Race · Round 4 of 16 · 28 May 1989

1989 Mexican Grand Prix

Ayrton Senna won for McLaren from pole at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez. 11 of the starters were not classified.

Circuit: Autodromo Hermanos RodriguezMexico City, Mexico
Winner: Ayrton SennaMcLaren
Pole: Ayrton Senna
Fastest lap: Nigel Mansell
Entries: 3915 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	MP4/5	1	69	Finished	9
2	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	—	5	69	Finished	6
3	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell	—	7	69	Finished	4
4	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	—	13	69	Finished	3
5	Alain Prost	McLaren	MP4/5	2	69	Finished	2
6	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS	—	17	68	Finished	1
7	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	A11	24	68	Finished	0
8	Olivier Grouillard	Ligier	JS33	11	68	Finished	0
9	Martin Brundle	Brabham	BT58	20	68	Finished	0
10	Stefano Modena	Brabham	BT58	9	68	Finished	0
11	Nelson Piquet	Team Lotus	101	26	68	Finished	0
12	Christian Danner	Rial	ARC2	23	67	Finished	0
13	Alex Caffi	Dallara	F189	19	67	Finished	0
14	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	JS33	25	66	Finished	0
15	Johnny Herbert	Benetton	—	18	66	Finished	0
DNF	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	—	22	53	Engine	0
DNF	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	640	3	43	Gearbox	0	fastest lap
DNF	Derek Warwick	Arrows	A11	10	35	Electrical	0
DNF	Satoru Nakajima	Team Lotus	101	15	35	Spun off	0
NC	Philippe Alliot	Lola	—	16	28	NC	0
DNF	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara	F189	12	20	Suspension	0
DNF	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	640	6	16	Gearbox	0
DNF	Stefan Johansson	Onyx	ORE-1	21	16	Transmission	0
DNF	Thierry Boutsen	Williams	—	8	15	Electrical	0
DNF	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	—	14	9	Throttle	0
DNF	Ivan Capelli	March	—	4	1	Transmission	0
DNQ	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi	—	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Mauricio Gugelmin	March	—	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Yannick Dalmas	Lola	—	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Roberto Moreno	Coloni	—	—	—	DNQ	0
DNPQ	Bertrand Gachot	Onyx	ORE-1	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Gregor Foitek	EuroBrun	—	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Nicola Larini	Osella	FA1M	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Volker Weidler	Rial	ARC2	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Bernd Schneider	Zakspeed	891	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Aguri Suzuki	Zakspeed	891	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	FA1M	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Joachim Winkelhock	AGS	—	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Pierre-Henri Raphanel	Coloni	—	—	—	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 mexico-city-2 · 4.421 km · 14 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	69
Riccardo Patrese	5	2	69
Michele Alboreto	7	3	69
Alessandro Nannini	13	4	69
Alain Prost	2	5	69
Gabriele Tarquini	17	6	68
Eddie Cheever	24	7	68
Olivier Grouillard	11	8	68
Martin Brundle	20	9	68
Stefano Modena	9	10	68
Nelson Piquet	26	11	68
Christian Danner	23	12	67
Alex Caffi	19	13	67
Rene Arnoux	25	14	66
Johnny Herbert	18	15	66
Pierluigi Martini	22	DNF	53
Nigel Mansell	3	DNF	43
Derek Warwick	10	DNF	35
Satoru Nakajima	15	DNF	35
Philippe Alliot	16	NC	28
Andrea de Cesaris	12	DNF	20
Gerhard Berger	6	DNF	16
Stefan Johansson	21	DNF	16
Thierry Boutsen	8	DNF	15
Jonathan Palmer	14	DNF	9
Ivan Capelli	4	DNF	1

