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