1989 480 km of Suzuka explained

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

References

Web site: 480 km Suzuka . World Sports Racing Prototypes . 2 October 2005 . 2008-02-18 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071027181924/http://wsrp.ic.cz/wsc1989.html . 27 October 2007 .