Formula 1 World Championship 1989

Formula 1 World Championship 1989

World Champion
Driver:	Alain Prost
Constructor:	McLaren Honda
Season dates
Number of races:	16
<1988 season	1990 season>

Defending champion Ayrton Senna at the 1989 San Marino GP

The 1989 Formula 1 World Championship was the 40th season of the Formula 1 World Championship . It was held over 16 races in the period from March 26, 1989 to November 5, 1989. Alain Prost won the drivers' world championship for the third time. McLaren became constructors' world champions for the fifth time and was unbeatable even after the turbo engine was banned. The superiority was not as clear as in the previous year, but the McLaren drivers Prost and Senna again achieved 15 of 16 pole positions and won ten of 16 races.

Changes in 1989

Regulations

1989 marked a radical change in the technical regulations: turbo engines were banned, only naturally aspirated engines with a displacement of 3,500 cm ³ were permitted . The first “turbo era” was over, and turbocharged engines were not prescribed again until 2014.

In addition, a new minimum level for route barriers and doping controls for drivers were prescribed .

Racetracks

The countries in which the Grand Prix were held remained unchanged from the previous year, however the US Grand Prix and the Canadian Grand Prix swapped positions within the calendar. The race in the USA was also moved from the Detroit Street Circuit , where this race had taken place annually since 1982, to the Phoenix Street Circuit in Arizona .

Teams

Although the prohibition of turbo engines was originally envisaged in order to avoid a cost explosion and to make Formula 1 more attractive for new teams again, only a new competitor made its debut in 1989 with the Onyx Grand Prix . Then there was the return of Brabham , who had not started in 1988. Nevertheless, a record-breaking field of 20 teams and 39 drivers started this year, which was due to the fact that numerous new teams had been added since 1987.

In addition, March now went under the name Leyton House. The Japanese company had previously acted as the team's main sponsor, and now its owner Akira Akagi had also bought the team.

Engines

The top teams McLaren and Benetton continued their engine partnerships with Honda and Ford in the naturally aspirated engine era. As a result, Benetton received the new Cosworth HB engine in its first generation, which was further developed in the following years and was only given to customers from 1991. A new, exclusive ten-cylinder engine from Renault made its debut at Williams . Larrousse's vehicles were also powered by an initially exclusive new development : a twelve-cylinder engine registered under the name Lamborghini . The German Zakspeed team, which had previously used their own turbo engines, also had to look for a new engine partner and received support from the Japanese company Yamaha , which entered Formula 1 with a specially designed eight-cylinder engine.

The other teams used freely available customer engines from Ford ( DFZ and DFR ) and Judd , with EuroBrun switching from Ford to Judd engines in the second year of its existence. Even Lotus , which in the previous year was still equipped with Honda turbos, had to look for customer engines after losing support and also turned to Judd.

tires

With the return of Pirelli , who had last supplied tires to Formula 1 in 1986, a competitor to Goodyear appeared on the scene. However, mainly smaller teams were supplied by the Italian company, while the established teams continued to rely on Goodyear. Of the Pirelli teams, only Brabham could look back on a longer racing history.

Technical innovation

The ten-cylinder engines introduced by Renault and Honda , which were previously completely unusual in Formula 1, developed into the optimal engine concept in the following years - the drivers' world championship was only won in 1991 and 1994 with a twelve- or eight-cylinder engine. From 1998 onwards, all Formula 1 teams used V10 engines, until 2006 when new regulations prescribed V8 engines.

In the Ferrari 640 , a novel semi-automatic debuted gear , the pilots from the previous switching operation with clutch and shift lever liberated and the gear selector instead on located on the steering wheel shift paddles controlled. This technology, too, although still highly error-prone this season, brought decisive performance advantages and prevailed in the medium term. The last time a manual gearbox was used was in 1995 in the Forti FG01 .

driver

McLaren retained its successful driver pairing of Alain Prost and the newly crowned world champion Ayrton Senna . With the other top teams, however, there was movement: Nigel Mansell left Williams and switched to Ferrari , whose previous driver Michele Alboreto returned to Tyrrell , for which he had already competed in 1981-1983. Mansell's place at Williams was taken by former Benetton driver Thierry Boutsen , who made his debut there in Johnny Herbert .

In midfield, Lotus, Arrows and March kept their driver pairings, as did Larrousse. There was a notable change in the new Onyx team, which was able to sign the experienced Stefan Johansson , who came from Ligier and had previously driven for McLaren and Ferrari, among others. The second cockpit of BMS Scuderia Italia was also occupied by a renowned driver, Andrea de Cesaris .

