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

1989 Canadian Grand Prix

DateSunday, 18 June 1989
Winner
  • Thierry Boutsen
  • Williams-Renault
Pole position
  • Alain Prost
  • McLaren-Honda
Fastest lap
  • Jonathan Palmer
  • Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
CircuitMontreal, 69 laps
Round6 of 16
Race numbers

The 1989 Canadian Grand Prix was the:

  • 474th World Championship race
  • 21st World Championship Canadian Grand Prix
  • 11th World Championship race at Montreal
More 1989 season
More Canadian Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+5(BEL) Thierry BoutsenWilliams-Renault692hr 01m 24.073s9
2+1(ITA) Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Renault69+30.007s6
3+6(ITA) Andrea de CesarisDallara-Ford Cosworth69+1m 36.649s4
4+15(BRA) Nelson PiquetLotus-Judd69+1m 41.484s3
5+17(FRA) Rene ArnouxLigier-Ford Cosworth68+1 lap2
6+2(ITA) Alex CaffiDallara-Ford Cosworth67+2 laps1
7-5(BRA) Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda66DNF 
8+15(DEU) Christian DannerRial-Ford Cosworth66+3 laps 
R (BRA) Roberto MorenoColoni-Ford Cosworth57DNF 
R (GBR) Derek WarwickArrows-Ford Cosworth40DNF 
R (GBR) Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth35DNF 
R (ITA) Nicola LariniOsella-Ford Cosworth33DNF 
R (ITA) Ivan CapelliMarch-Judd28DNF 
R (FRA) Philippe AlliotLola-Lamborghini26DNF 
DQ (SWE) Stefan JohanssonOnyx-Ford Cosworth13DSQ 
R (ESP) Luis Perez-SalaMinardi-Ford Cosworth11DNF 
R (BRA) Mauricio GugelminMarch-Judd11DNF 
R (AUT) Gerhard BergerFerrari6DNF 
R (ITA) Gabriele TarquiniAGS-Ford Cosworth6DNF 
R (USA) Eddie CheeverArrows-Ford Cosworth3DNF 
R (FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-Honda2DNF 
R (ITA) Michele AlboretoTyrrell-Ford Cosworth0DNF 
R (ITA) Stefano ModenaBrabham-Judd0DNF 
R (ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ford Cosworth0DNF 
DQ (GBR) Nigel MansellFerrari0DSQ 
DQ (ITA) Alessandro NanniniBenetton-Ford Cosworth0DSQ 

Notes

  • Ayrton Senna ended lap 66 as the race leader before retiring on the following lap.
  • Stefan Johansson was disqualified for ignoring a black flag.
  • Nigel Mansell and Alessandro Nannini, who both started the race from the pit lane, were disqualified for starting the race before the race had started.

