1989 Spanish Grand Prix

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1989 Spanish Grand Prix
Race 14 of 16 in the 1989 Formula One World Championship
Circuito de Jerez (1985-1992).svg
Race details
Date1 October 1989
Official name XXXI Gran Premio Tio Pepe de España
Location Circuito Permanente de Jerez
Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.218 km (2.6209 miles)
Distance 73 laps, 307.918 km (191.328 miles)
Weather Dry, hot, sunny
Pole position
Driver McLaren-Honda
Time 1:20.291
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda
Time 1:25.779 on lap 55
Podium
First McLaren-Honda
Second Ferrari
Third McLaren-Honda
Lap leaders
  • 1989 Spanish Grand Prix

The 1989 Spanish Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Jerez on 1 October 1989. It was the fourteenth race of the 1989 Formula One World Championship. The 73-lap race was won from pole position by Ayrton Senna, driving a McLaren-Honda. Gerhard Berger was second in a Ferrari, while Senna's teammate and Drivers' Championship rival Alain Prost was third.

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With Nigel Mansell banned from the race and fined $50,000 following his disqualification and collision with Senna in Portugal the previous week, Ferrari entered only one car for Berger. Senna's win kept the Drivers' Championship alive, but Prost's result meant that the Brazilian had to win both remaining races in order to beat the Frenchman to the title.

Qualifying

Pre-qualifying report

Osella topped a pre-qualifying session for the first time this season as Nicola Larini was fastest by four tenths of a second, ahead of Onyx driver JJ Lehto. Larini's team-mate Piercarlo Ghinzani was third, only the second time in 1989 he had progressed to the main qualifying sessions. The fourth pre-qualifier was the Larrousse-Lola of Philippe Alliot.

Gabriele Tarquini was fifth in his AGS, his sixth successive failure to pre-qualify. Stefan Johansson was down in sixth in the other Onyx after an engine failure, failing to pre-qualify after his podium achievement at the previous race. Roberto Moreno was seventh in the Coloni, with the other Larrousse-Lola of Michele Alboreto down in eighth, his lowest placing thus far. The usual suspects were in the lower positions, with ninth-placed Bernd Schneider notching up his thirteenth consecutive failure to pre-qualify in the Zakspeed, followed by Yannick Dalmas in the other AGS. Schneider's team-mate Aguri Suzuki was eleventh, his fourteenth failure, ahead of Oscar Larrauri's EuroBrun. Bottom of the timings was Enrico Bertaggia in the second Coloni, over two seconds behind his team-mate Moreno. [1]

Pre-qualifying classification

PosNoDriverConstructorTimeGap
117 Flag of Italy.svg Nicola Larini Osella-Ford 1:23.566
237 Flag of Finland.svg JJ Lehto Onyx-Ford 1:23.958+0.392
318 Flag of Italy.svg Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Ford 1:24.586+1.020
430 Flag of France.svg Philippe Alliot Lola-Lamborghini 1:24.610+1.044
540 Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Tarquini AGS-Ford 1:24.847+1.281
636 Flag of Sweden.svg Stefan Johansson Onyx-Ford 1:24.944+1.378
731 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Roberto Moreno Coloni-Ford 1:25.074+1.508
829 Flag of Italy.svg Michele Alboreto Lola-Lamborghini 1:25.646+2.080
934 Flag of Germany.svg Bernd Schneider Zakspeed-Yamaha 1:25.673+2.107
1041 Flag of France.svg Yannick Dalmas AGS-Ford 1:26.131+2.565
1135 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Aguri Suzuki Zakspeed-Yamaha 1:26.609+3.043
1233 Flag of Argentina.svg Oscar Larrauri EuroBrun-Judd 1:26.803+3.237
1332 Flag of Italy.svg Enrico Bertaggia Coloni-Ford 1:27.236+3.670

Qualifying report

Ayrton Senna blasted around the 4.218 km (2.6209 mi) Jerez circuit in 1:20.291 to take his pole position record to 40. Gerhard Berger was second in his Ferrari 640, only 0.274 seconds behind the man who would be his 1990 teammate at McLaren. Over a second behind Senna in third was world championship leader Alain Prost in his McLaren, with the surprise of late season qualifying, Pierluigi Martini, fourth in his Minardi, the Pirelli qualifying tyres once again coming to the fore. Martini had been an incredible second fastest after Friday qualifying, only 0.388 slower than Senna.