Rial , Osella , Coloni , BMS Scuderia Italia and AGS , which had previously competed with one vehicle each, now brought two vehicles to the start. EuroBrun, on the other hand, reduced its commitment to just a single vehicle.

During the season there were some changes. Alboreto retired from Tyrrell after six races due to disagreements with team boss Ken Tyrrell and conflicts between his personal sponsor Marlboro and team sponsor Camel . His replacement was the debutant Jean Alesi , but Alboreto found a place in the second half of the season at Larrousse, where Yannick Dalmas and Éric Bernard had previously driven. Johnny Herbert was also dismissed from Benetton after six races after he had only performed unsatisfactorily in the races in the opinion of the team management due to the long-term consequences of an F3000 accident suffered in 1988. Herbert was also replaced by a newcomer, Emanuele Pirro . The racing history of the backbench teams Rial, AGS, EuroBrun, Onyx and Coloni was also marked by changes in 1989.

Teams and drivers

photo	team	chassis	engine	tires	No.	Regular driver	run	Test / substitute driver
	Honda Marlboro McLaren	McLaren MP4 / 5	Honda 3.5 V10	G	01	Ayrton Senna	1-16	Jonathan Palmer Emanuele Pirro
					02	Alain Prost	1-16
	Tyrrell Racing Organization	Tyrrell 017B Tyrrell 018	Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8	G	03	Jonathan Palmer	1-16	n / A
					04th	Michele Alboreto	1-6
						Jean Alesi	7-10, 12, 14-16
						Johnny Herbert	11, 13
	Canon Williams team	Williams FW12C Williams FW13	Renault 3.5 V10	G	05	Thierry Boutsen	1-16	Mark Blundell
					06th	Riccardo Patrese	1-16
	Motor Racing Developments	Brabham BT58	Judd 3.5 V8	P	07th	Martin Brundle	1-16	n / A
					08th	Stefano Modena	1-16
	Arrows Grand Prix International	Arrows A11	Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8	G	09	Derek Warwick	1-6, 8-16	n / A
						Martin Donnelly	7th
					10	Eddie Cheever	1-16
	Camel Team Lotus	Lotus 101	Judd 3.5 V8	G	11	Nelson Piquet	1-16	Martin Donnelly
					12	Satoru Nakajima	1-16
	Leyton House March Racing Team	March 881 March CG891	Judd 3.5 V8	G	15th	Maurício Gugelmin	1-16	Bruno Giacomelli
					16	Ivan Capelli	1-16
	Osella Squadra Corse	Osella FA1M-89	Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8	P	17th	Nicola Larini	1-16	n / A
					18th	Piercarlo Ghinzani	1-16
	Benetton Formula Ltd.	Benetton B188 Benetton B189	Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8 Ford HB 3.5 V8	G	19th	Alessandro Nannini	1-16	Gary Brabham Johnny Dumfries Johnny Herbert
					20th	Johnny Herbert	1-6
						Emanuele Pirro	7-16
	BMS Scuderia Italia	Dallara BMS 189	Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8	P	21st	Alex Caffi	1-16	n / A
					22nd	Andrea de Cesaris	1-16
	Minardi Team SpA	Minardi M188B Minardi M189	Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8	P	23	Pierluigi Martini	1-14, 16	Paolo Barilla
						Paolo Barilla	15th
					24	Luis Pérez-Sala	1-16
	Ligier Loto	Ligier JS33	Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8	G	25th	René Arnoux	1-16	n / A
					26th	Olivier Grouillard	1-16
	Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	Ferrari 640	Ferrari 3.5 V12	G	27	Nigel Mansell	1-13, 15-16	JJ Lehto Gianni Morbidelli Roberto Moreno
					28	Gerhard Berger	1, 2, 4-16
	Larrousse Calmels  Equipe Larrousse	Lola LC88B Lola LC89	Lamborghini 3.5 V12	G	29	Yannick Dalmas	1-6	n / A
						Eric Bernard	7, 8
						Michele Alboreto	9-16
					30th	Philippe Alliot	1-16
	Coloni SpA	Coloni FC188B Coloni C3	Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8	P	31	Roberto Moreno	1-16	n / A
					32	Pierre-Henri Raphanel	1-10
						Enrico Bertaggia	11-16
	EuroBrun Racing	EuroBrun ER188B EuroBrun ER189	Judd CV 3.5 V8	P	33	Gregor Foitek	1-11	n / A
						Oscar Larrauri	12-16
	West Zakspeed Racing	Zakspeed 891	Yamaha 3.5 V8	P	34	Bernd Schneider	1-16	n / A
					35	Aguri Suzuki	1-16
	Moneytron Onyx Formula One	Onyx ORE-1	Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8	G	36	Stefan Johansson	1-16	n / A
					37	Bertrand Gachot	1-12
						JJ Lehto	13-16
	Rial Racing	Rial ARC2	Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8	G	38	Christian Danner	1-13	n / A
						Gregor Foitek	14th
						Bertrand Gachot	15, 16
					39	Volker Weidler	1-10
						Pierre-Henri Raphanel	11-16
	Automobiles Gonfaronnaises Sportives	AGS JH23B AGS JH24	Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8	G	40	Philippe Streiff	1	n / A
						Gabriele Tarquini	2-16
					41	Joachim Winkelhock	1-7
						Yannick Dalmas	8-16

