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{{Short description|57th 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race}}
{{Short description|57th 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race}}
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[[File:Circuit de la Sarthe Le Mans 1987-1989.png|thumb|350px|Le Mans in 1989]]
[[File:Circuit de la Sarthe Le Mans 1987-1989.png|thumb|350px|Le Mans in 1989]]

The '''1989 24 Hours of Le Mans''' was the 57th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 10 and 11 June 1989.
The '''1989 [[24 Hours of Le Mans]]''' was the 57th Grand Prix of Endurance, taking place at the [[Circuit de la Sarthe]], [[France]], on the 10 and 11 June 1989. This year it was not included as a round of the [[1989 World Sportscar Championship season|1989 World Sports-Prototype Championship]]. The entry list promised a strong contest between five manufacturers. Jaguar had won in 1988 and went on to win the championship; while Sauber had finished second and was now matching Jaguar on the track. New regulations were coming in 1991, and the first examples of the 3.5-litre normally-aspirated formula were entered by [[Spice Engineering]].
[[File: 24 Hours of Le Mans 1989 winner's trophy Mercedes-Benz Museum.jpg|thumb|200px|The 1989 Le Mans Winners' Trophy]]

Although the Saubers started on the front row, it was the Jaguar of [[Davy Jones (racing driver)|Davy Jones]] that led for the first three hours until the car suddenly came to a stop on the back straight, dropping them well down the field. With the Saubers running to a designated race-pace, it was the Joest Porsche of Wollek and Stuck that took the lead, keeping it for six hours, and into the night. The Jaguar team kept having niggly problems that left them constantly playing catch-up. As night fell, it was the Joest Porsches running a surprising 1-2. However, at 1.20am, Stuck brought his car in with overheating problems, losing the 3-lap lead they had built up. This moved the Lammers Jaguar to the front for the rest of the night, chased by two of the Saubers.
It all came apart for Jaguar as dawn arrived as their three remaining cars were waylaid, two of them needing full gearbox changes. This left the Saubers racing each other on the same lap. But when Baldi ran out of brakes and ended up in the Dunlop gravel-trap, Dickens went through to take a lead he would not relinquish. Baldi's Sauber lost its chance to force the issue when the gearbox gave up leaving co-driver Acheson to run home stuck in fifth gear. Third was the Wollek/Stuck Porsche, seven laps behind the winners fighting clutch problems, with the best of the Jaguars – that of Lammers/Tambay/Gilbert-Scott – in fourth.

In the C2 class, it had been a race of attrition with every car suffering some kind of delay and only five of the fourteen entries finishing. In the end, the class win went to the Cougar of Philippe Farjon and [[Courage Compétition]]. Mazda again had the GTP class to themselves, and again, they were pleased to have all three finish – the best coming home seventh overall, 21 laps behind the winner. The event was also notable for the unusual number of cars catching fire - with six of them afflicted either in practice or during the race. Despite the alarming spectacles, the drivers were all able to stop and get out without suffering injury.

==Regulations==
At the end of 1988, the FIA ([[Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile]]) announced an overhaul of the Group C regulations. From 1991, the fuel restrictions would be removed, and the cars would have a weight-limit of 750&nbsp;kg and be powered by 3.5-litre non-turbo engines. The formula was proposed by [[Bernie Ecclestone]], the FIA officer in charge of promotion. These engines were coming into Formula 1 this year, and it was an undisguised attempt to bring the major Sports Car manufacturers (Porsche, Jaguar, Mercedes-Benz, Toyota, Nissan, Mazda) into that series at a reduced cost of two series for one engine. Races would be 350&nbsp;km (with co-drivers optional), aside from the only endurance race in the schedule- at Le Mans.<ref name="Spurring 2012, p.336">Spurring 2012, p.336</ref><ref name="Williams 2023, p.320">Williams 2023, p.320</ref><ref name="Wimpffen 2008, p.294">Wimpffen 2008, p.294</ref>

At a stroke, Group C would be consigned to history, with 1989 and 1990 now designated as transitional seasons to allow the new models to be phased in. Group C2 would be ended at the close of this year.<ref name="Wimpffen 2008, p.297">Wimpffen 2008, p.297</ref> Group C cars would still run to the fuel restrictions, with an additional 50&nbsp;kg of minimum weight added and manual control of the turbo-boost now banned.<ref name="Spurring 2012, p.336"/> In contrast, the new 3.5-litre engines were not under these restrictions.<ref name="Wimpffen 2008, p.294"/> This year's championship would be 9 rounds, with teams required to enter every round or face a US$250,000 fine per race missed.<ref name="Spurring 2012, p.336"/><ref name="Williams 2023, p.320"/><ref name="Wimpffen 2008, p.294"/> The only exception was for Japanese teams who could miss one European round. The ACO ([[Automobile Club de l'Ouest]]) was allowed to take entries from non-Championship cars if the number of official entries was less than 50. Ecclestone also stated that the FIA had control over TV rights and had also signed contracts for race-timing with [[Longines]] and [[Olivetti]].<ref name="Spurring 2012, p.336"/><ref name="Williams 2023, p.320"/>

All of these were at odds with the contracts the ACO already had in place. When it was still unresolved by May, the ACO had no option but to withdraw the race from the World Championship. This did not go down well with many teams – particularly the Japanese ones – who had committed to the costly full season to be able to compete at Le Mans, which they could now do anyway.<ref name="Spurring 2012, p.336"/><ref name="Wimpffen 2008, p.295">Wimpffen 2008, p.295</ref>
This year, the ACO modified the formula for the ''Indice Energétique'', to become the ''Challenge Econergie''.<ref name="Spurring 2012, p.8">Spurring 2012, p.8</ref>

==Entries==
Despite the FIA regulations, the entry-list was one of the strongest of the Group C era, with five different manufacturers now with genuine race-winning aspirations. There were 25 factory cars – with the notable exception of Porsche. However, it was supporting a flotilla of 17 customer entries, easily the strongest marque present. Joining them this year was Aston Martin, late to the party, and Spice, who were the first to introduce a design to the new 3.5-litre specifications.
The C2 class of 17 was dominated by Spice, with 8 entries reflecting its current dominance in racing series around the world. Once again, Mazda entered its cars in the IMSA-GTP class, and again the three of them had the class to themselves. For the first time since 1982 (the inaugural year of the Group C era), a full grid of 55 cars took the start.<ref name="Spurring 2012, p.378">Spurring 2012, p.378</ref>

{|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%"
! Class
! Quantity
! Turbo+Rotary<br />engines
|-
! Group C1
| 41 / 38
| 33 / 30
|-
! IMSA-GTP
| 3 / 3
| 3 / 3
|-
! Group C2
| 18 / 14
| 2 / 2
|-
! Total Entries
| 62 / 55
| 38 / 35
|}
*<small>'''Note''': The first number is the number accepted, the second the number who started.</small>


==Race==
==Race==
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Having run his cars at Le Mans for a decade, Peter Sauber was aided by Mercedes in winning the 1989 race. His "Silver Arrows" Sauber C9s finished 1st, 2nd and 5th, with Porsches and Jaguars finishing behind.
Having run his cars at Le Mans for a decade, Peter Sauber was aided by Mercedes in winning the 1989 race. His "Silver Arrows" Sauber C9s finished 1st, 2nd and 5th, with Porsches and Jaguars finishing behind.


==Official results==
==Qualifying==
=== Finishers===
Class leaders are in '''bold'''
Results taken from Quentin Spurring's book, officially licensed by the [[Automobile Club de l'Ouest|ACO]]<ref name="Spurring 2012, p.2">Spurring 2012, p.2</ref><ref name="Spurring 2012, p.334">Spurring 2012, p.334</ref><ref name="Spurring 2012, p.364">Spurring 2012, p.364</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url= https://www.racingsportscars.com/race/Le_Mans-1989-06-11.html |title= Racing Sports Cars|website= RacingSportsCars.com|access-date=26 Nov 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.lemans-history.com/provas.php?ano=1989 |title= Le Mans History|website= lemans-history.com|access-date=26 Nov 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.wsrp.cz/nonchamp1989.html#4 |title= World Sports Racing Prototypes |website= www.wsrp.cz|access-date=26 Nov 2023}}</ref><br />Class Winners are in '''Bold''' text.


{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%;"
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! {{Tooltip|Pos|Position}}
! Pos
! No.
! Team
! Car
! Class
! Class
! {{Tooltip|No.|Car number}}
! Time
! Gap
! Team
! Drivers
|- style="font-weight:bold"
! 1
! Chassis
! Engine
| 62
! Tyre
| Team Sauber Mercedes
! {{Tooltip|Laps|Laps completed}}
| Sauber C9
| C1
|-
! '''1'''
| 3:15.040
| '''Gr.C1'''
|
| '''63'''
| '''{{flagicon|CHE}} Team [[Sauber Motorsport|Sauber]] [[Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes]] '''
| '''{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Jochen Mass]]<br />{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Manuel Reuter]]<br />{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Stanley Dickens]] '''
| [[Sauber C9]]
| [[Mercedes-Benz M119 engine|Mercedes-Benz M119]] <br />5.0L V8 ''twin turbo''
| {{Michelin}}
| 390
|-
|-
! 2
! 2
| Gr.C1
| 61
| 61
| Team Sauber Mercedes
| {{flagicon|CHE}} Team Sauber Mercedes
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Mauro Baldi]]<br />{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Kenny Acheson]]<br />{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Gianfranco Brancatelli]]
| Sauber C9
| Sauber C9
| Mercedes-Benz M119<br />5.0L V8 ''twin turbo''
| C1
| {{Michelin}}
| 3:15.670
| +0.630
| 385
|-
|-
! 3
! 3
| 1
| Gr.C1
| 9
| Silk Cut Jaguar
| {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Joest Racing]]
| Jaguar XJR-9
| {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Hans-Joachim Stuck]]<br />{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Bob Wollek]]
| C1
| [[Porsche 962]]C
| 3:18.350
| Porsche 935/82 3.0L F6<br />''twin turbo''
| +3.310
| {{Goodyear}}
| 383
|-
|-
! 4
! 4
| 3
| Gr.C1
| 1
| Silk Cut Jaguar
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Silk Cut]] [[Jaguar Cars|Jaguar]] Team<br />{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Tom Walkinshaw Racing]]
| Jaguar XJR-9
| {{flagicon|NLD}} [[Jan Lammers]]<br />{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Patrick Tambay]]<br />{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Andrew Gilbert-Scott]]
| C1
| [[Jaguar XJR-9]]LM
| 3:19.480
| [[Jaguar V12 engine#TWR/Lister|Jaguar 7.0L V12]]
| +4.440
| {{Dunlop}}
| 381
|-
|-
! 5
! 5
| 9
| Gr.C1
| 62
| Joest Racing
| {{flagicon|CHE}} Team Sauber Mercedes
| Porsche 962C
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Jean-Louis Schlesser]]<br />{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Jean-Pierre Jabouille]]<br />{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Alain Cudini]]
| C1
| Sauber C9
| 3:19.800
| Mercedes-Benz M119<br />5.0L V8 ''twin turbo''
| +4.760
| {{Michelin}}
| 379
|-
|-
! 6
! 6
| 4
| Gr.C1
| 8
| Silk Cut Jaguar
| {{flagicon|FRG}} Joest Racing
| Jaguar XJR-9
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Henri Pescarolo]]<br />{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Claude Ballot-Léna]]<br />{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Jean-Louis Ricci]]
| C1
| 3:20.190
| +5.150
|-
! 7
| 17
| Repsol Brun Motorsport
| Porsche 962C
| Porsche 962C
| Porsche 935/82 3.0L F6<br />''twin turbo''
| C1
| {{Goodyear}}
| 3:20.260
| +5.220
| 372
|-
! '''7'''
| '''IMSA<br />GTP'''
| '''201'''
| '''{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Mazdaspeed]] '''
| '''{{flagicon|IRL}} [[David Kennedy (racing driver)|David Kennedy]]<br />{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Pierre Dieudonné]] <br />{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Chris Hodgetts]]'''
| [[Mazda 767]]B
| [[Mazda Wankel engine#13J|Mazda 13J-M]] 2.6L<br /> ''quad-rotary''
| {{Dunlop}}
| 369
|-
|-
! 8
! 8
| 2
| Gr.C1
| 4
| Silk Cut Jaguar
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Silk Cut Jaguar Team<br />{{flagicon|GBR}} Tom Walkinshaw Racing
| Jaguar XJR-9
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Alain Ferté]]<br />{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Michel Ferté]]<br />{{flagicon|CHL}} [[Eliseo Salazar]]
| C1
| Jaguar XJR-9LM
| 3:20.650
| Jaguar 7.0L V12
| +5.610
| {{Dunlop}}
| 369
|-
|-
! 9
! 9
| IMSA<br />GTP
| 5
| 202
| Brun Motorsport
| {{flagicon|JPN}} Mazdaspeed
| Porsche 962C
| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Takashi Yorino]]<br />{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Hervé Regout]]<br />{{flagicon|USA}} [[Elliot Forbes-Robinson]]
| C1
| Mazda 767B
| 3:21.510
| Mazda 13J-M 2.6L<br /> ''quad-rotary''
| +6.470
| {{Dunlop}}
| 366
|-
|-
! 10
! 10
| 11
| Gr.C1
| 16
| Porsche Kremer Racing
| {{flagicon|CHE}} [[Repsol]] [[Brun Motorsport]]
| Porsche 962CK6
| {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Harald Huysman]]<br />{{flagicon|FRG}} Uwe Schäfer<br />{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Dominique Lacaud]]
| C1
| Porsche 962C
| 3:22.700
| Porsche 935/82 3.0L F6<br />''twin turbo''
| +7.660
| {{Yokohama}}
| 352
|-
|-
! 11
! 11
| 63
| Gr.C1
| 18
| Team Sauber Mercedes
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Aston Martin]]<br />{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Ecurie Ecosse]]
| Sauber C9
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Brian Redman]]<br />{{flagicon|IRL}} [[Michael Roe (racing driver)|Michael Roe]]<br />{{flagicon|GRC}} [[Costas Los]]
| C1
| [[Aston Martin AMR1]]
| 3:22.860
| Aston Martin RDP87 6.0L V8
| +7.820
| {{Goodyear}}
| 340
|-
|-
! 12
! 12
| IMSA<br />GTP
| 24
| 203
| Nissan Motorsport
| {{flagicon|JPN}} Mazdaspeed
| Nissan R89C
| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Yojiro Terada]]<br />{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Marc Duez]]<br />{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Volker Weidler]]
| C1
| Mazda 767
| 3:24.090
| Mazda 13J-4M 2.6L<br /> ''quad-rotary''
| +9.050
| {{Dunlop}}
| 340
|-
|-
! 13
! 13
| 7
| Gr.C1
| 55
| Joest Racing
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Omron]] Racing Team Schuppan
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Vern Schuppan]]<br />{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Eje Elgh]]<br />{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Gary Brabham]]
| Porsche 962C
| Porsche 962C
| Porsche 935/82 3.0L F6<br />''twin turbo''
| C1
| {{Dunlop}}
| 3:24.770
| +9.730
| 322
|-
|-
! 14
! '''14'''
| '''Gr.C2'''
| 10
| 113
| Porsche Kremer Racing
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Courage Compétition]]
| Porsche 962CK6
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Jean-Claude Andruet]]<br />{{flagicon|FRA}} Philippe Farjon<br />{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Shunji Kasuya]]
| C1
| Cougar C20B
| 3:24.920
| Porsche 935 2.8L F6 <br />''turbo''
| +9.880
| {{Goodyear}}
| 313
|-
|-
! 15
! 15
| 25
| Gr.C1
| 20
| Nissan Motorsport
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Team Davey<br />''(private entrant)''
| Nissan R89C
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Tim Lee-Davey]]<br />{{flagicon|GBR}} Tom Dodd-Noble <br />{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Katsunori Iketani]]
| C1
| Porsche 962C
| 3:25.380
| Porsche 935/82 3.0L F6<br />''twin turbo''
| +10.340
| {{Dunlop}}
|- style="font-weight:bold"
| 309
|-
! 16
! 16
| 202
| Gr.C2
| 171
| Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd.
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Team Mako<br />''(private entrant)''
| Mazda 767
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Don Shead <br />{{flagicon|CAN}} Robbie Stirling<br />{{flagicon|GBR}} Ross Hyett
| GTP
| Spice-[[Pontiac Fiero|Fiero]] SE88C
| 3:25.450
| [[Cosworth]] DFL 3.3L V8
| +10.410
| {{Goodyear}}
| 307
|-
|-
! 17
! 17
| 37
| Gr.C2
| 108
| Toyota Team Tom's
| {{flagicon|GBR}} GP Motorsport<br />{{flagicon|GBR}} Roy Baker Racing
| Toyota 89C-V
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Dudley Wood<br />{{flagicon|GBR}} Evan Clements<br />{{flagicon|FRA}} Philippe de Henning
| C1
| Spice-Fiero SE87C
| 3:25.600
| Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
| +10.560
| {{Goodyear}}
| 304
|-
|-
! 18
! 18
| 55
| Gr.C2
| 126
| Team Schuppan
| {{flagicon|FRA}} France Prototeam<br />{{flagicon|GBR}} J. Messaoudi <br />''(private entrant)''
| Porsche 962C
| {{flagicon|FRA}} Jean Messaoudi<br />{{flagicon|FRA}} Pierre-François Rousselot<br />{{flagicon|FRA}} Thierry Lecerf
| C1
| [[Argo JM19]]C
| 3:26.890
| Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
| +11.850
| {{Goodyear}}
| 298
|-
|-
! 19
! 19
| 23
| Gr.C2
| 104
| Nissan Motorsport
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Graff Racing]]<br />[[Spice Engineering]]
| Nissan R89C
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Jean-Philippe Grand]]<br />{{flagicon|FRA}} Rémy Pochauvin<br />{{flagicon|FRA}} Jean-Luc Roy
| C1
| Spice SE89C
| 3:26.950
| Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
| +11.910
| {{Goodyear}}
|-
| 292
! 20
| 6
|}

