1989 24 Hours of Le Mans - Wikipedia
The 1989 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 57th Grand Prix of Endurance, taking place at the Circuit de la Sarthe, France, on the 10 and 11 June 1989. This year it was not included as a round of the 1989 World Sports-Prototype Championship. The entry list promised a strong contest between five manufacturers.
How Mercedes conquered Le Mans in 1989 - Le Mans Videos - Motorsport.com
Jun 12, 2019 · Mercedes brought back its famous Silver Arrows to international motorsport in 1989, and it immediately tasted victory in the most important sportscar race of the year, winning the Le Mans 24...
1989: The Silver Arrow's triumphant return to Le Mans - Road & Track
May 7, 2014 · In 1989, after a 34-year break from racing at Le Mans, Mercedes-Benz came back with the Sauber C9 and won the race its first time out. Not bad.
24 Hours of Le Mans 1989: One-Two Win 30 Years Ago
Jun 21, 2019 · Three men, a joint victory. In preparing for the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1989, the then Mercedes-Benz race director Jochen Neerpasch, himself an experienced Le Mans driver, left nothing to chance. A weighty strategy book was packed with instructions for …
Nothing Less than Victory: 1989 Sauber Mercedes C9
May 15, 2023 · Sauber-Mercedes returned to Le Mans in 1989 hungrier and wiser than ever for that elusive victory while bristling with even more speed and long-run pace. Their range and quality of upgrades had made it abundantly clear - any result less
How the Sauber-Mercedes C9 took the racing world by storm
Jul 24, 2020 · Two hundred and forty-eight miles per hour. That’s the extraordinary, bottom-clenching, cold sweat-inducing top speed the Sauber-Mercedes C9 of Mauro Baldi, Kenny Acheson and Gianfranco Brancatelli recorded on Les Hunaudiéres during qualifying for the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1989.
24 Hours of Le Mans - Nine 9s (7/9) - the 1989 race
Dec 6, 2019 · 24 Hours of Le Mans - Nine 9s (7/9) - the 1989 race. The 57th running of the 24 Hours was the high point of the Mercedes Le Mans campaign run in partnership with Sauber from the mid 1980s. Date: 10-11 June 1989. Number of competitors: 55. Number classified as …
1989 24 Hours of Le Mans: Mass and Mercedes Slay its Dragons
1989 24 Hours of Le Mans: Mass and Mercedes Slay its Dragons By: Jeremy McMullen. It had been nearly 35 years since Mercedes-Benz had made an appearance at Le Mans as a factory team. It had been longer than that since the German …
24 Hours of Le Mans – Peter Sauber looks back at the 1989 race
Jul 6, 2019 · The Sauber team, Mercedes’ strong arm at the time, triumphed at Le Mans in 1989. A seminal victory for the German marque which, thirty years later, also remains a highlight for the Swiss team and its founder.
1987→1989 Sauber-Mercedes C9 Share 499 - supercars.net
After a 30 year hiatus from endurance racing due to the 1955 tragedy at Le Mans, Mercedes thought enough time had passed to win there again. Drivers Jochen Mass, Manuel Reuter and Stanley Dickens won the 1989 24 Hours of Le Mans outright in their Sauber-Mercedes C9.