Race · Round 2 of 16 ·
1989 San Marino Grand Prix
Ayrton Senna won for McLaren from pole at Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari. 14 of the starters were not classified.
- Circuit
- Autodromo Enzo e Dino FerrariImola, Italy
- Winner
- Ayrton SennaMcLaren
- Pole
- Ayrton Senna
- Fastest lap
- Alain Prost
- Entries
- 3912 classified
Classification
A blank chassis is a season the team ran more than one design and no source says which car raced here.
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.
Qualifying
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | No. | Time | Gap | Interval |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ayrton Senna | McLaren | 1 | 1:26.010 | — | — |
| 2 | Alain Prost | McLaren | 2 | 1:26.235 | +0.225 | +0.225 |
| 3 | Nigel Mansell | Ferrari | 27 | 1:27.652 | +1.642 | +1.417 |
| 4 | Riccardo Patrese | Williams | 6 | 1:27.920 | +1.910 | +0.268 |
| 5 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 28 | 1:28.089 | +2.079 | +0.169 |
| 6 | Thierry Boutsen | Williams | 5 | 1:28.308 | +2.298 | +0.219 |
| 7 | Alessandro Nannini | Benetton | 19 | 1:28.854 | +2.844 | +0.546 |
| 8 | Nelson Piquet | Team Lotus | 11 | 1:29.057 | +3.047 | +0.203 |
| 9 | Alex Caffi | Dallara | 21 | 1:29.069 | +3.059 | +0.012 |
| 10 | Olivier Grouillard | Ligier | 26 | 1:29.104 | +3.094 | +0.035 |
| 11 | Pierluigi Martini | Minardi | 23 | 1:29.152 | +3.142 | +0.048 |
| 12 | Derek Warwick | Arrows | 9 | 1:29.281 | +3.271 | +0.129 |
| 13 | Ivan Capelli | March | 16 | 1:29.385 | +3.375 | +0.104 |
| 14 | Nicola Larini | Osella | 17 | 1:29.488 | +3.478 | +0.103 |
| 15 | Luis Pérez-Sala | Minardi | 24 | 1:29.503 | +3.493 | +0.015 |
| 16 | Andrea de Cesaris | Dallara | 22 | 1:29.669 | +3.659 | +0.166 |
| 17 | Stefano Modena | Brabham | 8 | 1:29.761 | +3.751 | +0.092 |
| 18 | Gabriele Tarquini | AGS | 40 | 1:29.913 | +3.903 | +0.152 |
| 19 | Mauricio Gugelmin | March | 15 | 1:30.163 | +4.153 | +0.250 |
| 20 | Philippe Alliot | Lola | 30 | 1:30.168 | +4.158 | +0.005 |
| 21 | Eddie Cheever | Arrows | 10 | 1:30.233 | +4.223 | +0.065 |
| 22 | Martin Brundle | Brabham | 7 | 1:30.271 | +4.261 | +0.038 |
| 23 | Johnny Herbert | Benetton | 20 | 1:30.347 | +4.337 | +0.076 |
| 24 | Satoru Nakajima | Team Lotus | 12 | 1:30.697 | +4.687 | +0.350 |
| 25 | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell | 3 | 1:30.928 | +4.918 | +0.231 |
| 26 | Yannick Dalmas | Lola | 29 | 1:31.137 | +5.127 | +0.209 |
| 27 | Michele Alboreto | Tyrrell | 4 | 1:31.206 | +5.196 | +0.069 |
| 28 | Rene Arnoux | Ligier | 25 | 1:31.268 | +5.258 | +0.062 |
| 29 | Christian Danner | Rial | 38 | 1:31.342 | +5.332 | +0.074 |
| 30 | Roberto Moreno | Coloni | 31 | 1:31.775 | +5.765 | +0.433 |
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
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | No. | Best lap | Gap | Interval | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stefano Modena | Brabham | 8 | 1:27.350 | — | — | — |
| 2 | Martin Brundle | Brabham | 7 | 1:28.197 | +0.847 | +0.847 | — |
| 3 | Alex Caffi | Dallara | 21 | 1:29.346 | +1.996 | +1.149 | — |
| 4 | Nicola Larini | Osella | 17 | 1:29.787 | +2.437 | +0.441 | — |
| 5 | Bertrand Gachot | Onyx | 37 | 1:30.384 | +3.034 | +0.597 | — |
| 6 | Gregor Foitek | EuroBrun | 33 | 1:30.620 | +3.270 | +0.236 | — |
| 7 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Osella | 18 | 1:30.631 | +3.281 | +0.011 | — |
| 8 | Stefan Johansson | Onyx | 36 | 1:30.647 | +3.297 | +0.016 | — |
| 9 | Joachim Winkelhock | AGS | 41 | 1:32.071 | +4.721 | +1.424 | — |
| 10 | Pierre-Henri Raphanel | Coloni | 32 | 1:32.267 | +4.917 | +0.196 | — |
| 11 | Aguri Suzuki | Zakspeed | 35 | 1:32.287 | +4.937 | +0.020 | — |
| 12 | Bernd Schneider | Zakspeed | 34 | 1:32.855 | +5.505 | +0.568 | — |
| 13 | Volker Weidler | Rial | 39 | 1:36.480 | +9.130 | +3.625 | — |
Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.
