1989 Belgian Grand Prix

 1989 Belgian Grand Prix

Racing data
11th of 16 races in the 1989 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	Champion Belgian Grand Prix
Date:	August 27, 1989
Place:	spa
Course:	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Length:	305.36 km in 44 laps of 6.94 km
Weather:	rainy
Pole position
Driver:	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda
Time:	1: 50.867 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda
Time:	2: 11.571 min
Podium
First:	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda
Second:	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda
Third:	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari

The 1989 Belgian Grand Prix took place on August 27 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps near Spa and was the eleventh race of the 1989 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

At the same time as his Formula 1 involvement, which came about at relatively short notice before the French Grand Prix , Jean Alesi started in Formula 3000 . Since he had a good chance of winning the championship in this racing series, he decided to concentrate fully on this goal for the rest of the season and left his place at Tyrrell to Johnny Herbert, who was released at Benetton in the middle of the season .

Pierre-Henri Raphanel , who only qualified once (at the Monaco Grand Prix ), was replaced at Coloni by the newcomer Enrico Bertaggia . Raphanel then became the successor of the equally unsuccessful Volker Weidler at Rial Racing , who then ended his Formula 1 career without qualifying.

training

The two McLaren teammates and main competitors in the fight for the world title, Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost , qualified for the front row in front of Ferrari driver Gerhard Berger and the two Williams drivers Thierry Boutsen and Riccardo Patrese . Berger's team-mate Nigel Mansell followed in sixth place on the grid.

The two Lotus pilots Nelson Piquet and Satoru Nakajima failed to qualify, which highlighted the steadily worsening crisis of the traditional British team.

As it was raining during the first regular qualifying session on Friday, all participating drivers achieved their best lap times on Saturday.

run

Due to rain showers, the start was postponed by around half an hour. Nevertheless, the race took place in rainy conditions.

Senna took the lead ahead of Prost, Berger, Mansell, Boutsen and Patrese. Due to aquaplaning , Berger slipped out on the tenth lap. Mansell, who had already overtaken the two Williams started in front of him on the first lap, achieved third place. As a result, there were no further shifts in position on the podium. Thierry Boutsen finished fourth in front of Alessandro Nannini and Derek Warwick .

