1989 Spanish Grand Prix

F1 Spanish Spain XXXI Gran Premio Tio Pepe de España Circuito de Jerez (1985-1992).svg 1 October 1989 14 16 Circuito Permanente de JerezJerez de la Frontera, Spain Permanent racing facility 2.6209 4.218 73 191.328 307.918 Dry, hot, sunny Ayrton Senna Brazil 1968 McLaren-Honda 1:20.291 Ayrton Senna Brazil 1968 McLaren-Honda 1:25.779 55 Ayrton Senna Brazil 1968 McLaren-Honda Gerhard Berger Austria Ferrari Alain Prost France McLaren-Honda ESP 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. 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.Walker Murray 1989 Murray Walker's Grand Prix Year First Formula Publishing 117–124 1-870066-22-7 Pre-qualifying classification Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap 1 17 ITA Nicola Larini Osella-Ford 1:23.566 — 2 37 FIN JJ Lehto Onyx-Ford 1:23.958 +0.392 3 18 ITA Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Ford 1:24.586 +1.020 4 30 FRA Philippe Alliot Lola-Lamborghini 1:24.610 +1.044 5 40 ITA Gabriele Tarquini AGS-Ford 1:24.847 +1.281 6 36 SWE Stefan Johansson Onyx-Ford 1:24.944 +1.378 7 31 BRA 1968 Roberto Moreno Coloni-Ford 1:25.074 +1.508 8 29 ITA Michele Alboreto Lola-Lamborghini 1:25.646 +2.080 9 34 FRG Bernd Schneider Zakspeed-Yamaha 1:25.673 +2.107 10 41 FRA Yannick Dalmas AGS-Ford 1:26.131 +2.565 11 35 JPN 1947 Aguri Suzuki Zakspeed-Yamaha 1:26.609 +3.043 12 33 ARG Oscar Larrauri EuroBrun-Judd 1:26.803 +3.237 13 32 ITA 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 with an eye on possibly finishing 3rd in the Drivers' Championship, 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 Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap 1 1 BRA 1968 Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda 1:21.855 1:20.291 — 2 28 AUT Gerhard Berger Ferrari 1:22.276 1:20.565 +0.274 3 2 FRA Alain Prost McLaren-Honda 1:23.113 1:21.368 +1.077 4 23 ITA Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ford 1:22.243 1:21.479 +1.188 5 30 FRA Philippe Alliot Lola-Lamborghini 1:23.597 1:21.708 +1.417 6 6 ITA Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault 1:24.033 1:21.777 +1.486 7 11 BRA 1968 Nelson Piquet Lotus-Judd 1:23.235 1:21.922 +1.631 8 7 GBR Martin Brundle Brabham-Judd 1:23.761 1:22.133 +1.842 9 4 FRA Jean Alesi Tyrrell-Ford 1:24.615 1:22.363 +2.072 10 20 ITA Emanuele Pirro Benetton-Ford 1:24.647 1:22.567 +2.276 11 17 ITA Nicola Larini Osella-Ford 1:23.538 1:22.620 +2.329 12 8 ITA Stefano Modena Brabham-Judd 1:23.679 1:22.826 +2.535 13 3 GBR Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell-Ford 1:23.494 1:23.052 +2.761 14 19 ITA Alessandro Nannini Benetton-Ford 1:24.233 1:23.105 +2.814 15 22 ITA Andrea de Cesaris Dallara-Ford 1:24.900 1:23.186 +2.895 16 9 GBR Derek Warwick Arrows-Ford 1:24.161 1:23.222 +2.931 17 37 FIN JJ Lehto Onyx-Ford 1:24.322 1:23.243 +2.952 18 12 JPN 1947 Satoru Nakajima Lotus-Judd — 1:23.309 +3.018 19 16 ITA Ivan Capelli March-Judd 1:23.401 — +3.110 20 24 ESP Luis Pérez-Sala Minardi-Ford 1:23.908 1:23.443 +3.152 21 5 BEL Thierry Boutsen Williams-Renault 1:24.839 1:23.657 +3.366 22 10 USA Eddie Cheever Arrows-Ford 1:24.222 1:23.729 +3.438 23 21 ITA Alex Caffi Dallara-Ford 1:24.658 1:23.763 +3.472 24 26 FRA Olivier Grouillard Ligier-Ford 1:24.991 1:23.931 +3.640 25 18 ITA Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Ford 1:26.147 1:24.003 +3.712 26 15 BRA 1968 Maurício Gugelmin March-Judd 1:28.311 1:24.707 +4.416 27 25 FRA René Arnoux Ligier-Ford 1:26.767 1:25.190 +4.899 28 39 FRA Pierre-Henri Raphanel Rial-Ford 1:28.311 