1989 season/Round 4
Mexican Grand Prix 1989
- Hermanos Rodríguez
- Mexico City
- 28 May 1989
- 69 laps
- 305 km
- 4.421 km a lap
- P1Ayrton SennaMcLaren1:35:21.431
- P2Riccardo PatreseWilliams+15.560
- P3Michele AlboretoTyrrell+31.254
- Pole positionAyrton SennaMcLaren · 1:17.876
- Fastest lapNigel Mansell1:20.420 · lap 41
- Winner started fromP1on 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 | Nigel Mansell | 41 | 1:20.420 | |
| 2 | Alain Prost | 43 | 1:20.506 | +0.086 |
| 3 | Ayrton Senna | 43 | 1:20.585 | +0.165 |
| 4 | Michele Alboreto | 43 | 1:21.230 | +0.810 |
| 5 | Riccardo Patrese | 42 | 1:21.383 | +0.963 |
| 6 | Olivier Grouillard | 63 | 1:22.093 | +1.673 |
| 7 | Alessandro Nannini | 50 | 1:22.110 | +1.690 |
| 8 | Eddie Cheever | 54 | 1:22.111 | +1.691 |
| 9 | Stefano Modena | 41 | 1:22.233 | +1.813 |
| 10 | Gabriele Tarquini | 44 | 1:22.318 | +1.898 |
Championship after this race
The official standings after round 4. Arrows show the change against the round before.
| Pos | Driver | Points | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ayrton Senna | 27 | |
| 2 | Alain Prost | 20 | |
| 3 | Nigel Mansell | 9 | |
| 4 | Alessandro Nannini | 8 | |
| 5 | Riccardo Patrese | 6 | |
| 6 | Michele Alboreto | 6 | ▲5 |
| 7 | Maurício Gugelmin | 4 | ▼2 |
| 7 | Stefano Modena | 4 | ▼2 |
| 9 | Derek Warwick | 4 | ▼2 |
| 10 | Alex Caffi | 3 | ▼2 |