1989 Mexican Grand Prix

 1989 Mexican Grand Prix

Racing data
4th of 16 races in the 1989 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	Gran Premio de Mexico
Date:	May 28, 1989
Place:	Mexico city
Course:	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
Length:	296.207 km in 67 laps of 4.421 km
Weather:	hot
Spectator:	~ 94,000
Pole position
Driver:	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda
Time:	1: 17.876 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari
Time:	1: 20.420 min
Podium
First:	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda
Second:	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault
Third:	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford

The 1989 Mexican Grand Prix took place in Mexico City on May 28 and was the fourth race of the 1989 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

Gerhard Berger , who was injured after a fire accident during the San Marino Grand Prix , returned to the field after a five-week recovery.

Minardi used the newly designed M189 for the first time .

training

Again the front row was formed by the two McLaren MP4 / 5s from Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost . Nigel Mansell and Ivan Capelli took the second row ahead of Riccardo Patrese and Gerhard Berger.

Only the first four pilots achieved average speeds of over 200 km / h on their fastest laps.

In the fourth attempt, Stefan Johansson succeeded for the first time in qualifying for a Grand Prix in an Onyx Ford .

run

Senna took the lead ahead of Mansell and Prost. At the end of the first lap, Stefano Modena spun , which subsequently led to a collision with Olivier Grouillard , Alex Caffi and Ivan Capelli. The race was then canceled with the red flag.

Senna won the restart again. This time, however, Prost followed in second place ahead of Berger and Mansell. The positions of the two Ferrari drivers changed on the sixth lap. When Prost had new tires fitted in the pit after 19 laps, Mansell took second place. Due to Berger's failure due to a hydraulic defect, Patrese had reached third place shortly before. When Mansell was eliminated in the 44th lap, the Italian finally finished second ahead of his two compatriots Michele Alboreto and Alessandro Nannini . Alain Prost, who finished fifth, was followed by another Italian in Gabriele Tarquini . This gave the AGS team the second and, as it turned out, the last championship point in team history. For himself it was the first and only point in Formula 1.

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	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 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 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 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	Yannick Dalmas	Lola LC89	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	40	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS JH23B		G
	41	Joachim Winkelhock

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: 19.112	201.178 km / h	1: 17.876	204.371 km / h	01
02	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda	-	-	1: 20.401	197.953 km / h	1: 18.773	202.044 km / h	02
03	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	-	-	1: 21.170	196.077 km / h	1: 19.137	201.115 km / h	03
04th	Ivan Capelli	March-Judd	-	-	1: 24.720	187.861 km / h	1: 19.337	200.608 km / h	04th
05	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	-	-	1: 21.763	194.655 km / h	1: 19.656	199.804 km / h	05
06th	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	-	-	1: 21.564	195.130 km / h	1: 19.835	199.356 km / h	06th
07th	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford	-	-	1: 22.150	193.738 km / h	1: 20.066	198.781 km / h	07th
08th	Thierry Boutsen	Williams-Renault	-	-	1: 21.456	195.389 km / h	1: 20.234	198.365 km / h	08th
09	Stefano Modena	Brabham-Judd	1: 22.211	193.595 km / h	1: 22.640	192.590 km / h	1: 20.505	197.697 km / h	09
10	Derek Warwick	Arrows Ford	-	-	1: 23.245	191.190 km / h	1: 20.601	197.462 km / h	10
11	Olivier Grouillard	Ligier-Ford	-	-	1: 23.053	191.632 km / h	1: 20.859	196.832 km / h	11
12	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara-Ford	-	-	1: 23.066	191.602 km / h	1: 20.873	196.797 km / h	12
13	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton-Ford	-	-	1: 21.791	194.589 km / h	1: 20.888	196.761 km / h	13
14th	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell-Ford	-	-	1: 21.561	195.137 km / h	1: 20.888	196.761 km / h	14th
15th	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus Judd	-	-	1: 22.438	193.061 km / h	1: 20.943	196.627 km / h	15th
16	Philippe Alliot	Lola Lamborghini	-	-	1: 22.014	194.060 km / h	1: 21.031	196.414 km / h	16
17th	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS-Ford	-	-	1: 23.004	191.745 km / h	1: 21.031	196.414 km / h	17th
18th	Johnny Herbert	Benetton-Ford	-	-	1: 22.553	192.793 km / h	1: 21.105	196.235 km / h	18th
19th	Alex Caffi	Dallara-Ford	1: 22.876	192.041 km / h	1: 22.705	192.438 km / h	1: 21.139	196.152 km / h	19th
20th	Martin Brundle	Brabham-Judd	1: 21.770	194.639 km / h	1: 23.375	190.892 km / h	1: 21.217	195.964 km / h	20th
21st	Stefan Johansson	Onyx Ford	1: 23.288	191.091 km / h	1: 23.746	190.046 km / h	1: 21.358	195.624 km / h	21st
22nd	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Ford	-	-	1: 24.181	189.064 km / h	1: 21.471	195.353 km / h	22nd
23	Christian Danner	Rial Ford	-	-	1: 22.931	191.914 km / h	1: 21.696	194.815 km / h	23
24	Eddie Cheever	Arrows Ford	-	-	1: 23.427	190.773 km / h	1: 21.716	194.767 km / h	24
25th	René Arnoux	Ligier-Ford	-	-	1: 24.890	187.485 km / h	1: 21.830	194.496 km / h	25th
26th	Nelson Piquet	Lotus Judd	-	-	1: 23.090	191.547 km / h	1: 21.831	194.494 km / h	26th
DNQ	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi-Ford	-	-	1: 26.567	183.853 km / h	1: 21.935	194.247 km / h	-
DNQ	Maurício Gugelmin	March-Judd	-	-	1: 22.712	192.422 km / h	1: 22.081	193.901 km / h	-
DNQ	Yannick Dalmas	Lola Lamborghini	-	-	1: 25.651	185.819 km / h	-	-	-
DNQ	Roberto Moreno	Coloni-Ford	-	-	-	-	3: 34.095	74.339 km / h	-
DNPQ	Bertrand Gachot	Onyx Ford	1: 23.752	190.032 km / h	-	-	-	-	-
DNPQ	Gregor Foitek	EuroBrun-Judd	1: 24.351	188.683 km / h	-	-	-	-	-
DNPQ	Nicola Larini	Osella-Ford	1: 24.392	188.591 km / h	-	-	-	-	-
DNPQ	Volker Weidler	Rial Ford	1: 24.966	187.317 km / h	-	-	-	-	-
DNPQ	Bernd Schneider	Zakspeed Yamaha	1: 25.418	186.326 km / h	-	-	-	-	-
DNPQ	Aguri Suzuki	Zakspeed Yamaha	1: 25.658	185.804 km / h	-	-	-	-	-
DNPQ	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Ford	1: 26.065	184.925 km / h	-	-	-	-	-
DNPQ	Joachim Winkelhock	AGS-Ford	1: 26.754	183.457 km / h	-	-	-	-	-
DNPQ	Pierre-Henri Raphanel	Coloni-Ford	1: 34.357	168.674 km / h	-	-	-	-	-

