1989 480 km of Brands Hatch

Last updated July 25, 2025

The 1989 Brands Hatch Trophy was the fourth round of the 1989 World Sportscar Championship season. It took place at Brands Hatch, Great Britain on 23 July 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	Chassis	Tyre	Laps
Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Engine	Tyre	Laps
1	C1	61	Team Sauber Mercedes	Kenny Acheson Mauro Baldi	Sauber C9	M	115
1	C1	61	Team Sauber Mercedes	Kenny Acheson Mauro Baldi	Mercedes-Benz M119 5.0L Turbo V8	M	115
2	C1	7	Blaupunkt Sachs Joest Racing	Frank Jelinski Bob Wollek	Porsche 962C	G	115
2	C1	7	Blaupunkt Sachs Joest Racing	Frank Jelinski Bob Wollek	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	G	115
3	C1	62	Team Sauber Mercedes	Jean-Louis Schlesser Jochen Mass	Sauber C9	M	114
3	C1	62	Team Sauber Mercedes	Jean-Louis Schlesser Jochen Mass	Mercedes-Benz M119 5.0L Turbo V8	M	114
4	C1	18	Aston Martin Ecurie Ecosse	David Leslie Brian Redman	Aston Martin AMR1	G	112
4	C1	18	Aston Martin Ecurie Ecosse	David Leslie Brian Redman	Aston Martin RDP87 6.0L V8	G	112
5	C1	1	Silk Cut Jaguar	Jan Lammers Patrick Tambay	Jaguar XJR-11	D	111
5	C1	1	Silk Cut Jaguar	Jan Lammers Patrick Tambay	Jaguar JV6 3.5L Turbo V6	D	111
6	C1	6	Repsol Brun Motorsport	Oscar Larrauri Jesús Pareja	Porsche 962C	Y	111
6	C1	6	Repsol Brun Motorsport	Oscar Larrauri Jesús Pareja	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	Y	111
7	C1	13	Courage Compétition	Pascal Fabre Hervé Regout	Cougar C22S	G	110
7	C1	13	Courage Compétition	Pascal Fabre Hervé Regout	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	G	110
8	C2	101	Chamberlain Engineering	Fermín Velez Nick Adams	Spice SE89C	G	109
8	C2	101	Chamberlain Engineering	Fermín Velez Nick Adams	Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	G	109
9	C1	16	Eterna Brun Motorsport	Uwe Schäfer Walter Lechner	Porsche 962C	Y	109
9	C1	16	Eterna Brun Motorsport	Uwe Schäfer Walter Lechner	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	Y	109
10	C1	34	Porsche Alméras Montpellier	Jacques Alméras Jean-Marie Alméras	Porsche 962C	G	109
10	C1	34	Porsche Alméras Montpellier	Jacques Alméras Jean-Marie Alméras	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	G	109
11	C2	171	Team Mako	James Shead Robbie Stirling	Spice SE88C	G	108
11	C2	171	Team Mako	James Shead Robbie Stirling	Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	G	108
12	C1	72	Obermaier Primagaz	Jürgen Lässig Pierre Yver	Porsche 962C	G	108
12	C1	72	Obermaier Primagaz	Jürgen Lässig Pierre Yver	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	G	108
13	GTP	201	Mazdaspeed	Pierre Dieudonné David Kennedy	Mazda 767B	D	108
13	GTP	201	Mazdaspeed	Pierre Dieudonné David Kennedy	Mazda 13J 2.6L 4-Rotor	D	108
14	C1	20	Team Davey	Tim Lee-Davey Desiré Wilson	Porsche 962C	D	108
14	C1	20	Team Davey	Tim Lee-Davey Desiré Wilson	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	D	108
15	C1	26	France Proteam	Claude Ballot-Léna Costas Los	Spice SE88C	G	106
15	C1	26	France Proteam	Claude Ballot-Léna Costas Los	Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8	G	106
16	C1	5	Hydro Aluminium Brun Motorsport	Harald Huysman Franz Konrad	Porsche 962C	Y	106
16	C1	5	Hydro Aluminium Brun Motorsport	Harald Huysman Franz Konrad	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	Y	106
17	C2	108	Roy Baker Racing GP Motorsport	Philippe de Henning Dudley Wood	Spice SE87C	G	106
17	C2	108	Roy Baker Racing GP Motorsport	Philippe de Henning Dudley Wood	Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	G	106
18	C2	107	Tiga Racing Team	Mario Hytten John Sheldon	Tiga GC289	G	103
18	C2	107	Tiga Racing Team	Mario Hytten John Sheldon	Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	G	103
19	C2	103	France Prototeam	Almo Coppelli Bernard Thuner	Spice SE88C	G	101
19	C2	103	France Prototeam	Almo Coppelli Bernard Thuner	Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	G	101
20	C2	102	Chamberlain Engineering	Luigi Taverna John Williams	Spice SE86C	G	101
20	C2	102	Chamberlain Engineering	Luigi Taverna John Williams	Hart 418T 1.8L Turbo I4	G	101
