Race · Round 3 of 16 · 7 May 1989

1989 Monaco Grand Prix

Ayrton Senna won for McLaren from pole at Circuit de Monaco. 11 of the starters were not classified. It was the first championship podium for Stefano Modena.

Circuit: Circuit de MonacoMonte Carlo, Monaco
Winner: Ayrton SennaMcLaren
Pole: Ayrton Senna
Fastest lap: Alain Prost
Entries: 3815 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	MP4/5	1	77	Finished	9
2	Alain Prost	McLaren	MP4/5	2	77	Finished	6	fastest lap
3	Stefano Modena	Brabham	BT58	8	76	Finished	4
4	Alex Caffi	Dallara	F189	9	75	Finished	3
5	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell	—	12	75	Finished	2
6	Martin Brundle	Brabham	BT58	4	75	Finished	1
7	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	A11	20	75	Finished	0
8	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	—	15	74	Finished	0
9	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	—	23	74	Finished	0
10	Thierry Boutsen	Williams	—	3	74	Finished	0
11	Ivan Capelli	March	—	22	73	Engine	0
12	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	JS33	21	73	Finished	0
13	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara	F189	10	73	Finished	0
14	Johnny Herbert	Benetton	—	24	73	Finished	0
15	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	—	7	73	Finished	0
DNF	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi	—	26	48	Overheating	0
DNF	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS	—	13	46	Electrical	0
DNF	Roberto Moreno	Coloni	—	25	44	Gearbox	0
DNF	Philippe Alliot	Lola	—	17	38	Engine	0
DNF	Mauricio Gugelmin	March	—	14	36	Engine	0
DNF	Nelson Piquet	Team Lotus	101	19	32	Collision	0
DNF	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	640	5	30	Gearbox	0
DNF	Pierre-Henri Raphanel	Coloni	—	18	19	Gearbox	0
DNF	Olivier Grouillard	Ligier	JS33	16	4	Gearbox	0
DNF	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	—	11	3	Clutch	0
DNF	Derek Warwick	Arrows	A11	6	2	Electrical	0
DNQ	Christian Danner	Rial	ARC2	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Yannick Dalmas	Lola	—	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Satoru Nakajima	Team Lotus	101	—	—	DNQ	0
DNPQ	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	FA1M	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Stefan Johansson	Onyx	ORE-1	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Nicola Larini	Osella	FA1M	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Bernd Schneider	Zakspeed	891	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Bertrand Gachot	Onyx	ORE-1	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Gregor Foitek	EuroBrun	—	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Volker Weidler	Rial	ARC2	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Aguri Suzuki	Zakspeed	891	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Joachim Winkelhock	AGS	—	—	—	DNPQ	0

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

F1DB layout monaco-5 · 3.328 km · 20 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
Ayrton Senna	1	1	77
Alain Prost	2	2	77
Stefano Modena	8	3	76
Alex Caffi	9	4	75
Michele Alboreto	12	5	75
Martin Brundle	4	6	75
Eddie Cheever	20	7	75
Alessandro Nannini	15	8	74
Jonathan Palmer	23	9	74
Thierry Boutsen	3	10	74
Ivan Capelli	22	11	73
Rene Arnoux	21	12	73
Andrea de Cesaris	10	13	73
Johnny Herbert	24	14	73
Riccardo Patrese	7	15	73
Luis Pérez-Sala	26	DNF	48
Gabriele Tarquini	13	DNF	46
Roberto Moreno	25	DNF	44
Philippe Alliot	17	DNF	38
Mauricio Gugelmin	14	DNF	36
Nelson Piquet	19	DNF	32
Nigel Mansell	5	DNF	30
Pierre-Henri Raphanel	18	DNF	19
Olivier Grouillard	16	DNF	4
Pierluigi Martini	11	DNF	3
Derek Warwick	6	DNF	2