Practice 1
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | No. | Best lap | Gap | Interval | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alain Prost | McLaren | 2 | 1:26.736 | — | — | — |
| 2 | Ayrton Senna | McLaren | 1 | 1:26.969 | +0.233 | +0.233 | — |
| 3 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 28 | 1:28.015 | +1.279 | +1.046 | — |
| 4 | Riccardo Patrese | Williams | 6 | 1:28.237 | +1.501 | +0.222 | — |
| 5 | Thierry Boutsen | Williams | 5 | 1:28.731 | +1.995 | +0.494 | — |
| 6 | Nigel Mansell | Ferrari | 27 | 1:29.015 | +2.279 | +0.284 | — |
| 7 | Alessandro Nannini | Benetton | 19 | 1:29.095 | +2.359 | +0.080 | — |
| 8 | Stefano Modena | Brabham | 8 | 1:29.234 | +2.498 | +0.139 | — |
| 9 | Gabriele Tarquini | AGS | 40 | 1:30.079 | +3.343 | +0.845 | — |
| 10 | Christian Danner | Rial | 38 | 1:30.090 | +3.354 | +0.011 | — |
| 11 | Martin Brundle | Brabham | 7 | 1:30.137 | +3.401 | +0.047 | — |
| 12 | Alex Caffi | Dallara | 21 | 1:30.163 | +3.427 | +0.026 | — |
| 13 | Olivier Grouillard | Ligier | 26 | 1:30.178 | +3.442 | +0.015 | — |
| 14 | Satoru Nakajima | Team Lotus | 12 | 1:30.180 | +3.444 | +0.002 | — |
| 15 | Andrea de Cesaris | Dallara | 22 | 1:30.237 | +3.501 | +0.057 | — |
| 16 | Eddie Cheever | Arrows | 10 | 1:30.345 | +3.609 | +0.108 | — |
| 17 | Johnny Herbert | Benetton | 20 | 1:30.356 | +3.620 | +0.011 | — |
| 18 | Pierluigi Martini | Minardi | 23 | 1:30.446 | +3.710 | +0.090 | — |
| 19 | Derek Warwick | Arrows | 9 | 1:30.634 | +3.898 | +0.188 | — |
| 20 | Rene Arnoux | Ligier | 25 | 1:30.800 | +4.064 | +0.166 | — |
| 21 | Ivan Capelli | March | 16 | 1:30.809 | +4.073 | +0.009 | — |
| 22 | Luis Pérez-Sala | Minardi | 24 | 1:30.960 | +4.224 | +0.151 | — |
| 23 | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell | 3 | 1:31.148 | +4.412 | +0.188 | — |
| 24 | Philippe Alliot | Lola | 30 | 1:31.221 | +4.485 | +0.073 | — |
| 25 | Mauricio Gugelmin | March | 15 | 1:31.267 | +4.531 | +0.046 | — |
| 26 | Roberto Moreno | Coloni | 31 | 1:31.552 | +4.816 | +0.285 | — |
| 27 | Nelson Piquet | Team Lotus | 11 | 1:32.877 | +6.141 | +1.325 | — |
| 28 | Nicola Larini | Osella | 17 | 1:33.022 | +6.286 | +0.145 | — |
| 29 | Michele Alboreto | Tyrrell | 4 | 1:35.392 | +8.656 | +2.370 | — |
| 30 | Yannick Dalmas | Lola | 29 | — | — | — | — |
Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.
