Race · Round 12 of 16 · 10 September 1989

1989 Italian Grand Prix

Alain Prost won for McLaren from 4th on the grid at Autodromo Nazionale Monza. 15 of the starters were not classified. With this win, Alain Prost set a new record of 39 championship Grand Prix wins.

Circuit: Autodromo Nazionale MonzaMonza, Italy
Winner: Alain ProstMcLaren
Pole: Ayrton Senna
Fastest lap: Alain Prost
Entries: 3911 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Alain Prost	McLaren	MP4/5	4	53	Finished	9	fastest lap
2	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	640	2	53	Finished	6
3	Thierry Boutsen	Williams	—	6	53	Finished	4
4	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	—	5	53	Finished	3
5	Jean Alesi	Tyrrell	—	10	52	Finished	2
6	Martin Brundle	Brabham	BT58	12	52	Finished	1
7	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	—	15	52	Finished	0
8	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi	—	26	51	Finished	0
9	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	JS33	23	51	Finished	0
10	Satoru Nakajima	Team Lotus	101	19	51	Finished	0
11	Alex Caffi	Dallara	F189	20	47	Engine	0
DNF	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara	F189	17	45	Engine	0
DNF	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	MP4/5	1	44	Engine	0
DNF	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	640	3	41	Gearbox	0
DNF	Bertrand Gachot	Onyx	ORE-1	22	38	Radiator	0
DNF	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	—	8	33	Brakes	0
DNF	Ivan Capelli	March	—	18	30	Engine	0
DNF	Olivier Grouillard	Ligier	JS33	21	30	Exhaust	0
DNF	Nelson Piquet	Team Lotus	101	11	23	Spun off	0
DNF	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	—	14	18	Engine	0
DNF	Derek Warwick	Arrows	A11	16	18	Fuel system	0
DNF	Nicola Larini	Osella	FA1M	24	16	Gearbox	0
DNF	Michele Alboreto	Lola	—	13	14	Electrical	0
DNF	Mauricio Gugelmin	March	—	25	14	Throttle	0
DNF	Philippe Alliot	Lola	—	7	1	Spun off	0
DNF	Emanuele Pirro	Benetton	—	9	0	Transmission	0
DNQ	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	A11	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Christian Danner	Rial	ARC2	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Pierre-Henri Raphanel	Rial	ARC2	—	—	DNQ	0
DNPQ	Stefan Johansson	Onyx	ORE-1	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS	—	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Roberto Moreno	Coloni	—	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	FA1M	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Bernd Schneider	Zakspeed	891	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Aguri Suzuki	Zakspeed	891	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Oscar Larrauri	EuroBrun	—	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Yannick Dalmas	AGS	—	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Enrico Bertaggia	Coloni	—	—	—	DNPQ	0
EX	Stefano Modena	Brabham	BT58	—	—	Car underweight	0

A blank chassis is a season the team ran more than one design and no source says which car raced here.

F1DB layout monza-6 · 5.8 km · 10 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

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
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Alain Prost	4	1	53
Gerhard Berger	2	2	53
Thierry Boutsen	6	3	53
Riccardo Patrese	5	4	53
Jean Alesi	10	5	52
Martin Brundle	12	6	52
Pierluigi Martini	15	7	52
Luis Pérez-Sala	26	8	51
Rene Arnoux	23	9	51
Satoru Nakajima	19	10	51
Alex Caffi	20	11	47
Andrea de Cesaris	17	DNF	45
Ayrton Senna	1	DNF	44
Nigel Mansell	3	DNF	41
Bertrand Gachot	22	DNF	38
Alessandro Nannini	8	DNF	33
Ivan Capelli	18	DNF	30
Olivier Grouillard	21	DNF	30
Nelson Piquet	11	DNF	23
Jonathan Palmer	14	DNF	18
Derek Warwick	16	DNF	18
Nicola Larini	24	DNF	16
Michele Alboreto	13	DNF	14
Mauricio Gugelmin	25	DNF	14
Philippe Alliot	7	DNF	1
Emanuele Pirro	9	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	1	1:23.720	—	—
2	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	28	1:24.734	+1.014	+1.014
3	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	27	1:24.739	+1.019	+0.005
4	Alain Prost	McLaren	2	1:25.510	+1.790	+0.771
5	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	6	1:25.545	+1.825	+0.035
6	Thierry Boutsen	Williams	5	1:26.155	+2.435	+0.610
7	Philippe Alliot	Lola	30	1:26.985	+3.265	+0.830
8	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	19	1:27.052	+3.332	+0.067
9	Emanuele Pirro	Benetton	20	1:27.397	+3.677	+0.345
10	Jean Alesi	Tyrrell	4	1:27.399	+3.679	+0.002
11	Nelson Piquet	Team Lotus	11	1:27.508	+3.788	+0.109
12	Martin Brundle	Brabham	7	1:27.627	+3.907	+0.119
13	Michele Alboreto	Lola	29	1:27.803	+4.083	+0.176
14	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	3	1:27.822	+4.102	+0.019
15	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	23	1:27.923	+4.203	+0.101
16	Derek Warwick	Arrows	9	1:28.092	+4.372	+0.169
17	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara	22	1:28.129	+4.409	+0.037
18	Ivan Capelli	March	16	1:28.430	+4.710	+0.301
19	Satoru Nakajima	Team Lotus	12	1:28.441	+4.721	+0.011
20	Alex Caffi	Dallara	21	1:28.596	+4.876	+0.155
21	Olivier Grouillard	Ligier	26	1:28.669	+4.949	+0.073
22	Bertrand Gachot	Onyx	37	1:28.684	+4.964	+0.015
23	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	25	1:28.685	+4.965	+0.001
24	Nicola Larini	Osella	17	1:28.773	+5.053	+0.088
25	Mauricio Gugelmin	March	15	1:28.923	+5.203	+0.150
26	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi	24	1:29.293	+5.573	+0.370
27	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	10	1:29.554	+5.834	+0.261
28	Christian Danner	Rial	38	1:31.830	+8.110	+2.276
29	Pierre-Henri Raphanel	Rial	39	1:36.295	+12.575	+4.465
EX	Stefano Modena	Brabham	8	—	—	—

