1989 Hungarian Grand Prix

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1989 Hungarian Grand Prix
Race 10 of 16 in the 1989 Formula One World Championship
Hungaroring circuit 1989-2002.svg
Race details
Date13 August 1989
Official name Pop 84 Magyar Nagydíj
Location Hungaroring
Mogyoród, Pest, Hungary [1]
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 3.968 km (2.466 miles)
Distance 77 laps, 305.536 km (189.850 miles)
Weather Cloudy
Pole position
Driver Williams-Renault
Time 1:19.726
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nigel Mansell Ferrari
Time 1:22.637 on lap 66
Podium
First Ferrari
Second McLaren-Honda
Third Williams-Renault
Lap leaders
  • 1989 Hungarian Grand Prix

The 1989 Hungarian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Hungaroring on 13 August 1989. It was the tenth race of the 1989 Formula One World Championship.

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The 77-lap race was won by Nigel Mansell, driving a Ferrari. After qualifying only 12th, Mansell charged through the field and took the lead with an opportunistic overtaking manoeuvre on Ayrton Senna in the McLaren-Honda as the two were lapping Stefan Johansson in the Onyx-Ford. Senna finished 26 seconds behind Mansell, with Thierry Boutsen third in a Williams-Renault.

Senna's teammate and Drivers' Championship rival, Alain Prost, finished fourth, meaning that his lead over Senna in the championship was reduced to 14 points.

Qualifying

Pre-qualifying report

The Hungaroring had been changed from the year before; the tight, slow S-bends after Turn 4 had been bypassed, extending the straight into Turns 5 and 6; raising the circuit's average speed by 10 percent.

In the Friday morning pre-qualifying session, an Onyx topped the time sheets for the fourth Grand Prix in succession. Stefan Johansson was comfortably fastest, and his team-mate Bertrand Gachot also pre-qualified in fourth. Both drivers had re-signed with Onyx for 1990. For the first time this season, Piercarlo Ghinzani went through to the main qualifying sessions, in second place. For the third time this season, and for the first time since the US Grand Prix, he outpaced his Osella team-mate Nicola Larini, who missed out in fifth position. The Larrousse-Lola of Michele Alboreto was the other pre-qualifier in third, the Italian suffering from a cracked rib. His team-mate Philippe Alliot was down in sixth, the first time either he or a Larrousse had failed to pre-qualify. [2]

The AGS cars of Yannick Dalmas and Gabriele Tarquini were seventh and ninth respectively, while Zakspeed drivers Bernd Schneider and Aguri Suzuki, still hampered by their underpowered Yamaha engines, were eighth and twelfth. Roberto Moreno was tenth in the Coloni, while his team-mate Pierre-Henri Raphanel was unable to post a representative time and was bottom of the time sheets in his last appearance for the team. Gregor Foitek was still unable to pre-qualify the new EuroBrun car, and was eleventh fastest. [2]

Pre-qualifying classification

PosNoDriverConstructorTimeGap
136 Flag of Sweden.svg Stefan Johansson Onyx-Ford 1:22.836
218 Flag of Italy.svg Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Ford 1:24.086+1.250
329 Flag of Italy.svg Michele Alboreto Lola-Lamborghini 1:24.323+1.487
437 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Bertrand Gachot Onyx-Ford 1:24.412+1.576
517 Flag of Italy.svg Nicola Larini Osella-Ford 1:24.601+1.765
630 Flag of France.svg Philippe Alliot Lola-Lamborghini 1:24.928+2.092
741 Flag of France.svg Yannick Dalmas AGS-Ford 1:25.571+2.735
834 Flag of Germany.svg Bernd Schneider Zakspeed-Yamaha 1:25.613+2.777
940 Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Tarquini AGS-Ford 1:25.685+2.849
1031 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Roberto Moreno Coloni-Ford 1:26.903+4.067
1133 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Gregor Foitek EuroBrun-Judd 1:27.478+4.642
1235 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Aguri Suzuki Zakspeed-Yamaha 1:28.113+5.277
1332 Flag of France.svg Pierre-Henri Raphanel Coloni-Ford 1:45.971+22.135

Qualifying report

Riccardo Patrese took a surprise pole position in his Williams-Renault, the first and only non-McLaren pole of the season, beating Ayrton Senna by three-tenths of a second. In another surprise, Alex Caffi took third in his Dallara, just six-tenths behind Senna, with Thierry Boutsen fourth in the second Williams. Drivers' Championship leader Alain Prost was fifth in the second McLaren, with Gerhard Berger sixth in the Ferrari. The top ten was completed by Alessandro Nannini in the Benetton, Stefano Modena in the Brabham, Derek Warwick in the Arrows and Pierluigi Martini in the Minardi.

