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Brazilian Grand Prix 1989

Round 1 of 16  · 26 March 1989  · Nelson Piquet  · 61 laps

Fastest Lap Riccardo Patrese 1:32.507 (lap 47)

Race Result

Pos Driver Team Grid Time / Gap Pts
1 MAN Nigel Mansell Ferrari 6 1:38:58.744 9
2 PRO Alain Prost McLaren 5 +7.809 6
3 GUG Maurício Gugelmin March 12 +9.370 4
4 HER Johnny Herbert Benetton 10 +10.493 3
5 WAR Derek Warwick Arrows 8 +17.866 2
6 NAN Alessandro Nannini Benetton 11 +18.241 1
7 PAL Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell 18 +1 lap
8 NAK Satoru Nakajima Lotus 21 +1 lap
9 GRO Olivier Grouillard Ligier 22 +1 lap
10 ALB Michele Alboreto Tyrrell 20 +2 laps
11 SEN Ayrton Senna McLaren 1 +2 laps
12 ALL Philippe Alliot Lola 26 +3 laps
13 DEC Andrea de Cesaris Dallara 15 +4 laps
14 DAN Christian Danner Rial 17 Gearbox
DNF PAT Riccardo Patrese FL Williams 2 Alternator
DNF CHE Eddie Cheever Arrows 24 Collision
DNF SCH Bernd Schneider Zakspeed 25 Collision
DNF BRU Martin Brundle Brabham 13 Halfshaft
DNF CAP Ivan Capelli March 7 Suspension
DNF PIQ Nelson Piquet Lotus 9 Fuel system
DNF MOD Stefano Modena Brabham 14 Halfshaft
DNF BOU Thierry Boutsen Williams 4 Engine
DNF MAR Pierluigi Martini Minardi 16 Chassis
DNF BER Gerhard Berger Ferrari 3 Collision
DNF PER Luis Pérez-Sala Minardi 23 Collision
DSQ LAR Nicola Larini Osella 19 Illegal start
DNQ DAL Yannick Dalmas Lola
DNQ ARN René Arnoux Ligier
DNQ FOI Gregor Foitek EuroBrun
DNQ MOR Roberto Moreno Coloni
DNPQ CAF Alex Caffi Dallara
DNPQ GHI Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella
DNPQ WEI Volker Weidler Rial
DNPQ RAP Pierre-Henri Raphanel Coloni
DNPQ WIN Joachim Winkelhock AGS
DNPQ SUZ Aguri Suzuki Zakspeed
DNPQ JOH Stefan Johansson Onyx
DNPQ GAC Bertrand Gachot Onyx

Qualifying — Two-session

Pos Driver Team Time
1 SEN Ayrton Senna McLaren 1:25.302
2 PAT Riccardo Patrese Williams 1:26.172
3 BER Gerhard Berger Ferrari 1:26.271
4 BOU Thierry Boutsen Williams 1:26.459
5 PRO Alain Prost McLaren 1:26.620
6 MAN Nigel Mansell Ferrari 1:26.772
7 CAP Ivan Capelli March 1:27.035
8 WAR Derek Warwick Arrows 1:27.408
9 PIQ Nelson Piquet Lotus 1:27.437
10 HER Johnny Herbert Benetton 1:27.626
11 NAN Alessandro Nannini Benetton 1:27.865
12 GUG Maurício Gugelmin March 1:27.956
13 BRU Martin Brundle Brabham 1:28.274
14 MOD Stefano Modena Brabham 1:28.621
15 DEC Andrea de Cesaris Dallara 1:29.005
16 MAR Pierluigi Martini Minardi 1:29.435
17 DAN Christian Danner Rial 1:29.455
18 PAL Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell 1:29.573
19 LAR Nicola Larini Osella 1:30.146
20 ALB Michele Alboreto Tyrrell 1:30.255
21 NAK Satoru Nakajima Lotus 1:30.375
22 GRO Olivier Grouillard Ligier 1:30.410
23 PER Luis Pérez-Sala Minardi 1:30.643
24 CHE Eddie Cheever Arrows 1:30.657
25 SCH Bernd Schneider Zakspeed 1:30.861
26 ALL Philippe Alliot Lola 1:31.009
27 DAL Yannick Dalmas Lola 1:31.260
28 ARN René Arnoux Ligier 1:31.376
29 FOI Gregor Foitek EuroBrun 1:31.791
30 MOR Roberto Moreno Coloni 1:32.561