Sports car world championship 1989

Clean C9

The 1989 World Sports Car Championship was the 37th season of this championship. It started on April 9th ​​and ended on October 29th.

championship

With the start of the season, the long tradition of long-distance races in the world championship , which had a race distance of 1000 kilometers or six hours, ended. Sprint races over 480 kilometers and a driving time between two and three hours were now driven. These new regulations led to the ACO not taking part in the world championship. As a result, the Le Mans 24-hour race was not part of the racing calendar this year.

In 1989 the Sauber team with the Sauber C9 was the dominant racing team. The car was powered by the M-199 - V8 engine from Mercedes-Benz . It was the first world championship title for Daimler-Benz AG since 1955, when both the drivers' championship of the automobile world championship and the sports car world championship were won. Sauber was victorious in seven of the eight world championship races and won the team standings with great ease. The surprise of the year was Joest Racing , who were successful with the aging Porsche 926C . With their success at the 480 km race in Dijon, Bob Wollek and Frank Jelinski achieved the last overall victory for a Porsche racing car in the long history of the World Sports Car Championship.

Jean-Louis Schlesser became world driver champion ahead of his Sauber team-mates Jochen Mass , Mauro Baldi and Kenny Acheson .

Racing calendar

No.	date	Race name / circuit	team	Overall winner	vehicle	championship
1	9th April	Suzuka 480km race ( Suzuka International Racing Course )	Team Sauber Mercedes	Jean-Louis Schlesser Mauro Baldi	Sauber-Mercedes C9 / 88	Brands and drivers
2	May 21	480km Dijon Race ( Circuit de Dijon-Prenois )	Joest Racing	Bob Wollek Frank Jelinski	Porsche 962C	Brands and drivers
3	25th June	Jarama 480km Race ( Circuito del Jarama )	Team Sauber Mercedes	Jean-Louis Schlesser Jochen Mass	Sauber-Mercedes C9 / 88	Brands and drivers
4th	July 23	Brands Hatch 480k race ( Brands Hatch )	Team Sauber Mercedes	Kenny Acheson Mauro Baldi	Sauber-Mercedes C9 / 88	Brands and drivers
5	20th of August	480 km race on the Nürburgring ( Nürburgring )	Team Sauber Mercedes	Jean-Louis Schlesser Jochen Mass	Sauber-Mercedes C9 / 88	Brands and drivers
6th	September 3	480km Donington Race ( Donington Park )	Team Sauber Mercedes	Jean-Louis Schlesser Jochen Mass	Sauber-Mercedes C9 / 88	Brands and drivers
7th	17th of September	480km Spa-Francorchamps race ( Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps )	Team Sauber Mercedes	Kenny Acheson Mauro Baldi	Sauber-Mercedes C9 / 88	Brands and drivers
8th	October 29th	480km Mexico race ( Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez )	Team Sauber Mercedes	Jean-Louis Schlesser Jochen Mass	Sauber-Mercedes C9 / 88	Brands and drivers

Sports prototype world championship for racing teams

Overall rating

position	team	vehicle	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	total
1	Team Sauber Mercedes	Clean C9	20th	15th	20th	20th	20th	20th	20th	20th	155
2	Joest Racing	Porsche 962C	12	20th		15th		10	15th	12	84
3	Brun Motorsport	Porsche 962C	3	2	12	6th	10	8th	10	15th	66
4th	Silk Cut Jaguar	Jaguar XJR-9 Jaguar XJR-11	8th		15th	8th	8th			8th	47
5	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan R88C Nissan R88V Nissan R89C	10		3			12	12		37
6th	Aston Martin	Aston Martin AMR1				10	3	6th	4th	3	26th
7th	Toyota Team Tom's	Toyota 88C Toyota 89C-V	6th	10	1		4th	1	3		25th
8th	Porsche Kremer Racing	Porsche 962CK6	2		4th		12		1	2	21st
9	Spice engineering	Spice SE89C			10				8th	1	19th
10	Richard Lloyd Racing	Porsche 962C GTi		8th						10	18th
11	Courage Compétition	Cougar C22S		6th	2	4th	2	2			16
12	Alméras Fréres team	Porsche 962C	4th			1					5
13 =	Chamberlain Engineering	Spice SE86C Spice SE89C		3							3
13 =	France Prototeam	Spice SE88C				3					3
13 =	Mazdaspeed	Mazda 767 Mazda 787B		1					2		3
16	Obermaier Racing	Porsche 962C	1								1

