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| 1989 Hungarian Grand Prix | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 10 of 16 in the1989 Formula One World Championship | |||
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| Race details | |||
| Date | 13 August 1989 | ||
| Official name | Pop 84Magyar Nagydíj | ||
| Location | Hungaroring Mogyoród,Pest,Hungary[1] | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 3.968 km (2.466 miles) | ||
| Distance | 77 laps, 305.536 km (189.850 miles) | ||
| Weather | Cloudy | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Williams-Renault | ||
| Time | 1:19.726 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |  Nigel Mansell | Ferrari | |
| Time | 1:22.637 on lap 66 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Ferrari | ||
| Second | McLaren-Honda | ||
| Third | Williams-Renault | ||
Lap leaders | |||
The1989 Hungarian Grand Prix was aFormula One motor race held atHungaroring on 13 August 1989. It was the tenth race of the1989 Formula One World Championship.
The 77-lap race was won byNigel Mansell, driving aFerrari. After qualifying only 12th, Mansell charged through the field and took the lead with an opportunistic overtaking manoeuvre onAyrton Senna in theMcLaren-Honda as the two were lappingStefan Johansson in theOnyx-Ford. Senna finished 26 seconds behind Mansell, withThierry Boutsen third in aWilliams-Renault.
Senna's teammate and Drivers' Championship rival,Alain Prost, finished fourth, meaning that his lead over Senna in the championship was reduced to 14 points.
The Hungaroring had been changed from the year before; the tight, slow S-bends at Turns 3, 4 and 5 had been changed in character and bypassed. Turn 3 remained, but was now taken much faster as what were Turns 4 and 5 were bypassed, thus extending the straight now from Turn 3 into the new Turns 4 and 5; raising the circuit's average speed by 10 percent.
In the Friday morning pre-qualifying session, anOnyx topped the time sheets for the fourth Grand Prix in succession.Stefan Johansson was comfortably fastest, and his team-mateBertrand Gachot also pre-qualified in fourth. Both drivers had re-signed with Onyx for 1990. For the first time this season,Piercarlo Ghinzani went through to the main qualifying sessions, in second place. For the third time this season, and for the first time since theUS Grand Prix, he outpaced hisOsella team-mateNicola Larini, who missed out in fifth position. TheLarrousse-Lola ofMichele Alboreto was the other pre-qualifier in third, the Italian suffering from a cracked rib. His team-matePhilippe Alliot was down in sixth, the first time either he or a Larrousse-Lamborghini had failed to pre-qualify.[2]
TheAGS cars ofYannick Dalmas andGabriele Tarquini were seventh and ninth respectively, whileZakspeed driversBernd Schneider andAguri Suzuki, still hampered by their underpoweredV8 Yamaha engines, were eighth and twelfth.Roberto Moreno was tenth in theColoni, while his team-matePierre-Henri Raphanel was unable to post a representative time and was bottom of the time sheets in his last appearance for the team.Gregor Foitek was still unable to pre-qualify the newEuroBrun car, and was eleventh fastest.[2]
| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 36 |  Stefan Johansson | Onyx-Ford | 1:22.836 | — |
| 2 | 18 |  Piercarlo Ghinzani | Osella-Ford | 1:24.086 | +1.250 |
| 3 | 29 | Michele Alboreto | Lola-Lamborghini | 1:24.323 | +1.487 |
| 4 | 37 |  Bertrand Gachot | Onyx-Ford | 1:24.412 | +1.576 |
| 5 | 17 | Nicola Larini | Osella-Ford | 1:24.601 | +1.765 |
| 6 | 30 |  Philippe Alliot | Lola-Lamborghini | 1:24.928 | +2.092 |
| 7 | 41 | Yannick Dalmas | AGS-Ford | 1:25.571 | +2.735 |
| 8 | 34 |  Bernd Schneider | Zakspeed-Yamaha | 1:25.613 | +2.777 |
| 9 | 40 | Gabriele Tarquini | AGS-Ford | 1:25.685 | +2.849 |
| 10 | 31 |  Roberto Moreno | Coloni-Ford | 1:26.903 | +4.067 |
| 11 | 33 |  Gregor Foitek | EuroBrun-Judd | 1:27.478 | +4.642 |
| 12 | 35 |  Aguri Suzuki | Zakspeed-Yamaha | 1:28.113 | +5.277 |
| 13 | 32 | Pierre-Henri Raphanel | Coloni-Ford | 1:45.971 | +22.135 |
Riccardo Patrese took a surprisepole position in hisWilliams-Renault, the first and only non-McLaren-Honda pole of the season, beatingAyrton Senna by three-tenths of a second. It was only the second pole of Patrese's career and his first since theopening round of the1981 season atLong Beach. It was also the first pole position for theRenaultV10 engine.
In another surprise,Alex Caffi took third in hisDallara-Ford-Cosworth, just six-tenths behind Senna, withThierry Boutsen fourth in the second Williams-Renault. Drivers' Championship leaderAlain Prost was fifth in the secondMcLaren-Honda, withGerhard Berger sixth in theV12Ferrari. The top ten was completed byAlessandro Nannini in theBenetton-Ford,Stefano Modena in theBrabham-Judd,Derek Warwick in theArrows Ford-Cosworth andPierluigi Martini in theMinardi Ford-Cosworth.
