1989 24 Hours of Le Mans

The 1989 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 57th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 10 and 11 June 1989.

1989 24 Hours of Le Mans
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Le Mans in 1989

Race

The race was the last time the 24 Hours of Le Mans ran without the two chicanes on the Mulsanne Straight; for the interest of safety to reduce speeds after speeds reaching 250 mph (402 km/h) in the previous years and this race, these chicanes were installed the next year and remains in use. The speeds on the Mulsanne Straight were so high that many of the drivers were concerned if their cars would stay on the ground over the humps and bumps of the straight. There were no serious accidents, something Le Mans in the 1980s had many of.

Having run his cars at Le Mans for a decade, Peter Sauber was aided by Mercedes in winning the 1989 race. His "Silver Arrows" Sauber C9s finished 1st, 2nd and 5th, with Porsches and Jaguars finishing behind.

Qualifying

Class leaders are in bold

Pos No. Team Car Class Time Gap
1 62 Team Sauber Mercedes Sauber C9 C1 3:15.040
2 61 Team Sauber Mercedes Sauber C9 C1 3:15.670 +0.630
3 1 Silk Cut Jaguar Jaguar XJR-9 C1 3:18.350 +3.310
4 3 Silk Cut Jaguar Jaguar XJR-9 C1 3:19.480 +4.440
5 9 Joest Racing Porsche 962C C1 3:19.800 +4.760
6 4 Silk Cut Jaguar Jaguar XJR-9 C1 3:20.190 +5.150
7 17 Repsol Brun Motorsport Porsche 962C C1 3:20.260 +5.220
8 2 Silk Cut Jaguar Jaguar XJR-9 C1 3:20.650 +5.610
9 5 Brun Motorsport Porsche 962C C1 3:21.510 +6.470
10 11 Porsche Kremer Racing Porsche 962CK6 C1 3:22.700 +7.660
11 63 Team Sauber Mercedes Sauber C9 C1 3:22.860 +7.820
12 24 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R89C C1 3:24.090 +9.050
13 7 Joest Racing Porsche 962C C1 3:24.770 +9.730
14 10 Porsche Kremer Racing Porsche 962CK6 C1 3:24.920 +9.880
15 25 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R89C C1 3:25.380 +10.340
16 202 Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd. Mazda 767 GTP 3:25.450 +10.410
17 37 Toyota Team Tom's Toyota 89C-V C1 3:25.600 +10.560
18 55 Team Schuppan Porsche 962C C1 3:26.890 +11.850
19 23 Nissan Motorsport Nissan R89C C1 3:26.950 +11.910
20 6 Brun Motorsport Porsche 962C C1 3:27.070 +12.030
21 14 Richard Lloyd Racing Porsche 962C GTi C1 3:27.750 +12.710
22 33 Team Schuppan Porsche 962C C1 3:27.790 +12.750
23 15 Richard Lloyd Racing Porsche 962C GTi C1 3:27.970 +12.930
24 36 Toyota Team Tom’s Toyota 89C-V C1 3:28.320 +13.280
25 38 Toyota Team Tom’s Toyota 89C-V C1 3:28.640 +13.600
26 27 Repsol Brun Motorsport Porsche 962C C1 3:29.410 +14.370
27 16 Brun Motorsport Porsche 962C C1 3:29.900 +14.860
28 201 Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd. Mazda 767 GTP 3:31.380 +16.340
29 13 Courage Compétition Cougar C22LM C1 3:31.490 +16.450
30 72 Obermaier Racing Porsche 962C C1 3:32.000 +16.960
31 21 Spice Engineering Spice SE89C C1 3:32.540 +17.500
32 18 Aston Martin Aston Martin AMR1 C1 3:34.080 +19.040
33 8 Joest Racing Porsche 962C C1 3:35.420 +20.380
34 203 Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd. Mazda 767 GTP 3:36.690 +21.650
35 34 Equipe Alméras Frères Porsche 962C C1 3:36.910 +21.870
36 22 Spice Engineering Spice SE89C C1 3:38.470 +23.430
37 104 Graff Racing Spice SE89C C2 3:38.700 +23.660
38 12 Courage Compétition Cougar C22LM C1 3:38.740 +23.700
39 32 Team LeMans Co. March 88S C1 3:39.910 +24.870
40 19 Aston Martin Aston Martin AMR1 C1 3:40.110 +25.070
41 101 Chamberlain Engineering Spice SE89C C2 3:41.040 +26.000
42 151 Pierre-Alain Lombardi Spice SE86C C2 3:41.940 +26.900
43 20 Team Davey Porsche 962C C1 3:42.310 +27.270
44 52 WM Secateva WM P489 C1 3:44.000 +28.960
45 103 France Prototeam Spice SE88C C2 3:44.440 +29.400
46 102 Chamberlain Engineering Spice SE86C C2 3:44.990 +29.950
47 171 Team Mako Spice SE88C C2 3:45.450 +30.410
48 113 Courage Compétition Cougar C20B C2 3:45.860 +30.820
49 108 Roy Baker Racing Spice SE87C C2 3:46.230 +31.190
50 107 Tiga Racing Team Tiga GC289 C2 3:47.030 +31.990
51 106 Porto Kaleo Team Tiga GC288 C2 3:48.270 +33.230
52 175 ADA Engineering ADA 02B C2 3:48.800 +33.760
53 126 France Prototean Argo JM19 C2 3:50.370 +35.330
54 105 Porto Kaleo Team Tiga GC289 C2 3:50.820 +35.780
55 177 Automobiles Louis Descartes ALD C289 C2 3:55.360 +40.320
DNQ 178 Didier Bonnet ALD 05 C2 3:58.490 +43.450
DNQ 29 Mussato Action Car Lancia LC2 C2 3:59.460 +44.420
DNQ 176 Automobiles Louis Descartes ALD 04 C2 4:03.840 +48.800
DNQ 179 Didier Bonnet ALD 06 C2 4:25.350 +1:10.310
WD 51 WM Secateva WM P489 C1 3:27.610
  • Several factory teams used the lengthy qualifying periods as a shakedown for their T-cars, and set some competitive lap times in the process. The #38 Toyota T-car actually set the 2nd fastest qualifying time overall, but the team chose to stick with their main car for the race itself, meaning they forfeited the T-car lap time and started 25th.

