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The 1989 World Touring Car Masters season was the second season of the FIA WTCM. The series continues to be run under Group A rules, and Tim Harvey and Ford enter as the defending champions.

Entrants

Team	Car	Class	#	Driver	Rounds
Mercedes-Benz AMG Team	Mercedes-Benz 190E	C M	1	Tim Harvey	1-
			10	Mauro Baldi	1-
			11	Jochen Mass	1-
			12	Armin Hahne	1-
Diac Voeckler Renault	Renault 21	C M	2	Jacques Laffite	1-
			3	Jean-Pierre Malcher	1-
			4	Sophie Fabron	1-
			21	Jean Ragnotti	1-
Roush Racing	Ford Merkur RS500	A	6	Danilo di Longo	1-3
Prodrive	BMW E30 M3	C	7	Johnny Cecotto	1-
TWR Holden Dealer Team	Holden Commodore VL TWR	A M	8	Jeff Allam	1-
			9	Win Percy	1-
Wolf Racing Team	Ford Sierra RS500	A	13	Kurt Thiim	8-10
			14	Jörg van Ommen	8-10
Volvo Dealer Team	Volvo 240 Turbo	B M	15	Robbie Francevic	1-
			20	Per-Gunnar Andersson	1-
			30	Ulf Granberg	1-
			40	John Bowe	1-
Union Saver Developments	Toyota Supra Turbo	B M	16	David Leslie	1-
			17	Keke Rosberg	1-
			18	Juan María Traverso	1-
			19	John Cleland	1-
Nismo Motorsport	Nissan Skyline R32	A M	21	Naoki Nagasaka	1-
			23	Toshio Suzuki	1-
			24	Masahiro Hasemi	1-
			25	Roland Asch	1-
Mitsubishi Motors	Mitsubishi Starion Turbo	B M	22	Scott Pruett	1-
			53	Ari Vatanen	1, 3, 11
				Costas Los	6, 9-10
			64	Chris Lambden	1-
			77	Masanori Sekiya	1-
Olaf Manthey Racing	Mercedes-Benz 190E	C	26	Alain Cudini	1-
			101	Olaf Manthey	1-
Linari Motori	Fiat Uno	D	27	Alessandro Linari	4-10
Il Barone Rampante	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo	C	28	Fabrizio Giovanardi	6
Kaliber Industrial Control Services Racing	Ford Sierra RS500	A	29	Andy Rouse	1-
			30	Steve Soper	1-
Saxon Engineering	Ford Sierra RS500	A	31	Amos Saxon	2-3, 6-7, 9-11
	Holden Commodore VL		38	Gregory Pulver	2, 3, 9
Impul	Nissan Skyline R32	A	32	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	1-
	Nissan Skyline R31 GTS-R	B	33	Masutaro Fukuda	1
Zakspeed	Ford Sierra RS500	A M	34	Klaus Ludwig	1-
			35	Manuel Reuter	1-
			36	Roland Ratzenberger	1-
			39	Frank Biela	1-
TOM'S Minolta	Toyota Supra Turbo	B	37	Hideshi Matsuda	1
			137	Kiyoshi Misaki	1
Welsh Racing	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo	C	41	Karl Jones	4-10
Volker Schmidt Racing	Mercedes-Benz 190E	C	42	Dieter Quester	1-
			43	Pierre Dieudonné	1-
Demon Tweeks	BMW E30 M3	C	44	Will Hoy	4-6, 8
	Volkswagen Golf Mk1	D	45	Alan Minshaw	8
Euromotor International	BMW 635CSi	B	46	Maurizio Sandro Sala	1-
			47	Mario Hytten	1-
Waterloo Motors	BMW E30 M3	C	48	Marc Duez	4, 7, 9
			49	Jean-Michel Martin	4, 7, 9
Roger Downson Engineering	Rover Vitesse SD1	B M	50	James Weaver	1-
			51	Robb Gravett	1-
			52	Robert Kagan	1-4, 6, 9
				Zdenek Vojtech	5
				Beate Nodes	7-8, 10
Sports Promotion	Mercedes-Benz 190E	C	62	Christophe Hurni	5, 9-10
Gulf Racing	Ford Sierra RS500	A	64	Pete Halsmer	1-
Tokyo Motor Sport	Nissan Skyline R31 GTS-R	B	69	Motoharu Kurosawa	1-4, 6-10
Dixi Sport	Alfa Romeo 75	C	70	Bernard Salam	4, 6-7, 9
			71	Gerard Fevrot	4, 6-7, 9
Audiwerke Motorsports	Audi V8	B M	72	Derek Warwick	1-
			73	Leonhard von Gottorp	1-
			74	Altfrid Heger	1-
Alfa Corse	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo	C M	75	Gianfranco Brancatelli	1-
			76	Michele Di Gioia	1-
Philips Car Systems Racing	Ford Sierra RS500	A	78	Joachim Winkelhock	1-
			79	Geoff Donnelly	1-2, 4-
				TBA	3
Larsen Racing System	Volvo 240 Turbo	B	80	Slim Borgudd	1-
			81	Andreas Larsen	1-
Team LeMans	Nissan Skyline R31 GTS-R	B	85	Kenji Katayama	1-
Renzo Engineering	Maserati Biturbo	B	86	Simone Guidetti	1-
	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo	C	87	Raffaele Modena	1-
Corsa Bonomi	Fiat Uno	D	88	Giacomo Bonomi	6
Lennart König	Alfa Romeo 75	C	89	Lennart König	6, 9-10
Luigi Racing	BMW 635CSi	B	90	Giorgio Francia	4-10
			91	Ni Amorim	4-10
Leitzinger Racing	Nissan Skyline DR30	C	93	Bob Leitzinger	2
BMW Motorsport	BMW E30 M3	C M	94	Roberto Ravaglia	1-
			95	Marc Hessel	1-
			96	Fabien Giroix	1-
			97	Markus Ostreich	1-
Hartge Motorsport	BMW 635CSi	B	98	Bretislav Enge	5, 10
Hunter Autosport	Renault 5 Club	D	99	Barbara Cowell	4, 7, 8-10
Dougall Racing	Mitsubishi Starion	D	103	Rad Dougall	3
			104	Michael Briggs	3
Mountain Auto Sport	BMW E30 M3	C	111	Kermit Upton III	2
Toyota Team Thailand	Toyota Corolla Levin	D	112	Sutthipong Samitchart	1
			113	Varaoj Buncharylua	1
Herba-Proficraft racing	Skoda 130RS	D	130	Antonin Charouz	5
			131	Milos Bychl	5
Peynirici Racing	Volkswagen Golf Mk1	D	135	Gokor Peynirici	4, 6-9
Sabine Schmitz	Toyota Corolla Coupe	D	156	Sabine Schmitz	10
Rick Miller Racing	Ford Merkur RS500	A	159	Deborah Gregg	1-
			160	Lyn St James	1-
MIL Motorsport	Toyota Supra Turbo	B	166	Vic Lee	8
			169	Chris Hodgetts	8
Brixia Corse	Alfa Romeo 75	C	177	Carlo Rossi	6, 9
			178	Alessandro Santin	6, 9
BMW South Africa	BMW E30 M3	C	194	Wayne Taylor	3
			195	George Fouche	3
Scuderia Adriatica	BMW 635CSi	B	200	Erica B. Mancino	1-
Aussie Motorsport	Ford Sierra RS500	A	222	Colin Bond	1-
Scuderia Giudici	BMW E30 M3	C	242	Gianni Giudici	4, 6, 7, 9-10
GEC Alsthom Voeckler Renault	Renault 21	C	333	Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler	4,9
			444	Frédéric-Maxime Voeckler	4,9
Escuderia Hernandez	Nissan Skyline R32	A	420	Andrea Geisler	1-
Ecurie Monaco	Jaguar XJS	A	943	Arturo Merzario	2-3
			954	Fulvio Maria Ballabio	2-3
Schwaben Motorsport	Volkswagen Golf Mk1	D	947	Thomas von Löwis of Menar	6-7, 9-10
Estonia Motorsports	Ford Sierra RS500	A	922	Viktor Kazankov	5
			949	Bernd Kasper	5
Beneš Motorsports	Skoda 130RS	D	948	Klára Beneš	1-

