1989 Le Mans 24 hour race

The Sauber C9 with the number 63; Winning car from Jochen Mass, Manuel Reuter and Stanley Dickens

The Aston Martin AMR1 that Brian Redman, Michael Roe and Costas Los drove to eleventh place in the overall standings

57. The 24-hour race at Le Mans , the 57 ^s Grand Prix d'Endurance les 24 Heures du Mans , and 24 Heures du Mans Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans , was held at from 10 to 11 June 1989 the Circuit des 24 Heures .

The race

As in the previous year , more than 200,000 spectators came to the race track on race day in 1989. Again it was the duel between the Jaguar team led by Tom Walkinshaw and a second racing team. After Porsche had reported in 1989 no works cars at Le Mans, the great opponent of Jaguar was the team of Peter Sauber .

The C9 got an improved Mercedes-Benz M119 5.0L turbo V8 engine. Four valves per cylinder provided improved gasoline flow rates. The cars were driven by Jochen Mass , Manuel Reuter , Stanley Dickens , Mauro Baldi , Kenny Acheson , Gianfranco Brancatelli , Jean-Louis Schlesser , Jean-Pierre Jabouille and Alain Cudini . Jaguar brought four vehicles to Le Mans. The XJR-9 got the last expansion stage of the 7-liter V12 engine , which made around 750 hp. With the AMR1 , Aston Martin returned to Le Mans after a 30-year absence from the factory. The two racing cars were powered by a 6-liter V8 engine. Brits Brian Redman , David Leslie and Ray Mallock were hired as drivers . In the car was a black mourning band the April 8, 80 year late John Wyer thought of as Aston Martin Clerk of 1959 Carroll Shelby and Roy Salvadori in Aston Martin DBR1 / 300 to date the only total victory of the English brand in this 24 Hour race .

Porsche decided not to go to the works, but provided the private teams of Reinhold Joest , Walter Brun and Vern Schuppan with logistical support. At Joest Racing , the two record starters Henri Pescarolo and Claude Ballot-Léna drove together in a team for the first time.

In the qualification, a C9 with Schlesser at the wheel reached a speed of 389 km / h on the Mulsanne straight, the second highest speed ever achieved here, after a WM P88 from Welter Racing , which had reached more than 400 km / h in 1988 . At the beginning of the race there was the expected duel. However, not between the Sauber and Jaguar cars, but as in the previous year, Jaguar dueled with the Porsche 962c . Nissan lost an 89C after just five laps when Julian Bailey collided with John Nielsen's Jaguar at the end of the Mulsanne . After five hours of racing, Jaguar suffered its first setback when the leading car with Derek Daly at the wheel failed. Then, surprisingly, the next five hours were led by the Joest-Porsche driven by Hans-Joachim Stuck and Bob Wollek , which just before midnight lost a lot of time due to a slipping clutch in the pits. When the leader Patrick Tambay came into the pits at 6 o'clock in the morning without gear oil for longer maintenance, a Sauber was at the top for the first time. In the end, Mass, Reuter and Dickens won with a lead of five laps over teammates Baldi, Acheson and Brancatelli.

For Mercedes it was the second victory at Le Mans after 1952 , when Hermann Lang and Fritz Riess won the Mercedes-Benz 300 SL .

Results

Pilots by nationality

46 French	38 British	17 Japanese	10 Germans	10 Americans
9 Italians	4 Belgians	4 Sweden	4 Swiss	3 Australians
3 Irish	3 Austrians	3 Spaniards	3 South Africans	2 danes
2 Dutch	1 Argentine	1 Brazilian	1 Chilean	1 Greek
1 Moroccan	1 Norwegian

