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 edit

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