1989 24 Hours of Le Mans

The 1989 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 57th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 10 and 11 June 1989.

This was the last time the 24 Hours of Le Mans ran without the two chicanes on the Mulsanne Straight which were installed for the following year in the interest of safety. In the 1988 & 1989 races speeds approaching 250 mph (402 km/h) had been achieved on the Mulsanne Straight and many of the drivers were concerned their cars would not stay on the ground over the uneven surface.

There were no serious accidents this year.

Having run his cars at Le Mans for a decade, Peter Sauber was aided by Mercedes in winning the 1989 race. His "Silver Arrows" Sauber C9s finished 1st, 2nd and 5th, with Porsches and Jaguars finishing behind.

For most of the races up to the early 1980s, where I do not have pictures of a model of the car as raced, I have shown examples of the car where possible. For the remaining years I will only show the cars where photos of the correct car are available.

Pos	Car	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis/Engine	Laps
1		63	Team Sauber Mercedes	Jochen Mass  Manuel Reuter  Stanley Dickens	Sauber C9 Mercedes-Benz M119 5.0L Turbo V8	389
2		61	Team Sauber Mercedes	Mauro Baldi  Kenny Acheson  Gianfranco Brancatelli	Sauber C9 Mercedes-Benz M119 5.0L Turbo V8	384
3		9	Joest Racing	Hans-Joachim Stuck  Bob Wollek	Porsche 962C Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	382
4		1	Silk Cut Jaguar  Tom Walkinshaw Racing	Jan Lammers  Patrick Tambay  Andrew Gilbert-Scott	Jaguar XJR-9LM Jaguar 7.0L V12	380
5		62	Team Sauber Mercedes	Jean-Louis Schlesser  Jean-Pierre Jabouille  Alain Cudini	Sauber C9 Mercedes-Benz M119 5.0L Turbo V8	378
6		8	Joest Racing	Henri Pescarolo  Claude Ballot-Léna  Jean-Louis Ricci	Porsche 962C Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	371
7		201	Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd.	David Kennedy  Pierre Dieudonné  Chris Hodgetts	Mazda 767B Mazda 13J 2.6L 4-Rotor	368
8		4	Silk Cut Jaguar  Tom Walkinshaw Racing	Alain Ferté  Michel Ferté  Eliseo Salazar	Jaguar XJR-9LM Jaguar 7.0L V12	368
9		202	Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd.	Takashi Yorino  Hervé Regout  Elliot Forbes-Robinson	Mazda 767B Mazda 13J 2.6L 4-Rotor	365
10		16	Brun Motorsport	Harald Huysman  Uwe Schäfer  Dominique Lacaud	Porsche 962C Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	351
11		18	Aston Martin  Ecurie Ecosse	Brian Redman  Michael Roe  Costas Los	Aston Martin AMR1 Aston Martin (Callaway) RDP87 6.0L V8	340
12		203	Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd.	Yojiro Terada  Marc Duez  Volker Weidler	Mazda 767 Mazda 13J 2.6L 4-Rotor	339
13		55	Team Schuppan	Vern Schuppan  Eje Elgh  Gary Brabham	Porsche 962C Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	321
14		113	Courage Compétition	Jean-Claude Andruet  Philippe Farjon  Shunji Kasuya	Cougar C20B Porsche Type-935 2.8L Turbo Flat-6	312
15		20	Team Davey	Tim Lee-Davey  Tom Dodd-Noble  Katsunori Iketani	Porsche 962C Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	308
16		171	Team Mako	Robbie Stirling  Ross Hyett  Don Shead	Spice SE88C Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	307
17		108	Roy Baker Racing  GP Motorsport	Dudley Wood  Evan Clements  Philippe de Henning	Spice SE87C Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	303
18		126	France Prototeam	Jean Messaoudi  Pierre-François Rousselot  Thierry Lecerf	Argo JM19C Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	297
19		104	Graff Racing	Jean-Philippe Grand  Remy Pochauvin  Jean-Luc Roy	Spice SE89C Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	291
20 DNF		14	Richard Lloyd Racing	Derek Bell  James Weaver  Tiff Needell	Porsche 962C GTi Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	339
21 DNF		10	Porsche Kremer Racing	Kunimitsu Takahashi  Bruno Giacomelli  Giovanni Lavaggi	Porsche 962C Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	303
22 DNF		25	Nissan Motorsport	Geoff Brabham  Chip Robinson  Arie Luyendyk	Nissan R89C Nissan VRH35Z 3.5L Turbo V8	250
23 DNF		101	Chamberlain Engineering	Fermín Velez  Nick Adams  Luigi Taverna	Spice SE88C Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	244
24 DNF		17	Repsol Brun Motorsport	Oscar Larrauri  Walter Brun  Jesús Pareja	Porsche 962C Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	242
25 DNF		21	Spice Engineering	Ray Bellm  Gordon Spice  Lyn St. James	Spice SE89C Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8	229
26 DNF		15	Richard Lloyd Racing	Steven Andskär  David Hobbs  Damon Hill	Porsche 962C GTi Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	228
