1989 480 km of Donington

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

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

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

Statistics

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

References

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