Calendar

Round	Race	Track	Date	Races	Class	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Winning Independent
1	Fuji 350km's	Fuji Speedway	February 10-12	Pre-Qualifying	A					Not Awarded
					B
					C
					D
				Endurance Race	A
					B
					C
					D
				Sprint Race	A
					B
					C
					D
2	Watkins Glen 300km's	Watkins Glen International	March 3-5	Pre-Qualifying	A					Not Awarded
					B
					C
					D
				Endurance Race	A
					B
					C
					D
				Sprint Race	A
					B
					C
					D
3	Kyalami 400km's	Kyalami Racing Circuit	April 7-9	Pre-Qualifying	A					Not Awarded
					B
					C
					D
				Endurance Race	A
					B
					C
					D
				Sprint Race	A
					B
					C
					D
4	Pau 250km's	Circuit de Pau-Ville	May 12-14	Pre-Qualifying	A					Not Awarded
					B
					C
					D
				Endurance Race	A
					B
					C
					D
				Sprint Race	A
					B
					C
					D
5	Brno 450km's	Masaryk Circuit	June 2-4	Pre-Qualifying	A					Not Awarded
					B
					C
					D
				Endurance Race	A
					B
					C
					D
				Sprint Race	A
					B
					C
					D
6	Monza 350km's	Autodromo Internazionale Monza	June 23-25	Pre-Qualifying	A					Not Awarded
					B
					C
					D
				Endurance Race	A
					B
					C
					D
				Sprint Race	A
					B
					C
					D
7	Charade 300km's	Charade Circuit	July 14-16	Pre-Qualifying	A					Not Awarded
					B
					C
					D
				Endurance Race	A
					B
					C
					D
				Sprint Race	A
					B
					C
					D
8	Birmingham 300km's	Birmingham Street Circuit	August 25-27	Pre-Qualifying	A					Not Awarded
					B
					C
					D
				Endurance Race	A
					B
					C
					D
				Sprint Race	A
					B
					C
					D
9	Spa 500km's	Spa-Francorchamps	September 15-17	Pre-Qualifying	A					Not Awarded
					B
					C
					D
				Endurance Race	A
					B
					C
					D
				Sprint Race	A
					B
					C
					D
10	Nurburgring 500km's	Nürburgring Nordschleife	September 22-24	Pre-Qualifying	A					Not Awarded
					B
					C
					D
				Endurance Race	A
					B
					C
					D
				Sprint Race	A
					B
					C
					D
11	Bathurst 1000	Mount Panorama Circuit	September 29 - October 1st	Pre-Qualifying	A					Not Awarded
					B
					C
					D
				Race	A
					B
					C
					D

