1989 Monaco Grand Prix

F1 Monaco Monaco 47e Grand Prix de MonacoMotor Racing Programme Covers: 1989 https://www.progcovers.com/motor/monaco890507.jpg The Programme Covers Project 26 May 2021 7 May 1989 3 16 Circuit de Monaco 1986.png Circuit de MonacoMonte Carlo Temporary street circuit 2.068 3.328 77 159.230 256.256 78 161.298 259.584 Warm, dry, sunny Ayrton Senna Brazil 1968 McLaren-Honda 1:22.308 Alain Prost France McLaren-Honda 1:25.501 59 Ayrton Senna Brazil 1968 McLaren-Honda Alain Prost McLaren-Honda France Stefano Modena Italy Brabham-Judd Autocourse 1989-90 Hazleton Publishing 1989 0-905138-62-7 Henry Alan Rosinski José Kirby Gordon Hamilton Maurice Tremayne David Roebuck Nigel Nye Doug Piola Giorgio Taylor John Dodgins Tony Spurring Quentin Jones Bruce Skewis Mark Richmond, Surrey, United Kingdom 118–127 MON 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. Background 1989 Formula One World Championship#Drivers and constructors The event, officially called the Grand Prix de Monaco, was the third round of the 1989 Formula One World Championship and was held at the Circuit de Monaco in Monte Carlo, Monaco. Free and qualifying practice sessions were held on Thursday 4 May and Saturday 6 May, with a morning warm-up session and the main Grand Prix race held on Sunday 7 May 1989. Thirty-nine cars were entered by twenty list of Formula One constructors, although Scuderia Ferrari withdrew one of their entries as Gerhard Berger had been injured during the previous race. Ferrari made changes to Nigel Mansell's cars to try and avoid a repeat of the failure that had caused Berger's prior crash, but were unable to complete certain planned upgrades in time for this event as they had to replace the car destroyed in Imola. Automobiles Gonfaronnaises Sportives (AGS), Arrows, Brabham, EuroBrun, Ligier, Larrousse, Team Lotus, McLaren, Onyx Grand Prix, Williams, and Zakspeed all brought updates or modifications to their cars for this race. March Engineering debuted Adrian Newey's CG891 at this event. Thirteen teams used Goodyear tyres whilst the other seven teams used Pirelli tyres. Qualifying Pre-qualifying report The field was one fewer in Monaco as Ferrari had elected not to run a second car to replace Berger, who had been injured in an accident during the last race at Imola (the Austrian was present in the pits at Monaco, but even with the Ferrari 640's revolutionary semi-automatic gearbox meaning he did not have to take his hands off the steering wheel, the burns on his hands were not sufficiently recovered to be able to take on the Circuit de Monaco). However, unlike the similar situation at the first race in Brazil, no extra pre-qualifier would be allowed through to the main qualifying sessions, and due to the much tighter confines of both the circuit and the pits, Monaco would only 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.Walker Murray 1989 Murray Walker's Grand Prix Year First Formula Publishing 29–36 1-870066-22-7 Pre-qualifying classification Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap 1 8 ITA Stefano Modena Brabham-Judd 1:26.957 2 21 ITA Alex Caffi Dallara-Ford 1:27.098 +0.141 3 32 FRA Pierre-Henri Raphanel Coloni-Ford 1:27.590 +0.633 4 7 GBR Martin Brundle Brabham-Judd 1:27.774 +0.817 5 18 ITA Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Ford 1:27.795 +0.838 6 36 SWE Stefan Johansson Onyx-Ford 1.27.821 +0.864 7 17 ITA Nicola Larini Osella-Ford 1:28.555 +1.598 8 34 DEU Bernd Schneider Zakspeed-Yamaha 1:28.610 +1.653 9 37 BEL Bertrand Gachot Onyx-Ford 1:28.897 +1.940 10 33 CHE Gregor Foitek EuroBrun-Judd 1:29.423 +2.466 11 39 DEU Volker Weidler Rial-Ford 1:29.498 +2.541 12 35 JPN 1947 Aguri Suzuki Zakspeed-Yamaha 1:30.528 +2.571 13 41 DEU Joachim Winkelhock AGS-Ford 1:32.274 +4.317 Qualifying report Tyrrell had a new car that looked promising, but only Jonathan Palmer competed with it on the first day of practice and qualifying. Michele Alboreto's car was not finished until the second day, and he refused to drive the older car. 