1989 480 km of Mexico explained

The 1989 Trofeo Hermanos Rodríguez was the eighth and final round of the 1989 World Sportscar Championship season. It took place at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico on October 29, 1989.

During qualifying, Patrick Tambay's Jaguar came in contact with Antoine Salamin's Porsche on the front stretch, causing the Porsche to make heavy contact with the pit wall. Tambay was fined US$15,000 for the incident. Along with Salamin, several other teams were unable to race due to damage incurred during practice and qualifying.

Sauber Mercedes teammates Mauro Baldi and Jean-Louis Schlesser were both in contention going into this final round, Baldi leading by seven points. However, spin at Turn 14 by Kenny Acheson eliminated co-driver Baldi from contention, allowing Schlesser to take the World Drivers Championship.

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
Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Engine	Tyre	Laps
1	C1	62	Team Sauber Mercedes	Jean-Louis Schlesser Jochen Mass	Sauber C9		109
1	C1	62	Team Sauber Mercedes	Jean-Louis Schlesser Jochen Mass	Mercedes-Benz M119 5.0L V8		109
2	C1	5	Repsol Brun Motorsport	Harald Huysman Oscar Larrauri	Porsche 962C		109
2	C1	5	Repsol Brun Motorsport	Harald Huysman Oscar Larrauri	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6		109
3	C1	8	Joest Racing	Henri Pescarolo Frank Jelinski	Porsche 962C		109
3	C1	8	Joest Racing	Henri Pescarolo Frank Jelinski	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6		109
4	C1	14	Richard Lloyd Racing	Tiff Needell Derek Bell	Porsche 962C GTi		108
4	C1	14	Richard Lloyd Racing	Tiff Needell Derek Bell	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6		108
5	C1	2	Silk Cut Jaguar	Alain Ferté Andy Wallace	Jaguar XJR-9		108
5	C1	2	Silk Cut Jaguar	Alain Ferté Andy Wallace	Jaguar 7.0L V12		108
6	C1	1	Silk Cut Jaguar	Jan Lammers Patrick Tambay	Jaguar XJR-9		108
6	C1	1	Silk Cut Jaguar	Jan Lammers Patrick Tambay	Jaguar 7.0L V12		108
7	C1	6	Repsol Brun Motorsport	Walter Brun Jesús Pareja	Porsche 962C		107
7	C1	6	Repsol Brun Motorsport	Walter Brun Jesús Pareja	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6		107
8	C1	18	Aston Martin Ecurie Ecosse	David Leslie Brian Redman	Aston Martin AMR1		107
8	C1	18	Aston Martin Ecurie Ecosse	David Leslie Brian Redman	Aston Martin RDP87 6.3L V8		107
9	C1	10	Porsche Kremer Racing	Manuel Reuter Franz Konrad	Porsche 962CK6		106
9	C1	10	Porsche Kremer Racing	Manuel Reuter Franz Konrad	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6		106
10	C1	22	Spice Engineering	Eliseo Salazar Thorkild Thyrring	Spice SE89C		106
10	C1	22	Spice Engineering	Eliseo Salazar Thorkild Thyrring	Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8		106
11	C1	20	Team Davey	Tim Lee-Davey Alfonso Toledano	Porsche 962C		106
11	C1	20	Team Davey	Tim Lee-Davey Alfonso Toledano	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6		106
12	C1	23	Nissan Motorsports International	Mark Blundell Julian Bailey	Nissan R89C		106
12	C1	23	Nissan Motorsports International	Mark Blundell Julian Bailey	Nissan VRH35Z 3.5L Turbo V8		106
13	GTP	201	Mazdaspeed	Pierre Dieudonné David Kennedy	Mazda 767B		105
13	GTP	201	Mazdaspeed	Pierre Dieudonné David Kennedy	Mazda 13J 2.6L 4-Rotor		105
14	C1	101	Chamberlain Engineering	Fermín Velez Nick Adams	Spice SE89C		105
14	C1	101	Chamberlain Engineering	Fermín Velez Nick Adams	Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8		105
15	C1	34	Porsche Alméras Montpellier	Jacques Alméras Jean-Marie Alméras	Porsche 962C		103
15	C1	34	Porsche Alméras Montpellier	Jacques Alméras Jean-Marie Alméras	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6		103
16	C2	171	Team Mako	Andrés Conteras Giovanni Aloi	Spice SE88C		103
16	C2	171	Team Mako	Andrés Conteras Giovanni Aloi	Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8		103