1. ↑ Streiff was so seriously injured in an accident shortly before the first race that he has been paraplegic ever since. However, he remained registered for the first race.

Racing calendar

No.	date	Grand Prix	route	Distance (km)	Pole position	Fastest race lap	winner	Overall leading driver	Overall leading designer
01	26th of March	Brazil	Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet	306.891	Ayrton Senna	Riccardo Patrese	Nigel Mansell	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari
02	April 23	San Marino	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	292,320	Ayrton Senna	Alain Prost	Ayrton Senna	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda
03	May 7th	Monaco	Circuit de Monaco	256.256	Ayrton Senna	Alain Prost	Ayrton Senna	Ayrton Senna
04th	28th of May	Mexico	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez	305.049	Ayrton Senna	Nigel Mansell	Ayrton Senna
05	June 4th	United States	Phoenix Street Circuit	284,850	Ayrton Senna	Ayrton Senna	Alain Prost	Alain Prost
06th	18th of June	Canada	Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve	302.910	Alain Prost	Jonathan Palmer	Thierry Boutsen
07th	July 9	France	Circuit Paul Ricard	305.040	Alain Prost	Maurício Gugelmin	Alain Prost
08th	16th of July	Great Britain	Silverstone Circuit	305.792	Ayrton Senna	Nigel Mansell	Alain Prost
09	30th July	Germany	Hockenheimring	305.865	Ayrton Senna	Ayrton Senna	Ayrton Senna
10	13 August	Hungary	Hungaroring	305.536	Riccardo Patrese	Nigel Mansell	Nigel Mansell
11	August 27	Belgium	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	305,360	Ayrton Senna	Alain Prost	Ayrton Senna
12	September 10	Italy	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	307,400	Ayrton Senna	Alain Prost	Alain Prost
13	September 24th	Portugal	Circuito do Estoril	308,850	Ayrton Senna	Gerhard Berger	Gerhard Berger
14th	October 1	Spain	Circuito de Jerez	307.914	Ayrton Senna	Ayrton Senna	Ayrton Senna
15th	October 22nd	Japan	Suzuka International Racing Course	310.527	Ayrton Senna	Alain Prost	Alessandro Nannini
16	November 5th	Australia	Adelaide Street Circuit	264,600	Ayrton Senna	Satoru Nakajima	Thierry Boutsen

Race reports

Brazilian Grand Prix

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space	driver	team	time
1	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	1: 38: 58.744
2	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda	+ 7.809
3	Maurício Gugelmin	March-Judd	+ 9.370
PP	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	1: 25.302
SR	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	1: 32.507

The Brazilian Grand Prix at the Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet in Jacarepaguá , a suburb of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, took place on March 26, 1989 and went over 61 laps (306.9 km).

Ayrton Senna (McLaren) was the best in training, ahead of Riccardo Patrese and Gerhard Berger .

After a start collision between Berger and Senna, the race was over for Berger, Senna was the last to continue the race after two pit stops. Patrese took the lead, but later retired with engine failure. Then Prost was in the lead, but did not make his second pit stop due to a clutch defect, as he feared that he would not be able to drive away and had to admit defeat to Nigel Mansell on degrading tires . He managed to save second place in front of the catching up Maurício Gugelmin .

