1989 World Sportscar Championship

1989 World Sportscar Championship season
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Sauber Mercedes won the 1989 World Sports Prototype Championship for Teams with the Sauber C9 Mercedes, as seen here at the Nürburgring in August 2009

Silk Cut Jaguar placed 4th in the Teams Championship with the Jaguar XJR9 (above) & XJR11

Aston Martin placed 6th in the Teams Championship with the Aston Martin AMR1

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

Results

Races

Rnd	Circuit	Outright Winning Team	Group C2 Winning Team	Results
Rnd	Circuit	Outright Winning Drivers	Group C2 Winning Drivers	Results
1	Suzuka	Team Sauber Mercedes	Chamberlain Engineering	Results
1	Suzuka	Jean-Louis Schlesser Mauro Baldi	Fermín Velez Nick Adams	Results
2	Dijon-Prenois	Joest Racing	Chamberlain Engineering	Results
2	Dijon-Prenois	Bob Wollek Frank Jelinski	Fermín Velez Nick Adams	Results
3	Jarama	Team Sauber Mercedes	Chamberlain Engineering	Results
3	Jarama	Jean-Louis Schlesser Jochen Mass	Fermín Velez Nick Adams	Results
4	Brands Hatch	Team Sauber Mercedes	Chamberlain Engineering	Results
4	Brands Hatch	Kenny Acheson Mauro Baldi	Fermín Velez Nick Adams	Results
5	Nürburgring	Team Sauber Mercedes	Team Mako	Results
5	Nürburgring	Jean-Louis Schlesser Jochen Mass	James Shead Robbie Stirling	Results
6	Donington	Team Sauber Mercedes	Tiga Race Team	Results
6	Donington	Jean-Louis Schlesser Jochen Mass	Jari Nurminen Tony Trevor	Results
7	Spa-Francorchamps	Team Sauber Mercedes	Team Mako	Results
7	Spa-Francorchamps	Kenny Acheson Mauro Baldi	James Shead Robbie Stirling	Results
8	Hermanos Rodriguez	Team Sauber Mercedes	Team Mako	Results
8	Hermanos Rodriguez	Jean-Louis Schlesser Jochen Mass	Andres Contreras Giovanni Aloi	Results