Starting grid

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-Honda1:20.973 
2(BRA) Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda1:21.0490.076
3(ITA) Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Renault1:21.7830.810
4(AUT) Gerhard BergerFerrari1:21.9460.973
5(GBR) Nigel MansellFerrari1:22.1651.192
6(BEL) Thierry BoutsenWilliams-Renault1:22.3111.338
7(ITA) Stefano ModenaBrabham-Judd1:22.6121.639
8(ITA) Alex CaffiDallara-Ford Cosworth1:22.9011.928
9(ITA) Andrea de CesarisDallara-Ford Cosworth1:23.0502.077
10(FRA) Philippe AlliotLola-Lamborghini1:23.0592.086
11(ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:23.2522.279
12(GBR) Derek WarwickArrows-Ford Cosworth1:23.3482.375
13(ITA) Alessandro NanniniBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:23.5422.569
14(GBR) Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:23.6652.692
15(ITA) Nicola LariniOsella-Ford Cosworth1:23.7992.826
16(USA) Eddie CheeverArrows-Ford Cosworth1:23.8282.855
17(BRA) Mauricio GugelminMarch-Judd1:23.8632.890
18(SWE) Stefan JohanssonOnyx-Ford Cosworth1:23.9793.006
19(BRA) Nelson PiquetLotus-Judd1:24.0293.056
20(ITA) Michele AlboretoTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:24.2963.323
21(ITA) Ivan CapelliMarch-Judd1:24.4063.433
22(FRA) Rene ArnouxLigier-Ford Cosworth1:24.5583.585
23(DEU) Christian DannerRial-Ford Cosworth1:24.7273.754
24(ESP) Luis Perez-SalaMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:24.7863.813
25(ITA) Gabriele TarquiniAGS-Ford Cosworth1:24.7933.820
26(BRA) Roberto MorenoColoni-Ford Cosworth1:25.0374.064
Did not qualify
27(JPN) Satoru NakajimaLotus-Judd1:25.0514.078
28(FRA) Yannick DalmasLola-Lamborghini1:25.1614.188
29(GBR) Johnny HerbertBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:25.2824.309
30(FRA) Olivier GrouillardLigier-Ford Cosworth1:25.2894.316
Did not pre-qualify
31(GBR) Martin BrundleBrabham-Judd1:25.2754.302
32(FRA) Bertrand GachotOnyx-Ford Cosworth1:25.9524.979
33(CHE) Gregor FoitekEuroBrun-Judd1:26.3655.392
34(ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniOsella-Ford Cosworth1:26.8075.834
35(DEU) Bernd SchneiderZakspeed-Yamaha1:27.0736.100
36(DEU) Joachim WinkelhockAGS-Ford Cosworth1:28.5457.572
37(DEU) Volker WeidlerRial-Ford Cosworth1:31.45510.482
38(JPN) Aguri SuzukiZakspeed-Yamaha1:53.32732.354
39(FRA) Pierre-Henri RaphanelColoni-Ford Cosworth1:59.69338.720

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(FRA) Alain Prost29
2(BRA) Ayrton Senna27
3(ITA) Riccardo Patrese18
4(BEL) Thierry Boutsen13
5(GBR) Nigel Mansell9
6(ITA) Alessandro Nannini8
7(ITA) Michele Alboreto6
8(GBR) Johnny Herbert5
9(BRA) Mauricio Gugelmin4
=(ITA) Stefano Modena4
=(USA) Eddie Cheever4
=(ITA) Andrea de Cesaris4
13(ITA) Alex Caffi4
14(GBR) Derek Warwick4
15(DEU) Christian Danner3
=(BRA) Nelson Piquet3
17(FRA) Rene Arnoux2
18(GBR) Jonathan Palmer1
=(GBR) Martin Brundle1
=(ITA) Gabriele Tarquini1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1McLaren-Honda56
2Williams-Renault31
3Benetton-Ford Cosworth13
4Ferrari9
5Dallara-Ford Cosworth8
6Arrows-Ford Cosworth8
7Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth7
8Brabham-Judd5
9March-Judd4
10Rial-Ford Cosworth3
=Lotus-Judd3
12Ligier-Ford Cosworth2
13AGS-Ford Cosworth1

Stats & milestones

Last start
Christian Danner
Rial
Wins
1st for Thierry Boutsen (77th different winner, 2nd Belgian driver; first Belgian winner since 1972)
41st for Williams
Race 1-2
13th for Williams
Podiums
14th for Riccardo Patrese
8th for Thierry Boutsen (first for Williams)
5th and last for Andrea de Cesaris (first podium since 1987; only podium for Dallara)
104th & 105th for Williams
1st for Dallara (41st different podium finisher)
Poles
19th for Alain Prost
46th for McLaren
1-2 start
19th for McLaren
Fastest laps
1st and only for Jonathan Palmer (85th different fastest lap setter, 17th British driver)
20th and last for Tyrrell (6th constructor to set 20 fastest laps; first since 1982)
Front row starts
55th for Alain Prost
43rd for Ayrton Senna
Points finishes
42nd and last for Rene Arnoux
25th for Thierry Boutsen

See also

  • Canadian Grand Prix
  • Montreal circuit
  • 1989 World Championship season

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