1989 World Sportscar Championship
The 1989 World Sportscar Championship season was the 37th season of FIA World Sportscar Championship motor racing. It featured the 1989 FIA World Sports Prototype Championship, which was open to Group C1 Sports Prototypes, Group C2 Sports Prototypes and IMSA GTP cars. The championship was contested over an eight round series which ran from 9 April to 29 October 1989.
Schedule[]
Rnd | Race | Circuit | Date |
---|---|---|---|
1 | WSPC Suzuka (480 km) | Suzuka Circuit | 9 April |
2 | Coupe de Dijon (480 km) | Dijon-Prenois | 21 May |
3 | Trofeo Repsol (480 km) | Circuito Permanente Del Jarama | 25 June |
4 | Brands Hatch Trophy (480 km) | Brands Hatch | 23 July |
5 | ADAC Trophy (480km) | Nürburgring | 20 August |
6 | Wheatcroft Gold Cup (480 km) | Donington Park | 3 September |
7 | Coupes de Spa (480km) | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 17 September |
8 | Trofeo Hermanos Rodriguez (480 km) | Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez | 29 October |
Entries[]
Group C1[]
Group C2[]
Entrant | Car | Engine | Tyre | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chamberlain Engineering | Spice SE89C | Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3 L V8 | G | 101 | Nick Adams | 1–7 |
Fermín Vélez | 1–7 | |||||
Spice SE86C | Hart 418T 1.9 L Turbo I4 | 102 | 2–7 | |||
2–6 | ||||||
7 | ||||||
8 | ||||||
8 | ||||||
France Prototeam | Spice SE88C | Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3 L V8 | G | 103 | 1–5, 7–8 | |
Almo Coppelli | 1–2, 4 | |||||
Claude Ballot-Léna | 3, 5, 7 | |||||
8 | ||||||
Tiga GC288 Tiga GC289 |
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3 L V8 | G | 105 | 2 | ||
Jari Nurminen | 2 | |||||
4, 6–7 | ||||||
4 | ||||||
6 | ||||||
Jean-Pierre Frey | 7 | |||||
106 | 2–8 | |||||
2–8 | ||||||
Tiga Race Team | Tiga GC289 | Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3 L V8 | G | 107 | Jari Nurminen | 1, 3, 6–8 |
1 | ||||||
2 | ||||||
2 | ||||||
Mario Hytten | 3–4 | |||||
John Sheldon | 4–5 | |||||
5 | ||||||
6 | ||||||
Carlo Rossi | 7 | |||||
Oscar Hidalgo | 8 | |||||
|
Tiga GC289 Spice SE87C |
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3 L V8 | D G |
108 | John Sheldon | 1 |
1 | ||||||
2, 4–8 | ||||||
Dudley Wood | 2, 4–7 | |||||
Chris Hodgetts | 8 | |||||
Spice SE88C |
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3 L V8 | G | 111 | Olindo Iacobelli | 2–8 | |
Richard Piper | 2–8 | |||||
Spice SE86C Spice SE88C |
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3 L V8 Buick 4.5 L V6 |
G | 151 | 2, 4–7 | ||
Bruno Sotty | 2, 4–7 | |||||
Carlos Guerrero | 8 | |||||
8 | ||||||
Spice SE88C | Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3 L V8 | G | 171 | James Shead | 2–7 | |
2 | ||||||
Robbie Stirling | 3–7 | |||||
8 | ||||||
8 | ||||||
BMW M88 3.5 L I6 | G | 176 | 2 | |||
2 | ||||||
7 | ||||||
7 | ||||||
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3 L V8 | 177 | 2–8 | ||||
2–4 | ||||||
Marc Fontan | 5–8 | |||||
Tiga GC289 |
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3 L V8 | G | 178 | Gérard Tremblay | 2–7 | |
2 | ||||||
3–5 | ||||||
6 | ||||||
7–8 | ||||||
8 |
IMSA GTP[]
Entrant | Car | Engine | Tyre | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mazdaspeed | Mazda 767 Mazda 767B |
Mazda 13J 2.6 L 4-Rotor | D | 201 | Takashi Yorino | 1 |
Tetsuya Oota | 1 | |||||
Pierre Dieudonné | 2, 4–8 | |||||
David Kennedy | 2, 4–8 | |||||
202 | Yoshimi Katayama | 1 | ||||
Yojiro Terada | 1 |
Results and standings[]
Race results[]
Category | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Group C1 | 20 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Group C2 | 22 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
In order to be classified for points, a team had to complete 90% of the winner's distance. Further, drivers were required to complete at least 30% of their car's total race distance to qualify for championship points. Drivers forfeited points if they drove in more than one car during the race. Group C2 entries earned two extra points for any finish within the overall top ten finishing positions.
Drivers championships[]
Drivers only scored for their six best results. Points earned but not tallied toward their total are marked in parenthesis.
