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1989 Portuguese Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitEstoril, 71 laps
Round13 of 16
Race numbers

The 1989 Portuguese Grand Prix was the:

  • 481st World Championship race
  • 9th World Championship Portuguese Grand Prix
  • 6th World Championship race at Estoril
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1(AUT) Gerhard BergerFerrari711hr 36m 48.546s9
2+2(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-Honda71+32.637s6
3+9(SWE) Stefan JohanssonOnyx-Ford Cosworth71+55.325s4
4+9(ITA) Alessandro NanniniBenetton-Ford Cosworth71+1m 22.369s3
5 (ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ford Cosworth70+1 lap2
6+12(GBR) Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth70+1 lap1
7+18(JPN) Satoru NakajimaLotus-Judd70+1 lap 
8+2(GBR) Martin BrundleBrabham-Judd70+1 lap 
9+8(FRA) Philippe AlliotLola-Lamborghini70+1 lap 
10+4(BRA) Mauricio GugelminMarch-Judd69+2 laps 
11+10(ITA) Michele AlboretoLola-Lamborghini69+2 laps 
12-3(ESP) Luis Perez-SalaMinardi-Ford Cosworth69+2 laps 
13+10(FRA) Rene ArnouxLigier-Ford Cosworth69+2 laps 
14-3(ITA) Stefano ModenaBrabham-Judd69+2 laps 
R (ITA) Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Renault60DNF 
R (BEL) Thierry BoutsenWilliams-Renault60DNF 
R (BRA) Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda48DNF 
DQ (GBR) Nigel MansellFerrari48DNF 
R (GBR) Derek WarwickArrows-Ford Cosworth37DNF 
R (BRA) Nelson PiquetLotus-Judd33DNF 
R (ITA) Alex CaffiDallara-Ford Cosworth33DNF 
R (ITA) Emanuele PirroBenetton-Ford Cosworth29DNF 
R (ITA) Ivan CapelliMarch-Judd25DNF 
R (USA) Eddie CheeverArrows-Ford Cosworth24DNF 
R (ITA) Andrea de CesarisDallara-Ford Cosworth17DNF 
R (BRA) Roberto MorenoColoni-Ford Cosworth11DNF 
Did not start
  (FRA) Yannick DalmasAGS-Ford Cosworth   
  (ITA) Nicola LariniOsella-Ford Cosworth   

Notes

  • Nigel Mansell was disqualified for reversing in the pit lane.
  • Yannick Dalmas was excluded from the Grand Prix after mistakenly using the wrong tyres during pre-qualifying.
  • Nicola Larini was excluded from the Grand Prix for missing a weight check during pre-qualifying.

