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Japanese Grand Prix 1989

Round 15 of 16  · 22 October 1989  · Suzuka  · 53 laps

WDC Decider

Fastest Lap Alain Prost 1:43.506 (lap 43)

Race Result

Pos Driver Team Grid Time / Gap Pts
1 NAN Alessandro Nannini Benetton 6 1:35:06.277 9
2 PAT Riccardo Patrese Williams 5 +11.904 6
3 BOU Thierry Boutsen Williams 7 +13.446 4
4 PIQ Nelson Piquet Lotus 11 +1:44.225 3
5 BRU Martin Brundle Brabham 13 +1 lap 2
6 WAR Derek Warwick Arrows 25 +1 lap 1
7 GUG Maurício Gugelmin March 20 +1 lap
8 CHE Eddie Cheever Arrows 24 +1 lap
9 CAF Alex Caffi Dallara 15 +1 lap
10 DEC Andrea de Cesaris Dallara 16 +2 laps
DNF PRO Alain Prost FL McLaren 2 Collision
DNF MOD Stefano Modena Brabham 9 Engine
DNF MAN Nigel Mansell Ferrari 4 Engine
DNF NAK Satoru Nakajima Lotus 12 Engine
DNF ALE Jean Alesi Tyrrell 18 Gearbox
DNF ALL Philippe Alliot Lola 8 Engine
DNF BER Gerhard Berger Ferrari 3 Gearbox
DNF PIR Emanuele Pirro Benetton 22 Collision
DNF GRO Olivier Grouillard Ligier 23 Engine
DNF CAP Ivan Capelli March 17 Suspension
DNF LAR Nicola Larini Osella 10 Brakes
DNF PAL Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell 26 Fuel leak
DNF SCH Bernd Schneider Zakspeed 21 Gearbox
DNF PER Luis Pérez-Sala Minardi 14 Collision
DNF BAR Paolo Barilla Minardi 19 Clutch
DSQ SEN Ayrton Senna McLaren 1 Rejoined track illegally
DNQ ARN René Arnoux Ligier
DNQ ALB Michele Alboreto Lola
DNQ RAP Pierre-Henri Raphanel Rial
DNQ GAC Bertrand Gachot Rial
DNPQ GHI Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella
DNPQ MOR Roberto Moreno Coloni
DNPQ JOH Stefan Johansson Onyx
DNPQ SUZ Aguri Suzuki Zakspeed
DNPQ LAR Oscar Larrauri EuroBrun
DNPQ JAR JJ Lehto Onyx
DNPQ TAR Gabriele Tarquini AGS
DNPQ DAL Yannick Dalmas AGS
DNPQ BER Enrico Bertaggia Coloni

Qualifying — Two-session

Pos Driver Team Time
1 SEN Ayrton Senna McLaren 1:38.041
2 PRO Alain Prost McLaren 1:39.771
3 BER Gerhard Berger Ferrari 1:40.187
4 MAN Nigel Mansell Ferrari 1:40.406
5 PAT Riccardo Patrese Williams 1:40.936
6 NAN Alessandro Nannini Benetton 1:41.103
7 BOU Thierry Boutsen Williams 1:41.324
8 ALL Philippe Alliot Lola 1:41.336
9 MOD Stefano Modena Brabham 1:41.458
10 LAR Nicola Larini Osella 1:41.519
11 PIQ Nelson Piquet Lotus 1:41.802
12 NAK Satoru Nakajima Lotus 1:41.988
13 BRU Martin Brundle Brabham 1:42.182
14 PER Luis Pérez-Sala Minardi 1:42.283
15 CAF Alex Caffi Dallara 1:42.488
16 DEC Andrea de Cesaris Dallara 1:42.581
17 CAP Ivan Capelli March 1:42.672
18 ALE Jean Alesi Tyrrell 1:42.709
19 BAR Paolo Barilla Minardi 1:42.780
20 GUG Maurício Gugelmin March 1:42.880
21 SCH Bernd Schneider Zakspeed 1:42.892
22 PIR Emanuele Pirro Benetton 1:43.063
23 GRO Olivier Grouillard Ligier 1:43.379
24 CHE Eddie Cheever Arrows 1:43.511
25 WAR Derek Warwick Arrows 1:43.599
26 PAL Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell 1:43.757
27 ARN René Arnoux Ligier 1:44.030
28 ALB Michele Alboreto Lola 1:44.063
29 RAP Pierre-Henri Raphanel Rial 1:47.160
30 GAC Bertrand Gachot Rial 1:47.295