Race · Round 1 of 16 ·

1989 Brazilian Grand Prix

Nigel Mansell won for Ferrari from 6th on the grid at Jacarepagua. 12 of the starters were not classified. It was the first championship podium for Mauricio Gugelmin.

Circuit
JacarepaguaRio de Janeiro, Brazil
Winner
Nigel MansellFerrari
Fastest lap
Riccardo Patrese
Entries
3814 classified

Classification

Classification
PosDriverConstructorChassisGridLapsOutPointsFL
1Nigel MansellFerrari640661Finished9
2Alain ProstMcLarenMP4/5561Finished6
3Mauricio GugelminMarch—1261Finished4
4Johnny HerbertBenetton—1061Finished3
5Derek WarwickArrowsA11861Finished2
6Alessandro NanniniBenetton—1161Finished1
7Jonathan PalmerTyrrell—1860Finished0
8Satoru NakajimaTeam Lotus1012160Finished0
9Olivier GrouillardLigierJS332260Finished0
10Michele AlboretoTyrrell—2059Finished0
11Ayrton SennaMcLarenMP4/5159Finished0
12Philippe AlliotLola—2658Finished0
13Andrea de CesarisDallaraF1891557Finished0
14Christian DannerRialARC21756Gearbox0
DNFRiccardo PatreseWilliams—251Alternator0fastest lap
DNFEddie CheeverArrowsA112437Collision0
DNFBernd SchneiderZakspeed8912536Collision0
DNFMartin BrundleBrabhamBT581327Halfshaft0
DNFIvan CapelliMarch—722Suspension0
DNFNelson PiquetTeam Lotus101910Fuel system0
DSQNicola LariniOsellaFA1M1910Illegal start0
DNFStefano ModenaBrabhamBT58149Halfshaft0
DNFThierry BoutsenWilliams—43Engine0
DNFPierluigi MartiniMinardi—162Chassis0
DNFGerhard BergerFerrari64030Collision0
DNFLuis Pérez-SalaMinardi—230Collision0
DNQYannick DalmasLola———DNQ0
DNQRene ArnouxLigierJS33——DNQ0
DNQGregor FoitekEuroBrun———DNQ0
DNQRoberto MorenoColoni———DNQ0
DNPQAlex CaffiDallaraF189——DNPQ0
DNPQPiercarlo GhinzaniOsellaFA1M——DNPQ0
DNPQVolker WeidlerRialARC2——DNPQ0
DNPQPierre-Henri RaphanelColoni———DNPQ0
DNPQJoachim WinkelhockAGS———DNPQ0
DNPQAguri SuzukiZakspeed891——DNPQ0
DNPQStefan JohanssonOnyxORE-1——DNPQ0
DNPQBertrand GachotOnyxORE-1——DNPQ0
A blank chassis is a season the team ran more than one design and no source says which car raced here.
F1DB layout jacarepagua-1 · 5.031 km · 11 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

0102030405060Laps completedGridResult61Nigel Mansell52Alain Prost123Mauricio Gugelmin104Johnny Herbert85Derek Warwick116Alessandro Nannini187Jonathan Palmer218Satoru Nakajima229Olivier Grouillard2010Michele Alboreto111Ayrton Senna2612Philippe Alliot1513Andrea de Cesaris1714Christian Danner2DNFRiccardo Patrese24DNFEddie Cheever25DNFBernd Schneider13DNFMartin Brundle7DNFIvan Capelli9DNFNelson Piquet19DSQNicola Larini14DNFStefano Modena4DNFThierry Boutsen16DNFPierluigi Martini3DNFGerhard Berger23DNFLuis Pérez-Sala