San Marino Grand Prix

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space	driver	team	time
1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	1: 26: 51.245
2	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda	+ 40.225
3	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton-Ford	+ 1 lap
PP	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	1: 26.010
SR	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda	1: 26.795

The San Marino Grand Prix in Imola took place on April 23, 1989 and covered 58 laps (292.3 km).

Ayrton Senna (McLaren) took pole position ahead of his team-mate Alain Prost . Third was Nigel Mansell , more than 1.5 seconds behind.

This order remained even after the start. On lap four, the race was stopped by Gerhard Berger in the Tamburello corner after a serious accident . The restart followed after around an hour and the race distance was shortened from 61 to 58 laps. After the restart, Senna and Prost dominated the race and achieved an undisputed double victory, all other drivers were lapped.

Monaco Grand Prix

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space	driver	team	time
1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	1: 53: 33.251
2	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda	+ 52.529
3	Stefano Modena	Brabham-Judd	+ 1 lap
PP	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	1: 22.308
SR	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda	1: 25.501

The Monaco Grand Prix in Monte Carlo took place on May 7, 1989 and covered 77 laps (256.3 km).

Ayrton Senna (McLaren) was the best in training with more than a second ahead of Alain Prost and more than two seconds ahead of Williams driver Thierry Boutsen .

The two McLaren drivers also dominated the race, Senna clearly winning ahead of Prost. Third placed Stefano Modena was already more than a lap behind.

Mexican Grand Prix

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space	driver	team	time
1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	1: 35: 21.431
2	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	+ 15,560
3	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford	+ 31.254
PP	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	1: 17.786
SR	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	1: 20.420

The Mexican Grand Prix in Mexico City took place on May 28, 1989 and covered a distance of 69 laps (305 km).

Ayrton Senna (McLaren) once again took pole position ahead of his team-mate Alain Prost and Nigel Mansell in the Ferrari, who were already more than a second behind.

The race was interrupted on the second lap after Stefano Modena had an accident . Senna achieved an undisputed victory after Prost initially fell behind with tire problems and later Mansell had retired with a gearbox failure.

United States Grand Prix

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space	driver	team	time
1	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda	2: 01: 33.133
2	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	+ 39.696
3	Eddie Cheever	Arrows Ford	+ 43.210
PP	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	1: 30.108
SR	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	1: 33.969

The US Grand Prix at the Phoenix Street Circuit in Phoenix , Arizona took place on June 4, 1989 and only ran over a distance of 81 laps over 75 laps (284.9 km), since the race after reaching the 2-hour mark -Limits was waved off

Ayrton Senna (McLaren) was the best in training with around 1.4 seconds ahead of his team-mate Alain Prost . It was his eighth pole position in a row. Third place went to Alessandro Nannini , who, however, had to give up the race after eleven laps with a neck problem after an accident in the warm-up.

Prost won the race after Senna had to retire after an unscheduled pit stop with problems with the ignition. Christian Danner , who started the race from last place on the grid, secured the best result of his career in fourth place .

Canadian Grand Prix

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space	driver	team	time
1	Thierry Boutsen	Williams-Renault	2: 01: 24.073
2	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	+ 30.007
3	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara-Ford	+1: 36.649
PP	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda	1: 20.973
SR	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 31.925

The Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal took place on June 10, 1989 and went over a distance of 69 laps (302.9 km).

Alain Prost (McLaren) was the best in training, ahead of his teammates Ayrton Senna and Riccardo Patrese .

The race started under wet conditions, all drivers started on rain tires. After Prost had to give up on the second lap with a defective suspension, Senna initially took the lead, but switched to slicks on lap four as the track dried out, so that Patrese took the lead. After the rain set in again, Patrese lost the lead to Derek Warwick after having problems with his rain tires. Warwick had to retire four laps later due to an electrical fault, so that Senna took the lead again, but had to retire with engine failure three laps before the end of the race. Since the underbody of the Williams von Patrese had come loose and he could only drive slowly, the victory went to Thierry Boutsen .

A total of eight of the 26 drivers who started were rated.

French Grand Prix

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space	driver	team	time
1	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda	1: 38,29,411
2	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	+ 44.017
3	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	+1: 06.921
PP	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda	1: 07.203
SR	Maurício Gugelmin	March-Judd	1: 12.090

The French Grand Prix at the Paul Ricard Circuit took place on July 9, 1989 and covered a distance of 80 laps (305 km).

Alain Prost (McLaren) took pole position with just 0.025 seconds ahead of his team-mate Ayrton Senna and 0.252 seconds ahead of Nigel Mansell . Behind them was Alessandro Nannini with the Benetton B189 used for the first time .

