Final standings of the 1989 Esso RAC British Touring Car Championship - unofficial
Class A (over 3000 cc)
Pos. | Driver | ASp. | Myp. | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | R10 | R11 | R12 | R13 |
1. | Andy Rouse | 78 | 79 | DNF | 9 | DNF1* | DNF | 9 | 4 | 10* | 6 | 6 | 10* | 10* | 4 | 10 |
2. | Robb Gravett | 74 | 76 | 10* | 7* | 2 | 7* | DNF1* | 10* | 6 | 10* | 10* | DNF | 2 | 7* | 4 |
3. | Tim Harvey | 56 | 59 | 6 | [14]9 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | DNF | 4 | - | 6 | 9 | 6 | |
4. | Laurence Bristow | 32 | 32 | DNF | 4 | DNF | 9 | [11] | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | [10] | 3 |
5. | Sean Walker | 16 | 17 | 2 | [16] | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | [9] | DNF | 1 | 3 | [8] | 2 | [8] |
6. | Mike Newman | 14 | 15 | 3 | [8] | 4 | DNF | 4 | DNF | DNF | 2 | DNF | 2 | [11] | [7] | ? |
7. | Mike Smith | 10 | 10 | 1 | [10] | [7] | DNF | 2 | 3 | [10] | 4 | - | DNF | DNF | [9] | [7] |
8. | Tiff Needell | 9 | 9 | - | - | - | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
9. | Karl Jones | 7 | 9 | DNF | [11] | 6 | DNF | 3 | [12] | [12] | [7] | DNF | DNF | DNQ | [8] | [9] |
10. | Guy Edwards | 8 | 8 | DNF | [7] | [10] | DSQ | DNS | - | 4 | 3 | - | DNF | [7] | - | 1 |
11. | Jeff Allam | 6 | 7 | - | - | - | 7* | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
12. | David Sears | 7 | 7 | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - |
13. | Chris Hodgetts | 6 | 6 | [7] | 1 | DNF | DNQ | DNF | [7] | [8] | ? | ? | ? | 3 | [11] | 2 |
14. | Graham Goode | 6 | 6 | DNF | 3 | DNS | DNQ | [9] | DNF | 1 | DNF | ? | 1 | [9] | 1 | DNF |
15. | Jerry Mahony | 5 | 5 | 4 | [15] | 1 | DNF | DNF | [9] | [11] | [8] | [9] | [7] | [10] | DNF | DNF |
16. | Tomas Mezera | 4 | 4 | - | - | DNF | - | - | DNS | - | - | - | 4 | - | DNF | - |
17. | Damon Hill | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
17. | Will Hoy | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - |
19. | Gerrit van Kouwen | 4 | 3 | DNF | [9] | DNF | 2 | [7] | [11] | [7] | ? | [7] | DNF | 1 | - | - |
20. | Pierre Diedonné | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
21. | Andrew Gilbert-Scott | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
NC | Mike O'Brien | 0 | 0 | [10] | [13] | [8] | DNF | DNF | DNQ | [13] | [9] | [10] | [9] | DNQ | DNF | [10] |
NC | Robin Donovan | 0 | 0 | DNF | DNF | [9] | DNF | [8] | [13] | ? | ? | ? | ? | - | - | - |
NC | Graham Hathaway | 0 | 0 | [8] | - | - | DSQ | DNS | - | - | - | - | [10] | - | DNF | - |
NC | Kaj Bornebusch | 0 | 0 | [9] | [12] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
NC | David Pinkney | 0 | 0 | DNQ | DNF | [11] | DNF | [10] | DNF | ? | ? | ? | DNF | - | - | - |
NC | Mark Rennison | 0 | 0 | - | - | DNF | - | DNS | [10] | ? | ? | ? | ? | - | ? | ? |
NC | Nick May | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | [12] | - | - | - | - | - | DNQ | - | - |
NC | Win Percy | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | DSQ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
NC | Jon Dooley | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ? |
NC | Andrew Hepworth | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ? |
NC | Vic Lee | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | DNF | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | DNQ | - |
NC | Mike Wilds | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | DNF | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
NC | Mike Wallis | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | DSQ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
NC | Alistair Lyall | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | DNF | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
NC | Graham Scarborough | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | DNF | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
NC | Gary Ayles | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | DNF | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
NC | Dave Brodie | 13 | -37 | - | 2 | DSQ | 1 | DSQ | [8] | ? | DNS | [8] | [8] | - | NC | DNF |
NC | Johnny Dumfries | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | DNS | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
All in all 37 drivers in class A and perhaps a few more, as results from round 7 are only partial.
Legend:
Asp. The point standing given in the Autosport season review late December
Myp. My calculation
Best 11 from 13 scores counted
9, 6, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point for top-6 positions
* including one point for fastest lap
[] position outside top-6
DNF did not finish
DNS did not start
DNQ did not qualified
did not attend
? don't know if driver participated or not
Dave Brodie won round 4 as well as set the fastest lap of the race only to be disqualified. This moved the entire field up on spot, but this is not reflected in the Autosport standings as the case was yet unresolved. This explains most of the off-set point tallies. Brodie likely given a 2 x 2 maximum score penalty ending him on negative points.
Can't explain why Andy Rouse end up with 1 point too many and Robb Gravett with 2 too many.
Gleaming at the other classes both drivers of the 1-hour Donington race round 4 was given a bonus point for fastest lap. That's why I have Jeff Allam at seven and not six as in Autosport.
The other classes to come later
Jesper