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
DriverGridResultLaps
Nigel Mansell6161
Alain Prost5261
Mauricio Gugelmin12361
Johnny Herbert10461
Derek Warwick8561
Alessandro Nannini11661
Jonathan Palmer18760
Satoru Nakajima21860
Olivier Grouillard22960
Michele Alboreto201059
Ayrton Senna11159
Philippe Alliot261258
Andrea de Cesaris151357
Christian Danner171456
Riccardo Patrese2DNF51
Eddie Cheever24DNF37
Bernd Schneider25DNF36
Martin Brundle13DNF27
Ivan Capelli7DNF22
Nelson Piquet9DNF10
Nicola Larini19DSQ10
Stefano Modena14DNF9
Thierry Boutsen4DNF3
Pierluigi Martini16DNF2
Gerhard Berger3DNF0
Luis Pérez-Sala23DNF0

Qualifying

Qualifying
PosDriverConstructorNo.TimeGapInterval
1Ayrton SennaMcLaren11:25.302——
2Riccardo PatreseWilliams61:26.172+0.870+0.870
3Gerhard BergerFerrari281:26.271+0.969+0.099
4Thierry BoutsenWilliams51:26.459+1.157+0.188
5Alain ProstMcLaren21:26.620+1.318+0.161
6Nigel MansellFerrari271:26.772+1.470+0.152
7Ivan CapelliMarch161:27.035+1.733+0.263
8Derek WarwickArrows91:27.408+2.106+0.373
9Nelson PiquetTeam Lotus111:27.437+2.135+0.029
10Johnny HerbertBenetton201:27.626+2.324+0.189
11Alessandro NanniniBenetton191:27.865+2.563+0.239
12Mauricio GugelminMarch151:27.956+2.654+0.091
13Martin BrundleBrabham71:28.274+2.972+0.318
14Stefano ModenaBrabham81:28.621+3.319+0.347
15Andrea de CesarisDallara221:29.005+3.703+0.384
16Pierluigi MartiniMinardi231:29.435+4.133+0.430
17Christian DannerRial381:29.455+4.153+0.020
18Jonathan PalmerTyrrell31:29.573+4.271+0.118
19Nicola LariniOsella171:30.146+4.844+0.573
20Michele AlboretoTyrrell41:30.255+4.953+0.109
21Satoru NakajimaTeam Lotus121:30.375+5.073+0.120
22Olivier GrouillardLigier261:30.410+5.108+0.035
23Luis Pérez-SalaMinardi241:30.643+5.341+0.233
24Eddie CheeverArrows101:30.657+5.355+0.014
25Bernd SchneiderZakspeed341:30.861+5.559+0.204
26Philippe AlliotLola301:31.009+5.707+0.148
27Yannick DalmasLola291:31.260+5.958+0.251
28Rene ArnouxLigier251:31.376+6.074+0.116
29Gregor FoitekEuroBrun331:31.791+6.489+0.415
30Roberto MorenoColoni311:32.561+7.259+0.770
Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

Pit stops

Pit stops are recorded from 1994. F1DB, the source of every stop here, holds none before then, so this race has no stints to draw.

Practice sessions Pre-qualifying · Practice 1 · Practice 2 · Warm-up

Pre-qualifying

Pre-qualifying
PosDriverConstructorNo.Best lapGapIntervalLaps
1Martin BrundleBrabham71:27.764———
2Stefano ModenaBrabham81:28.147+0.383+0.383—
3Gregor FoitekEuroBrun331:29.604+1.840+1.457—
4Nicola LariniOsella171:29.679+1.915+0.075—
5Bernd SchneiderZakspeed341:30.417+2.653+0.738—
6Alex CaffiDallara211:30.747+2.983+0.330—
7Piercarlo GhinzaniOsella181:31.150+3.386+0.403—
8Volker WeidlerRial391:31.964+4.200+0.814—
9Pierre-Henri RaphanelColoni321:32.019+4.255+0.055—
10Joachim WinkelhockAGS411:32.982+5.218+0.963—
11Aguri SuzukiZakspeed351:33.079+5.315+0.097—
12Stefan JohanssonOnyx361:35.232+7.468+2.153—
13Bertrand GachotOnyx371:37.932+10.168+2.700—
Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

