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1989 Le Mans 24 Hours

1989 Le Mans 24 Hours is 57th Le Mans 24 Hours race. Passed at the Le Mans circuit. Jean-Louis Schlesser, Jean-Pierre Jabouille, Alain Cudini won the pole position, Jochen Mass, Manuel Reuter, Stanley Dickens won this race. Mauro Baldi, Kenny Acheson and Bob Wollek, Hans-Joachim Stuck also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 390 laps (5,265 km).

Previous race: 1988 Le Mans 24 Hours
Next race: 1990 Le Mans 24 Hours
Race Start: 11th June 1989

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1989 Le Mans 24 Hours

1st victory for the Team Sauber Mercedes (CH/D) team
1st victory for the Jochen Mass
1st victory for the Manuel Reuter
1st victory for the Stanley Dickens
2nd podium for the Jochen Mass
1st podium for the Manuel Reuter
2nd podium for the Stanley Dickens
1st podium for the Mauro Baldi
1st podium for the Kenny Acheson
2nd podium for the Bob Wollek
5th podium for the Hans-Joachim Stuck

1989 Le Mans 24 Hours

Sauber C9 /88 #63 - 1989 Le Mans 24 Hours winner (Class: C1)

Mazda 767 B - 1989 Le Mans 24 Hours winner

Mazda 767 B #201 - 1989 Le Mans 24 Hours winner (Class: IMSA)

Cougar C20B - 1989 Le Mans 24 Hours winner

Cougar C20B #113 - 1989 Le Mans 24 Hours winner (Class: C2)