After the start there was a spectacular accident when Maurício Gugelmin braked while approaching the first corner, which Williams hit by Thierry Boutsen , was catapulted into the air and hit the rear of Mansell's car after a rollover. The race was stopped immediately.

When restarting, Mansell had to start out of the pit lane in the replacement car. Prost took the lead, Senna rolled out after a few meters with a defective gearbox, so that Prost came to a safe start-finish victory. Jean Alesi took a highly acclaimed fourth place in his first Grand Prix. A total of 13 out of 26 drivers were rated.

Alain Prost announced this weekend that he was leaving McLaren at the end of the season.

Great Britain Grand Prix

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space	driver	team	time
1	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda	1: 19: 22,131
2	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	+ 19,369
3	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton-Ford	+ 48.019
PP	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	1: 09.099
SR	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	1: 12.017

The Grand Prix of Great Britain at Silverstone took place on July 16, 1989 and went over a distance of 64 laps (305.8 km).

The best in training was Ayrton Senna (McLaren) just ahead of his team mates Alain Prost and Nigel Mansell in the Ferrari.

After Senna retired after an accident on lap 12, Prost led the race just ahead of Mansell. After a puncture caused Mansell to make an unscheduled pit stop, Prost was able to win the race in a controlled manner. The Minardi pilots Pierluigi Martini and Luis Pérez-Sala surprisingly finished fifth and sixth, so the drivers were exempted from pre-qualification for the second half of the season.

McLaren announced at this Grand Prix that they had signed Gerhard Berger as a driver for the coming season.

Grand Prix of Germany

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space	driver	team	time
1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	1: 21: 43,302
2	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda	+ 18,151
3	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	+1: 23.254
PP	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	1: 42,300
SR	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	1: 45.884

The German Grand Prix in Hockenheim took place on July 30, 1989 and covered a distance of 45 laps (305.9 km).

The best in training was Ayrton Senna (McLaren) with almost a second ahead of Alain Prost , while Nigel Mansell was more than 1.7 seconds behind in third place.

Gerhard Berger took the lead at the start , but was overtaken by Senna and Prost on the first lap. On the 13th lap, Berger retired after an accident due to a broken suspension, so that his team-mate Mansell took third place. After a problem with Senna's pit stop, which lost around 20 seconds, Prost was in the lead until he had a transmission problem with three laps to go and had to end the race without sixth gear. Senna was able to overtake him, Prost was able to save second place at the finish as Mansell had lost a lot of time during the pit stop due to a jammed central nut.

A total of eleven of the 26 drivers who started were rated.

Hungarian Grand Prix

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space	driver	team	time
1	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	1: 49: 38.650
2	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	+ 25.967
3	Thierry Boutsen	Williams-Renault	+ 38.358
PP	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	1: 19.726
SR	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	1: 22.637

The Hungarian Grand Prix in Mogyoród took place on August 13, 1989 and covered a distance of 77 laps (305.5 km).

With Riccardo Patrese (Williams), the best in training was not a McLaren driver for the first and only time this season. Ayrton Senna came in second ahead of the surprisingly strong Alex Caffi , whose Pirelli-equipped Dallara coped very well with the high temperatures during qualifying.

Patrese was in the lead for a long time in the race until the engine of his Williams burst as a result of a damaged radiator. When lapping Stefan Johansson , Nigel Mansell was able to overtake Senna and win the race.

Belgian Grand Prix

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space	driver	team	time
1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	1: 40: 54.196
2	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda	+ 1.304
3	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	+ 1.824
PP	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	1: 50.867
SR	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda	2: 11.571

The Belgian Grand Prix in Spa-Francorchamps took place on August 27, 1989 and covered a distance of 44 laps (305.4 km).

Ayrton Senna (McLaren) was the best in training ahead of his teammate Alain Prost . Third place went to Gerhard Berger , 1.524 seconds back.

Senna won the race , which was carried out under wet conditions, ahead of Prost and Nigel Mansell , who took third place on lap 9 from Berger, who had turned and slipped into the guardrails.

Italian Grand Prix

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space	driver	team	time
1	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda	1: 19: 27.550
2	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	+ 7.326
3	Thierry Boutsen	Williams-Renault	+ 14.975
PP	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	1: 23.720
SR	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda	1: 28.207

The Italian Grand Prix in Monza took place on September 10, 1989 and covered a distance of 53 laps (307.4 km).