Practice 1

Practice 1
PosDriverConstructorNo.Best lapGapIntervalLaps
1Alain ProstMcLaren21:28.360———
2Gerhard BergerFerrari281:28.624+0.264+0.264—
3Stefano ModenaBrabham81:28.929+0.569+0.305—
4Martin BrundleBrabham71:29.283+0.923+0.354—
5Thierry BoutsenWilliams51:29.460+1.100+0.177—
6Riccardo PatreseWilliams61:29.541+1.181+0.081—
7Ayrton SennaMcLaren11:29.756+1.396+0.215—
8Alessandro NanniniBenetton191:29.904+1.544+0.148—
9Ivan CapelliMarch161:29.935+1.575+0.031—
10Andrea de CesarisDallara221:30.635+2.275+0.700—
11Johnny HerbertBenetton201:30.846+2.486+0.211—
12Mauricio GugelminMarch151:31.114+2.754+0.268—
13Nigel MansellFerrari271:31.277+2.917+0.163—
14Luis Pérez-SalaMinardi241:31.299+2.939+0.022—
15Philippe AlliotLola301:31.925+3.565+0.626—
16Derek WarwickArrows91:32.522+4.162+0.597—
17Christian DannerRial381:32.544+4.184+0.022—
18Jonathan PalmerTyrrell31:32.692+4.332+0.148—
19Eddie CheeverArrows101:33.149+4.789+0.457—
20Yannick DalmasLola291:33.620+5.260+0.471—
21Satoru NakajimaTeam Lotus121:33.801+5.441+0.181—
22Gregor FoitekEuroBrun331:33.890+5.530+0.089—
23Pierluigi MartiniMinardi231:33.928+5.568+0.038—
24Nelson PiquetTeam Lotus111:34.119+5.759+0.191—
25Nicola LariniOsella171:34.296+5.936+0.177—
26Rene ArnouxLigier251:35.145+6.785+0.849—
27Michele AlboretoTyrrell41:35.355+6.995+0.210—
28Olivier GrouillardLigier261:35.377+7.017+0.022—
29Roberto MorenoColoni311:35.732+7.372+0.355—
Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

Practice 2

Practice 2
PosDriverConstructorNo.Best lapGapIntervalLaps
1Ayrton SennaMcLaren11:26.868———
2Nigel MansellFerrari271:27.180+0.312+0.312—
3Riccardo PatreseWilliams61:27.718+0.850+0.538—
4Martin BrundleBrabham71:28.179+1.311+0.461—
5Johnny HerbertBenetton201:28.226+1.358+0.047—
6Nelson PiquetTeam Lotus111:28.367+1.499+0.141—
7Pierluigi MartiniMinardi231:29.412+2.544+1.045—
8Gerhard BergerFerrari281:29.756+2.888+0.344—
9Alessandro NanniniBenetton191:29.958+3.090+0.202—
10Alain ProstMcLaren21:30.050+3.182+0.092—
11Ivan CapelliMarch161:30.059+3.191+0.009—
12Jonathan PalmerTyrrell31:30.100+3.232+0.041—
13Andrea de CesarisDallara221:30.451+3.583+0.351—
14Satoru NakajimaTeam Lotus121:30.912+4.044+0.461—
15Thierry BoutsenWilliams51:31.133+4.265+0.221—
16Derek WarwickArrows91:31.335+4.467+0.202—
17Mauricio GugelminMarch151:31.436+4.568+0.101—
18Nicola LariniOsella171:31.509+4.641+0.073—
19Christian DannerRial381:31.835+4.967+0.326—
20Gregor FoitekEuroBrun331:32.591+5.723+0.756—
21Eddie CheeverArrows101:32.958+6.090+0.367—
22Rene ArnouxLigier251:33.402+6.534+0.444—
23Bernd SchneiderZakspeed341:34.115+7.247+0.713—
24Olivier GrouillardLigier261:34.574+7.706+0.459—
25Yannick DalmasLola291:34.744+7.876+0.170—
26Stefano ModenaBrabham81:35.175+8.307+0.431—
27Michele AlboretoTyrrell41:35.431+8.563+0.256—
28Philippe AlliotLola301:35.504+8.636+0.073—
29Roberto MorenoColoni311:36.000+9.132+0.496—
30Luis Pérez-SalaMinardi241:36.380+9.512+0.380—
Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

