1989 480 km of Suzuka

thumb|250px|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 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 FRG Team Sauber Mercedes France Jean-Louis SchlesserItaly Mauro Baldi Sauber C9 Michelin 82 Mercedes-Benz M119 5.0L Turbo V8 2 C1 62 FRG Team Sauber Mercedes United Kingdom Kenny Acheson Sauber C9 Michelin 82 Mercedes-Benz M119 5.0L Turbo V8 3 C1 7 FRG Joest Racing FRG Frank JelinskiFrance Bob Wollek Porsche 962C Goodyear 82 Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6 4 C1 23 Japan Nissan Motorsports International Japan Toshio SuzukiJapan Kazuyoshi Hoshino Nissan R88C Dunlop 81 Nissan VRH30 3.0L Turbo V8 5 C1 2 United Kingdom Silk Cut Jaguar Denmark John NielsenUnited Kingdom Andy Wallace Jaguar XJR-9 Dunlop 81 Jaguar 7.0L V12 6 C1 36 Japan Toyota Team Tom's Italy Paolo BarillaJapan Hitoshi Ogawa Toyota 89C-V Bridgestone 81 Toyota R32V 3.2L Turbo V8 7 C1 34 France Porsche Alméras MontpellierJapan Advan Team Alpha Japan Kunimitsu TakahashiSweden Stanley Dickens Porsche 962C Goodyear 81 Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6 8 C1 16 Switzerland Repsol Brun Motorsport Argentina Oscar LarrauriBrazil Maurizio Sandro Sala Porsche 962C Yokohama 81 Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6 9 C1 11 FRG Porsche Kremer RacingJapan Leyton House Racing Japan Masanori SekiyaJapan Hideki Okada Porsche 962CK6 Yokohama 81 Porsche Type-935 3.2L Turbo Flat-6 10 C1 72 FRG Obermaier PrimagazJapan From-A Racing FRG Harald GrohsJapan Akihiko Nakaya Porsche 962C Goodyear 81 Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6 11 C1 24 Japan Nissan Motorsports International Japan Masahiro HasemiSweden Anders Olofsson Nissan R88C Dunlop 81 Nissan VRH30 3.0L Turbo V8 12 C1 55 United Kingdom Team DaveyJapan Omron Racing Team Australia Vern SchuppanSweden Eje Elgh Porsche 962C Dunlop 80 Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6 13 C1 100 United Kingdom Richard Lloyd RacingJapan Trust Racing Team Sweden Steven AndskärSouth Africa 1928 George Fouché Porsche 962C GTi Goodyear 79 Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6 14 C1 13 France Courage Compétition France Pascal FabreItaly Alessandro Santin Cougar C22S Goodyear 79 Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6 15 C1 17 FRG Dauer Racing FRG Jochen DauerAustria Franz Konrad Porsche 962C Goodyear 78 Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6 16 C1 40 Switzerland Swiss Team SalaminJapan Advan Alpha Tomei Japan Kazou MogiJapan Kenji Takahashi Porsche 962C Goodyear 78 Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6 17 GTP 201 Japan Mazdaspeed Japan Takashi YorinoJapan Tetsuya Ota Mazda 767 Dunlop 77 Mazda 13J 2.6L 4-Rotor 18 C1 6 Switzerland Repsol Brun Motorsport Switzerland Walter BrunSpain Jesús Pareja Porsche 962C Yokohama 77 Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6 19 C1 14 United Kingdom Richard Lloyd Racing United Kingdom Tiff NeedellUnited Kingdom Derek Bell Porsche 962C GTi Goodyear 76 Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6 20 C1 37 Japan Toyota Team Tom's United Kingdom Geoff LeesJapan Johnny Dumfries Toyota 89C-V Bridgestone 75 Toyota R32V 3.2L Turbo V8 21 C1 85 Japan Nissan Motorsports InternationalJapan Cabin Racing Team with Le Mans Japan Takao WadaJapan Akio Morimoto Nissan R88V Dunlop 74 Nissan VG30 3.0L Turbo V6 22 C1 20 United Kingdom Team Davey United Kingdom Tim Lee-DaveyGermany Jürgen Barth Porsche 962C Dunlop 71 Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6 23 C2 101 United Kingdom Chamberlain Engineering Spain Fermín VelezUnited Kingdom Nick Adams Spice SE86C Goodyear 63 Hart 418T 1.9L Turbo I4 24 C1 50 Japan Toyota Team Tom'sJapan SARD Austria Roland RatzenbergerJapan Keiichi Suzuki Toyota 89C-V Bridgestone 62 Toyota R32V 3.2L Turbo V8 25DSQ† C2 108 United Kingdom Roy Baker Racing United Kingdom John SheldonSweden Leif Lindström Tiga GC289 Goodyear 47 Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 26DNF C1 1 United Kingdom Silk Cut Jaguar Netherlands Jan LammersFrance Patrick Tambay Jaguar XJR-9 Dunlop 80 Jaguar 7.0L V12 27DNF C1 22 United Kingdom Spice Engineering South Africa 1928 Wayne TaylorDenmark Thorkild Thyrring Spice SE89C Goodyear 32 Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8 28DNF C1 5 Switzerland Repsol Brun Motorsport Norway Harald HuysmanFinland Juha Varjosaari Porsche 962C Yokohama 23 Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6 29DNF C1 10 FRG Porsche Kremer Racing Italy Bruno GiacomelliItaly Giovanni Lavaggi Porsche 962CK6 Yokohama 16 Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6 30DNF C1 8 FRG Joest Racing France Jean-Louis RicciFrance Claude Ballot-Léna Porsche 962C Goodyear 15 Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6 31DNF C2 107 United Kingdom Tiga Racing Team Finland Jari NurminenItaly Luigi Taverna Tiga GC289 Goodyear 11 Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 32DNF C1 21 United Kingdom Spice Engineering Chile Eliseo SalazarUnited Kingdom Ray Bellm Spice SE89C Goodyear 5 Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8 33DNF GTP 202 Japan Mazdaspeed Japan Yoshimi KatayamaJapan Yojiro Terada Mazda 767B Dunlop 4 Mazda 13J 2.6L 4-Rotor 34DNF C2 103 France France Prototeam Italy Almo CoppelliSwitzerland Bernard Thuner Spice SE88C Goodyear 3 Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 DNS C1 26 France France Prototeam France Alain FertéFrance Henri Pescarolo Spice SE88C Goodyear - Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8 DNQ C1 29 Italy Mussato Action Car Italy Franco ScapiniItaly Gianfranco Tacchino Lancia LC2 Dunlop - 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 http://wsrp.ic.cz/wsc1989.html#1 480 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 1989 World Sportscar Championship None 1989 480 km of Dijon Suzuka Suzuka