1989 Monaco Grand Prix

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1989 Monaco Grand Prix
Race 3 of 16 in the 1989 Formula One World Championship
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Race details
Date7 May 1989
Official name 47e Grand Prix de Monaco [1]
Location Circuit de Monaco
Monte Carlo
Course Temporary street circuit
Course length 3.328 km (2.068 miles)
Distance 77 laps, 256.256 km (159.230 miles)
Scheduled distance 78 laps, 259.584 km (161.298 miles)
Weather Warm, dry, sunny
Pole position
Driver McLaren-Honda
Time 1:22.308
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of France.svg Alain Prost McLaren-Honda
Time 1:25.501 on lap 59
Podium
First McLaren-Honda
Second McLaren-Honda
Third Brabham-Judd
Lap leaders
  • 1989 Monaco Grand Prix

The 1989 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo on 7 May 1989. It was the third race of the 1989 Formula One World Championship. The 77-lap race was won from pole position by Ayrton Senna, driving a McLaren-Honda, with teammate Alain Prost second and Stefano Modena third in a Brabham-Judd.

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Qualifying

Pre-qualifying report

The field was one fewer in Monaco as Ferrari had elected not to run a second car to replace Gerhard Berger, who had been injured in an accident during the last race at Imola. However, unlike the similar situation at the first race in Brazil, no extra pre-qualifier would be allowed through to the main qualifying sessions, which here at Monaco would run with 29 cars.

Brabham again topped the time sheets during the Thursday morning pre-qualifying session, with Stefano Modena fastest, but the Dallara of Alex Caffi was only 0.141 seconds behind. Third was Pierre-Henri Raphanel, who put in a fine performance in his Coloni, pre-qualifying for the first, and ultimately, only time. The fourth pre-qualifier was the other Brabham, driven by Martin Brundle, who edged out the Osella of Piercarlo Ghinzani by just two-hundredths of a second.

Joining Ghinzani on the sidelines were Stefan Johansson in the Onyx, then Nicola Larini in the other Osella, followed by Bernd Schneider in the Zakspeed. Ninth was the other Onyx of Bertrand Gachot, ahead of the sole EuroBrun driven by Gregor Foitek. The Rial of Volker Weidler was eleventh, followed by Aguri Suzuki in the other Zakspeed. Slowest on this occasion was Joachim Winkelhock in the AGS. [2]

Pre-qualifying classification

PosNoDriverConstructorTimeGap
18 Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Modena Brabham-Judd 1:26.957
221 Flag of Italy.svg Alex Caffi Dallara-Ford 1:27.098+0.141
332 Flag of France.svg Pierre-Henri Raphanel Coloni-Ford 1:27.590+0.633
47 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Martin Brundle Brabham-Judd 1:27.774+0.817
518 Flag of Italy.svg Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Ford 1:27.795+0.838
636 Flag of Sweden.svg Stefan Johansson Onyx-Ford 1.27.821+0.864
717 Flag of Italy.svg Nicola Larini Osella-Ford 1:28.555+1.598
834 Flag of Germany.svg Bernd Schneider Zakspeed-Yamaha 1:28.610+1.653
937 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Bertrand Gachot Onyx-Ford 1:28.897+1.940
1033 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Gregor Foitek EuroBrun-Judd 1:29.423+2.466
1139 Flag of Germany.svg Volker Weidler Rial-Ford 1:29.498+2.541
1235 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Aguri Suzuki Zakspeed-Yamaha 1:30.528+2.571
1341 Flag of Germany.svg Joachim Winkelhock AGS-Ford 1:32.274+4.317

Qualifying report

Tyrrell had new cars that looked promising. Ayrton Senna was on pole by a full second over teammate Alain Prost with Thierry Boutsen sharing row two with the surprisingly competitive Brabham of Martin Brundle. Nigel Mansell was fifth followed by Derek Warwick, Riccardo Patrese, Stefano Modena, Alex Caffi, and Andrea de Cesaris.