1989 Le Mans 24 Hours results

Position	Name	Car	Result	Lap	Team	Class	Class position
1	Jochen Mass, Manuel Reuter, Stanley Dickens	Sauber C9 /88, #63	5265.115 kms	390	Team Sauber Mercedes (CH/D)	C1	1
2	Mauro Baldi, Kenny Acheson	Sauber C9 /88, #61	5197.440 kms	385	Team Sauber Mercedes (CH/D)	C1	2
3	Bob Wollek, Hans-Joachim Stuck	Porsche 962 C, #9	5170.370 kms	383	Joest Racing	C1	3
4	Jan Lammers, Patrick Tambay, Andrew Gilbert-Scott	Jaguar XJR-9 LM, #1	5143.330 kms	381	Silk Cut Jaguar	C1	4
5	Jean-Louis Schlesser, Jean-Pierre Jabouille, Alain Cudini	Sauber C9 /88, #62	5116.230 kms	379	Team Sauber Mercedes (CH/D)	C1	5
6	Henri Pescarolo, Jean-Louis Ricci, Claude Ballot-Lena	Porsche 962 C, #8	5021.485 kms	372	Joest Racing	C1	6
7	Pierre Dieudonne, Chris Hodgetts	Mazda 767 B, #201	4980.880 kms	369	Mazdaspeed	IMSA	1
8	Alain Ferte, Eliseo Salazar, Michel Ferte	Jaguar XJR-9 LM, #4	4980.880 kms	369	Silk Cut Jaguar	C1	7
9	Takashi Yorino, Herve Regout, Elliot Forbes-Robinson	Mazda 767 B, #202	4940.275 kms	366	Mazdaspeed	IMSA	2
10	Uwe Schäfer, Harald Huysman, Dominique Lacaud	Porsche 962 C, #16	4785.885 kms	352	Brun Motorsport	C1	8
11	Costas Los, Brian Redman, Michael Roe	Aston Martin AMR1, #18	4635.900 kms	340	Aston Martin	C1	9
12	Yojiro Terada, Marc Duez, Volker Weidler	Mazda 767, #203	4588.365 kms	340	Mazdaspeed	IMSA	3
13	Vern Schuppan, Eje Elgh, Gary Brabham	Porsche 962 C, #55	4344.735 kms	322	Team Schuppan	C1	10
14	Jean-Claude Andruet, Philippe Farjon, Syunji Kasuya	Cougar C20B, #113	4222.920 kms	313	Courage Competition	C2	1
15	Tim Lee-Davey, Tom Dodd-Noble, Katsunori Iketani	Porsche 962 C, #20	4168.780 kms	309	Team Davey	C1	11
16	Robbie Stirling, Ross Hyett, Don Shead	Spice SE88C, #171	4155.245 kms	307	Team Mako	C2	2
17	Dudley Wood, Philippe de Henning, Evan Clements	Spice SE87C, #108	4101.105 kms	304	GP Motorsport	C2	3
18	Jean Messaoudi, Pierre-François Rousselot, Thierry Lecerf	Argo JM19 C, #126	4019.895 kms	298	France Prototeam	C2	4
19	Jean-Philippe Grand, Remy Pochauvin, Jean-Luc Roy	Spice SE89C, #104	3938.685 kms	292	Graff Racing	C2	5
DNF	Derek Bell, James Weaver, Tiff Needell	Porsche 962 C GTi, #14	Fire	339	Richard Lloyd Racing	C1	12
DNF	Kunimitsu Takahashi, Giovanni Lavaggi, Bruno Giacomelli	Porsche 962 CK6, #10	Fire	303	Porsche Kremer Racing	C1	13
DNF	Geoff Brabham, Chip Robinson, Arie Luyendyk	Nissan R89C, #25	Oil loss	250	Nissan Motorsport	C1	14
DNF	Luigi Taverna, Nick Adams, Fermin Velez	Spice SE89C, #101	Valves	244	Chamberlain Engineering	C2	6
DNF	Walter Brun, Jésus Pareja	Porsche 962 C, #17	Engine	242	Brun Motorsport	C1	15
DNF	Ray Bellm, Lyn St James, Gordon Spice	Spice SE89C, #21	Engine	229	Spice Engineering	C1	16
DNF	Steven Andskar, David Hobbs, Damon Hill	Porsche 962 C GTi, #15	Engine	228	Richard Lloyd Racing	C1	17
DNF	Takao Wada, Akio Morimoto, Anders Olofsson	March 88S, #32	Head gasket	221	Courage Competition	C1	18
DNF	John Nielsen, Andy Wallace, Price Cobb	Jaguar XJR-9 LM, #2	Head gasket	215	Silk Cut Jaguar	C1	19
DNF	Stefano Sebastiani, Vito Veninata, Robin Smith	Tiga GC288, #106	Electrics	194	Porto Kaleo Team	C2	7
DNF	Jacques Alméras, Jean-Marie Alméras, Alain Ianetta	Porsche 962 C, #34	Accident	188	Equipe Alméras Freres	C1	20