| Brun Motorsport
===Did not finish===
| Porsche 962C
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
| C1
! Pos
| 3:27.070
! Class
| +12.030
! No
! Team
! Drivers
! Chassis
! Engine
! Tyre
! Laps
! Reason
|-
|-
! 21
! DNF
| Gr.C1
| 14
| 14
| Richard Lloyd Racing
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Richard Lloyd Racing]]
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Derek Bell (racing driver)|Derek Bell]]<br />{{flagicon|GBR}} [[James Weaver (racing driver)|James Weaver]]<br /> {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Tiff Needell]]
| Porsche 962C GTi
| Porsche 962C GTi
| Porsche 935/82 3.0L F6<br />''twin turbo''
| C1
| {{Goodyear}}
| 3:27.750
| +12.710
| 339
| Fire<br />(23hr)
|-
|-
! 22
! DNF
| 33
| Gr.C1
| 10
| Team Schuppan
| Porsche 962C
| {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Porsche]] [[Kremer Racing]]
| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Kunimitsu Takahashi]]<br />{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Bruno Giacomelli]]<br />{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Giovanni Lavaggi]]
| C1
| Porsche 962C-K6
| 3:27.790
| Porsche 935/82 3.0L F6<br />''twin turbo''
| +12.750
| {{Yokohama}}
| 303
| Fire<br />(21hr)
|-
|-
! 23
! DNF
| 15
| Gr.C1
| 25
| Richard Lloyd Racing
| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Nismo|Nissan Motorsports]]<br />International
| Porsche 962C GTi
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Geoff Brabham]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Chip Robinson]]<br> {{flagicon|NLD}} [[Arie Luyendyk]]
| C1
| [[Nissan R89C]]
| 3:27.970
| [[Nissan VRH35 engine|Nissan VRH35Z]] 3.5L V8<br />''twin turbo''
| +12.930
| {{Dunlop}}
| 250
| Engine<br />(17hr)
|-
|-
! 24
! DNF
| 36
| Gr.C2
| 101
| Toyota Team Tom’s
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Chamberlain Engineering]]
| Toyota 89C-V
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Nick Adams (racing driver)|Nick Adams]]<br />{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Fermín Velez]]<br />{{flagicon|ITA}} Luigi Taverna
| C1
| Spice SE89C
| 3:28.320
| Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
| +13.280
| {{Goodyear}}
| 244
| Engine<br />(17hr)
|-
|-
! 25
! DNF
| 38
| Gr.C1
| 17
| Toyota Team Tom’s
| {{flagicon|CHE}} Repsol Brun Motorsport
| Toyota 89C-V
| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Oscar Larrauri]]<br />{{flagicon|CHE}} [[Walter Brun]]<br />{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Jesús Pareja]]
| C1
| 3:28.640
| +13.600
|-
! 26
| 27
| Repsol Brun Motorsport
| Porsche 962C
| Porsche 962C
| Porsche 935/82 3.0L F6<br />''twin turbo''
| C1
| {{Yokohama}}
| 3:29.410
| +14.370
| 242
| Engine<br />(16hr)
|-
|-
! 27
! DNF
| 16
| Gr.C1
| Brun Motorsport
| Porsche 962C
| C1
| 3:29.900
| +14.860
|-
! 28
| 201
| Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd.
| Mazda 767
| GTP
| 3:31.380
| +16.340
|-
! 29
| 13
| Courage Compétition
| Cougar C22LM
| C1
| 3:31.490
| +16.450
|-
! 30
| 72
| Obermaier Racing
| Porsche 962C
| C1
| 3:32.000
| +16.960
|-
! 31
| 21
| 21
| Spice Engineering
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Spice Engineering]]
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Gordon Spice]]<br />{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Ray Bellm]]<br />{{flagicon|USA}} [[Lyn St. James]]
| Spice SE89C
| Spice SE89C
| [[Cosworth DFV#Variants|Cosworth DFZ]] 3.5L V8
| C1
| {{Goodyear}}
| 3:32.540
| +17.500
| 229
| Engine<br />(16hr)
|-
|-
! 32
! DNF
| 18
| Gr.C1
| 15
| Aston Martin
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Richard Lloyd Racing
| Aston Martin AMR1
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[David Hobbs (racing driver)|David Hobbs]]<br />{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Damon Hill]]<br />{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Steven Andskär]]
| C1
| Porsche 962C GTi
| 3:34.080
| Porsche 935/82 3.0L F6<br />''twin turbo''
| +19.040
| {{Goodyear}}
| 228
| Engine<br />(16hr)
|-
|-
! 33
! DNF
| 8
| Gr.C1
| 32
| Joest Racing
| {{flagicon|FRA}} Courage Compétition<br />{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Team LeMans]] Co
| Porsche 962C
| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Takao Wada]]<br />{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Akio Morimoto]]<br />{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Anders Olofsson]]
| C1
| [[March Engineering|March]] [[Nissan R88C|88S]] <br />(“Cougar R89V”)
| 3:35.420
| [[Nissan VG engine#VG30ET|Nissan VG30]] 3.0L V6<br /> ''twin turbo''
| +20.380
| {{Yokohama}}
| 221
| Engine<br />(16hr)
|-
|-
! 34
! DNF
| 203
| Gr.C1
| 2
| Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd.
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Silk Cut Jaguar Team<br>{{flagicon|GBR}} Tom Walkinshaw Racing
| Mazda 767
| {{flagicon|DNK}} [[John Nielsen (racing driver)|John Nielsen]]<br />{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Andy Wallace (racing driver)|Andy Wallace]]<br />{{flagicon|USA}} [[Price Cobb]]
| GTP
| Jaguar XJR-9LM
| 3:36.690
| Jaguar 7.0L V12
| +21.650
| {{Dunlop}}
| 215
| Engine<br />(15hr)
|-
! DNF
| Gr.C2
| 106
| {{flagicon|ITA}} Porto Kaleo
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Robin Smith<br>{{flagicon|ITA}} Vito Veninata<br>{{flagicon|ITA}} "Stingbrace" (Stefano Sebastiani)
| [[Tiga Race Cars|Tiga]] GC288/9
| Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
| {{Goodyear}}
| 194
| Electrics<br />(17hr)
|-
|-
! 35
! DNF
| Gr.C1
| 34
| 34
| Equipe Alméras Frères
| {{flagicon|FRA}} Porsche [[Alméras Frères|Alméras Montpelier]]
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Jacques Alméras]]<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Jean-Marie Alméras]]<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} Alain Ianetta
| Porsche 962C
| Porsche 962C
| Porsche 935/82 3.0L F6<br />''twin turbo''
| C1
| {{Goodyear}}
| 3:36.910
| +21.870
| 188
| Accident<br />(14hr)
|-
|-
! 36
! DNF
| 22
| Gr.C1
| Spice Engineering
| Spice SE89C
| C1
| 3:38.470
| +23.430
|- style="font-weight:bold"
! 37
| 104
| Graff Racing
| Spice SE89C
| C2
| 3:38.700
| +23.660
|-
! 38
| 12
| 12
| Courage Compétition
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Courage Compétition]]
| {{flagicon|FRA}} Patrick Gonin<br />{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Bernard de Dryver]]<br />{{flagicon|CHE}} [[Bernard Santal]]
| Cougar C22LM
| [[Courage Compétition|Cougar]] C22
| C1
| Porsche 935/82 3.0L F6<br />''twin turbo''
| 3:38.740
| {{Goodyear}}
| +23.700
| 168
| Electronics<br />(14hr)
|-
|-
! 39
! DNF
| 32
| Gr.C1
| 23
| Team LeMans Co.
| {{flagicon|JPN}} Nissan Motorsports<br />International
| March 88S
| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Masahiro Hasemi]]<br />{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Kazuyoshi Hoshino]]<br />{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Toshio Suzuki (racing driver)|Toshio Suzuki]]
| C1
| Nissan R89C
| 3:39.910
| Nissan VRH35Z 3.5L V8<br />''twin turbo''
| +24.870
| {{Dunlop}}
| 167
| Engine<br />(11hr)
|-
|-
! 40
! DNF
| Gr.C1
| 19
| 19
| Aston Martin
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Aston Martin<br />{{flagicon|GBR}} Ecurie Ecosse
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[David Leslie (racing driver)|David Leslie]]<br />{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Ray Mallock]]<br />{{flagicon|GBR}} [[David Sears (Motorsport)|David Sears]]
| Aston Martin AMR1
| Aston Martin AMR1
| Aston Martin RDP87 6.0L V8
| C1
| {{Goodyear}}
| 3:40.110
| +25.070
| 153
| Electrics<br />(11hr)
|-
|-
! 41
! DNF
| 101
| Gr.C1
| 22
| Chamberlain Engineering
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Spice Engineering
| {{flagicon|DNK}} [[Thorkild Thyrring]]<br />{{flagicon|ZAF|1928}} [[Wayne Taylor]]<br />{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Tim Harvey]]
| Spice SE89C
| Spice SE89C
| Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8
| C2
| {{Goodyear}}
| 3:41.040
| +26.000
| 150
| Engine<br />(16hr)
|-
|-
! 42
! DNF
| 151
| Gr.C2
|103
| Pierre-Alain Lombardi
| {{flagicon|FRA}} France Prototeam
| Spice SE86C
| {{flagicon|FRA}} Pierre de Thoisy<br />{{flagicon|FRA}} Raymond Touroul<br /> {{flagicon|CHE}} Bernard Thuner
| C2
| Spice-Fiero SE88C
| 3:41.940
| Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
| +26.900
| {{Goodyear}}
| 133
| Chassis<br />(13hr)
|-
! DNF
| Gr.C2
| 107
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Tiga Race Cars|Tiga Race Team]]
| {{flagicon|MAR}} [[Max Cohen-Olivar]]<br />{{flagicon|GBR}} [[John Sheldon (racing driver)|John Sheldon]]<br />{{flagicon|GBR}} Robin Donovan
| [[Tiga GC289]]
| Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
| {{Goodyear}}
| 126
| Transmission<br />(14hr)
|-
|-
! 43
! DNF
| 20
| Gr.C1
| 7
| Team Davey
| {{flagicon|FRG}} Joest Racing
| {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Frank Jelinski]]<br />{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Pierre-Henri Raphanel]]<br />{{flagicon|FRG}} "John Winter" ([[Louis Krages]])
| Porsche 962C
| Porsche 962C
| Porsche 935/82 3.0L F6<br />''twin turbo''
| C1
| {{Goodyear}}
| 3:42.310
| +27.270
| 124
| Water leak<br />(8hr)
|-
|-
! 44
! DNF
| Gr.C1
| 13
| {{flagicon|FRA}} Courage Compétition
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Pascal Fabre]]<br />{{flagicon|FRA}} Jean-Louis Bousquet<br />{{flagicon|JPN}} Jiro Yoneyama
| Cougar C22
| Porsche 935/82 3.0L F6<br />''twin turbo''
| {{Goodyear}}
| 110
| Engine<br />(10hr)
|-
! DNF
| Gr.C1
| 52
| 52
| WM Secateva
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Welter Racing|WM Secateva]]
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Jean-Daniel Raulet]]<br />{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Philippe Gache]]<br />{{flagicon|FRA}} Pascal Pessiot
| WM P489
| [[Welter Racing|WM]] P489
| C1
| Peugeot [[V6 PRV engine|PRV ZNS4]] 3.0L<br /> V6 ''twin-turbo''
| 3:44.000
| {{Michelin}}
| +28.960
| 110
| Fire<br />(21hr)
|-
|-
! 45
! DNF
| 103
| Gr.C2
| France Prototeam
| Spice SE88C
| C2
| 3:44.440
| +29.400
|-
! 46
| 102
| 102
| Chamberlain Engineering
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Chamberlain Engineering
| {{flagicon|USA}} John Hotchkis<br />{{flagicon|USA}} John Hotchkis Jr<br />{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Richard Jones (racing driver)|Richard Jones]]
| Spice SE86C
| Spice-Fiero SE86C
| C2
| [[Hart (racing)|Hart]] 418T 1873cc S4 ''turbo''
| 3:44.990
| {{Goodyear}}
| +29.950
| 86
| Oil leak<br />(10hr)
|-
|-
! 47
! DNF
| 171
| Gr.C1
| 3
| Team Mako
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Silk Cut Jaguar Team<br />{{flagicon|GBR}} Tom Walkinshaw Racing
| Spice SE88C
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Davy Jones (racing driver)|Davy Jones]]<br />{{flagicon|IRL}} [[Derek Daly]]<br />{{flagicon|USA}} Jeff Kline
| C2
| Jaguar XJR-9LM
| 3:45.450
| Jaguar 7.0L V12
| +30.410
| {{Dunlop}}
| 85
| Engine<br />(6hr)
|-
|-
! 48
! DNF
| 113
| Gr.C1
| 27
| Courage Compétition
| {{flagicon|CHE}} Repsol Brun Motorsport
| Cougar C20B
| {{flagicon|FRG}} Rudi Seher<br />{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Franz Konrad (racing driver)|Franz Konrad]]<br />{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Andrés Vilariño]]
| C2
| Porsche 962C
| 3:45.860
| Porsche 935/82 3.0L F6<br />''twin turbo''
| +30.820
| {{Yokohama}}
| 81
| Engine<br />(6hr)
|-
|-
! 49
! DNF
| 108
| Gr.C1
| 5
| Roy Baker Racing
| {{flagicon|CHE}} Repsol Brun Motorsport<br />{{flagicon|JPN}} From A Racing
| Spice SE87C
| {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Harald Grohs]] <br />{{flagicon|ZAF|1928}} [[Sarel van der Merwe]]<br />{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Akihiko Nakaya]]
| C2
| Porsche 962C
| 3:46.230
| Porsche 935/82 3.0L F6<br />''twin turbo''
| +31.190
| {{Yokohama}}
| 78
| Gearbox<br />(7hr)
|-
|-
! 50
! DNF
| 107
| Gr.C2
| 177
| Tiga Racing Team
| {{flagicon|FRA}} Automobiles Louis Descartes<br />''(private entrant)''
| Tiga GC289
| {{flagicon|FRA}} Louis Descartes<br />{{flagicon|FRA}} Alain Serpaggi<br />{{flagicon|FRA}} Yves Hervalet
| C2
| ALD C289
| 3:47.030
| Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
| +31.990
| {{Goodyear}}
| 75
| Radiator<br />(10hr)
|-
|-
! 51
! DNF
| 106
| Gr.C1
| 33
| Porto Kaleo Team
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Racing Team Schuppan [[Takefuji]]
| Tiga GC288
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Will Hoy]]<br />{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Jean Alesi]]<br />{{flagicon|FRG}}/{{flagicon|USA}} [[Dominic Dobson]]
| C2
| Porsche 962C
| 3:48.270
| Porsche 935/82 3.0L F6<br />''twin turbo''
| +33.230
| {{Dunlop}}
| 69
| Fire<br />(5hr)
|-
|-
! 52
! DNF
| 175
| Gr.C1
| 72
| ADA Engineering
| {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Obermaier Racing]]<br />{{flagicon|FRA}} Primagaz Compétition
| ADA 02B
| {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Jürgen Lässig]] <br />{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Pierre Yver]]<br />{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Paul Belmondo]]
| C2
| Porsche 962C
| 3:48.800
| Porsche 935/79 2.8L F6<br />''twin turbo''
| +33.760
| {{Goodyear}}
| 61
| Accident<br />(5hr)
|-
|-
! 53
! DNF
| 126
| Gr.C1
| 37
| France Prototeam
| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Toyota]] Team [[TOM'S]]
| Argo JM19
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Geoff Lees (racing driver)|Geoff Lees]]<br />{{flagicon|GBR}} [[John Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute|Johnny, ''Earl'' Dumfries]]<br /> {{flagicon|GBR}} [[John Watson (racing driver)|John Watson]]
| C2
| [[Toyota 89C-V]]
| 3:50.370
| [[Toyota R32V/R36V engine|Toyota R32V]] 3.2L V8<br />''twin turbo''
| +35.330
| {{Bridgestone}}
| 58
| Accident<br />(6hr)
|-
|-
! 54
! DNF
| 105
| Gr.C2
| 151
| Porto Kaleo Team
| {{flagicon|CHE}} P.-A. Lombardi<br />''(private entrant)''
| Tiga GC289
| {{flagicon|CHE}} Pierre-Alain Lombardi<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Bruno Sotty]]<br>{{flagicon|ITA}} Fabio Magnani
| C2
| Spice-Fiero SE86C
| 3:50.820
| Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
| +35.780
| {{Goodyear}}
| 58
| Suspension<br />(5hr)
|-
|-
! 55
! DNF
| 177
| Gr.C1
| 6
| Automobiles Louis Descartes
| {{flagicon|CHE}} Repsol Brun Motorsport<br />{{flagicon|JPN}} Alpha Nova Racing
| ALD C289
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Maurizio Sandro Sala]]<br />{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Roland Ratzenberger]]<br />{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Walter Lechner]]
| C2
| Porsche 962C
| 3:55.360
| Porsche 935/82 3.0L F6<br />''twin turbo''
| +40.320
| {{Yokohama}}
| 58
| Suspension<br />(4hr)
|-
|-
! DNQ
! DNF
| 178
| Gr.C1
| 36
| Didier Bonnet
| {{flagicon|JPN}} Toyota Team TOM'S
| ALD 05
| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Hitoshi Ogawa]]<br />{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Paolo Barilla]]<br />{{flagicon|USA}} [[Ross Cheever]]
| C2
| Toyota 89C-V
| 3:58.490
| Toyota R32V 3.2L V8<br />''twin turbo''
| +43.450
| {{Bridgestone}}
| 45
| Engine<br />(4hr)
|-
|-
! DNQ
! DNF
| 29
| Gr.C1
| 11
| Mussato Action Car
| {{flagicon|FRG}} Porsche Kremer Racing
| Lancia LC2
| {{flagicon|ZAF|1928}} [[George Fouché]]<br />{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Masanori Sekiya]]<br />{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Hideki Okada]]
| C1
| Porsche 962C-K6
| 3:59.460
| Porsche 935/82 3.0L F6<br />''twin turbo''
| +44.420
| {{Yokohama}}
| 42
| Accident<br />(4hr)
|-
|-
! DNQ
! DNF
| 176
| Gr.C2
| 105
| Automobiles Louis Descartes
| {{flagicon|ITA}} Porto Kaleo
| ALD 04
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Noël del Bello]]<br />{{flagicon|FRA}} Jean-Claude Justice<br />{{flagicon|FRA}} Jean-Claude Ferrarin
| C2
| [[Tiga Race Cars|Tiga]] GC288/9
| 4:03.840
| Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
| +48.800
| {{Goodyear}}
| 36
| Engine<br />(5hr)
|-
|-
! DNQ
! DNF
| 179
| Gr.C1
| 38
| Didier Bonnet
| {{flagicon|JPN}} Toyota Team TOM'S
| ALD 06
| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Kaoru Hoshino]]<br />{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Didier Artzet]]<br />{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Keiichi Suzuki (racing driver)|Keiichi Suzuki]]
| C2
| [[Toyota 88C]]
| 4:25.350
| [[Toyota S engine|Toyota 3S-GTM]] 2.1L S4 ''turbo''
| +1:10.310
| {{Bridgestone}}
| 20
| Accident<br />(3hr)
|-
|-
! WD
! DNF
| 51
| Gr.C2
| 175
| WM Secateva
| {{flagicon|GBR}} ADA Engineering
| WM P489
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Ian Harrower<br />{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Laurence Bristow]]<br />{{flagicon|GBR}} Colin Pool
| C1
| ADA 02B
| 3:27.610
| Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
|
| {{Goodyear}}
| 14
| Electrics<br />(7hr)
|-
! DNF
| Gr.C1
| 24
| {{flagicon|JPN}} Nissan Motorsports<br />International
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Julian Bailey (racing driver)|Julian Bailey]]<br />{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Mark Blundell]]<br /> {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Martin Donnelly (racing driver)|Martin Donnelly]]
| Nissan R89C
| Nissan VRH35Z 3.5L V8<br />''twin turbo''
| {{Dunlop}}
| 5
| Accident<br />(1hr)
|}
|}