World Sports Prototype Championship for Drivers

Pos ^[1]^[2]	Driver ^[1]^[2]	Car	Team	SUZ	DIJ	JAR	BHC	NÜR	DON	SPA	MEX	Points ^[1]^[2]
1	Jean-Louis Schlesser	Sauber C9 Mercedes-Benz	Sauber Mercedes	1	2	1	3	1	1	23	1	115
2	Jochen Mass	Sauber C9 Mercedes-Benz	Sauber Mercedes	-	2	1	3	1	1	23	1	107
3	Mauro Baldi	Sauber C9 Mercedes-Benz	Sauber Mercedes	1	3	4	1	2	2	1	27	102
4	Kenneth Acheson	Sauber C9 Mercedes-Benz	Sauber Mercedes	2	3	4	1	2	2	1	27	97
5	Frank Jelinski	Porsche 962C	Joest Racing	3	1	-	2	23	4	2	3	84
6	Bob Wollek	Porsche 962C	Joest Racing	3	1	-	2	23	4	2	31	72
7	Oscar Larrauri	Porsche 962C	Repsol Brun Motorsport	8	36	3	-	6	5	4	2	54
8	Patrick Tambay	Jaguar XJR-9 & Jaguar XJR-11	Silk Cut Jaguar	25	26	2	5	10	27	34	6	30
=	Jan Lammers	Jaguar XJR-9 & Jaguar XJR-11	Silk Cut Jaguar	25	26	2	5	10	27	34	6	30
10	Andy Wallace	Jaguar XJR-9 & Jaguar XJR-11	Silk Cut Jaguar	5	29	6	24	5	19	32	5	30
11	Mark Blundell	Nissan R89C	Nissan Motorsport	-	15	8	-	-	3	3	12	27
=	Julian Bailey	Nissan R89C	Nissan Motorsport	-	15	8	35	24	3	3	12	27
13	Harald Huysman	Porsche 962C	Repsol Brun Motorsport	27	9	11	16	12	5	37	2	25
14	Henri Pescarolo	Spice SE88C Ford Cosworth & Porsche 962C	France Prototeam & Joest Racing	-	8	-	30	20	8	6	3	24
15	Brian Redman	Aston Martin AMR1	Aston Martin	-	17	-	4	8	7	7	8	24
16	John Nielsen	Jaguar XJR-9 & Jaguar XJR-11	Silk Cut Jaguar	5	29	6	24	5	-	32	-	22
17	David Leslie	Aston Martin AMR1	Aston Martin	-	-	-	4	8	6	28	8	22
18	Walter Brun	Porsche 962C	Repsol Brun Motorsport	17	13	-	6	4	26	24	7	20
=	Jesús Pareja	Porsche 962C	Repsol Brun Motorsport	17	13	-	6	4	26	24	7	20
20	Thorkild Thyrring	Spice SE89C Ford Cosworth	Spice Engineering	-	-	4	-	34	28	5	10	19
21	Johnny Dumfries	Toyota 88C & Toyota 89CV	Toyota Team Tom's	19	4	10	23	7	10	8	24	19
22	Tiff Needell	Porsche 962GTI	Richard Lloyd	18	5	-	26	15	11	35	4	18
=	Derek Bell	Porsche 962GTI	Richard Lloyd	18	5	-	26	15	11	-	4	18
=	Wayne Taylor	Spice SE89C Ford Cosworth	Spice Engineering	27	32	4	31	34	28	5	-	18
25	Giovanni Lavaggi	Porsche 962CK6	Porsche Kremer & Porsche Kremer Racing	28	29	7	32	3	12	10	DNS	17
=	George Fouche	Porsche 962CK6	Porsche Kremer & Porsche Kremer Racing	13	18	7	-	3	12	10	-	17
27	Geoff Lees	Toyota 88C & Toyota 89CV	Toyota Team Tom's	19	4	-	-	7	-	8	-	17
28	Pascal Fabre	Cougar C22S Porsche	Courage Competition	14	6	9	7	9	9	27	25	16
29	Jean-Louis Ricci	Porsche 962C	Joest Racing	29	7	-	30	20	8	6	-	13
30	Alain Ferté	Spice SE88C Ford Cosworth & Jaguar XJR-9	France Prototeam & Silk Cut Jaguar	-	8	-	28	-	19	-	5	11
31	Toshio Suzuki	Nissan R88C	Nissan Motorsport	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10
=	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	Nissan R88C	Nissan Motorsport	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10
=	Roland Ratzenberger	Porsche 962C	Repsol Brun Motorsport	23	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	10
34	Franz Konrad	Porsche 962C & Porsche 962CK6	Repsol Brun Motorsport & Porsche Kremer	15	27	-	16	6	-	-	9	8
35	Stanley Dickens	Porsche 962C & Aston Martin AMR1	Porsche Almeras & Aston Martin	7	35	11	-	-	29	7	-	8
36	Herve Regout	Cougar C22S Porsche	Courage Competition	-	-	-	7	9	9	27	-	8
37	Hitoshi Ogawa	Toyota 89CV	Toyota Team Tom's	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6
=	Jean-Louis Bousquet	Cougar C22S Porsche	Courage Competition	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	6
=	Paolo Barilla	Toyota 89CV	Toyota Team Tom's	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6
=	Michael Roe	Aston Martin AMR1	Aston Martin	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	6
41	Kunimitsu Takahashi	Porsche 962C	Porsche Almeras	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
=	Claude Ballot-Lena	Porsche 962C	Joest Racing	29	7	14	15	19	23	31	-	4
=	David Sears	Aston Martin AMR1	Aston Martin	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	4
44	Fermin Velez	Spice SE89C Ford Cosworth	Chamberlain Engineering	22	11	13	8	29	15	13	14	3 ^[3]
=	Nick Adams	Spice SE89C Ford Cosworth	Chamberlain Engineering	22	11	13	8	29	15	13	14	3 ^[3]
=	Maurizio Sandro Sala	Porsche 962C	Repsol Brun Motorsport	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
=	David Kennedy	Mazda 767B	Mazdaspeed	-	10	-	13	13	17	9	13	3
=	Pierre Dieudonne	Mazda 767B	Mazdaspeed	-	10	-	13	13	17	9	13	3
49	Uwe Schäfer	Porsche 962C	Repsol Brun Motorsport	-	-	-	9	12	29	37	-	2
=	Bernard de Dryver	Cougar C22S Porsche	Courage Competition	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	2
=	Masanori Sekiya	Porsche 962CK6	Porsche Kremer	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
=	Hideki Okado	Porsche 962CK6	Porsche Kremer	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
=	Walter Lechner	Porsche 962C	Repsol Brun Motorsport	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	2
=	Manuel Reuter	Porsche 962CK6	Porsche Kremer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	2
55	Eliseo Salazar	Spice SE89C Ford Cosworth	Spice Engineering	31	-	20	25	26	25	25	10	1
=	Jean-Marie Almeras Alméras	Porsche 962C	Porsche Almeras	-	19	12	10	14	-	21	15	1
=	Akihiko Nakaya	Porsche 962C	Obermaier Primagaz	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
=	Jacques Alméras	Porsche 962C	Porsche Almeras	-	19	12	10	14	-	21	15	1
=	John Watson	Toyota 89CV	Toyota Team Tom's	-	-	-	23	-	10	-	24	1
=	Harald Grohs	Porsche 962C	Obermaier Primagaz	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not participate (DNP)
Blank	Excluded (EX)

Drivers Championship points were awarded to the top 10 finishers in each race in the order of 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 with the following exceptions:

No points were awarded if the car did not complete 90% of the distance covered by the winning car
Any driver failing to complete 30% of the distance covered by the car which he or she was driving was not eligible for points
Any driver competing in more than one car was not eligible for points