17	C2	151	Pierre-Alain Lombardi Team Essex	Carlos Guerrero Aurelio López	Spice SE88P		33
17	C2	151	Pierre-Alain Lombardi Team Essex	Carlos Guerrero Aurelio López	Buick 3.0L V6		33
18	C2	106	Porto Kaleo Team	Ranieri Randaccio Pasquale Barberio	Tiga GC288/9		103
18	C2	106	Porto Kaleo Team	Ranieri Randaccio Pasquale Barberio	Ford Cosworth 3.3L V8		103
19	C2	111	PC Automotive ADA Engineering	Richard Piper Olindo Iacobelli	Spice SE88C		102
19	C2	111	PC Automotive ADA Engineering	Richard Piper Olindo Iacobelli	Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8		102
20	C2	103	France Prototeam	Jean Messaoudi Bernard Thuner	Spice SE88C		102
20	C2	103	France Prototeam	Jean Messaoudi Bernard Thuner	Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8		102
21	C2	108	Roy Baker Racing GP Motorsport	Philippe de Henning Chris Hodgetts	Spice SE87C		100
21	C2	108	Roy Baker Racing GP Motorsport	Philippe de Henning Chris Hodgetts	Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8		100
22	C2	107	Tiga Racing Team	Jari Nurminen Oscar Hidalgo	Tiga GC289		100
22	C2	107	Tiga Racing Team	Jari Nurminen Oscar Hidalgo	Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8		100
23	C2	102	Chamberlain Engineering	Tomás López Quirin Bovy	Spice SE86C		96
23	C2	102	Chamberlain Engineering	Tomás López Quirin Bovy	Hart 418T 1.8L Turbo I4		96
24 DNF	C1	37	Toyota Team Tom's	Johnny Dumfries John Watson	Toyota 89C-V		66
24 DNF	C1	37	Toyota Team Tom's	Johnny Dumfries John Watson	Toyota R32V 3.2L Turbo V8		66
25 DNF	C1	13	Courage Compétition	Pascal Fabre Oscar Manautou	Cougar C22S		64
25 DNF	C1	13	Courage Compétition	Pascal Fabre Oscar Manautou	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6		64
26 DNF	C2	178	Didier Bonnet	Patrick Oudet Gérard Cuynet	Tiga GC289		61
26 DNF	C2	178	Didier Bonnet	Patrick Oudet Gérard Cuynet	Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8		61
27 DNF	C1	61	Team Sauber Mercedes	Kenny Acheson Mauro Baldi	Sauber C9		46
27 DNF	C1	61	Team Sauber Mercedes	Kenny Acheson Mauro Baldi	Mercedes-Benz M119 5.0L Turbo V8		46
28 DNF	C1	21	Spice Engineering	Bernard Jourdain Ray Bellm	Spice SE89C		39
28 DNF	C1	21	Spice Engineering	Bernard Jourdain Ray Bellm	Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8		39
29 DNF	C1	29	Mussato Action Car	Bruno Giacomelli Enrique Contreras	Lancia LC2		9
29 DNF	C1	29	Mussato Action Car	Bruno Giacomelli Enrique Contreras	Ferrari 308C 3.0L Turbo V8		9
30 DNF	C1	72	Obermaier Primagaz	Jürgen Lässig Pierre Yver	Porsche 962C		5
30 DNF	C1	72	Obermaier Primagaz	Jürgen Lässig Pierre Yver	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6		5
31 DNF	C1	7	Joest Racing	Frank Jelinski Bob Wollek	Porsche 962C		3
31 DNF	C1	7	Joest Racing	Frank Jelinski Bob Wollek	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6		3
DNS	C1	16	Repsol Brun Motorsport	Massimo Sigala Roland Ratzenberger	Porsche 962C		-
DNS	C1	16	Repsol Brun Motorsport	Massimo Sigala Roland Ratzenberger	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6		-
DNS	C1	17	Dauer Racing	Jochen Dauer Juan Carlos Bolaños	Porsche 962C		-
DNS	C1	17	Dauer Racing	Jochen Dauer Juan Carlos Bolaños	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6		-
DNS	C1	40	Swiss Team Salamin	Antoine Salamin Giovanni Lavaggi	Porsche 962C		-
DNS	C1	40	Swiss Team Salamin	Antoine Salamin Giovanni Lavaggi	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6		-
DNS	C2	177	Automobiles Louis Descartes	Marc Fontan Alain Serpaggi	ALD C289		-
DNS	C2	177	Automobiles Louis Descartes	Marc Fontan Alain Serpaggi	Ford Cosworth 3.3L V8		-

Statistics

Pole position - #61 Team Sauber Mercedes - 1:22.571
Fastest lap - #62 Team Sauber Mercedes - 1:25.120
Average speed - 168.788 km/h

References

Web site: 480 km Mexico . World Sports Racing Prototypes . 2 October 2005 . 2008-02-21 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071027181924/http://wsrp.ic.cz/wsc1989.html . 27 October 2007 .