Philippe Alliot snared a career best fifth place on the grid in his Larrousse, proving that both the Lola chassis and the Lamborghini V12 designed by Mauro Forghieri was starting to come good. It also enhanced Alliot's reputation as a demon qualifier.

Williams-Renault entered two different model cars for their drivers Thierry Boutsen and Riccardo Patrese. Boutsen qualified 21st the new Williams FW13 that had debuted in Portugal, while Patrese reverted to the older model FW12C and ended up sixth on the grid ahead his former Brabham teammate Nelson Piquet in a surprisingly fast Lotus.

René Arnoux (Ligier) and the Rial pair of Pierre-Henri Raphanel and Gregor Foitek all failed to qualify for the race.

Qualifying classification

PosNoDriverConstructorQ1Q2Gap
11 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda 1:21.8551:20.291
228 Flag of Austria.svg Gerhard Berger Ferrari 1:22.2761:20.565+0.274
32 Flag of France.svg Alain Prost McLaren-Honda 1:23.1131:21.368+1.077
423 Flag of Italy.svg Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ford 1:22.2431:21.479+1.188
530 Flag of France.svg Philippe Alliot Lola-Lamborghini 1:23.5971:21.708+1.417
66 Flag of Italy.svg Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault 1:24.0331:21.777+1.486
711 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Nelson Piquet Lotus-Judd 1:23.2351:21.922+1.631
87 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Martin Brundle Brabham-Judd 1:23.7611:22.133+1.842
94 Flag of France.svg Jean Alesi Tyrrell-Ford 1:24.6151:22.363+2.072
1020 Flag of Italy.svg Emanuele Pirro Benetton-Ford 1:24.6471:22.567+2.276
1117 Flag of Italy.svg Nicola Larini Osella-Ford 1:23.5381:22.620+2.329
128 Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Modena Brabham-Judd 1:23.6791:22.826+2.535
133 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell-Ford 1:23.4941:23.052+2.761
1419 Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Nannini Benetton-Ford 1:24.2331:23.105+2.814
1522 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea de Cesaris Dallara-Ford 1:24.9001:23.186+2.895
169 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Derek Warwick Arrows-Ford 1:24.1611:23.222+2.931
1737 Flag of Finland.svg JJ Lehto Onyx-Ford 1:24.3221:23.243+2.952
1812 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Satoru Nakajima Lotus-Judd 1:23.309+3.018
1916 Flag of Italy.svg Ivan Capelli March-Judd 1:23.401+3.110
2024 Flag of Spain.svg Luis Pérez-Sala Minardi-Ford 1:23.9081:23.443+3.152
215 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thierry Boutsen Williams-Renault 1:24.8391:23.657+3.366
2210 Flag of the United States.svg Eddie Cheever Arrows-Ford 1:24.2221:23.729+3.438
2321 Flag of Italy.svg Alex Caffi Dallara-Ford 1:24.6581:23.763+3.472
2426 Flag of France.svg Olivier Grouillard Ligier-Ford 1:24.9911:23.931+3.640
2518 Flag of Italy.svg Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Ford 1:26.1471:24.003+3.712
2615 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Maurício Gugelmin March-Judd 1:28.3111:24.707+4.416
2725 Flag of France.svg René Arnoux Ligier-Ford 1:26.7671:25.190+4.899
2839 Flag of France.svg Pierre-Henri Raphanel Rial-Ford 1:28.3111:25.443+5.152
2938 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Gregor Foitek Rial-Ford 1:29.226+8.935

Race

Race report

McLaren's reigning World Champion Ayrton Senna took the pole, set the fastest race lap and kept the world championship alive with his sixth win of the season. Second with his third podium finish in a row following his second in Italy and his win in the previous race in Portugal was the Ferrari 640 of Gerhard Berger. World Championship leader Alain Prost finished third in his McLaren-Honda in what was his last race finish for the team with whom he won the 1985 and 1986 World Drivers' Championships.

