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Home / Seasons / 1989 F1 World Championship Season / 1989 San Marino Grand Prix

1989 San Marino Grand Prix

470th World Championship race, 9th World Championship San Marino Grand Prix, 10th World Championship race at Imola

1989 Brazilian Grand Prix

1989 Monaco Grand Prix

1988 San Marino Grand Prix

1990 San Marino Grand Prix

Jump to: Fact file | Race result | Starting grid | Qualifying result | Championship standings | Statistics & milestones | See also

Fact File

Date:Sunday, 23 April 1989
Winner:Brazil flag Ayrton Senna
United Kingdom flag McLaren-Honda
Pole position:Brazil flag Ayrton Senna
United Kingdom flag McLaren-Honda
Fastest lap:France flag Alain Prost
United Kingdom flag McLaren-Honda
Circuit:Imola, 58 laps
Round:2 of 16

Race Result

Pos DriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 Brazil flag Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda581hr 26m 51.245s9
2 France flag Alain ProstMcLaren-Honda58+40.225s6
3+4Italy flag Alessandro NanniniBenetton-Ford Cosworth57+1 lap4
4+2Belgium flag Thierry BoutsenWilliams-Renault57+1 lap3
5+7United Kingdom flag Derek WarwickArrows-Ford Cosworth57+1 lap2
6+19United Kingdom flag Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth57+1 lap1
7+2Italy flag Alex CaffiDallara-Ford Cosworth57+1 lap 
8+10Italy flag Gabriele TarquiniAGS-Ford Cosworth57+1 lap 
9+12USA flag Eddie CheeverArrows-Ford Cosworth56+2 laps 
10+6Italy flag Andrea de CesarisDallara-Ford Cosworth56+2 laps 
11+12United Kingdom flag Johnny HerbertBenetton-Ford Cosworth56+2 laps 
12+2Italy flag Nicola LariniOsella-Ford Cosworth52DNF 
R United Kingdom flag Martin BrundleBrabham-Judd51DNF 
NC Japan flag Satoru NakajimaLotus-Judd46+12 laps 
R Spain flag Luis Perez-SalaMinardi-Ford Cosworth43DNF 
R Brazil flag Mauricio GugelminMarch-Judd39DNF 
R Brazil flag Nelson PiquetLotus-Judd29DNF 
R United Kingdom flag Nigel MansellFerrari23DNF 
R Italy flag Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Renault21DNF 
R Italy flag Stefano ModenaBrabham-Judd19DNF 
R Italy flag Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ford Cosworth6DNF 
DQ France flag Olivier GrouillardLigier-Ford Cosworth4DSQ 
R Austria flag Gerhard BergerFerrari3DNF 
R Italy flag Ivan CapelliMarch-Judd1DNF 
R France flag Philippe AlliotLola-Lamborghini0DNF 
Did not start
  France flag Yannick DalmasLola-Lamborghini   
  • Olivier Grouillard was disqualified after his car was illegally worked on between race starts after the first start was red flagged.

Starting Grid

  • Highlight: race winner
  • Highlight: second place
  • Highlight: third place
PosDriverConstructorTime
1Brazil flag Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda1:26.010
2France flag Alain ProstMcLaren-Honda1:26.235
3United Kingdom flag Nigel MansellFerrari1:27.652
4Italy flag Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Renault1:27.920
5Austria flag Gerhard BergerFerrari1:28.089
6Belgium flag Thierry BoutsenWilliams-Renault1:28.308
7Italy flag Alessandro NanniniBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:28.854
8Brazil flag Nelson PiquetLotus-Judd1:29.057
9Italy flag Alex CaffiDallara-Ford Cosworth1:29.069
10France flag Olivier GrouillardLigier-Ford Cosworth1:29.104
11Italy flag Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:29.152
12United Kingdom flag Derek WarwickArrows-Ford Cosworth1:29.281
13Italy flag Ivan CapelliMarch-Judd1:29.385
14Italy flag Nicola LariniOsella-Ford Cosworth1:29.488
15Spain flag Luis Perez-SalaMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:29.503
16Italy flag Andrea de CesarisDallara-Ford Cosworth1:29.669
17Italy flag Stefano ModenaBrabham-Judd1:29.761
18Italy flag Gabriele TarquiniAGS-Ford Cosworth1:29.913
19Brazil flag Mauricio GugelminMarch-Judd1:30.163
20France flag Philippe AlliotLola-Lamborghini1:30.168
21USA flag Eddie CheeverArrows-Ford Cosworth1:30.233
22United Kingdom flag Martin BrundleBrabham-Judd1:30.271
23United Kingdom flag Johnny HerbertBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:30.347
24Japan flag Satoru NakajimaLotus-Judd1:30.697
25United Kingdom flag Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:30.928
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Qualifying Result

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

Championship Standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1France flag Alain Prost12
2United Kingdom flag Nigel Mansell9
=Brazil flag Ayrton Senna9
4Italy flag Alessandro Nannini5
5Brazil flag Mauricio Gugelmin4
6United Kingdom flag Derek Warwick4
7United Kingdom flag Johnny Herbert3
=Belgium flag Thierry Boutsen3
9United Kingdom flag Jonathan Palmer1

Constructor

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

Statistics & Milestones

Wins
Driver: 15th for Ayrton Senna
Constructor: 71st for McLaren
Race 1-2
Constructor: 20th for McLaren
Podiums
Driver: 71st for Alain Prost, 37th for Ayrton Senna, 3rd for Alessandro Nannini
Constructor: 173rd & 174th for McLaren, 12th for Benetton
Poles
Driver: 31st for Ayrton Senna
Constructor: 42nd for McLaren
Qualifying 1-2
Constructor: 15th for McLaren
Fastest laps
Driver: 28th for Alain Prost EQUALLED RECORD (shared with Jim Clark)
Constructor: 49th for McLaren
Front row starts
Driver: 51st for Alain Prost, 39th for Ayrton Senna
Pole & win
Driver: 11th for Ayrton Senna

See also

  • San Marino Grand Prix
  • Imola Circuit
  • 1989 World Championship season

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