Season 1989 · Round 15

Japanese Grand Prix

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1989-10-22 · Suzuka Circuit · Japan · Japanese Grand Prix · 53Lap · 310.580km
19 Alessandro Nannini
Benetton 1:35:06.277
6 Riccardo Patrese
Williams +11.904
Team win 10pt P2 · P3 2-3
5 Thierry Boutsen
Williams +13.446
Fastest Lap
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DNF
15
Alain Prost L46 Stefano Modena L46 Nigel Mansell L43 Satoru Nakajima L41 Jean Alesi L37 Philippe Alliot L36 Gerhard Berger L34 Emanuele Pirro L33 Olivier Grouillard L31 Ivan Capelli L27 +5
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Pole-to-win rate 20/36 55.6%
Most SC/VSC · all-time P14
Closest finish · all-time P27
Most lead changes · all-time P1
Circuit Info
Suzuka Circuit Suzuka, Japan
53Lap 310.580km 36 races held (1987–) Lap record 1:30.965 · Andrea Kimi Antonelli (2025)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P5 Gerhard Berger 2 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -2
P5 Ayrton Senna 2 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -2
P10 Riccardo Patrese 1 wins · → Damon Hill -1
Starts
P11 Jean Alesi 13 starts · → Sebastian Vettel -1
P16 Gerhard Berger 11 starts · → Mark Webber -1
P16 Johnny Herbert 11 starts · → Mark Webber -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 L53 Nannini · P6 → P1 · +5 6 Nannini NAN 1 Nannini NAN Patrese · P5 → P2 · +3 5 Patrese PAT 2 Patrese PAT Boutsen · P7 → P3 · +4 7 Boutsen BOU 3 Boutsen BOU Piquet · P11 → P4 · +7 11 Piquet PIQ 4 Piquet PIQ Brundle · P13 → P5 · +8 13 Brundle BRU 5 Brundle BRU Warwick · P25 → P6 · +19 25 Warwick WAR 6 Warwick WAR Gugelmin · P20 → P7 · +13 20 Gugelmin GUG 7 Gugelmin GUG Cheever · P24 → P8 · +16 24 Cheever CHE 8 Cheever CHE Caffi · P15 → P9 · +6 15 Caffi CAF 9 Caffi CAF de Cesaris · P16 → P10 · +6 16 de Cesaris DE 10 de Cesaris DE Senna · P1 → P11 · -10 1 Senna SEN 11 Senna SEN Prost · P2 → retired L46 Prost · retired L46 2 Prost PRO R Prost PRO Modena · P9 → retired L46 Modena · retired L46 9 Modena MOD R Modena MOD Mansell · P4 → retired L43 Mansell · retired L43 4 Mansell MAN R Mansell MAN Nakajima · P12 → retired L41 Nakajima · retired L41 12 Nakajima NAK R Nakajima NAK Alesi · P18 → retired L37 Alesi · retired L37 18 Alesi ALE R Alesi ALE Alliot · P8 → retired L36 Alliot · retired L36 8 Alliot ALL R Alliot ALL Berger · P3 → retired L34 Berger · retired L34 3 Berger BER R Berger BER Pirro · P22 → retired L33 Pirro · retired L33 22 Pirro PIR R Pirro PIR Grouillard · P23 → retired L31 Grouillard · retired L31 23 Grouillard GRO R Grouillard GRO Capelli · P17 → retired L27 Capelli · retired L27 17 Capelli CAP R Capelli CAP Larini · P10 → retired L21 Larini · retired L21 10 Larini LAR R Larini LAR Palmer · P26 → retired L20 Palmer · retired L20 26 Palmer PAL R Palmer PAL Schneider · P21 → retired L1 Schneider · retired L1 21 Schneider SCH R Schneider SCH Pérez-Sala · P14 → retired L0 Pérez-Sala · retired L0 14 Pérez-Sala PÉR R Pérez-Sala PÉR Barilla · P19 → retired L0 Barilla · retired L0 19 Barilla BAR R Barilla BAR
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 19 Alessandro Nannini Benetton 6 53 1:35:06.277 9
2 6 Riccardo Patrese Williams 5 53 +11.904 6
3 5 Thierry Boutsen Williams 7 53 +13.446 4
4 11 Nelson Piquet Team Lotus 11 53 +1:44.225 3
5 7 Martin Brundle Brabham 13 52 +1 Lap 2
6 9 Derek Warwick Arrows 25 52 +1 Lap 1
7 15 Maurício Gugelmin March 20 52 +1 Lap
8 10 Eddie Cheever Arrows 24 52 +1 Lap
9 21 Alex Caffi Dallara 15 52 +1 Lap
10 22 Andrea de Cesaris Dallara 16 51 +2 Laps
D 1 Ayrton Senna McLaren 1 53 Disqualified
R 2 Alain Prost McLaren 2 46 Collision
R 8 Stefano Modena Brabham 9 46 Engine
R 27 Nigel Mansell Ferrari 4 43 Engine
R 12 Satoru Nakajima Team Lotus 12 41 Engine
R 4 Jean Alesi Tyrrell 18 37 Gearbox
R 30 Philippe Alliot Larrousse 8 36 Engine
R 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari 3 34 Gearbox
R 20 Emanuele Pirro Benetton 22 33 Collision
R 26 Olivier Grouillard Ligier 23 31 Engine
R 16 Ivan Capelli March 17 27 Suspension
R 17 Nicola Larini Osella 10 21 Brakes
R 3 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell 26 20 Fuel leak
R 34 Bernd Schneider Zakspeed 21 1 Gearbox
R 24 Luis Pérez-Sala Minardi 14 0 Collision
R 23 Paolo Barilla Minardi 19 0 Clutch
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
27 Nigel Mansell
5
6 Riccardo Patrese
6
19 Alessandro Nannini
7
5 Thierry Boutsen
8
30 Philippe Alliot
9
8 Stefano Modena
10
17 Nicola Larini
11
11 Nelson Piquet
12
12 Satoru Nakajima
13
7 Martin Brundle
14
24 Luis Pérez-Sala
15
21 Alex Caffi
16
22 Andrea de Cesaris
17
16 Ivan Capelli
18
4 Jean Alesi
19
23 Paolo Barilla
20
15 Maurício Gugelmin
21
34 Bernd Schneider
22
20 Emanuele Pirro
23
26 Olivier Grouillard
24
10 Eddie Cheever
25
9 Derek Warwick
26
3 Jonathan Palmer
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