Ayrton Senna (McLaren) was the best in training, followed by Ferrari drivers Gerhard Berger and Nigel Mansell, more than a second behind .

Senna also dominated the race and was clearly in the lead until his McLaren had an engine failure on lap 44. Alain Prost had meanwhile pushed past both Ferrari drivers and took the lead from Berger, Mansell had already retired shortly before with a gearbox failure. It was Berger's first finish since the Australian Grand Prix , the last race of the preseason.

Grand Prix of Portugal

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space	driver	team	time
1	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	1: 36: 48.546
2	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda	+ 32.637
3	Stefan Johansson	Onyx Ford	+ 55.325
PP	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	1: 15.468
SR	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	1: 18.986

The Grand Prix of Portugal in Estoril took place on September 24, 1989 and went over a distance of 71 laps (308.9 km).

The fastest in training was Ayrton Senna (McLaren) ahead of the two Ferrari drivers Gerhard Berger and Nigel Mansell .

Berger took the lead at the start and pulled away from the field. Mansell also passed Senna on lap eight. When Berger got on the backbench and also had tire problems, Mansell was able to overtake him on lap 23. Mansell made a pit stop on lap 39, but missed his pit. Mansell put the car in reverse and drove backwards to the waiting mechanics, which was a clear violation of the FISA regulations. Thereupon Mansell was disqualified by the race management, he was shown the black flag from the 46th lap. However, Mansell continued the race and collided with the Senna driving in front of him while attempting to overtake on lap 49, which meant the end for both drivers. Berger won his first race since the 1988 Italian Grand Prix ahead of Alain Prost and the surprising Stefan Johansson .

After the race, FISA President Jean-Marie Balestre spoke of a falsification of the World Cup and imposed a ban on Mansell from a race and a fine of around 100,000 DM.

Spanish Grand Prix

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space	driver	team	time
1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	1: 47: 48.264
2	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	+ 27.051
3	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda	+ 53.788
PP	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	1: 20.291
SR	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	1: 25.779

The Spanish Grand Prix in Jerez took place on October 1, 1989 and covered a distance of 73 laps (307.9 km).

Nigel Mansell was banned from racing after the Portuguese Grand Prix, so Ferrari only entered one vehicle. In free practice, Gregor Foitek had a serious accident after the rear wing of his rial broke . Ayrton Senna (McLaren) was the best in training ahead of Gerhard Berger and Alain Prost .

Senna achieved a safe start-to-finish victory ahead of Berger and Prost. Emanuele Pirro was fourth, but retired after an accident due to a leg cramp.

Japanese Grand Prix

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space	driver	team	time
1	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton-Ford	1: 35: 06.277
2	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	+ 11,904
3	Thierry Boutsen	Williams-Renault	+ 13,446
PP	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	1: 38.041
SR	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda	1: 43.506

The Japanese Grand Prix in Suzuka took place on October 22, 1989 and covered a distance of 53 laps (310.5 km).

Ayrton Senna (McLaren) was best in training with more than 1.7 seconds ahead of Alain Prost . Third-placed Gerhard Berger was already more than two seconds behind.

Prost took the lead after the start, Senna followed him. After Berger retired with a gearbox failure, the McLaren duo led by more than a minute ahead of Alessandro Nannini . In the 47th lap, Senna Prost attacked in front of the triangle chicane. Prost steered his car on the inside of the track before the chicane, so that there was a collision between Senna and Prost. The vehicles came to a stop side by side in the exit zone of the chicane. Prost got out and walked back to the pits, while Senna let the marshals push her and drove back onto the track through the “emergency exit” of the chicane. Senna drove to the pits to have a new front wing fitted. Alessandro Nannini used this to take the lead. Senna quickly made up the gap and overtook Nannini with three laps to go.

After the race, however, the supposed winner Senna was disqualified, so that Prost prematurely won his third world championship title.

Australian Grand Prix

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space	driver	team	time
1	Thierry Boutsen	Williams-Renault	2:00: 17.421
2	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton-Ford	+ 28.658
3	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	+ 37.683
PP	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	1: 16.665
SR	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus Judd	1: 38.480

The Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide took place on November 5, 1989 and went over a distance of 70 laps (264.6 km) instead of the originally planned 82 laps, as the time limit of 2 hours was reached.

Ayrton Senna (McLaren) was the best in training ahead of his teammates Alain Prost and Pierluigi Martini .