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). For the second Monaco in a row, Team Lotus, previous winners in the Principality on seven different occasions (1960, 1961, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1974 and 1987), started the race with only one car in the field. As he had done in 1988, Japanese driver Satoru Nakajima failed to qualify. Triple World Champion Nelson Piquet, never at ease on the Monaco streets, qualified 19th, 4.738 seconds behind Senna. Qualifying classification Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap 1 1 BRA 1968 Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda 1:24.126 1:22.308 2 2 FRA Alain Prost McLaren-Honda 1:24.671 1:23.456 +1.148 3 5 BEL Thierry Boutsen Williams-Renault 1:25.540 1:24.332 +2.024 4 7 GBR Martin Brundle Brabham-Judd 1:26.970 1:24.580 +2.272 5 27 GBR Nigel Mansell Ferrari 1:25.363 1:24.735 +2.427 6 9 GBR Derek Warwick Arrows-Ford 1:26.606 1:24.791 +2.483 7 6 ITA Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault 1:27.138 1:25.021 +2.713 8 8 ITA Stefano Modena Brabham-Judd 1:27.598 1:25.086 +2.778 9 21 ITA Alex Caffi Dallara-Ford 1:27.894 1:25.481 +3.173 10 22 ITA Andrea de Cesaris Dallara-Ford 1:26.617 1:25.515 +3.207 11 23 ITA Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ford 1:28.469 1:26.288 +3.980 12 4 ITA Michele Alboreto Tyrrell-Ford No time 1:26.388 +4.080 13 40 ITA Gabriele Tarquini AGS-Ford 1:26.603 1:26.422 +4.114 14 15 BRA 1968 Maurício Gugelmin March-Judd 1:28.917 1:26.522 +4.214 15 19 ITA Alessandro Nannini Benetton-Ford 1:28.608 1:26.599 +4.291 16 26 FRA Olivier Grouillard Ligier-Ford 1:27.040 1:26.792 +4.484 17 30 FRA Philippe Alliot Lola-Lamborghini 1:26.975 1:26.857 +4.549 18 32 FRA Pierre-Henri Raphanel Coloni-Ford 1:30.264 1:27.011 +4.703 19 11 BRA 1968 Nelson Piquet Lotus-Judd 1:29.047 1:27.046 +4.738 20 10 USA Eddie Cheever Arrows-Ford 1:28.461 1:27.117 +4.809 21 25 FRA René Arnoux Ligier-Ford 1:30.003 1:27.182 +4.874 22 16 ITA Ivan Capelli March-Judd 1:29.800 1:27.302 +4.994 23 3 GBR Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell-Ford 1:29.151 1:27.452 +5.144 24 20 GBR Johnny Herbert Benetton-Ford 1:29.661 1:27.706 +5.398 25 31 BRA 1968 Roberto Moreno Coloni-Ford 1:30.209 1:27.721 +5.413 26 24 ESP Luis Pérez-Sala Minardi-Ford 1:28.886 1:27.786 +5.478 27 38 DEU Christian Danner Rial-Ford 1:28.737 1:27.910 +5.602 28 29 FRA Yannick Dalmas Lola-Lamborghini 1:29.794 1:27.946 +5.638 29 12 JPN 1947 Satoru Nakajima Lotus-Judd 1:28.568 1:28.419 +6.111 Race Race report thumb|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 in 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 in 3rd place in the Brabham, until he had to pit for a new battery and dropped back to seventh (the car's battery was located under the driver's legs forcing Brundle to evacuate the car to allow it to be changed. The problem ultimately cost him a podium finish). Senna, continued to dominate the race while Prost, including 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 off the pace compared to his race winning days as "bullshit" on live