===Did not start===
*Several factory teams used the lengthy qualifying periods as a shakedown for their T-cars, and set some competitive lap times in the process. The #38 Toyota T-car actually set the 2nd fastest qualifying time overall, but the team chose to stick with their main car for the race itself, meaning they forfeited the T-car lap time and started 25th.

==Official results==
Class winners in '''bold'''. Cars failing to complete 70% of the winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
!rowspan=2| Pos
! Pos
!rowspan=2| Class
! Class
!rowspan=2| No
! No
!rowspan=2| Team
! Team
!rowspan=2| Drivers
! Drivers
! Chassis
! Chassis
!rowspan=2| Tyre
!rowspan=2| Laps
|-
! Engine
! Engine
! Tyre
|- style="font-weight:bold"
! Reason
!rowspan=2| 1
|rowspan=2| C1
|rowspan=2| 63
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|DEU}} Team [[Sauber]] [[Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes]]
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|DEU}} [[Jochen Mass]]<br>{{flagicon|DEU}} [[Manuel Reuter]]<br>{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Stanley Dickens]]
| [[Sauber C9]]
|rowspan=2| {{Michelin}}
|rowspan=2| 389
|- style="font-weight:bold"
| [[Mercedes-Benz]] M119 5.0L Turbo V8
|-
|-
! DNS
!rowspan=2| 2
|rowspan=2| C1
| Gr.C1
| 51
|rowspan=2| 61
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|DEU}} Team [[Sauber]] [[Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes]]
| {{flagicon|FRA}} WM Secateva
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Mauro Baldi]]<br>{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Kenny Acheson]]<br>{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Gianfranco Brancatelli]]
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Roger Dorchy]]<br />{{flagicon|FRA}} Michel Maisonneuve
| [[Sauber C9]]
|rowspan=2| {{Michelin}}
|rowspan=2| 384
|-
| [[Mercedes-Benz]] M119 5.0L Turbo V8
|-
!rowspan=2| 3
|rowspan=2| C1
|rowspan=2| 9
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|DEU}} [[Joest Racing]]
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|DEU}} [[Hans-Joachim Stuck]]<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Bob Wollek]]
| [[Porsche 962]]C
|rowspan=2| {{Goodyear}}
|rowspan=2| 382
|-
| [[Porsche]] Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
|-
!rowspan=2| 4
|rowspan=2| C1
|rowspan=2| 1
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Silk Cut]] [[Jaguar (car)|Jaguar]]<br>{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Tom Walkinshaw Racing]]
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|NLD}} [[Jan Lammers]]<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Patrick Tambay]]<br>{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Andrew Gilbert-Scott]]
| [[Jaguar XJR-9]]LM
|rowspan=2| {{Dunlop}}
|rowspan=2| 380
|-
| [[Jaguar V12 engine#TWR/Lister|Jaguar]] 7.0L V12
|-
!rowspan=2| 5
|rowspan=2| C1
|rowspan=2| 62
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|DEU}} Team [[Sauber]] [[Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes]]
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Jean-Louis Schlesser]]<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Jean-Pierre Jabouille]] <br>{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Alain Cudini]]
| [[Sauber C9]]
|rowspan=2| {{Michelin}}
|rowspan=2| 378
|-
| [[Mercedes-Benz]] M119 5.0L Turbo V8
|-
!rowspan=2| 6
|rowspan=2| C1
|rowspan=2| 8
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|DEU}} [[Joest Racing]]
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Henri Pescarolo]]<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Claude Ballot-Léna]]<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Jean-Louis Ricci]]
| [[Porsche 962]]C
|rowspan=2| {{Goodyear}}
|rowspan=2| 371
|-
| [[Porsche]] Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
|- style="font-weight:bold"
!rowspan=2| 7
|rowspan=2| GTP
|rowspan=2| 201
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Mazdaspeed]] Co. Ltd.
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|IRL}} [[David Kennedy (racing driver)|David Kennedy]]<br>{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Pierre Dieudonné]]<br>{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Chris Hodgetts]]
| [[Mazda 767B]]
|rowspan=2| {{Dunlop}}
|rowspan=2| 368
|- style="font-weight:bold"
| [[Mazda]] 13J 2.6L 4-[[Wankel engine|Rotor]]
|-
!rowspan=2| 8
|rowspan=2| C1
|rowspan=2| 4
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Silk Cut]] [[Jaguar (car)|Jaguar]]<br>{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Tom Walkinshaw Racing]]
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Alain Ferté]]<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Michel Ferté]]<br>{{flagicon|CHL}} [[Eliseo Salazar]]
| [[Jaguar XJR-9]]LM
|rowspan=2| {{Dunlop}}
|rowspan=2| 368
|-
| [[Jaguar V12 engine#TWR/Lister|Jaguar]] 7.0L V12
|-
!rowspan=2| 9
|rowspan=2| GTP
|rowspan=2| 202
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Mazdaspeed]] Co. Ltd.
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Takashi Yorino]]<br>{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Hervé Regout]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Elliot Forbes-Robinson]]
| [[Mazda 767B]]
|rowspan=2| {{Dunlop}}
|rowspan=2| 365
|-
| [[Mazda]] 13J 2.6L 4-[[Wankel engine|Rotor]]
|-
!rowspan=2| 10
|rowspan=2| C1
|rowspan=2| 16
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|CHE}} [[Brun Motorsport]]
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Harald Huysman]]<br>{{flagicon|DEU}} [[Uwe Schäfer]]<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Dominique Lacaud]]
| [[Porsche 962]]C
|rowspan=2| {{Yokohama}}
|rowspan=2| 351
|-
| [[Porsche]] Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
|-
!rowspan=2| 11
|rowspan=2| C1
|rowspan=2| 18
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Aston Martin]]<br>{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Ecurie Ecosse]]
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Brian Redman]]<br>{{flagicon|IRL}} [[Michael Roe (racing driver)|Michael Roe]]<br>{{flagicon|GRC}} [[Costas Los]]
| [[Aston Martin AMR1]]
|rowspan=2| {{Goodyear}}
|rowspan=2| 340
|-
| [[Aston Martin]] ([[Callaway Cars Incorporated|Callaway]]) RDP87 6.0L V8
|-
!rowspan=2| 12
|rowspan=2| GTP
|rowspan=2| 203
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Mazdaspeed]] Co. Ltd.
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Yojiro Terada]]<br>{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Marc Duez]]<br>{{flagicon|DEU}} [[Volker Weidler]]
| [[Mazda 767]]
|rowspan=2| {{Dunlop}}
|rowspan=2| 339
|-
| [[Mazda]] 13J 2.6L 4-[[Wankel engine|Rotor]]
|-
!rowspan=2| 13
|rowspan=2| C1
|rowspan=2| 55
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|AUS}} Team [[Vern Schuppan|Schuppan]]
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Vern Schuppan]]<br>{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Eje Elgh]]<br>{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Gary Brabham]]
| [[Porsche 962]]C
|rowspan=2| {{Dunlop}}
|rowspan=2| 321
|-
| [[Porsche]] Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
|- style="font-weight:bold"
!rowspan=2| 14
|rowspan=2| C2
|rowspan=2| 113
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Courage Compétition]]
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Jean-Claude Andruet]]<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Philippe Farjon]]<br>{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Shunji Kasuya]]
| [[Courage Compétition|Cougar]] C20B
|rowspan=2| {{Goodyear}}
|rowspan=2| 312
|- style="font-weight:bold"
| [[Porsche]] Type-935 2.8L Turbo Flat-6
|-
!rowspan=2| 15
|rowspan=2| C1
|rowspan=2| 20
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|GBR}} Team Davey
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|GBR}} Tim Lee-Davey<br>{{flagicon|GBR}} Tom Dodd-Noble<br>{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Katsunori Iketani]]
| [[Porsche 962]]C
|rowspan=2| {{Dunlop}}
|rowspan=2| 308
|-
| [[Porsche]] Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
|-
!rowspan=2| 16
|rowspan=2| C2
|rowspan=2| 171
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|GBR}} Team Mako
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|CAN}} Robbie Stirling<br>{{flagicon|GBR}} Ross Hyett<br>{{flagicon|GBR}} Don Shead
| [[Spice Engineering|Spice]] SE88C
|rowspan=2| {{Goodyear}}
|rowspan=2| 307
|-
| [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] [[Cosworth]] DFL 3.3L V8
|-
!rowspan=2| 17
|rowspan=2| C2
|rowspan=2| 108
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|GBR}} Roy Baker Racing<br>{{flagicon|GBR}} GP Motorsport
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|GBR}} Dudley Wood<br>{{flagicon|GBR}} Evan Clements<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} Philippe de Henning
| [[Spice Engineering|Spice]] SE87C
|rowspan=2| {{Goodyear}}
|rowspan=2| 303
|-
| [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] [[Cosworth]] DFL 3.3L V8
|-
!rowspan=2| 18
|rowspan=2| C2
|rowspan=2| 126
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|FRA}} France Prototeam
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|FRA}} Jean Messaoudi<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} Pierre-François Rousselot<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} Thierry Lecerf
| [[Argo JM19C]]
|rowspan=2| {{Goodyear}}
|rowspan=2| 297
|-
| [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] [[Cosworth]] DFL 3.3L V8
|-
!rowspan=2| 19
|rowspan=2| C2
|rowspan=2| 104
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|FRA}} Graff Racing
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|FRA}} Jean-Philippe Grand<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} Remy Pochauvin<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} Jean-Luc Roy
| [[Spice Engineering|Spice]] SE89C
|rowspan=2|{{Goodyear}}
|rowspan=2| 291
|-
| [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] [[Cosworth]] DFL 3.3L V8
|-
!rowspan=2| 20<br>DNF
|rowspan=2| C1
|rowspan=2| 14
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Richard Lloyd Racing]]
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Derek Bell (racing driver)|Derek Bell]]<br>{{flagicon|GBR}} [[James Weaver (racing driver)|James Weaver]]<br> {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Tiff Needell]]
| [[Porsche 962]]C GTi
|rowspan=2| {{Goodyear}}
|rowspan=2| 339
|-
| [[Porsche]] Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
|-
!rowspan=2| 21<br>DNF
|rowspan=2| C1
|rowspan=2| 10
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|DEU}} [[Porsche]] [[Kremer Racing]]
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Kunimitsu Takahashi]]<br>{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Bruno Giacomelli]]<br>{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Giovanni Lavaggi]]
| [[Porsche 962]]C
|rowspan=2| {{Yokohama}}
|rowspan=2| 303
|-
| [[Porsche]] Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
|-
!rowspan=2| 22<br>DNF
|rowspan=2| C1
|rowspan=2| 25
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Nismo|Nissan Motorsport]]
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Geoff Brabham]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Chip Robinson]]<br> {{flagicon|NLD}} [[Arie Luyendyk]]
| [[Nissan R89C]]
|rowspan=2| {{Dunlop}}
|rowspan=2| 250
|-
| [[Nissan Motors|Nissan]] VRH35Z 3.5L Turbo V8
|-
!rowspan=2| 23<br>DNF
|rowspan=2| C2
|rowspan=2| 101
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|GBR}} Chamberlain Engineering
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Fermín Velez]]<br>{{flagicon|GBR}} Nick Adams<br>{{flagicon|ITA}} Luigi Taverna
| [[Spice Engineering|Spice]] SE88C
|rowspan=2| {{Goodyear}}
|rowspan=2| 244
|-
| [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] [[Cosworth]] DFL 3.3L V8
|-
!rowspan=2| 24<br>DNF
|rowspan=2| C1
|rowspan=2| 17
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|CHE}} [[Repsol YPF|Repsol]] [[Brun Motorsport]]