The race took place in heavy continuous rain. After Prost had given up the race due to the weather conditions after the first lap, the race was stopped. The race was restarted after 30 minutes, but Prost no longer competed. Senna initially dominated and was leading by a long way when he collided with Martin Brundle while lapping and was eliminated. Thierry Boutsen took the lead and won the race. In total, only eight of the 26 drivers who started were rated.

World championship ratings

Distribution of points
space	1	2	3	4th	5	6th
Points	9	6th	4th	3	2	1

The best eleven results were counted in the drivers 'classification and all results in the constructors' classification.

Driver ranking

Item	driver	No.	constructor																	Points
01	A. Cheers	2	McLaren Honda	2	2	2	(5)	1	DNF	1	1	2	(4)	2	1	2	3	DNF	DNF	76 (81)
02	A. Senna	1	McLaren Honda	11	1	1	1	DNF	7 *	DNF	DNF	1	2	1	DNF	DNF	1	DSQ	DNF	60
03	R. Patrese	6th	Williams-Renault	15 *	DNF	15th	2	2	2	3	DNF	4th	DNF	DNF	4th	DNF	5	2	3	40
04th	N. Mansell	27	Ferrari	1	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DSQ	2	2	3	1	3	DNF	DSQ	EX	DNF	DNF	38
05	T. Boutsen	5	Williams-Renault	DNF	4th	10	DNF	6th	1	DNF	10	DNF	3	4th	3	DNF	DNF	3	1	37
06th	A. Nannini	19th	Benetton-Ford	6th	3	8th	4th	DNF	DSQ	DNF	3	DNF	DNF	5	DNF	4th	DNF	1	2	32
07th	G. Berger	28	Ferrari	DNF	DNF		DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	2	1	2	DNF	DNF	21st
08th	N. Piquet	11	Lotus Judd	DNF	DNF	DNF	11	DNF	4th	8th	4th	5	6th	DNQ	DNF	DNF	8th	4th	DNF	12
09	J. Alesi	4th	Tyrrell-Ford							4th	DNF	10	9		5		4th	DNF	DNF	8th
10	D. Warwick	9	Arrows Ford	5	5	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF		9	6th	10	6th	DNF	DNF	9	6th	DNF	7th
11	E. Cheever	10	Arrows Ford	DNF	9	7th	7th	3	DNF	7th	DNQ	12 *	5	DNF	DNQ	DNF	DNF	8th	DNF	6th
12	S. Johansson	36	Onyx Ford	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNF	DNF	DSQ	5	DNPQ	DNF	DNF	8th	DNPQ	3	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	6th
13	M. Alboreto	4th	Tyrrell-Ford	10	DNQ	5	3	DNF	DNF											6th
		29	Lola Lamborghini									DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	11	DNPQ	DNQ	DNPQ	0
14th	J. Herbert	20th	Benetton-Ford	4th	11	14th	15th	5	DNQ											5
		4th	Tyrrell-Ford											DNF		DNQ				0
15th	P. Martini	23	Minardi-Ford	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	5	9	DNF	9	7th	5	DNF		6th	5
16	M. Gugelmin	15th	March-Judd	3	DNF	DNF	DNQ	DNF	DNF	NC	DNF	DNF	DNF	7th	DNF	10	DNF	7th	7th	4th
17th	A. de Cesaris	22nd	Dallara-Ford	13	10	13	DNF	8th	3	DNQ	DNF	7th	DNF	11	DNF	DNF	7th	10	DNF	4th
18th	S. Modena	8th	Brabham-Judd	DNF	DNF	3	10	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	11	DNF	DNQ	14th	DNF	DNF	8th	4th
19th	A. Caffi	21st	Dallara-Ford	DNPQ	7th	4th	13	DNF	6th	DNF	DNPQ	DNF	7th	DNF	11 *	DNF	DNF	9	DNF	4th
20th	M. Brundle	7th	Brabham-Judd	DNF	DNF	6th	9	DNF	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNF	8th	12	DNF	6th	8th	DNF	5	DNF	4th
21st	S. Nakajima	12	Lotus Judd	8th	NC	DNQ	DNF	DNF	DNQ	DNF	8th	DNF	DNF	DNQ	10 *	7th	DNF	DNF	4th	3
22nd	C. Danner	38	Rial Ford	14th	DNQ	DNQ	12	4th	8th	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ				3
23	E. Pirro	20th	Benetton-Ford							9	11	DNF	8th	10	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	5	2
24	R. Arnoux	25th	Ligier-Ford	DNQ	DNQ	12	14th	DNQ	5	DNF	DNQ	11	DNQ	DNF	9	13	DNQ	DNQ	DNF	2
25th	J. Palmer	3	Tyrrell-Ford	7th	6th	9	DNF	9 *	DNF	10	DNF	DNF	13	14th	DNF	6th	10	DNF	DNQ	2
26th	O. Grouillard	26th	Ligier-Ford	9	DSQ	DNF	8th	DNQ	DNQ	6th	7th	DNF	DNQ	13	DNF	DNQ	DNF	DNF	DNF	1
27	G. Tarquini	40	AGS-Ford		8th	DNF	6th	7th	DNF	DNF	DNQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	1
28	LP Sala	24	Minardi-Ford	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNQ	DNF	DNF	DNQ	6th	DNQ	DNF	15th	8th	12	DNF	DNF	DNQ	1
29	P. Alliot	30th	Lola Lamborghini	12	DNF	DNF	NC	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNPQ	16 *	DNF	9	6th	DNF	DNF	1
-	I. Capelli	16	March-Judd	DNF	DNF	11	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	12	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	0
-	É. Bernard	29	Lola Lamborghini							11	DNF									0
-	B. Gachot	37	Onyx Ford	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	13 *	12	DNQ	DNF	DNF	DNF					0
		38	Rial Ford															DNQ	DNQ	0
-	N. Larini	17th	Osella-Ford	DSQ	12 *	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNF	DNPQ	DNF	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNF	DNPQ	DNF	DNF	DNF	0
-	M. Donnelly	9	Arrows Ford							12										0
-	R. Moreno	31	Coloni-Ford	DNQ	DNQ	DNF	DNQ	DNQ	DNF	DNQ	DNF	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNF	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	0
-	JJ Lehto	37	Onyx Ford													DNPQ	DNF	DNPQ	DNF	0
-	P. Ghinzani	18th	Osella-Ford	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNF	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNF	DNPQ	DNF	0
-	B. Schneider	34	Zakspeed Yamaha	DNF	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNF	DNPQ	0
-	P.-H. Raphanel	32	Coloni-Ford	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNF	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ							0
		39	Rial Ford											DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	0
-	Y. Dalmas	29	Lola Lamborghini	DNQ	DNF	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ											0
		41	AGS-Ford								DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	0
-	P. Barilla	23	Minardi-Ford															DNF		0
-	V. Weidler	39	Rial Ford	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DSQ	DNQ							0
-	G. Foitek	33	EuroBrun-Judd	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ						0
		38	Rial Ford														DNQ			0
-	A. Suzuki	35	Zakspeed Yamaha	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	0
-	J. Winkelhock	41	AGS-Ford	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ										0
-	E. Bertaggia	32	Coloni-Ford											DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	0
-	O. Larrauri	33	EuroBrun-Judd												DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	0

