1989 Japanese Grand Prix
| Racing data | ||
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| 15th of 16 races in the 1989 Formula 1 World Championship | ||
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| Surname: | Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix | |
| Date: | October 22, 1989 | |
| Place: | Suzuka | |
| Course: | Suzuka International Racing Course | |
| Length: | 310.527 km in 53 laps of 5.859 km
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| Weather: | cloudy and cool | |
| Spectator: | ~ 130,000 | |
| Pole position | ||
| Driver: |
.svg){kind=small} Ayrton Senna
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 McLaren Honda
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| Time: | 1: 38.041 min | |
| Fastest lap | ||
| Driver: |
 Alain Prost
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McLaren Honda
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| Time: | 1: 43.506 min | |
| Podium | ||
| First: |
 Alessandro Nannini
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Benetton-Ford
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| Second: |
Riccardo Patrese
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Williams-Renault
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| Third: |
 Thierry Boutsen
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Williams-Renault
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The 1989 Japanese Grand Prix took place in Suzuka on October 22nd and was the 15th race of the 1989 Formula 1 World Championship .
Reports
background
Since Alain Prost went into the last two races of the season with a 16 point lead over Ayrton Senna , he only had the option of winning both in order to defend his world title.
Bertrand Gachot returned to the field, but not to Onyx , but to Rial , where he replaced Gregor Foitek after only one mission.
training
Ayrton Senna secured his twelfth pole position of the season in front of his McLaren team- mate Alain Prost and the two Ferraris of Gerhard Berger and Nigel Mansell . Behind them Riccardo Patrese and Alessandro Nannini formed the third row in front of Thierry Boutsen and Philippe Alliot .
run
Prost got off to a better start, so that he could turn into the first corner before Senna. After the Frenchman had initially gained a lead, the two opponents separated only one second from the 40th lap. While Prost seemed to have advantages on the straights, Senna was almost able to catch up in the corners. At the end of the 47th lap, Senna started an attempt to overtake in the area of the narrow chicane near the pit entrance. Prost prevented his teammate from taking the lead by pulling in his lane. There was a collision. Prost assumed that the world championship was definitely decided in his favor and got out. Senna, however, waved marshals over to push his car so that he could continue, skipping the chicane in whose emergency exit both colliding vehicles had slipped. Since the front of his car was damaged, he had to go to the box to have the front wing changed. He came back on track five seconds behind the now leading Nannini. He caught up with it by the 50th lap, overtook him at the exact point where he had tried against Prost before and crossed the finish line first.
Before the awards ceremony, Senna was disqualified and Nannini was declared the winner. The official reason given was that he had unlawfully shortened the chicane after being pushed by the marshals. Team McLaren tried to appeal this disqualification to the FIA . The negotiations on this dragged on into late autumn. In the end, Ayrton Senna received an additional fine of $ 100,000 and a six-month suspension for claiming at a press conference that FIA President Jean-Marie Balestre had disqualified his compatriot Alain Prost from the World Cup.
The two Williams drivers Patrese and Boutsen took second and third place behind Nannini . Nelson Piquet was ranked fourth ahead of Martin Brundle and Derek Warwick .
Registration list
Classifications
Qualifying
| Item | driver | constructor | Pre-qualification | 1. Qualification training | 2. Qualification training | begin | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| time | Ø speed | time | Ø speed | time | Ø speed | ||||
| 1 |
Ayrton Senna
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McLaren Honda
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- | - | 1: 39.493 | 211.999 km / h | 1: 38.041 | 215.139 km / h | 1 |
| 2 |
Alain Prost
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McLaren Honda
|
- | - | 1: 40.875 | 209.094 km / h | 1: 39.771 | 211.408 km / h | 2 |
| 3 |
 Gerhard Berger
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Ferrari
|
- | - | 1: 41.253 | 208.314 km / h | 1: 40.187 | 210.530 km / h | 3 |
| 4th |
Nigel Mansell
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Ferrari
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- | - | 1: 40.608 | 209.649 km / h | 1: 40.406 | 210.071 km / h | 4th |
| 5 |
Riccardo Patrese
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Williams-Renault
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- | - | 1: 42.397 | 205.987 km / h | 1: 40.936 | 208.968 km / h | 5 |
| 6th |
Alessandro Nannini
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Benetton-Ford
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- | - | 1: 41.601 | 207.600 km / h | 1: 41.103 | 208.623 km / h | 6th |
| 7th |
Thierry Boutsen
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Williams-Renault
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- | - | 1: 42.943 | 204.894 km / h | 1: 41.324 | 208.168 km / h | 7th |
| 8th |
Philippe Alliot
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Lola Lamborghini