Only the best six races results were counted for each driver, any additional points being disregarded (as shown in the above table within brackets)

World Sports Prototype Championship for Teams

Pos ^[1]	Team ^[1]	Chassis	Engine	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Total ^[1]
1	Team Sauber Mercedes	Sauber C9	Mercedes M119 5.0L Turbo V8	20	(15)	20	20	20	20	20	(20)	120
2	Joest Racing	Porsche 962C	Porsche 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	12	20		15		10	15	12	84
3	Repsol Brun Motorsport	Porsche 962C	Porsche 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	(3)	(2)	12	6	10	8	10	15	61
4	Silk Cut Jaguar	Jaguar XJR-9 Jaguar XJR-11	Jaguar 7.0L V12 Jaguar JV6 3.5L Turbo V6	8		15	8	8			8	47
5	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan (March) R88C Nissan (March) R88V Nissan R89C	Nissan VRH30T 3.0L Turbo V8 Nissan VG30 3.0L Turbo V6 Nissan VRH35Z 3.5L Turbo V8	10		3			12	12		37
6	Aston Martin	Aston Martin AMR1	Aston Martin RDP87 6.0L V8 Aston Martin RDP87 6.3L V8				10	3	6	4	3	26
7	Toyota Team Tom's	Toyota 88C Toyota 89C-V	Toyota 3S-GTM 2.2L Turbo I4 Toyota R32V 3.2L Turbo V8	6	10	1		4	1	3		25
8	Porsche Kremer	Porsche 962CK6	Porsche 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	2		4		12			2	20
9	Spice Engineering	Spice SE89C	Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8			10				8	1	19
10	Richard Lloyd Racing	Porsche 962C GTi	Porsche 3.0L Turbo Flat-6		8						10	18
11	Courage Compétition	Cougar C22S	Porsche 3.0L Turbo Flat-6		6	2	4	2	2			16
12	Chamberlain Engineering	Spice SE86C Spice SE89C	Hart 418T 1.8L Turbo I4 Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8				3					3
13	Porsche Alméras Montpellier	Porsche 962C	Porsche 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	4			1					5
14	France Prototeam	Spice SE88C	Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8		3							3
15	Mazdaspeed	Mazda 767 Mazda 767B	Mazda 13J 2.6L 4-Rotor		1					2		3
16	Porsche Kremer Racing	Porsche 962CK6	Porsche 3.0L Turbo Flat-6							1		1
=16	Obermaier Primagaz	Porsche 962C	Porsche 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	1								1

Teams Championship points were awarded to the top 10 outright finishers in each race in the order of 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 with the following exceptions:

Only the highest placed car from each team was eligible to score points, with no points awarded for positions filled by any other cars from the same team.
No points were awarded if the car did not complete 90% of the distance covered by the winning car

Group C1, Group C2 and IMSA GTP cars were all eligible to score points.

Only the best six race results could be retained by each team.^[1]

FIA Cup for C2 Drivers

The FIA Cup for C2 Drivers was won jointly by Nick Adams and Fermin Velez ^[1] driving a Spice SE89C Ford Cosworth for Chamberlain Engineering.

Points towards the FIA Cup for C2 Drivers were awarded on the same basis as for the World Sports Prototype Championship for Drivers, but only to drivers of Group C2 cars.

FIA Cup for C2 Teams

Pos ^[1]	Team ^[1]	Chassis	Engine	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Total ^[1]
1	Chamberlain Engineering	Spice SE86C Spice SE89C	Hart 418T 1.8L Turbo I4 Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	20	20	20	20	(10)	12	15	(3)	107
2	Team Mako	Spice SE88C	Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8		10		15	20	15	20	20	100
3	PC Automotive	Spice SE88C ADA 02B	Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8		12	12		15		12	10	61
4	France Prototeam	Spice SE88C	Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8		15	15	8	12			8	58
5	Tiga Race Team	Tiga GC289	Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8			10	10		20		4	44
6	Porto Kaleo Team	Tiga GC286 Tiga GC288	Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8		8		3			10	12	33
7	Roy Baker Racing GP Motorsport	Spice SE87C Tiga GC289	Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8				12			6	6	24
8	Pierre-Alain Lombardi	Spice SE86C Spice SE88P	Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 Buick 3.0L V6				4				15	19
9	Automobiles Louis Descartes	ALD C289 ALD C2	Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 BMW 3.0L I6							8		8
10	Didier Bonnet	Tiga GC289 ALD C2	Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 BMW 3.0L I6							3		3

Points towards the FIA Cup for C2 Teams were awarded on the same basis as for the World Sports Prototype Championship for Teams, but only to teams competing with Group C2 cars.

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1990 FIA Yearbook, "Red section", pages 61-63
1 2 3 Drivers Championship results below 36th position are from János L. Wimpffen, The Other Side of Stuttgart, Time and Two Seats, 1999, pages 1628-1664
1 2 Time and Two Seats shows Velez and Adams scoring a total of 5 championship points even though they are only credited with one point scoring result, an 8th place at Brands Hatch

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