television.Walker, Murray (Commentator); Hunt, James (Commentator) 7 May 1989 Grandstand BBC Sport BBC Monaco Senna took his second win at Monaco despite his McLaren losing first and second gear later in the race.July 2026 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 while Alboreto scored Tyrrell's first points with their new car. Race classification Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 BRA 1968 Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda 77 1:53:33.251 1 9 2 2 FRA Alain Prost McLaren-Honda 77 + 52.529 2 6 3 8 ITA Stefano Modena Brabham-Judd 76 + 1 lap 8 4 4 21 ITA Alex Caffi Dallara-Ford 75 + 2 laps 9 3 5 4 ITA Michele Alboreto Tyrrell-Ford 75 + 2 laps 12 2 6 7 GBR Martin Brundle Brabham-Judd 75 + 2 laps 4 1 7 10 USA Eddie Cheever Arrows-Ford 75 + 2 laps 20 8 19 ITA Alessandro Nannini Benetton-Ford 74 + 3 laps 15 9 3 GBR Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell-Ford 74 + 3 laps 23 10 5 BEL Thierry Boutsen Williams-Renault 74 + 3 laps 3 11 16 ITA Ivan Capelli March-Judd 73 Engine 22 12 25 FRA René Arnoux Ligier-Ford 73 + 4 laps 21 13 22 ITA Andrea de Cesaris Dallara-Ford 73 + 4 laps 10 14 20 GBR Johnny Herbert Benetton-Ford 73 + 4 laps 24 15 6 ITA Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault 73 + 4 laps 7 Ret Retired 24 ESP Luis Pérez-Sala Minardi-Ford 48 Overheating 26 Ret Retired 40 ITA Gabriele Tarquini AGS-Ford 46 Electrical 13 Ret Retired 31 BRA 1968 Roberto Moreno Coloni-Ford 44 Gearbox 25 Ret Retired 30 FRA Philippe Alliot Lola-Lamborghini 38 Engine 17 Ret Retired 15 BRA 1968 Maurício Gugelmin March-Judd 36 Engine 14 Ret Retired 11 BRA 1968 Nelson Piquet Lotus-Judd 32 Collision 19 Ret Retired 27 GBR Nigel Mansell Ferrari 30 Gearbox 5 Ret Retired 32 FRA Pierre-Henri Raphanel Coloni-Ford 19 Gearbox 18 Ret Retired 26 FRA Olivier Grouillard Ligier-Ford 4 Gearbox 16 Ret Retired 23 ITA Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ford 3 Clutch 11 Ret Retired 9 GBR Derek Warwick Arrows-Ford 2 Electrical 6 DNQ Did not qualify 38 DEU Christian Danner Rial-Ford DNQ Did not qualify 29 FRA Yannick Dalmas Lola-Lamborghini DNQ Did not qualify 12 JPN 1947 Satoru Nakajima Lotus-Judd DNPQ Did not pre-qualify 18 ITA Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Ford DNPQ Did not pre-qualify 36 SWE Stefan Johansson Onyx-Ford DNPQ Did not pre-qualify 17 ITA Nicola Larini Osella-Ford DNPQ Did not pre-qualify 34 DEU Bernd Schneider Zakspeed-Yamaha DNPQ Did not pre-qualify 37 BEL Bertrand Gachot Onyx-Ford DNPQ Did not pre-qualify 33 CHE Gregor Foitek EuroBrun-Judd DNPQ Did not pre-qualify 39 DEU Volker Weidler Rial-Ford DNPQ Did not pre-qualify 35 JPN 1947 Aguri Suzuki Zakspeed-Yamaha DNPQ Did not pre-qualify 41 DEU Joachim Winkelhock AGS-Ford Source:1989 Monaco Grand Prix http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1989/233/ Formula1.com https://web.archive.org/web/20150118224921/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1989/233/ 18 January 2015 23 December 2015 Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings PosDriverPoints 1 BRA 1968 Ayrton Senna 18 2 FRA Alain Prost 18 3 GBR Nigel Mansell 9 4 ITA Alessandro Nannini 5 5 BRA 1968 Maurício Gugelmin 4Source:Monaco 1989 - Championship • STATS F1 https://www.statsf1.com/en/1989/monaco/championnat.aspx www.statsf1.com 19 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 GBR McLaren-Honda36 2 ITA Ferrari9 3 GBR Benetton-Ford8 4 GBR Brabham-Judd5 5 GBR March-Judd4Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. 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