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
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Philippe Alliot	Lola	30	1:26.623	—	—	—
2	Michele Alboreto	Lola	29	1:27.829	+1.206	+1.206	—
3	Nicola Larini	Osella	17	1:27.980	+1.357	+0.151	—
4	Bertrand Gachot	Onyx	37	1:28.344	+1.721	+0.364	—
5	Stefan Johansson	Onyx	36	1:28.588	+1.965	+0.244	—
6	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS	40	1:28.813	+2.190	+0.225	—
7	Roberto Moreno	Coloni	31	1:28.864	+2.241	+0.051	—
8	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	18	1:28.884	+2.261	+0.020	—
9	Bernd Schneider	Zakspeed	34	1:29.472	+2.849	+0.588	—
10	Aguri Suzuki	Zakspeed	35	1:30.085	+3.462	+0.613	—
11	Oscar Larrauri	EuroBrun	33	1:30.089	+3.466	+0.004	—
12	Yannick Dalmas	AGS	41	1:30.382	+3.759	+0.293	—
13	Enrico Bertaggia	Coloni	32	1:31.606	+4.983	+1.224	—

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

Practice 1

Practice 1
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	28	1:25.943	—	—	—
2	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	1	1:25.979	+0.036	+0.036	—
3	Alain Prost	McLaren	2	1:26.135	+0.192	+0.156	—
4	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	27	1:26.360	+0.417	+0.225	—
5	Thierry Boutsen	Williams	5	1:26.403	+0.460	+0.043	—
6	Philippe Alliot	Lola	30	1:26.749	+0.806	+0.346	—
7	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	6	1:26.960	+1.017	+0.211	—
8	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	19	1:27.262	+1.319	+0.302	—
9	Martin Brundle	Brabham	7	1:28.105	+2.162	+0.843	—
10	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	23	1:28.392	+2.449	+0.287	—
11	Emanuele Pirro	Benetton	20	1:28.438	+2.495	+0.046	—
12	Alex Caffi	Dallara	21	1:28.458	+2.515	+0.020	—
13	Stefano Modena	Brabham	8	1:28.488	+2.545	+0.030	—
14	Olivier Grouillard	Ligier	26	1:28.790	+2.847	+0.302	—
15	Bertrand Gachot	Onyx	37	1:28.799	+2.856	+0.009	—
16	Jean Alesi	Tyrrell	4	1:28.831	+2.888	+0.032	—
17	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara	22	1:28.887	+2.944	+0.056	—
18	Michele Alboreto	Lola	29	1:28.924	+2.981	+0.037	—
19	Nelson Piquet	Team Lotus	11	1:28.995	+3.052	+0.071	—
20	Derek Warwick	Arrows	9	1:29.034	+3.091	+0.039	—
21	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	10	1:29.037	+3.094	+0.003	—
22	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi	24	1:29.344	+3.401	+0.307	—
23	Nicola Larini	Osella	17	1:29.575	+3.632	+0.231	—
24	Mauricio Gugelmin	March	15	1:29.806	+3.863	+0.231	—
25	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	25	1:29.891	+3.948	+0.085	—
26	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	3	1:29.984	+4.041	+0.093	—
27	Satoru Nakajima	Team Lotus	12	1:30.070	+4.127	+0.086	—
28	Ivan Capelli	March	16	1:30.511	+4.568	+0.441	—
29	Pierre-Henri Raphanel	Rial	39	1:35.675	+9.732	+5.164	—
30	Christian Danner	Rial	38	1:42.886	+16.943	+7.211	—