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Oscar Larrauri]]<br>{{flagicon|CHE}} [[Walter Brun]]<br>{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Jesús Pareja]]
| [[Porsche 962]]C
|rowspan=2| {{Yokohama}}
|rowspan=2| 242
|-
| [[Porsche]] Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
|-
!rowspan=2| 25<br>DNF
|rowspan=2| C1
|rowspan=2| 21
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Spice Engineering]]
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Ray Bellm]]<br>{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Gordon Spice]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Lyn St. James]]
| [[Spice Engineering|Spice]] SE89C
|rowspan=2| {{Goodyear}}
|rowspan=2| 229
|-
| [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] [[Cosworth DFV|Cosworth DFZ]] 3.5L V8
|-
!rowspan=2| 26<br>DNF
|rowspan=2| C1
|rowspan=2| 15
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Richard Lloyd Racing]]
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Steven Andskär]]<br>{{flagicon|GBR}} [[David Hobbs (racing driver)|David Hobbs]]<br>{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Damon Hill]]
| [[Porsche 962]]C GTi
|rowspan=2| {{Goodyear}}
|rowspan=2| 228
|-
| [[Porsche]] Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
|-
!rowspan=2| 27<br>DNF
|rowspan=2| C1
|rowspan=2| 32
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Team LeMans|Team LeMans Co.]]<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Courage Compétition]]
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Takao Wada]]<br>{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Akio Morimoto]]<br>{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Anders Olofsson]]
| [[March Engineering|March]] 88S
|rowspan=2| {{Yokohama}}
|rowspan=2| 221
|-
| [[Nissan Motors|Nissan]] VG30 3.0L Turbo V6
|-
!rowspan=2| 28<br>DNF
|rowspan=2| C1
|rowspan=2| 2
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Silk Cut]] [[Jaguar (car)|Jaguar]]<br>{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Tom Walkinshaw Racing]]
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|DNK}} [[John Nielsen (racing driver)|John Nielsen]]<br>{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Andy Wallace (racing driver)|Andy Wallace]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Price Cobb]]
| [[Jaguar XJR-9]]LM
|rowspan=2| {{Dunlop}}
|rowspan=2| 215
|-
| [[Jaguar V12 engine#TWR/Lister|Jaguar]] 7.0L V12
|-
!rowspan=2| 29<br>DNF
|rowspan=2| C2
|rowspan=2| 106
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|ITA}} Porto Kaleo Team
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|GBR}} Robin Smith<br>{{flagicon|ITA}} Vito Veninta<br>{{flagicon|ITA}} Stefano Sebastiani
| [[Tiga Race Cars|Tiga]] GC288
|rowspan=2| {{Goodyear}}
|rowspan=2| 194
|-
| [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] [[Cosworth]] DFL 3.3L V8
|-
!rowspan=2| 30<br>DNF
|rowspan=2| C1
|rowspan=2| 34
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Equipe Alméras Frères]]
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|FRA}} Jacques Alméras<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} Jean-Marie Alméras<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} Alain Ianetta
| [[Porsche 962]]C
|rowspan=2| {{Goodyear}}
|rowspan=2| 188
|-
| [[Porsche]] Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
|-
!rowspan=2| 31<br>DNF
|rowspan=2| C1
|rowspan=2| 12
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Courage Compétition]]
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|FRA}} Patrick Gonin<br>{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Bernard de Dryver]]<br>{{flagicon|CHE}} [[Bernard Santal]]
| [[Courage Compétition|Cougar]] C22LM
|rowspan=2| {{Goodyear}}
|rowspan=2| 168
|-
| [[Porsche]] Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
|-
!rowspan=2| 32<br>DNF
|rowspan=2| C1
|rowspan=2| 23
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Nismo|Nissan Motorsports]]
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Masahiro Hasemi]]<br>{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Kazuyoshi Hoshino]]<br>{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Toshio Suzuki (racing driver)|Toshio Suzuki]]
| [[Nissan R89C]]
|rowspan=2| {{Dunlop}}
|rowspan=2| 167
|-
| [[Nissan Motors|Nissan]] VRH35Z 3.5L Turbo V8
|-
!rowspan=2| 33<br>DNF
|rowspan=2| C1
|rowspan=2| 19
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Aston Martin]]<br>{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Ecurie Ecosse]]
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[David Leslie (racing driver)|David Leslie]]<br>{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Ray Mallock]]<br>{{flagicon|GBR}} [[David Sears (Motorsport)|David Sears]]
| [[Aston Martin AMR1]]
|rowspan=2| {{Goodyear}}
|rowspan=2| 153
|-
| [[Aston Martin]] ([[Callaway Cars Incorporated|Callaway]]) RDP87 6.0L V8
|-
!rowspan=2| 34<br>DNF
|rowspan=2| C1
|rowspan=2| 22
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Spice Engineering]]
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|DNK}} [[Thorkild Thyrring]]<br>{{flagicon|ZAF|1928}} [[Wayne Taylor]]<br>{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Tim Harvey]]
| [[Spice Engineering|Spice]] SE89C
|rowspan=2| {{Goodyear}}
|rowspan=2| 150
|-
| [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] [[Cosworth DFV|Cosworth DFZ]] 3.5L V8
|-
!rowspan=2| 35<br>DNF
|rowspan=2| C2
|rowspan=2| 103
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|FRA}} France Prototeam
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|CHE}} Bernard Thuner<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} Pierre de Thoisy<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} Raymond Touroul
| [[Spice Engineering|Spice]] SE88C
|rowspan=2| {{Goodyear}}
|rowspan=2| 133
|-
| [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] [[Cosworth]] DFL 3.3L V8
|-
!rowspan=2| 36<br>DNF
|rowspan=2| C2
|rowspan=2| 107
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Tiga Race Cars|Tiga Race Team]]
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|MAR}} [[Max Cohen-Olivar]]<br>{{flagicon|GBR}} [[John Sheldon (racing driver)|John Sheldon]]<br>{{flagicon|GBR}} Robin Donovan
| [[Tiga Race Cars|Tiga]] GC289
|rowspan=2| {{Goodyear}}
|rowspan=2| 126
|-
| [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] [[Cosworth]] DFL 3.3L V8
|-
!rowspan=2| 37<br>DNF
|rowspan=2| C1
|rowspan=2| 7
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|DEU}} [[Joest Racing]]
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|DEU}} [[Frank Jelinski]]<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Pierre-Henri Raphanel]]<br> {{flagicon|DEU}} [[Louis Krages]]
| [[Porsche 962]]C
|rowspan=2| {{Goodyear}}
|rowspan=2| 124
|-
| [[Porsche]] Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
|-
!rowspan=2| 38<br>DNF
|rowspan=2| C1
|rowspan=2| 52
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|FRA}} WM Secateva
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|FRA}} Pascal Pessiot<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} Jean-Daniel Raulet<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Philippe Gache]]
| WM P489
| WM P489
| Peugeot PRV ZNS4 3.0L<br /> V6 ''twin-turbo''
|rowspan=2| {{Michelin}}
| {{Michelin}}
|rowspan=2| 110
| Fire
|-
|-
! DNQ
| [[Peugeot]] [[PRV engine|ZNS4]] 3.0L Turbo V6
| Gr.C1
|29
| {{flagicon|ITA}} Mussato Action Car
| {{flagicon|ITA}} Almo Coppelli<br>{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Franco Scapini]]<br>{{flagicon|AUT}} Ernst Franzmaier
| [[Lancia LC2]]
| [[Ferrari]] 308C 3.1L V8<br />''twin turbo''
| {{Dunlop}}
| Fire
|-
|-
! DNQ
!rowspan=2| 39<br>DNF
| Gr.C2
|rowspan=2| C1
| 176
|rowspan=2| 13
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Courage Compétition]]
| {{flagicon|FRA}} Automobiles Louis Descartes<br />''(private entrant)''
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Pascal Fabre]]<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} Jean-Louis Bousquet<br>{{flagicon|JPN}} Jiro Yoneyama
| {{flagicon|FRA}} Thierry Serfaty<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} Sylvain Boulay<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} “Batmalle“ (William Batmalle)
| ALD 04
| [[Courage Compétition|Cougar]] C22LM
| [[BMW M88]] 3.5L S6
|rowspan=2| {{Goodyear}}
| {{Goodyear}}
|rowspan=2| 110
| Did not qualify
|-
|-
! DNQ
| [[Porsche]] Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
| Gr.C2
| 178
| {{flagicon|FRA}} D. Bonnet<br />''(private entrant)''
| {{flagicon|FRA}} Didier Bonnet<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Gérard Tremblay (racing driver)|Gérard Tremblay]]<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} Gérard Cuynet
| ALD 05
| BMW M88 3.5L S6
| {{Avon}}
| Did not qualify
|-
|-
! DNQ
!rowspan=2| 40<br>DNF
|rowspan=2| C2
| Gr.C2
| 179
|rowspan=2| 102
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|GBR}} Chamberlain Engineering
| {{flagicon|FRA}} D. Bonnet<br />''(private entrant)''
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|USA}} John Hotchkis Sr.<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[John Hotchkis Jr]].<br>{{flagicon|GBR}} Richard Jones
| {{flagicon|FRA}} Jean-Luc Colin<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} François Cardon<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} Yves Bey-Rozet
| ALD 06
| [[Spice Engineering|Spice]] SE86C
| BMW M88 3.5L S6
|rowspan=2| {{Goodyear}}
| {{Goodyear}}
|rowspan=2| 86
| Did not qualify
|-
|-
! DNA
| [[Brian Hart Ltd.|Hart]] 418T 1.8L Turbo I4
| Gr.C1
| 17
| {{flagicon|FRG}} Jochen Dauer Racing<br />''(private entrant)''
| {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Jochen Dauer]]<br />{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Franz Konrad (racing driver)|Franz Konrad]]
| Porsche 962C
| Porsche ... L F6<br />''twin turbo''
|
| Did not arrive
|-
|-
! DNA
!rowspan=2| 41<br>DNF
|rowspan=2| C1
| Gr.C1
| 40
|rowspan=2| 3
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Silk Cut]] [[Jaguar (car)|Jaguar]]<br>{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Tom Walkinshaw Racing]]
| {{flagicon|CHE}} Swiss Team Salamin<br />''(private entrant)''
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Davy Jones (racing driver)|Davy Jones]]<br>{{flagicon|IRL}} [[Derek Daly]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} Jeff Kline
| {{flagicon|CHE}} [[Antoine Salamin]]<br />{{flagicon|MAR}} Max Cohen-Olivar
| Porsche 962C
| [[Jaguar XJR-9]]LM
| Porsche 935/82 3.0L F6<br />''twin turbo''
|rowspan=2| {{Dunlop}}
|
|rowspan=2| 85
| Did not arrive
|-
|-
! DNA
| [[Jaguar V12 engine#TWR/Lister|Jaguar]] 7.0L V12
| Gr.C2
| 111
| {{flagicon|GBR}} PC Automotive<br />''(private entrant)''
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Richard Piper]]<br />{{flagicon|USA}} [[Olindo Iacobelli]]<br />{{flagicon|FRA}} Alain Ianetta
| Spice-Fiero SE88C
| Cosworth DFL 3.3 L V8
| {{Goodyear}}
| Did not arrive
|-
|-
! Res
!rowspan=2| 42<br>DNF
|rowspan=2| C1
| Gr.C1
|
|rowspan=2| 27
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|CHE}} [[Repsol YPF|Repsol]] [[Brun Motorsport]]
| {{flagicon|FRA}} N. del Bello<br />''(private entrant)''
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Noël del Bello]]
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|DEU}} Rudi Seher<br>{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Franz Konrad (racing driver)|Franz Konrad]]<br>{{flagicon|ESP}} Andres Vilariño
| [[Porsche 962]]C
| [[Sauber C8]]
| Mercedes-Benz M117<br />5.0L V8 ''twin turbo''
|rowspan=2| {{Yokohama}}
|
|rowspan=2| 81
| Not required
|-
|-
! Res
| [[Porsche]] Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
| Gr.C2
|
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Roy Baker Racing
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Duncan Bain<br />{{flagicon|USA}} Steve Hynes <br />{{flagicon|MAR}} Max Cohen-Olivar
| Tiga GC289
| Cosworth DFL 3.3 L V8
|
| Not required
|}

