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

1989 Monaco Grand Prix

DateSunday, 7 May 1989
Winner
  • Ayrton Senna
  • McLaren-Honda
Pole position
  • Ayrton Senna
  • McLaren-Honda
Fastest lap
  • Alain Prost
  • McLaren-Honda
CircuitMonte Carlo, 77 laps
Round3 of 16
Race numbers

The 1989 Monaco Grand Prix was the:

  • 471st World Championship race
  • 36th World Championship Monaco Grand Prix
  • 36th World Championship race at Monte Carlo
More 1989 season
More Monaco Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (BRA) Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda771hr 53m 33.251s9
2 (FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-Honda77+52.529s6
3+5(ITA) Stefano ModenaBrabham-Judd76+1 lap4
4+5(ITA) Alex CaffiDallara-Ford Cosworth75+2 laps3
5+7(ITA) Michele AlboretoTyrrell-Ford Cosworth75+2 laps2
6-2(GBR) Martin BrundleBrabham-Judd75+2 laps1
7+13(USA) Eddie CheeverArrows-Ford Cosworth75+2 laps 
8+7(ITA) Alessandro NanniniBenetton-Ford Cosworth74+3 laps 
9+14(GBR) Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth74+3 laps 
10-7(BEL) Thierry BoutsenWilliams-Renault74+3 laps 
11+11(ITA) Ivan CapelliMarch-Judd73DNF 
12+9(FRA) Rene ArnouxLigier-Ford Cosworth73+4 laps 
13-3(ITA) Andrea de CesarisDallara-Ford Cosworth73+4 laps 
14+10(GBR) Johnny HerbertBenetton-Ford Cosworth73+4 laps 
15-8(ITA) Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Renault73+4 laps 
R (ESP) Luis Perez-SalaMinardi-Ford Cosworth48DNF 
R (ITA) Gabriele TarquiniAGS-Ford Cosworth46DNF 
R (BRA) Roberto MorenoColoni-Ford Cosworth44DNF 
R (FRA) Philippe AlliotLola-Lamborghini38DNF 
R (BRA) Mauricio GugelminMarch-Judd36DNF 
R (BRA) Nelson PiquetLotus-Judd32DNF 
R (GBR) Nigel MansellFerrari30DNF 
R (FRA) Pierre-Henri RaphanelColoni-Ford Cosworth19DNF 
R (FRA) Olivier GrouillardLigier-Ford Cosworth4DNF 
R (ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ford Cosworth3DNF 
R (GBR) Derek WarwickArrows-Ford Cosworth2DNF 

Notes

  • Ivan Capelli ended lap 73 in P6 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

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

Notes

  • Riccardo Patrese started the Grand Prix from the back of the grid after failing to pull away at the beginning of the formation lap.

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(BRA) Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda1:22.308 
2(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-Honda1:23.4561.148
3(BEL) Thierry BoutsenWilliams-Renault1:24.3322.024
4(GBR) Martin BrundleBrabham-Judd1:24.5802.272
5(GBR) Nigel MansellFerrari1:24.7352.427
6(GBR) Derek WarwickArrows-Ford Cosworth1:24.7912.483
7(ITA) Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Renault1:25.0212.713
8(ITA) Stefano ModenaBrabham-Judd1:25.0862.778
9(ITA) Alex CaffiDallara-Ford Cosworth1:25.4813.173
10(ITA) Andrea de CesarisDallara-Ford Cosworth1:25.5153.207
11(ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:26.2883.980
12(ITA) Michele AlboretoTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:26.3884.080
13(ITA) Gabriele TarquiniAGS-Ford Cosworth1:26.4224.114
14(BRA) Mauricio GugelminMarch-Judd1:26.5224.214
15(ITA) Alessandro NanniniBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:26.5994.291
16(FRA) Olivier GrouillardLigier-Ford Cosworth1:26.7924.484
17(FRA) Philippe AlliotLola-Lamborghini1:26.8574.549
18(FRA) Pierre-Henri RaphanelColoni-Ford Cosworth1:27.0114.703
19(BRA) Nelson PiquetLotus-Judd1:27.0464.738
20(USA) Eddie CheeverArrows-Ford Cosworth1:27.1174.809
21(FRA) Rene ArnouxLigier-Ford Cosworth1:27.1824.874
22(ITA) Ivan CapelliMarch-Judd1:27.3024.994
23(GBR) Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:27.4525.144
24(GBR) Johnny HerbertBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:27.7065.398
25(BRA) Roberto MorenoColoni-Ford Cosworth1:27.7215.413
26(ESP) Luis Perez-SalaMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:27.7865.478
Did not qualify
27(DEU) Christian DannerRial-Ford Cosworth1:27.9105.602
28(FRA) Yannick DalmasLola-Lamborghini1:27.9465.638
29(JPN) Satoru NakajimaLotus-Judd1:28.4196.111
Did not pre-qualify
30(ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniOsella-Ford Cosworth1:27.7955.487
31(SWE) Stefan JohanssonOnyx-Ford Cosworth1:27.8215.513
32(ITA) Nicola LariniOsella-Ford Cosworth1:28.5556.247
33(DEU) Bernd SchneiderZakspeed-Yamaha1:28.6106.302
34(FRA) Bertrand GachotOnyx-Ford Cosworth1:28.8976.589
35(CHE) Gregor FoitekEuroBrun-Judd1:29.4237.115
36(DEU) Volker WeidlerRial-Ford Cosworth1:29.4987.190
37(JPN) Aguri SuzukiZakspeed-Yamaha1:30.5288.220
38(DEU) Joachim WinkelhockAGS-Ford Cosworth1:32.2749.966

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(BRA) Ayrton Senna18
2(FRA) Alain Prost18
3(GBR) Nigel Mansell9
4(ITA) Alessandro Nannini5
5(BRA) Mauricio Gugelmin4
=(ITA) Stefano Modena4
7(GBR) Derek Warwick4
8(GBR) Johnny Herbert3
=(BEL) Thierry Boutsen3
=(ITA) Alex Caffi3
11(ITA) Michele Alboreto2
12(GBR) Jonathan Palmer1
=(GBR) Martin Brundle1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1McLaren-Honda36
2Ferrari9
3Benetton-Ford Cosworth8
4Brabham-Judd5
5March-Judd4
6Arrows-Ford Cosworth4
7Williams-Renault3
=Dallara-Ford Cosworth3
9Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth3

Stats & milestones

Race debut
Pierre-Henri Raphanel (only start)
Wins
16th for Ayrton Senna
72nd for McLaren
Race 1-2
21st for McLaren
Podiums
72nd for Alain Prost
38th for Ayrton Senna
1st for Stefano Modena (154th different podium finisher, 24th Italian driver; last podium until 1991; only podium for Brabham)
175th & 176th for McLaren
124th and last for Brabham
Poles
32nd for Ayrton Senna
43rd for McLaren
1-2 start
16th for McLaren
Fastest laps
29th for Alain Prost NEW RECORD
50th for McLaren (3rd constructor to set 50 fastest laps)
Front row starts
52nd for Alain Prost
40th for Ayrton Senna (7th driver to achieve 40 front row starts, 2nd Brazilian driver)
Points finishes
1st for Stefano Modena & Alex Caffi (236th & 237th different point scorers, 37th & 38th Italian drivers)
Pole & win
12th for Ayrton Senna

See also

  • Monaco Grand Prix
  • Monte Carlo circuit
  • 1989 World Championship season

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