1989 Mexican Grand Prix

Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1		Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	69	1hr 35m 21.431s	9
2	+3	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	69	+15.560s	6
3	+4	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	69	+31.254s	4
4	+9	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton-Ford Cosworth	69	+45.495s	3
5	-3	Alain Prost	McLaren-Honda	69	+56.113s	2
6	+11	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS-Ford Cosworth	68	+1 lap	1
7	+17	Eddie Cheever	Arrows-Ford Cosworth	68	+1 lap
8	+3	Olivier Grouillard	Ligier-Ford Cosworth	68	+1 lap
9	+11	Martin Brundle	Brabham-Judd	68	+1 lap
10	-1	Stefano Modena	Brabham-Judd	68	+1 lap
11	+15	Nelson Piquet	Lotus-Judd	68	+1 lap
12	+11	Christian Danner	Rial-Ford Cosworth	67	+2 laps
13	+6	Alex Caffi	Dallara-Ford Cosworth	67	+2 laps
14	+11	Rene Arnoux	Ligier-Ford Cosworth	66	+3 laps
15	+3	Johnny Herbert	Benetton-Ford Cosworth	66	+3 laps
R		Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Ford Cosworth	53	DNF
R		Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	43	DNF
R		Derek Warwick	Arrows-Ford Cosworth	35	DNF
R		Satoru Nakajima	Lotus-Judd	35	DNF
NC		Philippe Alliot	Lola-Lamborghini	28	+41 laps
R		Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara-Ford Cosworth	20	DNF
R		Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	16	DNF
R		Stefan Johansson	Onyx-Ford Cosworth	16	DNF
R		Thierry Boutsen	Williams-Renault	15	DNF
R		Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	9	DNF
R		Ivan Capelli	March-Judd	1	DNF

Starting grid

Pos	Driver	Constructor
1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda
2	Alain Prost	McLaren-Honda
3	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari
4
5	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault
6	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari
7	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
8	Thierry Boutsen	Williams-Renault
9	Stefano Modena	Brabham-Judd
10	Derek Warwick	Arrows-Ford Cosworth
11	Olivier Grouillard	Ligier-Ford Cosworth
12	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara-Ford Cosworth
13	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton-Ford Cosworth
14	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth
15	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus-Judd
16	Philippe Alliot	Lola-Lamborghini
17	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS-Ford Cosworth
18	Johnny Herbert	Benetton-Ford Cosworth
19	Alex Caffi	Dallara-Ford Cosworth
20	Martin Brundle	Brabham-Judd
21	Stefan Johansson	Onyx-Ford Cosworth
22	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Ford Cosworth
23	Christian Danner	Rial-Ford Cosworth
24	Eddie Cheever	Arrows-Ford Cosworth
25	Rene Arnoux	Ligier-Ford Cosworth
26	Nelson Piquet	Lotus-Judd
Started from the pit lane
	Ivan Capelli	March-Judd

