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1989 24 Hours of Le Mans
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Index: Races | Winners
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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