Nigel Mansell could only manage 12th in the second Ferrari, nearly seven-tenths behind teammate Berger and over two seconds behind Patrese, and later complained of traffic.

Qualifying classification

PosNoDriverConstructorQ1Q2Gap
16 Flag of Italy.svg Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault 1:19.7261:20.644
21 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda 1:21.5761:20.039+0.313
321 Flag of Italy.svg Alex Caffi Dallara-Ford 1:21.0401:20.704+0.978
45 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thierry Boutsen Williams-Renault 1:23.4921:21.001+1.275
52 Flag of France.svg Alain Prost McLaren-Honda 1:21.0761:22.267+1.350
628 Flag of Austria.svg Gerhard Berger Ferrari 1:21.3041:21.270+1.544
719 Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Nannini Benetton-Ford 1:21.4481:21.301+1.575
88 Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Modena Brabham-Judd 1:23.0901:21.472+1.746
99 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Derek Warwick Arrows-Ford 1:23.1111:21.617+1.891
1023 Flag of Italy.svg Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ford 1:21.7461:32.546+2.020
114 Flag of France.svg Jean Alesi Tyrrell-Ford 1:23.8531:21.799+2.073
1227 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nigel Mansell Ferrari 1:22.5441:21.951+2.225
1315 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Maurício Gugelmin March-Judd 1:22.9491:22.083+2.357
1416 Flag of Italy.svg Ivan Capelli March-Judd 1:22.4451:22.088+2.362
157 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Martin Brundle Brabham-Judd 1:22.9701:22.296+2.570
1610 Flag of the United States.svg Eddie Cheever Arrows-Ford 1:23.2511:22.374+2.648
1711 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Nelson Piquet Lotus-Judd 1:22.8371:22.406+2.680
1822 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea de Cesaris Dallara-Ford 1:23.4631:22.410+2.684
193 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell-Ford 1:24.6701:22.578+2.852
2012 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Satoru Nakajima Lotus-Judd 1:23.9961:22.630+2.904
2137 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Bertrand Gachot Onyx-Ford 1:22.6341:23.720+2.908
2218 Flag of Italy.svg Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Ford 1:23.0911:22.763+3.037
2324 Flag of Spain.svg Luis Pérez-Sala Minardi-Ford 1:23.0171:24.188+3.291
2436 Flag of Sweden.svg Stefan Johansson Onyx-Ford 1:23.3721:23.148+3.422
2520 Flag of Italy.svg Emanuele Pirro Benetton-Ford 1:23.7721:23.399+3.673
2629 Flag of Italy.svg Michele Alboreto Lola-Lamborghini 1:23.7331:25.660+4.007
2725 Flag of France.svg René Arnoux Ligier-Ford 1:25.8621:24.003+4.277
2826 Flag of France.svg Olivier Grouillard Ligier-Ford 1:24.7021:25.169+4.976
2938 Flag of Germany.svg Christian Danner Rial-Ford 1:26.4851:25.017+5.291
3039 Flag of Germany.svg Volker Weidler Rial-Ford 1:28.1121:26.320+6.594

Race

Race report

At the start of the race, Patrese, Senna and Caffi maintained their grid order into turn 1, while Boutsen lost out to Prost as Berger passed both of them. Further back, Mansell made a good start, rising to 8th at the first corner. It soon became clear, however, that Caffi was struggling, the Dallara unable to replicate the speed it had shown in qualifying. Before long he had been passed by both Berger and Prost, and was holding up a train of cars consisting of Boutsen, Nannini, Mansell and Warwick.

Nannini exited the train when he pulled in to change tyres. This promoted Mansell to 7th, which he quickly turned into 5th by passing Boutsen and Caffi in quick succession. He then set about closing the 17-second gap to the leaders, and was promoted to 4th when Berger pitted for tyres. Having caught up to the leading group, Mansell passed Prost for 3rd. Patrese's Williams then began to develop a problem with a holed radiator, which slowed him and bunched up the leading group. Eventually, Patrese's holed radiator became so bad that both Senna and Mansell were able to pass him in the space of a few corners. Patrese retired from the race shortly afterwards.