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	1	1:17.876	—	—
2	Alain Prost	McLaren	2	1:18.773	+0.897	+0.897
3	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	27	1:19.137	+1.261	+0.364
4	Ivan Capelli	March	16	1:19.337	+1.461	+0.200
5	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	6	1:19.656	+1.780	+0.319
6	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	28	1:19.835	+1.959	+0.179
7	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell	4	1:20.066	+2.190	+0.231
8	Thierry Boutsen	Williams	5	1:20.234	+2.358	+0.168
9	Stefano Modena	Brabham	8	1:20.505	+2.629	+0.271
10	Derek Warwick	Arrows	9	1:20.601	+2.725	+0.096
11	Olivier Grouillard	Ligier	26	1:20.859	+2.983	+0.258
12	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara	22	1:20.873	+2.997	+0.014
13	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	19	1:20.888	+3.012	+0.015
14	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	3	1:20.888	+3.012	+0.000
15	Satoru Nakajima	Team Lotus	12	1:20.943	+3.067	+0.055
16	Philippe Alliot	Lola	30	1:21.031	+3.155	+0.088
17	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS	40	1:21.031	+3.155	+0.000
18	Johnny Herbert	Benetton	20	1:21.105	+3.229	+0.074
19	Alex Caffi	Dallara	21	1:21.139	+3.263	+0.034
20	Martin Brundle	Brabham	7	1:21.217	+3.341	+0.078
21	Stefan Johansson	Onyx	36	1:21.358	+3.482	+0.141
22	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	23	1:21.471	+3.595	+0.113
23	Christian Danner	Rial	38	1:21.696	+3.820	+0.225
24	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	10	1:21.716	+3.840	+0.020
25	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	25	1:21.830	+3.954	+0.114
26	Nelson Piquet	Team Lotus	11	1:21.831	+3.955	+0.001
27	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi	24	1:21.935	+4.059	+0.104
28	Mauricio Gugelmin	March	15	1:22.081	+4.205	+0.146
29	Yannick Dalmas	Lola	29	1:25.651	+7.775	+3.570
30	Roberto Moreno	Coloni	31	3:34.095	+2:16.219	+2:08.444

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	Martin Brundle	Brabham	7	1:21.770	—	—	—
2	Stefano Modena	Brabham	8	1:22.211	+0.441	+0.441	—
3	Alex Caffi	Dallara	21	1:22.876	+1.106	+0.665	—
4	Stefan Johansson	Onyx	36	1:23.288	+1.518	+0.412	—
5	Bertrand Gachot	Onyx	37	1:23.752	+1.982	+0.464	—
6	Gregor Foitek	EuroBrun	33	1:24.351	+2.581	+0.599	—
7	Nicola Larini	Osella	17	1:24.392	+2.622	+0.041	—
8	Volker Weidler	Rial	39	1:24.966	+3.196	+0.574	—
9	Bernd Schneider	Zakspeed	34	1:25.418	+3.648	+0.452	—
10	Aguri Suzuki	Zakspeed	35	1:25.658	+3.888	+0.240	—
11	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	18	1:26.065	+4.295	+0.407	—
12	Joachim Winkelhock	AGS	41	1:26.754	+4.984	+0.689	—
13	Pierre-Henri Raphanel	Coloni	32	1:34.357	+12.587	+7.603	—

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	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	1	1:20.328	—	—	—
2	Alain Prost	McLaren	2	1:21.148	+0.820	+0.820	—
3	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	27	1:21.420	+1.092	+0.272	—
4	Thierry Boutsen	Williams	5	1:22.522	+2.194	+1.102	—
5	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	3	1:22.533	+2.205	+0.011	—
6	Martin Brundle	Brabham	7	1:22.598	+2.270	+0.065	—
7	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell	4	1:22.670	+2.342	+0.072	—
8	Philippe Alliot	Lola	30	1:22.751	+2.423	+0.081	—
9	Satoru Nakajima	Team Lotus	12	1:22.773	+2.445	+0.022	—
10	Derek Warwick	Arrows	9	1:22.805	+2.477	+0.032	—
11	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	6	1:22.824	+2.496	+0.019	—
12	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	19	1:22.906	+2.578	+0.082	—
13	Nelson Piquet	Team Lotus	11	1:22.957	+2.629	+0.051	—
14	Stefano Modena	Brabham	8	1:22.958	+2.630	+0.001	—
15	Ivan Capelli	March	16	1:22.987	+2.659	+0.029	—
16	Alex Caffi	Dallara	21	1:23.048	+2.720	+0.061	—
17	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS	40	1:23.112	+2.784	+0.064	—
18	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	10	1:23.200	+2.872	+0.088	—
19	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	28	1:23.255	+2.927	+0.055	—
20	Olivier Grouillard	Ligier	26	1:23.302	+2.974	+0.047	—
21	Johnny Herbert	Benetton	20	1:23.558	+3.230	+0.256	—
22	Stefan Johansson	Onyx	36	1:23.560	+3.232	+0.002	—
23	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara	22	1:23.977	+3.649	+0.417	—
24	Christian Danner	Rial	38	1:24.176	+3.848	+0.199	—
25	Mauricio Gugelmin	March	15	1:24.212	+3.884	+0.036	—
26	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	25	1:24.276	+3.948	+0.064	—
27	Yannick Dalmas	Lola	29	1:26.011	+5.683	+1.735	—
28	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	23	1:26.588	+6.260	+0.577	—
29	Roberto Moreno	Coloni	31	1:30.844	+10.516	+4.256	—
30	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi	24	1:31.357	+11.029	+0.513	—