===Class winners===
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%"
! Class
! Winning Car
! Winning Drivers
|-
|-
! Group C1
!rowspan=2| 43<br>DNF
| #63 Sauber C9
|rowspan=2| C1
| Mass / Reuter / Dickens
|rowspan=2| 5
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|CHE}} [[Brun Motorsport]]<br>{{flagicon|JPN}} From-A Racing
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|DEU}} [[Harald Grohs]]<br>{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Akihiko Nakaya]]<br>{{flagicon|ZAF|1928}} [[Sarel van der Merwe]]
| [[Porsche 962]]C
|rowspan=2| {{Yokohama}}
|rowspan=2| 78
|-
|-
! Group C2
| [[Porsche]] Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
| #113 Cougar C20LM
| Andruet / Farjon / Kasuya
|-
|-
! IMSA-GTP
!rowspan=2| 44<br>DNF
| #201 Mazda 757B
|rowspan=2| C2
| Dieudonné / Kennedy / Hodgetts *
|rowspan=2| 177
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|FRA}} Automobiles Louis Descartes (ALD)
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|FRA}} Alain Serpaggi<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} Yves Hervalet<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} Louis Descartes
| ALD C289
|rowspan=2| {{Goodyear}}
|rowspan=2| 75
|-
|-
! colspan="3" |<small>'''Note *''': setting a new class distance record.</small>
| [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] [[Cosworth]] DFL 3.3L V8
|}

