1989 season/Round 1
Brazilian Grand Prix 1989
- Nelson Piquet
- Rio de Janeiro
- 26 March 1989
- 61 laps
- 306.9 km
- 5.031 km a lap
- P1Nigel MansellFerrari1:38:58.744
- P2Alain ProstMcLaren+7.809
- P3Maurício GugelminMarch+9.370
- Pole positionAyrton SennaMcLaren · 1:25.302
- Fastest lapRiccardo Patrese1:32.507 · lap 47
- Winner started fromP6on the grid
Result
A number in the first column means classified. DNF, DNQ and DNS stand for retirement, did not qualify and did not start. ‘shared’ marks a car that two drivers shared between them – permitted in the 1950s, and both were classified.
Qualifying
Fastest laps
Each driver's quickest lap of the race.
| Pos | Driver | Lap | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riccardo Patrese | 47 | 1:32.507 | |
| 2 | Alessandro Nannini | 42 | 1:33.361 | +0.854 |
| 3 | Ayrton Senna | 55 | 1:33.685 | +1.178 |
| 4 | Derek Warwick | 41 | 1:33.699 | +1.192 |
| 5 | Maurício Gugelmin | 46 | 1:33.774 | +1.267 |
| 6 | Nigel Mansell | 57 | 1:33.948 | +1.441 |
| 7 | Johnny Herbert | 45 | 1:34.164 | +1.657 |
| 8 | Ivan Capelli | 18 | 1:34.479 | +1.972 |
| 9 | Martin Brundle | 26 | 1:35.286 | +2.779 |
| 10 | Jonathan Palmer | 43 | 1:35.327 | +2.820 |
Championship after this race
The official standings after round 1. Arrows show the change against the round before.
| Pos | Driver | Points | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigel Mansell | 9 | |
| 2 | Alain Prost | 6 | |
| 3 | Maurício Gugelmin | 4 | |
| 4 | Johnny Herbert | 3 | |
| 5 | Derek Warwick | 2 | |
| 6 | Alessandro Nannini | 1 |