Official results

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of the winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps
Engine
1 C1 63 Team Sauber Mercedes Jochen Mass
Manuel Reuter
Stanley Dickens		 Sauber C9 M 389
Mercedes-Benz M119 5.0L Turbo V8
2 C1 61 Team Sauber Mercedes Mauro Baldi
Kenny Acheson
Gianfranco Brancatelli		 Sauber C9 M 384
Mercedes-Benz M119 5.0L Turbo V8
3 C1 9 Joest Racing Hans-Joachim Stuck
Bob Wollek		 Porsche 962C G 382
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
4 C1 1 Silk Cut Jaguar
Tom Walkinshaw Racing		 Jan Lammers
Patrick Tambay
Andrew Gilbert-Scott		 Jaguar XJR-9LM D 380
Jaguar 7.0L V12
5 C1 62 Team Sauber Mercedes Jean-Louis Schlesser
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Alain Cudini		 Sauber C9 M 378
Mercedes-Benz M119 5.0L Turbo V8
6 C1 8 Joest Racing Henri Pescarolo
Claude Ballot-Léna
Jean-Louis Ricci		 Porsche 962C G 371
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
7 GTP 201 Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd. David Kennedy
Pierre Dieudonné
Chris Hodgetts		 Mazda 767B D 368
Mazda 13J 2.6L 4-Rotor
8 C1 4 Silk Cut Jaguar
Tom Walkinshaw Racing		 Alain Ferté
Michel Ferté
Eliseo Salazar		 Jaguar XJR-9LM D 368
Jaguar 7.0L V12
9 GTP 202 Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd. Takashi Yorino
Hervé Regout
Elliot Forbes-Robinson		 Mazda 767B D 365
Mazda 13J 2.6L 4-Rotor
10 C1 16 Brun Motorsport Harald Huysman
Uwe Schäfer
Dominique Lacaud		 Porsche 962C Y 351
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
11 C1 18 Aston Martin
Ecurie Ecosse		 Brian Redman
Michael Roe
Costas Los		 Aston Martin AMR1 G 340
Aston Martin (Callaway) RDP87 6.0L V8
12 GTP 203 Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd. Yojiro Terada
Marc Duez
Volker Weidler		 Mazda 767 D 339
Mazda 13J 2.6L 4-Rotor
13 C1 55 Team Schuppan Vern Schuppan
Eje Elgh
Gary Brabham		 Porsche 962C D 321
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
14 C2 113 Courage Compétition Jean-Claude Andruet
Philippe Farjon
Shunji Kasuya		 Cougar C20B G 312
Porsche Type-935 2.8L Turbo Flat-6
15 C1 20 Team Davey Tim Lee-Davey
Tom Dodd-Noble
Katsunori Iketani		 Porsche 962C D 308
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
16 C2 171 Team Mako Robbie Stirling
Ross Hyett
Don Shead		 Spice SE88C G 307
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
17 C2 108 Roy Baker Racing
GP Motorsport		 Dudley Wood
Evan Clements
Philippe de Henning		 Spice SE87C G 303
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
18 C2 126 France Prototeam Jean Messaoudi
Pierre-François Rousselot
Thierry Lecerf		 Argo JM19C G 297
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
19 C2 104 Graff Racing Jean-Philippe Grand
Remy Pochauvin
Jean-Luc Roy		 Spice SE89C G 291
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
20
DNF		 C1 14 Richard Lloyd Racing Derek Bell
James Weaver
Tiff Needell		 Porsche 962C GTi G 339
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
21
DNF		 C1 10 Porsche Kremer Racing Kunimitsu Takahashi