It was at this race that many in the paddock started noticing that the Pirelli qualifying tyres were superior to Goodyear's (the Brabhams and Caffi's Dallara ran on Pirelli rubber).

Qualifying classification

PosNoDriverConstructorQ1Q2Gap
11 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda 1:24.1261:22.308
22 Flag of France.svg Alain Prost McLaren-Honda 1:24.6711:23.456+1.148
35 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thierry Boutsen Williams-Renault 1:25.5401:24.332+2.024
47 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Martin Brundle Brabham-Judd 1:26.9701:24.580+2.272
527 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nigel Mansell Ferrari 1:25.3631:24.735+2.427
69 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Derek Warwick Arrows-Ford 1:26.6061:24.791+2.483
76 Flag of Italy.svg Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault 1:27.1381:25.021+2.713
88 Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Modena Brabham-Judd 1:27.5981:25.086+2.778
921 Flag of Italy.svg Alex Caffi Dallara-Ford 1:27.8941:25.481+3.173
1022 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea de Cesaris Dallara-Ford 1:26.6171:25.515+3.207
1123 Flag of Italy.svg Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ford 1:28.4691:26.288+3.980
124 Flag of Italy.svg Michele Alboreto Tyrrell-Ford No time1:26.388+4.080
1340 Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Tarquini AGS-Ford 1:26.6031:26.422+4.114
1415 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Maurício Gugelmin March-Judd 1:28.9171:26.522+4.214
1519 Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Nannini Benetton-Ford 1:28.6081:26.599+4.291
1626 Flag of France.svg Olivier Grouillard Ligier-Ford 1:27.0401:26.792+4.484
1730 Flag of France.svg Philippe Alliot Lola-Lamborghini 1:26.9751:26.857+4.549
1832 Flag of France.svg Pierre-Henri Raphanel Coloni-Ford 1:30.2641:27.011+4.703
1911 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Nelson Piquet Lotus-Judd 1:29.0471:27.046+4.738
2010 Flag of the United States.svg Eddie Cheever Arrows-Ford 1:28.4611:27.117+4.809
2125 Flag of France.svg René Arnoux Ligier-Ford 1:30.0031:27.182+4.874
2216 Flag of Italy.svg Ivan Capelli March-Judd 1:29.8001:27.302+4.994
233 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell-Ford 1:29.1511:27.452+5.144
2420 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Johnny Herbert Benetton-Ford 1:29.6611:27.706+5.398
2531 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Roberto Moreno Coloni-Ford 1:30.2091:27.721+5.413
2624 Flag of Spain.svg Luis Pérez-Sala Minardi-Ford 1:28.8861:27.786+5.478
2738 Flag of Germany.svg Christian Danner Rial-Ford 1:28.7371:27.910+5.602
2829 Flag of France.svg Yannick Dalmas Lola-Lamborghini 1:29.7941:27.946+5.638
2912 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Satoru Nakajima Lotus-Judd 1:28.5681:28.419+6.111

Race

Race report

Pierre-Henri Raphanel made his only Grand Prix start in Monaco, driving for Coloni. Coloni 1989.jpg
Pierre-Henri Raphanel made his only Grand Prix start in Monaco, driving for Coloni.

The first start was aborted when Patrese stalled his Williams. At the second start, for which Patrese was relegated to the back of the grid, Senna was first into Sainte-Dévote and Prost could do nothing but slot behind him. The McLarens proceeded to pull away from the field, while behind them Williams were in all sorts of trouble, as both Boutsen and Patrese had to stop for new rear wings. Nigel Mansell went out on lap 20 with more gearbox issues for Ferrari and one of the talking points of the race came on lap 33 when de Cesaris attempted to pass Nelson Piquet at Loews Hairpin. The predictable accident occurred and some choice words were exchanged between the two drivers (while still in their respective cars) and a huge traffic jam was caused. Brundle was looking good until he had to stop for a new battery and dropped back to seventh.

