1989 Mexican Grand Prix
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| Circuit | Mexico City, 69 laps |
| Round | 4 of 16 |
| Race numbers | The 1989 Mexican Grand Prix was the:
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Race result
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time | Points | |
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| 1 | (BRA) Ayrton Senna | McLaren-Honda | 69 | 1hr 35m 21.431s | 9 | |
| 2 | +3 | (ITA) Riccardo Patrese | Williams-Renault | 69 | +15.560s | 6 |
| 3 | +4 | (ITA) Michele Alboreto | Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth | 69 | +31.254s | 4 |
| 4 | +9 | (ITA) Alessandro Nannini | Benetton-Ford Cosworth | 69 | +45.495s | 3 |
| 5 | -3 | (FRA) Alain Prost | McLaren-Honda | 69 | +56.113s | 2 |
| 6 | +11 | (ITA) Gabriele Tarquini | AGS-Ford Cosworth | 68 | +1 lap | 1 |
| 7 | +17 | (USA) Eddie Cheever | Arrows-Ford Cosworth | 68 | +1 lap | |
| 8 | +3 | (FRA) Olivier Grouillard | Ligier-Ford Cosworth | 68 | +1 lap | |
| 9 | +11 | (GBR) Martin Brundle | Brabham-Judd | 68 | +1 lap | |
| 10 | -1 | (ITA) Stefano Modena | Brabham-Judd | 68 | +1 lap | |
| 11 | +15 | (BRA) Nelson Piquet | Lotus-Judd | 68 | +1 lap | |
| 12 | +11 | (DEU) Christian Danner | Rial-Ford Cosworth | 67 | +2 laps | |
| 13 | +6 | (ITA) Alex Caffi | Dallara-Ford Cosworth | 67 | +2 laps | |
| 14 | +11 | (FRA) Rene Arnoux | Ligier-Ford Cosworth | 66 | +3 laps | |
| 15 | +3 | (GBR) Johnny Herbert | Benetton-Ford Cosworth | 66 | +3 laps | |
| R | (ITA) Pierluigi Martini | Minardi-Ford Cosworth | 53 | DNF | ||
| R | (GBR) Nigel Mansell | Ferrari | 43 | DNF | ||
| R | (GBR) Derek Warwick | Arrows-Ford Cosworth | 35 | DNF | ||
| R | (JPN) Satoru Nakajima | Lotus-Judd | 35 | DNF | ||
| NC | (FRA) Philippe Alliot | Lola-Lamborghini | 28 | +41 laps | ||
| R | (ITA) Andrea de Cesaris | Dallara-Ford Cosworth | 20 | DNF | ||
| R | (AUT) Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 16 | DNF | ||
| R | (SWE) Stefan Johansson | Onyx-Ford Cosworth | 16 | DNF | ||
| R | (BEL) Thierry Boutsen | Williams-Renault | 15 | DNF | ||
| R | (GBR) Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth | 9 | DNF | ||
| R | (ITA) Ivan Capelli | March-Judd | 1 | DNF | ||
Starting grid
Championship standings
How the championship standings stood post-race.
Driver
| Pos | Driver | Points |
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| 1 | (BRA) Ayrton Senna | 27 |
| 2 | (FRA) Alain Prost | 20 |
| 3 | (GBR) Nigel Mansell | 9 |
| 4 | (ITA) Alessandro Nannini | 8 |
| 5 | (ITA) Riccardo Patrese | 6 |
| 6 | (ITA) Michele Alboreto | 6 |
| 7 | (BRA) Mauricio Gugelmin | 4 |
| = | (ITA) Stefano Modena | 4 |
| 9 | (GBR) Derek Warwick | 4 |
| 10 | (GBR) Johnny Herbert | 3 |
| = | (BEL) Thierry Boutsen | 3 |
| = | (ITA) Alex Caffi | 3 |
| 13 | (GBR) Jonathan Palmer | 1 |
| = | (GBR) Martin Brundle | 1 |
| = | (ITA) Gabriele Tarquini | 1 |
Stats & 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
- 1-2 start
- 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