27 DNF		32	Team LeMans Co.  Courage Compétition	Takao Wada  Akio Morimoto  Anders Olofsson	March 88S Nissan VG30 3.0L Turbo V6	221
28 DNF		2	Silk Cut Jaguar  Tom Walkinshaw Racing	John Nielsen  Andy Wallace  Price Cobb	Jaguar XJR-9LM Jaguar 7.0L V12	215
29 DNF		106	Porto Kaleo Team	Robin Smith  Vito Veninta  Stefano Sebastiani	Tiga GC288 Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	194
30 DNF		34	Equipe Alméras Frères	Jacques Alméras  Jean-Marie Alméras  Alain Ianetta	Porsche 962C Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	188
31 DNF		12	Courage Compétition	Patrick Gonin  Bernard de Dryver  Bernard Santal	Cougar C22LM Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	168
32 DNF		23	Nissan Motorsports	Masahiro Hasemi  Kazuyoshi Hoshino  Toshio Suzuki	Nissan R89C Nissan VRH35Z 3.5L Turbo V8	167
33 DNF		19	Aston Martin  Ecurie Ecosse	David Leslie  Ray Mallock  David Sears	Aston Martin AMR1 Aston Martin (Callaway) RDP87 6.0L V8	153
34 DNF		22	Spice Engineering	Thorkild Thyrring  Wayne Taylor  Tim Harvey	Spice SE89C Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8	150
35 DNF		103	France Prototeam	Bernard Thuner  Pierre de Thoisy  Raymond Touroul	Spice SE88C Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	133
36 DNF		107	Tiga Race Team	Max Cohen-Olivar  John Sheldon  Robin Donovan	Tiga GC289 Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	126
37 DNF		7	Joest Racing	Frank Jelinski  Pierre-Henri Raphanel  Louis Krages	Porsche 962C Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	124
38 DNF		52	WM Secateva	Pascal Pessiot  Jean-Daniel Raulet  Philippe Gache	WM P489 Peugeot ZNS4 3.0L Turbo V6	110
39 DNF		13	Courage Compétition	Pascal Fabre  Jean-Louis Bousquet  Jiro Yoneyama	Cougar C22LM Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	110
40 DNF		102	Chamberlain Engineering	John Hotchkis Sr.  John Hotchkis Jr.  Richard Jones	Spice SE86C Hart 418T 1.8L Turbo I4	86
41 DNF		3	Silk Cut Jaguar  Tom Walkinshaw Racin	Davy Jones  Derek Daly  Jeff Kline	Jaguar XJR-9LM Jaguar 7.0L V12	85
42 DNF		27	Repsol Brun Motorsport	Rudi Seher  Franz Konrad  Andres Vilariño	Porsche 962C Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	81
43 DNF		5	Brun Motorsport  From-A Racing	Harald Grohs  Akihiko Nakaya  Sarel van der Merwe	Porsche 962C Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	78
44 DNF		177	Automobiles Louis Descartes (ALD)	Alain Serpaggi  Yves Hervalet  Louis Descartes	ALD C289 Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	75
45 DNF		33	Team Schuppan	Will Hoy  Jean Alesi  Dominic Dobson	Porsche 962C Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	69
46 DNF		72	Obermaier Racing  Primagaz Competition	Jürgen Lässig  Pierre Yver  Paul Belmondo	Porsche 962C Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	61
47 DNF		37	Toyota Team Tom's	Geoff Lees  Johnny Dumfries  John Watson	Toyota 89C-V Toyota R32V 3.2L Turbo V8	58
48 DNF		151	Pierre-Alain Lombardi	Pierre-Alain Lombardi  Bruno Sotty  Fabio Magnini	Spice SE86C Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	58
49 DNF		6	Brun Motorsport  Alpha Racing Team	Maurizio Sandro Sala  Walter Lechner  Roland Ratzenberger	Porsche 962C Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	58
50 DNF		36	Toyota Team Tom's	Hitoshi Ogawa  Paolo Barilla  Ross Cheever	Toyota 89C-V Toyota R32V 3.2L Turbo V8	45
51 DNF		11	Porsche Kremer Racing	Hideki Okada  George Fouché  Masanori Sekiya	Porsche 962CK6 Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	42
52 DNF		105	Porto Kaleo Team  Noël del Bello	Jean-Claude Justice  Noël del Bello  Jean-Claude Ferrarin	Tiga GC289 Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	36
53 DNF		38	Toyota Team Tom's	Kaoru Hoshino  Didier Artzet  Keiichi Suzuki	Toyota 88C Toyota 3S-GTM 2.1L Turbo I4	20
54 DNF		175	ADA Engineering	Ian Harrower  Laurence Bristow  Colin Pool	ADA 02B Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	14
55 DNF		24	Nissan Motorsports	Julian Bailey  Mark Blundell  Martin Donnelly	Nissan R89C Nissan VRH35Z 3.5L Turbo V8	5
DNS		51	WM Secateva	Roger Dorchy  Michel Maisonneuve  Philippe Gache	WM P489 Peugeot ZNS4 3.0L Turbo V6	0
DNQ		26	Mussato Action Car	Almo Coppelli  Franco Scapini  Ernst Franzmaier	Lancia LC2 Ferrari 308C 3.0L Turbo V8	0
DNQ		176	Automobiles Louis Descartes	Thierry Serfaty  Sylvain Boulay  William Batmalle	ALD 04 BMW M80 3.5L I6	0
DNQ		178	Didier Bonnet	Didier Bonnet  Gérard Tremblay  Gérard Cuynet	ALD 05 BMW M80 3.5L I6	0
DNQ		179	Didier Bonnet	Jean-Luc Colin  François Cardon  Yves Bey-Rozet	ALD 06 BMW M80 3.5L I6	0