Practice 2
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | No. | Best lap | Gap | Interval | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alain Prost | McLaren | 2 | 1:26.873 | — | — | — |
| 2 | Ayrton Senna | McLaren | 1 | 1:27.178 | +0.305 | +0.305 | — |
| 3 | Riccardo Patrese | Williams | 6 | 1:28.109 | +1.236 | +0.931 | — |
| 4 | Nigel Mansell | Ferrari | 27 | 1:28.197 | +1.324 | +0.088 | — |
| 5 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 28 | 1:28.509 | +1.636 | +0.312 | — |
| 6 | Thierry Boutsen | Williams | 5 | 1:28.610 | +1.737 | +0.101 | — |
| 7 | Alessandro Nannini | Benetton | 19 | 1:28.968 | +2.095 | +0.358 | — |
| 8 | Stefano Modena | Brabham | 8 | 1:29.510 | +2.637 | +0.542 | — |
| 9 | Olivier Grouillard | Ligier | 26 | 1:29.580 | +2.707 | +0.070 | — |
| 10 | Ivan Capelli | March | 16 | 1:29.606 | +2.733 | +0.026 | — |
| 11 | Derek Warwick | Arrows | 9 | 1:29.667 | +2.794 | +0.061 | — |
| 12 | Andrea de Cesaris | Dallara | 22 | 1:29.723 | +2.850 | +0.056 | — |
| 13 | Luis Pérez-Sala | Minardi | 24 | 1:29.727 | +2.854 | +0.004 | — |
| 14 | Nelson Piquet | Team Lotus | 11 | 1:29.734 | +2.861 | +0.007 | — |
| 15 | Martin Brundle | Brabham | 7 | 1:29.792 | +2.919 | +0.058 | — |
| 16 | Eddie Cheever | Arrows | 10 | 1:29.986 | +3.113 | +0.194 | — |
| 17 | Pierluigi Martini | Minardi | 23 | 1:30.209 | +3.336 | +0.223 | — |
| 18 | Philippe Alliot | Lola | 30 | 1:30.314 | +3.441 | +0.105 | — |
| 19 | Nicola Larini | Osella | 17 | 1:30.591 | +3.718 | +0.277 | — |
| 20 | Gabriele Tarquini | AGS | 40 | 1:30.658 | +3.785 | +0.067 | — |
| 21 | Alex Caffi | Dallara | 21 | 1:30.671 | +3.798 | +0.013 | — |
| 22 | Johnny Herbert | Benetton | 20 | 1:30.808 | +3.935 | +0.137 | — |
| 23 | Christian Danner | Rial | 38 | 1:30.861 | +3.988 | +0.053 | — |
| 24 | Rene Arnoux | Ligier | 25 | 1:31.558 | +4.685 | +0.697 | — |
| 25 | Mauricio Gugelmin | March | 15 | 1:31.725 | +4.852 | +0.167 | — |
| 26 | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell | 3 | 1:31.778 | +4.905 | +0.053 | — |
| 27 | Yannick Dalmas | Lola | 29 | 1:32.300 | +5.427 | +0.522 | — |
| 28 | Roberto Moreno | Coloni | 31 | 1:33.007 | +6.134 | +0.707 | — |
| 29 | Satoru Nakajima | Team Lotus | 12 | 1:33.898 | +7.025 | +0.891 | — |
| 30 | Michele Alboreto | Tyrrell | 4 | 1:34.301 | +7.428 | +0.403 | — |
Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.
