The following is an overview of the events of 1989 in motorsport including the major racing events, motorsport venues that were opened and closed during a year, championships and non-championship events that were established and disestablished in a year, and births and deaths of racing drivers and other motorsport people.

Annual events

The calendar includes only annual major non-championship events or annual events that had significance separate from the championship. For the dates of the championship events see related season articles.

Date Event Ref
25 December-13 January 11th Dakar Rally [1]
4–5 February 27th 24 Hours of Daytona [2]
19 February 31st Daytona 500 [3]
7 May 47th Monaco Grand Prix [4]
28 May 73rd Indianapolis 500 [5]
29 May-9 June 72nd Isle of Man TT [6]
10–11 June 57th 24 Hours of Le Mans [7]
17–18 June 17th 24 Hours of Nurburgring [8]
22–23 July 41st 24 Hours of Spa [9]
30 July 12th Suzuka 8 Hours [10]
1 October 30th Tooheys 1000 [11]
26 November 36th Macau Grand Prix [12]
2–3 December 2nd Race of Champions [13]

Births

Date Month Name Nationality Occupation Note Ref
1 July Daniel Ricciardo Australian Racing driver Formula One driver at McLaren. 8 wins, including the 2018 Monaco GP
3 August Jules Bianchi French Racing driver 2009 Formula 3 Euro Series champion. Formula One driver. [14]
10 November Brendon Hartley New Zealand Racing driver 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (2017). FIA World Endurance champion (2015, 2017). [15]

Deaths

Date Month Name Age Nationality Occupation Note Ref
7 June Chico Landi 81 Brazilian Racing driver The first Brazilian Formula One driver. [16]
20 September Richie Ginther 59 American Racing driver 1965 Mexican Grand Prix winner. [17]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "1989 Dakar Rally" (PDF). rssp.eu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 September 2009. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  2. ↑ "Daytona 24 Hours 1989 - Racing Sports Cars". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  3. ↑ "1989 Daytona 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  4. ↑ "1989 Grand Prix of Monaco". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  5. ↑ "1989 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  6. ↑ "TT 1989". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  7. ↑ "Le Mans Register - 1989". formula2.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  8. ↑ "Freunde der Nordschleife - 1989". veedol-freunde-der-nordschleife.de. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  9. ↑ "24 h Spa-Francorchamps". touringcarracing.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  10. ↑ "Suzuka 8 Hours 1989 results". Moto Racing JAPAN. Archived from the original on 17 March 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  11. ↑ "1989 Bathurst 1000". Unique Cars & Parts. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  12. ↑ "1989 Macau Grand Prix". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  13. ↑ "1989 Nurburgring". roc.com. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  14. ↑ "Jules Bianchi | Racing career profile | Driver Database". www.driverdb.com. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  15. ↑ "Brendon Hartley". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  16. ↑ "Chico Landi". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  17. ↑ "Richie Ginther". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
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