1:25.443 +5.152 29 38 CHE 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 Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 BRA 1968 Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda 73 1:47:48.264 1 9 2 28 AUT Gerhard Berger Ferrari 73 + 27.051 2 6 3 2 FRA Alain Prost McLaren-Honda 73 + 53.788 3 4 4 4 FRA Jean Alesi Tyrrell-Ford 72 + 1 Lap 9 3 5 6 ITA Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault 72 + 1 Lap 6 2 6 30 FRA Philippe Alliot Lola-Lamborghini 72 + 1 Lap 5 1 7 22 ITA Andrea de Cesaris Dallara-Ford 72 + 1 Lap 15   8 11 BRA 1968 Nelson Piquet Lotus-Judd 71 + 2 Laps 7   9 9 GBR Derek Warwick Arrows-Ford 71 + 2 Laps 16   10 3 GBR Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell-Ford 71 + 2 Laps 13   Ret Retired 10 USA Eddie Cheever Arrows-Ford 61 Engine 22   Ret Retired 20 ITA Emanuele Pirro Benetton-Ford 59 Spun Off 10   Ret Retired 21 ITA Alex Caffi Dallara-Ford 55 Engine 23   Ret Retired 7 GBR Martin Brundle Brabham-Judd 51 Spun Off 8   Ret Retired 15 BRA 1968 Maurício Gugelmin March-Judd 47 Collision 26   Ret Retired 24 ESP Luis Pérez-Sala Minardi-Ford 47 Spun Off 20   Ret Retired 5 BEL Thierry Boutsen Williams-Renault 40 Fuel Pump 21   Ret Retired 26 FRA Olivier Grouillard Ligier-Ford 34 Engine 24   Ret Retired 23 ITA Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ford 27 Spun Off 4   Ret Retired 16 ITA Ivan Capelli March-Judd 23 Transmission 19   Ret Retired 37 FIN JJ Lehto Onyx-Ford 20 Gearbox 17   Ret Retired 18 ITA Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Ford 17 Gearbox 25   Ret Retired 19 ITA Alessandro Nannini Benetton-Ford 14 Spun Off 14   Ret Retired 8 ITA Stefano Modena Brabham-Judd 11 Electrical 12   Ret Retired 17 ITA Nicola Larini Osella-Ford 6 Suspension 11   Ret Retired 12 JPN 1947 Satoru Nakajima Lotus-Judd 0 Collision 18   DNQ Did not qualify 25 FRA René Arnoux Ligier-Ford         DNQ Did not qualify 39 FRA Pierre-Henri Raphanel Rial-Ford         DNQ Did not qualify 38 CHE Gregor Foitek Rial-Ford         DNPQ Did not pre-qualify 40 ITA Gabriele Tarquini AGS-Ford         DNPQ Did not pre-qualify 36 SWE Stefan Johansson Onyx-Ford         DNPQ Did not pre-qualify 31 BRA 1968 Roberto Moreno Coloni-Ford         DNPQ Did not pre-qualify 29 ITA Michele Alboreto Lola-Lamborghini         DNPQ Did not pre-qualify 35 JPN 1947 Aguri Suzuki Zakspeed-Yamaha         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 33 ARG Oscar Larrauri EuroBrun-Judd         DNPQ Did not pre-qualify 32 ITA Enrico Bertaggia Coloni-Ford        Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1989/244/ 1989 Spanish Grand Prix formula1.com 23 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150118225947/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1989/244/ 18 January 2015 Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings PosDriverPoints 1 FRA Alain Prost 76 (81) 2 BRA 1968 Ayrton Senna 60 3 GBR Nigel Mansell 38 4 ITA Riccardo Patrese 30 5 BEL Thierry Boutsen 24Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1988/espagne/championnat.aspx Spain 1988 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 20 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 GBR McLaren-Honda141 2 ITA Ferrari59 3 GBR Williams-Renault54 4 GBR Benetton-Ford22 5 GBR Tyrrell-Ford16Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References Spanish Grand Prix 1989 1989 Portuguese Grand Prix 1989 Japanese Grand Prix 1988 Spanish Grand Prix 1990 Spanish Grand Prix Spanish Grand Prix Category:Spanish Grand Prix Grand Prix