1989 Brazilian Grand Prix

 1989 Brazilian Grand Prix

Racing data
1st of 16 races in the 1989 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	Grande Prêmio do Brasil
Date:	March 26, 1989
Place:	Rio de Janeiro
Course:	Jacarepaguá
Length:	306.891 km in 61 laps of 5.031 km
Weather:	cloudy but hot
Pole position
Driver:	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda
Time:	1: 25.302 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault
Time:	1: 32.507 min
Podium
First:	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari
Second:	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda
Third:	Maurício Gugelmin	March-Judd

The 1989 Brazilian Grand Prix took place on March 26th in Rio de Janeiro and was the first race of the 1989 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

With the new season, a ban on turbo engines that had already been announced before the start of the preseason came into force. In addition, Pirelli, a rival for Goodyear , returned to Formula 1 as a tire supplier. The British racing team Onyx entered as a new team. Some teams changed their engine partners. Eight as well as ten and twelve cylinder engines were used. In particular, the manufacturers Ford-Cosworth and Judd were chosen as outfitters by numerous teams. Yamaha and Lamborghini appeared as new suppliers .

In addition to the world champion team McLaren , Arrows , Lotus , March , Minardi and Larrousse retained the driver line-ups with which they had ended the 1988 season.

Nigel Mansell moved from Williams , where he was replaced by Thierry Boutsen , to Ferrari . There he ousted Michele Alboreto , who then took the former place of Julian Bailey at Tyrrell . Boutsen's cockpit at Benetton was occupied by the newcomer Johnny Herbert . In addition to this, the five other debutants Bertrand Gachot for Onyx, Gregor Foitek for EuroBrun , Olivier Grouillard for Ligier , Volker Weidler for Rial and Joachim Winkelhock for AGS were announced at the start of the season.

Team Brabham , which has since been sold by Bernie Ecclestone , returned to the field after a year break with drivers Martin Brundle and Stefano Modena . With the exception of EuroBrun and AGS, all teams competed with two cars.

Numerous teams started the season with updated vehicles from the previous year.

training

In the course of test drives prior to the training, Philippe Streiff had a serious accident . He suffered from paraplegia, which ended his Formula 1 career.

Since a total of 38 drivers lined up to qualify for one of the 26 starting positions, a pre-qualification was carried out regularly, as in the previous year. 13 pilots had to take part, both drivers from Brabham, Osella , Zakspeed and Onyx as well as one driver each from Rial, EuroBrun, Larrousse, Coloni and AGS. The five fastest among them received clearance to take part in the two regular qualification rounds.

During the test drives in winter it had already become apparent that McLaren would still be the team to beat even after switching from turbo to naturally aspirated engines. Accordingly, the experts were not surprised when the reigning world champion Ayrton Senna achieved pole position, which he had achieved 13 times on 16 race weekends last year. Riccardo Patrese , Gerhard Berger and Thierry Boutsen qualified for the places behind. Alain Prost and Nigel Mansell formed the third row ahead of Ivan Capelli and Derek Warwick .

run

On the very hot day of the race, Patrese and Berger, whose Ferrari was equipped with a semi-automatic transmission for the first time, were able to catch up to the first corner on Senna, who had started poorly. Berger and Senna collided, whereupon Patrese took the lead. His team-mate Boutsen followed in second place in front of Mansell, Prost, Capelli and Warwick.

Mansell passed Boutsen on the third lap, who was eliminated shortly afterwards. In lap 15, the Brit took the lead after a strong maneuver against Patrese. He won ahead of Alain Prost and Maurício Gugelmin . For the Brazilian, this was the only podium finish in his Formula 1 career. Fourth was the impressive newcomer Johnny Herbert, ahead of Derek Warwick and Alessandro Nannini . Nicola Larini was disqualified after driving ten laps because of misconduct at the start.

The Ferrari victory came as a surprise, also for the team itself, which had to contend with a lack of reliability during tests in the run-up to the season. Ferrari's race director had even suggested to Mansell to start the race with a half-full tank in order to appear competitive at least until the expected failure due to the lower weight compared to the competition.