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	69	0	1: 35: 21.431	01	1: 20.585
02	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	69	0	+ 15,560	05	1: 21.383
03	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford	69	0	+ 31.254	07th	1: 21.230
04th	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton-Ford	69	0	+ 45.495	13	1: 22.110
05	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda	69	2	+ 56.113	02	1: 20.506
06th	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS-Ford	68	0	+ 1 lap	17th	1: 22.318
07th	Eddie Cheever	Arrows Ford	68	0	+ 1 lap	24	1: 22.111
08th	Olivier Grouillard	Ligier-Ford	68	0	+ 1 lap	11	1: 22.093
09	Martin Brundle	Brabham-Judd	68	0	+ 1 lap	20th	1: 22.344
10	Stefano Modena	Brabham-Judd	68	0	+ 1 lap	09	1: 22.233
11	Nelson Piquet	Lotus Judd	68	0	+ 1 lap	26th	1: 22.560
12	Christian Danner	Rial Ford	67	0	+ 2 rounds	23	1: 23.524
13	Alex Caffi	Dallara-Ford	67	0	+ 2 rounds	19th	1: 24.527
14th	René Arnoux	Ligier-Ford	66	0	+ 3 rounds	25th	1: 23.867
15th	Johnny Herbert	Benetton-Ford	66	0	+ 3 rounds	18th	1: 23.095
-	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Ford	53	0	DNF	22nd	1: 23.539	Engine failure
-	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	43	0	DNF	03	1: 20.420	Gearbox damage
-	Derek Warwick	Arrows Ford	35	0	DNF	10	1: 22.777	Electrical damage
-	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus Judd	35	0	DNF	15th	1: 22.907	Gearbox damage
-	Philippe Alliot	Lola Lamborghini	28	0	NC	16	1: 22.593	Unrated
-	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara-Ford	20th	0	DNF	12	1: 25.424	defective fuel pump
-	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	16	0	DNF	06th	1: 22.981	Gearbox damage
-	Stefan Johansson	Onyx Ford	16	0	DNF	21st	1: 23.416	defective power transmission
-	Thierry Boutsen	Williams-Renault	15th	0	DNF	08th	1: 22.991	Electrical damage
-	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell-Ford	09	0	DNF	14th	1: 24.660	Gas spring
-	Ivan Capelli	March-Judd	01	0	DNF	04th	1: 46.744	defective power transmission

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  Ayrton Senna McLaren Honda 27 02  Alain Prost McLaren Honda 20th 03  Nigel Mansell Ferrari 9 04th  Alessandro Nannini Benetton-Ford 8th 05  Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault 6th 06th  Michele Alboreto Tyrrell-Ford 6th 07th  Derek Warwick Arrows Ford 4th 08th  Maurício Gugelmin March-Judd 4th

Item driver constructor Points 09  Stefano Modena Brabham-Judd 4th 10  Alex Caffi Dallara-Ford 3 11  Johnny Herbert Benetton-Ford 3 12  Thierry Boutsen Williams-Renault 3 13  Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell-Ford 1 14th  Martin Brundle Brabham-Judd 1 15th  Gabriele Tarquini AGS-Ford 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  McLaren Honda 47 02  Benetton-Ford 11 03  Williams-Renault 9 04th  Ferrari 9 05  Tyrrell-Ford 7th

Item constructor Points 06th  Brabham-Judd 5 07th  Arrows-Megatron 4th 08th  March-Judd 4th 09  Dallara-Ford 3 10  AGS-Ford 1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Training" ( memento of the original from October 1, 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 September 23, 2013)  
2. ^ "Report" (accessed on September 23, 2013)
3. ↑ “World Cup stands” ( Memento of the original from June 22, 2008 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 September 23, 2013)  

Web links

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