World Sports Prototype Championship Suzuka 1989 - Race Results

Event: WSPC Suzuka, Japan		Date: 9.4.1989
Track: Suzuka Circuit (Japan), 5.859 kms	Organiser: Suzuka Circuit Land, SMSC
World Sports Prototype Championship Suzuka
FIA World Sports-Prototype Championship (round 1)

(Race Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Distance	Km/h	Pos.	Gr.	FL Time
1^st	61	Schlesser / Baldi	Sauber-Mercedes C9/88	Team Sauber Mercedes	82	2:48:58.453	480.438 kms	170.596	1^st	C1	1:58.034
2^nd	62	Acheson	Sauber-Mercedes C9/88	Team Sauber Mercedes	82	2:49:04.634			2^nd	C1	1:58.046
3^rd	7	Wollek / Jelinski	Porsche 962 C	Joest Racing	82	2:50:52.135			3^rd	C1	1:58.415
4^th	23	Hoshino / Suzuki	Nissan R88C	Nissan Motorsports International	81	2:49:12.134			4^th	C1	1:59.592
5^th	2	Nielsen / Wallace	Jaguar XJR-9	Silk Cut Jaguar	81	2:49:15.550			5^th	C1	1:59.629
6^th	36	Ogawa / Barilla	Toyota 89C-V	Toyota Team Tom's	81	2:50:00.508			6^th	C1	1:59.257
7^th	34	Takahashi / Dickens	Porsche 962 C	Porsche Alméras Montpellier (Advan Alpha Nova)	81	2:50:04.731			7^th	C1	1:59.774
8^th	16	Larrauri / Sandro Sala	Porsche 962 C	Repsol Brun Motorsport	81	2:50:20.490			8^th	C1	2:00.254
9^th	11	Sekiya / Okada	Porsche 962 CK6	Porsche Kremer Racing (Leyton House Racing Team)	81	2:50:35.193			9^th	C1	2:00.249
10^th	72	Grohs / Nakaya	Porsche 962 C	Obermaier Primagaz (From A Racing)	81	2:50:40.155			10^th	C1	2:00.456
11^th	24	Hasemi / Olofsson	Nissan R88C	Nissan Motorsports International	81	2:50:50.765			11^th	C1	2:01.398
12^th	55	Schuppan / Elgh	Porsche 962 C	Team Davey (Omron Racing Team)	80	2:50:27.674			12^th	C1	2:00.460
13^th	100	Fouché / Andskar	Porsche 962 C GTi	Richard Lloyd Racing (Trust Racing Team)	79	2:49:31.473			13^th	C1	1:58.642
14^th	13	Fabre / Santin	Cougar C22S Porsche	Courage Competition	79	2:51:05.336			14^th	C1	2:02.771
15^th	17	Dauer / Konrad	Porsche 962 C	Dauer Racing	78	2:49:05.386			15^th	C1	2:01.080
16^th	40	Mogi / Takahashi	Porsche 962 C	Swiss Team Salamin (Advan Alpha Tomei)	78	2:49:43.753			16^th	C1	2:03.594
17^th	201	Yorino / Oota	Mazda 767	Mazdaspeed	77	2:49:01.180			1^st	GTP	2:04.180
18^th	6	Pareja / Brun	Porsche 962 C	Repsol Brun Motorsport	77	2:49:35.969			17^th	C1	2:04.230
19^th	14	Bell / Needell	Porsche 962 C GTi	Richard Lloyd Racing (Cabin Racing)	76	2:50:10.230			18^th	C1	2:02.411
20^th	37	Lees / Dumfries	Toyota 89C-V	Toyota Team Tom's	75	2:49:00.633			19^th	C1	1:58.859
21^st	85	Wada / Morimoto	Nissan R88V	Nissan Motorsports Int'l (Cabin Racing Team with Le Mans)	74	2:49:24.983			20^th	C1	2:00.429
22^nd	20	Lee-Davey / Barth	Porsche 962 C	Team Davey	71	2:50:37.065			21^st	C1	2:09.571
23^rd	101	Velez / Adams	Spice SE86C Hart	Chamberlain Engineering	63	2:51:15.204		129.323	1^st	C2	2:08.696
24^th	50	Ratzenberger / Suzuki	Toyota 89C-V	Toyota Team Tom's (SARD)	62	2:49:53.512			22^nd	C1	2:00.198

Disqualified:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Distance	Km/h	Reason	Gr.	FL Time
108	Sheldon / Lindström	Tiga GC289 Ford	Roy Baker Racing	47	2:50:35.015			Assisted start	C2	2:18.621

Did not finish:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Reason	Gr.	FL Time
1	Lammers / Tambay	Jaguar XJR-9	Silk Cut Jaguar	80	Out of fuel	C1	1:57.549
22	Thyrring / Taylor	Spice SE89C Ford	Spice Engineering	32	Electrics	C1	2:01.989
5	Huysman / Varjosaari	Porsche 962 C	Repsol Brun Motorsport	23	Accident	C1	2:01.735
10	Lavaggi / Giacomelli	Porsche 962 CK6	Porsche Kremer Racing	16	Engine	C1	2:02.469
8	Ricci / Ballot-Léna	Porsche 962 C	Joest Racing	15	Gearbox	C1	2:05.631
107	Nurminen / Taverna	Tiga GC289 Ford	Tiga Race Team	11	Electrics	C2	2:09.229
21	Salazar / Bellm	Spice SE89C Ford	Spice Engineering	5	Water leak	C1	2:08.560
202	Katayama / Terada	Mazda 767B	Mazdaspeed	4	Gearbox	GTP	2:03.750
103	Coppelli / Thuner	Spice SE88C Ford	France Prototeam	3	Electrics	C2	2:09.166

Did not start:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.
26	Pescarolo / Ferté	Spice SE88/9C Ford	France Prototeam	Engine in warm up	C1

Did not qualify:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.
29	Scapini / Tacchino	Lancia LC2/89	Mussato Action Car	Electrics	C1

Practiced:

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Distance	Km/h	Reason	Pos.	Gr.	FL Time
	61T	Schlesser / Baldi / Acheson / Mass	Sauber-Mercedes C9/88	Team Sauber Mercedes					T-car		C1

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.
18	Leslie / Redman	Aston Martin AMR1	Aston Martin		C1