Season 1989 · Round 9

German Grand Prix

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1989-07-30 · Hockenheimring · Germany · German Grand Prix · 45Lap · 305.865km
1 Ayrton Senna
McLaren 1:21:43.302
Team win 15pt P1 · P2 1-2
2 Alain Prost
McLaren +18.151
27 Nigel Mansell
Ferrari +1:23.254
Fastest Lap
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DNF
14
Stefano Modena L37 Satoru Nakajima L36 Ivan Capelli L32 Maurício Gugelmin L28 Emanuele Pirro L26 Philippe Alliot L20 Jonathan Palmer L16 Gerhard Berger L13 Stefan Johansson L8 Alessandro Nannini L6 +4
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Pole-to-win rate 18/37 48.6%
Most DNFs · all-time P5
Closest finish · all-time P33
Most lead changes · all-time P12
Circuit Info
Hockenheimring Hockenheim, Germany
45Lap 305.865km 37 races held (1970–) Lap record 1:13.780 · Kimi Räikkönen (2004)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P3 Nelson Piquet 3 wins · → Michael Schumacher -1
P3 Ayrton Senna 3 wins · → Michael Schumacher -1
P8 Nigel Mansell 2 wins · → Ayrton Senna -1
Pole Position
P3 Nigel Mansell 3 · → Jacky Ickx -1
P3 Alain Prost 3 · → Jacky Ickx -1
P3 Ayrton Senna 3 · → Jacky Ickx -1
Starts
P2 Riccardo Patrese 17 starts · → Rubens Barrichello -1
P6 Nelson Piquet 14 starts · → Jenson Button -1
P10 Alain Prost 13 starts · → Kimi Räikkönen -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 L45 Senna · P1 → P1 1 Senna SEN 1 Senna SEN Prost · P2 → P2 2 Prost PRO 2 Prost PRO Mansell · P3 → P3 3 Mansell MAN 3 Mansell MAN Patrese · P5 → P4 · +1 5 Patrese PAT 4 Patrese PAT Piquet · P8 → P5 · +3 8 Piquet PIQ 5 Piquet PIQ Warwick · P17 → P6 · +11 17 Warwick WAR 6 Warwick WAR de Cesaris · P21 → P7 · +14 21 de Cesaris DE 7 de Cesaris DE Brundle · P12 → P8 · +4 12 Brundle BRU 8 Brundle BRU Martini · P13 → P9 · +4 13 Martini MAR 9 Martini MAR Alesi · P10 → P10 10 Alesi ALE 10 Alesi ALE Arnoux · P23 → P11 · +12 23 Arnoux ARN 11 Arnoux ARN Cheever · P25 → P12 · +13 25 Cheever CHE 12 Cheever CHE Modena · P16 → retired L37 Modena · retired L37 16 Modena MOD R Modena MOD Nakajima · P18 → retired L36 Nakajima · retired L36 18 Nakajima NAK R Nakajima NAK Capelli · P22 → retired L32 Capelli · retired L32 22 Capelli CAP R Capelli CAP Gugelmin · P14 → retired L28 Gugelmin · retired L28 14 Gugelmin GUG R Gugelmin GUG Pirro · P9 → retired L26 Pirro · retired L26 9 Pirro PIR R Pirro PIR Alliot · P15 → retired L20 Alliot · retired L20 15 Alliot ALL R Alliot ALL Palmer · P19 → retired L16 Palmer · retired L16 19 Palmer PAL R Palmer PAL Berger · P4 → retired L13 Berger · retired L13 4 Berger BER R Berger BER Johansson · P24 → retired L8 Johansson · retired L8 24 Johansson JOH R Johansson JOH Nannini · P7 → retired L6 Nannini · retired L6 7 Nannini NAN R Nannini NAN Boutsen · P6 → retired L4 Boutsen · retired L4 6 Boutsen BOU R Boutsen BOU Caffi · P20 → retired L2 Caffi · retired L2 20 Caffi CAF R Caffi CAF Alboreto · P26 → retired L1 Alboreto · retired L1 26 Alboreto ALB R Alboreto ALB Grouillard · P11 → retired L0 Grouillard · retired L0 11 Grouillard GRO R Grouillard GRO Weidler · pit lane → P30 · +1 — Weidler WEI 30 Weidler WEI
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 1 Ayrton Senna McLaren 1 45 1:21:43.302 9
2 2 Alain Prost McLaren 2 45 +18.151 6
3 27 Nigel Mansell Ferrari 3 45 +1:23.254 4
4 6 Riccardo Patrese Williams 5 44 +1 Lap 3
5 11 Nelson Piquet Team Lotus 8 44 +1 Lap 2
6 9 Derek Warwick Arrows 17 44 +1 Lap 1
7 22 Andrea de Cesaris Dallara 21 44 +1 Lap
8 7 Martin Brundle Brabham 12 44 +1 Lap
9 23 Pierluigi Martini Minardi 13 44 +1 Lap
10 4 Jean Alesi Tyrrell 10 43 +2 Laps
11 25 René Arnoux Ligier 23 42 +3 Laps
12 10 Eddie Cheever Arrows 25 40 Fuel system
R 8 Stefano Modena Brabham 16 37 Engine
R 12 Satoru Nakajima Team Lotus 18 36 Spun off
R 16 Ivan Capelli March 22 32 Electrical
R 15 Maurício Gugelmin March 14 28 Gearbox
R 20 Emanuele Pirro Benetton 9 26 Spun off
R 30 Philippe Alliot Larrousse 15 20 Oil leak
R 3 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell 19 16 Engine
R 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari 4 13 Spun off
R 36 Stefan Johansson Onyx 24 8 Overheating
R 19 Alessandro Nannini Benetton 7 6 Electrical
R 5 Thierry Boutsen Williams 6 4 Collision
R 21 Alex Caffi Dallara 20 2 Engine
R 29 Michele Alboreto Larrousse 26 1 Electrical
R 26 Olivier Grouillard Ligier 11 0 Gearbox
D 39 Volker Weidler Rial 0 0 Disqualified
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
28 Gerhard Berger
5
6 Riccardo Patrese
6
5 Thierry Boutsen
7
19 Alessandro Nannini
8
11 Nelson Piquet
9
20 Emanuele Pirro
10
4 Jean Alesi
11
26 Olivier Grouillard
12
7 Martin Brundle
13
23 Pierluigi Martini
14
15 Maurício Gugelmin
15
30 Philippe Alliot
16
8 Stefano Modena
17
9 Derek Warwick
18
12 Satoru Nakajima
19
3 Jonathan Palmer
20
21 Alex Caffi
21
22 Andrea de Cesaris
22
16 Ivan Capelli
23
25 René Arnoux
24
36 Stefan Johansson
25
10 Eddie Cheever
26
29 Michele Alboreto
PIT
39 Volker Weidler pit lane start
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.
No data for this session.
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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