dauer Racing Jochen Dauer
Franz Konrad
Porsche 962C G 78
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
16 C1 40 Swiss Team Salamin
Advan Alpha Tomei
Kazou Mogi
Kenji Takahashi
Porsche 962C G 78
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
17 GTP 201 Mazdaspeed Takashi Yorino
Tetsuya Ota
Mazda 767 D 77
Mazda 13J 2.6L 4-Rotor
18 C1 6 Repsol Brun Motorsport Walter Brun
Jesús Pareja
Porsche 962C Y 77
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
19 C1 14 Richard Lloyd Racing Tiff Needell
Derek Bell
Porsche 962C GTi G 76
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
20 C1 37 Toyota Team Tom's Geoff Lees
Johnny Dumfries
Toyota 89C-V B 75
Toyota R32V 3.2L Turbo V8
21 C1 85 Nissan Motorsports International
Cabin Racing Team with Le Mans
Takao Wada
Akio Morimoto
Nissan R88V D 74
Nissan VG30 3.0L Turbo V6
22 C1 20 Team Davey Tim Lee-Davey
Jürgen Barth
Porsche 962C D 71
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
23 C2 101 Chamberlain Engineering Fermín Velez
Nick Adams
Spice SE86C G 63
Hart 418T 1.9L Turbo I4
24 C1 50 Toyota Team Tom's
SARD
Roland Ratzenberger
Keiichi Suzuki
Toyota 89C-V B 62
Toyota R32V 3.2L Turbo V8
25
DSQ
C2 108 Roy Baker Racing John Sheldon
Leif Lindström
Tiga GC289 G 47
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
26
DNF
C1 1 Silk Cut Jaguar Jan Lammers
Patrick Tambay
Jaguar XJR-9 D 80
Jaguar 7.0L V12
27
DNF
C1 22 Spice Engineering Wayne Taylor
Thorkild Thyrring
Spice SE89C G 32
Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8
28
DNF
C1 5 Repsol Brun Motorsport Harald Huysman
Juha Varjosaari
Porsche 962C Y 23
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
29
DNF
C1 10 Porsche Kremer Racing Bruno Giacomelli
Giovanni Lavaggi
Porsche 962CK6 Y 16
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
30
DNF
C1 8 Joest Racing Jean-Louis Ricci
Claude Ballot-Léna
Porsche 962C G 15
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
31
DNF
C2 107 Tiga Racing Team Jari Nurminen
Luigi Taverna
Tiga GC289 G 11
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
32
DNF
C1 21 Spice Engineering Eliseo Salazar
Ray Bellm
Spice SE89C G 5
Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8
33
DNF
GTP 202 Mazdaspeed Yoshimi Katayama
Yojiro Terada
Mazda 767B D 4
Mazda 13J 2.6L 4-Rotor
34
DNF
C2 103 France Prototeam Almo Coppelli
Bernard Thuner
Spice SE88C G 3
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
DNS C1 26 France Prototeam Alain Ferté
Henri Pescarolo
Spice SE88C G -
Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8
DNQ C1 29 Mussato Action Car Franco Scapini
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.

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
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References

  • "480 km Suzuka". World Sports Racing Prototypes. 2 October 2005. Archived from the original on 27 October 2007. Retrieved 2008-02-18.
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