1989 24 Hours of Le Mans

1989 24 Hours of Le Mans
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The 1989 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 57th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 10 and 11 June 1989.

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 after speeds reaching 250 mph (402 km/h) in the previous years and this race, these chicanes were installed the following year and have been used ever since. 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. Fortunately, 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

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

Le Mans in 1989

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre	Laps
Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Engine	Tyre	Laps
1	C1	63	Team Sauber Mercedes	Jochen Mass Manuel Reuter Stanley Dickens	Sauber C9	M	389
1	C1	63	Team Sauber Mercedes	Jochen Mass Manuel Reuter Stanley Dickens	Mercedes-Benz M119 5.0L Turbo V8	M	389
2	C1	61	Team Sauber Mercedes	Mauro Baldi Kenny Acheson Gianfranco Brancatelli	Sauber C9	M	384
2	C1	61	Team Sauber Mercedes	Mauro Baldi Kenny Acheson Gianfranco Brancatelli	Mercedes-Benz M119 5.0L Turbo V8	M	384
3	C1	9	Joest Racing	Hans-Joachim Stuck Bob Wollek	Porsche 962C	G	382
3	C1	9	Joest Racing	Hans-Joachim Stuck Bob Wollek	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	G	382
4	C1	1	Silk Cut Jaguar Tom Walkinshaw Racing	Jan Lammers Patrick Tambay Andrew Gilbert-Scott	Jaguar XJR-9LM	D	380
4	C1	1	Silk Cut Jaguar Tom Walkinshaw Racing	Jan Lammers Patrick Tambay Andrew Gilbert-Scott	Jaguar 7.0L V12	D	380
5	C1	62	Team Sauber Mercedes	Jean-Louis Schlesser Jean-Pierre Jabouille Alain Cudini	Sauber C9	M	378
5	C1	62	Team Sauber Mercedes	Jean-Louis Schlesser Jean-Pierre Jabouille Alain Cudini	Mercedes-Benz M119 5.0L Turbo V8	M	378
6	C1	8	Joest Racing	Henri Pescarolo Claude Ballot-Léna Jean-Louis Ricci	Porsche 962C	G	371
6	C1	8	Joest Racing	Henri Pescarolo Claude Ballot-Léna Jean-Louis Ricci	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	G	371
7	GTP	201	Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd.	David Kennedy Pierre Dieudonné Chris Hodgetts	Mazda 767B	D	368
7	GTP	201	Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd.	David Kennedy Pierre Dieudonné Chris Hodgetts	Mazda 13J 2.6L 4-Rotor	D	368
8	C1	4	Silk Cut Jaguar Tom Walkinshaw Racing	Alain Ferté Michel Ferté Eliseo Salazar	Jaguar XJR-9LM	D	368
8	C1	4	Silk Cut Jaguar Tom Walkinshaw Racing	Alain Ferté Michel Ferté Eliseo Salazar	Jaguar 7.0L V12	D	368
9	GTP	202	Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd.	Takashi Yorino Hervé Regout Elliot Forbes-Robinson	Mazda 767B	D	365
9	GTP	202	Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd.	Takashi Yorino Hervé Regout Elliot Forbes-Robinson	Mazda 13J 2.6L 4-Rotor	D	365
10	C1	16	Brun Motorsport	Harald Huysman Uwe Schäfer Dominique Lacaud	Porsche 962C	Y	351
10	C1	16	Brun Motorsport	Harald Huysman Uwe Schäfer Dominique Lacaud	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	Y	351
11	C1	18	Aston Martin Ecurie Ecosse	Brian Redman Michael Roe Costas Los	Aston Martin AMR1	G	340
11	C1	18	Aston Martin Ecurie Ecosse	Brian Redman Michael Roe Costas Los	Aston Martin (Callaway) RDP87 6.0L V8	G	340
12	GTP	203	Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd.	Yojiro Terada Marc Duez Volker Weidler	Mazda 767	D	339
12	GTP	203	Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd.	Yojiro Terada Marc Duez Volker Weidler	Mazda 13J 2.6L 4-Rotor	D	339
13	C1	55	Team Schuppan	Vern Schuppan Eje Elgh Gary Brabham	Porsche 962C	D	321
