1989 Australian Grand Prix

 1989 Australian Grand Prix

Racing data
16th of 16 races in the 1989 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	Foster's Australian Grand Prix
Date:	5th November 1989
Place:	Adelaide
Course:	Adelaide Street Circuit
Length:	264.6 km in 70 laps of 3.78 km
Planned:	306.18 km in 81 laps of 3.78 km
Weather:	rain
Pole position
Driver:	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda
Time:	1: 16.665 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus Judd
Time:	1: 38.480 min
Podium
First:	Thierry Boutsen	Williams-Renault
Second:	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton-Ford
Third:	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault

The 1989 Australian Grand Prix took place on November 5th as the 16th and final race of the 1989 Formula 1 World Championship on the Adelaide Street Circuit .

Reports

background

Due to Ayrton Senna's disqualification after the Japanese Grand Prix , the World Championship was decided in favor of Alain Prost before the final race in Australia .

Pierluigi Martini took over the Minardi cockpit again, in which Paolo Barilla had made his Grand Prix debut in Japan two weeks earlier.

training

The two McLaren teammates Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost qualified for the front row in front of the once again impressive Pierluigi Martini. His compatriot Alessandro Nannini followed in front of the two Williams drivers Thierry Boutsen and Riccardo Patrese .

run

After two cool but dry days of training, it rained on the day of the race, which led to discussions about a cancellation. However, the decision was made in favor of the race.

After an accident and the subsequent termination of the race after two laps, world champion Alain Prost refused to take part in the restart because he found the massive visual obstruction caused by spray too dangerous. This assumption turned out to be correct when, for example, the leading Ayrton Senna drove into the car of Martin Brundle to be lapped, whom he had not seen in time. A similar accident occurred between Nelson Piquet and Piercarlo Ghinzani .

Thierry Boutsen drove without a mistake. When the race was stopped prematurely after the maximum duration of two hours, he won ahead of Alessandro Nannini, Riccardo Patrese, Satoru Nakajima , Emanuele Pirro and Pierluigi Martini.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Honda Marlboro McLaren	1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren MP4 / 5	Honda RA109E 3.5 V10	G
	2	Alain Prost
Tyrrell Racing Organization	3	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell 018	Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8	G
	4th	Jean Alesi
Canon Williams team	5	Thierry Boutsen	Williams FW13	Renault RS1 3.5 V10	G
	6th	Riccardo Patrese
Motor Racing Developments	7th	Martin Brundle	Brabham BT58	Judd EV 3.5 V8	P
	8th	Stefano Modena
Arrows Grand Prix International	9	Derek Warwick	Arrows A11	Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8	G
	10	Eddie Cheever
Camel Team Lotus	11	Nelson Piquet	Lotus 101	Judd CV 3.5 V8	G
	12	Satoru Nakajima
Leyton House March Racing Team	15th	Maurício Gugelmin	March CG891		G
	16	Ivan Capelli
Osella Squadra Corse	17th	Nicola Larini	Osella FA1M	Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8	P
	18th	Piercarlo Ghinzani
Benetton Formula Ltd	19th	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton B189		G
	20th	Emanuele Pirro
BMS Scuderia Italia	21st	Alex Caffi	Dallara BMS 189		P
	22nd	Andrea de Cesaris
Minardi Team SpA	23	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi M189		P
	24	Luis Pérez-Sala
Ligier Loto	25th	René Arnoux	Ligier JS33		G
	26th	Olivier Grouillard
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	27	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari 640	Ferrari 035/5 3.5 V12	G
	28	Gerhard Berger
Equipe Larrousse	29	Michele Alboreto	Lola LC89	Lamborghini 3512 3.5 V12	G
	30th	Philippe Alliot
Coloni SpA	31	Roberto Moreno	Coloni FC189	Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8	P
	32	Enrico Bertaggia
EuroBrun Racing	33	Oscar Larrauri	EuroBrun ER189	Judd CV 3.5 V8	P
West Zakspeed Racing	34	Bernd Schneider	Zakspeed 891	Yamaha OX88 3.5 V8	P
	35	Aguri Suzuki
Moneytron Onyx Formula One	36	Stefan Johansson	Onyx ORE-1	Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8	G
	37	JJ Lehto
Rial Racing	38	Bertrand Gachot	Rial ARC2		G
	39	Pierre-Henri Raphanel
AGS Racing	40	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS JH24		G
	41	Yannick Dalmas