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis	engine	tires	Round
1	C1	63	Team Sauber Mercedes	Jochen Mass Manuel Reuter Stanley Dickens	Clean C9	Mercedes-Benz M119 5.0L Turbo V8	M.	389
2	C1	61	Team Sauber Mercedes	Mauro Baldi Kenny Acheson Gianfranco Brancatelli	Clean C9	Mercedes-Benz M119 5.0L Turbo V8	M.	384
3	C1	9	Joest Racing	Hans-Joachim Stuck Bob Wollek	Porsche 962C	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	G	382
4th	C1	1	Silk Cut Jaguar	Jan Lammers Patrick Tambay Andrew Gilbert-Scott	Jaguar XJR-9LM	Jaguar 7.0L V12	D.	380
5	C1	62	Team Sauber Mercedes	Jean-Louis Schlesser Jean-Pierre Jabouille Alain Cudini	Clean C9	Mercedes-Benz M119 5.0L Turbo V8	M.	378
6th	C1	8th	Joest Racing	Henri Pescarolo Claude Ballot-Léna Jean-Louis Ricci	Porsche 962C	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	G	371
7th	GTP	201	Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd.	Dave Kennedy Pierre Dieudonné Chris Hodgetts	Mazda 767B	Mazda 13J 2.6L 4- Wankel	D.	368
8th	C1	4th	Silk Cut Jaguar	Alain Ferté Michel Ferté Eliseo Salazar	Jaguar XJR-9LM	Jaguar 7.0L V12	D.	368
9	GTP	202	Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd.	Takashi Yorino Hervé Regout Elliot Forbes-Robinson	Mazda 767B	Mazda 13J 2.6L 4-Wankel	D.	365
10	C1	16	Brun Motorsport	Harald Huysman Uwe Schäfer Dominique Lacaud	Porsche 962C	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	Y	351
11	C1	18th	Aston Martin	Brian Redman Michael Roe Costas Los	Aston Martin AMR1	Aston Martin Callaway RDP87 6.0L V8	G	340
12	GTP	203	Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd.	Yōjirō Terada Marc Duez Volker Weidler	Mazda 767	Mazda 13J 2.6L 4-Wankel	D.	339
13	C1	55	Team Schuppan	Vern Schuppan Eje Elgh Gary Brabham	Porsche 962C	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	D.	321
14th	C2	113	Courage Compétition	Jean-Claude Andruet Philippe Farjon Shunji Kasuya	Cougar C20B	Porsche Type-935 2.8L Turbo Flat-6	G	312
15th	C1	20th	Team Davey	Tim Lee-Davey Tom Dodd-Noble Katsunori Iketani	Porsche 962C	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	D.	308
16	C2	171	Team Mako	Robbie Stirling Ross Hyett Don Shead	Spice SE88C	Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	G	307
17th	C2	108	Roy Baker Racing	Dudley Wood Evan Clements Philippe de Henning	Spice SE87C	Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	G	303
18th	C2	126	France Prototeam	Jean Messaoudi Pierre-François Rousselot Thierry Lecerf	Argo JM19C	Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	G	297
19th	C2	104	Graff Racing	Jean-Philippe Grand Rémy Pochauvin Jean-Luc Roy	Spice SE89C	Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8		291
Failed
20th	C1	14th	Richard Lloyd Racing	Derek Bell James Weaver Tiff Needell	Porsche 962C GTi	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	G	339
21st	C1	10	Porsche Kremer Racing	Kunimitsu Takahashi Bruno Giacomelli Giovanni Lavaggi	Porsche 962C	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	Y	303
22nd	C1	25th	Nissan International Motorsport	Geoff Brabham Chip Robinson Arie Luyendyk	Nissan R89C	Nissan VRH35Z 3.5L Turbo V8	D.	250
23	C2	101	Chamberlain Engineering	Fermín Velez Nick Adams Luigi Taverna	Spice SE88C	Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	G	244
24	C1	17th	Repsol Brun Motorsport	Oscar Larrauri Walter Brun Jesús Pareja	Porsche 962C	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	Y	242
25th	C1	21st	Spice engineering	Ray Bellm Gordon Spice Lyn St. James	Spice SE89C	Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8	G	229
26th	C1	15th	Richard Lloyd Racing	Steven Andskär David Hobbs Damon Hill	Porsche 962C GTi	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	G	228
27	C1	32	Team LeMans Co	Takao Wada Akio Morimoto Anders Olofsson	March 88S	Nissan VG30 3.0L Turbo V6	Y	221
28	C1	2	Silk Cut Jaguar	John Nielsen Andy Wallace Price Cobb	Jaguar XJR-9LM	Jaguar 7.0L V12	D.	215
29	C2	106	Porto Kaleo team	Robin Smith Vito Veninta Stefano Sebastiani	Tiga GC288	Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	G	194