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 017B	Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8	G
	4th	Michele Alboreto
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 881		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 B188		G
	20th	Johnny Herbert
BMS Scuderia Italia	21st	Alex Caffi	Dallara BMS 189		P
	22nd	Andrea de Cesaris
Minardi Team SpA	23	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi M188B		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
Larrousse Calmels	29	Yannick Dalmas	Lola LC88B	Lamborghini 3512 3.5 V12	G
	30th	Philippe Alliot
Coloni SpA	31	Roberto Moreno	Coloni FC188B	Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8	P
	32	Pierre-Henri Raphanel
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	Volker Weidler
AGS Racing	41	Joachim Winkelhock	AGS JH23B		G

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: 26.205	210.099 km / h	1: 25.302	212.323 km / h	01
02	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	-	-	1: 26.172	210.180 km / h	7: 12.732	41.854 km / h	02
03	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	-	-	1: 26.271	209.938 km / h	1: 26.394	209.640 km / h	03
04th	Thierry Boutsen	Williams-Renault	-	-	1: 27.367	207.305 km / h	1: 26.459	209.482 km / h	04th
05	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda	-	-	1: 27.095	207.952 km / h	1: 26.620	209.093 km / h	05
06th	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	-	-	1: 27.249	207.585 km / h	1: 26.772	208.726 km / h	06th
07th	Ivan Capelli	March-Judd	-	-	1: 27.525	206.931 km / h	1: 27.035	208.096 km / h	07th
08th	Derek Warwick	Arrows Ford	-	-	1: 27.937	205.961 km / h	1: 27.408	207.208 km / h	08th
09	Nelson Piquet	Lotus Judd	-	-	1: 28.423	204.829 km / h	1: 27.437	207.139 km / h	09
10	Johnny Herbert	Benetton-Ford	-	-	1: 27.626	206.692 km / h	1: 27.754	206.391 km / h	10
11	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton-Ford	-	-	1: 28.394	204.896 km / h	1: 27.865	206.130 km / h	11
12	Maurício Gugelmin	March-Judd	-	-	1: 27.956	205.917 km / h	1: 28.581	204.464 km / h	12
13	Martin Brundle	Brabham-Judd	1: 27.764	206.367 km / h	1: 29.138	203.186 km / h	1: 28.274	205.175 km / h	13
14th	Stefano Modena	Brabham-Judd	1: 28.147	205.470 km / h	1: 28.621	204.371 km / h	1: 28.942	203.634 km / h	14th
15th	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara-Ford	-	-	1: 29.005	203.490 km / h	1: 29.206	203.031 km / h	15th
16	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Ford	-	-	-	-	1: 29.435	202.511 km / h	16
17th	Christian Danner	Rial Ford	-	-	1: 30.460	200.217 km / h	1: 29.455	202.466 km / h	17th
18th	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell-Ford	-	-	1: 30.443	200.254 km / h	1: 29.573	202.199 km / h	18th
19th	Nicola Larini	Osella-Ford	1: 29.679	201.960 km / h	1: 31.341	198.286 km / h	1: 30.146	200.914 km / h	19th
20th	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford	-	-	1: 32.260	196.310 km / h	1: 30.255	200.671 km / h	20th
21st	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus Judd	-	-	1: 30.942	199.156 km / h	1: 30.375	200.405 km / h	21st
22nd	Olivier Grouillard	Ligier-Ford	-	-	1: 30.410	200.327 km / h	1: 30.666	199.762 km / h	22nd
23	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi-Ford	-	-	1: 30.702	199.682 km / h	1: 30.643	199.812 km / h	23
24	Eddie Cheever	Arrows Ford	-	-	1: 30.657	199.782 km / h	1: 31.068	198.880 km / h	24
25th	Bernd Schneider	Zakspeed Yamaha	1: 30.417	200.312 km / h	1: 32.346	196.128 km / h	1: 30.861	199.333 km / h	25th
26th	Philippe Alliot	Lola Lamborghini	-	-	1: 31.872	197.139 km / h	1: 31.009	199.009 km / h	26th
DNQ	Yannick Dalmas	Lola Lamborghini	-	-	1: 32.411	195.990 km / h	1: 31.260	198.462 km / h	-
DNQ	René Arnoux	Ligier-Ford	-	-	-	-	1: 31.376	198.210 km / h	-
DNQ	Gregor Foitek	EuroBrun-Judd	1: 29.604	202.129 km / h	1: 31.791	197.313 km / h	1: 53.570	159.475 km / h	-
DNQ	Roberto Moreno	Coloni-Ford	-	-	1: 32.561	195.672 km / h	1: 34.894	190.861 km / h	-
DNPQ	Alex Caffi	Dallara-Ford	1: 30.747	199.583 km / h	-	-	-	-	-
DNPQ	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Ford	1: 31.150	198.701 km / h	-	-	-	-	-
DNPQ	Volker Weidler	Rial Ford	1: 31.964	196.942 km / h	-	-	-	-	-
DNPQ	Pierre-Henri Raphanel	Coloni-Ford	1: 32.019	196.825 km / h	-	-	-	-	-
DNPQ	Joachim Winkelhock	AGS-Ford	1: 32.982	194.786 km / h	-	-	-	-	-
DNPQ	Aguri Suzuki	Zakspeed Yamaha	1: 33.079	194.583 km / h	-	-	-	-	-
DNPQ	Stefan Johansson	Onyx Ford	1: 35.232	190.184 km / h	-	-	-	-	-
DNPQ	Bertrand Gachot	Onyx Ford	1: 37.932	184.941 km / h	-	-	-	-	-

