1989 480 km of Suzuka

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
Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Engine	Tyre	Laps
1	C1	61	Team Sauber Mercedes	Jean-Louis Schlesser Mauro Baldi	Sauber C9	M	82
1	C1	61	Team Sauber Mercedes	Jean-Louis Schlesser Mauro Baldi	Mercedes-Benz M119 5.0L Turbo V8	M	82
2	C1	62	Team Sauber Mercedes	Kenny Acheson	Sauber C9	M	82
2	C1	62	Team Sauber Mercedes	Kenny Acheson	Mercedes-Benz M119 5.0L Turbo V8	M	82
3	C1	7	Joest Racing	Frank Jelinski Bob Wollek	Porsche 962C	G	82
3	C1	7	Joest Racing	Frank Jelinski Bob Wollek	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	G	82
4	C1	23	Nissan Motorsports International	Toshio Suzuki Kazuyoshi Hoshino	Nissan R88C	D	81
4	C1	23	Nissan Motorsports International	Toshio Suzuki Kazuyoshi Hoshino	Nissan VRH30 3.0L Turbo V8	D	81
5	C1	2	Silk Cut Jaguar	John Nielsen Andy Wallace	Jaguar XJR-9	D	81
5	C1	2	Silk Cut Jaguar	John Nielsen Andy Wallace	Jaguar 7.0L V12	D	81
6	C1	36	Toyota Team Tom's	Paolo Barilla Hitoshi Ogawa	Toyota 89C-V	B	81
6	C1	36	Toyota Team Tom's	Paolo Barilla Hitoshi Ogawa	Toyota R32V 3.2L Turbo V8	B	81
7	C1	34	Porsche Alméras Montpellier Advan Team Alpha	Kunimitsu Takahashi Stanley Dickens	Porsche 962C	G	81
7	C1	34	Porsche Alméras Montpellier Advan Team Alpha	Kunimitsu Takahashi Stanley Dickens	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	G	81
8	C1	16	Repsol Brun Motorsport	Oscar Larrauri Maurizio Sandro Sala	Porsche 962C	Y	81
8	C1	16	Repsol Brun Motorsport	Oscar Larrauri Maurizio Sandro Sala	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	Y	81
9	C1	11	Porsche Kremer Racing Leyton House Racing	Masanori Sekiya Hideki Okada	Porsche 962CK6	Y	81
9	C1	11	Porsche Kremer Racing Leyton House Racing	Masanori Sekiya Hideki Okada	Porsche Type-935 3.2L Turbo Flat-6	Y	81
10	C1	72	Obermaier Primagaz From-A Racing	Harald Grohs Akihiko Nakaya	Porsche 962C	G	81
10	C1	72	Obermaier Primagaz From-A Racing	Harald Grohs Akihiko Nakaya	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	G	81
11	C1	24	Nissan Motorsports International	Masahiro Hasemi Anders Olofsson	Nissan R88C	D	81
11	C1	24	Nissan Motorsports International	Masahiro Hasemi Anders Olofsson	Nissan VRH30 3.0L Turbo V8	D	81
12	C1	55	Team Davey Omron Racing Team	Vern Schuppan Eje Elgh	Porsche 962C	D	80
12	C1	55	Team Davey Omron Racing Team	Vern Schuppan Eje Elgh	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	D	80
13	C1	100	Richard Lloyd Racing Trust Racing Team	Steven Andskär George Fouché	Porsche 962C GTi	G	79
13	C1	100	Richard Lloyd Racing Trust Racing Team	Steven Andskär George Fouché	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	G	79
14	C1	13	Courage Compétition	Pascal Fabre Alessandro Santin	Cougar C22S	G	79
14	C1	13	Courage Compétition	Pascal Fabre Alessandro Santin	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	G	79
15	C1	17	Dauer Racing	Jochen Dauer Franz Konrad	Porsche 962C	G	78
15	C1	17	Dauer Racing	Jochen Dauer Franz Konrad	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	G	78
16	C1	40	Swiss Team Salamin Advan Alpha Tomei		Porsche 962C	G	78
16	C1	40	Swiss Team Salamin Advan Alpha Tomei		Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	G	78
17	GTP	201	Mazdaspeed	Takashi Yorino Tetsuya Ota	Mazda 767	D	77
17	GTP	201	Mazdaspeed	Takashi Yorino Tetsuya Ota	Mazda 13J 2.6L 4-Rotor	D	77
