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Home / Seasons / 1989 F1 World Championship Season / 1989 United States Grand Prix

1989 United States Grand Prix

DateSunday, 4 June 1989
Winner
  • France flag lazyload Alain Prost
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Honda
Pole position
  • Brazil flag lazyload Ayrton Senna
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Honda
Fastest lap
  • Brazil flag lazyload Ayrton Senna
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Honda
CircuitPhoenix, 75 laps
Round5 of 16
Race numbers

The 1989 United States Grand Prix was the

  • 473rd World Championship race
  • 23rd World Championship United States Grand Prix (first since 1980)
  • 1st World Championship race at Phoenix
More 1989 season
More United States Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1France flag lazyload Alain ProstMcLaren-Honda752hr 01m 33.133s9
2+12Italy flag lazyload Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Renault75+39.696s6
3+14USA flag lazyload Eddie CheeverArrows-Ford Cosworth75+43.210s4
4+22Germany flag lazyload Christian DannerRial-Ford Cosworth74+1 lap3
5+20United Kingdom flag lazyload Johnny HerbertBenetton-Ford Cosworth74+1 lap2
6+10Belgium flag lazyload Thierry BoutsenWilliams-Renault74+1 lap1
7+17Italy flag lazyload Gabriele TarquiniAGS-Ford Cosworth73DNF 
8+5Italy flag lazyload Andrea de CesarisDallara-Ford Cosworth70DNF 
9+12United Kingdom flag lazyload Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth69DNF 
R Austria flag lazyload Gerhard BergerFerrari61DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Alex CaffiDallara-Ford Cosworth52DNF 
R Brazil flag lazyload Nelson PiquetLotus-Judd52DNF 
R Sweden flag lazyload Stefan JohanssonOnyx-Ford Cosworth50DNF 
R Spain flag lazyload Luis Perez-SalaMinardi-Ford Cosworth46DNF 
R Brazil flag lazyload Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda44DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Martin BrundleBrabham-Judd43DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Stefano ModenaBrabham-Judd37DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel MansellFerrari31DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ford Cosworth26DNF 
R Japan flag lazyload Satoru NakajimaLotus-Judd24DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Ivan CapelliMarch-Judd22DNF 
DQ Brazil flag lazyload Mauricio GugelminMarch-Judd20DSQ 
R Italy flag lazyload Michele AlboretoTyrrell-Ford Cosworth17DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Alessandro NanniniBenetton-Ford Cosworth10DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Derek WarwickArrows-Ford Cosworth7DNF 
R France flag lazyload Philippe AlliotLola-Lamborghini3DNF 

Notes

  • Mauricio Gugelmin was disqualified for having brake fluid refilled during the race.
  • Gabriele Tarquini ended lap 73 in P7 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Andrea de Cesaris ended lap 70 in P5 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Jonathan Palmer ended lap 69 in P4 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1Brazil flag lazyload Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda
2France flag lazyload Alain ProstMcLaren-Honda
3Italy flag lazyload Alessandro NanniniBenetton-Ford Cosworth
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel MansellFerrari
5United Kingdom flag lazyload Martin BrundleBrabham-Judd
6Italy flag lazyload Alex CaffiDallara-Ford Cosworth
7Italy flag lazyload Stefano ModenaBrabham-Judd
8Austria flag lazyload Gerhard BergerFerrari
9Italy flag lazyload Michele AlboretoTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
10United Kingdom flag lazyload Derek WarwickArrows-Ford Cosworth
11Italy flag lazyload Ivan CapelliMarch-Judd
12France flag lazyload Philippe AlliotLola-Lamborghini
13Italy flag lazyload Andrea de CesarisDallara-Ford Cosworth
14Italy flag lazyload Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Renault
15Italy flag lazyload Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ford Cosworth
16Belgium flag lazyload Thierry BoutsenWilliams-Renault
17USA flag lazyload Eddie CheeverArrows-Ford Cosworth
18Brazil flag lazyload Mauricio GugelminMarch-Judd
19Sweden flag lazyload Stefan JohanssonOnyx-Ford Cosworth
20Spain flag lazyload Luis Perez-SalaMinardi-Ford Cosworth
21United Kingdom flag lazyload Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
22Brazil flag lazyload Nelson PiquetLotus-Judd
23Japan flag lazyload Satoru NakajimaLotus-Judd
24Italy flag lazyload Gabriele TarquiniAGS-Ford Cosworth
25United Kingdom flag lazyload Johnny HerbertBenetton-Ford Cosworth
26Germany flag lazyload Christian DannerRial-Ford Cosworth