Warm-up
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | No. | Best lap | Gap | Interval | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alain Prost | McLaren | 2 | 1:28.566 | — | — | — |
| 2 | Ayrton Senna | McLaren | 1 | 1:28.571 | +0.005 | +0.005 | — |
| 3 | Nigel Mansell | Ferrari | 27 | 1:30.147 | +1.581 | +1.576 | — |
| 4 | Riccardo Patrese | Williams | 6 | 1:30.531 | +1.965 | +0.384 | — |
| 5 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 28 | 1:30.596 | +2.030 | +0.065 | — |
| 6 | Thierry Boutsen | Williams | 5 | 1:30.722 | +2.156 | +0.126 | — |
| 7 | Nelson Piquet | Team Lotus | 11 | 1:31.272 | +2.706 | +0.550 | — |
| 8 | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell | 3 | 1:31.508 | +2.942 | +0.236 | — |
| 9 | Stefano Modena | Brabham | 8 | 1:31.637 | +3.071 | +0.129 | — |
| 10 | Satoru Nakajima | Team Lotus | 12 | 1:31.693 | +3.127 | +0.056 | — |
| 11 | Olivier Grouillard | Ligier | 26 | 1:31.778 | +3.212 | +0.085 | — |
| 12 | Derek Warwick | Arrows | 9 | 1:31.798 | +3.232 | +0.020 | — |
| 13 | Eddie Cheever | Arrows | 10 | 1:32.068 | +3.502 | +0.270 | — |
| 14 | Pierluigi Martini | Minardi | 23 | 1:32.224 | +3.658 | +0.156 | — |
| 15 | Martin Brundle | Brabham | 7 | 1:32.246 | +3.680 | +0.022 | — |
| 16 | Alex Caffi | Dallara | 21 | 1:32.292 | +3.726 | +0.046 | — |
| 17 | Gabriele Tarquini | AGS | 40 | 1:32.489 | +3.923 | +0.197 | — |
| 18 | Ivan Capelli | March | 16 | 1:32.504 | +3.938 | +0.015 | — |
| 19 | Alessandro Nannini | Benetton | 19 | 1:32.537 | +3.971 | +0.033 | — |
| 20 | Mauricio Gugelmin | March | 15 | 1:32.553 | +3.987 | +0.016 | — |
| 21 | Nicola Larini | Osella | 17 | 1:32.749 | +4.183 | +0.196 | — |
| 22 | Johnny Herbert | Benetton | 20 | 1:32.874 | +4.308 | +0.125 | — |
| 23 | Luis Pérez-Sala | Minardi | 24 | 1:33.630 | +5.064 | +0.756 | — |
| 24 | Andrea de Cesaris | Dallara | 22 | 1:34.017 | +5.451 | +0.387 | — |
| 25 | Yannick Dalmas | Lola | 29 | 1:34.607 | +6.041 | +0.590 | — |
| 26 | Philippe Alliot | Lola | 30 | 1:35.649 | +7.083 | +1.042 | — |
Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.
Photographs from this race
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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.
McLaren MP4/5
McLaren MP4-5 · John Chapman ( Pyrope ) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Arrows A11
Motor-Sport-Museum am Hockenheimring, 1991 Footwork Porsche A11C, pic1 · Alf van Beem · CC0 · unchecked
Dallara F189
Paris - Retromobile 2014 - BMS Dallara Formule 1 - 1989 - 002 · Thesupermat · CC BY-SA 3.0 · unchecked
Brabham BT58
Martin Brundle Spa 1989 · madagascarica from Verneuil Grand, France · CC BY 4.0 · unchecked
Ferrari 640
Nigel Mansell Ferrari F1 (16032819141) · Maurizio Cefariello · CC BY 2.0 · unchecked
Ligier JS33
Philippe Alliot 1990 United States · wileynorwichphoto · CC BY 2.0 · uncheckedA 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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Lotus 101
Satoru Nakajima demonstrating Lotus 101 2011 Japan · Morio · CC BY-SA 3.0
Zakspeed 891
Zakspeed-Yamaha 891 1989 Formula1 Bernd Schneider East Racing LSideFrontt SATM 05June2013 (14600643865) · Valder137 · CC BY 2.0 · uncheckedWhere this comes from
- Round
- 2 of 1989
- Grand Prix
- San Marino Grand Prix
- Dates
- Layout raced
- —
- Format
- Standard weekend
- Constructor
- McLaren
- Entrant
- McLaren-Honda
- 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.