1989 Brazilian Grand Prix

1989 Brazilian Grand Prix
1989 Brazilian Grand Prix
Race 1 of 16 in the 1989 Formula One World Championship
Race details
Date	March 26, 1989
Official name	XVIII Grande Prêmio do Brasil
Location	Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet; Jacarepaguá, Rio de Janeiro
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	5.031 km (3.126 miles)
Distance	61 laps, 306.981 km (190.692 miles)
Weather	Very hot, dry, sunny
Pole position
Driver	Ayrton Senna;
Time	1:25.302
Fastest lap
Driver	Riccardo Patrese
Time	1:32.507 on lap 47
Podium
First	Nigel Mansell;
Second	Alain Prost;
Third	Maurício Gugelmin;

The 1989 Brazilian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Jacarepaguá on March 26, 1989.

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	27	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	61	1:38:58.744	6	9
2	2	Alain Prost	McLaren-Honda	61	+ 7.809	5	6
3	15	Maurício Gugelmin	March-Judd	61	+ 9.370	12	4
4	20	Johnny Herbert	Benetton-Ford	61	+ 10.493	10	3
5	9	Derek Warwick	Arrows-Ford	61	+ 17.866	8	2
6	19	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton-Ford	61	+ 18.241	11	1
7	3	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell-Ford	60	+ 1 Lap	18
8	12	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus-Judd	60	+ 1 Lap	21
9	26	Olivier Grouillard	Ligier-Ford	60	+ 1 Lap	22
10	4	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford	59	+ 2 Laps	20
11	1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	59	+ 2 Laps	1
12	30	Philippe Alliot	Larrousse-Lamborghini	58	+ 3 Laps	26
13	22	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara-Ford	57	+ 4 Laps	15
14	38	Christian Danner	Rial-Ford	56	+ 5 Laps	17
15	6	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	51	Alternator	2
Ret	10	Eddie Cheever	Arrows-Ford	37	Collision	24
Ret	34	Bernd Schneider	Zakspeed-Yamaha	36	Collision	25
Ret	7	Martin Brundle	Brabham-Judd	27	Halfshaft	13
Ret	16	Ivan Capelli	March-Judd	22	Suspension	7
Ret	11	Nelson Piquet	Lotus-Judd	10	Fuel system	9
DSQ	17	Nicola Larini	Osella-Ford	10	Disqualified	19
Ret	8	Stefano Modena	Brabham-Judd	9	Half Shaft	14
Ret	5	Thierry Boutsen	Williams-Renault	3	Engine	4
Ret	23	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Ford	2	Chassis	16
Ret	28	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	0	Collision	3
Ret	24	Luis Perez-Sala	Minardi-Ford	0	Collision	23
DNQ	29	Yannick Dalmas	Larrousse-Lamborghini
DNQ	25	René Arnoux	Ligier-Ford
DNQ	33	Gregor Foitek	Euro Brun-Judd
DNQ	31	Roberto Moreno	Coloni-Ford
DNPQ	21	Alex Caffi	Dallara-Ford
DNPQ	18	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Ford
DNPQ	39	Volker Weidler	Rial-Ford
DNPQ	32	Pierre-Henri Raphanel	Coloni-Ford
DNPQ	41	Joachim Winkelhock	AGS-Ford
DNPQ	35	Aguri Suzuki	Zakspeed-Yamaha
DNPQ	36	Stefan Johansson	Onyx-Ford
DNPQ	37	Bertrand Gachot	Onyx-Ford

Notes

This was Nigel Mansell's debut Grand Prix for Ferrari, he was reportedly so convinced of the cars unrealibility that he had booked an early flight home.
Philippe Streiff continued as AGS's lead driver for the 1989 season, but was paralysed in a Pre-GP testing crash at the circuit which ended his racing career.
The FIRST team was not allowed to participate in the 1989 championship. The #42 car for Gabriele Tarquini was powered by Judd engines. Tarquini replaced the injured Streiff in the next race and the FIRST Team sold its cars to Ernesto Vita, who run a new self-powered team called Life in 1990.
Nicola Larini was disqualified for an illegal start.
First Grand Prix: Johnny Herbert, Olivier Grouillard
First points: Johnny Herbert
First podium: Maurício Gugelmin
177th Grand Prix start (record-breaker): Riccardo Patrese
Eddie Cheever collapsed after exiting his car following the collision which ended his race involving Bernd Schneider.
This was the first Formula One race to feature a semi-automatic gearbox in the Ferraris of Nigel Mansell and Gerhard Berger.
Mansell cut his hands on the trophy following the race.^[1]

References

^ "Do you remember when Mansell cut his hands on the podium?", F1 Racing, no. 141, Derwent Howard, p. 39, December {{citation}}: Check date values in: |date= and |year= / |date= mismatch (help)

Unless otherwise indicated, all race results are taken from "The Official Formula 1 website". Retrieved 2007-08-04.

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[1] "Do you remember when Mansell cut his hands on the podium?", F1 Racing, no. 141, Derwent Howard, p. 39, December {{citation}}: Check date values in: |date= and |year= / |date= mismatch (help)

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