1989 F1 World Championship Season

1988 F1 World Championship

1990 F1 World Championship

Fact File

Drivers’ Champion:	Alain Prost (3rd title)
Constructors’ Champion:	McLaren (5th title)
Races:	16
Winning drivers:	Ayrton Senna (6) Alain Prost (4) Nigel Mansell (2) Thierry Boutsen (2) Gerhard Berger (1) Alessandro Nannini (1)
Winning constructors:	McLaren (10) Ferrari (3) Williams (2) Benetton (1)
First-time winners (driver):	Thierry Boutsen Alessandro Nannini
First-time winners (constructor):	none

1989 F1 World Championship Grands Prix

Calendar

DT: Drivers’ title decider
CT: Constructors’ title decider

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date	Race Result
1	Brazil	Jacarepagua	26 March	1989 Brazilian Grand Prix
2	San Marino	Imola	23 April	1989 San Marino Grand Prix
3	Monaco	Monte Carlo	7 May	1989 Monaco Grand Prix
4	Mexico	Mexico City	28 May	1989 Mexican Grand Prix
5	USA	Phoenix	4 June	1989 United States Grand Prix
6	Canada	Montreal	18 June	1989 Canadian Grand Prix
7	France	Paul Ricard	9 July	1989 French Grand Prix
8	Britain	Silverstone	16 July	1989 British Grand Prix
9	Germany	Hockenheim	30 July	1989 German Grand Prix
10	Hungary	Hungaroring	13 August	1989 Hungarian Grand Prix
11	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	27 August	1989 Belgian Grand Prix
12	Italy CT	Monza	10 September	1989 Italian Grand Prix
13	Portugal	Estoril	24 September	1989 Portuguese Grand Prix
14	Spain	Jerez	1 October	1989 Spanish Grand Prix
15	Japan DT	Suzuka	22 October	1989 Japanese Grand Prix
16	Australia	Adelaide	5 November	1989 Australian Grand Prix

Race Winners

Highlight: Home driver race winner

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor	Start	Win Margin
1	Brazil	Jacarepagua	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	6	7.809s
2	San Marino	Imola	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	1	40.225s
3	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	1	52.529s
4	Mexico	Mexico City	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	1	15.560s
5	USA	Phoenix	Alain Prost	McLaren-Honda	2	39.696s
6	Canada	Montreal	Thierry Boutsen	Williams-Renault	6	30.007s
7	France	Paul Ricard	Alain Prost	McLaren-Honda	1	44.017s
8	Britain	Silverstone	Alain Prost	McLaren-Honda	2	19.369s
9	Germany	Hockenheim	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	1	18.151s
10	Hungary	Hungaroring	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	12	25.967s
11	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	1	1.304s
12	Italy	Monza	Alain Prost	McLaren-Honda	4	7.326s
13	Portugal	Estoril	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	2	32.637s
14	Spain	Jerez	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	1	27.051s
15	Japan	Suzuka	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton-Ford Cosworth	6	11.904s
16	Australia	Adelaide	Thierry Boutsen	Williams-Renault	5	28.658s

Polesitters

Highlight: Home driver polesitter

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor	Race	Pole Margin
1	Brazil	Jacarepagua	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	11	0.870s
2	San Marino	Imola	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	1	0.225s
3	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	1	1.148s
4	Mexico	Mexico City	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	1	0.897s
5	USA	Phoenix	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	DNF	1.409s
6	Canada	Montreal	Alain Prost	McLaren-Honda	DNF	0.076s
7	France	Paul Ricard	Alain Prost	McLaren-Honda	1	0.025s
8	Britain	Silverstone	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	DNF	0.167s
9	Germany	Hockenheim	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	1	1.006s
10	Hungary	Hungaroring	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	DNF	0.313s
11	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	1	0.596s
12	Italy	Monza	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	DNF	1.014s
13	Portugal	Estoril	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	DNF	0.591s
14	Spain	Jerez	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	1	0.274s
15	Japan	Suzuka	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	DSQ	1.730s
16	Australia	Adelaide	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	DNF	0.738s

