F1 1989 season review
Alain Prost won the title with McLaren: 76 points, 4 wins. Runner-up: Ayrton Senna, 60 points.
Constructors' champion: McLaren, 141 points, 10 wins.
16 races, 6 different winners, 4 winning teams.
Winners by round
First career wins
Teammate battles
- McLaren: Alain Prost vs Ayrton Senna, qualifying 2-14, races 7-9
- Williams: Riccardo Patrese vs Thierry Boutsen, qualifying 12-4, races 8-8
- Ferrari: Nigel Mansell vs Gerhard Berger, qualifying 7-7, races 10-4
- Benetton: Alessandro Nannini vs Emanuele Pirro, qualifying 9-1, races 6-4
- Tyrrell: Jean Alesi vs Jonathan Palmer, qualifying 6-2, races 6-1
- Lotus: Nelson Piquet vs Satoru Nakajima, qualifying 13-3, races 8-5
- Arrows: Derek Warwick vs Eddie Cheever, qualifying 14-1, races 8-5
- Dallara: Andrea De Cesaris vs Alex Caffi, qualifying 4-10, races 5-8
- Brabham: Stefano Modena vs Martin Brundle, qualifying 7-7, races 3-10
- Onyx: Stefan Johansson vs Bertrand Gachot, qualifying 2-2, races 3-0
- Minardi: Pierluigi Martini vs Luis Pérez-Sala, qualifying 15-0, races 5-6
- March: Maurício Gugelmin vs Ivan Capelli, qualifying 8-8, races 10-5
- Ligier: René Arnoux vs Olivier Grouillard, qualifying 4-12, races 3-4
- Lola: Philippe Alliot vs Michele Alboreto, qualifying 5-0, races 3-1