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1989 San Marino Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitImola, 58 laps
Round2 of 16
Race numbers

The 1989 San Marino Grand Prix was the:

  • 470th World Championship race
  • 9th World Championship San Marino Grand Prix
  • 10th World Championship race at Imola
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (BRA) Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda581hr 26m 51.245s9
2 (FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-Honda58+40.225s6
3+4(ITA) Alessandro NanniniBenetton-Ford Cosworth57+1 lap4
4+2(BEL) Thierry BoutsenWilliams-Renault57+1 lap3
5+7(GBR) Derek WarwickArrows-Ford Cosworth57+1 lap2
6+19(GBR) Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth57+1 lap1
7+2(ITA) Alex CaffiDallara-Ford Cosworth57+1 lap 
8+10(ITA) Gabriele TarquiniAGS-Ford Cosworth57+1 lap 
9+12(USA) Eddie CheeverArrows-Ford Cosworth56+2 laps 
10+6(ITA) Andrea de CesarisDallara-Ford Cosworth56+2 laps 
11+12(GBR) Johnny HerbertBenetton-Ford Cosworth56+2 laps 
12+2(ITA) Nicola LariniOsella-Ford Cosworth52DNF 
R (GBR) Martin BrundleBrabham-Judd51DNF 
NC (JPN) Satoru NakajimaLotus-Judd46+12 laps 
R (ESP) Luis Perez-SalaMinardi-Ford Cosworth43DNF 
R (BRA) Mauricio GugelminMarch-Judd39DNF 
R (BRA) Nelson PiquetLotus-Judd29DNF 
R (GBR) Nigel MansellFerrari23DNF 
R (ITA) Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Renault21DNF 
R (ITA) Stefano ModenaBrabham-Judd19DNF 
R (ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ford Cosworth6DNF 
DQ (FRA) Olivier GrouillardLigier-Ford Cosworth4DSQ 
R (AUT) Gerhard BergerFerrari3DNF 
R (ITA) Ivan CapelliMarch-Judd1DNF 
R (FRA) Philippe AlliotLola-Lamborghini0DNF 
Did not start
  (FRA) Yannick DalmasLola-Lamborghini   

Notes

  • Olivier Grouillard was disqualified after his car was illegally worked on between race starts after the first start was red-flagged.

Starting grid

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(BRA) Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda1:26.010 
2(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-Honda1:26.2350.225
3(GBR) Nigel MansellFerrari1:27.6521.642
4(ITA) Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Renault1:27.9201.910
5(AUT) Gerhard BergerFerrari1:28.0892.079
6(BEL) Thierry BoutsenWilliams-Renault1:28.3082.298
7(ITA) Alessandro NanniniBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:28.8542.844
8(BRA) Nelson PiquetLotus-Judd1:29.0573.047
9(ITA) Alex CaffiDallara-Ford Cosworth1:29.0693.059
10(FRA) Olivier GrouillardLigier-Ford Cosworth1:29.1043.094
11(ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:29.1523.142
12(GBR) Derek WarwickArrows-Ford Cosworth1:29.2813.271
13(ITA) Ivan CapelliMarch-Judd1:29.3853.375
14(ITA) Nicola LariniOsella-Ford Cosworth1:29.4883.478
15(ESP) Luis Perez-SalaMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:29.5033.493
16(ITA) Andrea de CesarisDallara-Ford Cosworth1:29.6693.659
17(ITA) Stefano ModenaBrabham-Judd1:29.7613.751
18(ITA) Gabriele TarquiniAGS-Ford Cosworth1:29.9133.903
19(BRA) Mauricio GugelminMarch-Judd1:30.1634.153
20(FRA) Philippe AlliotLola-Lamborghini1:30.1684.158
21(USA) Eddie CheeverArrows-Ford Cosworth1:30.2334.223
22(GBR) Martin BrundleBrabham-Judd1:30.2714.261
23(GBR) Johnny HerbertBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:30.3474.337
24(JPN) Satoru NakajimaLotus-Judd1:30.6974.687
25(GBR) Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:30.9284.918
26(FRA) Yannick DalmasLola-Lamborghini1:31.1375.127
Did not qualify
27(ITA) Michele AlboretoTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:31.2065.196
28(FRA) Rene ArnouxLigier-Ford Cosworth1:31.2685.258
29(DEU) Christian DannerRial-Ford Cosworth1:31.3425.332
30(BRA) Roberto MorenoColoni-Ford Cosworth1:31.7755.765
Did not pre-qualify
31(FRA) Bertrand GachotOnyx-Ford Cosworth1:30.3844.374
32(CHE) Gregor FoitekEuroBrun-Judd1:30.6204.610
33(ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniOsella-Ford Cosworth1:30.6314.621
34(SWE) Stefan JohanssonOnyx-Ford Cosworth1:30.6474.637
35(DEU) Joachim WinkelhockAGS-Ford Cosworth1:32.0716.061
36(FRA) Pierre-Henri RaphanelColoni-Ford Cosworth1:32.2676.257
37(JPN) Aguri SuzukiZakspeed-Yamaha1:32.2876.277
38(DEU) Bernd SchneiderZakspeed-Yamaha1:32.8556.845
39(DEU) Volker WeidlerRial-Ford Cosworth1:36.48010.470

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(FRA) Alain Prost12
2(GBR) Nigel Mansell9
=(BRA) Ayrton Senna9
4(ITA) Alessandro Nannini5
5(BRA) Mauricio Gugelmin4
6(GBR) Derek Warwick4
7(GBR) Johnny Herbert3
=(BEL) Thierry Boutsen3
9(GBR) Jonathan Palmer1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1McLaren-Honda21
2Ferrari9
3Benetton-Ford Cosworth8
4March-Judd4
5Arrows-Ford Cosworth4
6Williams-Renault3
7Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth1

Stats & milestones

Milestone race start
50th for Benetton (27th constructor to start 50 races)
Wins
15th for Ayrton Senna
71st for McLaren
Race 1-2
20th for McLaren (2nd constructor to finish 1-2 in 20 races)
Podiums
71st for Alain Prost
37th for Ayrton Senna
3rd for Alessandro Nannini
173rd & 174th for McLaren
12th for Benetton
Poles
31st for Ayrton Senna
42nd for McLaren
1-2 start
15th for McLaren
Fastest laps
28th for Alain Prost EQUALLED RECORD (shared with Jim Clark)
49th for McLaren
Front row starts
51st for Alain Prost
39th for Ayrton Senna
Pole & win
11th for Ayrton Senna