FIA Cup for group C2 teams

position	team	vehicle	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	total
1	Chamberlain Engineering	Spice SE86C Spice SE89C	20th	20th	20th	20th	10	12	15th	3	120
2	Team Mako	Spice SE88C		10		15th	20th	15th	20th	20th	100
3	PC Automotive	Spice SE88C ADA 02B		12	12		15th		12	10	61
4th	France Prototeam	Spice SE88C		15th	15th	8th	12			8th	58
5	Tiga Race Team	Tiga GC289			10	10		20th		4th	44
6th	Porto Kaleo team	Tiga GC286 Tiga GC288		8th		3			10	12	33
7th	Roy Baker Racing	Spice SE87C Tiga GC289				12			6th	6th	24
8th	Pierre-Alain Lombardi	Spice SE86C Spice SE88P				4th				15th	19th
9	Automobiles Louis Descartes	ALD C289 ALD 06							8th		8th
10	Didier Bonnet	Tiga GC289 ALD 05							3		3

Drivers World Championship

Overall rating

World championship points were awarded for the best six placements of the year.

position	driver	constructor	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	total
1	Jean-Louis Schlesser	Clean	20th	15th	20th	(12)	20th	20th		20th	115
2	Jochen Mass	Clean		15th	20th	12	20th	20th		20th	107
3	Mauro Baldi	Clean	20th	12	(8th)	20th	15th	15th	20th		102
4th	Kenny Acheson	Clean	15th	12	(8th)	20th	15th	15th	20th		97
5	Frank Jelinski	Porsche	12	20th		15th		10	15th	12	84
6th	Bob Wollek	Porsche	12	20th		15th		10	15th		72
7th	Oscar Larrauri	Porsche	3	(2)	12		6th	8th	10	15th	54
8 =	Jan Lammers	jaguar			15th	8th	1			6th	30th
8 =	Patrick Tambay	jaguar			15th	8th	1			6th	30th
8 =	Andy Wallace	jaguar	8th		6th		8th			8th	30th
11 =	Mark Blundell	Nissan			3			12	12		27
11 =	Julian Bailey	Nissan			3			12	12		27
13	Harald Huysman	Porsche		2				8th		15th	25th
14 =	Henri Pescarolo	Porsche Spice		3				3	6th	12	24
14 =	Brian Redman	Aston Martin				10	3	4th	4th	3	24
16 =	David Leslie	Aston Martin				10	3	6th		3	22nd
16 =	John Nielsen	jaguar	8th		6th		8th				22nd
18 =	Jesús Pareja	Porsche				6th	10			4th	20th
18 =	Walter Brun	Porsche				6th	10			4th	20th
20 =	Thorkild Thyrring	Spice			10				8th	1	19th
20 =	Johnny Dumfries	Toyota		10	1		4th	1	3		19th
22 =	Tiff Needell	Porsche		8th						10	18th
22 =	Wayne Taylor	Spice			10				8th		18th
22 =	Derek Bell	Porsche		8th						10	18th
25 =	Geoff Lees	Toyota		10			4th		3		17th
25 =	Giovanni Lavaggi	Porsche			4th		12		1		17th
25 =	George Fouché	Porsche			4th		12		1		17th
28	Pascal Fabre	Cougar		6th	2	4th	2	2			16

FIA Cup for Group C2 drivers

In this table the first 36 positions of the world championship are recorded.

position	driver	constructor	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	total
1 =	Fermín Vélez	Spice	20th	20th	20th	20th		12	15th		107
1 =	Nick Adams	Spice	20th	20th	20th	20th		12	15th		107
3	James Shead	Spice		10		15th	20th	15th	20th		80
4th	Robbie Stirling	Spice				15th	20th	15th	20th		70
5 =	Olindo Iacobelli	Spice ADA		12	12		15th		12	10	61
5 =	Richard Piper	Spice ADA		12	12		15th		12	10	61
7th	Bernard Thuner	Spice		15th	15th	8th	12			8th	58
8th	Jari Nurminen	Tiga		8th	10			20th		4th	42
9	Claude Ballot-Léna	Spice Porsche			15th		12				27
10 =	Ranieri Randaccio	Tiga				3			10	12	25th
10 =	Pasquale Barberio	Tiga				3			10	12	25th
12	Luigi Taverna	Spice Tiga			8th	6th	10				24

literature

• Peter Higham: The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing. A complete Reference from Formula 1 to Touring Car. Guinness Publishing Ltd., London 1995, ISBN 0-85112-642-1 .
• Thomas Nehlert: Group C. The sports car races 1982–1992. Petrolpics, Bonn 2011, ISBN 3-940306-14-2 .

Web links

• Results at Classic Cars