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1989 Belgian Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitSpa-Francorchamps, 44 laps
Round11 of 16
Race numbers

The 1989 Belgian Grand Prix was the:

  • 479th World Championship race
  • 36th World Championship Belgian Grand Prix
  • 24th World Championship race at Spa-Francorchamps
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (BRA) Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda441hr 40m 54.196s9
2 (FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-Honda44+1.304s6
3+2(GBR) Nigel MansellFerrari44+1.824s4
4 (BEL) Thierry BoutsenWilliams-Renault44+54.418s3
5+2(ITA) Alessandro NanniniBenetton-Ford Cosworth44+1m 08.805s2
6+4(GBR) Derek WarwickArrows-Ford Cosworth44+1m 18.316s1
7+2(BRA) Mauricio GugelminMarch-Judd43+1 lap 
8+7(SWE) Stefan JohanssonOnyx-Ford Cosworth43+1 lap 
9+5(ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ford Cosworth43+1 lap 
10+3(ITA) Emanuele PirroBenetton-Ford Cosworth43+1 lap 
11+7(ITA) Andrea de CesarisDallara-Ford Cosworth43+1 lap 
12+7(ITA) Ivan CapelliMarch-Judd43+1 lap 
13+13(FRA) Olivier GrouillardLigier-Ford Cosworth43+1 lap 
14+7(GBR) Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth42+2 laps 
15+10(ESP) Luis Perez-SalaMinardi-Ford Cosworth41+3 laps 
16-5(FRA) Philippe AlliotLola-Lamborghini39DNF 
R (USA) Eddie CheeverArrows-Ford Cosworth38DNF 
R (FRA) Bertrand GachotOnyx-Ford Cosworth21DNF 
R (ITA) Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Renault20DNF 
R (ITA) Michele AlboretoLola-Lamborghini19DNF 
R (ITA) Alex CaffiDallara-Ford Cosworth13DNF 
R (GBR) Martin BrundleBrabham-Judd12DNF 
R (AUT) Gerhard BergerFerrari9DNF 
R (ITA) Stefano ModenaBrabham-Judd9DNF 
R (FRA) Rene ArnouxLigier-Ford Cosworth4DNF 
R (GBR) Johnny HerbertTyrrell-Ford Cosworth3DNF 

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1(BRA) Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda
2(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-Honda
3(AUT) Gerhard BergerFerrari
4(BEL) Thierry BoutsenWilliams-Renault
5(ITA) Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Renault
6(GBR) Nigel MansellFerrari
7(ITA) Alessandro NanniniBenetton-Ford Cosworth
8  
9(BRA) Mauricio GugelminMarch-Judd
10(GBR) Derek WarwickArrows-Ford Cosworth
11(FRA) Philippe AlliotLola-Lamborghini
12(ITA) Alex CaffiDallara-Ford Cosworth
13(ITA) Emanuele PirroBenetton-Ford Cosworth
14(ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ford Cosworth
15(SWE) Stefan JohanssonOnyx-Ford Cosworth
16(GBR) Johnny HerbertTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
17(FRA) Rene ArnouxLigier-Ford Cosworth
18(ITA) Andrea de CesarisDallara-Ford Cosworth
19(ITA) Ivan CapelliMarch-Judd
20(GBR) Martin BrundleBrabham-Judd
21(GBR) Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
22(ITA) Michele AlboretoLola-Lamborghini
23(FRA) Bertrand GachotOnyx-Ford Cosworth
24(USA) Eddie CheeverArrows-Ford Cosworth
25(ESP) Luis Perez-SalaMinardi-Ford Cosworth
26(FRA) Olivier GrouillardLigier-Ford Cosworth
Started from the pit lane
 (ITA) Stefano ModenaBrabham-Judd