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1: 43.089 | 204.604 km / h | 1: 42.534 | 205.711 km / h | 1: 41.336 | 208.143 km / h | 8th |
| 9 |
Stefano Modena
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Brabham-Judd
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- | - | 1: 42.909 | 204.962 km / h | 1: 41.458 | 207.893 km / h | 9 |
| 10 |
Nicola Larini
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Osella-Ford
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1: 43.035 | 204.711 km / h | 1: 42.483 | 205.814 km / h | 1: 41.519 | 207.768 km / h | 10 |
| 11 |
Nelson Piquet
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Lotus Judd
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- | - | 1: 43.386 | 204.016 km / h | 1: 41.802 | 207.190 km / h | 11 |
| 12 |
 Satoru Nakajima
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Lotus Judd
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- | - | 1: 43.370 | 204.048 km / h | 1: 41.988 | 206.813 km / h | 12 |
| 13 |
Martin Brundle
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Brabham-Judd
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- | - | 1: 44.236 | 202.352 km / h | 1: 42.182 | 206.420 km / h | 13 |
| 14th |
 Luis Pérez-Sala
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Minardi-Ford
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- | - | 1: 43.107 | 204.568 km / h | 1: 42.283 | 206.216 km / h | 14th |
| 15th |
Alex Caffi
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Dallara-Ford
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- | - | 1: 43.171 | 204.441 km / h | 1: 42.488 | 205.804 km / h | 15th |
| 16 |
Andrea de Cesaris
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Dallara-Ford
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- | - | 1: 43.904 | 202.999 km / h | 1: 42.581 | 205.617 km / h | 16 |
| 17th |
Ivan Capelli
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March-Judd
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- | - | 1: 43.851 | 203.103 km / h | 1: 42.672 | 205.435 km / h | 17th |
| 18th |
Jean Alesi
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Tyrrell-Ford
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- | - | 1: 43.306 | 204.174 km / h | 1: 42.709 | 205.361 km / h | 18th |
| 19th |
Paolo Barilla
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Minardi-Ford
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- | - | 1: 46.096 | 198.805 km / h | 1: 42.780 | 205.219 km / h | 19th |
| 20th |
Maurício Gugelmin
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March-Judd
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- | - | 1: 44.805 | 201.254 km / h | 1: 42.880 | 205.019 km / h | 20th |
| 21st |
 Bernd Schneider
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Zakspeed Yamaha
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1: 44.053 | 202.708 km / h | 1: 44.323 | 202.184 km / h | 1: 42.892 | 204.996 km / h | 21st |
| 22nd |
Emanuele Pirro
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Benetton-Ford
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- | - | 1: 43.217 | 204.350 km / h | 1: 43.063 | 204.655 km / h | 22nd |
| 23 |
Olivier Grouillard
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Ligier-Ford
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- | - | 1: 45.801 | 199.359 km / h | 1: 43.379 | 204.030 km / h | 23 |
| 24 |
 Eddie Cheever
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Arrows Ford
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- | - | 1: 44.501 | 201.839 km / h | 1: 43.511 | 203.770 km / h | 24 |
| 25th |
Derek Warwick
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Arrows Ford
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- | - | 1: 44.288 | 202.251 km / h | 1: 43.599 | 203.597 km / h | 25th |
| 26th |
Jonathan Palmer
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Tyrrell-Ford
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- | - | 1: 43.955 | 202.899 km / h | 1: 43.757 | 203.287 km / h | 26th |
| DNQ |
René Arnoux
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Ligier-Ford
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- | - | 1: 44.221 | 202.381 km / h | 1: 44.030 | 202.753 km / h | - |
| DNQ |
Michele Alboreto
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Lola Lamborghini
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1: 44.075 | 202.665 km / h | 1: 44.063 | 202.689 km / h | 1: 44.101 | 202.615 km / h | - |
| DNQ |
Pierre-Henri Raphanel
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Rial Ford
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- | - | 2: 11.328 | 160.609 km / h | 1: 47.160 | 196.831 km / h | - |
| DNQ |
Bertrand Gachot
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Rial Ford
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- | - | 1: 50.883 | 190.222 km / h | 1: 47.295 | 196.583 km / h | - |
| DNPQ |
Piercarlo Ghinzani
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Osella-Ford
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1: 44.313 | 202.203 km / h | - | - | - | - | - |
| DNPQ |
Roberto Moreno
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Coloni-Ford
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1: 44.498 | 201.845 km / h | - | - | - | - | - |
| DNPQ |
 Stefan Johansson
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Onyx Ford
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1: 44.582 | 201.683 km / h | - | - | - | - | - |
| DNPQ |
Aguri Suzuki
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Zakspeed Yamaha
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1: 44.780 | 201,302 km / h | - | - | - | - | - |
| DNPQ |
 Oscar Larrauri
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EuroBrun-Judd
