1989 Hungarian Grand Prix

March 2019 F1 Hungarian Hungary Pop 84 Magyar Nagydíj 13 August 1989 10 16 Hungaroring circuit 1989-2002.svg HungaroringMogyoród, Pest, Hungary1989 Hungarian Grand Prix https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1989-hungarian-grand-prix/ Motor Sport 8 June 2022 Permanent racing facility 2.466 3.968 77 189.850 305.536 Cloudy Riccardo Patrese Italy Williams-Renault 1:19.726 Nigel Mansell UK Ferrari 1:22.637 66 Nigel Mansell UK Ferrari Ayrton Senna Brazil 1968 McLaren-Honda Thierry Boutsen Belgium Williams-Renault HUN 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. 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 at Turns 3, 4 and 5 had been changed in character and bypassed. Turn 3 remained, but was now taken much faster as what were Turns 4 and 5 were bypassed, thus extending the straight now from Turn 3 into the new Turns 4 and 5; 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-Lamborghini had failed to pre-qualify.Walker Murray 1989 Murray Walker's Grand Prix Year First Formula Publishing 85–92 1-870066-22-7 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 V8 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. Pre-qualifying classification Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap 1 36 SWE Stefan Johansson Onyx-Ford 1:22.836 — 2 18 ITA Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Ford 1:24.086 +1.250 3 29 ITA Michele Alboreto Lola-Lamborghini 1:24.323 +1.487 4 37 BEL Bertrand Gachot Onyx-Ford 1:24.412 +1.576 5 17 ITA Nicola Larini Osella-Ford 1:24.601 +1.765 6 30 FRA Philippe Alliot Lola-Lamborghini 1:24.928 +2.092 7 41 FRA Yannick Dalmas AGS-Ford 1:25.571 +2.735 8 34 FRG Bernd Schneider Zakspeed-Yamaha 1:25.613 +2.777 9 40 ITA Gabriele Tarquini AGS-Ford 1:25.685 +2.849 10 31 BRA 1968 Roberto Moreno Coloni-Ford 1:26.903 +4.067 11 33 CHE Gregor Foitek EuroBrun-Judd 1:27.478 +4.642 12 35 JPN 1947 Aguri Suzuki Zakspeed-Yamaha 1:28.113 +5.277 13 32 FRA 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-Honda pole of the season, beating Ayrton Senna by three-tenths of a second. It was only the third pole of Patrese's career and his first since the 1983 Italian Grand Prix. It was also the first pole position for the Renault V10 engine. In another surprise, Alex Caffi took third in his Dallara-Ford-Cosworth, just six-tenths behind Senna, with Thierry Boutsen fourth in the second Williams-Renault. Drivers' Championship leader Alain Prost was fifth in the second McLaren-Honda, with Gerhard Berger sixth in the V12 Ferrari. The top ten was completed by Alessandro Nannini in the Benetton-Ford, Stefano Modena in the Brabham-Judd, Derek Warwick in the Arrows Ford-Cosworth and Pierluigi Martini in the Minardi Ford-Cosworth. 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. After realising that he would not crack the top 10 in qualifying, Mansell instead used final qualifying to work on his race set up, something he hoped would pay dividends on race day. Qualifying classification Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap 1 6 ITA Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault 1:19.726 1:20.644 — 2 1 BRA 1968 Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda 1:21.576 1:20.039 +0.313 3 21 ITA Alex Caffi Dallara-Ford 1:21.040 1:20.704 +0.978 4 5 BEL Thierry Boutsen Williams-Renault 1:23.492 1:21.001 +1.275 5 2 FRA Alain Prost McLaren-Honda 1:21.076 1:22.267 +1.350 6 28 AUT Gerhard Berger Ferrari 1:21.304 1:21.270 +1.544 7 19 ITA Alessandro Nannini Benetton-Ford 1:21.448 1:21.301 +1.575 8 8 ITA Stefano Modena Brabham-Judd 1:23.090 1:21.472 +1.746 9 9 GBR Derek Warwick Arrows-Ford 1:23.111 1:21.617 +1.891 10 23 ITA Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ford 1:21.746 1:32.546 +2.020 11 4 FRA Jean Alesi Tyrrell-Ford 1:23.853 1:21.799 +2.073 12 27 GBR Nigel Mansell Ferrari 1:22.544 1:21.951 +2.225 13 15 BRA 1968 Maurício Gugelmin March-Judd 1:22.949 1:22.083 +2.357 14 16 ITA Ivan Capelli March-Judd 1:22.445 1:22.088 +2.362 15 7 GBR Martin Brundle Brabham-Judd 1:22.970 1:22.296 +2.570 16 10 USA Eddie Cheever Arrows-Ford 1:23.251 1:22.374 +2.648 17 11 BRA 1968 Nelson Piquet Lotus-Judd 1:22.837 1:22.406 +2.680 18 22 ITA Andrea de Cesaris Dallara-Ford 1:23.463 1:22.410 +2.684 19 3 GBR Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell-Ford 1:24.670 1:22.578 +2.852 20 12 JPN 