Brazil Grand Prix 1989: results

Round 1 of the 1989 season, 26 March 1989, at Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet. Nigel Mansell won for Ferrari from P6 on the grid. Ayrton Senna took pole position. Fastest lap: Riccardo Patrese, 1:32.507 (lap 47).

Race result

PosDriverTeamTimePoints
1Nigel MansellFerrari1:38:58.7449
2Alain ProstMcLaren+7.8096
3Maurício GugelminMarch+9.3704
4Johnny HerbertBenetton+10.4933
5Derek WarwickArrows+17.8662
6Alessandro NanniniBenetton+18.2411
7Jonathan PalmerTyrrell+1 lap0
8Satoru NakajimaLotus+1 lap0
9Olivier GrouillardLigier+1 lap0
10Michele AlboretoTyrrell+2 laps0
11Ayrton SennaMcLaren+2 laps0
12Philippe AlliotLola+3 laps0
13Andrea De CesarisDallara+4 laps0
14Christian DannerRialGearbox0
DNFRiccardo PatreseWilliamsAlternator0
DNFEddie CheeverArrowsCollision0
DNFBernd SchneiderZakspeedCollision0
DNFMartin BrundleBrabhamHalfshaft0
DNFIvan CapelliMarchSuspension0
DNFNelson PiquetLotusFuel system0
DNFStefano ModenaBrabhamHalfshaft0
DNFThierry BoutsenWilliamsEngine0
DNFPierluigi MartiniMinardiChassis0
DNFGerhard BergerFerrariCollision0
DNFLuis Pérez-SalaMinardiCollision0
DSQNicola LariniOsellaIllegal start0
DNQYannick DalmasLola—0
DNQRené ArnouxLigier—0
DNQGregor FoitekEuroBrun—0
DNQRoberto MorenoColoni—0
DNPQAlex CaffiDallara—0
DNPQPiercarlo GhinzaniOsella—0
DNPQVolker WeidlerRial—0
DNPQPierre-Henri RaphanelColoni—0
DNPQJoachim WinkelhockAGS—0
DNPQAguri SuzukiZakspeed—0
DNPQStefan JohanssonOnyx—0
DNPQBertrand GachotOnyx—0

Qualifying

PosDriverTeamBest time
1Ayrton SennaMcLaren
2Riccardo PatreseWilliams
3Gerhard BergerFerrari
4Thierry BoutsenWilliams
5Alain ProstMcLaren
6Nigel MansellFerrari
7Ivan CapelliMarch
8Derek WarwickArrows
9Nelson PiquetLotus
10Johnny HerbertBenetton
11Alessandro NanniniBenetton
12Maurício GugelminMarch
13Martin BrundleBrabham
14Stefano ModenaBrabham
15Andrea De CesarisDallara
16Pierluigi MartiniMinardi
17Christian DannerRial
18Jonathan PalmerTyrrell
19Nicola LariniOsella
20Michele AlboretoTyrrell
21Satoru NakajimaLotus
22Olivier GrouillardLigier
23Luis Pérez-SalaMinardi
24Eddie CheeverArrows
25Bernd SchneiderZakspeed
26Philippe AlliotLola
27Yannick DalmasLola
28René ArnouxLigier
29Gregor FoitekEuroBrun
30Roberto MorenoColoni

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