Le Mans 24 Hours 1989 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: 24 Heures du Mans		Date: 11.6.1989
Track: Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans (France), 13.535 kms	Organiser: Automobile Club de l'Ouest
Le Mans 24 Hours
Non championship race

Weather:	cloudy
Start time:	10/6 16:00
Grid:	2-2-2, PP right
Distance:	24 hours
Attendance:	230000

Entered:	67
Practiced:	62
Qualified:	56
Started:	55
Finished:	19
Classified:	19

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
Group C1	40	38	11
Group C2	17	14	5
IMSA GTP	3	3	3

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

Race notes:
1 full-course caution for 3 laps (20 minutes)

Pre-race sessions:
4 qualifying sessions held for a total of 240 minutes on 7-8/6
30 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	63	Sauber-Mercedes C9/88	Mass / Reuter / Dickens
Group C2:	113	Cougar C20LM Porsche	Andruet / Farjon / Kasuya
IMSA GTP:	201	Mazda 767B	Kennedy / Dieudonné / Hodgetts
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	4	Jaguar XJR-9 LM	Alain Ferté (F)	3:21.270	242.093 km/h	lap 246
Group C2:	101	Spice SE89C Ford	Nick Adams (GB)	3:41.730	219.716 km/h
IMSA GTP:	202	Mazda 767B	Takashi Yorino (J)	3:28.520	233.637 km/h
Pole Positions:
Overall:	62T	Sauber-Mercedes C9/88	Jean-Louis Schlesser (F)	3:15.040	249.826 km/h
Group C2:	104	Spice SE89C Ford	Grand / Pochauvin / Roy	3:38.700
IMSA GTP:	202	Mazda 767B	Yorino / Regout / Forbes-Robinson	3:25.450	237.167 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (17), Spice (9), Jaguar (4), Sauber (3), Mazda (3), Cougar (3), Nissan (3), Tiga (3), Toyota (3)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (20), Ford (14), Jaguar (4), Nissan (4), Mercedes (3), Mazda (3), Toyota (3)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 962 (17), Jaguar XJR-9 (4), Spice SE89C (4)
Driver nationalities:	F (43), GB (37), J (17), D (10), USA (10), I (9), B (5), CH (4), S (4), ZA (3), E (3), A (3), AUS (3), IRL (3)
Team nationalities:	GB (17), F (9), J (9), D (6), CH (6), CH/D (3), AUS (2)
Most used colours:	white (32%), blue (23%), red (16%), yellow (9%), silver (5%), black (5%)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (100%)
Average engine size:	3559 cc (with regard to 58% turbocharged cars and 5% cars with rotary engine an applicable size is 4603 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Claude Ballot-Léna (53), Brian Redman (52), Raymond Touroul (50)
Youngest known drivers:	Mark Blundell (23), George Fouché (24), Steven Andskar (25)
Woman drivers:	Lyn St. James

Official Race Programme:

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