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Home / Seasons / 1989 F1 World Championship Season / 1989 Brazilian Grand Prix

1989 Brazilian Grand Prix

DateSunday, 26 March 1989
Winner
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel Mansell
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
Pole position
  • Brazil flag lazyload Ayrton Senna
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Honda
Fastest lap
  • Italy flag lazyload Riccardo Patrese
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Renault
CircuitJacarepagua, 61 laps
Round1 of 16
Race numbers

The 1989 Brazilian Grand Prix was the:

  • 469th World Championship race
  • 17th World Championship Brazilian Grand Prix
  • 10th and last World Championship race at Jacarepagua
More 1989 season
More Brazilian Grands Prix
Previous race1988 Australian Grand Prix

Jump to: Race result | Starting grid | Qualifying result | Championship standings | Statistics & milestones

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+5United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel MansellFerrari611hr 38m 58.744s9
2+3France flag lazyload Alain ProstMcLaren-Honda61+7.809s6
3+9Brazil flag lazyload Mauricio GugelminMarch-Judd61+9.370s4
4+6United Kingdom flag lazyload Johnny HerbertBenetton-Ford Cosworth61+10.493s3
5+3United Kingdom flag lazyload Derek WarwickArrows-Ford Cosworth61+17.866s2
6+5Italy flag lazyload Alessandro NanniniBenetton-Ford Cosworth61+18.241s1
7+11United Kingdom flag lazyload Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth60+1 lap 
8+13Japan flag lazyload Satoru NakajimaLotus-Judd60+1 lap 
9+13France flag lazyload Olivier GrouillardLigier-Ford Cosworth60+1 lap 
10+10Italy flag lazyload Michele AlboretoTyrrell-Ford Cosworth59+2 laps 
11-10Brazil flag lazyload Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda59+2 laps 
12+14France flag lazyload Philippe AlliotLola-Lamborghini58+3 laps 
13+2Italy flag lazyload Andrea de CesarisDallara-Ford Cosworth57DNF 
14+3Germany flag lazyload Christian DannerRial-Ford Cosworth56DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Renault51DNF 
R USA flag lazyload Eddie CheeverArrows-Ford Cosworth37DNF 
R Germany flag lazyload Bernd SchneiderZakspeed-Yamaha36DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Martin BrundleBrabham-Judd27DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Ivan CapelliMarch-Judd22DNF 
R Brazil flag lazyload Nelson PiquetLotus-Judd10DNF 
DQ Italy flag lazyload Nicola LariniOsella-Ford Cosworth10DSQ 
R Italy flag lazyload Stefano ModenaBrabham-Judd9DNF 
R Belgium flag lazyload Thierry BoutsenWilliams-Renault3DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ford Cosworth2DNF 
R Spain flag lazyload Luis Perez-SalaMinardi-Ford Cosworth0DNF 
R Austria flag lazyload Gerhard BergerFerrari0DNF 

Notes

  • Andrea de Cesaris ended lap 57 in P7 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Christian Danner ended lap 56 in P14 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Nicola Larini was disqualified during the race for starting the race from the wrong grid position.

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1Brazil flag lazyload Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda
2Italy flag lazyload Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Renault
3Austria flag lazyload Gerhard BergerFerrari
4Belgium flag lazyload Thierry BoutsenWilliams-Renault
5France flag lazyload Alain ProstMcLaren-Honda
6United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel MansellFerrari
7Italy flag lazyload Ivan CapelliMarch-Judd
8United Kingdom flag lazyload Derek WarwickArrows-Ford Cosworth
9Brazil flag lazyload Nelson PiquetLotus-Judd
10United Kingdom flag lazyload Johnny HerbertBenetton-Ford Cosworth
11Italy flag lazyload Alessandro NanniniBenetton-Ford Cosworth
12Brazil flag lazyload Mauricio GugelminMarch-Judd
13United Kingdom flag lazyload Martin BrundleBrabham-Judd
14Italy flag lazyload Stefano ModenaBrabham-Judd
15Italy flag lazyload Andrea de CesarisDallara-Ford Cosworth
16Italy flag lazyload Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ford Cosworth
17Germany flag lazyload Christian DannerRial-Ford Cosworth
18United Kingdom flag lazyload Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
19Italy flag lazyload Nicola LariniOsella-Ford Cosworth
20Italy flag lazyload Michele AlboretoTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
21Japan flag lazyload Satoru NakajimaLotus-Judd
22France flag lazyload Olivier GrouillardLigier-Ford Cosworth
23Spain flag lazyload Luis Perez-SalaMinardi-Ford Cosworth
24USA flag lazyload Eddie CheeverArrows-Ford Cosworth
25Germany flag lazyload Bernd SchneiderZakspeed-Yamaha
26France flag lazyload Philippe AlliotLola-Lamborghini