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	1:18.626	—	—	—
2	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	1	1:18.639	+0.013	+0.013	—
3	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	27	1:19.146	+0.520	+0.507	—
4	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	6	1:19.951	+1.325	+0.805	—
5	Ivan Capelli	March	16	1:20.428	+1.802	+0.477	—
6	Stefan Johansson	Onyx	36	1:20.566	+1.940	+0.138	—
7	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	19	1:20.613	+1.987	+0.047	—
8	Nelson Piquet	Team Lotus	11	1:20.784	+2.158	+0.171	—
9	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell	4	1:20.831	+2.205	+0.047	—
10	Stefano Modena	Brabham	8	1:20.956	+2.330	+0.125	—
11	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	23	1:20.980	+2.354	+0.024	—
12	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	28	1:21.000	+2.374	+0.020	—
13	Olivier Grouillard	Ligier	26	1:21.030	+2.404	+0.030	—
14	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS	40	1:21.119	+2.493	+0.089	—
15	Derek Warwick	Arrows	9	1:21.152	+2.526	+0.033	—
16	Thierry Boutsen	Williams	5	1:21.158	+2.532	+0.006	—
17	Satoru Nakajima	Team Lotus	12	1:21.199	+2.573	+0.041	—
18	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi	24	1:21.356	+2.730	+0.157	—
19	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara	22	1:21.642	+3.016	+0.286	—
20	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	10	1:21.703	+3.077	+0.061	—
21	Alex Caffi	Dallara	21	1:21.760	+3.134	+0.057	—
22	Yannick Dalmas	Lola	29	1:21.774	+3.148	+0.014	—
23	Christian Danner	Rial	38	1:21.854	+3.228	+0.080	—
24	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	25	1:21.972	+3.346	+0.118	—
25	Johnny Herbert	Benetton	20	1:22.151	+3.525	+0.179	—
26	Martin Brundle	Brabham	7	1:22.371	+3.745	+0.220	—
27	Mauricio Gugelmin	March	15	1:22.634	+4.008	+0.263	—
28	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	3	1:22.677	+4.051	+0.043	—
29	Philippe Alliot	Lola	30	1:22.949	+4.323	+0.272	—
30	Roberto Moreno	Coloni	31	1:26.255	+7.629	+3.306	—

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	Alain Prost	McLaren	2	1:21.017	—	—	—
2	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	27	1:21.423	+0.406	+0.406	—
3	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	1	1:21.461	+0.444	+0.038	—
4	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell	4	1:21.749	+0.732	+0.288	—
5	Philippe Alliot	Lola	30	1:22.556	+1.539	+0.807	—
6	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	6	1:22.782	+1.765	+0.226	—
7	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	3	1:22.819	+1.802	+0.037	—
8	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	28	1:22.976	+1.959	+0.157	—
9	Stefan Johansson	Onyx	36	1:22.994	+1.977	+0.018	—
10	Olivier Grouillard	Ligier	26	1:23.142	+2.125	+0.148	—
11	Ivan Capelli	March	16	1:23.160	+2.143	+0.018	—
12	Nelson Piquet	Team Lotus	11	1:23.170	+2.153	+0.010	—
13	Thierry Boutsen	Williams	5	1:23.188	+2.171	+0.018	—
14	Derek Warwick	Arrows	9	1:23.327	+2.310	+0.139	—
15	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	19	1:23.617	+2.600	+0.290	—
16	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	10	1:23.681	+2.664	+0.064	—
17	Satoru Nakajima	Team Lotus	12	1:23.713	+2.696	+0.032	—
18	Johnny Herbert	Benetton	20	1:23.778	+2.761	+0.065	—
19	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS	40	1:23.987	+2.970	+0.209	—
20	Stefano Modena	Brabham	8	1:24.361	+3.344	+0.374	—
21	Martin Brundle	Brabham	7	1:24.557	+3.540	+0.196	—
22	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	23	1:24.903	+3.886	+0.346	—
23	Alex Caffi	Dallara	21	1:25.197	+4.180	+0.294	—
24	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	25	1:25.231	+4.214	+0.034	—
25	Christian Danner	Rial	38	1:25.484	+4.467	+0.253	—
26	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara	22	1:27.051	+6.034	+1.567	—

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: 4 of 1989
Grand Prix: Mexican Grand Prix
Dates: 28 May 1989
Layout raced: Shortened circuit · 4.421 km · 15 turns
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.