 Dallara F189 on display, repainted to mimic a1993Ferrari F93A | |||||||||
| Category | Formula One | ||||||||
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| Constructor | Dallara | ||||||||
| Designers | Giampaolo Dallara (Technical Director) Mario Tollentino (Chief Designer) | ||||||||
| Predecessor | Dallara F188 | ||||||||
| Successor | Dallara F190 | ||||||||
| Technical specifications[1] | |||||||||
| Chassis | Carbon fibre/Kevlar monocoque | ||||||||
| Axle track | Front: 1,792 mm (70.6 in) Rear: 1,676 mm (66.0 in) | ||||||||
| Wheelbase | 2,858 mm (112.5 in) | ||||||||
| Engine | Cosworth DFR 3,494 cc (213.2 cu in),V8,NA,mid-engine,longitudinally-mounted | ||||||||
| Transmission | BMS /Hewland 6-speedmanual | ||||||||
| Power | 595 hp (443.7 kW)[2] | ||||||||
| Fuel | 500 kg (1,100 lb) | ||||||||
| Lubricants | Agip | ||||||||
| Tyres | Pirelli | ||||||||
| Competition history | |||||||||
| Notable entrants | BMS Scuderia Italia | ||||||||
| Notable drivers |  Alex CaffiAndrea de Cesaris | ||||||||
| Debut | 1989 Brazilian Grand Prix | ||||||||
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| Constructors' Championships | 0 | ||||||||
| Drivers' Championships | 0 | ||||||||
TheDallara F189 was aFormula One car designed byGiampaolo Dallara andMario Tollentino for use by theBMS Scuderia Italia team during the1989 Formula One season. Its best finish was achieved byAndrea de Cesaris when he finished third at theCanadian Grand Prix.
The Dallara F189, designed byGiampaolo Dallara andMario Tollentino, was an evolution of the previous year'sDallara F188. It was powered byCosworth DFR V8 engines prepared by Heini Mader.[3]
For 1989,BMS Scuderia Italia expanded to a two car team.Alex Caffi remained on the roster, joined by the very experiencedAndrea de Cesaris. As Caffi scored no points in1988, and de Cesaris had scored three points forRial, this actually meant that Caffi was bumped into pre-qualifying for the first half of the season. However, with a good car and Pirelli's generally strong qualifying tyres this normally was not much of a problem for Caffi.[1]
In the team's other entry, de Cesaris qualified in 15th place for the season openingBrazilian Grand Prix and was classified 13th even though engine problems meant he failed to finish. His best race was inCanada when, in a rain-affected event, he finished third from ninth on the grid (his best qualifying performance of the year).[1] This, his only points finish of the year, was the first of two podiums achieved by Scuderia Italia in Formula One and would prove to be de Cesaris' last podium finish in the category. At the following race inFrance he failed to qualify, though he made every other race, mostly in the second half of the grid.[1]
Caffi in the meantime failed to pre-qualify in Brazil and he would repeat this feat later in the year at theBritish Grand Prix. These proved to be anomalies as he made the field for the other 14 races of the season, usually ahead of De Cesaris, and in some cases well inside the top half of the grid.[1] He qualified sixth inPhoenix and ran as high as second at one point before retiring after suffering suspension damage when he was pushed into a concrete barrier while attempting to lap his own team mate Andrea de Cesaris.[4] Later in the year, inHungary, Caffi did even better by placing his F189 third on the grid behind only theMcLaren-Honda of defending World ChampionAyrton Senna and the pole winningWilliams-Renault ofRiccardo Patrese, both using more powerfulV10 engines (immediately behind Caffi on the grid were Patrese's team mateThierry Boutsen and Senna's team mate,1989 World ChampionAlain Prost).[5] This failed to translate into points however, and he was only seventh in the race itself. Caffi finished in the points on two occasions; fourth atMonaco and sixth in Canada, the only race at which both Dallara drivers finished in the points.[1] These points saw Caffi 'graduate' and not have to pre-qualify for the second half of the season.
By the end of the season, Caffi was ranked 13th, alongside De Cesaris, in the Drivers' Championship with four points. Meanwhile, BMS Scuderia Italia's eight points in total placed them eighth in the Constructors' Championship.[3]
(key) (results inbold indicate pole position; results initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Engine | Tyres | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Pts. | WCC |
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| 1989 | BMS Scuderia Italia | Cosworth DFRV8 | P | BRA | SMR | MON | MEX | USA | CAN | FRA | GBR | GER | HUN | BEL | ITA | POR | ESP | JPN | AUS | 8 | 8th | |
| Alex Caffi | DNPQ | 7 | 4 | 13 | Ret | 6 | Ret | DNPQ | Ret | 7 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 9 | Ret | ||||||
| Andrea de Cesaris | 13* | 10 | 13 | Ret | 8* | 3 | DNQ | Ret | 7 | Ret | 11 | Ret | Ret | 7 | 10 | Ret |
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