Starting grid

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(BRA) Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda1:15.468 
2(AUT) Gerhard BergerFerrari1:16.0590.591
3(GBR) Nigel MansellFerrari1:16.1930.725
4(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-Honda1:16.2040.736
5(ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:16.9381.470
6(ITA) Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Renault1:17.2811.813
7(ITA) Alex CaffiDallara-Ford Cosworth1:17.6612.193
8(BEL) Thierry BoutsenWilliams-Renault1:17.8012.333
9(ESP) Luis Perez-SalaMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:17.8442.376
10(GBR) Martin BrundleBrabham-Judd1:17.8742.406
11(ITA) Stefano ModenaBrabham-Judd1:18.0932.625
12(SWE) Stefan JohanssonOnyx-Ford Cosworth1:18.1052.637
13(ITA) Alessandro NanniniBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:18.1152.647
14(BRA) Mauricio GugelminMarch-Judd1:18.1242.656
15(BRA) Roberto MorenoColoni-Ford Cosworth1:18.1962.728
16(ITA) Emanuele PirroBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:18.3282.860
17(FRA) Philippe AlliotLola-Lamborghini1:18.3862.918
18(GBR) Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:18.4042.936
19(ITA) Andrea de CesarisDallara-Ford Cosworth1:18.4422.974
20(BRA) Nelson PiquetLotus-Judd1:18.4823.014
21(ITA) Michele AlboretoLola-Lamborghini1:18.5633.095
22(GBR) Derek WarwickArrows-Ford Cosworth1:18.7113.243
23(FRA) Rene ArnouxLigier-Ford Cosworth1:18.7673.299
24(ITA) Ivan CapelliMarch-Judd1:18.7853.317
25(JPN) Satoru NakajimaLotus-Judd1:19.1653.697
26(USA) Eddie CheeverArrows-Ford Cosworth1:19.2473.779
Did not qualify
27(GBR) Johnny HerbertTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:19.2643.796
28(FRA) Olivier GrouillardLigier-Ford Cosworth1:19.4363.968
29(FRA) Pierre-Henri RaphanelRial-Ford Cosworth1:21.4355.967
30(DEU) Christian DannerRial-Ford Cosworth1:21.6786.210
Did not pre-qualify
31(FIN) JJ LehtoOnyx-Ford Cosworth1:20.8805.412
32(ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniOsella-Ford Cosworth1:21.2015.733
33(ARG) Oscar LarrauriEuroBrun-Judd1:21.2365.768
34(ITA) Gabriele TarquiniAGS-Ford Cosworth1:21.8816.413
35(JPN) Aguri SuzukiZakspeed-Yamaha1:22.6887.220
36(DEU) Bernd SchneiderZakspeed-Yamaha1:24.7329.264
37(ITA) Enrico BertaggiaColoni-Ford Cosworth1:28.52613.058

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(FRA) Alain Prost75
2(BRA) Ayrton Senna51
3(GBR) Nigel Mansell38
4(ITA) Riccardo Patrese28
5(BEL) Thierry Boutsen24
6(ITA) Alessandro Nannini17
7(AUT) Gerhard Berger15
8(BRA) Nelson Piquet9
9(ITA) Michele Alboreto6
=(USA) Eddie Cheever6
=(SWE) Stefan Johansson6
12(GBR) Derek Warwick6
13(GBR) Johnny Herbert5
=(FRA) Jean Alesi5
15(BRA) Mauricio Gugelmin4
=(ITA) Stefano Modena4
=(ITA) Andrea de Cesaris4
18(ITA) Alex Caffi4
19(ITA) Pierluigi Martini4
20(DEU) Christian Danner3
21(FRA) Rene Arnoux2
22(GBR) Martin Brundle2
=(GBR) Jonathan Palmer2
24(ITA) Gabriele Tarquini1
=(FRA) Olivier Grouillard1
=(ESP) Luis Perez-Sala1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1McLaren-Honda128
2Ferrari53
3Williams-Renault52
4Benetton-Ford Cosworth22
5Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth13
6Arrows-Ford Cosworth12
7Lotus-Judd9
8Dallara-Ford Cosworth8
9Onyx-Ford Cosworth6
10Brabham-Judd6
11Minardi-Ford Cosworth5
12March-Judd4
13Rial-Ford Cosworth3
14Ligier-Ford Cosworth3
15AGS-Ford Cosworth1

Stats & milestones

Last start
Coloni
Milestone race start
150th for Alain Prost (7th driver to start 150 races, 2nd French driver)
Wins
5th for Gerhard Berger (last win until 1991)
97th for Ferrari
Podiums
79th for Alain Prost
12th for Gerhard Berger
12th and last for Stefan Johansson (first podium since 1987; only podium for Onyx)
328th for Ferrari
187th for McLaren
1st and only for Onyx (42nd different podium finisher)
Poles
39th for Ayrton Senna
52nd for McLaren
Fastest laps
9th for Gerhard Berger
112th for Ferrari
Front row starts
50th for Ayrton Senna (2nd driver to achieve 50 front row starts, 1st Brazilian driver)
11th for Gerhard Berger
Points finishes
26th and last for Stefan Johansson
8th and last for Jonathan Palmer
Win & fastest lap
2nd for Gerhard Berger (first since 1987 and last until 1992; last Austrian driver to win and set the fastest lap until 1992; last for Ferrari)