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1Brazil flag lazyload Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda1:25.302 
2Italy flag lazyload Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Renault1:26.1720.870
3Austria flag lazyload Gerhard BergerFerrari1:26.2710.969
4Belgium flag lazyload Thierry BoutsenWilliams-Renault1:26.4591.157
5France flag lazyload Alain ProstMcLaren-Honda1:26.6201.318
6United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel MansellFerrari1:26.7721.470
7Italy flag lazyload Ivan CapelliMarch-Judd1:27.0351.733
8United Kingdom flag lazyload Derek WarwickArrows-Ford Cosworth1:27.4082.106
9Brazil flag lazyload Nelson PiquetLotus-Judd1:27.4372.135
10United Kingdom flag lazyload Johnny HerbertBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:27.6262.324
11Italy flag lazyload Alessandro NanniniBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:27.8652.563
12Brazil flag lazyload Mauricio GugelminMarch-Judd1:27.9562.654
13United Kingdom flag lazyload Martin BrundleBrabham-Judd1:28.2742.972
14Italy flag lazyload Stefano ModenaBrabham-Judd1:28.6213.319
15Italy flag lazyload Andrea de CesarisDallara-Ford Cosworth1:29.0053.703
16Italy flag lazyload Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:29.4354.133
17Germany flag lazyload Christian DannerRial-Ford Cosworth1:29.4554.153
18United Kingdom flag lazyload Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:29.5734.271
19Italy flag lazyload Nicola LariniOsella-Ford Cosworth1:30.1464.844
20Italy flag lazyload Michele AlboretoTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:30.2554.953
21Japan flag lazyload Satoru NakajimaLotus-Judd1:30.3755.073
22France flag lazyload Olivier GrouillardLigier-Ford Cosworth1:30.4105.108
23Spain flag lazyload Luis Perez-SalaMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:30.6435.341
24USA flag lazyload Eddie CheeverArrows-Ford Cosworth1:30.6575.355
25Germany flag lazyload Bernd SchneiderZakspeed-Yamaha1:30.8615.559
26France flag lazyload Philippe AlliotLola-Lamborghini1:31.0095.707
Did not qualify
27France flag lazyload Yannick DalmasLola-Lamborghini1:31.2605.958
28France flag lazyload Rene ArnouxLigier-Ford Cosworth1:31.3766.074
29Switzerland flag Gregor FoitekEuroBrun-Judd1:31.7916.489
30Brazil flag lazyload Roberto MorenoColoni-Ford Cosworth1:32.5617.259
Did not pre-qualify
31Italy flag lazyload Alex CaffiDallara-Ford Cosworth1:30.7475.445
32Italy flag lazyload Piercarlo GhinzaniOsella-Ford Cosworth1:31.1505.848
33Germany flag lazyload Volker WeidlerRial-Ford Cosworth1:31.9646.662
34France flag lazyload Pierre-Henri RaphanelColoni-Ford Cosworth1:32.0196.717
35Germany flag lazyload Joachim WinkelhockAGS-Ford Cosworth1:32.9827.680
36Japan flag lazyload Aguri SuzukiZakspeed-Yamaha1:33.0797.777
37Sweden flag lazyload Stefan JohanssonOnyx-Ford Cosworth1:35.2329.930
38France flag lazyload Bertrand GachotOnyx-Ford Cosworth1:37.93212.630

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel Mansell9
2France flag lazyload Alain Prost6
3Brazil flag lazyload Mauricio Gugelmin4
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Johnny Herbert3
5United Kingdom flag lazyload Derek Warwick2
6Italy flag lazyload Alessandro Nannini1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Italy flag lazyload Ferrari9
2United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Honda6
3United Kingdom flag lazyload March-Judd4
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Benetton-Ford Cosworth4
5United Kingdom flag lazyload Arrows-Ford Cosworth2

Statistics & milestones

Race debut
Olivier Grouillard
Johnny Herbert
Milestone race start
100th for Derek Warwick (30th driver to start 100 races, 5th British driver)
200th for Ligier (6th constructor to start 200 races)
Wins
14th for Nigel Mansell (first for Ferrari)
95th for Ferrari
Podiums
70th for Alain Prost (1st driver to score 70 podiums, 1st French driver)
27th for Nigel Mansell (first for Ferrari)
1st and only for Mauricio Gugelmin (153rd different podium finisher, 5th Brazilian driver)
321st for Ferrari
172nd for McLaren
21st and last for March
Poles
30th for Ayrton Senna (2nd driver to take 30 pole positions, 1st Brazilian driver)
41st for McLaren
Fastest laps
4th for Riccardo Patrese (first since 1983; first for Williams)
42nd for Williams
Front row starts
38th for Ayrton Senna
7th for Riccardo Patrese (first since 1983; first for Williams)
Points finishes
1st for Johnny Herbert (235th different point scorer, 49th British driver)

See also

  • Brazilian Grand Prix
  • Jacarepagua circuit
  • 1989 World Championship season

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