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

Practice 2

Practice 2
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	1	1:26.243	—	—	—
2	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	27	1:27.225	+0.982	+0.982	—
3	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	19	1:27.291	+1.048	+0.066	—
4	Alain Prost	McLaren	2	1:27.444	+1.201	+0.153	—
5	Thierry Boutsen	Williams	5	1:27.777	+1.534	+0.333	—
6	Philippe Alliot	Lola	30	1:28.179	+1.936	+0.402	—
7	Martin Brundle	Brabham	7	1:28.457	+2.214	+0.278	—
8	Nelson Piquet	Team Lotus	11	1:28.702	+2.459	+0.245	—
9	Ivan Capelli	March	16	1:28.738	+2.495	+0.036	—
10	Michele Alboreto	Lola	29	1:28.819	+2.576	+0.081	—
11	Jean Alesi	Tyrrell	4	1:28.847	+2.604	+0.028	—
12	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	6	1:29.019	+2.776	+0.172	—
13	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	3	1:29.083	+2.840	+0.064	—
14	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	23	1:29.131	+2.888	+0.048	—
15	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	10	1:29.334	+3.091	+0.203	—
16	Stefano Modena	Brabham	8	1:29.347	+3.104	+0.013	—
17	Olivier Grouillard	Ligier	26	1:29.464	+3.221	+0.117	—
18	Derek Warwick	Arrows	9	1:29.544	+3.301	+0.080	—
19	Nicola Larini	Osella	17	1:29.735	+3.492	+0.191	—
20	Mauricio Gugelmin	March	15	1:30.002	+3.759	+0.267	—
21	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara	22	1:30.053	+3.810	+0.051	—
22	Satoru Nakajima	Team Lotus	12	1:30.103	+3.860	+0.050	—
23	Bertrand Gachot	Onyx	37	1:30.336	+4.093	+0.233	—
24	Emanuele Pirro	Benetton	20	1:30.417	+4.174	+0.081	—
25	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	25	1:31.439	+5.196	+1.022	—
26	Alex Caffi	Dallara	21	1:31.817	+5.574	+0.378	—
27	Christian Danner	Rial	38	1:33.232	+6.989	+1.415	—
28	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	28	1:38.421	+12.178	+5.189	—
29	Pierre-Henri Raphanel	Rial	39	1:40.362	+14.119	+1.941	—
30	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi	24	1:44.878	+18.635	+4.516	—

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

Warm-up

Warm-up
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	1	1:27.637	—	—	—
2	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	27	1:27.934	+0.297	+0.297	—
3	Alain Prost	McLaren	2	1:29.149	+1.512	+1.215	—
4	Jean Alesi	Tyrrell	4	1:29.773	+2.136	+0.624	—
5	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	19	1:29.867	+2.230	+0.094	—
6	Philippe Alliot	Lola	30	1:29.921	+2.284	+0.054	—
7	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	3	1:29.981	+2.344	+0.060	—
8	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	23	1:30.001	+2.364	+0.020	—
9	Emanuele Pirro	Benetton	20	1:30.110	+2.473	+0.109	—
10	Thierry Boutsen	Williams	5	1:30.127	+2.490	+0.017	—
11	Michele Alboreto	Lola	29	1:30.140	+2.503	+0.013	—
12	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	6	1:30.161	+2.524	+0.021	—
13	Nelson Piquet	Team Lotus	11	1:30.465	+2.828	+0.304	—
14	Bertrand Gachot	Onyx	37	1:30.736	+3.099	+0.271	—
15	Martin Brundle	Brabham	7	1:30.764	+3.127	+0.028	—
16	Satoru Nakajima	Team Lotus	12	1:30.871	+3.234	+0.107	—
17	Olivier Grouillard	Ligier	26	1:30.994	+3.357	+0.123	—
18	Alex Caffi	Dallara	21	1:31.035	+3.398	+0.041	—
19	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	28	1:31.261	+3.624	+0.226	—
20	Derek Warwick	Arrows	9	1:31.399	+3.762	+0.138	—
21	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara	22	1:31.417	+3.780	+0.018	—
22	Nicola Larini	Osella	17	1:31.465	+3.828	+0.048	—
23	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	25	1:31.526	+3.889	+0.061	—
24	Ivan Capelli	March	16	1:31.931	+4.294	+0.405	—
25	Mauricio Gugelmin	March	15	1:32.553	+4.916	+0.622	—
26	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi	24	1:32.774	+5.137	+0.221	—

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.

Brabham BT58
Martin Brundle Spa 1989 · madagascarica from Verneuil Grand, France · CC BY 4.0 · 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.

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Where this comes from

Round: 12 of 1989
Grand Prix: Italian Grand Prix
Dates: 10 Sep 1989
Layout raced: Revised chicanes · 5.8 km
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: McLaren
Entrant: McLaren-Honda
Confidence: reference

The layout raced and its figures are this register’s, from its own sources; the figures under the race’s drawing are F1DB’s, and at some circuits the two disagree.