1989 Spanish Grand Prix

  1989 Spanish Grand Prix

Race details
Race 14 of 16 in the 1989 Formula One season
Date	October 1, 1989
Official name	XXXI Gran Premio Tio Pepe de España
Location	Circuito Permanente de Jerez Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.218 km (2.6209 mi)
Distance	73 laps, 307.918 km (191.328 mi)
Weather	Dry, hot, sunny
Pole position
Driver	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda
Time	1:20.291
Fastest lap
Driver	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda
Time	1:25.779 on lap 55
Podium
First	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda
Second	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari
Third	Alain Prost	McLaren-Honda

The 1989 Spanish Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Jerez on October 1, 1989.

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	73	1:47:48.264	1	9
2	28	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	73	+ 27.051	2	6
3	2	Alain Prost	McLaren-Honda	73	+ 53.788	3	4
4	4	Jean Alesi	Tyrrell-Ford	72	+ 1 Lap	9	3
5	6	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	72	+ 1 Lap	6	2
6	30	Philippe Alliot	Lola-Lamborghini	72	+ 1 Lap	5	1
7	22	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara-Ford	72	+ 1 Lap	15
8	11	Nelson Piquet	Lotus-Judd	71	+ 2 Laps	7
9	9	Derek Warwick	Arrows-Ford	71	+ 2 Laps	16
10	3	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell-Ford	71	+ 2 Laps	13
Ret	10	Eddie Cheever	Arrows-Ford	61	Engine	22
Ret	20	Emanuele Pirro	Benetton-Ford	59	Spun Off	10
Ret	21	Alex Caffi	Dallara-Ford	55	Engine	23
Ret	7	Martin Brundle	Brabham-Judd	51	Spun Off	8
Ret	15	Maurício Gugelmin	March-Judd	47	Collision	26
Ret	24	Luis Perez-Sala	Minardi-Ford	47	Spun Off	20
Ret	5	Thierry Boutsen	Williams-Renault	40	Fuel Pump	21
Ret	26	Olivier Grouillard	Ligier-Ford	34	Engine	24
Ret	23	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Ford	27	Spun Off	4
Ret	16	Ivan Capelli	March-Judd	23	Transmission	19
Ret	37	Jyrki Järvilehto	Onyx-Ford	20	Gearbox	17
Ret	18	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Ford	17	Gearbox	25
Ret	19	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton-Ford	14	Spun Off	14
Ret	8	Stefano Modena	Brabham-Judd	11	Electrical	12
Ret	17	Nicola Larini	Osella-Ford	6	Suspension	11
Ret	12	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus-Judd	0	Collision	18
DNQ	25	René Arnoux	Ligier-Ford
DNQ	39	Pierre-Henri Raphanel	Rial-Ford
DNQ	38	Gregor Foitek	Rial-Ford
DNPQ	40	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS-Ford
DNPQ	36	Stefan Johansson	Onyx-Ford
DNPQ	31	Roberto Moreno	Coloni-Ford
DNPQ	29	Michele Alboreto	Lola-Lamborghini
DNPQ	35	Aguri Suzuki	Zakspeed-Yamaha
DNPQ	41	Yannick Dalmas	AGS-Ford
DNPQ	34	Bernd Schneider	Zakspeed-Yamaha
DNPQ	33	Oscar Larrauri	Euro Brun-Judd
DNPQ	32	Enrico Bertaggia	Coloni-Ford

Notes

• First Grand Prix start: J.J. Lehto
• Nigel Mansell was suspended for this race following his disqualification and collision with Ayrton Senna in Portugal. Ferrari raced just one car at this race.
• Gregor Foitek replaced Christian Danner at Rial but quit the team after the race when he suffered a heavy accident in qualifying caused by the rear wing falling off the car.
• The Williams team raced 2 different cars at this race. Thierry Boutsen drove the new FW13 and Riccardo Patrese drove the FW12C for the last time.

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Alain Prost	76 (81)
2	Ayrton Senna	60
3	Nigel Mansell	38
4	Riccardo Patrese	30
5	Thierry Boutsen	24

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	McLaren-Honda	141
2	Ferrari	59
3	Williams-Renault	54
4	Benetton-Ford	22
5	Tyrrell-Ford	16

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

• Unless otherwise indicated, all race results are taken from "The Official Formula 1 website". http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1989/244/. Retrieved 2007-08-04. 

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