1989 480 km of Donington

Layout of the Donington Park

The 1989 Wheatcroft Gold Cup was the sixth round of the 1989 World Sportscar Championship season. It took place at Donington Park, United Kingdom on 3 September 1989.

Official results

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Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps
Engine
1 C1 62 West Germany Team Sauber Mercedes France Jean-Louis Schlesser
West Germany Jochen Mass
Sauber C9 M 120
Mercedes-Benz M119 5.0L V8
2 C1 61 West Germany Team Sauber Mercedes United Kingdom Kenny Acheson
Italy Mauro Baldi
Sauber C9 M 120
Mercedes-Benz M119 5.0L V8
3 C1 23 Japan Nissan Motorsports International United Kingdom Mark Blundell
United Kingdom Julian Bailey
Nissan R89C D 120
Nissan VRH35Z 3.5L Turbo V8
4 C1 7 West Germany Blaupunkt Sachs Joest Racing West Germany Frank Jelinski
France Bob Wollek
Porsche 962C G 119
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
5 C1 5 Switzerland Hydro Aluminium Brun Motorsport Norway Harald Huysman
Argentina Oscar Larrauri
Porsche 962C Y 119
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
6 C1 19 United Kingdom Aston Martin
United Kingdom Ecurie Ecosse
United Kingdom David Leslie
Republic of Ireland Michael Roe
Aston Martin AMR1 G 118
Aston Martin RDP87 6.0L V8
7 C1 18 United Kingdom Aston Martin
United Kingdom Ecurie Ecosse
United Kingdom David Sears
United Kingdom Brian Redman
Aston Martin AMR1 G 118
Aston Martin RDP87 6.0L V8
8 C1 8 West Germany Blaupunkt Sachs Joest Racing France Henri Pescarolo
France Jean-Louis Ricci
Porsche 962C G 117
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
9 C1 13 France Courage Compétition France Pascal Fabre
Belgium Hervé Regout
Cougar C22S G 117
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
10 C1 37 Japan Toyota Team Tom's United Kingdom Johnny Dumfries
United Kingdom John Watson
Toyota 89C-V B 116
Toyota R32V 3.2L Turbo V8
11 C1 14 United Kingdom Richard Lloyd Racing United Kingdom Tiff Needell
United Kingdom Derek Bell
Porsche 962C GTi G 115
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
12 C1 10 Germany Porsche Kremer Racing South Africa George Fouché
Italy Giovanni Lavaggi
Porsche 962CK6 Y 114
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
13 C2 107 United Kingdom Tiga Racing Team Finland Jari Nurminen
United Kingdom Tony Trevor
Tiga GC289 G 114
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
14 C2 171 United Kingdom Team Mako United Kingdom James Shead
Canada Robbie Stirling
Spice SE88C G 114
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
15 C2 101 United Kingdom Chamberlain Engineering Spain Fermín Velez
United Kingdom Nick Adams
Spice SE89C G 113
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
16 C1 40 Switzerland Swiss Team Salamin Switzerland Antoine Salamin
Morocco Max Cohen-Olivar
Porsche 962C G 110
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
17
NC
GTP 201 Japan Mazdaspeed Belgium Pierre Dieudonné
Republic of Ireland David Kennedy
Mazda 767B D 111
Mazda 13J 2.6L 4-Rotor
18
NC
C2 108 United Kingdom Roy Baker Racing
United Kingdom GP Motorsport
France Philippe de Henning
United Kingdom Dudley Wood
Spice SE87C G 108
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
19
DNF
C1 2 United Kingdom Silk Cut Jaguar France Alain Ferté
United Kingdom Andy Wallace
Jaguar XJR-11 D 115
Jaguar JV6 3.5L Turbo V6
20
DNF
C2 151 Switzerland Pierre-Alain Lombardi Switzerland Pierre-Alain Lombardi
France Bruno Sotty
Spice SE86C G 107
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
21
DNF
C2 111 United Kingdom PC Automotive United Kingdom Richard Piper
United States Olindo Iacobelli
Spice SE88C G 106
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
22
DNF
C2 102 United Kingdom Chamberlain Engineering Italy Luigi Taverna
United Kingdom John Williams
Spice SE86C G 101
Hart 418T 1.8L Turbo I4
23
DNF
C1 26 France France Prototeam France Claude Ballot-Léna
Switzerland Bernard Thuner
Spice SE88C G 91
Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8
24
DNF
C2 178 France Didier Bonnet France Joel Aulen
France Gérard Tremblay
Tiga GC289 G 68
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
25
DNF
C1 21 United Kingdom Spice Engineering Chile Eliseo Salazar
United Kingdom Tim Harvey
Spice SE89C G 66
Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8
26
DNF
C1 6 Switzerland Repsol Brun Motorsport Switzerland Walter Brun
Spain Jésus Pareja
Porsche 962C Y 49
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
27
DNF
C1 1 United Kingdom Silk Cut Jaguar Netherlands Jan Lammers
France Patrick Tambay
Jaguar XJR-11 D 45
Jaguar JV6 3.5L Turbo V6
28
DNF
C1 22 United Kingdom Spice Engineering South Africa Wayne Taylor
Denmark Thorkild Thyrring
Spice SE89C G 42
Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8
29
DNF
C1 16 Switzerland Hydro Aluminium Brun Motorsport Sweden Stanley Dickens
West Germany Uwe Schäfer
Porsche 962C Y 29
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
30
DNF
C1 29 Italy Mussato Action Car Italy Bruno Giacomelli
Italy Franco Scapini
Lancia LC2 D 28
Ferrari 308C 3.0L Turbo V8
31
DNF
C2 177 France Automobiles Louis Descartes France Marc Fontan
France Alain Serpaggi
ALD C289 G 24
Ford Cosworth 3.3L V8
32
DNF
C2 106 Italy Porto Kaleo Team Italy Ranieri Randaccio
Italy Pasquale Barberio
Tiga GC288/9 G 17
Ford Cosworth 3.3L V8
33
DNF
C2 105 Italy Porto Kaleo Team
United Kingdom Roy Baker Racing
Italy Stefano Sebastiani
United Kingdom Mike Kimpton
Tiga GC289 G 0
Ford Cosworth 3.3L V8
DNS C1 17 West Germany Dauer Racing West Germany Jochen Dauer
United Kingdom Will Hoy
Porsche 962C G -
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
DNS C1 20 United Kingdom Team Davey United Kingdom Tim Lee-Davey Porsche 962C D -
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6

† – #201 Mazdaspeed and #181 Roy Baker Racing were not classified due to completing the final lap of the race at too slow of a pace.

Statistics

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  • Pole position – #61 Team Sauber Mercedes – 1:19.123
  • Fastest lap – #23 Nissan Motorsports International – 1:24.500
  • Average speed – 162.882 km/h

References

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  • "480 km Donington". World Sports Racing Prototypes. 2 October 2005. Archived from the original on 27 October 2007. Retrieved 2008-02-20.
  • "World Sports Prototype Championship Donington 1989". Racing Sports Cars. 13 April 2007. Archived from the original on 29 January 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-20.


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