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1989 480 km of Mexico

Motor racing event

The 1989 Trofeo Hermanos Rodríguez was the eighth and final round of the 1989 World Sportscar Championship season. It took place at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico on October 29, 1989.

During qualifying, Patrick Tambay's Jaguar came in contact with Antoine Salamin's Porsche on the front stretch, causing the Porsche to make heavy contact with the pit wall. Tambay was fined US$15,000 for the incident. Along with Salamin, several other teams were unable to race due to damage incurred during practice and qualifying.

Sauber Mercedes teammates Mauro Baldi and Jean-Louis Schlesser were both in contention going into this final round, Baldi leading by seven points. However, spin at Turn 14 by Kenny Acheson eliminated co-driver Baldi from contention, allowing Schlesser to take the World Drivers Championship.

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
DNF	25
DNF	26
DNF	27
DNF	28
DNF	29
DNF	30
DNF	31
DNF	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS
C1	62	FRG Team Sauber Mercedes	FRA Jean-Louis Schlesser
FRG Jochen Mass	Sauber C9		109
Mercedes-Benz M119 5.0L V8
C1	5	Switzerland Repsol Brun Motorsport	Norway Harald Huysman
ARG Oscar Larrauri	Porsche 962C		109
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
C1	8	FRG Joest Racing	FRA Henri Pescarolo
FRG Frank Jelinski	Porsche 962C		109
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
C1	14	GBR Richard Lloyd Racing	GBR Tiff Needell
GBR Derek Bell	Porsche 962C GTi		108
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
C1	2	United Kingdom Silk Cut Jaguar	FRA Alain Ferté
United Kingdom Andy Wallace	Jaguar XJR-9		108
Jaguar 7.0L V12
C1	1	United Kingdom Silk Cut Jaguar	Netherlands Jan Lammers
France Patrick Tambay	Jaguar XJR-9		108
Jaguar 7.0L V12
C1	6	Switzerland Repsol Brun Motorsport	SUI Walter Brun
Spain Jesús Pareja	Porsche 962C		107
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
C1	18	GBR Aston Martin
GBR Ecurie Ecosse	GBR David Leslie
GBR Brian Redman	Aston Martin AMR1		107
Aston Martin RDP87 6.3L V8
C1	10	FRG Porsche Kremer Racing	FRG Manuel Reuter
AUT Franz Konrad	Porsche 962CK6		106
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
C1	22	United Kingdom Spice Engineering	CHI Eliseo Salazar
Denmark Thorkild Thyrring	Spice SE89C		106
Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8
C1	20	United Kingdom Team Davey	United Kingdom Tim Lee-Davey
MEX Alfonso Toledano	Porsche 962C		106
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
C1	23	Japan Nissan Motorsports International	GBR Mark Blundell
GBR Julian Bailey	Nissan R89C		106
Nissan VRH35Z 3.5L Turbo V8
GTP	201	JPN Mazdaspeed	BEL Pierre Dieudonné
IRL David Kennedy	Mazda 767B		105
Mazda 13J 2.6L 4-Rotor
C1	101	United Kingdom Chamberlain Engineering	Spain Fermín Velez
United Kingdom Nick Adams	Spice SE89C		105
Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8
C1	34	FRA Porsche Alméras Montpellier	FRA Jacques Alméras
FRA Jean-Marie Alméras	Porsche 962C		103
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
C2	171	GBR Team Mako	MEX Andrés Conteras
MEX Giovanni Aloi	Spice SE88C		103
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
C2	151	SUI Pierre-Alain Lombardi
USA Team Essex	MEX Carlos Guerrero
MEX Aurelio López	Spice SE88P		33
Buick 3.0L V6
C2	106	ITA Porto Kaleo Team	ITA Ranieri Randaccio
ITA Pasquale Barberio	Tiga GC288/9		103
Ford Cosworth 3.3L V8
C2	111	GBR PC Automotive
GBR ADA Engineering	GBR Richard Piper
USA Olindo Iacobelli	Spice SE88C		102
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
C2	103	FRA France Prototeam	FRA Jean Messaoudi
SUI Bernard Thuner	Spice SE88C		102
Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8
C2	108	GBR Roy Baker Racing
GBR GP Motorsport	FRA Philippe de Henning
GBR Chris Hodgetts	Spice SE87C		100
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
C2	107	United Kingdom Tiga Racing Team	FIN Jari Nurminen
MEX Oscar Hidalgo	Tiga GC289		100
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
C2	102	United Kingdom Chamberlain Engineering	MEX Tomás López
BEL Quirin Bovy	Spice SE86C		96
Hart 418T 1.8L Turbo I4
C1	37	Japan Toyota Team Tom's	GBR Johnny Dumfries
GBR John Watson	Toyota 89C-V		66
Toyota R32V 3.2L Turbo V8
C1	13	France Courage Compétition	France Pascal Fabre
MEX Oscar Manautou	Cougar C22S		64
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
C2	178	FRA Didier Bonnet	FRA Patrick Oudet
FRA Gérard Cuynet	Tiga GC289		61
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
C1	61	FRG Team Sauber Mercedes	GBR Kenny Acheson
Italy Mauro Baldi	Sauber C9		46
Mercedes-Benz M119 5.0L Turbo V8
C1	21	United Kingdom Spice Engineering	MEX Bernard Jourdain
United Kingdom Ray Bellm	Spice SE89C		39
Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8
C1	29	ITA Mussato Action Car	ITA Bruno Giacomelli
MEX Enrique Contreras	Lancia LC2		9
Ferrari 308C 3.0L Turbo V8
C1	72	FRG Obermaier Primagaz	FRG Jürgen Lässig
FRA Pierre Yver	Porsche 962C		5
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
C1	7	FRG Joest Racing	FRG Frank Jelinski
FRA Bob Wollek	Porsche 962C		3
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
C1	16	SUI Repsol Brun Motorsport	ITA Massimo Sigala
AUT Roland Ratzenberger	Porsche 962C		-
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
C1	17	FRG Dauer Racing	FRG Jochen Dauer
MEX Juan Carlos Bolaños	Porsche 962C		-
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
C1	40	SUI Swiss Team Salamin	SUI Antoine Salamin
ITA Giovanni Lavaggi	Porsche 962C		-
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
C2	177	FRA Automobiles Louis Descartes	FRA Marc Fontan
FRA Alain Serpaggi	ALD C289		-
Ford Cosworth 3.3L V8

Statistics

Pole position - #61 Team Sauber Mercedes - 1:22.571
Fastest lap - #62 Team Sauber Mercedes - 1:25.120
Average speed - 168.788 km/h

References

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