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	Pre-qualification		1. Qualification training		2. Qualification training		begin
			time	Ø speed	time	Ø speed	time	Ø speed
01	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	-	-	1: 17.712	175.108 km / h	1: 16.665	177.500 km / h	01
02	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda	-	-	1: 17.403	175.807 km / h	1: 17.624	175.307 km / h	02
03	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Ford	-	-	1: 18.043	174.365 km / h	1: 17.623	175.309 km / h	03
04th	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton-Ford	-	-	1: 18.271	173.857 km / h	1: 17.762	174.995 km / h	04th
05	Thierry Boutsen	Williams-Renault	-	-	1: 17.791	174.930 km / h	1: 18.586	173.161 km / h	05
06th	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	-	-	1: 18.636	173.051 km / h	1: 17.827	174.849 km / h	06th
07th	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	-	-	1: 19.525	171.116 km / h	1: 18.313	173.764 km / h	07th
08th	Stefano Modena	Brabham-Judd	-	-	1: 18.750	172.800 km / h	1: 20.076	169.939 km / h	08th
09	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara-Ford	-	-	1: 18.828	172.629 km / h	1: 19.487	171.198 km / h	09
10	Alex Caffi	Dallara-Ford	-	-	1: 18.857	172.566 km / h	1: 18.899	172.474 km / h	10
11	Nicola Larini	Osella-Ford	1: 18.379	173.618 km / h	1: 19.305	171.591 km / h	1: 19.110	172.014 km / h	11
12	Martin Brundle	Brabham-Judd	-	-	1: 19.136	171.957 km / h	1: 19.428	171.325 km / h	12
13	Emanuele Pirro	Benetton-Ford	-	-	1: 19.710	170.719 km / h	1: 19.217	171.781 km / h	13
14th	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	-	-	1: 19.238	171.736 km / h	1: 20.615	168.802 km / h	14th
15th	Jean Alesi	Tyrrell-Ford	-	-	1: 19.363	171.465 km / h	1: 19.259	171.690 km / h	15th
16	Ivan Capelli	March-Judd	-	-	1: 19.269	171.669 km / h	1: 19.294	171.614 km / h	16
17th	JJ Lehto	Onyx Ford	1: 19.442	171.295 km / h	1: 20.767	168.485 km / h	1: 19.309	171.582 km / h	17th
18th	Nelson Piquet	Lotus Judd	-	-	1: 19.392	171.403 km / h	1: 20.622	168.788 km / h	18th
19th	Philippe Alliot	Lola Lamborghini	1: 18.523	173.300 km / h	1: 19.568	171.024 km / h	1: 19.579	171,000 km / h	19th
20th	Derek Warwick	Arrows Ford	-	-	1: 19.599	170.957 km / h	1: 19.622	170.908 km / h	20th
21st	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Ford	1: 19.153	171.920 km / h	1: 19.691	170.760 km / h	1: 20.718	168.587 km / h	21st
22nd	Eddie Cheever	Arrows Ford	-	-	1: 19.922	170.266 km / h	1: 21.206	167.574 km / h	22nd
23	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus Judd	-	-	1: 20.066	169.960 km / h	1: 20.333	169.395 km / h	23
24	Olivier Grouillard	Ligier-Ford	-	-	1: 21.882	166.190 km / h	1: 20.073	169.945 km / h	24
25th	Maurício Gugelmin	March-Judd	-	-	1: 20.191	169.695 km / h	1: 20.260	169.549 km / h	25th
26th	René Arnoux	Ligier-Ford	-	-	1: 20.872	168.266 km / h	1: 20.391	169.273 km / h	26th
DNQ	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell-Ford	-	-	1: 20.428	169.195 km / h	1: 20.451	169.146 km / h	-
DNQ	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi-Ford	-	-	1: 20.633	168.765 km / h	1: 20.866	168.278 km / h	-
DNQ	Bertrand Gachot	Rial Ford	-	-	1: 22.267	165.413 km / h	1: 24.913	160.258 km / h	-
DNQ	Pierre-Henri Raphanel	Rial Ford	-	-	1: 22.305	165.336 km / h	1: 22.391	165.164 km / h	-
DNPQ	Stefan Johansson	Onyx Ford	1: 19.539	171.086 km / h	-	-	-	-	-
DNPQ	Michele Alboreto	Lola Lamborghini	1: 20.129	169.826 km / h	-	-	-	-	-
DNPQ	Bernd Schneider	Zakspeed Yamaha	1: 20.179	169.720 km / h	-	-	-	-	-
DNPQ	Roberto Moreno	Coloni-Ford	1: 20.183	169.712 km / h	-	-	-	-	-
DNPQ	Oscar Larrauri	EuroBrun-Judd	1: 20.750	168.520 km / h	-	-	-	-	-
DNPQ	Aguri Suzuki	Zakspeed Yamaha	1: 21.012	167.975 km / h	-	-	-	-	-
DNPQ	Yannick Dalmas	AGS-Ford	1: 21.022	167.954 km / h	-	-	-	-	-
DNPQ	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS-Ford	1: 21,600	166.765 km / h	-	-	-	-	-
DNPQ	Enrico Bertaggia	Coloni-Ford	1: 24.081	161.844 km / h	-	-	-	-	-