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	1	1:22.308	—	—
2	Alain Prost	McLaren	2	1:23.456	+1.148	+1.148
3	Thierry Boutsen	Williams	5	1:24.332	+2.024	+0.876
4	Martin Brundle	Brabham	7	1:24.580	+2.272	+0.248
5	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	27	1:24.735	+2.427	+0.155
6	Derek Warwick	Arrows	9	1:24.791	+2.483	+0.056
7	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	6	1:25.021	+2.713	+0.230
8	Stefano Modena	Brabham	8	1:25.086	+2.778	+0.065
9	Alex Caffi	Dallara	21	1:25.481	+3.173	+0.395
10	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara	22	1:25.515	+3.207	+0.034
11	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	23	1:26.288	+3.980	+0.773
12	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell	4	1:26.388	+4.080	+0.100
13	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS	40	1:26.422	+4.114	+0.034
14	Mauricio Gugelmin	March	15	1:26.522	+4.214	+0.100
15	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	19	1:26.599	+4.291	+0.077
16	Olivier Grouillard	Ligier	26	1:26.792	+4.484	+0.193
17	Philippe Alliot	Lola	30	1:26.857	+4.549	+0.065
18	Pierre-Henri Raphanel	Coloni	32	1:27.011	+4.703	+0.154
19	Nelson Piquet	Team Lotus	11	1:27.046	+4.738	+0.035
20	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	10	1:27.117	+4.809	+0.071
21	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	25	1:27.182	+4.874	+0.065
22	Ivan Capelli	March	16	1:27.302	+4.994	+0.120
23	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	3	1:27.452	+5.144	+0.150
24	Johnny Herbert	Benetton	20	1:27.706	+5.398	+0.254
25	Roberto Moreno	Coloni	31	1:27.721	+5.413	+0.015
26	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi	24	1:27.786	+5.478	+0.065
27	Christian Danner	Rial	38	1:27.910	+5.602	+0.124
28	Yannick Dalmas	Lola	29	1:27.946	+5.638	+0.036
29	Satoru Nakajima	Team Lotus	12	1:28.419	+6.111	+0.473

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	Stefano Modena	Brabham	8	1:26.957	—	—	—
2	Alex Caffi	Dallara	21	1:27.098	+0.141	+0.141	—
3	Pierre-Henri Raphanel	Coloni	32	1:27.590	+0.633	+0.492	—
4	Martin Brundle	Brabham	7	1:27.774	+0.817	+0.184	—
5	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	18	1:27.795	+0.838	+0.021	—
6	Stefan Johansson	Onyx	36	1:27.821	+0.864	+0.026	—
7	Nicola Larini	Osella	17	1:28.555	+1.598	+0.734	—
8	Bernd Schneider	Zakspeed	34	1:28.610	+1.653	+0.055	—
9	Bertrand Gachot	Onyx	37	1:28.897	+1.940	+0.287	—
10	Gregor Foitek	EuroBrun	33	1:29.423	+2.466	+0.526	—
11	Volker Weidler	Rial	39	1:29.498	+2.541	+0.075	—
12	Aguri Suzuki	Zakspeed	35	1:30.528	+3.571	+1.030	—
13	Joachim Winkelhock	AGS	41	1:32.274	+5.317	+1.746	—

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	Alain Prost	McLaren	2	1:25.613	—	—	—
2	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	1	1:25.741	+0.128	+0.128	—
3	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	27	1:25.884	+0.271	+0.143	—
4	Derek Warwick	Arrows	9	1:26.808	+1.195	+0.924	—
5	Thierry Boutsen	Williams	5	1:27.043	+1.430	+0.235	—
6	Martin Brundle	Brabham	7	1:27.724	+2.111	+0.681	—
7	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara	22	1:27.993	+2.380	+0.269	—
8	Stefano Modena	Brabham	8	1:28.084	+2.471	+0.091	—
9	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS	40	1:28.116	+2.503	+0.032	—
10	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	19	1:28.157	+2.544	+0.041	—
11	Philippe Alliot	Lola	30	1:28.797	+3.184	+0.640	—
12	Alex Caffi	Dallara	21	1:28.875	+3.262	+0.078	—
13	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	10	1:29.068	+3.455	+0.193	—
14	Mauricio Gugelmin	March	15	1:29.094	+3.481	+0.026	—
15	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	23	1:29.150	+3.537	+0.056	—
16	Nelson Piquet	Team Lotus	11	1:29.162	+3.549	+0.012	—
17	Satoru Nakajima	Team Lotus	12	1:29.537	+3.924	+0.375	—
18	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	6	1:29.776	+4.163	+0.239	—
19	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	3	1:29.900	+4.287	+0.124	—
20	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi	24	1:29.949	+4.336	+0.049	—
21	Olivier Grouillard	Ligier	26	1:31.122	+5.509	+1.173	—
22	Christian Danner	Rial	38	1:31.267	+5.654	+0.145	—
23	Johnny Herbert	Benetton	20	1:31.934	+6.321	+0.667	—
24	Roberto Moreno	Coloni	31	1:32.073	+6.460	+0.139	—
25	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	25	1:32.546	+6.933	+0.473	—
26	Yannick Dalmas	Lola	29	1:32.994	+7.381	+0.448	—
27	Pierre-Henri Raphanel	Coloni	32	1:33.014	+7.401	+0.020	—
28	Ivan Capelli	March	16	1:33.544	+7.931	+0.530	—

