The 1989 World Sportscar Championship season was the 37th season of FIA World Sportscar Championship motor racing. It featured the 1989 FIA World Sports Prototype Championship, which was open to Group C1 Sports Prototypes, Group C2 Sports Prototypes and IMSA GTP cars. The championship was contested over an eight round series which ran from 9 April to 29 October 1989.
Schedule
editRnd | Race | Circuit | Date |
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1 | WSPC Suzuka (480 km) | Suzuka Circuit | 9 April |
2 | Coupe de Dijon (480 km) | Dijon-Prenois | 21 May |
3 | Trofeo Repsol (480 km) | Circuito Permanente Del Jarama | 25 June |
4 | Brands Hatch Trophy (480 km) | Brands Hatch | 23 July |
5 | ADAC Trophy (480km) | Nürburgring | 20 August |
6 | Wheatcroft Gold Cup (480 km) | Donington Park | 3 September |
7 | Coupes de Spa (480km) | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 17 September |
8 | Trofeo Hermanos Rodriguez (480 km) | Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez | 29 October |
Entries
editGroup C1
editGroup C2
editIMSA GTP
editEntrant | Car | Engine | Tyre | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mazdaspeed | Mazda 767 Mazda 767B |
Mazda 13J 2.6 L 4-Rotor | D | 201 | Takashi Yorino | 1 |
Tetsuya Oota | 1 | |||||
Pierre Dieudonné | 2, 4–8 | |||||
David Kennedy | 2, 4–8 | |||||
202 | Yoshimi Katayama | 1 | ||||
Yojiro Terada | 1 |
Results and standings
editRace results
editCategory | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Group C1 | 20 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Group C2 | 22 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
In order to be classified for points, a team had to complete 90% of the winner's distance. Further, drivers were required to complete at least 30% of their car's total race distance to qualify for championship points. Drivers forfeited points if they drove in more than one car during the race. Group C2 entries earned two extra points for any finish within the overall top ten finishing positions.
Drivers championships
editDrivers only scored for their six best results. Points earned but not tallied toward their total are marked in parentheses.
World Sports Prototype Championship for Drivers
editFIA Cup for C2 Drivers
editPos[1][2] | Driver | Team | SUZ |
DIJ |
JAR |
BHC |
NÜR |
DON |
SPA |
MEX |
Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Fermín Vélez | Chamberlain Engineering | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Ret | 3 | 2 | 107 | |
1 | Nick Adams | Chamberlain Engineering | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Ret | 3 | 2 | 107 | |
3 | James Shead | Team Mako | 4 | Ret | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 80 | ||
4 | Robbie Stirling | Team Mako | Ret | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 70 | |||
5 | Olindo Iacobelli | PC Automotive | 3 | 3 | Ret | 2 | Ret | 3 | 4 | 61 | |
5 | Richard Piper | PC Automotive | 3 | 3 | Ret | 2 | Ret | 3 | 4 | 61 | |
7 | Bernard Thuner | France Prototeam | Ret | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | Ret | 5 | 58 | |
8 | Jari Nurminen | Tiga Race Team | Ret | 4 | 1 | Ret | 7 | 41 | |||
Porto Kaleo Team | 5 | ||||||||||
9 | Claude Ballot-Léna | France Prototeam | 2 | 3 | Ret | 27 | |||||
10 | Ranieri Randaccio | Porto Kaleo Team | Ret | Ret | 8 | Ret | Ret | 4 | 3 | 25 | |
10 | Pasquale Barberio | Porto Kaleo Team | Ret | Ret | 8 | Ret | Ret | 4 | 3 | 25 | |
