1989 480 km of Mexico

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 Chassis Tyre Laps
Engine
1 C1 62 Team Sauber Mercedes Jean-Louis Schlesser
Jochen Mass
Sauber C9 M 109
Mercedes-Benz M119 5.0L V8
2 C1 5 Repsol Brun Motorsport Harald Huysman
Oscar Larrauri
Porsche 962C Y 109
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
3 C1 8 Joest Racing Henri Pescarolo
Frank Jelinski
Porsche 962C G 109
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
4 C1 14 Richard Lloyd Racing Tiff Needell
Derek Bell
Porsche 962C GTi G 108
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
5 C1 2 Silk Cut Jaguar Alain Ferté
Andy Wallace
Jaguar XJR-9 D 108
Jaguar 7.0L V12
6 C1 1 Silk Cut Jaguar Jan Lammers
Patrick Tambay
Jaguar XJR-9 D 108
Jaguar 7.0L V12
7 C1 6 Repsol Brun Motorsport Walter Brun
Jesús Pareja
Porsche 962C Y 107
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
8 C1 18 Aston Martin
Ecurie Ecosse
David Leslie
Brian Redman
Aston Martin AMR1 G 107
Aston Martin RDP87 6.3L V8
9 C1 10 Porsche Kremer Racing Manuel Reuter
Franz Konrad
Porsche 962CK6 Y 106
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
10 C1 22 Spice Engineering Eliseo Salazar
Thorkild Thyrring
Spice SE89C G 106
Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8
11 C1 20 Team Davey Tim Lee-Davey
Alfonso Toledano
Porsche 962C D 106
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
12 C1 23 Nissan Motorsports International Mark Blundell
Julian Bailey
Nissan R89C D 106
Nissan VRH35Z 3.5L Turbo V8
13 GTP 201 Mazdaspeed Pierre Dieudonné
David Kennedy
Mazda 767B D 105
Mazda 13J 2.6L 4-Rotor
14 C1 101 Chamberlain Engineering Fermín Velez
Nick Adams
Spice SE89C G 105
Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8
15 C1 34 Porsche Alméras Montpellier Jacques Alméras
Jean-Marie Alméras
Porsche 962C G 103
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
16 C2 171 Team Mako Andrés Conteras
Giovanni Aloi
Spice SE88C G 103
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
17 C2 151 Pierre-Alain Lombardi
Team Essex
Carlos Guerrero
Aurelio López
Spice SE88P G 33
Buick 3.0L V6
18 C2 106 Porto Kaleo Team Ranieri Randaccio
Pasquale Barberio
Tiga GC288/9 G 103
Ford Cosworth 3.3L V8
19 C2 111 PC Automotive
ADA Engineering
Richard Piper
Olindo Iacobelli
Spice SE88C G 102
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
20 C2 103 France Prototeam Jean Messaoudi
Bernard Thuner
Spice SE88C G 102
Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8
21 C2 108 Roy Baker Racing
GP Motorsport
Philippe de Henning
Chris Hodgetts
Spice SE87C G 100
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
22 C2 107 Tiga Racing Team Jari Nurminen
Oscar Hidalgo
Tiga GC289 G 100
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
23 C2 102 Chamberlain Engineering Tomás López
Quirin Bovy
Spice SE86C G 96
Hart 418T 1.8L Turbo I4
24
DNF
C1 37 Toyota Team Tom's Johnny Dumfries
John Watson
Toyota 89C-V B 66
Toyota R32V 3.2L Turbo V8
25
DNF
C1 13 Courage Compétition Pascal Fabre
Oscar Manautou
Cougar C22S G 64
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
26
DNF
C2 178 Didier Bonnet Patrick Oudet
Gérard Cuynet
Tiga GC289 G 61
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
27
DNF
C1 61 Team Sauber Mercedes Kenny Acheson
Mauro Baldi
Sauber C9 M 46
Mercedes-Benz M119 5.0L Turbo V8
28
DNF
C1 21 Spice Engineering Bernard Jourdain
Ray Bellm
Spice SE89C G 39
Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8
29
DNF
C1 29 Mussato Action Car Bruno Giacomelli
Enrique Contreras
Lancia LC2 D 9
Ferrari 308C 3.0L Turbo V8
30
DNF
C1 72 Obermaier Primagaz Jürgen Lässig
Pierre Yver
Porsche 962C G 5
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
31
DNF
C1 7 Joest Racing Frank Jelinski
Bob Wollek
Porsche 962C G 3
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
DNS C1 16 Repsol Brun Motorsport Massimo Sigala
Roland Ratzenberger
Porsche 962C Y -
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
DNS C1 17 Dauer Racing Jochen Dauer
Juan Carlos Bolaños
Porsche 962C G -
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
DNS C1 40 Swiss Team Salamin Antoine Salamin
Giovanni Lavaggi
Porsche 962C G -
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
DNS C2 177 Automobiles Louis Descartes Marc Fontan
Alain Serpaggi
ALD C289 G -
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

  • "480 km Mexico". World Sports Racing Prototypes. 2 October 2005. Archived from the original on 27 October 2007. Retrieved 2008-02-21.
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