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	Alain Prost	McLaren	2	1:23.879	—	—	—
2	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	1	1:24.876	+0.997	+0.997	—
3	Martin Brundle	Brabham	7	1:25.331	+1.452	+0.455	—
4	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	27	1:25.546	+1.667	+0.215	—
5	Alex Caffi	Dallara	21	1:25.576	+1.697	+0.030	—
6	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara	22	1:26.153	+2.274	+0.577	—
7	Derek Warwick	Arrows	9	1:26.200	+2.321	+0.047	—
8	Stefano Modena	Brabham	8	1:26.263	+2.384	+0.063	—
9	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	6	1:26.403	+2.524	+0.140	—
10	Thierry Boutsen	Williams	5	1:26.598	+2.719	+0.195	—
11	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	23	1:26.748	+2.869	+0.150	—
12	Mauricio Gugelmin	March	15	1:27.218	+3.339	+0.470	—
13	Nelson Piquet	Team Lotus	11	1:27.324	+3.445	+0.106	—
14	Satoru Nakajima	Team Lotus	12	1:27.334	+3.455	+0.010	—
15	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell	4	1:27.363	+3.484	+0.029	—
16	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi	24	1:27.373	+3.494	+0.010	—
17	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	10	1:27.416	+3.537	+0.043	—
18	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	3	1:27.540	+3.661	+0.124	—
19	Philippe Alliot	Lola	30	1:27.888	+4.009	+0.348	—
20	Yannick Dalmas	Lola	29	1:28.056	+4.177	+0.168	—
21	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS	40	1:28.082	+4.203	+0.026	—
22	Christian Danner	Rial	38	1:28.119	+4.240	+0.037	—
23	Olivier Grouillard	Ligier	26	1:28.291	+4.412	+0.172	—
24	Johnny Herbert	Benetton	20	1:28.569	+4.690	+0.278	—
25	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	25	1:28.575	+4.696	+0.006	—
26	Pierre-Henri Raphanel	Coloni	32	1:28.984	+5.105	+0.409	—
27	Roberto Moreno	Coloni	31	1:29.252	+5.373	+0.268	—
28	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	19	1:29.615	+5.736	+0.363	—
29	Ivan Capelli	March	16	1:29.773	+5.894	+0.158	—

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	1:26.214	—	—	—
2	Alain Prost	McLaren	2	1:26.590	+0.376	+0.376	—
3	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	27	1:26.861	+0.647	+0.271	—
4	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	6	1:28.427	+2.213	+1.566	—
5	Stefano Modena	Brabham	8	1:28.435	+2.221	+0.008	—
6	Derek Warwick	Arrows	9	1:28.726	+2.512	+0.291	—
7	Martin Brundle	Brabham	7	1:28.867	+2.653	+0.141	—
8	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara	22	1:29.049	+2.835	+0.182	—
9	Thierry Boutsen	Williams	5	1:29.336	+3.122	+0.287	—
10	Philippe Alliot	Lola	30	1:29.370	+3.156	+0.034	—
11	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	19	1:29.641	+3.427	+0.271	—
12	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	3	1:29.849	+3.635	+0.208	—
13	Mauricio Gugelmin	March	15	1:30.294	+4.080	+0.445	—
14	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	10	1:30.545	+4.331	+0.251	—
15	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	23	1:30.599	+4.385	+0.054	—
16	Ivan Capelli	March	16	1:30.653	+4.439	+0.054	—
17	Nelson Piquet	Team Lotus	11	1:30.887	+4.673	+0.234	—
18	Johnny Herbert	Benetton	20	1:31.018	+4.804	+0.131	—
19	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi	24	1:31.169	+4.955	+0.151	—
20	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS	40	1:31.209	+4.995	+0.040	—
21	Olivier Grouillard	Ligier	26	1:31.644	+5.430	+0.435	—
22	Roberto Moreno	Coloni	31	1:31.899	+5.685	+0.255	—
23	Pierre-Henri Raphanel	Coloni	32	1:31.982	+5.768	+0.083	—
24	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell	4	1:32.026	+5.812	+0.044	—
25	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	25	1:32.065	+5.851	+0.039	—
26	Alex Caffi	Dallara	21	1:33.292	+7.078	+1.227	—

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: 3 of 1989
Grand Prix: Monaco Grand Prix
Dates: 7 May 1989
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.