DNF	Patrick Gonin, Bernard De Dryver, Bernard Santal	Cougar C22LM, #12	Electronics	168	Courage Competition	C1	21
DNF	Masahiro Hasemi, Kazuyoshi Hoshino, Toshio Suzuki	Nissan R89C, #23	Engine	167	Nissan Motorsport	C1	22
DNF	David Sears, Ray Mallock	Aston Martin AMR1, #19	Electrics	153	Aston Martin	C1	23
DNF	Wayne Taylor, Thorkild Thyrring, Tim Harvey	Spice SE89C, #22	Valves	150	Spice Engineering	C1	24
DNF	Bernard Thuner, Pierre de Thoisy, Raymond Touroul	Spice SE88C, #103	Chassis	133	France Prototeam	C2	8
DNF	Max Cohen-Olivar, John Sheldon, Robin Donovan	Tiga GC289, #107	Drive shaft	126	Tiga Race Team	C2	9
DNF	Frank Jelinski, Pierre-Henri Raphanel, John Winter	Porsche 962 C, #7	Water leak	124	Joest Racing	C1	25
DNF	Pascal Fabre, Jean-Louis Bousquet, Jiro Yoneyama	Cougar C22LM, #13	Engine	110	Courage Competition	C1	26
DNF	Pascal Pessiot, Jean-Daniel Raulet, Philippe Gache	WM P489, #52	Fire	110	WM Secateva	C1	27
DNF	John Hotchkis, Jr., John Hotchkis, Richard Jones	Spice SE86C, #102	Oil leak	86	Chamberlain Engineering	C2	10
DNF	Davy Jones, Derek Daly, Jeff Kline	Jaguar XJR-9 LM, #3	Engine	85	Silk Cut Jaguar	C1	28
DNF	Franz Konrad, Rudi Seher, Andres Vilarino	Porsche 962 C, #27	Turbocharger	81	Brun Motorsport	C1	29
DNF	Harald Grohs, Akihiko Nakaya, Sarel van der Merwe	Porsche 962 C, #5	Gearbox, alternator	78	Brun Motorsport	C1	30
DNF	Alain Serpaggi, Yves Hervalet, Louis Descartes	ALD C289, #177	Pierced radiator	75	Automobiles Louis Descartes	C2	11
DNF	Will Hoy, Jean Alesi, Dominic Dobson	Porsche 962 C, #33	Fire	69	Team Schuppan	C1	31
DNF	Jürgen Lässig, Pierre Yver, Paul Belmondo	Porsche 962 C, #72	Accident	61	Obermaier Racing/Primagaz	C1	32
DNF	Geoff Lees, Johnny Dumfries, John Watson	Toyota 89C-V, #37	Accident	58	Toyota Team Tom's	C1	33
DNF	Pierre-Alain Lombardi, Bruno Sotty, Fabio Magnani	Spice SE86C, #151	Puncture damage	58	Pierre-Alain Lombardi	C2	12
DNF	Roland Ratzenberger, Walter Lechner, Maurizio Sandro Sala	Porsche 962 C, #6	Puncture damage	50	Brun Motorsport	C1	34
DNF	Hitoshi Ogawa, Paolo Barilla, Ross Cheever	Toyota 89C-V, #36	Engine	45	Toyota Team Tom's	C1	35
DNF	George Fouché, Hideki Okada, Masanori Sekiya	Porsche 962 CK6, #11	Accident	42	Porsche Kremer Racing	C1	36
DNF	Jean-Claude Justice, Noël del Bello, Jean-Claude Ferrarin	Tiga GC289, #105	Engine	36	Porto Kaleo/Noel del Bello	C2	13
DNF	Kaoru Hoshino, Didier Artzet, Keiichi Suzuki	Toyota 88C, #38	Accident damage	20	Toyota Team Tom's	C1	37
DNF	Lawrence Bristow, Ian Harrower, Colin Pool	ADA 02B, #175	Electrics	14	ADA Engineering	C2	14
DNF	Julian Bailey, Mark Blundell, Martin Donnelly	Nissan R89C, #24	Accident damage => suspension	5	Nissan Motorsport	C1	38
DNS	Michel Maisonneuve, Roger Dorchy	WM P489, #51	Fire in practice	0	WM Secateva	C1	39
DNQ	Didier Bonnet, Gérard Tremblay, Gérard Cuynet	ALD 05, #178	Did not qualify	0	Didier Bonnet	C2	15
DNQ	Almo Coppelli, Franco Scapini	Lancia LC2 /89, #29	Did not qualify	0	Mussato Action Car	C1	40
DNQ	Thierry Serfaty, Sylvain Boulay	ALD 04, #176	Did not qualify	0	Louis Descartes	C2	16
DNQ	Jean-Luc Colin, François Cardon	ALD 06, #179	Did not qualify	0	Didier Bonnet	C2	17