World Sports Prototype Championship for Drivers[]
FIA Cup for C2 Drivers[]
Pos[1][2] | Driver | Team | SUZ |
DIJ |
JAR |
BHC |
NÜR |
DON |
SPA |
MEX |
Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Fermín Vélez | Chamberlain Engineering | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Ret | 3 | 2 | 107 | |
1 | Nick Adams | Chamberlain Engineering | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Ret | 3 | 2 | 107 | |
3 | James Shead | 4 | Ret | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 80 | |||
4 | Robbie Stirling | Ret | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 70 | ||||
5 | Olindo Iacobelli | 3 | 3 | Ret | 2 | Ret | 3 | 4 | 61 | ||
5 | Richard Piper | 3 | 3 | Ret | 2 | Ret | 3 | 4 | 61 | ||
7 | France Prototeam | Ret | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | Ret | 5 | 58 | ||
8 | Jari Nurminen | Tiga Race Team | Ret | 4 | 1 | Ret | 7 | 41 | |||
5 | |||||||||||
9 | Claude Ballot-Léna | France Prototeam | 2 | 3 | Ret | 27 | |||||
10 | Ret | Ret | 8 | Ret | Ret | 4 | 3 | 25 | |||
10 | Ret | Ret | 8 | Ret | Ret | 4 | 3 | 25 | |||
12 | Ret | 3 | Ret | NC | 6 | 6 | 24 | ||||
13 | Tiga Race Team | Ret | 24 | ||||||||
Chamberlain Engineering | Ret | 5 | 6 | 4 | Ret | Ret | |||||
13 | Chamberlain Engineering | Ret | 5 | 6 | 4 | Ret | 24 | ||||
15 | Tiga Race Team | 1 | 20 | ||||||||
15 | 1 | 20 | |||||||||
15 | 1 | 20 | |||||||||
18 | Mario Hytten | Tiga Race Team | 4 | 4 | 20 | ||||||
19 | Carlos Guerrero | 2 | 15 | ||||||||
19 | 2 | 15 | |||||||||
21 | Dudley Wood | Ret | 3 | Ret | NC | DNS | 12 | ||||
22 | 4 | 10 | |||||||||
22 | John Sheldon | DSQ | 10 | ||||||||
Tiga Race Team | 4 | Ret | |||||||||
24 | 5 | 8 | |||||||||
24 | Almo Coppelli | France Prototeam | Ret | 2 | 5 | 8 | |||||
24 | Ret | DNS | Ret | Ret | Ret | 5 | DNS | 8 | |||
24 | Marc Fontan | Ret | Ret | 5 | DNS | 8 | |||||
24 | France Prototeam | 5 | 8 | ||||||||
29 | Chris Hodgetts | 6 | 6 | ||||||||
30 | Ret | 7 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 4 | |||||
30 | Bruno Sotty | Ret | 7 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 4 | ||||
30 | DNQ | Ret | 7 | 4 | |||||||
30 | Jean-Pierre Frey | 7 | 4 | ||||||||
30 | Oscar Hidalgo | Tiga Race Team | 7 | 4 | |||||||
35 | Gérard Tremblay | DNQ | Ret | DNQ | Ret | Ret | 8 | 3 | |||
35 | 8 | 3 | |||||||||
35 | Chamberlain Engineering | 8 | 3 | ||||||||
35 | Chamberlain Engineering | 8 | 3 | ||||||||
39 | 9 | 2 | |||||||||
39 | 9 | 2 | |||||||||
Pos | Driver | Team | SUZ |
DIJ |
JAR |
BHC |
NÜR |
DON |
SPA |
MEX |
Points |
Teams championships[]
Teams were only awarded points for their highest finishing entry.
World Sports Prototype Championship for Teams[]
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FIA Cup for C2 Teams[]
Pos[1] | Team | SUZ |
DIJ |
JAR |
BHC |
NÜR |
DON |
SPA |
MEX |
Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Chamberlain Engineering | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 120 |
2 | 4 | Ret | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 100 | ||
3 | 3 | 3 | Ret | 2 | Ret | 3 | 4 | 61 | ||
4 | France Prototeam | Ret | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | Ret | 5 | 58 | |
5 | Tiga Race Team | Ret | DNS | 4 | 4 | Ret | 1 | Ret | 7 | 44 |
6 | 5 | Ret | 8 | Ret | Ret | 4 | 3 | 33 | ||
7 | DSQ | Ret | 3 | Ret | NC | 6 | 6 | 24 | ||
8 | Ret | 7 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 2 | 19 | |||
9 | Ret | DNS | Ret | Ret | Ret | 5 | DNS | 8 | ||
10 | DNQ | Ret | DNQ | Ret | Ret | 8 | Ret | 3 |
References[]
Further reading[]
- Automobile Year 1989/90
- Peter Higham, The Guinness Guide To International Motor Racing, 1995, pages 261-262 & 302-303
- János L. Wimpffen, Time and Two Seats, 1999
External links[]
- 1989 in World Sportscar Championship
- World Sportscar Championship seasons
- 1989 in motorsport