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	61	0	1: 38: 58.744	06th	1: 33.948
02	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda	61	1	+ 7.809	05	1: 35.341
03	Maurício Gugelmin	March-Judd	61	0	+ 9.370	12	1: 33.774
04th	Johnny Herbert	Benetton-Ford	61	0	+ 10.493	10	1: 34.164
05	Derek Warwick	Arrows Ford	61	0	+ 17.866	08th	1: 33.699
06th	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton-Ford	61	0	+ 18.241	11	1: 33.361
07th	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell-Ford	60	0	+ 1 lap	18th	1: 35.327
08th	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus Judd	60	0	+ 1 lap	21st	1: 36.932
09	Olivier Grouillard	Ligier-Ford	60	0	+ 1 lap	22nd	1: 35.807
10	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford	59	0	+ 2 rounds	20th	1: 36.747
11	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	59	2	+ 2 rounds	01	1: 33.685
12	Philippe Alliot	Lola Lamborghini	58	0	+ 3 rounds	26th	1: 38.740
13	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara-Ford	57	0	DNF	15th	1: 35.402	Engine failure
14th	Christian Danner	Rial Ford	56	0	DNF	17th	1: 36.199	Gearbox damage
-	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	51	1	DNF	02	1: 32.507	Engine failure
-	Eddie Cheever	Arrows Ford	37	0	DNF	24	1: 36.394	accident
-	Bernd Schneider	Zakspeed Yamaha	36	0	DNF	25th	1: 37.789	Suspension damage
-	Martin Brundle	Brabham-Judd	27	0	DNF	13	1: 35.286	Electrical damage
-	Ivan Capelli	March-Judd	22nd	0	DNF	07th	1: 34.479	Suspension damage
-	Nelson Piquet	Lotus Judd	10	0	DNF	09	1: 37.665	defective fuel supply
-	Nicola Larini	Osella-Ford	10	0	DSQ	19th	1: 38.682	disqualified
-	Stefano Modena	Brabham-Judd	09	0	DNF	14th	1: 37.470	broken drive shaft
-	Thierry Boutsen	Williams-Renault	03	0	DNF	04th	1: 35.696	Engine failure
-	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Ford	02	0	DNF	16	1: 46.060	Engine failure
-	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	00	0	DNF	03	-	Collision damage
-	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi-Ford	00	0	DNF	23	-	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  Nigel Mansell Ferrari 9 02  Alain Prost McLaren Honda 6th 03  Maurício Gugelmin March-Judd 4th

Item driver constructor Points 04th  Johnny Herbert Benetton-Ford 3 05  Derek Warwick Arrows Ford 2 06th  Alessandro Nannini Benetton-Ford 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Ferrari 9 02  McLaren Honda 6th 03  March-Judd 4th

Item constructor Points 04th  Benetton-Ford 4th 05  Arrows-Megatron 2

Individual evidence

1. ^ "Training" ( Memento from October 1, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on September 23, 2013)
2. ^ "Report" (accessed on September 23, 2013)
3. ↑ Fight at the limit. The Formula 1 Chronicle 1950–2000 , ed. v. Willy Knupp, RTL book edition: Zeitgeist Verlag: Düsseldorf / Gütersloh 2000, ISBN 3-89748-277-0 , p. 278
4. ^ "World Championship stands" ( Memento from March 23, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on September 23, 2013)

Web links

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