Qualifying result

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	1:17.876
2	Alain Prost	McLaren-Honda	1:18.773	0.897
3	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	1:19.137	1.261
4	Ivan Capelli	March-Judd	1:19.337	1.461
5	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	1:19.656	1.780
6	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	1:19.835	1.959
7	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	1:20.066	2.190
8	Thierry Boutsen	Williams-Renault	1:20.234	2.358
9	Stefano Modena	Brabham-Judd	1:20.505	2.629
10	Derek Warwick	Arrows-Ford Cosworth	1:20.601	2.725
11	Olivier Grouillard	Ligier-Ford Cosworth	1:20.859	2.983
12	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara-Ford Cosworth	1:20.873	2.997
13	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton-Ford Cosworth	1:20.888	3.012
14	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	1:20.888	3.012
15	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus-Judd	1:20.943	3.067
16	Philippe Alliot	Lola-Lamborghini	1:21.031	3.155
17	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS-Ford Cosworth	1:21.031	3.155
18	Johnny Herbert	Benetton-Ford Cosworth	1:21.105	3.229
19	Alex Caffi	Dallara-Ford Cosworth	1:21.139	3.263
20	Martin Brundle	Brabham-Judd	1:21.217	3.341
21	Stefan Johansson	Onyx-Ford Cosworth	1:21.358	3.482
22	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Ford Cosworth	1:21.471	3.595
23	Christian Danner	Rial-Ford Cosworth	1:21.696	3.820
24	Eddie Cheever	Arrows-Ford Cosworth	1:21.716	3.840
25	Rene Arnoux	Ligier-Ford Cosworth	1:21.830	3.954
26	Nelson Piquet	Lotus-Judd	1:21.831	3.955
Did not qualify
27	Luis Perez-Sala	Minardi-Ford Cosworth	1:21.935	4.059
28	Mauricio Gugelmin	March-Judd	1:22.081	4.205
29	Yannick Dalmas	Lola-Lamborghini	1:25.651	7.775
30	Roberto Moreno	Coloni-Ford Cosworth	3:34.095	2:16.219
Did not pre-qualify
31	Bertrand Gachot	Onyx-Ford Cosworth	1:23.752	5.876
32	Gregor Foitek	EuroBrun-Judd	1:24.351	6.475
33	Nicola Larini	Osella-Ford Cosworth	1:24.392	6.516
34	Volker Weidler	Rial-Ford Cosworth	1:24.966	7.090
35	Bernd Schneider	Zakspeed-Yamaha	1:25.418	7.542
36	Aguri Suzuki	Zakspeed-Yamaha	1:25.658	7.782
37	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Ford Cosworth	1:26.065	8.189
38	Joachim Winkelhock	AGS-Ford Cosworth	1:26.754	8.878
39	Pierre-Henri Raphanel	Coloni-Ford Cosworth	1:34.357	16.481

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-1989 Mexican Grand Prix.

Driver

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Ayrton Senna	27
2	Alain Prost	20
3	Nigel Mansell	9
4	Alessandro Nannini	8
5	Riccardo Patrese	6
6	Michele Alboreto	6
7	Mauricio Gugelmin	4
=	Stefano Modena	4
9	Derek Warwick	4
10	Johnny Herbert	3
=	Thierry Boutsen	3
=	Alex Caffi	3
13	Jonathan Palmer	1
=	Martin Brundle	1
=	Gabriele Tarquini	1

Constructor

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	McLaren-Honda	47
2	Benetton-Ford Cosworth	11
3	Ferrari	9
4	Williams-Renault	9
5	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	7
6	Brabham-Judd	5
7	March-Judd	4
8	Arrows-Ford Cosworth	4
9	Dallara-Ford Cosworth	3
10	AGS-Ford Cosworth	1

Statistics & milestones

Race debut

Onyx

Milestone race start

50th for Alessandro Nannini (70th driver to start 50 races, 10th Italian driver)

400th for Lotus (2nd constructor to start 400 races)

Wins

17th for Ayrton Senna

73rd for McLaren

Podiums

39th for Ayrton Senna, 23rd and last for Michele Alboreto, 12th for Riccardo Patrese (first podium since 1987; first for Williams)

177th for McLaren, 102nd for Williams, 73rd for Tyrrell (first since 1983)

Poles

33rd for Ayrton Senna EQUALLED RECORD (shared with Jim Clark)

44th for McLaren

Qualifying 1-2

17th for McLaren

Fastest laps

11th for Nigel Mansell (first for Ferrari)

109th for Ferrari

Front row starts

53rd for Alain Prost, 41st for Ayrton Senna

Points finishes

1st and only for Gabriele Tarquini (238th different point scorer, 39th Italian driver)

Pole & win

13th for Ayrton Senna

See also

• Mexican Grand Prix
• Mexico City circuit
• 1989 World Championship season