Season 1989 · Round 4

Mexican Grand Prix

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1989-05-28 · Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez · Mexico · Mexican Grand Prix · 69Lap · 305.049km
1 Ayrton Senna
McLaren 1:35:21.431
Team win 11pt P1 · P5
6 Riccardo Patrese
Williams +15.560
29 Michele Alboreto
Tyrrell +31.254
Fastest Lap
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DNF
11
Pierluigi Martini L53 Nigel Mansell L43 Derek Warwick L35 Satoru Nakajima L35 Philippe Alliot L28 Andrea de Cesaris L20 Gerhard Berger L16 Stefan Johansson L16 Thierry Boutsen L15 Jonathan Palmer L9 +1
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Pole-to-win rate 12/25 48%
Most DNFs · all-time P13
Most SC/VSC · all-time P14
Circuit Info
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez Mexico City, Mexico
69Lap 305.049km 26 races held (1963–) Lap record 1:17.774 · Valtteri Bottas (2021)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P1 Nigel Mansell 2 wins · GP #1
P1 Alain Prost 2 wins · GP #1
P6 Riccardo Patrese 1 wins · → Alain Prost -1
Podiums
P1 Riccardo Patrese 4 · GP #1
P1 Nigel Mansell 4 · GP #1
P1 Ayrton Senna 4 · GP #1
Starts
P4 Riccardo Patrese 7 starts · → Pedro Rodríguez -1
P4 Nigel Mansell 7 starts · → Pedro Rodríguez -1
P4 Andrea de Cesaris 7 starts · → Pedro Rodríguez -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 L69 Senna · P1 → P1 1 Senna SEN 1 Senna SEN Patrese · P5 → P2 · +3 5 Patrese PAT 2 Patrese PAT Alboreto · P7 → P3 · +4 7 Alboreto ALB 3 Alboreto ALB Nannini · P13 → P4 · +9 13 Nannini NAN 4 Nannini NAN Prost · P2 → P5 · -3 2 Prost PRO 5 Prost PRO Tarquini · P17 → P6 · +11 17 Tarquini TAR 6 Tarquini TAR Cheever · P24 → P7 · +17 24 Cheever CHE 7 Cheever CHE Grouillard · P11 → P8 · +3 11 Grouillard GRO 8 Grouillard GRO Brundle · P20 → P9 · +11 20 Brundle BRU 9 Brundle BRU Modena · P9 → P10 · -1 9 Modena MOD 10 Modena MOD Piquet · P26 → P11 · +15 26 Piquet PIQ 11 Piquet PIQ Danner · P23 → P12 · +11 23 Danner DAN 12 Danner DAN Caffi · P19 → P13 · +6 19 Caffi CAF 13 Caffi CAF Arnoux · P25 → P14 · +11 25 Arnoux ARN 14 Arnoux ARN Herbert · P18 → P15 · +3 18 Herbert HER 15 Herbert HER Martini · P22 → retired L53 Martini · retired L53 22 Martini MAR R Martini MAR Mansell · P3 → retired L43 Mansell · retired L43 3 Mansell MAN R Mansell MAN Warwick · P10 → retired L35 Warwick · retired L35 10 Warwick WAR R Warwick WAR Nakajima · P15 → retired L35 Nakajima · retired L35 15 Nakajima NAK R Nakajima NAK Alliot · P16 → retired L28 Alliot · retired L28 16 Alliot ALL R Alliot ALL de Cesaris · P12 → retired L20 de Cesaris · retired L20 12 de Cesaris DE R de Cesaris DE Berger · P6 → retired L16 Berger · retired L16 6 Berger BER R Berger BER Johansson · P21 → retired L16 Johansson · retired L16 21 Johansson JOH R Johansson JOH Boutsen · P8 → retired L15 Boutsen · retired L15 8 Boutsen BOU R Boutsen BOU Palmer · P14 → retired L9 Palmer · retired L9 14 Palmer PAL R Palmer PAL Capelli · P4 → retired L1 Capelli · retired L1 4 Capelli CAP R Capelli CAP
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 1 Ayrton Senna McLaren 1 69 1:35:21.431 9
2 6 Riccardo Patrese Williams 5 69 +15.560 6
3 29 Michele Alboreto Tyrrell 7 69 +31.254 4
4 19 Alessandro Nannini Benetton 13 69 +45.495 3
5 2 Alain Prost McLaren 2 69 +56.113 2
6 40 Gabriele Tarquini AGS 17 68 +1 Lap 1
7 10 Eddie Cheever Arrows 24 68 +1 Lap
8 26 Olivier Grouillard Ligier 11 68 +1 Lap
9 7 Martin Brundle Brabham 20 68 +1 Lap
10 8 Stefano Modena Brabham 9 68 +1 Lap
11 11 Nelson Piquet Team Lotus 26 68 +1 Lap
12 38 Christian Danner Rial 23 67 +2 Laps
13 21 Alex Caffi Dallara 19 67 +2 Laps
14 25 René Arnoux Ligier 25 66 +3 Laps
15 4 Johnny Herbert Benetton 18 66 +3 Laps
R 23 Pierluigi Martini Minardi 22 53 Engine
R 27 Nigel Mansell Ferrari 3 43 Gearbox
R 9 Derek Warwick Arrows 10 35 Electrical
R 12 Satoru Nakajima Team Lotus 15 35 Spun off
R 30 Philippe Alliot Larrousse 16 28 Not classified
R 22 Andrea de Cesaris Dallara 12 20 Suspension
R 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari 6 16 Gearbox
R 36 Stefan Johansson Onyx 21 16 Transmission
R 5 Thierry Boutsen Williams 8 15 Electrical
R 3 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell 14 9 Throttle
R 16 Ivan Capelli March 4 1 Transmission
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
1 Ayrton Senna
2
2 Alain Prost
3
27 Nigel Mansell
4
16 Ivan Capelli
5
6 Riccardo Patrese
6
28 Gerhard Berger
7
29 Michele Alboreto
8
5 Thierry Boutsen
9
8 Stefano Modena
10
9 Derek Warwick
11
26 Olivier Grouillard
12
22 Andrea de Cesaris
13
19 Alessandro Nannini
14
3 Jonathan Palmer
15
12 Satoru Nakajima
16
30 Philippe Alliot
17
40 Gabriele Tarquini
18
4 Johnny Herbert
19
21 Alex Caffi
20
7 Martin Brundle
21
36 Stefan Johansson
22
23 Pierluigi Martini
23
38 Christian Danner
24
10 Eddie Cheever
25
25 René Arnoux
26
11 Nelson Piquet
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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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