=== Challenge Econergie===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! Pos
! Class
! No
! Team
! Drivers
! Chassis
! Score
|-
|-
! 1
!rowspan=2| 45<br>DNF
| Gr.C2
|rowspan=2| C1
| 104
|rowspan=2| 33
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|AUS}} Team [[Vern Schuppan|Schuppan]]
| {{flagicon|FRA}} Graff Racing<br />Spice Engineering
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Will Hoy]]<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Jean Alesi]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Dominic Dobson]]
| {{flagicon|FRA}} Jean-Philippe Grand<br />{{flagicon|FRA}} Rémy Pochauvin<br />{{flagicon|FRA}} Jean-Luc Roy
| Spice SE89C
| [[Porsche 962]]C
| 4.621
|rowspan=2| {{Dunlop}}
|rowspan=2| 69
|-
|-
! 2
| [[Porsche]] Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
| Gr.C1
| 61
| {{flagicon|CHE}} Team Sauber Mercedes
| {{flagicon|ITA}} Mauro Baldi<br />{{flagicon|GBR}} Kenny Acheson<br />{{flagicon|ITA}} Gianfranco Brancatelli
| Sauber C9
| 3.101
|-
|-
! 3
!rowspan=2| 46<br>DNF
|rowspan=2| C1
| Gr.C1
| 62
|rowspan=2| 72
| {{flagicon|CHE}} Team Sauber Mercedes
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|DEU}} [[Obermaier Racing]]<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} Primagaz Competition
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|DEU}} [[Jürgen Lässig]]<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Pierre Yver]]<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Paul Belmondo]]
| {{flagicon|FRA}} Jean-Louis Schlesser<br />{{flagicon|FRA}} Jean-Pierre Jabouille<br />{{flagicon|FRA}} Alain Cudini
| Sauber C9
| [[Porsche 962]]C
| 3.088
|rowspan=2| {{Goodyear}}
|rowspan=2| 61
|-
|-
! 4
| [[Porsche]] Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
| Gr.C2
| 171
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Team Mako<br />''(private entrant)''
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Don Shead <br />{{flagicon|CAN}} Robbie Stirling<br />{{flagicon|GBR}} Ross Hyett
| Spice-Fiero SE88C
| 2.987
|-
|-
! 5
!rowspan=2| 47<br>DNF
|rowspan=2| C1
| Gr.C1
| 9
|rowspan=2| 37
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Toyota]] Team [[Tom's]]
| {{flagicon|FRG}} Joest Racing
| {{flagicon|FRG}} Hans-Joachim Stuck<br />{{flagicon|FRA}} Bob Wollek
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Geoff Lees (racing driver)|Geoff Lees]]<br>{{flagicon|GBR}} [[John Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute|Johnny Dumfries]]<br> {{flagicon|GBR}} [[John Watson (racing driver)|John Watson]]
| Porsche 962C
| [[Toyota]] 89C-V
| 2.949
|rowspan=2| {{Bridgestone}}
|rowspan=2| 58
|-
|-
! 6
| [[Toyota]] R32V 3.2L Turbo V8
| Gr.C1
| 63
| {{flagicon|CHE}} Team Sauber Mercedes
| {{flagicon|FRG}} Jochen Mass<br />{{flagicon|FRG}} Manuel Reuter<br />{{flagicon|SWE}} Stanley Dickens
| Sauber C9
| 1.698
|-
|-
! 7
!rowspan=2| 48<br>DNF
| Gr.C1
|rowspan=2| C2
| 4
|rowspan=2| 151
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|CHE}} Pierre-Alain Lombardi
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Silk Cut Jaguar Team
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|CHE}} Pierre-Alain Lombardi<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} Bruno Sotty<br>{{flagicon|ITA}} Fabio Magnini
| {{flagicon|FRA}} Alain Ferté<br />{{flagicon|FRA}} Michel Ferté<br />{{flagicon|CHL}} Eliseo Salazar
| Jaguar XJR-9LM
| [[Spice Engineering|Spice]] SE86C
| 1.304
|rowspan=2| {{Goodyear}}
|rowspan=2| 58
|-
|-
! 8
| [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] [[Cosworth]] DFL 3.3L V8
| Gr.C1
|| 18
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Aston Martin<br />{{flagicon|GBR}} Ecurie Ecosse
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Brian Redman<br />{{flagicon|IRL}} Michael Roe<br />{{flagicon|GRC}} Costas Los
| Aston Martin AMR1
| 0.776
|-
|-
! 9
!rowspan=2| 49<br>DNF
|rowspan=2| C1
| Gr.C1
| 1
|rowspan=2| 6
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|CHE}} [[Brun Motorsport]]<br>{{flagicon|JPN}} Alpha Racing Team
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Silk Cut Jaguar Team
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Maurizio Sandro Sala]]<br>{{flagicon|AUT}} Walter Lechner<br>{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Roland Ratzenberger]]
| {{flagicon|NLD}} Jan Lammers<br />{{flagicon|FRA}} Patrick Tambay<br />{{flagicon|GBR}} Andrew Gilbert-Scott
| Jaguar XJR-9LM
| [[Porsche 962]]C
| 0.726
|rowspan=2| {{Yokohama}}
|rowspan=2| 58
|-
|-
! 10
| [[Porsche]] Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
| IMSA<br />GTP
|-
| 201
!rowspan=2| 50<br>DNF
| {{flagicon|JPN}} Mazdaspeed
|rowspan=2| C1
| {{flagicon|IRL}} David Kennedy<br />{{flagicon|BEL}} Pierre Dieudonné<br />{{flagicon|GBR}} Chris Hodgetts
|rowspan=2| 36
| Mazda 767B
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Toyota]] Team [[Tom's]]
| -1.043
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Hitoshi Ogawa]]<br>{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Paolo Barilla]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Ross Cheever]]
| [[Toyota]] 89C-V
|rowspan=2| {{Bridgestone}}
|rowspan=2| 45
|-
| [[Toyota]] R32V 3.2L Turbo V8
|-
!rowspan=2| 51<br>DNF
|rowspan=2| C1
|rowspan=2| 11
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|DEU}} [[Porsche]] [[Kremer Racing]]
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Hideki Okada]]<br>{{flagicon|ZAF|1928}} [[George Fouché]]<br>{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Masanori Sekiya]]
| [[Porsche 962]]CK6
|rowspan=2| {{Yokohama}}
|rowspan=2| 42
|-
| [[Porsche]] Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
|-
!rowspan=2| 52<br>DNF
|rowspan=2| C2
|rowspan=2| 105
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|ITA}} Porto Kaleo Team<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} Noël del Bello
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|FRA}} Jean-Claude Justice<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Noël del Bello]]<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} Jean-Claude Ferrarin
| [[Tiga Race Cars|Tiga]] GC289
|rowspan=2| {{Goodyear}}
|rowspan=2| 36
|-
| [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] [[Cosworth]] DFL 3.3L V8
|-
!rowspan=2| 53<br>DNF
|rowspan=2| C1
|rowspan=2| 38
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Toyota]] Team [[TOM'S|Tom's]]
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Kaoru Hoshino]]<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Didier Artzet]]<br>{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Keiichi Suzuki (racing driver)|Keiichi Suzuki]]
| [[Toyota 88C]]
|rowspan=2| {{Bridgestone}}
|rowspan=2| 20
|-
| [[Toyota]] 3S-GTM 2.1L Turbo I4
|-
!rowspan=2| 54<br>DNF
|rowspan=2| C2
|rowspan=2| 175
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|GBR}} ADA Engineering
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|GBR}} Ian Harrower<br>{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Laurence Bristow]]<br>{{flagicon|GBR}} Colin Pool
| ADA 02B
|rowspan=2|{{Goodyear}}
|rowspan=2| 14
|-
| [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] [[Cosworth]] DFL 3.3L V8
|-
!rowspan=2| 55<br>DNF
|rowspan=2| C1
|rowspan=2| 24
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Nismo|Nissan Motorsports]]
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Julian Bailey (racing driver)|Julian Bailey]]<br>{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Mark Blundell]]<br> {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Martin Donnelly (racing driver)|Martin Donnelly]]
| [[Nissan R89C]]
|rowspan=2| {{Dunlop}}
|rowspan=2| 5
|-
| [[Nissan Motors|Nissan]] VRH35Z 3.5L Turbo V8
|-
!rowspan=2| DNS
|rowspan=2| C1
|rowspan=2| 51
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|FRA}} WM Secateva
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Roger Dorchy]]<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} Michel Maisonneuve<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Philippe Gache]]
| WM P489
|rowspan=2| {{Michelin}}
|rowspan=2| -
|-
| [[Peugeot]] [[PRV engine|ZNS4]] 3.0L Turbo V6
|-
!rowspan=2| DNQ
|rowspan=2| C1
|rowspan=2| 26
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|ITA}} Mussato Action Car
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|ITA}} Almo Coppelli<br>{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Franco Scapini]]<br>{{flagicon|AUT}} Ernst Franzmaier
| [[Lancia LC2]]
|rowspan=2| {{Dunlop}}
|rowspan=2| -
|-
| [[Ferrari]] 308C 3.0L Turbo V8
|-
!rowspan=2| DNQ
|rowspan=2| C2
|rowspan=2| 176
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|FRA}} Automobiles Louis Descartes
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|FRA}} Thierry Serfaty<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} Sylvain Boulay<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} William Batmalle
| ALD 04
|rowspan=2| {{Goodyear}}
|rowspan=2| -
|-
| [[BMW]] [[BMW M88|M80]] 3.5L I6
|-
!rowspan=2| DNQ
|rowspan=2| C2
|rowspan=2| 178
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|FRA}} Didier Bonnet
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|FRA}} Didier Bonnet<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} Gérard Tremblay<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} Gérard Cuynet
| ALD 05
|rowspan=2| {{Avon}}
|rowspan=2| -
|-
| [[BMW]] [[BMW M88|M80]] 3.5L I6
|-
!rowspan=2| DNQ
|rowspan=2| C2
|rowspan=2| 179
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|FRA}} Didier Bonnet
|rowspan=2| {{flagicon|FRA}} Jean-Luc Colin<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} François Cardon<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} Yves Bey-Rozet
| ALD 06
|rowspan=2| {{Goodyear}}
|rowspan=2| -
|-
| [[BMW]] [[BMW M88|M80]] 3.5L I6
|}
|}
*<small>'''Note''': Only the top ten positions are included in this set of standings.</small><ref name="Spurring 2012, p.8">Spurring 2012, p.8</ref><ref name="Spurring 2012, p.365">Spurring 2012, p.365</ref>

===Statistics===
Taken from Quentin Spurring's book, officially licensed by the [[Automobile Club de l'Ouest|ACO]]
* Pole Position&nbsp;– J.-L. Schlesser, #62 Sauber C9 - 3:15.0secs; {{convert|249.9|km/h|abbr=on}}
* Fastest Lap&nbsp;– A. Ferté, #4 Jaguar XJR-9LM– 3:21.1secs; {{convert|242.1|km/h|abbr=on}}
* Winning Distance&nbsp;– {{convert|5265.12|km|abbr=on}}
* Winner's Average Speed&nbsp;– {{convert|220.0|km/h|abbr=on}}
* Attendance – 230,000<ref name="Spurring 2012, p.336"/>

==Notes==
{{reflist|30em}}

==References==
* Bernard, Davoine, Holtz & Holtz (2023) 100 Years of legends Sherborne, Dorset: Evro Publishing {{ISBN|978-1-910505-75-5}}
* Clarke, R.M. - editor (1999) Le Mans 'The Porsche & Jaguar Years 1983-1991' Cobham, Surrey: Brooklands Books {{ISBN|1-85520-483-5}}
* Laban, Brian (2001) Le Mans 24 Hours London: Virgin Books {{ISBN|1-85227-971-0}}
* Spurring, Quentin (2012) Le Mans 1980-89 Yeovil, Somerset: Haynes Publishing {{ISBN|978-0-85733-128-1}}
* Williams, Richard (2023) 24 Hours – 100 Years of Le Mans London: Simon & Schuster {{ISBN|978-1-3985-1722-6}}
* Wimpffen, János (2008) Monocoques and Ground Effects Hong Kong: David Bull Publishing {{ISBN|1-893618-97-8}}

==External links==
* [https://www.racingsportscars.com/race/Le_Mans-1989-06-11.html Racing Sports Cars]&nbsp;– Le Mans 24 Hours 1983 with entries, results, technical detail and photos of every car. Retrieved 26 Nov 2023
* [http://www.lemans-history.com/provas.php?ano=1989 Le Mans History]&nbsp;– Le Mans entry-list and hour-by-hour placings (incl. pictures of every car, quotes, highest speeds per car, YouTube links). Retrieved 26 Nov 2023
* [http://www.wsrp.cz/nonchamp1989.html#4 World Sports Racing Prototypes]&nbsp;– results, reserve entries & chassis numbers. Retrieved 26 Nov 2023
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090808040118/http://www.teamdan.com/archive/wsc/1989/89lemans.html Team Dan]&nbsp;– results & reserve entries, explaining driver listings. Retrieved 26 Nov 2023
* [http://www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au/le_mans_1989 Unique Cars & Parts]&nbsp;– results & reserve entries. Retrieved 26 Nov 2023
* [http://www.formula2.se/1989.html Formula 2]&nbsp;– Le Mans results & reserve entries. Retrieved 26 Nov 2023
* [http://www.dlg.speedfreaks.org/archive/wsc/1989/1989.html Speedfreaks]&nbsp;– Results table for the World Challenge for Endurance Drivers. Retrieved 26 Nov 2023
* [http://www.motorsportmemorial.org/query.php?db=ct&q=year&n=1989 Motorsport Memorial]&nbsp;– motor-racing deaths by year. Retrieved 26 Nov 2023

* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtnHY00j_-g YouTube]&nbsp;– race coverage with some focus on the WM, just engine and track sounds (15min). Retrieved 10 Jan 2024
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkFmonOUWcY YouTube]&nbsp;– start and first lap, English commentary (6min). Retrieved 10 Jan 2024
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycnEGaet1Q8&list=PLCA764644FFD972C3 YouTube]&nbsp;– compilation of race-incidents (20min). Retrieved 10 Jan 2024
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3N1kFILpJI YouTube]&nbsp;– Autosport documentary about the Sauber C9 (6min). Retrieved 10 Jan 2024
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1CjlwiCtHs YouTube]&nbsp;– Project Dream documentary about the Sauber C9 (9min). Retrieved 10 Jan 2024


==Statistics==
* Pole Position - Jean-Louis Schlesser, #62 Team Sauber Mercedes - 3:15.040 (155.234 mph/249.826 km/h)
* Fastest Lap - Alain Ferté, #4 Silk Cut Jaguar - 3:21.093
* Distance - 5265.115&nbsp;km
* Average Speed - 219.990&nbsp;km/h
* Highest Trap Speed - Jaguar XJR-9 - 241.713 mph (389&nbsp;km/h) (race), Sauber Mercedes C9 - 249.13 mph (401&nbsp;km/h) (qualifying)
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1989 24 Hours of Le Mans
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Le Mans in 1989

The 1989 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 57th Grand Prix of Endurance, taking place at the Circuit de la Sarthe, France, on the 10 and 11 June 1989. This year it was not included as a round of the 1989 World Sports-Prototype Championship. The entry list promised a strong contest between five manufacturers. Jaguar had won in 1988 and went on to win the championship; while Sauber had finished second and was now matching Jaguar on the track. New regulations were coming in 1991, and the first examples of the 3.5-litre normally-aspirated formula were entered by Spice Engineering.

The 1989 Le Mans Winners' Trophy

Although the Saubers started on the front row, it was the Jaguar of Davy Jones that led for the first three hours until the car suddenly came to a stop on the back straight, dropping them well down the field. With the Saubers running to a designated race-pace, it was the Joest Porsche of Wollek and Stuck that took the lead, keeping it for six hours, and into the night. The Jaguar team kept having niggly problems that left them constantly playing catch-up. As night fell, it was the Joest Porsches running a surprising 1-2. However, at 1.20am, Stuck brought his car in with overheating problems, losing the 3-lap lead they had built up. This moved the Lammers Jaguar to the front for the rest of the night, chased by two of the Saubers. It all came apart for Jaguar as dawn arrived as their three remaining cars were waylaid, two of them needing full gearbox changes. This left the Saubers racing each other on the same lap. But when Baldi ran out of brakes and ended up in the Dunlop gravel-trap, Dickens went through to take a lead he would not relinquish. Baldi's Sauber lost its chance to force the issue when the gearbox gave up leaving co-driver Acheson to run home stuck in fifth gear. Third was the Wollek/Stuck Porsche, seven laps behind the winners fighting clutch problems, with the best of the Jaguars – that of Lammers/Tambay/Gilbert-Scott – in fourth.