Fastest Laps

Highlight: Home driver fastest lap setter

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor
1	Brazil	Jacarepagua	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault
2	San Marino	Imola	Alain Prost	McLaren-Honda
3	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Alain Prost	McLaren-Honda
4	Mexico	Mexico City	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari
5	USA	Phoenix	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda
6	Canada	Montreal	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
7	France	Paul Ricard	Mauricio Gugelmin	March-Judd
8	Britain	Silverstone	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari
9	Germany	Hockenheim	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda
10	Hungary	Hungaroring	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari
11	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	Alain Prost	McLaren-Honda
12	Italy	Monza	Alain Prost	McLaren-Honda
13	Portugal	Estoril	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari
14	Spain	Jerez	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda
15	Japan	Suzuka	Alain Prost	McLaren-Honda
16	Australia	Adelaide	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus-Judd

1989 F1 World Championship Standings

Driver

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Points	Gap
1	Alain Prost	McLaren	76 (81)
2	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	60	-16
3	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	40	-36
4	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	38	-38
5	Thierry Boutsen	Williams	37	-39
6	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	32	-44
7	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	21	-55
8	Nelson Piquet	Lotus	12	-64
9	Jean Alesi	Tyrrell	8	-68
10	Derek Warwick	Arrows	7	-69
11	Stefan Johansson	Onyx	6	-70
=	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell Lola	6	-70
=	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	6	-70
14	Johnny Herbert	Benetton Tyrrell	5	-71
15	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	5	-71
16	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara	4	-72
=	Mauricio Gugelmin	March	4	-72
=	Stefano Modena	Brabham	4	-72
19	Alex Caffi	Dallara	4	-72
20	Martin Brundle	Brabham	4	-72
21	Christian Danner	Rial	3	-73
=	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus	3	-73
23	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	2	-74
=	Emanuele Pirro	Benetton	2	-74
25	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	2	-74
26	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS	1	-75
=	Philippe Alliot	Lola	1	-75
=	Olivier Grouillard	Ligier	1	-75
=	Luis Perez-Sala	Minardi	1	-75

Points scoring system used:

1st: 9 points
2nd: 6 points
3rd: 4 points
4th: 3 points
5th: 2 points
6th: 1 point

Only the best 11 results counted towards the championship.
Numbers shown without parentheses are the points scored that counted towards the championship; numbers in parentheses are the total number of points scored.

Constructor

Pos	Constructor	Points	Gap
1	McLaren-Honda	141
2	Williams-Renault	77	-64
3	Ferrari	59	-82
4	Benetton-Ford Cosworth	39	-102
5	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	16	-125
6	Lotus-Judd	15	-126
7	Arrows-Ford Cosworth	13	-128
8	Dallara-Ford Cosworth	8	-133
9	Brabham-Judd	8	-133
10	Onyx-Ford Cosworth	6	-135
11	Minardi-Ford Cosworth	6	-135
12	March-Judd	4	-137
13	Rial-Ford Cosworth	3	-138
14	Ligier-Ford Cosworth	3	-138
15	AGS-Ford Cosworth	1	-140
16	Lola-Lamborghini	1	-140

Points scoring system used:

1st: 9 points
2nd: 6 points
3rd: 4 points
4th: 3 points
5th: 2 points
6th: 1 point

Constructors received points for each of their cars.
Only the best 11 results counted towards the championship.
Numbers shown without parentheses are the points scored that counted towards the championship; numbers in parentheses are the total number of points scored.

