Season 1989 · Round 11

Belgian Grand Prix

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1989-08-27 · Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps · Belgium · Belgian Grand Prix · 44Lap · 305.360km
1 Ayrton Senna
McLaren 1:40:54.196
Team win 15pt P1 · P2 1-2
2 Alain Prost
McLaren +1.304
27 Nigel Mansell
Ferrari +1.824
Fastest Lap
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DNF
10
Eddie Cheever L38 Bertrand Gachot L21 Riccardo Patrese L20 Michele Alboreto L19 Alex Caffi L13 Martin Brundle L12 Gerhard Berger L9 Stefano Modena L9 René Arnoux L4 Johnny Herbert L3
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Ayrton Senna active 5 wins
Pole-to-win rate 22/59 37.3%
Most DNFs · all-time P30
Most SC/VSC · all-time P6
Most lead changes · all-time P4
Circuit Info
44Lap 305.360km 59 races held (1950–) Lap record 1:44.701 · Sergio Pérez (2024)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P2 Ayrton Senna 5 wins · → Michael Schumacher -1
P10 Alain Prost 2 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
P14 Nigel Mansell 1 wins · → Alain Prost -1
Starts
P3 Riccardo Patrese 17 starts · → Lewis Hamilton -3
P12 Alain Prost 13 starts · → Graham Hill -1
P12 Andrea de Cesaris 13 starts · → Graham Hill -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 L44 Senna · P1 → P1 1 Senna SEN 1 Senna SEN Prost · P2 → P2 2 Prost PRO 2 Prost PRO Mansell · P6 → P3 · +3 6 Mansell MAN 3 Mansell MAN Boutsen · P4 → P4 4 Boutsen BOU 4 Boutsen BOU Nannini · P7 → P5 · +2 7 Nannini NAN 5 Nannini NAN Warwick · P10 → P6 · +4 10 Warwick WAR 6 Warwick WAR Gugelmin · P9 → P7 · +2 9 Gugelmin GUG 7 Gugelmin GUG Johansson · P15 → P8 · +7 15 Johansson JOH 8 Johansson JOH Martini · P14 → P9 · +5 14 Martini MAR 9 Martini MAR Pirro · P13 → P10 · +3 13 Pirro PIR 10 Pirro PIR de Cesaris · P18 → P11 · +7 18 de Cesaris DE 11 de Cesaris DE Capelli · P19 → P12 · +7 19 Capelli CAP 12 Capelli CAP Grouillard · P26 → P13 · +13 26 Grouillard GRO 13 Grouillard GRO Palmer · P21 → P14 · +7 21 Palmer PAL 14 Palmer PAL Pérez-Sala · P25 → P15 · +10 25 Pérez-Sala PÉR 15 Pérez-Sala PÉR Alliot · P11 → P16 · -5 11 Alliot ALL 16 Alliot ALL Cheever · P24 → retired L38 Cheever · retired L38 24 Cheever CHE R Cheever CHE Gachot · P23 → retired L21 Gachot · retired L21 23 Gachot GAC R Gachot GAC Patrese · P5 → retired L20 Patrese · retired L20 5 Patrese PAT R Patrese PAT Alboreto · P22 → retired L19 Alboreto · retired L19 22 Alboreto ALB R Alboreto ALB Caffi · P12 → retired L13 Caffi · retired L13 12 Caffi CAF R Caffi CAF Brundle · P20 → retired L12 Brundle · retired L12 20 Brundle BRU R Brundle BRU Berger · P3 → retired L9 Berger · retired L9 3 Berger BER R Berger BER Modena · P8 → retired L9 Modena · retired L9 8 Modena MOD R Modena MOD Arnoux · P17 → retired L4 Arnoux · retired L4 17 Arnoux ARN R Arnoux ARN Herbert · P16 → retired L3 Herbert · retired L3 16 Herbert HER R Herbert HER
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 1 Ayrton Senna McLaren 1 44 1:40:54.196 9
2 2 Alain Prost McLaren 2 44 +1.304 6
3 27 Nigel Mansell Ferrari 6 44 +1.824 4
4 5 Thierry Boutsen Williams 4 44 +54.408 3
5 19 Alessandro Nannini Benetton 7 44 +1:08.805 2
6 9 Derek Warwick Arrows 10 44 +1:18.316 1
7 15 Maurício Gugelmin March 9 43 +1 Lap
8 36 Stefan Johansson Onyx 15 43 +1 Lap
9 23 Pierluigi Martini Minardi 14 43 +1 Lap
10 20 Emanuele Pirro Benetton 13 43 +1 Lap
11 22 Andrea de Cesaris Dallara 18 43 +1 Lap
12 16 Ivan Capelli March 19 43 +1 Lap
13 26 Olivier Grouillard Ligier 26 43 +1 Lap
14 3 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell 21 42 +2 Laps
15 24 Luis Pérez-Sala Minardi 25 41 +3 Laps
16 30 Philippe Alliot Larrousse 11 39 Engine
R 10 Eddie Cheever Arrows 24 38 Wheel
R 37 Bertrand Gachot Onyx 23 21 Spun off
R 6 Riccardo Patrese Williams 5 20 Collision
R 29 Michele Alboreto Larrousse 22 19 Collision
R 21 Alex Caffi Dallara 12 13 Spun off
R 7 Martin Brundle Brabham 20 12 Brakes
R 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari 3 9 Spun off
R 8 Stefano Modena Brabham 8 9 Handling
R 25 René Arnoux Ligier 17 4 Collision
R 4 Johnny Herbert Tyrrell 16 3 Spun off
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
1 Ayrton Senna
2
2 Alain Prost
3
28 Gerhard Berger
4
5 Thierry Boutsen
5
6 Riccardo Patrese
6
27 Nigel Mansell
7
19 Alessandro Nannini
8
8 Stefano Modena
9
15 Maurício Gugelmin
10
9 Derek Warwick
11
30 Philippe Alliot
12
21 Alex Caffi
13
20 Emanuele Pirro
14
23 Pierluigi Martini
15
36 Stefan Johansson
16
4 Johnny Herbert
17
25 René Arnoux
18
22 Andrea de Cesaris
19
16 Ivan Capelli
20
7 Martin Brundle
21
3 Jonathan Palmer
22
29 Michele Alboreto
23
37 Bertrand Gachot
24
10 Eddie Cheever
25
24 Luis Pérez-Sala
26
26 Olivier Grouillard
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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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2019 onwards.
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