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(BRA) Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda1:50.867 
2(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-Honda1:51.4630.596
3(AUT) Gerhard BergerFerrari1:52.3911.524
4(BEL) Thierry BoutsenWilliams-Renault1:52.7861.919
5(ITA) Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Renault1:52.8752.008
6(GBR) Nigel MansellFerrari1:52.8982.031
7(ITA) Alessandro NanniniBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:55.0754.208
8(ITA) Stefano ModenaBrabham-Judd1:55.6424.775
9(BRA) Mauricio GugelminMarch-Judd1:55.7294.862
10(GBR) Derek WarwickArrows-Ford Cosworth1:55.8644.997
11(FRA) Philippe AlliotLola-Lamborghini1:55.8905.023
12(ITA) Alex CaffiDallara-Ford Cosworth1:55.8925.025
13(ITA) Emanuele PirroBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:55.9025.035
14(ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:56.1155.248
15(SWE) Stefan JohanssonOnyx-Ford Cosworth1:56.1295.262
16(GBR) Johnny HerbertTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:56.2485.381
17(FRA) Rene ArnouxLigier-Ford Cosworth1:56.2515.384
18(ITA) Andrea de CesarisDallara-Ford Cosworth1:56.2575.390
19(ITA) Ivan CapelliMarch-Judd1:56.2915.424
20(GBR) Martin BrundleBrabham-Judd1:56.3275.460
21(GBR) Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:56.6005.733
22(ITA) Michele AlboretoLola-Lamborghini1:56.6165.749
23(FRA) Bertrand GachotOnyx-Ford Cosworth1:56.7165.849
24(USA) Eddie CheeverArrows-Ford Cosworth1:56.7485.881
25(ESP) Luis Perez-SalaMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:56.9576.090
26(FRA) Olivier GrouillardLigier-Ford Cosworth1:57.0276.160
Did not qualify
27(JPN) Satoru NakajimaLotus-Judd1:57.2516.384
28(BRA) Nelson PiquetLotus-Judd1:57.7716.904
29(DEU) Christian DannerRial-Ford Cosworth2:00.2479.380
30(FRA) Pierre-Henri RaphanelRial-Ford Cosworth2:02.93712.070
Did not pre-qualify
31(ITA) Nicola LariniOsella-Ford Cosworth1:58.0657.198
32(ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniOsella-Ford Cosworth1:58.2097.342
33(BRA) Roberto MorenoColoni-Ford Cosworth1:58.6507.783
34(ITA) Gabriele TarquiniAGS-Ford Cosworth1:59.4328.565
35(DEU) Bernd SchneiderZakspeed-Yamaha2:00.7139.846
36(JPN) Aguri SuzukiZakspeed-Yamaha2:00.7579.890
37(FRA) Yannick DalmasAGS-Ford Cosworth2:02.20511.338
38(CHE) Gregor FoitekEuroBrun-Judd2:02.76711.900
39(ITA) Enrico BertaggiaColoni-Ford Cosworth2:21.70930.842

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(FRA) Alain Prost62
2(BRA) Ayrton Senna51
3(GBR) Nigel Mansell38
4(ITA) Riccardo Patrese25
5(BEL) Thierry Boutsen20
6(ITA) Alessandro Nannini14
7(BRA) Nelson Piquet9
8(ITA) Michele Alboreto6
=(USA) Eddie Cheever6
10(GBR) Derek Warwick6
11(GBR) Johnny Herbert5
12(BRA) Mauricio Gugelmin4
=(ITA) Stefano Modena4
12(ITA) Andrea de Cesaris4
15(ITA) Alex Caffi4
16(DEU) Christian Danner3
=(FRA) Jean Alesi3
18(FRA) Rene Arnoux2
=(SWE) Stefan Johansson2
=(ITA) Pierluigi Martini2
21(GBR) Jonathan Palmer1
=(GBR) Martin Brundle1
=(ITA) Gabriele Tarquini1
=(FRA) Olivier Grouillard1
=(ESP) Luis Perez-Sala1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1McLaren-Honda113
2Williams-Renault45
3Ferrari38
4Benetton-Ford Cosworth19
5Arrows-Ford Cosworth12
6Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth10
7Lotus-Judd9
8Dallara-Ford Cosworth8
9Brabham-Judd5
10March-Judd4
11Rial-Ford Cosworth3
12Ligier-Ford Cosworth3
=Minardi-Ford Cosworth3
14Onyx-Ford Cosworth2
15AGS-Ford Cosworth1

Stats & milestones

Milestone race start
100th for Thierry Boutsen (31st driver to start 100 races, 2nd Belgian driver)
Wins
19th for Ayrton Senna
78th for McLaren
Race 1-2
23rd for McLaren
Podiums
77th for Alain Prost
42nd for Ayrton Senna
32nd for Nigel Mansell
326th for Ferrari
184th & 185th for McLaren
Poles
37th for Ayrton Senna
50th for McLaren (3rd constructor to take 50 pole positions)
1-2 start
23rd for McLaren
Fastest laps
30th for Alain Prost (1st driver to set 30 fastest laps, 1st French driver)
53rd for McLaren
Front row starts
59th for Alain Prost
48th for Ayrton Senna
Points finishes
25th for Derek Warwick
Pole & win
15th for Ayrton Senna EQUALLED RECORD (shared with Juan Manuel Fangio & Jim Clark)