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1: 45.446 | 200.030 km / h | - | - | - | - | - |
| DNPQ |
 JJ Lehto
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Onyx Ford
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1: 45.787 | 199.386 km / h | - | - | - | - | - |
| DNPQ |
Gabriele Tarquini
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AGS-Ford
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1: 46.705 | 197.670 km / h | - | - | - | - | - |
| DNPQ |
Yannick Dalmas
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AGS-Ford
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1: 48.306 | 194.748 km / h | - | - | - | - | - |
| DNPQ |
Enrico Bertaggia
|
Coloni-Ford
|
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
run
| Item | driver | constructor | Round | Stops | time | begin | Fastest lap | Failure reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - |
Ayrton Senna
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McLaren Honda
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53 | 2 | DSQ | 1 | 1: 43.025 | disqualified |
| 2 (1) |
Alessandro Nannini
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Benetton-Ford
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53 | 0 | + 2.297 | 6th | 1: 44.919 | |
| 3 (2) |
Riccardo Patrese
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Williams-Renault
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53 | 0 | + 14,201 | 5 | 1: 45.335 | |
| 4 (3) |
Thierry Boutsen
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Williams-Renault
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53 | 0 | + 15.743 | 7th | 1: 45.115 | |
| 5 (4) |
Nelson Piquet
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Lotus Judd
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53 | 0 | +1: 46.522 | 11 | 1: 46.420 | |
| 6 (5) |
Martin Brundle
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Brabham-Judd
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52 | 0 | + 1 lap | 13 | 1: 46.194 | |
| 7 (6) |
Derek Warwick
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Arrows Ford
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52 | 0 | + 1 lap | 25th | 1: 47.069 | |
| 8 (7) |
Maurício Gugelmin
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March-Judd
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52 | 0 | + 1 lap | 20th | 1: 47.976 | |
| 9 (8) |
Eddie Cheever
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Arrows Ford
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52 | 0 | + 1 lap | 24 | 1: 47.920 | |
| 10 (9) |
Alex Caffi
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Dallara-Ford
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52 | 0 | + 1 lap | 15th | 1: 49.322 | |
| 11 (10) |
Andrea de Cesaris
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Dallara-Ford
|
51 | 0 | + 2 rounds | 16 | 1: 46.225 | |
| - |
Alain Prost
|
McLaren Honda
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46 | 1 | DNF | 2 | 1: 43.506 | collision |
| - |
Stefano Modena
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Brabham-Judd
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46 | 0 | DNF | 9 | 1: 48.609 | Engine failure |
| - |
Nigel Mansell
|
Ferrari
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43 | 0 | DNF | 4th | 1: 45.077 | Engine failure |
| - |
Satoru Nakajima
|
Lotus Judd
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41 | 0 | DNF | 12 | 1: 47.338 | Engine failure |
| - |
Jean Alesi
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Tyrrell-Ford
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37 | 0 | DNF | 18th | 1: 46.674 | Gearbox damage |
| - |
Philippe Alliot
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Lola Lamborghini
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36 | 0 | DNF | 8th | 1: 45.353 | Engine failure |
| - |
Gerhard Berger
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Ferrari
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34 | 0 | DNF | 3 | 1: 44.189 | Gearbox damage |
| - |
Emanuele Pirro
|
Benetton-Ford
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33 | 0 | DNF | 22nd | 1: 45.049 | accident |
| - |
Olivier Grouillard
|
Ligier-Ford
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31 | 0 | DNF | 23 | 1: 48.145 | Engine failure |
| - |
Ivan Capelli
|
March-Judd
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27 | 0 | DNF | 17th | 1: 47.465 | accident |
| - |
Nicola Larini
|
Osella-Ford
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21st | 0 | DNF | 10 | 1: 49.479 | Brake balance |
| - |
Jonathan Palmer
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Tyrrell-Ford
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20th | 0 | DNF | 26th | 1: 49.910 | Fuel leak |
| - |
Bernd Schneider
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Zakspeed Yamaha
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1 | 0 | DNF | 21st | 2: 11.970 | broken drive shaft |
| - |
Luis Pérez-Sala
|
Minardi-Ford
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0 | 0 | DNF | 14th | - | accident |
| - |
Paolo Barilla
|
Minardi-Ford
|
0 | 0 | DNF | 19th | - | Clutch 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
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Constructors' championship
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Individual evidence
- ↑ a b 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. 281
- ↑ "Training" ( memento of the original from November 3, 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)
- ^ "Report" (accessed October 26, 2013)
- ↑ "World Cup stands" ( Memento of the original from November 3, 2013 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)
