Formula 1 World Championship 1989
World Champion | |
Driver: | Alain Prost |
Constructor: | McLaren Honda |
Season dates | |
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Number of races: | 16 |
<1988 season |
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
- ↑ 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 |
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1 | 26th of March | Brazil | Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet | 306.891 | Ayrton Senna | Riccardo Patrese | Nigel Mansell | Nigel Mansell | Ferrari |
2 | April 23 | San Marino | Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 292,320 | Ayrton Senna | Alain Prost | Ayrton Senna | Alain Prost | McLaren Honda |
3 | May 7th | Monaco | Circuit de Monaco | 256.256 | Ayrton Senna | Alain Prost | Ayrton Senna | Ayrton Senna | |
4th | 28th of May | Mexico | Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 305.049 | Ayrton Senna | Nigel Mansell | Ayrton Senna | ||
5 | June 4th | United States | Phoenix Street Circuit | 284,850 | Ayrton Senna | Ayrton Senna | Alain Prost | Alain Prost | |
6th | 18th of June | Canada | Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve | 302.910 | Alain Prost | Jonathan Palmer | Thierry Boutsen | ||
7th | July 9 | France | Circuit Paul Ricard | 305.040 | Alain Prost | Maurício Gugelmin | Alain Prost | ||
8th | 16th of July | Great Britain | Silverstone Circuit | 305.792 | Ayrton Senna | Nigel Mansell | Alain Prost | ||
9 | 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
space | driver | team | time |
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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
space | driver | team | time |
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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
space | driver | team | time |
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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
space | driver | team | time |
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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
space | driver | team | time |
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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
space | driver | team | time |
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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
space | driver | team | time |
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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
space | driver | team | time |
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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
space | driver | team | time |
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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
space | driver | team | time |
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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
space | driver | team | time |
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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
space | driver | team | time |
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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
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
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
space | driver | team | time |
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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
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 | ||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||||||
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1 | A. Cheers | 2 | McLaren Honda | 2 | 2 | 2 | (5) | 1 | DNF | 1 | 1 | 2 | (4) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | DNF | DNF | 76 (81) |
2 | A. Senna | 1 | McLaren Honda | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | DNF | 7 * | DNF | DNF | 1 | 2 | 1 | DNF | DNF | 1 | DSQ | DNF | 60 |
3 | R. Patrese | 6th | Williams-Renault | 15 * | DNF | 15th | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | DNF | 4th | DNF | DNF | 4th | DNF | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40 |
4th | N. Mansell | 27 | Ferrari | 1 | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DSQ | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | DNF | DSQ | EX | DNF | DNF | 38 |
5 | T. Boutsen | 5 | Williams-Renault | DNF | 4th | 10 | DNF | 6th | 1 | DNF | 10 | DNF | 3 | 4th | 3 | DNF | DNF | 3 | 1 | 37 |
6th | A. Nannini | 19th | Benetton-Ford | 6th | 3 | 8th | 4th | DNF | DSQ | DNF | 3 | DNF | DNF | 5 | DNF | 4th | DNF | 1 | 2 | 32 |
7th | G. Berger | 28 | Ferrari | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | 2 | 1 | 2 | DNF | DNF | 21st | |
8th | N. Piquet | 11 | Lotus Judd | DNF | DNF | DNF | 11 | DNF | 4th | 8th | 4th | 5 | 6th | DNQ | DNF | DNF | 8th | 4th | DNF | 12 |
9 | 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 |
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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 |
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() | Streak results | |
underlined | Leader in the overall standings |
Constructors' championship
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