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	Johnny Herbert
Canon Williams team	5	Thierry Boutsen	Williams FW12C	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	Gregor Foitek	EuroBrun ER188B	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	Bertrand Gachot
Rial Racing	38	Christian Danner	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	-	-	2: 11.171	190.469 km / h	1: 50.867	225.351 km / h	01
02	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda	-	-	2: 12.721	188.245 km / h	1: 51.463	224.146 km / h	02
03	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	-	-	2: 11.102	190.569 km / h	1: 52.391	222.295 km / h	03
04th	Thierry Boutsen	Williams-Renault	-	-	2: 13.030	187.807 km / h	1: 52.786	221.517 km / h	04th
05	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	-	-	2: 12.581	188.443 km / h	1: 52.875	221.342 km / h	05
06th	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	-	-	2: 12.042	189.213 km / h	1: 52.898	221.297 km / h	06th
07th	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton-Ford	-	-	2: 14.117	186.285 km / h	1: 55.075	217.111 km / h	07th
08th	Stefano Modena	Brabham-Judd	-	-	2: 19.161	179.533 km / h	1: 55.642	216.046 km / h	08th
09	Maurício Gugelmin	March-Judd	-	-	2: 16.401	183.166 km / h	1: 55.729	215.884 km / h	09
10	Derek Warwick	Arrows Ford	-	-	2: 13.005	187.843 km / h	1: 55.864	215.632 km / h	10
11	Philippe Alliot	Lola Lamborghini	1: 57.748	212.182 km / h	2: 14.357	185.952 km / h	1: 55.890	215.584 km / h	11
12	Alex Caffi	Dallara-Ford	-	-	2: 17.604	181.564 km / h	1: 55.892	215.580 km / h	12
13	Emanuele Pirro	Benetton-Ford	-	-	2: 15.068	184.973 km / h	1: 55.902	215.561 km / h	13
14th	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Ford	-	-	2: 15.515	184.363 km / h	1: 56.115	215.166 km / h	14th
15th	Stefan Johansson	Onyx Ford	1: 56.279	214.863 km / h	2: 17.329	181.928 km / h	1: 56.129	215.140 km / h	15th
16	Johnny Herbert	Tyrrell-Ford	-	-	2: 17.714	181.419 km / h	1: 56.248	214.920 km / h	16
17th	René Arnoux	Ligier-Ford	-	-	2: 14.344	185.970 km / h	1: 56.251	214.914 km / h	17th
18th	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara-Ford	-	-	2: 17.512	181.686 km / h	1: 56.257	214.903 km / h	18th
19th	Ivan Capelli	March-Judd	-	-	2: 15.863	183.891 km / h	1: 56.291	214.840 km / h	19th
20th	Martin Brundle	Brabham-Judd	-	-	2: 18.663	180.178 km / h	1: 56.327	214.774 km / h	20th
21st	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell-Ford	-	-	2: 18.405	180.514 km / h	1: 56.600	214.271 km / h	21st
22nd	Michele Alboreto	Lola Lamborghini	1: 57.509	212.614 km / h	2: 17.240	182.046 km / h	1: 56.616	214.242 km / h	22nd
23	Bertrand Gachot	Onyx Ford	1: 57.720	212.232 km / h	2: 18.151	180.846 km / h	1: 56.716	214.058 km / h	23
24	Eddie Cheever	Arrows Ford	-	-	2: 14.641	185.560 km / h	1: 56.748	213.999 km / h	24
25th	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi-Ford	-	-	2: 18.907	179.861 km / h	1: 56.957	213.617 km / h	25th
26th	Olivier Grouillard	Ligier-Ford	-	-	2: 18.175	180.814 km / h	1: 57.027	213.489 km / h	26th
DNQ	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus Judd	-	-	2: 13.677	186.898 km / h	1: 57.251	213.081 km / h	-
DNQ	Nelson Piquet	Lotus Judd	-	-	2: 14.358	185.951 km / h	1: 57.771	212.141 km / h	-
DNQ	Christian Danner	Rial Ford	-	-	2: 20.503	177.818 km / h	2: 00.247	207.772 km / h	-
DNQ	Pierre-Henri Raphanel	Rial Ford	-	-	2: 21.180	176.966 km / h	2: 02.937	203.226 km / h	-
DNPQ	Nicola Larini	Osella-Ford	1: 58.065	211.612 km / h	-	-	-	-	-
DNPQ	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Ford	1: 58.209	211.354 km / h	-	-	-	-	-
DNPQ	Roberto Moreno	Coloni-Ford	1: 58.650	210.569 km / h	-	-	-	-	-
DNPQ	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS-Ford	1: 59.432	209.190 km / h	-	-	-	-	-
DNPQ	Bernd Schneider	Zakspeed Yamaha	2: 00.713	206.970 km / h	-	-	-	-	-
DNPQ	Aguri Suzuki	Zakspeed Yamaha	2: 00.757	206.895 km / h	-	-	-	-	-
DNPQ	Yannick Dalmas	AGS-Ford	2: 02.205	204.443 km / h	-	-	-	-	-
DNPQ	Gregor Foitek	EuroBrun-Judd	2: 02.767	203.507 km / h	-	-	-	-	-
DNPQ	Enrico Bertaggia	Coloni-Ford	2: 21.709	176.305 km / h	-	-	-	-	-

