1989 season/Round 15
Japanese Grand Prix 1989
- Suzuka
- 22 October 1989
- 53 laps
- 310.6 km
- 5.860 km a lap
- Title decided here
- P1Alessandro NanniniBenetton1:35:06.277
- P2Riccardo PatreseWilliams+11.904
- P3Thierry BoutsenWilliams+13.446
- Pole positionAyrton SennaMcLaren · 1:38.041
- Fastest lapAlain Prost1:43.506 · lap 43
- 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 | Alain Prost | 43 | 1:43.506 | |
| 2 | Gerhard Berger | 26 | 1:44.189 | +0.683 |
| 3 | Alessandro Nannini | 28 | 1:44.919 | +1.413 |
| 4 | Emanuele Pirro | 25 | 1:45.049 | +1.543 |
| 5 | Nigel Mansell | 32 | 1:45.077 | +1.571 |
| 6 | Thierry Boutsen | 37 | 1:45.115 | +1.609 |
| 7 | Riccardo Patrese | 26 | 1:45.335 | +1.829 |
| 8 | Philippe Alliot | 25 | 1:45.353 | +1.847 |
| 9 | Martin Brundle | 46 | 1:46.194 | +2.688 |
| 10 | Andrea de Cesaris | 35 | 1:46.225 | +2.719 |
Championship after this race
The official standings after round 15. Arrows show the change against the round before.
| Pos | Driver | Points | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alain Prost | 76 | |
| 2 | Ayrton Senna | 60 | |
| 3 | Nigel Mansell | 38 | |
| 4 | Riccardo Patrese | 36 | |
| 5 | Thierry Boutsen | 28 | |
| 6 | Alessandro Nannini | 26 | ▲1 |
| 7 | Gerhard Berger | 21 | ▼1 |
| 8 | Nelson Piquet | 12 | |
| 9 | Jean Alesi | 8 | |
| 10 | Derek Warwick | 7 | ▲3 |