Qualifying Results Overview

Pos	Driver	BRA	SMR	MCO	MEX	USA	CAN	FRA	GBR	DEU	HUN	BEL	ITA	PRT	ESP	JPN	AUS	Avg.	Best
1	Ayrton Senna	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1.19	1
2	Alain Prost	5	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	5	2	4	4	3	2	2	2.56	1
3	Nigel Mansell	6	3	5	3	4	5	3	3	3	12	6	3	3		4	7	4.67	3
4	Gerhard Berger	3	5		6	8	4	6	4	4	6	3	2	2	2	3	14	4.80	2
5	Riccardo Patrese	2	4	7	5	14	3	8	5	5	1	5	5	6	6	5	6	5.44	1
6	Thierry Boutsen	4	6	3	8	16	6	5	7	6	4	4	6	8	21	7	5	7.25	3
7	Alessandro Nannini	11	7	15	13	3	13	4	9	7	7	7	8	13	14	6	4	8.81	3
8	Pierluigi Martini	16	11	11	22	15	11	23	11	13	10	14	15	5	4		3	12.27	3
9	Stefano Modena	14	17	8	9	7	7	22	14	16	8	8	30	11	12	9	8	12.50	7
10	Jean Alesi							16	22	10	11		10		9	18	15	13.88	9
11	Eric Bernard							15	13									14.00	13
12	Martin Donnelly							14										14.00	14
13	Derek Warwick	8	12	6	10	10	12		19	17	9	10	16	22	16	25	20	14.13	6
14	Philippe Alliot	26	20	17	16	12	10	7	12	15	32	11	7	17	5	8	19	14.63	5
15	Ivan Capelli	7	13	22	4	11	21	12	8	22	14	19	18	24	19	17	16	15.44	4
16	Martin Brundle	13	22	4	20	5	31	32	20	12	15	20	12	10	8	13	12	15.56	4
17	Alex Caffi	31	9	9	19	6	8	26	32	20	3	12	20	7	23	15	10	15.63	3
18	Nelson Piquet	9	8	19	26	22	19	20	10	8	17	28	11	20	7	11	18	15.81	7
19	Andrea de Cesaris	15	16	10	12	13	9	27	25	21	18	18	17	19	15	16	9	16.25	9
20	Emanuele Pirro							24	26	9	25	13	9	16	10	22	13	16.70	9
21	Mauricio Gugelmin	12	19	14	28	18	17	10	6	14	13	9	25	14	26	20	25	16.88	6
22	Jonathan Palmer	18	25	23	14	21	14	9	18	19	19	21	14	18	13	26	27	18.69	9
23	Paolo Barilla															19		19.00	19
24	Satoru Nakajima	21	24	29	15	23	27	19	16	18	20	27	19	25	18	12	23	21.00	12
25	Michele Alboreto	20	27	12	7	9	20			26	26	22	13	21	33	28	32	21.14	7
26	Olivier Grouillard	22	10	16	11	27	30	17	24	11	28	26	21	28	24	23	24	21.38	10
27	Johnny Herbert	10	23	24	18	25	29					16		27				21.50	10
28	Luis Perez-Sala	23	15	26	27	20	24	28	15	27	23	25	26	9	20	14	28	21.88	9
29	Eddie Cheever	24	21	20	24	17	16	25	28	25	16	24	27	26	22	24	22	22.56	16
30	Nicola Larini	19	14	32	33	34	15	31	17	32	31	31	24		11	10	11	23.00	10
31	Rene Arnoux	28	28	21	25	29	22	18	27	23	27	17	23	23	27	27	26	24.44	17
32	JJ Lehto													31	17	36	17	25.25	17
33	Stefan Johansson	37	34	31	21	19	18	13	31	24	24	15	31	12	31	33	31	25.31	12
34	Christian Danner	17	29	27	23	26	23	29	30	29	29	29	28	30				26.85	17
35	Bertrand Gachot	38	31	34	31	39	32	11	21	28	21	23	22			30	29	27.86	11
36	Gabriele Tarquini		18	13	17	24	25	21	29	33	35	34	32	34	30	37	38	28.00	13
37	Roberto Moreno	30	30	25	30	28	26	30	23	35	36	33	33	15	32	32	34	29.50	15
38	Piercarlo Ghinzani	32	33	30	37	31	34	35	34	34	22	32	34	32	25	31	21	31.06	21
39	Yannick Dalmas	27	26	28	29	30	28		35	31	33	37	38		35	38	37	32.29	26
40	Pierre-Henri Raphanel	34	36	18	39	32	39	36	37	36	39	30	29	29	28	29	30	32.56	18
41	Bernd Schneider	25	38	33	35	37	35	34	36	39	34	35	35	36	34	21	33	33.75	21
42	Gregor Foitek	29	32	35	32	33	33	38	33	37	37	38			29			33.83	29
43	Volker Weidler	33	39	36	34	36	37	33	39	30	30							34.70	30
44	Oscar Larrauri												37	33	37	35	35	35.40	33
45	Joachim Winkelhock	35	35	38	38	35	36	39										36.57	35
46	Aguri Suzuki	36	37	37	36	38	38	37	38	38	38	36	36	35	36	34	36	36.63	34
47	Enrico Bertaggia											39	39	37	38	39	39	38.50	37