Senna continued to dominate the race while Prost, having been slowed by the Piquet-de Cesaris incident (he lost over 20 seconds to Senna in one lap having to wait for clear road to get moving again), could not recover and finished second behind his team mate. He was also held up for many laps trying to lap the Ligier of former Renault team mate René Arnoux who ignored both his mirrors and the blue flags prompting BBC commentator James Hunt to describe Arnoux's explanation of why he was so slow as "Bullshit" on live television. It was Senna's second win at Monaco and he did it the hard way, his McLaren losing first and second gear later in the race and disguising it to his best so Prost wouldn't react and push for the lead. Modena benefited from Brundle's stop and finished third, scoring his first points in Formula One and Brabham's last podium finish. Alex Caffi, Michele Alboreto, and Brundle, who was promoted to sixth on the final lap as a result of the retirement of Ivan Capelli, completed the point scoring positions. Caffi achieved both his and Dallara's first points.

Race classification

PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
11 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda 771:53:33.25119
22 Flag of France.svg Alain Prost McLaren-Honda 77+ 52.52926
38 Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Modena Brabham-Judd 76+ 1 lap84
421 Flag of Italy.svg Alex Caffi Dallara-Ford 75+ 2 laps93
54 Flag of Italy.svg Michele Alboreto Tyrrell-Ford 75+ 2 laps122
67 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Martin Brundle Brabham-Judd 75+ 2 laps41
710 Flag of the United States.svg Eddie Cheever Arrows-Ford 75+ 2 laps20
819 Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Nannini Benetton-Ford 74+ 3 laps15
93 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell-Ford 74+ 3 laps23
105 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thierry Boutsen Williams-Renault 74+ 3 laps3
1116 Flag of Italy.svg Ivan Capelli March-Judd 73Engine22
1225 Flag of France.svg René Arnoux Ligier-Ford 73+ 4 laps21
1322 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea de Cesaris Dallara-Ford 73+ 4 laps10
1420 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Johnny Herbert Benetton-Ford 73+ 4 laps24
156 Flag of Italy.svg Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault 73+ 4 laps7
Ret24 Flag of Spain.svg Luis Pérez-Sala Minardi-Ford 48Overheating26
Ret40 Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Tarquini AGS-Ford 46Electrical13
Ret31 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Roberto Moreno Coloni-Ford 44Gearbox25
Ret30 Flag of France.svg Philippe Alliot Lola-Lamborghini 38Engine17
Ret15 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Maurício Gugelmin March-Judd 36Engine14
Ret11 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Nelson Piquet Lotus-Judd 32Collision19
Ret27 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nigel Mansell Ferrari 30Gearbox5
Ret32 Flag of France.svg Pierre-Henri Raphanel Coloni-Ford 19Gearbox18
Ret26 Flag of France.svg Olivier Grouillard Ligier-Ford 4Gearbox16
Ret23 Flag of Italy.svg Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ford 3Clutch11
Ret9 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Derek Warwick Arrows-Ford 2Electrical6
DNQ38 Flag of Germany.svg Christian Danner Rial-Ford
DNQ29 Flag of France.svg Yannick Dalmas Lola-Lamborghini
DNQ12 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Satoru Nakajima Lotus-Judd
DNPQ18 Flag of Italy.svg Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Ford
DNPQ36 Flag of Sweden.svg Stefan Johansson Onyx-Ford
DNPQ17 Flag of Italy.svg Nicola Larini Osella-Ford
DNPQ34 Flag of Germany.svg Bernd Schneider Zakspeed-Yamaha
DNPQ37 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Bertrand Gachot Onyx-Ford
DNPQ33 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Gregor Foitek EuroBrun-Judd
DNPQ39 Flag of Germany.svg Volker Weidler Rial-Ford
DNPQ35 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Aguri Suzuki Zakspeed-Yamaha
DNPQ41 Flag of Germany.svg Joachim Winkelhock AGS-Ford
Source: [3]

Championship standings after the race

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