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Thierry Boutsen	Williams-Renault	70	0	2:00: 17.421	05	1: 40.380
02	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton-Ford	70	0	+ 28.658	04th	1: 40.336
03	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	70	0	+ 37.683	06th	1: 38.685
04th	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus Judd	70	0	+ 42.331	23	1: 38.480
05	Emanuele Pirro	Benetton-Ford	68	0	+ 2 rounds	13	1: 43.144
06th	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Ford	67	0	+ 3 rounds	03	1: 46.189
07th	Maurício Gugelmin	March-Judd	66	0	+ 4 rounds	25th	1: 44.734
08th	Stefano Modena	Brabham-Judd	64	0	+ 6 rounds	08th	1: 48.171
-	Eddie Cheever	Arrows Ford	42	0	DNF	22nd	1: 44.305	Engine failure
-	JJ Lehto	Onyx Ford	27	0	DNF	17th	1: 42.509	Electrical damage
-	Olivier Grouillard	Ligier-Ford	22nd	0	DNF	24	1: 46.973	accident
-	Nelson Piquet	Lotus Judd	19th	0	DNF	18th	1: 44.277	accident
-	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Ford	18th	0	DNF	21st	1: 51.975	collision
-	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	17th	0	DNF	07th	1: 42.406	accident
-	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	13	0	DNF	01	1: 41.159	collision
-	Alex Caffi	Dallara-Ford	13	0	DNF	10	1: 47.255	accident
-	Ivan Capelli	March-Judd	13	0	DNF	16	1: 48.521	defective water cooler
-	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara-Ford	12	0	DNF	09	1: 47.525	accident
-	Martin Brundle	Brabham-Judd	12	0	DNF	12	1: 48.366	collision
-	Derek Warwick	Arrows Ford	07th	0	DNF	20th	1: 45.700	accident
-	Philippe Alliot	Lola Lamborghini	06th	0	DNF	19th	1: 49.251	accident
-	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	06th	0	DNF	14th	1: 46.911	accident
-	Jean Alesi	Tyrrell-Ford	05	0	DNF	15th	1: 44,900	Electrical damage
-	René Arnoux	Ligier-Ford	04th	0	DNF	26th	1: 50.375	accident
-	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda	00	0	DNF	02	-	task
-	Nicola Larini	Osella-Ford	00	0	DNF	11	-	Electrical damage

World Cup stands after the race

The first six of the race got 9, 6, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point (s) respectively.

Driver ranking

Item driver constructor Points 01  Alain Prost McLaren Honda 76 (81) 02  Ayrton Senna McLaren Honda 60 03  Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault 40 04th  Nigel Mansell Ferrari 38 05  Thierry Boutsen Williams-Renault 37 06th  Alessandro Nannini Benetton-Ford 32 07th  Gerhard Berger Ferrari 21st 08th  Nelson Piquet Lotus Judd 12 09  Jean Alesi Tyrrell-Ford 8th 10  Derek Warwick Arrows Ford 7th 11  Eddie Cheever Arrows Ford 6th 11  Michele Alboreto Tyrrell-Ford 6th 13  Stefan Johansson Onyx Ford 6th 14th  Johnny Herbert Benetton-Ford 5 15th  Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ford 5

Item driver constructor Points 16  Martin Brundle Brabham-Judd 4th 17th  Andrea de Cesaris Dallara-Ford 4th 18th  Stefano Modena Brabham-Judd 4th 19th  Alex Caffi Dallara-Ford 4th 20th  Maurício Gugelmin March-Judd 4th 21st  Christian Danner Rial Ford 3 22nd  Satoru Nakajima Lotus Judd 3 23  Emanuele Pirro Benetton-Ford 2 24  René Arnoux Ligier-Ford 2 25th  Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell-Ford 2 26th  Gabriele Tarquini AGS-Ford 1 27  Olivier Grouillard Ligier-Ford 1 28  Philippe Alliot Lola Lamborghini 1 29  Luis Pérez-Sala Minardi-Ford 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  McLaren Honda 141 02  Williams-Renault 77 03  Ferrari 59 04th  Benetton-Ford 39 05  Tyrrell-Ford 16 06th  Lotus Judd 15th 07th  Arrows-Megatron 13 08th  Dallara-Ford 8th

Item constructor Points 09  Brabham-Judd 8th 10  Onyx Ford 6th 11  Minardi-Ford 6th 12  March-Judd 4th 13  Rial Ford 3 14th  Ligier-Ford 3 15th  AGS-Ford 1 16  Lola Lamborghini 1

Individual evidence

1. ^ "Training" ( Memento from November 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on October 26, 2013)
2. ^ "Report" (accessed October 26, 2013)
3. ^ "World Championship stands" ( Memento from November 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on October 26, 2013)

Web links

• Race result on the official Formula 1 website
• Race result on "Motorsportarchiv.de"