Rules

Eligible Cars

Manufacturer	Vehicle	Class	Price
Alfa Romeo	75	C	220,000
	75 Turbo	M C	270,000
	GTV6	C	200,000
Audi	V8	M B	300,000
BMW	635CSi	B	215,000
	E30 M3	M C	290,000
Fiat	Uno	D	170,000
Ford	Escort 1600i	D	135,000
	Escort RS Turbo	C	200,000
	Merkur RS500	A	300,000
	Mustang	A	245,000
	Sierra RS500	A	280,000
		A	320,000
		M A	360,000
Holden	Commodore VK	A	240,000
	Commodore VL	A	240,000
	Commodore VL TWR	M A	280,000
Jaguar	XJS	A	200,000
Maserati	Biturbo	M B	215,000
Mercedes-Benz	190E	C	260,000
		M C	290,000
Mitsubishi	Starion	D	160,000
	Starion Turbo	M B	270,000
Nissan	Skyline DR30	C	250,000
	Skyline R31 GTS-R	B	270,000
		B	290,000
	Skyline R32	M A	400,000
Renault	11	D	170,000
	21	M C	260,000
	5 Club	D	200,000
Rover	Metro	D	150,000
	Vitesse SD1	M B	215,000
Skoda	130RS	D	120,000
Toyota	Corolla Coupe	D	160,000
	Corolla Levin	D	140,000
		D	180,000
		D	180,000
		D	220,000
	Supra Turbo	B	260,000
		M B	290,000
Volkswagen	Golf Mk1	D	170,000
Volvo	240 Turbo	M B	300,000

M donates manufacturer needs to use that car.

Championship Standings

Points Structure

Notes:

• 1 - Only awarded in Pre-Qualifying races.

Driver's Championship

Pos	Driver	FUJ		GLN		KYA		PAU		MAS		MON		CHA		BIR		SPA		NÜR		MPC	Pts.
		E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S

Independent's Championship

Pos	Driver	FUJ		GLN		KYA		PAU		MAS		MON		CHA		BIR		SPA		NÜR		MPC	Pts.
		E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S

Teams' Championship

Pos	Driver	FUJ		GLN		KYA		PAU		MAS		MON		CHA		BIR		SPA		NÜR		MPC	Pts.
		E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S

Manufacturer Championship

Pos	Driver	FUJ		GLN		KYA		PAU		MAS		MON		CHA		BIR		SPA		NÜR		MPC	Pts.
		E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S

Class's Championship

Class A

Pos	Driver	FUJ			GLN			KYA			PAU			MAS			MON			CHA			BIR			SPA			NÜR			MPC		Pts.
		PQ	E	S	PQ	E	S	PQ	E	S	PQ	E	S	PQ	E	S	PQ	E	S	PQ	E	S	PQ	E	S	PQ	E	S	PQ	E	S	PQ	E

Class B

Pos	Driver	FUJ			GLN			KYA			PAU			MAS			MON			CHA			BIR			SPA			NÜR			MPC		Pts.
		PQ	E	S	PQ	E	S	PQ	E	S	PQ	E	S	PQ	E	S	PQ	E	S	PQ	E	S	PQ	E	S	PQ	E	S	PQ	E	S	PQ	E

Class C

Pos	Driver	FUJ			GLN			KYA			PAU			MAS			MON			CHA			BIR			SPA			NÜR			MPC		Pts.
		PQ	E	S	PQ	E	S	PQ	E	S	PQ	E	S	PQ	E	S	PQ	E	S	PQ	E	S	PQ	E	S	PQ	E	S	PQ	E	S	PQ	E

Class D

Pos	Driver	FUJ			GLN			KYA			PAU			MAS			MON			CHA			BIR			SPA			NÜR			MPC		Pts.
		PQ	E	S	PQ	E	S	PQ	E	S	PQ	E	S	PQ	E	S	PQ	E	S	PQ	E	S	PQ	E	S	PQ	E	S	PQ	E	S	PQ	E