The 1989 Coupe de Dijon was the second round of the 1989 World Sportscar Championship season. It took place at the Circuit Dijon-Prenois, France on 21 May 1989.

Layout of the Dijon circuit

Official results

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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 7   Joest Racing   Frank Jelinski
  Bob Wollek
Porsche 962C G 127
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
2 C1 62   Team Sauber Mercedes   Jean-Louis Schlesser
  Jochen Mass
Sauber C9 M 127
Mercedes-Benz M119 5.0L V8
3 C1 61   Team Sauber Mercedes   Kenny Acheson
  Mauro Baldi
Sauber C9 M 127
Mercedes-Benz M119 5.0L V8
4 C1 37   Toyota Team Tom's   Geoff Lees
  Johnny Dumfries
Toyota 88C B 126
Toyota 3S-GTM 2.2L Turbo I4
5 C1 14   Richard Lloyd Racing   Tiff Needell
  Derek Bell
Porsche 962C GTi G 124
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
6 C1 13   Courage Compétition   Pascal Fabre
  Jean-Louis Bousquet
Cougar C22S G 123
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
7 C1 8   Joest Racing   Jean-Louis Ricci
  Claude Ballot-Léna
Porsche 962C G 123
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
8 C1 26   France Prototeam   Alain Ferté
  Henri Pescarolo
Spice SE88C G 122
Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8
9 C1 5   Repsol Brun Motorsport   Harald Huysman
  Oscar Larrauri
Porsche 962C Y 122
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
10 GTP 201   Mazdaspeed   Pierre Dieudonné
  David Kennedy
Mazda 767B D 121
Mazda 13J 2.6L 4-Rotor
11 C2 101   Chamberlain Engineering   Fermín Velez
  Nick Adams
Spice SE89C G 121
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
12 C1 41   Swiss Team Salamin
  Walter Lechner Racing School
  Walter Lechner
  Ernst Franzmaier
Porsche 962C G 121
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
13 C1 6   Repsol Brun Motorsport   Walter Brun
  Jesús Pareja
Porsche 962C Y 121
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
14 C1 21   Spice Engineering   Costas Los
  Ray Bellm
Spice SE89C G 121
Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8
15 C1 23   Nissan Motorsports International   Mark Blundell
  Julian Bailey
Nissan R89C D 120
Nissan VRH35Z 3.5L Turbo V8
16 C2 103   France Prototeam   Almo Coppelli
  Bernard Thuner
Spice SE88C G 120
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
17 C1 18   Aston Martin
  Ecurie Ecosse
  Brian Redman
  David Leslie
Aston Martin AMR1 G 119
Aston Martin RDP87 6.0L V8
18 C1 10   Porsche Kremer Racing   Bruno Giacomelli
  George Fouché
Porsche 962CK6 Y 118
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
19 C1 34   Porsche Alméras Montpellier   Jacques Alméras
  Jean-Marie Alméras
Porsche 962C G 118
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
20 C1 72   Obermaier Primagaz   Jürgen Lässig
  Pierre Yver
Porsche 962C G 118
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
21 C2 111   PC Automotive   Richard Piper
  Olindo Iacobelli
Spice SE88C G 118
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
22 C1 40   Swiss Team Salamin   Antoine Salamin
  Max Cohen-Olivar
Porsche 962C G 117
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
23 C2 171   Team Mako   James Shead
  Don Shead
Spice SE88C G 116
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
24 C2 105   Porto Kaleo Team   Maurizio Gellini
  Jari Nurminen
Tiga GC288 G 113
Ford Cosworth 3.3L V8
25 C1 20   Team Davey   Tim Lee-Davey
  Peter Oberndorfer
Porsche 962C D 111
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
26
DNF
C1 1   Silk Cut Jaguar   Jan Lammers
  Patrick Tambay
Jaguar XJR-9 D 125
Jaguar 7.0L V12
27
DNF
C1 17   Dauer Racing   Jochen Dauer
  Franz Konrad
Porsche 962C G 93
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
28
DNF
C2 106   Porto Kaleo Team   Ranieri Randaccio
  Pasquale Barberio
Tiga GC288 G 93
Ford Cosworth 3.3L V8
29
DNF
C1 2   Silk Cut Jaguar   John Nielsen
  Andy Wallace
Jaguar XJR-9 D 79
Jaguar 7.0L V12
30
DNF
C2 151   Pierre-Alain Lombardi   Pierre-Alain Lombardi
  Bruno Sotty
Spice SE86C G 36
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
31
DNF
C2 102   Chamberlain Engineering   Luigi Taverna
  John Williams
Spice SE86C G 35
Hart 418T 1.8L Turbo I4
32
DNF
C1 22   Spice Engineering   Wayne Taylor
  Thorkild Thyrring
Spice SE89C G 32
Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8
33
DNF
C2 108   Roy Baker Racing
  GP Motorsport
  Dudley Wood
  Philippe de Henning
Spice SE87C G 47
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
34
DNF
C1 29   Mussato Action Car   Franco Scapini
  Andrea de Cesaris
Lancia LC2 D 19
Ferrari 308C 3.0L Turbo V8
35
DNF
C2 177   Automobiles Louis Descartes   Louis Descartes
  Alain Serpaggi
ALD C289 G 15
Ford Cosworth 3.3L V8
36
DNF
C1 16   Repsol Brun Motorsport   Oscar Larrauri
  Stanley Dickens
Porsche 962C Y 3
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
DNS C2 107   Tiga Racing Team
  Jean-Claude Ferrarin
  Jean-Claude Ferrarin
  Jean-Claude Justice
Tiga GC289 G -
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
DNQ C2 176   Automobiles Louis Descartes   Sylvain Bouley
  Thierry Serfaty
ALD C2 G -
BMW M80 3.5L I6
DNQ C2 178   Didier Bonnet   Didier Bonnet
  Gérard Tremblay
ALD C2 Y -
BMW M80 3.5L I6

Statistics

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  • Pole position - #62 Team Sauber Mercedes - 1:07.275
  • Fastest lap - #61 Team Sauber Mercedes - 1:11.739
  • Average speed - 178.339 km/h

References

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  • "480 km Dijon". World Sports Racing Prototypes. 2 October 2005. Archived from the original on 27 October 2007. Retrieved 2008-02-19.


World Sportscar Championship
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1989 480 km of Suzuka
1989 season Next race:
1989 480 km of Jarama