13	C1	55	Team Schuppan	Vern Schuppan Eje Elgh Gary Brabham	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	D	321
14	C2	113	Courage Compétition	Jean-Claude Andruet Philippe Farjon Shunji Kasuya	Cougar C20B	G	312
14	C2	113	Courage Compétition	Jean-Claude Andruet Philippe Farjon Shunji Kasuya	Porsche Type-935 2.8L Turbo Flat-6	G	312
15	C1	20	Team Davey	Tim Lee-Davey Tom Dodd-Noble Katsunori Iketani	Porsche 962C	D	308
15	C1	20	Team Davey	Tim Lee-Davey Tom Dodd-Noble Katsunori Iketani	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	D	308
16	C2	171	Team Mako	Robbie Stirling Ross Hyett Don Shead	Spice SE88C	G	307
16	C2	171	Team Mako	Robbie Stirling Ross Hyett Don Shead	Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	G	307
17	C2	108	Roy Baker Racing GP Motorsport	Dudley Wood Evan Clements Philippe de Henning	Spice SE87C	G	303
17	C2	108	Roy Baker Racing GP Motorsport	Dudley Wood Evan Clements Philippe de Henning	Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	G	303
18	C2	126	France Prototeam	Jean Messaoudi Pierre-François Rousselot Thierry Lecerf	Argo JM19C	G	297
18	C2	126	France Prototeam	Jean Messaoudi Pierre-François Rousselot Thierry Lecerf	Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	G	297
19	C2	104	Graff Racing	Jean-Philippe Grand Remy Pochauvin Jean-Luc Roy	Spice SE89C	?	291
19	C2	104	Graff Racing	Jean-Philippe Grand Remy Pochauvin Jean-Luc Roy	Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	?	291
20 DNF	C1	14	Richard Lloyd Racing	Derek Bell James Weaver Tiff Needell	Porsche 962C GTi	G	339
20 DNF	C1	14	Richard Lloyd Racing	Derek Bell James Weaver Tiff Needell	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	G	339
21 DNF	C1	10	Porsche Kremer Racing	Kunimitsu Takahashi Bruno Giacomelli Giovanni Lavaggi	Porsche 962C	Y	303
21 DNF	C1	10	Porsche Kremer Racing	Kunimitsu Takahashi Bruno Giacomelli Giovanni Lavaggi	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	Y	303
22 DNF	C1	25	Nissan Motorsport	Geoff Brabham Chip Robinson Arie Luyendyk	Nissan R89C	D	250
22 DNF	C1	25	Nissan Motorsport	Geoff Brabham Chip Robinson Arie Luyendyk	Nissan VRH35Z 3.5L Turbo V8	D	250
23 DNF	C2	101	Chamberlain Engineering	Fermín Velez Nick Adams Luigi Taverna	Spice SE88C	G	244
23 DNF	C2	101	Chamberlain Engineering	Fermín Velez Nick Adams Luigi Taverna	Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	G	244
24 DNF	C1	17	Repsol Brun Motorsport	Oscar Larrauri Walter Brun Jesús Pareja	Porsche 962C	Y	242
24 DNF	C1	17	Repsol Brun Motorsport	Oscar Larrauri Walter Brun Jesús Pareja	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	Y	242
25 DNF	C1	21	Spice Engineering	Ray Bellm Gordon Spice Lyn St. James	Spice SE89C	G	229
25 DNF	C1	21	Spice Engineering	Ray Bellm Gordon Spice Lyn St. James	Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8	G	229
26 DNF	C1	15	Richard Lloyd Racing	Steven Andskär David Hobbs Damon Hill	Porsche 962C GTi	G	228
26 DNF	C1	15	Richard Lloyd Racing	Steven Andskär David Hobbs Damon Hill	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	G	228
27 DNF	C1	32	Team LeMans Co. Courage Compétition	Takao Wada Akio Morimoto Anders Olofsson	March 88S	Y	221
27 DNF	C1	32	Team LeMans Co. Courage Compétition	Takao Wada Akio Morimoto Anders Olofsson	Nissan VG30 3.0L Turbo V6	Y	221
28 DNF	C1	2	Silk Cut Jaguar Tom Walkinshaw Racing	John Nielsen Andy Wallace Price Cobb	Jaguar XJR-9LM	D	215
28 DNF	C1	2	Silk Cut Jaguar Tom Walkinshaw Racing	John Nielsen Andy Wallace Price Cobb	Jaguar 7.0L V12	D	215
29 DNF	C2	106	Porto Kaleo Team	Robin Smith Vito Veninta Stefano Sebastiani	Tiga GC288	G	194
29 DNF	C2	106	Porto Kaleo Team	Robin Smith Vito Veninta Stefano Sebastiani	Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	G	194
