Season 1989 · Round 1

Brazilian Grand Prix

1989 Season R2 →
1989-03-26 · Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet · Brazil · Brazilian Grand Prix · 61Lap · 306.891km
27 Nigel Mansell
Ferrari 1:38:58.744
Team win 9pt P1 · P25
2 Alain Prost
McLaren +7.809
15 Maurício Gugelmin
March +9.370
Fastest Lap
—
DNF
10
Eddie Cheever L37 Bernd Schneider L36 Martin Brundle L27 Ivan Capelli L22 Nelson Piquet L10 Stefano Modena L9 Thierry Boutsen L3 Pierluigi Martini L2 Gerhard Berger L0 Luis Pérez-Sala L0
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Alain Prost active 6 wins
Pole-to-win rate 1/10 10%
Most DNFs · all-time P30
Circuit Info
61Lap 306.891km 10 races held (1978–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P1 Alain Prost 6 wins · GP #1
P5 Nelson Piquet 2 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
P5 Nigel Mansell 2 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
Pole Position
P1 Ayrton Senna 6 · GP #1
P6 Nigel Mansell 2 · → Felipe Massa -1
P6 Alain Prost 2 · → Felipe Massa -1
Starts
P5 Riccardo Patrese 16 starts · → Jenson Button -1
P10 Nelson Piquet 13 starts · → Felipe Massa -1
P10 Alain Prost 13 starts · → Felipe Massa -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 L61 Mansell · P6 → P1 · +5 6 Mansell MAN 1 Mansell MAN Prost · P5 → P2 · +3 5 Prost PRO 2 Prost PRO Gugelmin · P12 → P3 · +9 12 Gugelmin GUG 3 Gugelmin GUG Herbert · P10 → P4 · +6 10 Herbert HER 4 Herbert HER Warwick · P8 → P5 · +3 8 Warwick WAR 5 Warwick WAR Nannini · P11 → P6 · +5 11 Nannini NAN 6 Nannini NAN Palmer · P18 → P7 · +11 18 Palmer PAL 7 Palmer PAL Nakajima · P21 → P8 · +13 21 Nakajima NAK 8 Nakajima NAK Grouillard · P22 → P9 · +13 22 Grouillard GRO 9 Grouillard GRO Alboreto · P20 → P10 · +10 20 Alboreto ALB 10 Alboreto ALB Senna · P1 → P11 · -10 1 Senna SEN 11 Senna SEN Alliot · P26 → P12 · +14 26 Alliot ALL 12 Alliot ALL de Cesaris · P15 → P13 · +2 15 de Cesaris DE 13 de Cesaris DE Danner · P17 → P14 · +3 17 Danner DAN 14 Danner DAN Patrese · P2 → P15 · -13 2 Patrese PAT 15 Patrese PAT Cheever · P24 → retired L37 Cheever · retired L37 24 Cheever CHE R Cheever CHE Schneider · P25 → retired L36 Schneider · retired L36 25 Schneider SCH R Schneider SCH Brundle · P13 → retired L27 Brundle · retired L27 13 Brundle BRU R Brundle BRU Capelli · P7 → retired L22 Capelli · retired L22 7 Capelli CAP R Capelli CAP Piquet · P9 → retired L10 Piquet · retired L10 9 Piquet PIQ R Piquet PIQ Larini · P19 → P21 · -2 19 Larini LAR 21 Larini LAR Modena · P14 → retired L9 Modena · retired L9 14 Modena MOD R Modena MOD Boutsen · P4 → retired L3 Boutsen · retired L3 4 Boutsen BOU R Boutsen BOU Martini · P16 → retired L2 Martini · retired L2 16 Martini MAR R Martini MAR Berger · P3 → retired L0 Berger · retired L0 3 Berger BER R Berger BER Pérez-Sala · P23 → retired L0 Pérez-Sala · retired L0 23 Pérez-Sala PÉR R Pérez-Sala PÉR
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 27 Nigel Mansell Ferrari 6 61 1:38:58.744 9
2 2 Alain Prost McLaren 5 61 +7.809 6
3 15 Maurício Gugelmin March 12 61 +9.370 4
4 4 Johnny Herbert Benetton 10 61 +10.493 3
5 9 Derek Warwick Arrows 8 61 +17.866 2
6 19 Alessandro Nannini Benetton 11 61 +18.241 1
7 3 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell 18 60 +1 Lap
8 12 Satoru Nakajima Team Lotus 21 60 +1 Lap
9 26 Olivier Grouillard Ligier 22 60 +1 Lap
10 29 Michele Alboreto Tyrrell 20 59 +2 Laps
11 1 Ayrton Senna McLaren 1 59 +2 Laps
12 30 Philippe Alliot Larrousse 26 58 +3 Laps
13 22 Andrea de Cesaris Dallara 15 57 +4 Laps
14 38 Christian Danner Rial 17 56 +5 Laps
15 6 Riccardo Patrese Williams 2 51 Alternator
R 10 Eddie Cheever Arrows 24 37 Collision
R 34 Bernd Schneider Zakspeed 25 36 Collision
R 7 Martin Brundle Brabham 13 27 Halfshaft
R 16 Ivan Capelli March 7 22 Suspension
R 11 Nelson Piquet Team Lotus 9 10 Fuel system
D 17 Nicola Larini Osella 19 10 Disqualified
R 8 Stefano Modena Brabham 14 9 Halfshaft
R 5 Thierry Boutsen Williams 4 3 Engine
R 23 Pierluigi Martini Minardi 16 2 Chassis
R 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari 3 0 Collision
R 24 Luis Pérez-Sala Minardi 23 0 Collision
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
1 Ayrton Senna
2
6 Riccardo Patrese
3
28 Gerhard Berger
4
5 Thierry Boutsen
5
2 Alain Prost
6
27 Nigel Mansell
7
16 Ivan Capelli
8
9 Derek Warwick
9
11 Nelson Piquet
10
4 Johnny Herbert
11
19 Alessandro Nannini
12
15 Maurício Gugelmin
13
7 Martin Brundle
14
8 Stefano Modena
15
22 Andrea de Cesaris
16
23 Pierluigi Martini
17
38 Christian Danner
18
3 Jonathan Palmer
19
17 Nicola Larini
20
29 Michele Alboreto
21
12 Satoru Nakajima
22
26 Olivier Grouillard
23
24 Luis Pérez-Sala
24
10 Eddie Cheever
25
34 Bernd Schneider
26
30 Philippe Alliot
Final grid as classified, including any pit lane starts. Source: Jolpica-F1. The arrow compares the grid slot with the qualifying classification; hover a drop to see the stewards document behind it.
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Record Basis · Calculation basis
Race order is the final classification(post-race penalties applied) · qualifying session data 2003+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished statuses
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-09-05 14:15