12 | Philippe de Henning | Roy Baker Racing | Ret | 3 | Ret | NC | 6 | 6 | 24 | ||
13 | Luigi Taverna | Tiga Race Team | Ret | 24 | |||||||
Chamberlain Engineering | Ret | 5 | 6 | 4 | Ret | Ret | |||||
13 | John Williams | Chamberlain Engineering | Ret | 5 | 6 | 4 | Ret | 24 | |||
15 | Tony Trevor | Tiga Race Team | 1 | 20 | |||||||
15 | Giovanni Aloi | Team Mako | 1 | 20 | |||||||
15 | Andres Contreras | Team Mako | 1 | 20 | |||||||
18 | Mario Hytten | Tiga Race Team | 4 | 4 | 20 | ||||||
19 | Carlos Guerrero | Pierre-Alain Lombardi | 2 | 15 | |||||||
19 | Aurelio Lopez | Pierre-Alain Lombardi | 2 | 15 | |||||||
21 | Dudley Wood | Roy Baker Racing | Ret | 3 | Ret | NC | DNS | 12 | |||
22 | Don Shead | Team Mako | 4 | 10 | |||||||
22 | John Sheldon | Roy Baker Racing | DSQ | 10 | |||||||
Tiga Race Team | 4 | Ret | |||||||||
24 | Maurizio Gellini | Porto Kaleo Team | 5 | 8 | |||||||
24 | Almo Coppelli | France Prototeam | Ret | 2 | 5 | 8 | |||||
24 | Alan Serpaggi | Automobiles Louis Descartes | Ret | DNS | Ret | Ret | Ret | 5 | DNS | 8 | |
24 | Marc Fontan | Automobiles Louis Descartes | Ret | Ret | 5 | DNS | 8 | ||||
24 | Jean Messaoudi | France Prototeam | 5 | 8 | |||||||
29 | Chris Hodgetts | Roy Baker Racing | 6 | 6 | |||||||
30 | Pierre-Alain Lombardi | Pierre-Alain Lombardi | Ret | 7 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 4 | |||
30 | Bruno Sotty | Pierre-Alain Lombardi | Ret | 7 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 4 | |||
30 | Stefano Sebastiani | Porto Kaleo Team | DNQ | Ret | 7 | 4 | |||||
30 | Jean-Pierre Frey | Porto Kaleo Team | 7 | 4 | |||||||
30 | Oscar Hidalgo | Tiga Race Team | 7 | 4 | |||||||
35 | Gérard Tremblay | Didier Bonnet | DNQ | Ret | DNQ | Ret | Ret | 8 | 3 | ||
35 | Patrick Oudet | Didier Bonnet | 8 | 3 | |||||||
35 | Quirin Bovy | Chamberlain Engineering | 8 | 3 | |||||||
35 | Tomas Lopez | Chamberlain Engineering | 8 | 3 | |||||||
39 | Thierry Lecerf | Automobiles Louis Descartes | 9 | 2 | |||||||
39 | François Wettling | Automobiles Louis Descartes | 9 | 2 | |||||||
Pos | Driver | Team | SUZ |
DIJ |
JAR |
BHC |
NÜR |
DON |
SPA |
MEX |
Points |
Teams championships
editTeams were only awarded points for their highest finishing entry.
World Sports Prototype Championship for Teams
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FIA Cup for C2 Teams
editPos[1] | Team | SUZ |
DIJ |
JAR |
BHC |
NÜR |
DON |
SPA |
MEX |
Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Chamberlain Engineering | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 120 |
2 | Team Mako | 4 | Ret | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 100 | |
3 | PC Automotive | 3 | 3 | Ret | 2 | Ret | 3 | 4 | 61 | |
4 | France Prototeam | Ret | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | Ret | 5 | 58 | |
5 | Tiga Race Team | Ret | DNS | 4 | 4 | Ret | 1 | Ret | 7 | 44 |
6 | Porto Kaleo Team | 5 | Ret | 8 | Ret | Ret | 4 | 3 | 33 | |
7 | Roy Baker Racing | DSQ | Ret | 3 | Ret | NC | 6 | 6 | 24 | |
8 | Pierre-Alain Lombardi | Ret | 7 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 2 | 19 | ||
9 | Automobiles Louis Descartes | Ret | DNS | Ret | Ret | Ret | 5 | DNS | 8 | |
10 | Didier Bonnet | DNQ | Ret | DNQ | Ret | Ret | 8 | Ret | 3 |
References
editFurther reading
edit- Automobile Year 1989/90
- Peter Higham, The Guinness Guide To International Motor Racing, 1995, pages 261-262 & 302-303
- János L. Wimpffen, Time and Two Seats, 1999