1989 Season

Races

Champion

Alain Prost

Constructor

McLaren

The 1989 Formula 1 World Championship featured 16 Grand Prix races across the season. Alain Prost of French claimed the Drivers' Championship with 76 points and 4 race victories. Ayrton Senna finished as runner-up, 16 points behind. McLaren won the Constructors' Championship with 141 points. The season saw 6 different race winners, making it one of the more competitive years in F1 history. The top three in the final standings were Alain Prost, Ayrton Senna, Riccardo Patrese.

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What races were in the 1989 F1 season?

Rd	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date	Winner
1	Brazilian Grand Prix	Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet	1989-03-26	Nigel Mansell(Ferrari)
2	San Marino Grand Prix	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	1989-04-23	Ayrton Senna(McLaren)
3	Monaco Grand Prix	Circuit de Monaco	1989-05-07	Ayrton Senna(McLaren)
4	Mexican Grand Prix	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez	1989-05-28	Ayrton Senna(McLaren)
5	United States Grand Prix	Phoenix street circuit	1989-06-04	Alain Prost(McLaren)
6	Canadian Grand Prix	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve	1989-06-18	Thierry Boutsen(Williams)
7	French Grand Prix	Circuit Paul Ricard	1989-07-09	Alain Prost(McLaren)
8	British Grand Prix	Silverstone Circuit	1989-07-16	Alain Prost(McLaren)
9	German Grand Prix	Hockenheimring	1989-07-30	Ayrton Senna(McLaren)
10	Hungarian Grand Prix	Hungaroring	1989-08-13	Nigel Mansell(Ferrari)
11	Belgian Grand Prix	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	1989-08-27	Ayrton Senna(McLaren)
12	Italian Grand Prix	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza	1989-09-10	Alain Prost(McLaren)
13	Portuguese Grand Prix	Autódromo do Estoril	1989-09-24	Gerhard Berger(Ferrari)
14	Spanish Grand Prix	Circuito de Jerez	1989-10-01	Ayrton Senna(McLaren)
15	Japanese Grand Prix	Suzuka Circuit	1989-10-22	Alessandro Nannini(Benetton)
16	Australian Grand Prix	Adelaide Street Circuit	1989-11-05	Thierry Boutsen(Williams)

Championship Battle

Championship Progression

Round	Mansell	Prost	Gugelmin	Senna	Patrese
R1Brazilian Grand Prix	9	6	4	—	—
R2San Marino Grand Prix	9	12	4	9	—
R3Monaco Grand Prix	9	18	4	18	—
R4Mexican Grand Prix	9	20	—	27	6
R5United States Grand Prix	9	29	—	27	12
R6Canadian Grand Prix	9	29	—	27	18
R7French Grand Prix	15	38	—	27	22
R8British Grand Prix	21	47	—	27	22
R9German Grand Prix	25	53	—	36	25
R10Hungarian Grand Prix	34	56	—	42	25
R11Belgian Grand Prix	38	62	—	51	25
R12Italian Grand Prix	38	71	—	51	28
R13Portuguese Grand Prix	38	75	—	51	28
R14Spanish Grand Prix	38	76	—	60	30
R15Japanese Grand Prix	38	76	—	60	36
R16Australian Grand Prix	38	76	—	60	40

Who won the 1989 F1 driver championship?

Pos	Driver	Nationality	Wins	Points
1	Alain Prost	French	4	76
2	Ayrton Senna	Brazilian	6	60
3	Riccardo Patrese	Italian	0	40
4	Nigel Mansell	British	2	38
5	Thierry Boutsen	Belgian	2	37
6	Alessandro Nannini	Italian	1	32
7	Gerhard Berger	Austrian	1	21
8	Nelson Piquet	Brazilian	0	12
9	Jean Alesi	French	0	8
10	Derek Warwick	British	0	7
11	Eddie Cheever	American	0	6
12	Stefan Johansson	Swedish	0	6
13	Michele Alboreto	Italian	0	6
14	Johnny Herbert	British	0	5
15	Pierluigi Martini	Italian	0	5
16	Maurício Gugelmin	Brazilian	0	4
17	Andrea de Cesaris	Italian	0	4
18	Stefano Modena	Italian	0	4
19	Alex Caffi	Italian	0	4
20	Martin Brundle	British	0	4
21	Satoru Nakajima	Japanese	0	3
22	Christian Danner	German	0	3
23	Emanuele Pirro	Italian	0	2
24	René Arnoux	French	0	2
25	Jonathan Palmer	British	0	2
26	Olivier Grouillard	French	0	1
27	Gabriele Tarquini	Italian	0	1
28	Luis Pérez-Sala	Spanish	0	1
29	Philippe Alliot	French	0	1
30	Ivan Capelli	Italian	0	0
31	Éric Bernard	French	0	0
32	Bertrand Gachot	Belgian	0	0
33	Nicola Larini	Italian	0	0
34	Martin Donnelly	British	0	0
35	Roberto Moreno	Brazilian	0	0
36	Jyrki Järvilehto	Finnish	0	0
37	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Italian	0	0
38	Bernd Schneider	German	0	0
39	Pierre-Henri Raphanel	French	0	0
40	Yannick Dalmas	French	0	0
41	Paolo Barilla	Italian	0	0
42	Gregor Foitek	Swiss	0	0
43	Volker Weidler	German	0	0
44	Aguri Suzuki	Japanese	0	0
45	Oscar Larrauri	Argentine	0	0
46	Joachim Winkelhock	German	0	0
47	Enrico Bertaggia	Italian	0	0

Who won the 1989 constructors' championship?

Pos	Constructor	Nationality	Wins	Points
1	McLaren	British	10	141
2	Williams	British	2	77
3	Ferrari	Italian	3	59
4	Benetton	Italian	1	39
5	Tyrrell	British	0	16
6	Team Lotus	British	0	15
7	Arrows	British	0	13
8	Dallara	Italian	0	8
9	Brabham	British	0	8
10	Onyx	British	0	6
11	Minardi	Italian	0	6
12	March	British	0	4
13	Rial	German	0	3
14	Ligier	French	0	3
15	AGS	French	0	1
16	Larrousse	French	0	1
17	Osella	Italian	0	0
18	Coloni	Italian	0	0
19	Zakspeed	German	0	0
20	Euro Brun	Italian	0	0