21	C2	151	Pierre-Alain Lombardi	Pierre-Alain Lombardi Bruno Sotty	Spice SE86C	G	99
21	C2	151	Pierre-Alain Lombardi	Pierre-Alain Lombardi Bruno Sotty	Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	G	99
22	C2	106	Porto Kaleo Team	Ranieri Randaccio Pasquale Barberio	Tiga GC288/9	G	83
22	C2	106	Porto Kaleo Team	Ranieri Randaccio Pasquale Barberio	Ford Cosworth 3.3L V8	G	83
23 DNF	C1	37	Toyota Team Tom's	Johnny Dumfries John Watson	Toyota 89C-V	B	109
23 DNF	C1	37	Toyota Team Tom's	Johnny Dumfries John Watson	Toyota R32V 3.2L Turbo V8	B	109
24 DNF	C1	2	Silk Cut Jaguar	John Nielsen Andy Wallace	Jaguar XJR-9	D	101
24 DNF	C1	2	Silk Cut Jaguar	John Nielsen Andy Wallace	Jaguar 7.0L V12	D	101
25 DNF	C1	21	Spice Engineering	Eliseo Salazar Ray Bellm	Spice SE89C	G	99
25 DNF	C1	21	Spice Engineering	Eliseo Salazar Ray Bellm	Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8	G	99
26 DNF	C1	14	Richard Lloyd Racing	Tiff Needell Derek Bell	Porsche 962C GTi	G	95
26 DNF	C1	14	Richard Lloyd Racing	Tiff Needell Derek Bell	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	G	95
27 DNF	C1	29	Mussato Action Car	Bruno Giacomelli Massimo Monti	Lancia LC2	D	83
27 DNF	C1	29	Mussato Action Car	Bruno Giacomelli Massimo Monti	Ferrari 308C 3.0L Turbo V8	D	83
28 DNF	C1	3	Silk Cut Jaguar	Davy Jones Alain Ferté	Jaguar XJR-11	D	80
28 DNF	C1	3	Silk Cut Jaguar	Davy Jones Alain Ferté	Jaguar JV6 3.5L Turbo V6	D	80
29 DNF	C2	111	PC Automotive	Richard Piper Olindo Iacobelli	Spice SE88C	G	63
29 DNF	C2	111	PC Automotive	Richard Piper Olindo Iacobelli	Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	G	63
30 DNF	C1	8	Blaupunkt Sachs Joest Racing	Henri Pescarolo Jean-Louis Ricci	Porsche 962C	G	45
30 DNF	C1	8	Blaupunkt Sachs Joest Racing	Henri Pescarolo Jean-Louis Ricci	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	G	45
31 DNF	C1	22	Spice Engineering	Wayne Taylor Thorkild Thyrring	Spice SE89C	G	44
31 DNF	C1	22	Spice Engineering	Wayne Taylor Thorkild Thyrring	Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5L V8	G	44
32 DNF	C1	40	Swiss Team Salamin	Antoine Salamin Giovanni Lavaggi	Porsche 962C	G	44
32 DNF	C1	40	Swiss Team Salamin	Antoine Salamin Giovanni Lavaggi	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	G	44
33 DNF	C1	15	Richard Lloyd Racing	James Weaver David Hunt	Porsche 962C GTi	G	38
33 DNF	C1	15	Richard Lloyd Racing	James Weaver David Hunt	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	G	38
34 DNF	C2	177	Automobiles Louis Descartes	Louis Descartes Alain Serpaggi	ALD C289	G	38
34 DNF	C2	177	Automobiles Louis Descartes	Louis Descartes Alain Serpaggi	Ford Cosworth 3.3L V8	G	38
35 DNF	C1	23	Nissan Motorsports International	Andrew Gilbert-Scott Julian Bailey	Nissan R89C	D	19
35 DNF	C1	23	Nissan Motorsports International	Andrew Gilbert-Scott Julian Bailey	Nissan VRH35Z 3.5L Turbo V8	D	19
36 DNF	C1	17	Dauer Racing	Jochen Dauer Will Hoy	Porsche 962C	G	0
36 DNF	C1	17	Dauer Racing	Jochen Dauer Will Hoy	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	G	0
DNQ	C2	106	Porto Kaleo Team	Vito Veninata Stefano Sebastiani	Tiga GC288	G	-
DNQ	C2	106	Porto Kaleo Team	Vito Veninata Stefano Sebastiani	Ford Cosworth 3.3L V8	G	-
DNQ	C2	178	Didier Bonnet	Jean-Claude Justice Gérard Tremblay	Tiga GC289	G	-
DNQ	C2	178	Didier Bonnet	Jean-Claude Justice Gérard Tremblay	Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	G	-

Statistics

Pole position – #1 Silk Cut Jaguar – 1:12.927
Fastest lap – #61 Team Sauber Mercedes – 1:16.111
Average speed – 178.642 km/h

References

"480 km Brands Hatch". World Sports Racing Prototypes. 2 October 2005. Archived from the original on 27 October 2007. Retrieved 19 February 2008.
"World Sports Prototype Championship Brands Hatch 1989". Racing Sports Cars. 13 April 2007. Retrieved 19 February 2008.

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1989 480 km of Brands Hatch

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Official results

Statistics

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