Nigel Mansell could only manage 12th in the second Ferrari, nearly seven-tenths behind teammate Berger and over two seconds behind Patrese, and later complained of traffic. After realising that he would not crack the top 10 in qualifying, Mansell instead used final qualifying to work on his race set up, something he hoped would pay dividends on race day.
| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Q1 | Q2 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Riccardo Patrese | Williams-Renault | 1:19.726 | 1:20.644 | — |
| 2 | 1 | Ayrton Senna | McLaren-Honda | 1:21.576 | 1:20.039 | +0.313 |
| 3 | 21 | Alex Caffi | Dallara-Ford | 1:21.040 | 1:20.704 | +0.978 |
| 4 | 5 | Thierry Boutsen | Williams-Renault | 1:23.492 | 1:21.001 | +1.275 |
| 5 | 2 | Alain Prost | McLaren-Honda | 1:21.076 | 1:22.267 | +1.350 |
| 6 | 28 |  Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 1:21.304 | 1:21.270 | +1.544 |
| 7 | 19 | Alessandro Nannini | Benetton-Ford | 1:21.448 | 1:21.301 | +1.575 |
| 8 | 8 | Stefano Modena | Brabham-Judd | 1:23.090 | 1:21.472 | +1.746 |
| 9 | 9 | Derek Warwick | Arrows-Ford | 1:23.111 | 1:21.617 | +1.891 |
| 10 | 23 | Pierluigi Martini | Minardi-Ford | 1:21.746 | 1:32.546 | +2.020 |
| 11 | 4 | Jean Alesi | Tyrrell-Ford | 1:23.853 | 1:21.799 | +2.073 |
| 12 | 27 | Nigel Mansell | Ferrari | 1:22.544 | 1:21.951 | +2.225 |
| 13 | 15 | Maurício Gugelmin | March-Judd | 1:22.949 | 1:22.083 | +2.357 |
| 14 | 16 | Ivan Capelli | March-Judd | 1:22.445 | 1:22.088 | +2.362 |
| 15 | 7 | Martin Brundle | Brabham-Judd | 1:22.970 | 1:22.296 | +2.570 |
| 16 | 10 |  Eddie Cheever | Arrows-Ford | 1:23.251 | 1:22.374 | +2.648 |
| 17 | 11 | Nelson Piquet | Lotus-Judd | 1:22.837 | 1:22.406 | +2.680 |
| 18 | 22 | Andrea de Cesaris | Dallara-Ford | 1:23.463 | 1:22.410 | +2.684 |
| 19 | 3 | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell-Ford | 1:24.670 | 1:22.578 | +2.852 |
| 20 | 12 | Satoru Nakajima | Lotus-Judd | 1:23.996 | 1:22.630 | +2.904 |
| 21 | 37 | Bertrand Gachot | Onyx-Ford | 1:22.634 | 1:23.720 | +2.908 |
| 22 | 18 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Osella-Ford | 1:23.091 | 1:22.763 | +3.037 |
| 23 | 24 |  Luis Pérez-Sala | Minardi-Ford | 1:23.017 | 1:24.188 | +3.291 |
| 24 | 36 | Stefan Johansson | Onyx-Ford | 1:23.372 | 1:23.148 | +3.422 |
| 25 | 20 | Emanuele Pirro | Benetton-Ford | 1:23.772 | 1:23.399 | +3.673 |
| 26 | 29 | Michele Alboreto | Lola-Lamborghini | 1:23.733 | 1:25.660 | +4.007 |
| 27 | 25 | René Arnoux | Ligier-Ford | 1:25.862 | 1:24.003 | +4.277 |
| 28 | 26 | Olivier Grouillard | Ligier-Ford | 1:24.702 | 1:25.169 | +4.976 |
| 29 | 38 | Christian Danner | Rial-Ford | 1:26.485 | 1:25.017 | +5.291 |
| 30 | 39 | Volker Weidler | Rial-Ford | 1:28.112 | 1:26.320 | +6.594 |
At the start of the race, Patrese, Senna and Caffi maintained their grid order into turn 1, while Boutsen lost out to Prost as Berger passed both of them. Further back, Mansell made a good start, rising to 8th at the first corner. It soon became clear, however, that Caffi was struggling, the Dallara unable to replicate the speed it had shown in qualifying. Before long he had been passed by both Berger and Prost, and was holding up a train of cars consisting of Boutsen, Nannini, Mansell and Warwick.
Nannini exited the train when he pulled in to change tyres. This promoted Mansell to 7th, which he quickly turned into 5th by passing Boutsen and Caffi in quick succession. He then set about closing the 17-second gap to the leaders, and was promoted to 4th when Berger pitted for tyres. Having caught up to the leading group, Mansell passed Prost for 3rd. Patrese's Williams then began to develop a problem with a holed radiator, which slowed him and bunched up the leading group. Eventually, Patrese's holed radiator became so bad that both Senna and Mansell were able to pass him in the space of a few corners. Patrese retired from the race shortly afterwards.
Mansell now began to pressure Senna, clearly faster but unable to pass due to the extra power of the McLaren'sHonda engine. Meanwhile, Prost pitted for tyres and rejoined 6th, while Berger only inherited 3rd briefly before he retired with gearbox problems, leaving Senna and Mansell on their own. Eventually, the pair came up to lapStefan Johansson'sOnyx. Senna caught him at an awkward moment, just at the accelerating zone out of turn 3. The Brazilian uncharacteristically hesitated, briefly lifting off, and this allowed Mansell to draw alongside as they went past Johansson and then use the Ferrari's greater momentum to surge past Senna and take the lead. After that, Mansell had an unchallenged run to the flag, beating Senna by nearly 26 seconds, with Boutsen completing the podium. Prost overtookEddie Cheever's Arrows for 4th on the final lap, whileNelson Piquet'sLotus rounded off the points scorers.[3]
Many of the leading cars had problems with tyre vibrations - both Senna and Mansell complained about this, whilst Prost also had difficulties after picking up debris whilst going offline to avoid Patrese's oil.[4]
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