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1Brazil flag lazyload Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda1:30.108 
2France flag lazyload Alain ProstMcLaren-Honda1:31.5171.409
3Italy flag lazyload Alessandro NanniniBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:31.7991.691
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel MansellFerrari1:31.9271.819
5United Kingdom flag lazyload Martin BrundleBrabham-Judd1:31.9601.852
6Italy flag lazyload Alex CaffiDallara-Ford Cosworth1:32.1602.052
7Italy flag lazyload Stefano ModenaBrabham-Judd1:32.2862.178
8Austria flag lazyload Gerhard BergerFerrari1:32.3642.256
9Italy flag lazyload Michele AlboretoTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:32.4912.383
10United Kingdom flag lazyload Derek WarwickArrows-Ford Cosworth1:32.4922.384
11Italy flag lazyload Ivan CapelliMarch-Judd1:32.4932.385
12France flag lazyload Philippe AlliotLola-Lamborghini1:32.5622.454
13Italy flag lazyload Andrea de CesarisDallara-Ford Cosworth1:32.6492.541
14Italy flag lazyload Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Renault1:32.7952.687
15Italy flag lazyload Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:33.0312.923
16Belgium flag lazyload Thierry BoutsenWilliams-Renault1:33.0442.936
17USA flag lazyload Eddie CheeverArrows-Ford Cosworth1:33.2143.106
18Brazil flag lazyload Mauricio GugelminMarch-Judd1:33.3243.216
19Sweden flag lazyload Stefan JohanssonOnyx-Ford Cosworth1:33.3703.262
20Spain flag lazyload Luis Perez-SalaMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:33.7243.616
21United Kingdom flag lazyload Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:33.7413.633
22Brazil flag lazyload Nelson PiquetLotus-Judd1:33.7453.637
23Japan flag lazyload Satoru NakajimaLotus-Judd1:33.7823.674
24Italy flag lazyload Gabriele TarquiniAGS-Ford Cosworth1:33.7903.682
25United Kingdom flag lazyload Johnny HerbertBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:33.8063.698
26Germany flag lazyload Christian DannerRial-Ford Cosworth1:33.8483.740
Did not qualify
27France flag lazyload Olivier GrouillardLigier-Ford Cosworth1:34.1534.045
28Brazil flag lazyload Roberto MorenoColoni-Ford Cosworth1:34.3524.244
29France flag lazyload Rene ArnouxLigier-Ford Cosworth1:34.7984.690
30France flag lazyload Yannick DalmasLola-Lamborghini1:35.4965.388
Did not pre-qualify
31Italy flag lazyload Piercarlo GhinzaniOsella-Ford Cosworth1:34.2814.173
32France flag lazyload Pierre-Henri RaphanelColoni-Ford Cosworth1:35.1105.002
33Switzerland flag Gregor FoitekEuroBrun-Judd1:35.8055.697
34Italy flag lazyload Nicola LariniOsella-Ford Cosworth1:36.4706.362
35Germany flag lazyload Joachim WinkelhockAGS-Ford Cosworth1:36.4986.390
36Germany flag lazyload Volker WeidlerRial-Ford Cosworth1:36.5836.475
37Germany flag lazyload Bernd SchneiderZakspeed-Yamaha1:36.6106.502
38Japan flag lazyload Aguri SuzukiZakspeed-Yamaha1:37.7767.668
39France flag lazyload Bertrand GachotOnyx-Ford Cosworth1:45.53015.422

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-1989 United States Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1France flag lazyload Alain Prost29
2Brazil flag lazyload Ayrton Senna27
3Italy flag lazyload Riccardo Patrese12
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel Mansell9
5Italy flag lazyload Alessandro Nannini8
6Italy flag lazyload Michele Alboreto6
7United Kingdom flag lazyload Johnny Herbert5
8Brazil flag lazyload Mauricio Gugelmin4
=Italy flag lazyload Stefano Modena4
=USA flag lazyload Eddie Cheever4
11Belgium flag lazyload Thierry Boutsen4
12United Kingdom flag lazyload Derek Warwick4
13Italy flag lazyload Alex Caffi3
=Germany flag lazyload Christian Danner3
15United Kingdom flag lazyload Jonathan Palmer1
=United Kingdom flag lazyload Martin Brundle1
=Italy flag lazyload Gabriele Tarquini1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Honda56
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Renault16
3United Kingdom flag lazyload Benetton-Ford Cosworth13
4Italy flag lazyload Ferrari9
5United Kingdom flag lazyload Arrows-Ford Cosworth8
6United Kingdom flag lazyload Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth7
7United Kingdom flag lazyload Brabham-Judd5
8United Kingdom flag lazyload March-Judd4
9Italy flag lazyload Dallara-Ford Cosworth3
=Germany flag lazyload Rial-Ford Cosworth3
11France flag lazyload AGS-Ford Cosworth1

Statistics & milestones

Milestone race start
200th for Williams (7th constructor to start 200 races)
Wins
36th for Alain Prost
74th for McLaren
Podiums
73rd for Alain Prost, 13th for Riccardo Patrese, 9th and last for Eddie Cheever
178th for McLaren, 103rd for Williams, 7th for Arrows (last until 1997)
Poles
34th for Ayrton Senna NEW RECORD
45th for McLaren
Qualifying 1-2
18th for McLaren
Fastest laps
11th for Ayrton Senna
51st for McLaren
Front row starts
54th for Alain Prost, 42nd for Ayrton Senna
Points finishes
2nd and last for Christian Danner

See also

  • United States Grand Prix
  • Phoenix circuit
  • 1989 World Championship season

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