Bruno Giacomelli
Giovanni Lavaggi		 Porsche 962C Y 303
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
22
DNF		 C1 25 Nissan Motorsport Geoff Brabham
Chip Robinson
Arie Luyendyk		 Nissan R89C D 250
Nissan VRH35Z 3.5L Turbo V8
23
DNF		 C2 101 Chamberlain Engineering Fermín Velez
Nick Adams
Luigi Taverna		 Spice SE88C G 244
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
24
DNF		 C1 17 Repsol Brun Motorsport Oscar Larrauri
Walter Brun
Jesús Pareja		 Porsche 962C Y 242
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
25
DNF		 C1 21 Spice Engineering Ray Bellm
Gordon Spice
Lyn St. James		 Spice SE89C G 229
Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8
26
DNF		 C1 15 Richard Lloyd Racing Steven Andskär
David Hobbs
Damon Hill		 Porsche 962C GTi G 228
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
27
DNF		 C1 32 Team LeMans Co.
Courage Compétition		 Takao Wada
Akio Morimoto
Anders Olofsson		 March 88S Y 221
Nissan VG30 3.0L Turbo V6
28
DNF		 C1 2 Silk Cut Jaguar
Tom Walkinshaw Racing		 John Nielsen
Andy Wallace
Price Cobb		 Jaguar XJR-9LM D 215
Jaguar 7.0L V12
29
DNF		 C2 106 Porto Kaleo Team Robin Smith
Vito Veninta
Stefano Sebastiani		 Tiga GC288 G 194
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
30
DNF		 C1 34 Equipe Alméras Frères Jacques Alméras
Jean-Marie Alméras
Alain Ianetta		 Porsche 962C G 188
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
31
DNF		 C1 12 Courage Compétition Patrick Gonin
Bernard de Dryver
Bernard Santal		 Cougar C22LM G 168
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
32
DNF		 C1 23 Nissan Motorsports Masahiro Hasemi
Kazuyoshi Hoshino
Toshio Suzuki		 Nissan R89C D 167
Nissan VRH35Z 3.5L Turbo V8
33
DNF		 C1 19 Aston Martin
Ecurie Ecosse		 David Leslie
Ray Mallock
David Sears		 Aston Martin AMR1 G 153
Aston Martin (Callaway) RDP87 6.0L V8
34
DNF		 C1 22 Spice Engineering Thorkild Thyrring
Wayne Taylor
Tim Harvey		 Spice SE89C G 150
Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8
35
DNF		 C2 103 France Prototeam Bernard Thuner
Pierre de Thoisy
Raymond Touroul		 Spice SE88C G 133
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
36
DNF		 C2 107 Tiga Race Team Max Cohen-Olivar
John Sheldon
Robin Donovan		 Tiga GC289 G 126
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
37
DNF		 C1 7 Joest Racing Frank Jelinski
Pierre-Henri Raphanel
Louis Krages		 Porsche 962C G 124
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
38
DNF		 C1 52 WM Secateva Pascal Pessiot
Jean-Daniel Raulet
Philippe Gache		 WM P489 M 110
Peugeot ZNS4 3.0L Turbo V6
39
DNF		 C1 13 Courage Compétition Pascal Fabre
Jean-Louis Bousquet
Jiro Yoneyama		 Cougar C22LM G 110
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
40
DNF		 C2 102 Chamberlain Engineering John Hotchkis Sr.
John Hotchkis Jr.
Richard Jones		 Spice SE86C G 86
Hart 418T 1.8L Turbo I4
41
DNF		 C1 3 Silk Cut Jaguar
Tom Walkinshaw Racing		 Davy Jones
Derek Daly
Jeff Kline		 Jaguar XJR-9LM D 85
Jaguar 7.0L V12
42
