1989 Formula One Indoor Trophy

1989 Formula One Indoor Trophy 1988 1990 The 1989 Formula One Indoor Trophy took place on December 2–3 at the Bologna Motor Show. The winner was Luis Pérez-Sala in a Minardi-Ford. Participants Participation for the second Formula One Indoor Trophy increased from six to seven drivers. Coming at the end of the 1989 Formula One season, it featured five teams. Osella entered a two-man team, but neither of their regular drivers, Nicola Larini and Piercarlo Ghinzani, drove. Coloni driver Enrico Bertaggia and Swiss driver Andrea Chiesa, who was driving for Roni Motorsport in International Formula 3000 at the time, where their chosen competitors. BMS Scuderia Italia sent along Andrea de Cesaris with one of their Dallara cars. Their other driver, Alex Caffi, did not attend. Minardi also sent two drivers, defending champion Luis Pérez-Sala and Pierluigi Martini. Pierre-Henri Raphanel attended for Coloni, although he had been replaced mid season by Bertaggia, who had been poached for this event by Osella. Finally, EuroBrun was represented by Claudio Langes, who had signed for the team for 1990, replaced Gregor Foitek and Oscar Larrauri who had driven in 1989. DriverTeam ITA Enrico Bertaggia Osella-Ford SUI Andrea Chiesa Osella-Ford ITA Andrea de Cesaris BMS Dallara-Ford ITA Claudio Langes EuroBrun-Judd ITA Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ford ESP Luis Pérez-Sala Minardi-Ford FRA Pierre Henri Raphanel Coloni-Ford Results De Cesaris was given a bye through the quarter-finals. Meanwhile, defending champion Pérez-Sala was drawn against Raphanel, Bertaggia against Langes and Martini against Chiesa. Unsurprisingly, the more experienced Pérez-Sala, Bertaggia and Martini went through to the semi-finals. De Cesaris would face Pérez-Sala in the first semi-final in a hard to predict match up, which the Spaniard won. His team mate Pierluigi Martini also won through against Enrico Bertaggia, to create an all-Minardi final. Pérez-Sala won the final to take the title for the second year running. Preliminary Rounds PosDriverConstructorTimeGap 1 ITA Andrea De Cesaris ITA Dallara-Ford Cosworth 52"15 2 ITA Pierluigi Martini ITA Minardi-Ford Cosworth 52"30 + 0"15 3 ESP Luis Pérez-Sala ITA Minardi-Ford Cosworth 52"72 + 0"57 4 ITA Enrico Bertaggia ITA Osella-Ford Cosworth 53"63 + 1"48 5 ITA Claudio Langes ITA EuroBrun-Judd 54"03 + 1"88 6 CHE Andrea Chiesa ITA Osella-Ford Cosworth 54"14 + 1"99 7 FRA Pierre Henri Raphanel ITA Coloni-Ford Cosworth - Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final ESP Luis Pérez-Sala FRA Pierre Henri Raphanel ITA Enrico Bertaggia ITA Claudio Langes ITA Pierluigi Martini SUI Andrea Chiesa ITA Andrea de Cesaris ESP Luis Pérez-Sala ITA Enrico Bertaggia ITA Pierluigi Martini ESP Luis Pérez-Sala ITA Pierluigi Martini References Bologna Sprint - The GEL Motorsport Information Page Formula One Indoor Trophy Category:Formula One Indoor Trophy