Round 1 of 13 of the 1989 Esso RAC British Touring Car Championship held on Good Friday March 24 1989 over x laps on the x.xxx miles/x.xxx kms Oulton Park circuit.
Weather seemed to be sunny but cold.
Rolling start mandatory for 1989.
Grid formation: 2-2-2-etc.
| Pos. | Cl. | # | Driver | Team/sponsor | Cat. | Car | Grid. | Time | Fastest lap | Laps | Time | Notes |
| 1. | 1. | 21 | Robb Gravett | Trakstar/Cartel + NEC + Shell | A | Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth | 2. | | | | 34:00.78 | FL |
| 2. | 2. | 7 | Tim Harvey | Rouse/Labatt's | A | Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth | | | | | 34:37.85 | |
| 3. | 3. | 2 | Jerry Mahony | Dowson/Arquati + Evans Halshaw | A | Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth | | | | | 34:46.73 | |
| 4. | 4. | 4 | Mike Newman | Goode/Listerine | A | Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth | | | | | 34:48.03 | |
| 5. | 5. | 5 | Sean Walker | Goode/FAI + Moss Security | A | Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth | | | | | 34:50.34 | |
| 6. | 1. | 32 | James Weaver | Prodrive/BMW Finance + Mobil | B | BMW M3 Evolution | | | | | 35:02.26 | FL |
| ? | 6. | 20 | Mike Smith | Trakstar/Cartel + NEC + Shell | A | Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth | | | | | | |
| ? | 2. | 33 | Frank Sytner | Prodrive/BMW Finance + Mobil | B | BMW M3 Evolution | | | | | | |
| 9. | 7.? | 14 | Graham Hathaway | Hathaway/Soans + Kenwood HiFi | A | Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth | | | | | | |
| ? | 3. | 43 | Godfrey Hall | Maguire/Godfrey Hall BMW | B | BMW M3 Evolution | | | | | | |
| ? | 4. | ? | John Llewellyn | BRR | B | BMW M3 Evolution | | | | | | |
| ? | 5. | ? | James Kaye | Alan Minshaw/Demon Tweeks | B | BMW M3 Evolution | | | | | | |
| ? | 1. | 56 | John Cleland | Dave Cook/VDS + Mobil | C | Vauxhall Astra GTE 16V | | | | | | FL |
| ? | 2. | ? | Mike Jordan | Eurotech | C | Peugeot 309 GTI | | | | | | |
| ? | 1. | 77 | Geoff Kimber-Smith | Five Star Racing | D | Toyota Corolla AE86 | | | | | | |
| ? | ? | 15 | Chris Hodgetts | Brooklyn/Shell | A | Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth | 3. | | | | | |
| ? | ? | 10 | Guy Edwards | Rouse/Kaliber | A | Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth | 6. | | | | | |
| ? | ? | 6 | Laurence Bristow | Rouse/Labatt's | A | Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth | | | | | | |
| ? | ? | 25 | Gerrit van Kouwen | JQF/Fina Unleaded | A | Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth | | | | | | |
| ? | ? | ? | Nettan Lindgren | Lindgren | B | BMW M3 Evolution | | | | | | |
| DNF | DNF | 70 | Phil Dowsett | Ray Selley/AJG Transport | D | Toyota Corolla AE82 | | | | | | Drive peg failure |
| DNF | DNF | 1 | Andy Rouse | Rouse/Kaliber | A | Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth | 1. | | | | | Broken steering rack |
| DNQ | DNQ | 16 | David Pinkney | TDR/Warrenty Holdings | A | Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth | | | | | | Too slow |
| DNA | DNA | 19 | Dave Brodie | BBR/Atari | A | Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth | | | | | | Flu |
The fortunes of both Pinkney and Brodie was reported in the round 2 report, telling of Pinkney and the Drury team unable to get the car to run properly thus not qualifying.
The top-6 grid positions taken from a now deleted picture in the TNF RS500 thread, but had Rouse and Gravett on the front row, Hodgetts and one Labatt's car on the second, with the second Labatt's car on the inside of Edwards on the third.
The team/sponsor section taken from later Autosport reports.
Interested to know who Ray Selley is as the team of Phil Dowsett for 1989.
Jesper