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.

Layout of the Suzuka International Racing Course (1987-2002)

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 61   Team Sauber Mercedes   Jean-Louis Schlesser
  Mauro Baldi
Sauber C9 M 82
Mercedes-Benz M119 5.0L Turbo V8
2 C1 62   Team Sauber Mercedes   Kenny Acheson Sauber C9 M 82
Mercedes-Benz M119 5.0L Turbo V8
3 C1 7   Joest Racing   Frank Jelinski
  Bob Wollek
Porsche 962C G 82
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
4 C1 23   Nissan Motorsports International   Toshio Suzuki
  Kazuyoshi Hoshino
Nissan R88C D 81
Nissan VRH30 3.0L Turbo V8
5 C1 2   Silk Cut Jaguar   John Nielsen
  Andy Wallace
Jaguar XJR-9 D 81
Jaguar 7.0L V12
6 C1 36   Toyota Team Tom's   Paolo Barilla
  Hitoshi Ogawa
Toyota 89C-V B 81
Toyota R32V 3.2L Turbo V8
7 C1 34   Porsche Alméras Montpellier
  Advan Team Alpha
  Kunimitsu Takahashi
  Stanley Dickens
Porsche 962C G 81
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
8 C1 16   Repsol Brun Motorsport   Oscar Larrauri
  Maurizio Sandro Sala
Porsche 962C Y 81
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
9 C1 11   Porsche Kremer Racing
  Leyton House Racing
  Masanori Sekiya
  Hideki Okada
Porsche 962CK6 Y 81
Porsche Type-935 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
10 C1 72   Obermaier Primagaz
  From-A Racing
  Harald Grohs
  Akihiko Nakaya
Porsche 962C G 81
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
11 C1 24   Nissan Motorsports International   Masahiro Hasemi
  Anders Olofsson
Nissan R88C D 81
Nissan VRH30 3.0L Turbo V8
12 C1 55   Team Davey
  Omron Racing Team
  Vern Schuppan
  Eje Elgh
Porsche 962C D 80
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
13 C1 100   Richard Lloyd Racing
  Trust Racing Team
  Steven Andskär
  George Fouché
Porsche 962C GTi G 79
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
14 C1 13   Courage Compétition   Pascal Fabre
  Alessandro Santin
Cougar C22S G 79
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
15 C1 17   Dauer Racing   Jochen Dauer
  Franz Konrad
Porsche 962C G 78
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
16 C1 40   Swiss Team Salamin
  Advan Alpha Tomei
  Kazou Mogi
  Kenji Takahashi
Porsche 962C G 78
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
17 GTP 201   Mazdaspeed   Takashi Yorino
  Tetsuya Ota
Mazda 767 D 77
Mazda 13J 2.6L 4-Rotor
18 C1 6   Repsol Brun Motorsport   Walter Brun
  Jesús Pareja
Porsche 962C Y 77
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
19 C1 14   Richard Lloyd Racing   Tiff Needell
  Derek Bell
Porsche 962C GTi G 76
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
20 C1 37   Toyota Team Tom's   Geoff Lees
  Johnny Dumfries
Toyota 89C-V B 75
Toyota R32V 3.2L Turbo V8
21 C1 85   Nissan Motorsports International
  Cabin Racing Team with Le Mans
  Takao Wada
  Akio Morimoto
Nissan R88V D 74
Nissan VG30 3.0L Turbo V6
22 C1 20   Team Davey   Tim Lee-Davey
  Jürgen Barth
Porsche 962C D 71
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
23 C2 101   Chamberlain Engineering   Fermín Velez
  Nick Adams
Spice SE86C G 63
Hart 418T 1.9L Turbo I4
24 C1 50   Toyota Team Tom's
  SARD
  Roland Ratzenberger
  Keiichi Suzuki
Toyota 89C-V B 62
Toyota R32V 3.2L Turbo V8
25
DSQ
C2 108   Roy Baker Racing   John Sheldon
  Leif Lindström
Tiga GC289 G 47
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
26
DNF
C1 1   Silk Cut Jaguar   Jan Lammers
  Patrick Tambay
Jaguar XJR-9 D 80
Jaguar 7.0L V12
27
DNF
C1 22   Spice Engineering   Wayne Taylor
  Thorkild Thyrring
Spice SE89C G 32
Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8
28
DNF
C1 5   Repsol Brun Motorsport   Harald Huysman
  Juha Varjosaari
Porsche 962C Y 23
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
29
DNF
C1 10   Porsche Kremer Racing   Bruno Giacomelli
  Giovanni Lavaggi
Porsche 962CK6 Y 16
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
30
DNF
C1 8   Joest Racing   Jean-Louis Ricci
  Claude Ballot-Léna
Porsche 962C G 15
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
31
DNF
C2 107   Tiga Racing Team   Jari Nurminen
  Luigi Taverna
Tiga GC289 G 11
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
32
DNF
C1 21   Spice Engineering   Eliseo Salazar
  Ray Bellm
Spice SE89C G 5
Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8
33
DNF
GTP 202   Mazdaspeed   Yoshimi Katayama
  Yojiro Terada
Mazda 767B D 4
Mazda 13J 2.6L 4-Rotor
34
DNF
C2 103   France Prototeam   Almo Coppelli
  Bernard Thuner
Spice SE88C G 3
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
DNS C1 26   France Prototeam   Alain Ferté
  Henri Pescarolo
Spice SE88C G -
Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8
DNQ C1 29   Mussato Action Car   Franco Scapini
  Gianfranco Tacchino
Lancia LC2 D -
Ferrari 308C 3.0L Turbo V8

† - The #108 Roy Baker Racing entry was disqualified after the race for receiving assistance at the race start.

Statistics

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  • Pole position - #37 Toyota Team Tom's - 1:50.635
  • Fastest lap - #1 Silk Cut Jaguar - 1:57.549
  • Average speed - 170.596 km/h

References

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  • "480 km Suzuka". World Sports Racing Prototypes. 2 October 2005. Archived from the original on 27 October 2007. Retrieved 2008-02-18.


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