In the C2 class, it had been a race of attrition with every car suffering some kind of delay and only five of the fourteen entries finishing. In the end, the class win went to the Cougar of Philippe Farjon and Courage Compétition. Mazda again had the GTP class to themselves, and again, they were pleased to have all three finish – the best coming home seventh overall, 21 laps behind the winner. The event was also notable for the unusual number of cars catching fire - with six of them afflicted either in practice or during the race. Despite the alarming spectacles, the drivers were all able to stop and get out without suffering injury.

Regulations

At the end of 1988, the FIA (Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile) announced an overhaul of the Group C regulations. From 1991, the fuel restrictions would be removed, and the cars would have a weight-limit of 750 kg and be powered by 3.5-litre non-turbo engines. The formula was proposed by Bernie Ecclestone, the FIA officer in charge of promotion. These engines were coming into Formula 1 this year, and it was an undisguised attempt to bring the major Sports Car manufacturers (Porsche, Jaguar, Mercedes-Benz, Toyota, Nissan, Mazda) into that series at a reduced cost of two series for one engine. Races would be 350 km (with co-drivers optional), aside from the only endurance race in the schedule- at Le Mans.[1][2][3]

At a stroke, Group C would be consigned to history, with 1989 and 1990 now designated as transitional seasons to allow the new models to be phased in. Group C2 would be ended at the close of this year.[4] Group C cars would still run to the fuel restrictions, with an additional 50 kg of minimum weight added and manual control of the turbo-boost now banned.[1] In contrast, the new 3.5-litre engines were not under these restrictions.[3] This year's championship would be 9 rounds, with teams required to enter every round or face a US$250,000 fine per race missed.[1][2][3] The only exception was for Japanese teams who could miss one European round. The ACO (Automobile Club de l'Ouest) was allowed to take entries from non-Championship cars if the number of official entries was less than 50. Ecclestone also stated that the FIA had control over TV rights and had also signed contracts for race-timing with Longines and Olivetti.[1][2]

All of these were at odds with the contracts the ACO already had in place. When it was still unresolved by May, the ACO had no option but to withdraw the race from the World Championship. This did not go down well with many teams – particularly the Japanese ones – who had committed to the costly full season to be able to compete at Le Mans, which they could now do anyway.[1][5] This year, the ACO modified the formula for the Indice Energétique, to become the Challenge Econergie.[6]

Entries

Despite the FIA regulations, the entry-list was one of the strongest of the Group C era, with five different manufacturers now with genuine race-winning aspirations. There were 25 factory cars – with the notable exception of Porsche. However, it was supporting a flotilla of 17 customer entries, easily the strongest marque present. Joining them this year was Aston Martin, late to the party, and Spice, who were the first to introduce a design to the new 3.5-litre specifications. The C2 class of 17 was dominated by Spice, with 8 entries reflecting its current dominance in racing series around the world. Once again, Mazda entered its cars in the IMSA-GTP class, and again the three of them had the class to themselves. For the first time since 1982 (the inaugural year of the Group C era), a full grid of 55 cars took the start.[7]

Class Quantity Turbo+Rotary
engines
Group C1 41 / 38 33 / 30
IMSA-GTP 3 / 3 3 / 3
Group C2 18 / 14 2 / 2
Total Entries 62 / 55 38 / 35
  • Note: The first number is the number accepted, the second the number who started.

Race

The race was the last time the 24 Hours of Le Mans ran without the two chicanes on the Mulsanne Straight; for the interest of safety to reduce speeds from reaching 250 mph (402 km/h) in the previous years and this race, these chicanes were installed the next year and remains in use.

The speeds on the Mulsanne Straight were so high that many of the drivers were concerned if their cars would stay on the ground over the humps and bumps of the straight. There were no serious accidents, something Le Mans in the 1980s had many of.

Having run his cars at Le Mans for a decade, Peter Sauber was aided by Mercedes in winning the 1989 race. His "Silver Arrows" Sauber C9s finished 1st, 2nd and 5th, with Porsches and Jaguars finishing behind.

Official results

Finishers

Results taken from Quentin Spurring's book, officially licensed by the ACO[8][9][10][11][12][13]
Class Winners are in Bold text.

Pos Class No. Team Drivers Chassis Engine Tyre Laps
1 Gr.C1 63 Switzerland Team Sauber Mercedes West Germany Jochen Mass
West Germany Manuel Reuter
Sweden Stanley Dickens 		Sauber C9 Mercedes-Benz M119
5.0L V8 twin turbo 		M 390
2 Gr.C1 61 Switzerland Team Sauber Mercedes Italy Mauro Baldi
United Kingdom Kenny Acheson
Italy Gianfranco Brancatelli 		Sauber C9 Mercedes-Benz M119
5.0L V8 twin turbo 		M 385
3 Gr.C1 9 West Germany Joest Racing West Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck
France Bob Wollek 		Porsche 962C Porsche 935/82 3.0L F6
twin turbo 		G 383
4 Gr.C1 1 United Kingdom Silk Cut Jaguar Team
United Kingdom Tom Walkinshaw Racing 		Netherlands Jan Lammers
France Patrick Tambay
United Kingdom Andrew Gilbert-Scott 		Jaguar XJR-9LM Jaguar 7.0L V12 D 381
5 Gr.C1 62 Switzerland Team Sauber Mercedes France Jean-Louis Schlesser
France Jean-Pierre Jabouille
France Alain Cudini 		Sauber C9 Mercedes-Benz M119
5.0L V8 twin turbo 		M 379
6 Gr.C1 8 West Germany Joest Racing France Henri Pescarolo
France Claude Ballot-Léna
France Jean-Louis Ricci 		Porsche 962C Porsche 935/82 3.0L F6
twin turbo 		G 372
7 IMSA
GTP 		201 Japan Mazdaspeed Republic of Ireland David Kennedy
Belgium Pierre Dieudonné
United Kingdom Chris Hodgetts 		Mazda 767B Mazda 13J-M 2.6L
quad-rotary 		D 369
8 Gr.C1 4 United Kingdom Silk Cut Jaguar Team
United Kingdom Tom Walkinshaw Racing 		France Alain Ferté
France Michel Ferté
Chile Eliseo Salazar 		Jaguar XJR-9LM Jaguar 7.0L V12 D 369
9 IMSA
GTP 		202 Japan Mazdaspeed Japan Takashi Yorino
Belgium Hervé Regout
United States Elliot Forbes-Robinson 		Mazda 767B Mazda 13J-M 2.6L
quad-rotary 		D 366
10 Gr.C1 16 Switzerland Repsol Brun Motorsport Norway Harald Huysman
West Germany Uwe Schäfer
France Dominique Lacaud 		Porsche 962C Porsche 935/82 3.0L F6
twin turbo 		Y 352
11 Gr.C1 18 United Kingdom Aston Martin
United Kingdom Ecurie Ecosse 		United Kingdom Brian Redman
Republic of Ireland Michael Roe
Greece Costas Los 		Aston Martin AMR1 Aston Martin RDP87 6.0L V8 G 340
12 IMSA
GTP 		203 Japan Mazdaspeed Japan Yojiro Terada
Belgium Marc Duez
West Germany Volker Weidler 		Mazda 767 Mazda 13J-4M 2.6L
quad-rotary 		D 340
13 Gr.C1 55 Australia Omron Racing Team Schuppan Australia Vern Schuppan
Sweden Eje Elgh
Australia Gary Brabham 		Porsche 962C Porsche 935/82 3.0L F6
twin turbo 		D 322
14 Gr.C2 113 France Courage Compétition France Jean-Claude Andruet
France Philippe Farjon
Japan Shunji Kasuya 		Cougar C20B Porsche 935 2.8L F6
turbo 		G 313
15 Gr.C1 20 United Kingdom Team Davey
(private entrant) 		United Kingdom Tim Lee-Davey
United Kingdom Tom Dodd-Noble
Japan Katsunori Iketani 		Porsche 962C Porsche 935/82 3.0L F6
twin turbo 		D 309
16 Gr.C2 171 United Kingdom Team Mako
(private entrant) 		United Kingdom Don Shead
Canada Robbie Stirling
United Kingdom Ross Hyett 		Spice-Fiero SE88C Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 G 307
17 Gr.C2 108 United Kingdom GP Motorsport
United Kingdom Roy Baker Racing 		United Kingdom Dudley Wood
United Kingdom Evan Clements
France Philippe de Henning 		Spice-Fiero SE87C Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 G 304
18 Gr.C2 126 France France Prototeam
United Kingdom J. Messaoudi
(private entrant) 		France Jean Messaoudi
France Pierre-François Rousselot
France Thierry Lecerf 		Argo JM19C Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 G 298
19 Gr.C2 104 France Graff Racing
Spice Engineering 		France Jean-Philippe Grand
France Rémy Pochauvin
France Jean-Luc Roy 		Spice SE89C Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 G 292