18	C1	6	Repsol Brun Motorsport	Walter Brun Jesús Pareja	Porsche 962C	Y	77
18	C1	6	Repsol Brun Motorsport	Walter Brun Jesús Pareja	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	Y	77
19	C1	14	Richard Lloyd Racing	Tiff Needell Derek Bell	Porsche 962C GTi	G	76
19	C1	14	Richard Lloyd Racing	Tiff Needell Derek Bell	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	G	76
20	C1	37	Toyota Team Tom's	Geoff Lees Johnny Dumfries	Toyota 89C-V	B	75
20	C1	37	Toyota Team Tom's	Geoff Lees Johnny Dumfries	Toyota R32V 3.2L Turbo V8	B	75
21	C1	85	Nissan Motorsports International Cabin Racing Team with Le Mans	Takao Wada Akio Morimoto	Nissan R88V	D	74
21	C1	85		Takao Wada Akio Morimoto	Nissan VG30 3.0L Turbo V6	D	74
22	C1	20	Team Davey	Tim Lee-Davey Jürgen Barth	Porsche 962C	D	71
22	C1	20	Team Davey	Tim Lee-Davey Jürgen Barth	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	D	71
23	C2	101	Chamberlain Engineering	Fermín Velez Nick Adams	Spice SE86C	G	63
23	C2	101	Chamberlain Engineering	Fermín Velez Nick Adams	Hart 418T 1.9L Turbo I4	G	63
24	C1	50	Toyota Team Tom's SARD	Roland Ratzenberger Keiichi Suzuki	Toyota 89C-V	B	62
24	C1	50	Toyota Team Tom's SARD	Roland Ratzenberger Keiichi Suzuki	Toyota R32V 3.2L Turbo V8	B	62
25 DSQ^†	C2	108	Roy Baker Racing	John Sheldon	Tiga GC289	G	47
25 DSQ^†	C2	108	Roy Baker Racing	John Sheldon	Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	G	47
26 DNF	C1	1	Silk Cut Jaguar	Jan Lammers Patrick Tambay	Jaguar XJR-9	D	80
26 DNF	C1	1	Silk Cut Jaguar	Jan Lammers Patrick Tambay	Jaguar 7.0L V12	D	80
27 DNF	C1	22	Spice Engineering	Wayne Taylor Thorkild Thyrring	Spice SE89C	G	32
27 DNF	C1	22	Spice Engineering	Wayne Taylor Thorkild Thyrring	Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8	G	32
28 DNF	C1	5	Repsol Brun Motorsport	Harald Huysman	Porsche 962C	Y	23
28 DNF	C1	5	Repsol Brun Motorsport	Harald Huysman	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	Y	23
29 DNF	C1	10	Porsche Kremer Racing	Bruno Giacomelli Giovanni Lavaggi	Porsche 962CK6	Y	16
29 DNF	C1	10	Porsche Kremer Racing	Bruno Giacomelli Giovanni Lavaggi	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	Y	16
30 DNF	C1	8	Joest Racing	Jean-Louis Ricci Claude Ballot-Léna	Porsche 962C	G	15
30 DNF	C1	8	Joest Racing	Jean-Louis Ricci Claude Ballot-Léna	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	G	15
31 DNF	C2	107	Tiga Racing Team	Jari Nurminen	Tiga GC289	G	11
31 DNF	C2	107	Tiga Racing Team	Jari Nurminen	Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	G	11
32 DNF	C1	21	Spice Engineering	Eliseo Salazar Ray Bellm	Spice SE89C	G	5
32 DNF	C1	21	Spice Engineering	Eliseo Salazar Ray Bellm	Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8	G	5
33 DNF	GTP	202	Mazdaspeed	Yoshimi Katayama Yojiro Terada	Mazda 767B	D	4
33 DNF	GTP	202	Mazdaspeed	Yoshimi Katayama Yojiro Terada	Mazda 13J 2.6L 4-Rotor	D	4
34 DNF	C2	103	France Prototeam	Almo Coppelli	Spice SE88C	G	3
34 DNF	C2	103	France Prototeam	Almo Coppelli	Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	G	3
DNS	C1	26	France Prototeam	Alain Ferté Henri Pescarolo	Spice SE88C	G	-
DNS	C1	26	France Prototeam	Alain Ferté Henri Pescarolo	Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8	G	-
DNQ	C1	29	Mussato Action Car	Franco Scapini	Lancia LC2	D	-
DNQ	C1	29	Mussato Action Car	Franco Scapini	Ferrari 308C 3.0L Turbo V8	D	-