1989 480 km of Donington

The 1989 Wheatcroft Gold Cup was the sixth round of the 1989 World Sportscar Championship season. It took place at Donington Park, United Kingdom on 3 September 1989.

Layout of the Donington Park

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 62   Team Sauber Mercedes   Jean-Louis Schlesser
  Jochen Mass
Sauber C9 M 120
Mercedes-Benz M119 5.0L V8
2 C1 61   Team Sauber Mercedes   Kenny Acheson
  Mauro Baldi
Sauber C9 M 120
Mercedes-Benz M119 5.0L V8
3 C1 23   Nissan Motorsports International   Mark Blundell
  Julian Bailey
Nissan R89C D 120
Nissan VRH35Z 3.5L Turbo V8
4 C1 7   Blaupunkt Sachs Joest Racing   Frank Jelinski
  Bob Wollek
Porsche 962C G 119
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
5 C1 5   Hydro Aluminium Brun Motorsport   Harald Huysman
  Oscar Larrauri
Porsche 962C Y 119
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
6 C1 19   Aston Martin
  Ecurie Ecosse
  David Leslie
  Michael Roe
Aston Martin AMR1 G 118
Aston Martin RDP87 6.0L V8
7 C1 18   Aston Martin
  Ecurie Ecosse
  David Sears
  Brian Redman
Aston Martin AMR1 G 118
Aston Martin RDP87 6.0L V8
8 C1 8   Blaupunkt Sachs Joest Racing   Henri Pescarolo
  Jean-Louis Ricci
Porsche 962C G 117
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
9 C1 13   Courage Compétition   Pascal Fabre
  Hervé Regout
Cougar C22S G 117
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
10 C1 37   Toyota Team Tom's   Johnny Dumfries
  John Watson
Toyota 89C-V B 116
Toyota R32V 3.2L Turbo V8
11 C1 14   Richard Lloyd Racing   Tiff Needell
  Derek Bell
Porsche 962C GTi G 115
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
12 C1 10   Porsche Kremer Racing   George Fouché
  Giovanni Lavaggi
Porsche 962CK6 Y 114
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
13 C2 107   Tiga Racing Team   Jari Nurminen
  Tony Trevor
Tiga GC289 G 114
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
14 C2 171   Team Mako   James Shead
  Robbie Stirling
Spice SE88C G 114
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
15 C2 101   Chamberlain Engineering   Fermín Velez
  Nick Adams
Spice SE89C G 113
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
16 C1 40   Swiss Team Salamin   Antoine Salamin
  Max Cohen-Olivar
Porsche 962C G 110
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
17
NC
GTP 201   Mazdaspeed   Pierre Dieudonné
  David Kennedy
Mazda 767B D 111
Mazda 13J 2.6L 4-Rotor
18
NC
C2 108   Roy Baker Racing
  GP Motorsport
  Philippe de Henning
  Dudley Wood
Spice SE87C G 108
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
19
DNF
C1 2   Silk Cut Jaguar   Alain Ferté
  Andy Wallace
Jaguar XJR-11 D 115
Jaguar JV6 3.5L Turbo V6
20
DNF
C2 151   Pierre-Alain Lombardi   Pierre-Alain Lombardi
  Bruno Sotty
Spice SE86C G 107
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
21
DNF
C2 111   PC Automotive   Richard Piper
  Olindo Iacobelli
Spice SE88C G 106
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
22
DNF
C2 102   Chamberlain Engineering   Luigi Taverna
  John Williams
Spice SE86C G 101
Hart 418T 1.8L Turbo I4
23
DNF
C1 26   France Prototeam   Claude Ballot-Léna
  Bernard Thuner
Spice SE88C G 91
Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8
24
DNF
C2 178   Didier Bonnet   Joel Aulen
  Gérard Tremblay
Tiga GC289 G 68
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
25
DNF
C1 21   Spice Engineering   Eliseo Salazar
  Tim Harvey
Spice SE89C G 66
Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8
26
DNF
C1 6   Repsol Brun Motorsport   Walter Brun
  Jésus Pareja
Porsche 962C Y 49
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
27
DNF
C1 1   Silk Cut Jaguar   Jan Lammers
  Patrick Tambay
Jaguar XJR-11 D 45
Jaguar JV6 3.5L Turbo V6
28
DNF
C1 22   Spice Engineering   Wayne Taylor
  Thorkild Thyrring
Spice SE89C G 42
Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8
29
DNF
C1 16   Hydro Aluminium Brun Motorsport   Stanley Dickens
  Uwe Schäfer
Porsche 962C Y 29
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
30
DNF
C1 29   Mussato Action Car   Bruno Giacomelli
  Franco Scapini
Lancia LC2 D 28
Ferrari 308C 3.0L Turbo V8
31
DNF
C2 177   Automobiles Louis Descartes   Marc Fontan
  Alain Serpaggi
ALD C289 G 24
Ford Cosworth 3.3L V8
32
DNF
C2 106   Porto Kaleo Team   Ranieri Randaccio
  Pasquale Barberio
Tiga GC288/9 G 17
Ford Cosworth 3.3L V8
33
DNF
C2 105   Porto Kaleo Team
  Roy Baker Racing
  Stefano Sebastiani
  Mike Kimpton
Tiga GC289 G 0
Ford Cosworth 3.3L V8
DNS C1 17   Dauer Racing   Jochen Dauer
  Will Hoy
Porsche 962C G -
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
DNS C1 20   Team Davey   Tim Lee-Davey Porsche 962C D -
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6

† – #201 Mazdaspeed and #181 Roy Baker Racing were not classified due to completing the final lap of the race at too slow of a pace.

Statistics

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  • Pole position – #61 Team Sauber Mercedes – 1:19.123
  • Fastest lap – #23 Nissan Motorsports International – 1:24.500
  • Average speed – 162.882 km/h

References

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  • "480 km Donington". World Sports Racing Prototypes. 2 October 2005. Archived from the original on 27 October 2007. Retrieved 2008-02-20.
  • "World Sports Prototype Championship Donington 1989". Racing Sports Cars. 13 April 2007. Archived from the original on 29 January 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-20.


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