1989 480 km of Donington

thumb|250px|Layout of the Donington Park The 1989 Wheatcroft Gold Cup was the sixth round of the 1989 World Sportscar Championship season. It took place at Donington Park, United Kingdom on 3 September 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 62 FRG Team Sauber Mercedes FRA Jean-Louis SchlesserFRG Jochen Mass Sauber C9 Michelin 120 Mercedes-Benz M119 5.0L V8 2 C1 61 FRG Team Sauber Mercedes GBR Kenny AchesonItaly Mauro Baldi Sauber C9 Michelin 120 Mercedes-Benz M119 5.0L V8 3 C1 23 Japan Nissan Motorsports International GBR Mark BlundellGBR Julian Bailey Nissan R89C Dunlop 120 Nissan VRH35Z 3.5L Turbo V8 4 C1 7 FRG Blaupunkt Sachs Joest Racing FRG Frank JelinskiFRA Bob Wollek Porsche 962C Goodyear 119 Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6 5 C1 5 Switzerland Hydro Aluminium Brun Motorsport Norway Harald HuysmanARG Oscar Larrauri Porsche 962C Yokohama 119 Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6 6 C1 19 GBR Aston MartinGBR Ecurie Ecosse GBR David LeslieIRL Michael Roe Aston Martin AMR1 Goodyear 118 Aston Martin RDP87 6.0L V8 7 C1 18 GBR Aston MartinGBR Ecurie Ecosse GBR David SearsGBR Brian Redman Aston Martin AMR1 Goodyear 118 Aston Martin RDP87 6.0L V8 8 C1 8 FRG Blaupunkt Sachs Joest Racing FRA Henri PescaroloFRA Jean-Louis Ricci Porsche 962C Goodyear 117 Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6 9 C1 13 France Courage Compétition France Pascal FabreBEL Hervé Regout Cougar C22S Goodyear 117 Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6 10 C1 37 Japan Toyota Team Tom's GBR Johnny DumfriesGBR John Watson Toyota 89C-V Bridgestone 116 Toyota R32V 3.2L Turbo V8 11 C1 14 GBR Richard Lloyd Racing GBR Tiff NeedellGBR Derek Bell Porsche 962C GTi Goodyear 115 Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6 12 C1 10 DEU Porsche Kremer Racing RSA 1928 George FouchéITA Giovanni Lavaggi Porsche 962CK6 Yokohama 114 Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6 13 C2 107 United Kingdom Tiga Racing Team FIN Jari NurminenGBR Tony Trevor Tiga GC289 Goodyear 114 Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 14 C2 171 GBR Team Mako GBR James SheadCAN Robbie Stirling Spice SE88C Goodyear 114 Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 15 C2 101 United Kingdom Chamberlain Engineering Spain Fermín VelezUnited Kingdom Nick Adams Spice SE89C Goodyear 113 Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 16 C1 40 SUI Swiss Team Salamin SUI Antoine SalaminMAR Max Cohen-Olivar Porsche 962C Goodyear 110 Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6 17NC† GTP 201 JPN Mazdaspeed BEL Pierre DieudonnéIRL David Kennedy Mazda 767B Dunlop 111 Mazda 13J 2.6L 4-Rotor 18NC† C2 108 GBR Roy Baker RacingGBR GP Motorsport FRA Philippe de HenningGBR Dudley Wood Spice SE87C Goodyear 108 Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 19DNF C1 2 United Kingdom Silk Cut Jaguar FRA Alain FertéUnited Kingdom Andy Wallace Jaguar XJR-11 Dunlop 115 Jaguar JV6 3.5L Turbo V6 20DNF C2 151 SUI Pierre-Alain Lombardi SUI Pierre-Alain LombardiFRA Bruno Sotty Spice SE86C Goodyear 107 Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 21DNF C2 111 GBR PC Automotive GBR Richard PiperUSA Olindo Iacobelli Spice SE88C Goodyear 106 Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 22DNF C2 102 United Kingdom Chamberlain Engineering ITA Luigi TavernaUnited Kingdom John Williams Spice SE86C Goodyear 101 Hart 418T 1.8L Turbo I4 23DNF C1 26 FRA France Prototeam FRA Claude Ballot-LénaSUI Bernard Thuner Spice SE88C Goodyear 91 Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8 24DNF C2 178 FRA Didier Bonnet FRA Joel AulenFRA Gérard Tremblay Tiga GC289 Goodyear 68 Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 25DNF C1 21 United Kingdom Spice Engineering CHI Eliseo SalazarUnited Kingdom Tim Harvey Spice SE89C Goodyear 66 Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8 26DNF C1 6 Switzerland Repsol Brun Motorsport SUI Walter BrunSpain Jésus Pareja Porsche 962C Yokohama 49 Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6 27DNF C1 1 United Kingdom Silk Cut Jaguar Netherlands Jan LammersFrance Patrick Tambay Jaguar XJR-11 Dunlop 45 Jaguar JV6 3.5L Turbo V6 28DNF C1 22 United Kingdom Spice Engineering South Africa 1928 Wayne TaylorDenmark Thorkild Thyrring Spice SE89C Goodyear 42 Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8 29DNF C1 16 SUI Hydro Aluminium Brun Motorsport SWE Stanley DickensFRG Uwe Schäfer Porsche 962C Yokohama 29 Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6 30DNF C1 29 ITA Mussato Action Car ITA Bruno GiacomelliITA Franco Scapini Lancia LC2 Dunlop 28 Ferrari 308C 3.0L Turbo V8 31DNF C2 177 FRA Automobiles Louis Descartes FRA Marc FontanFRA Alain Serpaggi ALD C289 Goodyear 24 Ford Cosworth 3.3L V8 32DNF C2 106 ITA Porto Kaleo Team ITA Ranieri RandaccioITA Pasquale Barberio Tiga GC288/9 Goodyear 17 Ford Cosworth 3.3L V8 33DNF C2 105 ITA Porto Kaleo TeamGBR Roy Baker Racing ITA Stefano SebastianiGBR Mike Kimpton Tiga GC289 Goodyear 0 Ford Cosworth 3.3L V8 DNS C1 17 FRG Dauer Racing FRG Jochen DauerGBR Will Hoy Porsche 962C Goodyear - Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6 DNS C1 20 United Kingdom Team Davey United Kingdom Tim Lee-Davey Porsche 962C Dunlop - Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6 † – #201 Mazdaspeed and #181 Roy Baker Racing were not classified due to completing the final lap of the race at too slow of a pace. Statistics Pole position – #61 Team Sauber Mercedes – 1:19.123 Fastest lap – #23 Nissan Motorsports International – 1:24.500 Average speed – 162.882 km/h References http://wsrp.ic.cz/wsc1989.html#6 480 km Donington World Sports Racing Prototypes 2 October 2005 2008-02-20 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071027181924/http://wsrp.ic.cz/wsc1989.html 27 October 2007 http://www.racingsportscars.com/photo/Donington-1989-09-03-photo.html World Sports Prototype Championship Donington 1989 Racing Sports Cars 13 April 2007 2008-02-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20080129121447/http://www.racingsportscars.com/photo/Donington-1989-09-03-photo.html 29 January 2008 live 1989 World Sportscar Championship 1989 480km of Nürburgring 1989 480km of Spa Donington Donington 1989