30th	C1	34	Alméras Fréres team	Jacques Alméras Jean-Marie Alméras Alain Iannetta	Porsche 962C	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	G	188
31	C1	12	Courage Compétition	Patrick Gonin Bernard de Dryver Bernard Santal	Cougar C22LM	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	G	168
32	C1	23	Nissan International Motorsports	Masahiro Hasemi Kazuyoshi Hoshino Toshio Suzuki	Nissan R89C	Nissan VRH35Z 3.5L Turbo V8	D.	167
33	C1	19th	Aston Martin	David Leslie Ray Mallock David Sears	Aston Martin AMR1	Aston Martin Callaway RDP87 6.0L V8	G	153
34	C1	22nd	Spice engineering	Thorkild Thyrring Wayne Taylor Tim Harvey	Spice SE89C	Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8	G	150
35	C2	103	France Prototeam	Bernard Thuner Pierre de Thoisy Raymond Touroul	Spice SE88C	Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	G	133
36	C2	107	Tiga Race Team	Max Cohen-Olivar John Sheldon Robin Donovan	Tiga GC289	Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	G	126
37	C1	7th	Joest Racing	Frank Jelinski Pierre-Henri Raphanel Louis Krages	Porsche 962C	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	G	124
38	C1	52	WM Secateva	Pascal Pessiot Jean-Daniel Raulet Philippe Gache	WM P489	Peugeot ZNS4 3.0L Turbo V6	M.	110
39	C1	13	Courage Compétition	Pascal Fabre Jean-Louis Bousquet Jiro Yoneyama	Cougar C22LM	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	G	110
40	C2	102	Chamberlain Engineering	John Hotchkis John Hotchkis junior Richard Jones	Spice SE86C	Hart 418T 1.8L Turbo I4	G	86
41	C1	3	Silk Cut Jaguar	Davy Jones Derek Daly Jeff Kline	Jaguar XJR-9LM	Jaguar 7.0L V12	D.	85
42	C1	27	Repsol Brun Motorsport	Rudi seer Franz Konrad Andres Vilariño	Porsche 962C	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	Y	81
43	C1	5	Brun Motorsport	Harald Grohs Akihiko Nakaya Sarel van der Merwe	Porsche 962C	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	Y	78
44	C2	77	Automobiles Louis Descartes	Alain Serpaggi Yves Hervalet Louis Descartes	ALD C289	Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	G	75
45	C1	33	Team Schuppan	Will Hoy Jean Alesi Dominic Dobson	Porsche 962C	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	D.	69
46	C1	72	Obermaier Racing	Jürgen Lässig Pierre Yver Paul Belmondo	Porsche 962C	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	G	61
47	C1	37	Toyota Team Tom's	Geoff Lees Johnny Dumfries John Watson	Toyota 89C-V	Toyota R32V 3.2L Turbo V8	B.	58
48	C2	151	Pierre-Alain Lombardi	Pierre-Alain Lombardi Bruno Sotty Fabio Magnini	Spice SE86C	Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	G	58
49	C1	6th	Brun Motorsport	Maurizio Sandro Sala Walter Lechner Roland Ratzenberger	Porsche 962C	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	Y	58
50	C1	36	Toyota Team Tom's	Hitoshi Ogawa Paolo Barilla Ross Cheever	Toyota 89C-V	Toyota R32V 3.2L Turbo V8	B.	45
51	C1	11	Porsche Kremer Racing	Hideki Okada George Fouché Masanori Sekiya	Porsche 962CK6	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	Y	42
52	C2	105	Porto Kaleo team	Jean-Claude Justice Noël del Bello Jean-Claude Ferrarin	Tiga GC289	Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	G	36
53	C1	38	Toyota TeamTom's	Kaoru Hoshino Didier Artzet Keiichi Suzuki	Toyota 88C	Toyota 3S-GTM 2.1L Turbo I4	B.	20th
54	C2	175	ADA engineering	Ian Harrower Laurence Bristow Colin Pool	ADA 02B	Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8		14th
55	C1	24	Nissan International Motorsports	Julian Bailey Mark Blundell Martin Donnelly	Nissan R89C	Nissan VRH35Z 3.5L Turbo V8	D.	5
Not started
56	C1	51	WM Secateva	Roger Dorchy Michel Maisonneuve Philippe Gache	WM P489	Peugeot ZNS4 3.0L Turbo V6	M.	1
Not qualified
57	C1	26th	Mussato Action Car	Almo Coppelli Franco Scapini Ernst Franzmaier	Lancia LC2	Ferrari 308C 3.0L Turbo V8	D.	2
58	C2	176	Automobiles Louis Descartes	Thierry Serfaty Sylvain Boulay William Batmalle	ALD 04	BMW M80 3.5L I6	G	3
59	C2	178	Didier Bonnet	Didier Bonnet Gérard Tremblay Gérard Cuynet	ALD 05	BMW M80 3.5L I6	A.	4th
60	C2	179	Didier Bonnet	Jean-Luc Colin François Cardon Yves Bey-Rozet	ALD 06	BMW M80 3.5L I6	G	5