1947 Satoru Nakajima Lotus-Judd 1:23.996 1:22.630 +2.904 21 37 BEL Bertrand Gachot Onyx-Ford 1:22.634 1:23.720 +2.908 22 18 ITA Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Ford 1:23.091 1:22.763 +3.037 23 24 ESP Luis Pérez-Sala Minardi-Ford 1:23.017 1:24.188 +3.291 24 36 SWE Stefan Johansson Onyx-Ford 1:23.372 1:23.148 +3.422 25 20 ITA Emanuele Pirro Benetton-Ford 1:23.772 1:23.399 +3.673 26 29 ITA Michele Alboreto Lola-Lamborghini 1:23.733 1:25.660 +4.007 27 25 FRA René Arnoux Ligier-Ford 1:25.862 1:24.003 +4.277 28 26 FRA Olivier Grouillard Ligier-Ford 1:24.702 1:25.169 +4.976 29 38 FRG Christian Danner Rial-Ford 1:26.485 1:25.017 +5.291 30 39 FRG Volker Weidler Rial-Ford 1:28.112 1:26.320 +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."Mansell the magician" by Innes Ireland Road & Track December 1989 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.Murray's Walker 1989 Grand Prix Year, First Frost 1989, p.92 Race classification Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 27 GBR Nigel Mansell Ferrari 77 1:49:38.650 12 9 2 1 BRA 1968 Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda 77 + 25.967 2 6 3 5 BEL Thierry Boutsen Williams-Renault 77 + 38.354 4 4 4 2 FRA Alain Prost McLaren-Honda 77 + 44.177 5 3 5 10 USA Eddie Cheever Arrows-Ford 77 + 45.106 16 2 6 11 BRA 1968 Nelson Piquet Lotus-Judd 77 + 1:12.039 17 1 7 21 ITA Alex Caffi Dallara-Ford 77 + 1:24.225 3   8 20 ITA Emanuele Pirro Benetton-Ford 76 + 1 Lap 25   9 4 FRA Jean Alesi Tyrrell-Ford 76 + 1 Lap 11   10 9 GBR Derek Warwick Arrows-Ford 76 + 1 Lap 9   11 8 ITA Stefano Modena Brabham-Judd 76 + 1 Lap 8   12 7 GBR Martin Brundle Brabham-Judd 75 + 2 Laps 15   13 3 GBR Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell-Ford 73 + 4 Laps 19   Ret Retired 24 ESP Luis Pérez-Sala Minardi-Ford 57 Collision 23   Ret Retired 28 AUT Gerhard Berger Ferrari 56 Gearbox 6   Ret Retired 6 ITA Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault 54 Radiator 1   Ret Retired 36 SWE Stefan Johansson Onyx-Ford 48 Gearbox 24   Ret Retired 19 ITA Alessandro Nannini Benetton-Ford 46 Gearbox 7   Ret Retired 37 BEL Bertrand Gachot Onyx-Ford 38 Gearbox 21   Ret Retired 12 JPN 1947 Satoru Nakajima Lotus-Judd 33 Collision 20   Ret Retired 15 BRA 1968 Maurício Gugelmin March-Judd 27 Electrical 13   Ret Retired 16 ITA Ivan Capelli March-Judd 26 Wheel 14   Ret Retired 29 ITA Michele Alboreto Lola-Lamborghini 26 Engine 26   Ret Retired 18 ITA Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Ford 20 Electrical 22   Ret Retired 23 ITA Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ford 19 Wheel 10   Ret Retired 22 ITA Andrea de Cesaris Dallara-Ford 0 Clutch 18   DNQ Did not qualify 25 FRA René Arnoux Ligier-Ford     DNQ Did not qualify 26 FRA Olivier Grouillard Ligier-Ford     DNQ Did not qualify 38 FRG Christian Danner Rial-Ford     DNQ Did not qualify 39 FRG Volker Weidler Rial-Ford     DNPQ Did not pre-qualify 17 ITA Nicola Larini Osella-Ford     DNPQ Did not pre-qualify 30 FRA Philippe Alliot Lola-Lamborghini     DNPQ Did not pre-qualify 41 FRA Yannick Dalmas AGS-Ford     DNPQ Did not pre-qualify 34 FRG Bernd Schneider Zakspeed-Yamaha     DNPQ Did not pre-qualify 40 ITA Gabriele Tarquini AGS-Ford     DNPQ Did not pre-qualify 31 BRA 1968 Roberto Moreno Coloni-Ford     DNPQ Did not pre-qualify 33 CHE Gregor Foitek EuroBrun-Judd     DNPQ Did not pre-qualify 35 JPN 1947 Aguri Suzuki Zakspeed-Yamaha     DNPQ Did not pre-qualify 32 FRA Pierre-Henri Raphanel Coloni-Ford    Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1989/240/ 1989 Hungarian Grand Prix formula1.com 23 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150118223554/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1989/240/ 18 January 2015 Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings PosDriverPoints 1 FRA Alain Prost 56 2 BRA 1968 Ayrton Senna 42 3 GBR Nigel Mansell 34 4 ITA Riccardo Patrese 25 5 BEL Thierry Boutsen 17Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1989/hongrie/championnat.aspx Hungary 1989 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 18 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 GBR McLaren-Honda98 2 GBR Williams-Renault42 3 ITA Ferrari34 4 GBR Benetton-Ford17 5 GBR Arrows-Ford11Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. 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