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1989 480 km of Suzuka

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Layout of the Suzuka International Racing Course (1987-2002)

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

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

Statistics

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  • 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

References

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  • "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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