30 DNF	C1	34	Equipe Alméras Fréres	Jacques Alméras Jean-Marie Alméras Alain Ianetta	Porsche 962C	G	188
30 DNF	C1	34	Equipe Alméras Fréres	Jacques Alméras Jean-Marie Alméras Alain Ianetta	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	G	188
31 DNF	C1	12	Courage Compétition	Patrick Gonin Bernard de Dryver Bernard Santal	Cougar C22LM	G	168
31 DNF	C1	12	Courage Compétition	Patrick Gonin Bernard de Dryver Bernard Santal	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	G	168
32 DNF	C1	23	Nissan Motorsports	Masahiro Hasemi Kazuyoshi Hoshino Toshio Suzuki	Nissan R89C	D	167
32 DNF	C1	23	Nissan Motorsports	Masahiro Hasemi Kazuyoshi Hoshino Toshio Suzuki	Nissan VRH35Z 3.5L Turbo V8	D	167
33 DNF	C1	19	Aston Martin Ecurie Ecosse	David Leslie Ray Mallock David Sears	Aston Martin AMR1	G	153
33 DNF	C1	19	Aston Martin Ecurie Ecosse	David Leslie Ray Mallock David Sears	Aston Martin (Callaway) RDP87 6.0L V8	G	153
34 DNF	C1	22	Spice Engineering	Thorkild Thyrring Wayne Taylor Tim Harvey	Spice SE89C	G	150
34 DNF	C1	22	Spice Engineering	Thorkild Thyrring Wayne Taylor Tim Harvey	Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8	G	150
35 DNF	C2	103	France Prototeam	Bernard Thuner Pierre de Thoisy Raymond Touroul	Spice SE88C	G	133
35 DNF	C2	103	France Prototeam	Bernard Thuner Pierre de Thoisy Raymond Touroul	Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	G	133
36 DNF	C2	107	Tiga Race Team	Max Cohen-Olivar John Sheldon Robin Donovan	Tiga GC289	G	126
36 DNF	C2	107	Tiga Race Team	Max Cohen-Olivar John Sheldon Robin Donovan	Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	G	126
37 DNF	C1	7	Joest Racing	Frank Jelinski Pierre-Henri Raphanel Louis Krages	Porsche 962C	G	124
37 DNF	C1	7	Joest Racing	Frank Jelinski Pierre-Henri Raphanel Louis Krages	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	G	124
38 DNF	C1	52	WM Secateva	Pascal Pessiot Jean-Daniel Raulet Philippe Gache	WM P489	M	110
38 DNF	C1	52	WM Secateva	Pascal Pessiot Jean-Daniel Raulet Philippe Gache	Peugeot ZNS4 3.0L Turbo V6	M	110
39 DNF	C1	13	Courage Compétition	Pascal Fabre Jean-Louis Bousquet Jiro Yoneyama	Cougar C22LM	G	110
39 DNF	C1	13	Courage Compétition	Pascal Fabre Jean-Louis Bousquet Jiro Yoneyama	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	G	110
40 DNF	C2	102	Chamberlain Engineering	John Hotchkis Sr. John Hotchkis Jr. Richard Jones	Spice SE86C	G	86
40 DNF	C2	102	Chamberlain Engineering	John Hotchkis Sr. John Hotchkis Jr. Richard Jones	Hart 418T 1.8L Turbo I4	G	86
41 DNF	C1	3	Silk Cut Jaguar Tom Walkinshaw Racing	Davy Jones Derek Daly Jeff Kline	Jaguar XJR-9LM	D	85
41 DNF	C1	3	Silk Cut Jaguar Tom Walkinshaw Racing	Davy Jones Derek Daly Jeff Kline	Jaguar 7.0L V12	D	85
42 DNF	C1	27	Repsol Brun Motorsport	Rudi Seher Franz Konrad Andres Vilariño	Porsche 962C	Y	81
42 DNF	C1	27	Repsol Brun Motorsport	Rudi Seher Franz Konrad Andres Vilariño	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	Y	81
43 DNF	C1	5	Brun Motorsport From-A Racing	Harald Grohs Akihiko Nakaya Sarel van der Merwe	Porsche 962C	Y	78
43 DNF	C1	5	Brun Motorsport From-A Racing	Harald Grohs Akihiko Nakaya Sarel van der Merwe	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	Y	78
44 DNF	C2	177	Automobiles Louis Descartes (ALD)	Alain Serpaggi Yves Hervalet Louis Descartes	ALD C289	G	75
44 DNF	C2	177	Automobiles Louis Descartes (ALD)	Alain Serpaggi Yves Hervalet Louis Descartes	Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	G	75
45 DNF	C1	33	Team Schuppan	Will Hoy Jean Alesi Dominic Dobson	Porsche 962C	D	69