Warm-up

Warm-up
PosDriverConstructorNo.Best lapGapIntervalLaps
1Alain ProstMcLaren21:32.274———
2Ayrton SennaMcLaren11:32.797+0.523+0.523—
3Riccardo PatreseWilliams61:33.296+1.022+0.499—
4Martin BrundleBrabham71:33.297+1.023+0.001—
5Mauricio GugelminMarch151:33.346+1.072+0.049—
6Thierry BoutsenWilliams51:33.512+1.238+0.166—
7Alessandro NanniniBenetton191:33.576+1.302+0.064—
8Johnny HerbertBenetton201:33.657+1.383+0.081—
9Ivan CapelliMarch161:33.756+1.482+0.099—
10Gerhard BergerFerrari281:33.760+1.486+0.004—
11Derek WarwickArrows91:34.551+2.277+0.791—
12Olivier GrouillardLigier261:35.411+3.137+0.860—
13Eddie CheeverArrows101:35.517+3.243+0.106—
14Nicola LariniOsella171:35.552+3.278+0.035—
15Pierluigi MartiniMinardi231:35.686+3.412+0.134—
16Andrea de CesarisDallara221:35.834+3.560+0.148—
17Bernd SchneiderZakspeed341:36.266+3.992+0.432—
18Satoru NakajimaTeam Lotus121:36.542+4.268+0.276—
19Luis Pérez-SalaMinardi241:36.796+4.522+0.254—
20Michele AlboretoTyrrell41:36.888+4.614+0.092—
21Christian DannerRial381:37.557+5.283+0.669—
22Philippe AlliotLola301:37.793+5.519+0.236—
23Jonathan PalmerTyrrell31:40.283+8.009+2.490—
24Nigel MansellFerrari272:10.117+37.843+29.834—
25Stefano ModenaBrabham85:40.506+4:08.232+3:30.389—
Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

The cars in this race

The photograph each car's Wikipedia article leads with, from Wikimedia Commons: taken wherever and whenever that was, not necessarily at this race.

Ferrari 640
Ferrari 640
Nigel Mansell Ferrari F1 (16032819141) · Maurizio Cefariello · CC BY 2.0 · unchecked
McLaren MP4/5
McLaren MP4/5
McLaren MP4-5 · John Chapman ( Pyrope ) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Arrows A11
Arrows A11
Motor-Sport-Museum am Hockenheimring, 1991 Footwork Porsche A11C, pic1 · Alf van Beem · CC0 · unchecked
Lotus 101
Lotus 101
Satoru Nakajima demonstrating Lotus 101 2011 Japan · Morio · CC BY-SA 3.0
Ligier JS33
Ligier JS33
Philippe Alliot 1990 United States · wileynorwichphoto · CC BY 2.0 · unchecked
Dallara F189
Dallara F189
Paris - Retromobile 2014 - BMS Dallara Formule 1 - 1989 - 002 · Thesupermat · CC BY-SA 3.0 · unchecked

A photograph marked unchecked has a file name that does not name the car it is shown for. Most are still the right car, filed under the driver rather than the machine — but nobody has confirmed these one by one.

2 more photographs
Brabham BT58
Brabham BT58
Martin Brundle Spa 1989 · madagascarica from Verneuil Grand, France · CC BY 4.0 · unchecked
Zakspeed 891
Zakspeed 891
Zakspeed-Yamaha 891 1989 Formula1 Bernd Schneider East Racing LSideFrontt SATM 05June2013 (14600643865) · Valder137 · CC BY 2.0 · unchecked

Where this comes from

Round
1 of 1989
Grand Prix
Brazilian Grand Prix
Dates
Layout raced
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Format
Standard weekend
Constructor
Ferrari
Entrant
Ferrari
Confidence
reference

No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.