Did not finish

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Engine Tyre Laps Reason
DNF Gr.C1 14 United Kingdom Richard Lloyd Racing United Kingdom Derek Bell
United Kingdom James Weaver
United Kingdom Tiff Needell 		Porsche 962C GTi Porsche 935/82 3.0L F6
twin turbo 		G 339 Fire
(23hr)
DNF Gr.C1 10 West Germany Porsche Kremer Racing Japan Kunimitsu Takahashi
Italy Bruno Giacomelli
Italy Giovanni Lavaggi 		Porsche 962C-K6 Porsche 935/82 3.0L F6
twin turbo 		Y 303 Fire
(21hr)
DNF Gr.C1 25 Japan Nissan Motorsports
International 		Australia Geoff Brabham
United States Chip Robinson
Netherlands Arie Luyendyk 		Nissan R89C Nissan VRH35Z 3.5L V8
twin turbo 		D 250 Engine
(17hr)
DNF Gr.C2 101 United Kingdom Chamberlain Engineering United Kingdom Nick Adams
Spain Fermín Velez
Italy Luigi Taverna 		Spice SE89C Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 G 244 Engine
(17hr)
DNF Gr.C1 17 Switzerland Repsol Brun Motorsport Argentina Oscar Larrauri
Switzerland Walter Brun
Spain Jesús Pareja 		Porsche 962C Porsche 935/82 3.0L F6
twin turbo 		Y 242 Engine
(16hr)
DNF Gr.C1 21 United Kingdom Spice Engineering United Kingdom Gordon Spice
United Kingdom Ray Bellm
United States Lyn St. James 		Spice SE89C Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8 G 229 Engine
(16hr)
DNF Gr.C1 15 United Kingdom Richard Lloyd Racing United Kingdom David Hobbs
United Kingdom Damon Hill
Sweden Steven Andskär 		Porsche 962C GTi Porsche 935/82 3.0L F6
twin turbo 		G 228 Engine
(16hr)
DNF Gr.C1 32 France Courage Compétition
Japan Team LeMans Co 		Japan Takao Wada
Japan Akio Morimoto
Sweden Anders Olofsson 		March 88S
(“Cougar R89V”) 		Nissan VG30 3.0L V6
twin turbo 		Y 221 Engine
(16hr)
DNF Gr.C1 2 United Kingdom Silk Cut Jaguar Team
United Kingdom Tom Walkinshaw Racing 		Denmark John Nielsen
United Kingdom Andy Wallace
United States Price Cobb 		Jaguar XJR-9LM Jaguar 7.0L V12 D 215 Engine
(15hr)
DNF Gr.C2 106 Italy Porto Kaleo United Kingdom Robin Smith
Italy Vito Veninata
Italy "Stingbrace" (Stefano Sebastiani) 		Tiga GC288/9 Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 G 194 Electrics
(17hr)
DNF Gr.C1 34 France Porsche Alméras Montpelier France Jacques Alméras
France Jean-Marie Alméras
France Alain Ianetta 		Porsche 962C Porsche 935/82 3.0L F6
twin turbo 		G 188 Accident
(14hr)
DNF Gr.C1 12 France Courage Compétition France Patrick Gonin
Belgium Bernard de Dryver
Switzerland Bernard Santal 		Cougar C22 Porsche 935/82 3.0L F6
twin turbo 		G 168 Electronics
(14hr)
DNF Gr.C1 23 Japan Nissan Motorsports
International 		Japan Masahiro Hasemi
Japan Kazuyoshi Hoshino
Japan Toshio Suzuki 		Nissan R89C Nissan VRH35Z 3.5L V8
twin turbo 		D 167 Engine
(11hr)
DNF Gr.C1 19 United Kingdom Aston Martin
United Kingdom Ecurie Ecosse 		United Kingdom David Leslie
United Kingdom Ray Mallock
United Kingdom David Sears 		Aston Martin AMR1 Aston Martin RDP87 6.0L V8 G 153 Electrics
(11hr)
DNF Gr.C1 22 United Kingdom Spice Engineering Denmark Thorkild Thyrring
South Africa Wayne Taylor
United Kingdom Tim Harvey 		Spice SE89C Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8 G 150 Engine
(16hr)
DNF Gr.C2 103 France France Prototeam France Pierre de Thoisy
France Raymond Touroul
Switzerland Bernard Thuner 		Spice-Fiero SE88C Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 G 133 Chassis
(13hr)
DNF Gr.C2 107 United Kingdom Tiga Race Team Morocco Max Cohen-Olivar
United Kingdom John Sheldon
United Kingdom Robin Donovan 		Tiga GC289 Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 G 126 Transmission
(14hr)
DNF Gr.C1 7 West Germany Joest Racing West Germany Frank Jelinski
France Pierre-Henri Raphanel
West Germany "John Winter" (Louis Krages) 		Porsche 962C Porsche 935/82 3.0L F6
twin turbo 		G 124 Water leak
(8hr)
DNF Gr.C1 13 France Courage Compétition France Pascal Fabre
France Jean-Louis Bousquet
Japan Jiro Yoneyama 		Cougar C22 Porsche 935/82 3.0L F6
twin turbo 		G 110 Engine
(10hr)
DNF Gr.C1 52 France WM Secateva France Jean-Daniel Raulet
France Philippe Gache
France Pascal Pessiot 		WM P489 Peugeot PRV ZNS4 3.0L
V6 twin-turbo 		M 110 Fire
(21hr)
DNF Gr.C2 102 United Kingdom Chamberlain Engineering United States John Hotchkis
United States John Hotchkis Jr
United Kingdom Richard Jones 		Spice-Fiero SE86C Hart 418T 1873cc S4 turbo G 86 Oil leak
(10hr)
DNF Gr.C1 3 United Kingdom Silk Cut Jaguar Team
United Kingdom Tom Walkinshaw Racing 		United States Davy Jones
Republic of Ireland Derek Daly
United States Jeff Kline 		Jaguar XJR-9LM Jaguar 7.0L V12 D 85 Engine
(6hr)
DNF Gr.C1 27 Switzerland Repsol Brun Motorsport West Germany Rudi Seher
Austria Franz Konrad
Spain Andrés Vilariño 		Porsche 962C Porsche 935/82 3.0L F6
twin turbo 		Y 81 Engine
(6hr)
DNF Gr.C1 5 Switzerland Repsol Brun Motorsport
Japan From A Racing 		West Germany Harald Grohs
South Africa Sarel van der Merwe
Japan Akihiko Nakaya 		Porsche 962C Porsche 935/82 3.0L F6
twin turbo 		Y 78 Gearbox
(7hr)
DNF Gr.C2 177 France Automobiles Louis Descartes
(private entrant) 		France Louis Descartes
France Alain Serpaggi
France Yves Hervalet 		ALD C289 Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 G 75 Radiator
(10hr)
DNF Gr.C1 33 Australia Racing Team Schuppan Takefuji United Kingdom Will Hoy
France Jean Alesi
West Germany/United States Dominic Dobson 		Porsche 962C Porsche 935/82 3.0L F6
twin turbo 		D 69 Fire
(5hr)
DNF Gr.C1 72 West Germany Obermaier Racing
France Primagaz Compétition 		West Germany Jürgen Lässig
France Pierre Yver
France Paul Belmondo 		Porsche 962C Porsche 935/79 2.8L F6
twin turbo 		G 61 Accident
(5hr)
DNF Gr.C1 37 Japan Toyota Team TOM'S United Kingdom Geoff Lees
United Kingdom Johnny, Earl Dumfries
United Kingdom John Watson 		Toyota 89C-V Toyota R32V 3.2L V8
twin turbo 		B 58 Accident
(6hr)
DNF Gr.C2 151 Switzerland P.-A. Lombardi
(private entrant) 		Switzerland Pierre-Alain Lombardi
France Bruno Sotty
Italy Fabio Magnani 		Spice-Fiero SE86C Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 G 58 Suspension
(5hr)
DNF Gr.C1 6 Switzerland Repsol Brun Motorsport
Japan Alpha Nova Racing 		Brazil Maurizio Sandro Sala
Austria Roland Ratzenberger
Austria Walter Lechner 		Porsche 962C Porsche 935/82 3.0L F6
twin turbo 		Y 58 Suspension
(4hr)
DNF Gr.C1 36 Japan Toyota Team TOM'S Japan Hitoshi Ogawa
Italy Paolo Barilla
United States Ross Cheever 		Toyota 89C-V Toyota R32V 3.2L V8
twin turbo 		B 45 Engine
(4hr)
DNF Gr.C1 11 West Germany Porsche Kremer Racing South Africa George Fouché
Japan Masanori Sekiya
Japan Hideki Okada 		Porsche 962C-K6 Porsche 935/82 3.0L F6
twin turbo 		Y 42 Accident
(4hr)
DNF Gr.C2 105 Italy Porto Kaleo France Noël del Bello
France Jean-Claude Justice
France Jean-Claude Ferrarin 		Tiga GC288/9 Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 G 36 Engine
(5hr)
DNF Gr.C1 38 Japan Toyota Team TOM'S Japan Kaoru Hoshino
France Didier Artzet
Japan Keiichi Suzuki 		Toyota 88C Toyota 3S-GTM 2.1L S4 turbo B 20 Accident
(3hr)
DNF Gr.C2 175 United Kingdom ADA Engineering United Kingdom Ian Harrower
United Kingdom Laurence Bristow
United Kingdom Colin Pool 		ADA 02B Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 G 14 Electrics
(7hr)
DNF Gr.C1 24 Japan Nissan Motorsports
International 		United Kingdom Julian Bailey
United Kingdom Mark Blundell
United Kingdom Martin Donnelly 		Nissan R89C Nissan VRH35Z 3.5L V8
twin turbo 		D 5 Accident
(1hr)

Did not start

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Engine Tyre Reason
DNS Gr.C1 51 France WM Secateva France Roger Dorchy
France Michel Maisonneuve 		WM P489 Peugeot PRV ZNS4 3.0L
V6 twin-turbo 		M Fire
DNQ Gr.C1 29 Italy Mussato Action Car Italy Almo Coppelli
Italy Franco Scapini
Austria Ernst Franzmaier 		Lancia LC2 Ferrari 308C 3.1L V8
twin turbo 		D Fire
DNQ Gr.C2 176 France Automobiles Louis Descartes
(private entrant) 		France Thierry Serfaty
France Sylvain Boulay
France “Batmalle“ (William Batmalle) 		ALD 04 BMW M88 3.5L S6 G Did not qualify
DNQ Gr.C2 178 France D. Bonnet
(private entrant) 		France Didier Bonnet
France Gérard Tremblay
France Gérard Cuynet 		ALD 05 BMW M88 3.5L S6 A Did not qualify
DNQ Gr.C2 179 France D. Bonnet
(private entrant) 		France Jean-Luc Colin
France François Cardon
France Yves Bey-Rozet 		ALD 06 BMW M88 3.5L S6 G Did not qualify
DNA Gr.C1 17 West Germany Jochen Dauer Racing
(private entrant) 		West Germany Jochen Dauer
Austria Franz Konrad 		Porsche 962C Porsche ... L F6
twin turbo 		Did not arrive
DNA Gr.C1 40 Switzerland Swiss Team Salamin
(private entrant) 		Switzerland Antoine Salamin
Morocco Max Cohen-Olivar 		Porsche 962C Porsche 935/82 3.0L F6
twin turbo 		Did not arrive
DNA Gr.C2 111 United Kingdom PC Automotive
(private entrant) 		United Kingdom Richard Piper
United States Olindo Iacobelli
France Alain Ianetta 		Spice-Fiero SE88C Cosworth DFL 3.3 L V8 G Did not arrive
Res Gr.C1 France N. del Bello
(private entrant) 		France Noël del Bello Sauber C8 Mercedes-Benz M117
5.0L V8 twin turbo 		Not required
Res Gr.C2 United Kingdom Roy Baker Racing United Kingdom Duncan Bain
United States Steve Hynes
Morocco Max Cohen-Olivar 		Tiga GC289 Cosworth DFL 3.3 L V8 Not required

Class winners

Class Winning Car Winning Drivers
Group C1 #63 Sauber C9 Mass / Reuter / Dickens
Group C2 #113 Cougar C20LM Andruet / Farjon / Kasuya
IMSA-GTP #201 Mazda 757B Dieudonné / Kennedy / Hodgetts *
Note *: setting a new class distance record.

Challenge Econergie

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Score
1 Gr.C2 104 France Graff Racing
Spice Engineering 		France Jean-Philippe Grand
France Rémy Pochauvin
France Jean-Luc Roy 		Spice SE89C 4.621
2 Gr.C1 61 Switzerland Team Sauber Mercedes Italy Mauro Baldi
United Kingdom Kenny Acheson
Italy Gianfranco Brancatelli 		Sauber C9 3.101
3 Gr.C1 62 Switzerland Team Sauber Mercedes France Jean-Louis Schlesser
France Jean-Pierre Jabouille
France Alain Cudini 		Sauber C9 3.088
4 Gr.C2 171 United Kingdom Team Mako
(private entrant) 		United Kingdom Don Shead
Canada Robbie Stirling
United Kingdom Ross Hyett 		Spice-Fiero SE88C 2.987
5 Gr.C1 9 West Germany Joest Racing West Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck
France Bob Wollek 		Porsche 962C 2.949
6 Gr.C1 63 Switzerland Team Sauber Mercedes West Germany Jochen Mass
West Germany Manuel Reuter
Sweden Stanley Dickens 		Sauber C9 1.698
7 Gr.C1 4 United Kingdom Silk Cut Jaguar Team France Alain Ferté
France Michel Ferté
Chile Eliseo Salazar 		Jaguar XJR-9LM 1.304
8 Gr.C1 18 United Kingdom Aston Martin
United Kingdom Ecurie Ecosse 		United Kingdom Brian Redman
Republic of Ireland Michael Roe
Greece Costas Los 		Aston Martin AMR1 0.776
9 Gr.C1 1 United Kingdom Silk Cut Jaguar Team Netherlands Jan Lammers
France Patrick Tambay
United Kingdom Andrew Gilbert-Scott 		Jaguar XJR-9LM 0.726
10 IMSA
GTP 		201 Japan Mazdaspeed Republic of Ireland David Kennedy
Belgium Pierre Dieudonné
United Kingdom Chris Hodgetts 		Mazda 767B -1.043
  • Note: Only the top ten positions are included in this set of standings.[6][14]

Statistics

Taken from Quentin Spurring's book, officially licensed by the ACO

  • Pole Position – J.-L. Schlesser, #62 Sauber C9 - 3:15.0secs; 249.9 km/h (155.3 mph)
  • Fastest Lap – A. Ferté, #4 Jaguar XJR-9LM– 3:21.1secs; 242.1 km/h (150.4 mph)
  • Winning Distance – 5,265.12 km (3,271.59 mi)
  • Winner's Average Speed – 220.0 km/h (136.7 mph)
  • Attendance – 230,000[1]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f Spurring 2012, p.336
  2. ^ a b c Williams 2023, p.320
  3. ^ a b c Wimpffen 2008, p.294
  4. ^ Wimpffen 2008, p.297
  5. ^ Wimpffen 2008, p.295
  6. ^ a b Spurring 2012, p.8
  7. ^ Spurring 2012, p.378
  8. ^ Spurring 2012, p.2
  9. ^ Spurring 2012, p.334
  10. ^ Spurring 2012, p.364
  11. ^ "Racing Sports Cars". RacingSportsCars.com. Retrieved 26 Nov 2023.
  12. ^ "Le Mans History". lemans-history.com. Retrieved 26 Nov 2023.
  13. ^ "World Sports Racing Prototypes". www.wsrp.cz. Retrieved 26 Nov 2023.
  14. ^ Spurring 2012, p.365

References

  • Bernard, Davoine, Holtz & Holtz (2023) 100 Years of legends Sherborne, Dorset: Evro Publishing ISBN 978-1-910505-75-5
  • Clarke, R.M. - editor (1999) Le Mans 'The Porsche & Jaguar Years 1983-1991' Cobham, Surrey: Brooklands Books ISBN 1-85520-483-5
  • Laban, Brian (2001) Le Mans 24 Hours London: Virgin Books ISBN 1-85227-971-0
  • Spurring, Quentin (2012) Le Mans 1980-89 Yeovil, Somerset: Haynes Publishing ISBN 978-0-85733-128-1
  • Williams, Richard (2023) 24 Hours – 100 Years of Le Mans London: Simon & Schuster ISBN 978-1-3985-1722-6
  • Wimpffen, János (2008) Monocoques and Ground Effects Hong Kong: David Bull Publishing ISBN 1-893618-97-8

External links

  • Racing Sports Cars – Le Mans 24 Hours 1983 with entries, results, technical detail and photos of every car. Retrieved 26 Nov 2023
  • Le Mans History – Le Mans entry-list and hour-by-hour placings (incl. pictures of every car, quotes, highest speeds per car, YouTube links). Retrieved 26 Nov 2023
  • World Sports Racing Prototypes – results, reserve entries & chassis numbers. Retrieved 26 Nov 2023
  • Team Dan – results & reserve entries, explaining driver listings. Retrieved 26 Nov 2023
  • Unique Cars & Parts – results & reserve entries. Retrieved 26 Nov 2023
  • Formula 2 – Le Mans results & reserve entries. Retrieved 26 Nov 2023
  • Speedfreaks – Results table for the World Challenge for Endurance Drivers. Retrieved 26 Nov 2023
  • Motorsport Memorial – motor-racing deaths by year. Retrieved 26 Nov 2023
  • YouTube – race coverage with some focus on the WM, just engine and track sounds (15min). Retrieved 10 Jan 2024
  • YouTube – start and first lap, English commentary (6min). Retrieved 10 Jan 2024
  • YouTube – compilation of race-incidents (20min). Retrieved 10 Jan 2024
  • YouTube – Autosport documentary about the Sauber C9 (6min). Retrieved 10 Jan 2024
  • YouTube – Project Dream documentary about the Sauber C9 (9min). Retrieved 10 Jan 2024
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