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Constructors' championship

McLaren MP4 / 5 Honda from 1989

Item constructor Points 1  McLaren Honda 141 2  Williams-Renault 77 3  Ferrari 59 4th  Benetton-Ford 39 5  Tyrrell-Ford 16 6th  Lotus Judd 15th 7th  Arrows Ford 13 8th  Dallara-Ford 8th 9  Brabham-Judd 8th 10  Onyx Ford 6th

Item constructor Points 11  Minardi-Ford 6th 12  March-Judd 4th 13  Rial Ford 3 14th  Ligier-Ford 3 15th  AGS-Ford 1 16  Lola Lamborghini 1 17th  Osella-Ford 0 18th  Coloni-Ford 0 19th  Zakspeed Yamaha 0 20th  EuroBrun-Ford 0

News in brief Formula 1

• In Formula 1, the turbos were replaced by 3.5-liter naturally aspirated engines .
• This Formula 1 season ended as the one with the most drivers, namely 47.
• Ferrari won the first naturally aspirated race with a semi-automatic transmission.
• Gerhard Berger survived a serious fire accident in Imola .
• Alain Prost became world champion in Suzuka after a collision with his teammate Ayrton Senna , who was disqualified after the race .
• With Alain Prost (world champion 1985 and 1986) and Ayrton Senna (world champion 1988) two Formula 1 world champions drove in the same team. This constellation only came back after 21 years in the 2010 season with Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button .

Web links

Commons : Formula 1 Season 1989  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official Formula 1 website Results Season 1989 (English)