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1989 Spanish Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitJerez, 73 laps
Round14 of 16
Race numbers

The 1989 Spanish Grand Prix was the:

  • 482nd World Championship race
  • 19th World Championship Spanish Grand Prix
  • 4th World Championship race at Jerez
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (BRA) Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda731hr 47m 48.264s9
2 (AUT) Gerhard BergerFerrari73+27.051s6
3 (FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-Honda73+53.788s4
4+5(FRA) Jean AlesiTyrrell-Ford Cosworth72+1 lap3
5+1(ITA) Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Renault72+1 lap2
6-1(FRA) Philippe AlliotLola-Lamborghini72+1 lap1
7+8(ITA) Andrea de CesarisDallara-Ford Cosworth72+1 lap 
8-1(BRA) Nelson PiquetLotus-Judd71+2 laps 
9+7(GBR) Derek WarwickArrows-Ford Cosworth71+2 laps 
10+3(GBR) Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth71+2 laps 
R (USA) Eddie CheeverArrows-Ford Cosworth61DNF 
R (ITA) Emanuele PirroBenetton-Ford Cosworth59DNF 
R (ITA) Alex CaffiDallara-Ford Cosworth55DNF 
R (GBR) Martin BrundleBrabham-Judd51DNF 
R (BRA) Mauricio GugelminMarch-Judd47DNF 
R (ESP) Luis Perez-SalaMinardi-Ford Cosworth47DNF 
R (BEL) Thierry BoutsenWilliams-Renault40DNF 
R (FRA) Olivier GrouillardLigier-Ford Cosworth34DNF 
R (ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ford Cosworth27DNF 
R (ITA) Ivan CapelliMarch-Judd23DNF 
R (FIN) JJ LehtoOnyx-Ford Cosworth20DNF 
R (ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniOsella-Ford Cosworth17DNF 
R (ITA) Alessandro NanniniBenetton-Ford Cosworth14DNF 
R (ITA) Stefano ModenaBrabham-Judd11DNF 
R (ITA) Nicola LariniOsella-Ford Cosworth6DNF 
R (JPN) Satoru NakajimaLotus-Judd0DNF 

Starting grid

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(BRA) Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda1:20.291 
2(AUT) Gerhard BergerFerrari1:20.5650.274
3(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-Honda1:21.3681.077
4(ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:21.4791.188
5(FRA) Philippe AlliotLola-Lamborghini1:21.7081.417
6(ITA) Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Renault1:21.7771.486
7(BRA) Nelson PiquetLotus-Judd1:21.9221.631
8(GBR) Martin BrundleBrabham-Judd1:22.1331.842
9(FRA) Jean AlesiTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:22.3632.072
10(ITA) Emanuele PirroBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:22.5672.276
11(ITA) Nicola LariniOsella-Ford Cosworth1:22.6202.329
12(ITA) Stefano ModenaBrabham-Judd1:22.8262.535
13(GBR) Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:23.0522.761
14(ITA) Alessandro NanniniBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:23.1052.814
15(ITA) Andrea de CesarisDallara-Ford Cosworth1:23.1862.895
16(GBR) Derek WarwickArrows-Ford Cosworth1:23.2222.931
17(FIN) JJ LehtoOnyx-Ford Cosworth1:23.2432.952
18(JPN) Satoru NakajimaLotus-Judd1:23.3093.018
19(ITA) Ivan CapelliMarch-Judd1:23.4013.110
20(ESP) Luis Perez-SalaMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:23.4433.152
21(BEL) Thierry BoutsenWilliams-Renault1:23.6573.366
22(USA) Eddie CheeverArrows-Ford Cosworth1:23.7293.438
23(ITA) Alex CaffiDallara-Ford Cosworth1:23.7633.472
24(FRA) Olivier GrouillardLigier-Ford Cosworth1:23.9313.640
25(ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniOsella-Ford Cosworth1:24.0033.712
26(BRA) Mauricio GugelminMarch-Judd1:24.7074.416
Did not qualify
27(FRA) Rene ArnouxLigier-Ford Cosworth1:25.1904.899
28(FRA) Pierre-Henri RaphanelRial-Ford Cosworth1:25.4435.152
29(CHE) Gregor FoitekRial-Ford Cosworth1:29.2268.935
Did not pre-qualify
30(ITA) Gabriele TarquiniAGS-Ford Cosworth1:24.8474.556
31(SWE) Stefan JohanssonOnyx-Ford Cosworth1:24.9444.653
32(BRA) Roberto MorenoColoni-Ford Cosworth1:25.0754.784
33(ITA) Michele AlboretoLola-Lamborghini1:25.6465.355
34(DEU) Bernd SchneiderZakspeed-Yamaha1:25.6735.382
35(FRA) Yannick DalmasAGS-Ford Cosworth1:26.1315.840
36(JPN) Aguri SuzukiZakspeed-Yamaha1:26.6096.318
37(ARG) Oscar LarrauriEuroBrun-Judd1:26.8036.512
38(ITA) Enrico BertaggiaColoni-Ford Cosworth1:27.2366.945

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(FRA) Alain Prost76
2(BRA) Ayrton Senna60
3(GBR) Nigel Mansell38
4(ITA) Riccardo Patrese30
5(BEL) Thierry Boutsen24
6(AUT) Gerhard Berger21
7(ITA) Alessandro Nannini17
8(BRA) Nelson Piquet9
9(FRA) Jean Alesi8
10(ITA) Michele Alboreto6
=(USA) Eddie Cheever6
=(SWE) Stefan Johansson6
13(GBR) Derek Warwick6
14(GBR) Johnny Herbert5
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
=(FRA) Philippe Alliot1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1McLaren-Honda141
2Ferrari59
3Williams-Renault54
4Benetton-Ford Cosworth22
5Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth16
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
=Lola-Lamborghini1

Stats & milestones

Race debut
JJ Lehto (first Finnish driver to start a race since 1986)
Wins
20th for Ayrton Senna (7th driver to win 20 races, 2nd Brazilian driver)
80th for McLaren (2nd constructor to win 80 races)
Podiums
80th for Alain Prost (1st driver to score 80 podiums, 1st French driver; last for McLaren)
43rd for Ayrton Senna
13th for Gerhard Berger
329th for Ferrari
188th & 189th for McLaren
Poles
40th for Ayrton Senna (1st driver to take 40 pole positions, 1st Brazilian driver)
53rd for McLaren
Fastest laps
13th for Ayrton Senna
55th for McLaren
Front row starts
51st for Ayrton Senna
12th for Gerhard Berger
Pole & win
16th for Ayrton Senna NEW RECORD
Win & fastest lap
7th for Ayrton Senna
Hat-trick (pole, win & fastest lap)
5th for Ayrton Senna