45 DNF	C1	33	Team Schuppan	Will Hoy Jean Alesi Dominic Dobson	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	D	69
46 DNF	C1	72	Obermaier Racing Primagaz Competition	Jürgen Lässig Pierre Yver Paul Belmondo	Porsche 962C	G	61
46 DNF	C1	72	Obermaier Racing Primagaz Competition	Jürgen Lässig Pierre Yver Paul Belmondo	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	G	61
47 DNF	C1	37	Toyota Team Tom's	Geoff Lees Johnny Dumfries John Watson	Toyota 89C-V	B	58
47 DNF	C1	37	Toyota Team Tom's	Geoff Lees Johnny Dumfries John Watson	Toyota R32V 3.2L Turbo V8	B	58
48 DNF	C2	151	Pierre-Alain Lombardi	Pierre-Alain Lombardi Bruno Sotty Fabio Magnini	Spice SE86C	G	58
48 DNF	C2	151	Pierre-Alain Lombardi	Pierre-Alain Lombardi Bruno Sotty Fabio Magnini	Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	G	58
49 DNF	C1	6	Brun Motorsport Alpha Racing Team	Maurizio Sandro Sala Walter Lechner Roland Ratzenberger	Porsche 962C	Y	58
49 DNF	C1	6	Brun Motorsport Alpha Racing Team	Maurizio Sandro Sala Walter Lechner Roland Ratzenberger	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	Y	58
50 DNF	C1	36	Toyota Team Tom's	Hitoshi Ogawa Paolo Barilla Ross Cheever	Toyota 89C-V	B	45
50 DNF	C1	36	Toyota Team Tom's	Hitoshi Ogawa Paolo Barilla Ross Cheever	Toyota R32V 3.2L Turbo V8	B	45
51 DNF	C1	11	Porsche Kremer Racing	Hideki Okada George Fouché Masanori Sekiya	Porsche 962CK6	Y	42
51 DNF	C1	11	Porsche Kremer Racing	Hideki Okada George Fouché Masanori Sekiya	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	Y	42
52 DNF	C2	105	Porto Kaleo Team Noël del Bello	Jean-Claude Justice Noël del Bello Jean-Claude Ferrarin	Tiga GC289	G	36
52 DNF	C2	105	Porto Kaleo Team Noël del Bello	Jean-Claude Justice Noël del Bello Jean-Claude Ferrarin	Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	G	36
53 DNF	C1	38	Toyota Team Tom's	Kaoru Hoshino Didier Artzet Keiichi Suzuki	Toyota 88C	B	20
53 DNF	C1	38	Toyota Team Tom's	Kaoru Hoshino Didier Artzet Keiichi Suzuki	Toyota 3S-GTM 2.1L Turbo I4	B	20
54 DNF	C2	175	ADA Engineering	Ian Harrower Laurence Bristow Colin Pool	ADA 02B	?	14
54 DNF	C2	175	ADA Engineering	Ian Harrower Laurence Bristow Colin Pool	Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	?	14
55 DNF	C1	24	Nissan Motorsports	Julian Bailey Mark Blundell Martin Donnelly	Nissan R89C	D	5
55 DNF	C1	24	Nissan Motorsports	Julian Bailey Mark Blundell Martin Donnelly	Nissan VRH35Z 3.5L Turbo V8	D	5
DNS	C1	51	WM Secateva	Roger Dorchy Michel Maisonneuve Philippe Gache	WM P489	M	-
DNS	C1	51	WM Secateva	Roger Dorchy Michel Maisonneuve Philippe Gache	Peugeot ZNS4 3.0L Turbo V6	M	-
DNQ	C1	26	Mussato Action Car	Almo Coppelli Franco Scapini Ernst Franzmaier	Lancia LC2	D	-
DNQ	C1	26	Mussato Action Car	Almo Coppelli Franco Scapini Ernst Franzmaier	Ferrari 308C 3.0L Turbo V8	D	-
DNQ	C2	176	Automobiles Louis Descartes	Thierry Serfaty Sylvain Boulay William Batmalle	ALD 04	G	-
DNQ	C2	176	Automobiles Louis Descartes	Thierry Serfaty Sylvain Boulay William Batmalle	BMW M80 3.5L I6	G	-
DNQ	C2	178	Didier Bonnet	Didier Bonnet Gérard Tremblay Gérard Cuynet	ALD 05	A	-
DNQ	C2	178	Didier Bonnet	Didier Bonnet Gérard Tremblay Gérard Cuynet	BMW M80 3.5L I6	A	-
DNQ	C2	179	Didier Bonnet	Jean-Luc Colin François Cardon Yves Bey-Rozet	ALD 06	G	-
DNQ	C2	179	Didier Bonnet	Jean-Luc Colin François Cardon Yves Bey-Rozet	BMW M80 3.5L I6	G	-

Statistics

Pole Position - #62 Team Sauber Mercedes - 3:15.040
Fastest Lap - #4 Silk Cut Jaguar - 3:21.093
Distance - 5265.115 km
Average Speed - 219.990 km/h
Highest Trap Speed - Jaguar XJR-9 - 389 km/h (race), Sauber Mercedes C9 - 401 km/h (qualifying)

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