Qualifying Results for the 1989 Le Mans 24 Hours on the Le Mans circuit

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Jean-Louis Schlesser, Jean-Pierre Jabouille, Alain Cudini	Sauber C9 /88, #62	3:15.040	Team Sauber Mercedes (CH/D)
2	Mauro Baldi, Kenny Acheson	Sauber C9 /88, #61	3:15.670	Team Sauber Mercedes (CH/D)
3	Jan Lammers, Patrick Tambay, Andrew Gilbert-Scott	Jaguar XJR-9 LM, #1	3:18.350	Silk Cut Jaguar
4	Davy Jones, Derek Daly, Jeff Kline	Jaguar XJR-9 LM, #3	3:19.480	Silk Cut Jaguar
5	Bob Wollek, Hans-Joachim Stuck	Porsche 962 C, #9	3:19.800	Joest Racing
6	Alain Ferte, Eliseo Salazar, Michel Ferte	Jaguar XJR-9 LM, #4	3:20.190	Silk Cut Jaguar
7	Walter Brun, Jésus Pareja	Porsche 962 C, #17	3:20.260	Brun Motorsport
8	John Nielsen, Andy Wallace, Price Cobb	Jaguar XJR-9 LM, #2	3:20.650	Silk Cut Jaguar
9	Harald Grohs, Akihiko Nakaya, Sarel van der Merwe	Porsche 962 C, #5	3:21.510	Brun Motorsport
10	George Fouché, Hideki Okada, Masanori Sekiya	Porsche 962 CK6, #11	3:22.700	Porsche Kremer Racing
11	Jochen Mass, Manuel Reuter, Stanley Dickens	Sauber C9 /88, #63	3:22.860	Team Sauber Mercedes (CH/D)
12	Julian Bailey, Mark Blundell, Martin Donnelly	Nissan R89C, #24	3:24.090	Nissan Motorsport
13	Frank Jelinski, Pierre-Henri Raphanel, John Winter	Porsche 962 C, #7	3:24.770	Joest Racing
14	Kunimitsu Takahashi, Giovanni Lavaggi, Bruno Giacomelli	Porsche 962 CK6, #10	3:24.920	Porsche Kremer Racing
15	Geoff Brabham, Chip Robinson, Arie Luyendyk	Nissan R89C, #25	3:25.380	Nissan Motorsport
16	Takashi Yorino, Herve Regout, Elliot Forbes-Robinson	Mazda 767 B, #202	3:25.450	Mazdaspeed
17	Geoff Lees, Johnny Dumfries, John Watson	Toyota 89C-V, #37	3:25.600	Toyota Team Tom's
18	Vern Schuppan, Eje Elgh, Gary Brabham	Porsche 962 C, #55	3:26.890	Team Schuppan
19	Masahiro Hasemi, Kazuyoshi Hoshino, Toshio Suzuki	Nissan R89C, #23	3:26.950	Nissan Motorsport
20	Roland Ratzenberger, Walter Lechner, Maurizio Sandro Sala	Porsche 962 C, #6	3:27.070	Brun Motorsport
21	Derek Bell, James Weaver, Tiff Needell	Porsche 962 C GTi, #14	3:27.750	Richard Lloyd Racing
22	Will Hoy, Jean Alesi, Dominic Dobson	Porsche 962 C, #33	3:27.790	Team Schuppan
23	Steven Andskar, David Hobbs, Damon Hill	Porsche 962 C GTi, #15	3:27.970	Richard Lloyd Racing
24	Hitoshi Ogawa, Paolo Barilla, Ross Cheever	Toyota 89C-V, #36	3:28.320	Toyota Team Tom's
25	Kaoru Hoshino, Didier Artzet, Keiichi Suzuki	Toyota 88C, #38	3:28.640	Toyota Team Tom's
26	Franz Konrad, Rudi Seher, Andres Vilarino	Porsche 962 C, #27	3:29.410	Brun Motorsport
27	Uwe Schäfer, Harald Huysman, Dominique Lacaud	Porsche 962 C, #16	3:29.900	Brun Motorsport
28	Pierre Dieudonne, Chris Hodgetts	Mazda 767 B, #201	3:31.380	Mazdaspeed
29	Pascal Fabre, Jean-Louis Bousquet, Jiro Yoneyama	Cougar C22LM, #13	3:31.490	Courage Competition
