World Sports Prototype Championship Donington 1989

Event: Wheatcroft Gold Cup		Date: 3.9.1989
Track: Donington Park (United Kingdom), 4.020 kms	Organiser: unknown
World Sports Prototype Championship Donington
FIA World Sports-Prototype Championship (round 6)

Weather:	sunny, warm, dry
Start time:	unknown
Grid:	unknown
Distance:	480 kilometres
Attendance:	30000

Entered:	43
Practiced:	41
Qualified:	34
Started:	33
Finished:	18
Classified:	16

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
Group C1	23	21	13
Group C2	11	11	3
IMSA GTP	1	1	0

Photo Gallery Entered Cars Technical Data Appearance Race Results Grid Qualifying Lap Times

Pre-race sessions:
1 non-qualifying practice session held for a total of 120 minutes on 1/9
2 qualifying sessions held for a total of 150 minutes on 2/9
30 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	62	Sauber-Mercedes C9/88	Schlesser / Mass
Group C2:	107	Tiga GC289 Ford	Nurminen / Trevor
Leaders:
lap 11:		Jaguar XJR 11	Lammers
laps 1-10:		Sauber Mercedes C9	Baldi
laps 12-18:		Sauber Mercedes C9	Schlesser
laps 19-21:		Jaguar XJR 11	Lammers
laps 22-36:		Sauber Mercedes C9	Schlesser
laps 37-45:		Nissan R 89 C	Bailey
laps 46-89:		Nissan R 89 C	Blundell
laps 90-120:		Sauber Mercedes C9	Schlesser
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	62	Sauber-Mercedes C9/88	Schlesser / Mass	1:24.458
Group C2:	101	Spice SE89C Ford	Fermin Velez (E)	1:28.450	163.618 km/h
IMSA GTP:	201	Mazda 767B	Dieudonné / Kennedy	1:28.440
Pole Positions:
Overall:	61	Sauber-Mercedes C9/88	Mauro Baldi (I)	1:19.123	183.058 km/h
Group C2:	101	Spice SE89C Ford	Fermin Velez (E)	1:25.237
IMSA GTP:	201	Mazda 767B	David Kennedy (IRL)	1:25.438
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Spice (9), Porsche (8), Tiga (4), Sauber (2), Aston Martin (2), Jaguar (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Ford (13), Porsche (9), Mercedes (2), Aston Martin (2), Jaguar (2)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 962 (8), Tiga GC289 (3), Spice SE88C (3), Spice SE89C (3)
Driver nationalities:	GB (19), F (14), I (9), CH (4), D (3), B (3), E (2), ZA (2), IRL (2)
Team nationalities:	GB (13), CH (5), F (4), D (3), I (3), J (3), CH/D (2)
Most used colours:	white (37%), blue (20%), red (16%), yellow (12%), silver (6%)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (100%)
Average engine size:	3434 cc (with regard to 51% turbocharged cars and 3% cars with rotary engine an applicable size is 4258 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Claude Ballot-Léna (53), Brian Redman (52), Derek Bell (48)
Youngest known drivers:	Mark Blundell (23), George Fouché (24), Uwe Schäfer (26)

Official Race Programme:

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