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	44	0	1: 40: 54.196	01	2: 12.890
02	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda	44	0	+ 1.304	02	2: 11.571
03	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	44	0	+ 1.824	06th	2: 11.736
04th	Thierry Boutsen	Williams-Renault	44	0	+ 54.418	04th	2: 13.842
05	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton-Ford	44	0	+1: 08.805	07th	2: 14.399
06th	Derek Warwick	Arrows Ford	44	0	+1: 18.316	10	2: 14.106
07th	Maurício Gugelmin	March-Judd	43	0	+ 1 lap	09	2: 17.411
08th	Stefan Johansson	Onyx Ford	43	0	+ 1 lap	15th	2: 17.294
09	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Ford	43	0	+ 1 lap	14th	2: 12.101
10	Emanuele Pirro	Benetton-Ford	43	0	+ 1 lap	13	2: 15.868
11	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara-Ford	43	0	+ 1 lap	18th	2: 13.176
12	Ivan Capelli	March-Judd	43	0	+ 1 lap	19th	2: 15.701
13	Olivier Grouillard	Ligier-Ford	43	0	+ 1 lap	26th	2: 17.253
14th	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell-Ford	42	0	+ 2 rounds	21st	2: 19.772
15th	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi-Ford	42	0	+ 2 rounds	25th	2: 22.222
16	Philippe Alliot	Lola Lamborghini	39	0	DNF	11	2: 14.675	Oil pressure loss
-	Eddie Cheever	Arrows Ford	38	0	DNF	24	2: 16.727	loose rear wheel
-	Bertrand Gachot	Onyx Ford	21st	0	DNF	23	2: 19.405	accident
-	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	20th	0	DNF	05	2: 18.273	collision
-	Michele Alboreto	Lola Lamborghini	19th	0	DNF	22nd	2: 21.323	collision
-	Alex Caffi	Dallara-Ford	13	0	DNF	12	2: 22.790	accident
-	Martin Brundle	Brabham-Judd	12	0	DNF	20th	2: 27.325	Brake defect
-	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	09	0	DNF	03	2: 18.865	accident
-	Stefano Modena	Brabham-Judd	09	0	DNF	08th	2: 31.976	Handling
-	René Arnoux	Ligier-Ford	04th	0	DNF	17th	2: 26.022	accident
-	Johnny Herbert	Tyrrell-Ford	03	0	DNF	16	2: 26.020	accident

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 62 02  Ayrton Senna McLaren Honda 51 03  Nigel Mansell Ferrari 38 04th  Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault 25th 05  Thierry Boutsen Williams-Renault 20th 06th  Alessandro Nannini Benetton-Ford 14th 07th  Nelson Piquet Lotus Judd 9 08th  Michele Alboreto Tyrrell-Ford 6th 09  Derek Warwick Arrows Ford 6th 10  Eddie Cheever Arrows Ford 6th 11  Johnny Herbert Benetton-Ford 5 12  Alex Caffi Dallara-Ford 4th 13  Maurício Gugelmin March-Judd 4th

Item driver constructor Points 14th  Stefano Modena Brabham-Judd 4th 15th  Andrea de Cesaris Dallara-Ford 4th 16  Christian Danner Rial Ford 3 17th  Jean Alesi Tyrrell-Ford 3 18th  René Arnoux Ligier-Ford 2 19th  Stefan Johansson Onyx Ford 2 20th  Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ford 2 21st  Martin Brundle Brabham-Judd 1 22nd  Gabriele Tarquini AGS-Ford 1 23  Olivier Grouillard Ligier-Ford 1 24  Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell-Ford 1 25th  Luis Pérez-Sala Minardi-Ford 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  McLaren Honda 113 02  Williams-Renault 45 03  Ferrari 38 04th  Benetton-Ford 19th 05  Arrows-Megatron 12 06th  Tyrrell-Ford 10 07th  Lotus Judd 9 08th  Dallara-Ford 8th

Item constructor Points 09  Brabham-Judd 5 10  March-Judd 4th 11  Rial Ford 3 12  Minardi-Ford 3 13  Ligier-Ford 3 14th  Onyx Ford 2 15th  AGS-Ford 1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Training" ( memento of the original from October 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on October 26, 2013)  
2. ↑ "Overview" ( Memento of the original from March 23, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on October 26, 2013)  
3. ^ "Report" (accessed October 26, 2013)
4. ↑ “World Cup stands” ( memento of the original from October 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on October 26, 2013)  

Web links

Commons : Belgian Grand Prix 1989  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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