30	Jürgen Lässig, Pierre Yver, Paul Belmondo	Porsche 962 C, #72	3:32.000	Obermaier Racing/Primagaz
31	Ray Bellm, Lyn St James, Gordon Spice	Spice SE89C, #21	3:32.540	Spice Engineering
32	Costas Los, Brian Redman, Michael Roe	Aston Martin AMR1, #18	3:34.080	Aston Martin
33	Henri Pescarolo, Jean-Louis Ricci, Claude Ballot-Lena	Porsche 962 C, #8	3:35.420	Joest Racing
34	Yojiro Terada, Marc Duez, Volker Weidler	Mazda 767, #203	3:36.690	Mazdaspeed
35	Jacques Alméras, Jean-Marie Alméras, Alain Ianetta	Porsche 962 C, #34	3:36.910	Equipe Alméras Freres
36	Wayne Taylor, Thorkild Thyrring, Tim Harvey	Spice SE89C, #22	3:38.470	Spice Engineering
37	Jean-Philippe Grand, Remy Pochauvin, Jean-Luc Roy	Spice SE89C, #104	3:38.700	Graff Racing
38	Patrick Gonin, Bernard De Dryver, Bernard Santal	Cougar C22LM, #12	3:38.740	Courage Competition
39	Takao Wada, Akio Morimoto, Anders Olofsson	March 88S, #32	3:39.910	Courage Competition
40	David Sears, Ray Mallock	Aston Martin AMR1, #19	3:40.110	Aston Martin
41	Luigi Taverna, Nick Adams, Fermin Velez	Spice SE89C, #101	3:41.040	Chamberlain Engineering
42	Pierre-Alain Lombardi, Bruno Sotty, Fabio Magnani	Spice SE86C, #151	3:41.940	Pierre-Alain Lombardi
43	Tim Lee-Davey, Tom Dodd-Noble, Katsunori Iketani	Porsche 962 C, #20	3:42.310	Team Davey
44	Pascal Pessiot, Jean-Daniel Raulet, Philippe Gache	WM P489, #52	3:44.000	WM Secateva
45	Bernard Thuner, Pierre de Thoisy, Raymond Touroul	Spice SE88C, #103	3:44.440	France Prototeam
46	John Hotchkis, Jr., John Hotchkis, Richard Jones	Spice SE86C, #102	3:44.990	Chamberlain Engineering
47	Robbie Stirling, Ross Hyett, Don Shead	Spice SE88C, #171	3:45.450	Team Mako
48	Jean-Claude Andruet, Philippe Farjon, Syunji Kasuya	Cougar C20B, #113	3:45.860	Courage Competition
49	Dudley Wood, Philippe de Henning, Evan Clements	Spice SE87C, #108	3:46.230	GP Motorsport
50	Max Cohen-Olivar, John Sheldon, Robin Donovan	Tiga GC289, #107	3:47.030	Tiga Race Team
51	Stefano Sebastiani, Vito Veninata, Robin Smith	Tiga GC288, #106	3:48.270	Porto Kaleo Team
52	Lawrence Bristow, Ian Harrower, Colin Pool	ADA 02B, #175	3:48.800	ADA Engineering
53	Jean Messaoudi, Pierre-François Rousselot, Thierry Lecerf	Argo JM19 C, #126	3:50.370	France Prototeam
54	Jean-Claude Justice, Noël del Bello, Jean-Claude Ferrarin	Tiga GC289, #105	3:50.820	Porto Kaleo/Noel del Bello
55	Alain Serpaggi, Yves Hervalet, Louis Descartes	ALD C289, #177	3:55.360	Automobiles Louis Descartes
56	Didier Bonnet, Gérard Tremblay, Gérard Cuynet	ALD 05, #178	3:58.490	Didier Bonnet
57	Almo Coppelli, Franco Scapini	Lancia LC2 /89, #29	3:59.460	Mussato Action Car
58	Thierry Serfaty, Sylvain Boulay	ALD 04, #176	4:03.840	Louis Descartes
59	Jean-Luc Colin, François Cardon	ALD 06, #179	4:25.350	Didier Bonnet
0	Michel Maisonneuve, Roger Dorchy	WM P489, #51		WM Secateva