Rounding out the points were the 'find of the season' Jean Alesi in his Tyrrell in fourth, the older model Williams-Renault of Patrese in fifth in what would be the FW12C's final race, and giving the Lamborghini V12 its first ever points finish in Formula One was Alliot in what would be the best drive of his Grand Prix career.

Prost's third place gave him a 16-point lead over Senna with only two races to go. If he was to retain his title, the Brazilian would need to win in both Japan and Australia.

Race classification

PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
11 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda 731:47:48.26419
228 Flag of Austria.svg Gerhard Berger Ferrari 73+ 27.05126
32 Flag of France.svg Alain Prost McLaren-Honda 73+ 53.78834
44 Flag of France.svg Jean Alesi Tyrrell-Ford 72+ 1 Lap93
56 Flag of Italy.svg Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault 72+ 1 Lap62
630 Flag of France.svg Philippe Alliot Lola-Lamborghini 72+ 1 Lap51
722 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea de Cesaris Dallara-Ford 72+ 1 Lap15 
811 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Nelson Piquet Lotus-Judd 71+ 2 Laps7 
99 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Derek Warwick Arrows-Ford 71+ 2 Laps16 
103 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell-Ford 71+ 2 Laps13 
Ret10 Flag of the United States.svg Eddie Cheever Arrows-Ford 61Engine22 
Ret20 Flag of Italy.svg Emanuele Pirro Benetton-Ford 59Spun Off10 
Ret21 Flag of Italy.svg Alex Caffi Dallara-Ford 55Engine23 
Ret7 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Martin Brundle Brabham-Judd 51Spun Off8 
Ret15 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Maurício Gugelmin March-Judd 47Collision26 
Ret24 Flag of Spain.svg Luis Pérez-Sala Minardi-Ford 47Spun Off20 
Ret5 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thierry Boutsen Williams-Renault 40Fuel Pump21 
Ret26 Flag of France.svg Olivier Grouillard Ligier-Ford 34Engine24 
Ret23 Flag of Italy.svg Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ford 27Spun Off4 
Ret16 Flag of Italy.svg Ivan Capelli March-Judd 23Transmission19 
Ret37 Flag of Finland.svg JJ Lehto Onyx-Ford 20Gearbox17 
Ret18 Flag of Italy.svg Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Ford 17Gearbox25 
Ret19 Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Nannini Benetton-Ford 14Spun Off14 
Ret8 Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Modena Brabham-Judd 11Electrical12 
Ret17 Flag of Italy.svg Nicola Larini Osella-Ford 6Suspension11 
Ret12 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Satoru Nakajima Lotus-Judd 0Collision18 
DNQ25 Flag of France.svg René Arnoux Ligier-Ford     
DNQ39 Flag of France.svg Pierre-Henri Raphanel Rial-Ford     
DNQ38 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Gregor Foitek Rial-Ford     
DNPQ40 Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Tarquini AGS-Ford     
DNPQ36 Flag of Sweden.svg Stefan Johansson Onyx-Ford     
DNPQ31 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Roberto Moreno Coloni-Ford     
DNPQ29 Flag of Italy.svg Michele Alboreto Lola-Lamborghini     
DNPQ35 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Aguri Suzuki Zakspeed-Yamaha     
DNPQ41 Flag of France.svg Yannick Dalmas AGS-Ford     
DNPQ34 Flag of Germany.svg Bernd Schneider Zakspeed-Yamaha     
DNPQ33 Flag of Argentina.svg Oscar Larrauri EuroBrun-Judd     
DNPQ32 Flag of Italy.svg Enrico Bertaggia Coloni-Ford     
Source: [2]

Championship standings after the race

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