1989 480 km of Suzuka

The 1989 480 km of Suzuka was the first round of the 1989 World Sportscar Championship season. It took place at Suzuka Circuit, Japan on April 9, 1989.

Official results

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre	Laps
					Engine
1	C1	61	Team Sauber Mercedes	Jean-Louis Schlesser Mauro Baldi	Sauber C9	M	82
					Mercedes-Benz M119 5.0L Turbo V8
2	C1	62	Team Sauber Mercedes	Kenny Acheson	Sauber C9	M	82
					Mercedes-Benz M119 5.0L Turbo V8
3	C1	7	Joest Racing	Frank Jelinski Bob Wollek	Porsche 962C	G	82
					Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
4	C1	23	Nissan Motorsports International	Toshio Suzuki Kazuyoshi Hoshino	Nissan R88C	D	81
					Nissan VRH30 3.0L Turbo V8
5	C1	2	Silk Cut Jaguar	John Nielsen Andy Wallace	Jaguar XJR-9	D	81
					Jaguar 7.0L V12
6	C1	36	Toyota Team Tom's	Paolo Barilla Hitoshi Ogawa	Toyota 89C-V	B	81
					Toyota R32V 3.2L Turbo V8
7	C1	34	Porsche Alméras Montpellier Advan Team Alpha	Kunimitsu Takahashi Stanley Dickens	Porsche 962C	G	81
					Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
8	C1	16	Repsol Brun Motorsport	Oscar Larrauri Maurizio Sandro Sala	Porsche 962C	Y	81
					Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
9	C1	11	Porsche Kremer Racing Leyton House Racing	Masanori Sekiya Hideki Okada	Porsche 962CK6	Y	81
					Porsche Type-935 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
10	C1	72	Obermaier Primagaz From-A Racing	Harald Grohs Akihiko Nakaya	Porsche 962C	G	81
					Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
11	C1	24	Nissan Motorsports International	Masahiro Hasemi Anders Olofsson	Nissan R88C	D	81
					Nissan VRH30 3.0L Turbo V8
12	C1	55	Team Davey Omron Racing Team	Vern Schuppan Eje Elgh	Porsche 962C	D	80
					Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
13	C1	100	Richard Lloyd Racing Trust Racing Team	Steven Andskär George Fouché	Porsche 962C GTi	G	79
					Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
14	C1	13	Courage Compétition	Pascal Fabre Alessandro Santin	Cougar C22S	G	79
					Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
15	C1	17	Dauer Racing	Jochen Dauer Franz Konrad	Porsche 962C	G	78
					Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
16	C1	40	Swiss Team Salamin Advan Alpha Tomei	Kazou Mogi Kenji Takahashi	Porsche 962C	G	78
					Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
17	GTP	201	Mazdaspeed	Takashi Yorino Tetsuya Ota	Mazda 767	D	77
					Mazda 13J 2.6L 4-Rotor
18	C1	6	Repsol Brun Motorsport	Walter Brun Jesús Pareja	Porsche 962C	Y	77
					Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
19	C1	14	Richard Lloyd Racing	Tiff Needell Derek Bell	Porsche 962C GTi	G	76
					Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
20	C1	37	Toyota Team Tom's	Geoff Lees Johnny Dumfries	Toyota 89C-V	B	75
					Toyota R32V 3.2L Turbo V8
21	C1	85	Nissan Motorsports International Cabin Racing Team with Le Mans	Takao Wada Akio Morimoto	Nissan R88V	D	74
					Nissan VG30 3.0L Turbo V6
22	C1	20	Team Davey	Tim Lee-Davey Jürgen Barth	Porsche 962C	D	71
					Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
23	C2	101	Chamberlain Engineering	Fermín Velez Nick Adams	Spice SE86C	G	63
					Hart 418T 1.9L Turbo I4
24	C1	50	Toyota Team Tom's SARD	Roland Ratzenberger Keiichi Suzuki	Toyota 89C-V	B	62
					Toyota R32V 3.2L Turbo V8
25 DSQ†	C2	108	Roy Baker Racing	John Sheldon Leif Lindström	Tiga GC289	G	47
					Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
26 DNF	C1	1	Silk Cut Jaguar	Jan Lammers Patrick Tambay	Jaguar XJR-9	D	80
					Jaguar 7.0L V12
27 DNF	C1	22	Spice Engineering	Wayne Taylor Thorkild Thyrring	Spice SE89C	G	32
					Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8
28 DNF	C1	5	Repsol Brun Motorsport	Harald Huysman Juha Varjosaari	Porsche 962C	Y	23
					Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
29 DNF	C1	10	Porsche Kremer Racing	Bruno Giacomelli Giovanni Lavaggi	Porsche 962CK6	Y	16
					Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
30 DNF	C1	8	Joest Racing	Jean-Louis Ricci Claude Ballot-Léna	Porsche 962C	G	15
					Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
31 DNF	C2	107	Tiga Racing Team	Jari Nurminen Luigi Taverna	Tiga GC289	G	11
					Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
32 DNF	C1	21	Spice Engineering	Eliseo Salazar Ray Bellm	Spice SE89C	G	5
					Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8
33 DNF	GTP	202	Mazdaspeed	Yoshimi Katayama Yojiro Terada	Mazda 767B	D	4
					Mazda 13J 2.6L 4-Rotor
34 DNF	C2	103	France Prototeam	Almo Coppelli Bernard Thuner	Spice SE88C	G	3
					Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
DNS	C1	26	France Prototeam	Alain Ferté Henri Pescarolo	Spice SE88C	G	-
					Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8
DNQ	C1	29	Mussato Action Car	Franco Scapini Gianfranco Tacchino	Lancia LC2	D	-
					Ferrari 308C 3.0L Turbo V8

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

Statistics

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

References

• "480 km Suzuka". World Sports Racing Prototypes. 2 October 2005. Archived from the original on 27 October 2007. Retrieved 2008-02-18. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)