DNF		 C1 27 Repsol Brun Motorsport Rudi Seher
Franz Konrad
Andres Vilariño		 Porsche 962C Y 81
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
43
DNF		 C1 5 Brun Motorsport
From-A Racing		 Harald Grohs
Akihiko Nakaya
Sarel van der Merwe		 Porsche 962C Y 78
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
44
DNF		 C2 177 Automobiles Louis Descartes (ALD) Alain Serpaggi
Yves Hervalet
Louis Descartes		 ALD C289 G 75
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
45
DNF		 C1 33 Team Schuppan Will Hoy
Jean Alesi
Dominic Dobson		 Porsche 962C D 69
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
46
DNF		 C1 72 Obermaier Racing
Primagaz Competition		 Jürgen Lässig
Pierre Yver
Paul Belmondo		 Porsche 962C G 61
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
47
DNF		 C1 37 Toyota Team Tom's Geoff Lees
Johnny Dumfries
John Watson		 Toyota 89C-V B 58
Toyota R32V 3.2L Turbo V8
48
DNF		 C2 151 Pierre-Alain Lombardi Pierre-Alain Lombardi
Bruno Sotty
Fabio Magnini		 Spice SE86C G 58
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
49
DNF		 C1 6 Brun Motorsport
Alpha Racing Team		 Maurizio Sandro Sala
Walter Lechner
Roland Ratzenberger		 Porsche 962C Y 58
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
50
DNF		 C1 36 Toyota Team Tom's Hitoshi Ogawa
Paolo Barilla
Ross Cheever		 Toyota 89C-V B 45
Toyota R32V 3.2L Turbo V8
51
DNF		 C1 11 Porsche Kremer Racing Hideki Okada
George Fouché
Masanori Sekiya		 Porsche 962CK6 Y 42
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
52
DNF		 C2 105 Porto Kaleo Team
Noël del Bello		 Jean-Claude Justice
Noël del Bello
Jean-Claude Ferrarin		 Tiga GC289 G 36
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
53
DNF		 C1 38 Toyota Team Tom's Kaoru Hoshino
Didier Artzet
Keiichi Suzuki		 Toyota 88C B 20
Toyota 3S-GTM 2.1L Turbo I4
54
DNF		 C2 175 ADA Engineering Ian Harrower
Laurence Bristow
Colin Pool		 ADA 02B G 14
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
55
DNF		 C1 24 Nissan Motorsports Julian Bailey
Mark Blundell
Martin Donnelly		 Nissan R89C D 5
Nissan VRH35Z 3.5L Turbo V8
DNS C1 51 WM Secateva Roger Dorchy
Michel Maisonneuve
Philippe Gache		 WM P489 M -
Peugeot ZNS4 3.0L Turbo V6
DNQ C1 26 Mussato Action Car Almo Coppelli
Franco Scapini
Ernst Franzmaier		 Lancia LC2 D -
Ferrari 308C 3.0L Turbo V8
DNQ C2 176 Automobiles Louis Descartes Thierry Serfaty
Sylvain Boulay
William Batmalle		 ALD 04 G -
BMW M80 3.5L I6
DNQ C2 178 Didier Bonnet Didier Bonnet
Gérard Tremblay
Gérard Cuynet		 ALD 05 A -
BMW M80 3.5L I6
DNQ C2 179 Didier Bonnet Jean-Luc Colin
François Cardon
Yves Bey-Rozet		 ALD 06 G -
BMW M80 3.5L I6

Statistics
  • Pole Position - Jean-Louis Schlesser, #62 Team Sauber Mercedes - 3:15.040 (155.234 mph/249.826 km/h)
  • Fastest Lap - Alain Ferté, #4 Silk Cut Jaguar - 3:21.093
  • Distance - 5265.115 km
  • Average Speed - 219.990 km/h
  • Highest Trap Speed - Jaguar XJR-9 - 241.713 mph (389 km/h) (race), Sauber Mercedes C9 - 249.13 mph (401 km/h) (qualifying)
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