Race Results Overview

Pos	Driver	BRA	SMR	MCO	MEX	USA	CAN	FRA	GBR	DEU	HUN	BEL	ITA	PRT	ESP	JPN	AUS	Points
1	Alain Prost	2	2	2	5	1	R	1	1	2	4	2	1	2	3	R	R	76 (81)
2	Ayrton Senna	11	1	1	1	R	7^R	R	R	1	2	1	R	R	1	DSQ	R	60
3	Riccardo Patrese	R	R	15	2	2	2	3	R	4	R	R	4	R	5	2	3	40
4	Nigel Mansell	1	R	R	R	R	DSQ	2	2	3	1	3	R	DSQ		R	R	38
5	Thierry Boutsen	R	4	10	R	6	1	R	10	R	3	4	3	R	R	3	1	37
6	Alessandro Nannini	6	3	8	4	R	DSQ	R	3	R	R	5	R	4	R	1	2	32
7	Gerhard Berger	R	R		R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	2	1	2	R	R	21
8	Nelson Piquet	R	R	R	11	R	4	8	4	5	6	DNQ	R	R	8	4	R	12
9	Jean Alesi							4	R	10	9		5		4	R	R	8
10	Derek Warwick	5	5	R	R	R	R		9	6	10	6	R	R	9	6	R	7
11	Stefan Johansson	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	R	R	DSQ	5	DNPQ	R	R	8	DNPQ	3	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	6
=	Michele Alboreto	10	DNQ	5	3	R	R			R	R	R	R	11	DNPQ	DNQ	DNPQ	6
=	Eddie Cheever	R	9	7	7	3	R	7	DNQ	12^R	5	R	DNQ	R	R	8	R	6
14	Johnny Herbert	4	11	14	15	5	DNQ					R		DNQ				5
15	Pierluigi Martini	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	5	9	R	9	7	5	R		6	5
16	Andrea de Cesaris	13^R	10	13	R	8^R	3	DNQ	R	7	R	11	R	R	7	10	R	4
=	Mauricio Gugelmin	3	R	R	DNQ	DSQ	R	NC	R	R	R	7	R	10	R	7	7	4
=	Stefano Modena	R	R	3	10	R	R	R	R	R	11	R	DNQ	14	R	R	8	4
19	Alex Caffi	DNPQ	7	4	13	R	6	R	DNPQ	R	7	R	11^R	R	R	9	R	4
20	Martin Brundle	R	R	6	9	R	DNPQ	DNPQ	R	8	12	R	6	8	R	5	R	4
21	Christian Danner	14^R	DNQ	DNQ	12	4	8	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ				3
=	Satoru Nakajima	8	NC	DNQ	R	R	DNQ	R	8	R	R	DNQ	10	7	R	R	4	3
23	Rene Arnoux	DNQ	DNQ	12	14	DNQ	5	R	DNQ	11	DNQ	R	9	13	DNQ	DNQ	R	2
=	Emanuele Pirro							9	11	R	8	10	R	R	R	R	5	2
25	Jonathan Palmer	7	6	9	R	9^R	R	10	R	R	13	14	R	6	10	R	DNQ	2
26	Gabriele Tarquini		8	R	6	7^R	R	R	DNQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	1
=	Philippe Alliot	12	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	DNPQ	16^R	R	9	6	R	R	1
=	Olivier Grouillard	9	DSQ	R	8	DNQ	DNQ	6	7	R	DNQ	13	R	DNQ	R	R	R	1
=	Luis Perez-Sala	R	R	R	DNQ	R	R	DNQ	6	DNQ	R	15	8	12	R	R	DNQ	1
	Ivan Capelli	R	R	11^R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	12	R	R	R	R	R
	Eric Bernard							11^R	R
	Bertrand Gachot	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	13	12	DNQ	R	R	R			DNQ	DNQ
	Nicola Larini	DSQ	12^R	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	R	DNPQ	R	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	R		R	R	R
	Martin Donnelly							12
	Roberto Moreno	DNQ	DNQ	R	DNQ	DNQ	R	DNQ	R	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	R	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ
	JJ Lehto													DNPQ	R	DNPQ	R
	Piercarlo Ghinzani	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	R	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	R	DNPQ	R
	Bernd Schneider	R	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	R	DNPQ
	Pierre-Henri Raphanel	DNPQ	DNPQ	R	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
	Paolo Barilla															R
	Yannick Dalmas	DNQ	DNS	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ		DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ		DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ
	Gregor Foitek	DNQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ			DNQ
	Volker Weidler	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNQ	DNQ
	Aguri Suzuki	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ
	Joachim Winkelhock	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ
	Enrico Bertaggia											DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ
	Oscar Larrauri												DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ

Race To The Title

The Race To The Title graph shows how the title race played out over the course of the season.

1989 F1 World Championship Season Statistics

See: 1989 F1 World Championship Season Statistics