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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

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

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

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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