¹ Replacement car ² not qualified ³ not qualified ⁴ not qualified ⁵ not qualified

Only in the entry list

Here you can find teams, drivers and vehicles that were originally registered for the race, but did not take part for various reasons.

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis	engine	tires
61	C1		Noël del Bello		Clean C8	Mercedes-Benz M119 5.0L Turbo V8
62	C2		Roy Baker Racing	Stephen Hynes Duncan Bain Max Cohen-Olivar	Tiga GC286	Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
63	C1	17th	Jochen duration	Jochen duration Franz Konrad	Porsche 962C	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
64	C1	40	Swiss Team Salamin	Antoine Salamin Max Cohen-Olivar	Porsche 962C	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
65	C2	111	PC Automotive	Richard Piper Olindo Iaccobelli Alain Ianetta	Spice SE88C	Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
66	C1		Silk Cut Jaguar		Jaguar XJR-10

Class winner

class	driver	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
Group C1	Jochen Mass	Manuel Reuter	Stanley Dickens	Clean C9	Overall victory
Group C2	Jean-Claude Andruet	Philippe Farjon	Shunji Kasuya	Courage C20	Rank 14
IMSA	Dave Kennedy	Pierre Dieudonné	Chris Hodgetts	Mazda 767B	Rank 7

Racing data

• Registered: 67
• Started: 55
• Valued: 19
• Race classes: 3
• Spectators: 230,000
• Honorary starter of the race: Roger Bambuck , French State Secretary for Youth and Family
• Weather on the race weekend: cloudy but dry
• Route length: 13.535 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 24: 00: 00,000 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 390
• Distance of the winning team: 5265.115 km
• Winner's average: 219.990 km / h
• Pole position: Jean-Louis Schlesser - Sauber C9 (# 62) - 3: 15.040 = 249.826 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Alain Ferté - Jaguar XJR-9 LM (# 4) - 3: 21.093 = 242,000 km / h
• Racing series: did not belong to any racing series

literature

• Christian Moity, Jean-Marc Teissèdre, Alain Bienvenu: 24 heures du Mans, 1923–1992. Éditions d'Art, Besançon 1992, ISBN 2-909413-06-3 .

Web links

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