The 1989 Coupes de Spa was the seventh round of the 1989 World Sportscar Championship season. It took place at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium on September 17, 1989.

Layout of the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps (1981-1993, 1995-2003)

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 61   Team Sauber Mercedes   Kenny Acheson
  Mauro Baldi
Sauber C9 M 70
Mercedes-Benz M119 5.0L Turbo V8
2 C1 7   Joest Racing   Frank Jelinski
  Bob Wollek
Porsche 962C G 70
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
3 C1 23   Nissan Motorsports International   Mark Blundell
  Julian Bailey
Nissan R89C D 69
Nissan VRH35Z 3.5L Turbo V8
4 C1 16   Repsol Brun Motorsport   Oscar Larrauri
  Roland Ratzenberger
Porsche 962C Y 68
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
5 C1 22   Spice Engineering   Wayne Taylor
  Thorkild Thyrring
Spice SE89C G 68
Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8
6 C1 8   Joest Racing   Henri Pescarolo
  Jean-Louis Ricci
Porsche 962C G 68
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
7 C1 18   Aston Martin
  Ecurie Ecosse
  Stanley Dickens
  Brian Redman
Aston Martin AMR1 G 67
Aston Martin RDP87 6.3L V8
8 C1 37   Toyota Team Tom's   Johnny Dumfries
  Geoff Lees
Toyota 89C-V B 67
Toyota R32V 3.2L Turbo V8
9 GTP 201   Mazdaspeed   Pierre Dieudonné
  David Kennedy
Mazda 767B D 67
Mazda 13J 2.6L 4-Rotor
10 C1 10   Porsche Kremer Racing   George Fouché
  Giovanni Lavaggi
Porsche 962CK6 Y 66
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
11 C2 171   Team Mako   James Shead
  Robbie Stirling
Spice SE88C G 65
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
12 C1 72   Obermaier Primagaz   Jürgen Lässig
  Pierre Yver
Porsche 962C G 65
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
13 C2 101   Chamberlain Engineering   Fermín Velez
  Nick Adams
Spice SE89C G 64
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
14 C2 111   PC Automotive   Richard Piper
  Olindo Iacobelli
Spice SE88C G 64
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
15 C2 106   Porto Kaleo Team   Ranieri Randaccio
  Pasquale Barberio
Tiga GC288/9 G 64
Ford Cosworth 3.3L V8
16 C1 40   Swiss Team Salamin   Antoine Salamin
  Max Cohen-Olivar
Porsche 962C G 61
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
17 C2 177   Automobiles Louis Descartes   Marc Fontan
  Alain Serpaggi
ALD C289 G 61
Ford Cosworth 3.3L V8
18 C2 108   Roy Baker Racing
  GP Motorsport
  Philippe de Henning Spice SE87C G 60
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
19 C2 105   Porto Kaleo Team   Stefano Sebastiani
  Jean-Pierre Frey
Tiga GC289 G 59
Ford Cosworth 3.3L V8
20 C2 178   Didier Bonnet   Patrick Oudet
  Gérard Tremblay
Tiga GC289 G 59
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
21 C1 34   Porsche Alméras Montpellier   Jacques Alméras
  Jean-Marie Alméras
Porsche 962C G 54
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
22 C2 176   Automobiles Louis Descartes   François Wettling
  Thierry Lecerf
ALD C2 G 50
BMW M80 3.5L I6
23
DNF
C1 62   Team Sauber Mercedes   Jean-Louis Schlesser
  Jochen Mass
Sauber C9 M 69
Mercedes-Benz M119 5.0L V8
24
DNF
C1 6   Repsol Brun Motorsport   Walter Brun
  Jésus Pareja
Porsche 962C Y 62
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
25
DNF
C1 21   Spice Engineering   Eliseo Salazar
  Ray Bellm
Spice SE89C G 53
Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8
26
DNF
C2 102   Chamberlain Engineering   Luigi Taverna
  Hendrik ten Cate
Spice SE86C G 51
Hart 418T 1.8L Turbo I4
27
DNF
C1 13   Courage Compétition   Pascal Fabre
  Hervé Regout
Cougar C22S G 45
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
28
DNF
C1 19   Aston Martin
  Ecurie Ecosse
  David Leslie
  Michael Roe
Aston Martin AMR1 G 43
Aston Martin RDP87 6.3L V8
29
DNF
C2 107   Tiga Racing Team   Jari Nurminen
  Carlo Rossi
Tiga GC289 G 36
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
30
DNF
C2 151   Pierre-Alain Lombardi   Pierre-Alain Lombardi
  Bruno Sotty
Spice SE86C G 33
Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8
31
DNF
C2 103   France Prototeam   Claude Ballot-Léna
  Bernard Thuner
Spice SE88C G 26
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
32
DNF
C1 2   Silk Cut Jaguar   John Nielsen
  Andy Wallace
Jaguar XJR-11 D 25
Jaguar JV6 3.5L Turbo V6
33
DNF
C1 20   Team Davey   Tim Lee-Davey
  Vern Schuppan
Porsche 962C D 19
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
34
DNF
C1 1   Silk Cut Jaguar   Jan Lammers
  Patrick Tambay
Jaguar XJR-11 D 16
Jaguar JV6 3.5L Turbo V6
35
DNF
C1 14   Richard Lloyd Racing   Tiff Needell
  Steven Andskär
Porsche 962C GTi G 15
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
36
DNF
C1 29   Mussato Action Car   Bruno Giacomelli
  Franco Scapini
Lancia LC2 D 12
Ferrari 308C 3.0L Turbo V8
37
DNF
C1 5   Repsol Brun Motorsport   Harald Huysman
  Uwe Schäfer
Porsche 962C Y 10
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
38
DNF
C1 17   Dauer Racing   Jochen Dauer Porsche 962C G 8
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6

Statistics

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  • Pole position - #61 Team Sauber Mercedes - 2:05.900
  • Fastest lap - #61 Team Sauber Mercedes - 2:07.863
  • Average speed - 183.005 km/h

References

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  • "480 km Spa". World Sports Racing Prototypes. 2 October 2005. Archived from the original on 27 October 2007. Retrieved 2008-02-21.
  • "World Sports Prototype Championship Spa 1989". Racing Sports Cars. 28 May 2005. Archived from the original on 29 January 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-21.


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1989 480km of Donington
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1989 480km of Mexico