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

1989 Canadian Grand Prix

474th World Championship race, 21st World Championship Canadian Grand Prix, 11th World Championship race at Montreal

1989 United States Grand Prix

1989 French Grand Prix

1988 Canadian Grand Prix

1990 Canadian Grand Prix

Jump to: Fact file | Race result | Starting grid | Qualifying result | Championship standings | Statistics & milestones | See also

Fact File

Date:Sunday, 18 June 1989
Winner:Belgium flag Thierry Boutsen
United Kingdom flag Williams-Renault
Pole position:France flag Alain Prost
United Kingdom flag McLaren-Honda
Fastest lap:United Kingdom flag Jonathan Palmer
United Kingdom flag Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
Circuit:Montreal, 69 laps
Round:6 of 16

Race Result

Pos DriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+5Belgium flag Thierry BoutsenWilliams-Renault692hr 01m 24.073s9
2+1Italy flag Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Renault69+30.007s6
3+6Italy flag Andrea de CesarisDallara-Ford Cosworth69+1m 36.649s4
4+15Brazil flag Nelson PiquetLotus-Judd69+1m 41.484s3
5+17France flag Rene ArnouxLigier-Ford Cosworth68+1 lap2
6+2Italy flag Alex CaffiDallara-Ford Cosworth67+2 laps1
7-5Brazil flag Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda66DNF 
8+15Germany flag Christian DannerRial-Ford Cosworth66+3 laps 
R Brazil flag Roberto MorenoColoni-Ford Cosworth57DNF 
R United Kingdom flag Derek WarwickArrows-Ford Cosworth40DNF 
R United Kingdom flag Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth35DNF 
R Italy flag Nicola LariniOsella-Ford Cosworth33DNF 
R Italy flag Ivan CapelliMarch-Judd28DNF 
R France flag Philippe AlliotLola-Lamborghini26DNF 
DQ Sweden flag Stefan JohanssonOnyx-Ford Cosworth13DSQ 
R Spain flag Luis Perez-SalaMinardi-Ford Cosworth11DNF 
R Brazil flag Mauricio GugelminMarch-Judd11DNF 
R Austria flag Gerhard BergerFerrari6DNF 
R Italy flag Gabriele TarquiniAGS-Ford Cosworth6DNF 
R USA flag Eddie CheeverArrows-Ford Cosworth3DNF 
R France flag Alain ProstMcLaren-Honda2DNF 
R Italy flag Michele AlboretoTyrrell-Ford Cosworth0DNF 
R Italy flag Stefano ModenaBrabham-Judd0DNF 
R Italy flag Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ford Cosworth0DNF 
DQ United Kingdom flag Nigel MansellFerrari0DSQ 
DQ Italy flag Alessandro NanniniBenetton-Ford Cosworth0DSQ 
  • Stefan Johansson was disqualified for ignoring a black flag.
  • Both Nigel Mansell and Alessandro Nannini, who started the race from the pit lane, were disqualified for starting the race before the race had actually started.

Starting Grid

  • Highlight: race winner
  • Highlight: second place
  • Highlight: third place
PosDriverConstructorTime
1France flag Alain ProstMcLaren-Honda1:20.973
2Brazil flag Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda1:21.049
3Italy flag Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Renault1:21.783
4Austria flag Gerhard BergerFerrari1:21.946
5   
6Belgium flag Thierry BoutsenWilliams-Renault1:22.311
7Italy flag Stefano ModenaBrabham-Judd1:22.612
8Italy flag Alex CaffiDallara-Ford Cosworth1:22.901
9Italy flag Andrea de CesarisDallara-Ford Cosworth1:23.050
10France flag Philippe AlliotLola-Lamborghini1:23.059
11Italy flag Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:23.252
12United Kingdom flag Derek WarwickArrows-Ford Cosworth1:23.348
13   
14United Kingdom flag Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:23.665
15Italy flag Nicola LariniOsella-Ford Cosworth1:23.799
16USA flag Eddie CheeverArrows-Ford Cosworth1:23.828
17Brazil flag Mauricio GugelminMarch-Judd1:23.863
18Sweden flag Stefan JohanssonOnyx-Ford Cosworth1:23.979
19Brazil flag Nelson PiquetLotus-Judd1:24.029
20Italy flag Michele AlboretoTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:24.296
21Italy flag Ivan CapelliMarch-Judd1:24.406
22France flag Rene ArnouxLigier-Ford Cosworth1:24.558
23Germany flag Christian DannerRial-Ford Cosworth1:24.727
24   
25Italy flag Gabriele TarquiniAGS-Ford Cosworth1:24.793
26Brazil flag Roberto MorenoColoni-Ford Cosworth1:25.037
Started from the pit lane
 United Kingdom flag Nigel MansellFerrari1:22.165
 Italy flag Alessandro NanniniBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:23.542
 Spain flag Luis Perez-SalaMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:24.786

Qualifying Result

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

Championship Standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1France flag Alain Prost29
2Brazil flag Ayrton Senna27
3Italy flag Riccardo Patrese18
4Belgium flag Thierry Boutsen13
5United Kingdom flag Nigel Mansell9
6Italy flag Alessandro Nannini8
7Italy flag Michele Alboreto6
8United Kingdom flag Johnny Herbert5
9Brazil flag Mauricio Gugelmin4
=Italy flag Stefano Modena4
=USA flag Eddie Cheever4
=Italy flag Andrea de Cesaris4
13Italy flag Alex Caffi4
14United Kingdom flag Derek Warwick4
15Germany flag Christian Danner3
=Brazil flag Nelson Piquet3
17France flag Rene Arnoux2
18United Kingdom flag Jonathan Palmer1
=United Kingdom flag Martin Brundle1
=Italy flag Gabriele Tarquini1

Constructor

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

Statistics & Milestones

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