Mansell now began to pressure Senna, clearly faster but unable to pass due to the extra power of the McLaren's Honda engine. Meanwhile, Prost pitted for tyres and rejoined 6th, while Berger only inherited 3rd briefly before he retired with gearbox problems, leaving Senna and Mansell on their own. Eventually, the pair came up to lap Stefan Johansson's Onyx. Senna caught him at an awkward moment, just at the accelerating zone out of turn 3. The Brazilian uncharacteristically hesitated, briefly lifting off, and this allowed Mansell to draw alongside as they went past Johansson and then use the Ferrari's greater momentum to surge past Senna and take the lead. After that, Mansell had an unchallenged run to the flag, beating Senna by nearly 26 seconds, with Boutsen completing the podium. Prost overtook Eddie Cheever's Arrows for 4th on the final lap, while Nelson Piquet's Lotus rounded off the points scorers. [3]

Many of the leading cars had problems with tyre vibrations - both Senna and Mansell complained about this, whilst Prost also had difficulties after picking up debris whilst going offline to avoid Patrese's oil. [4]

Race classification

PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
127 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nigel Mansell Ferrari 771:49:38.650129
21 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda 77+ 25.96726
35 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thierry Boutsen Williams-Renault 77+ 38.35444
42 Flag of France.svg Alain Prost McLaren-Honda 77+ 44.17753
510 Flag of the United States.svg Eddie Cheever Arrows-Ford 77+ 45.106162
611 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Nelson Piquet Lotus-Judd 77+ 1:12.039171
721 Flag of Italy.svg Alex Caffi Dallara-Ford 77+ 1:24.2253 
820 Flag of Italy.svg Emanuele Pirro Benetton-Ford 76+ 1 Lap25 
94 Flag of France.svg Jean Alesi Tyrrell-Ford 76+ 1 Lap11 
109 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Derek Warwick Arrows-Ford 76+ 1 Lap9 
118 Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Modena Brabham-Judd 76+ 1 Lap8 
127 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Martin Brundle Brabham-Judd 75+ 2 Laps15 
133 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell-Ford 73+ 4 Laps19 
Ret24 Flag of Spain.svg Luis Pérez-Sala Minardi-Ford 57Collision23 
Ret28 Flag of Austria.svg Gerhard Berger Ferrari 56Gearbox6 
Ret6 Flag of Italy.svg Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault 54Radiator1 
Ret36 Flag of Sweden.svg Stefan Johansson Onyx-Ford 48Gearbox24 
Ret19 Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Nannini Benetton-Ford 46Gearbox7 
Ret37 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Bertrand Gachot Onyx-Ford 38Gearbox21 
Ret12 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Satoru Nakajima Lotus-Judd 33Collision20 
Ret15 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Maurício Gugelmin March-Judd 27Electrical13 
Ret16 Flag of Italy.svg Ivan Capelli March-Judd 26Wheel14 
Ret29 Flag of Italy.svg Michele Alboreto Lola-Lamborghini 26Engine26 
Ret18 Flag of Italy.svg Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Ford 20Electrical22 
Ret23 Flag of Italy.svg Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ford 19Wheel10 
Ret22 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea de Cesaris Dallara-Ford 0Clutch18 
DNQ25 Flag of France.svg René Arnoux Ligier-Ford   
DNQ26 Flag of France.svg Olivier Grouillard Ligier-Ford   
DNQ38 Flag of Germany.svg Christian Danner Rial-Ford   
DNQ39 Flag of Germany.svg Volker Weidler Rial-Ford   
DNPQ17 Flag of Italy.svg Nicola Larini Osella-Ford   
DNPQ30 Flag of France.svg Philippe Alliot Lola-Lamborghini   
DNPQ41 Flag of France.svg Yannick Dalmas AGS-Ford   
DNPQ34 Flag of Germany.svg Bernd Schneider Zakspeed-Yamaha   
DNPQ40 Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Tarquini AGS-Ford   
DNPQ31 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Roberto Moreno Coloni-Ford   
DNPQ33 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Gregor Foitek EuroBrun-Judd   
DNPQ35 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Aguri Suzuki Zakspeed-Yamaha   
DNPQ32 Flag of France.svg Pierre-Henri Raphanel Coloni-Ford   
Source: [5]

Championship standings after the race

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