| 1989 Spanish Grand Prix | |||
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| Race 14 of 16 in the1989 Formula One World Championship | |||
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| Race details | |||
| Date | 1 October 1989 | ||
| Official name | XXXI Gran Premio Tio Pepe de España | ||
| Location | Circuito Permanente de Jerez Jerez de la Frontera,Spain | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 4.218 km (2.6209 miles) | ||
| Distance | 73 laps, 307.918 km (191.328 miles) | ||
| Weather | Dry, hot, sunny | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | McLaren-Honda | ||
| Time | 1:20.291 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |  Ayrton Senna | McLaren-Honda | |
| Time | 1:25.779 on lap 55 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | McLaren-Honda | ||
| Second | Ferrari | ||
| Third | McLaren-Honda | ||
Lap leaders | |||
The1989 Spanish Grand Prix was aFormula One motor race held atJerez on 1 October 1989. It was the fourteenth race of the1989 Formula One World Championship. The 73-lap race was won from pole position byAyrton Senna, driving aMcLaren-Honda.Gerhard Berger was second in aFerrari, while Senna's teammate and Drivers' Championship rivalAlain Prost was third.
WithNigel Mansell banned from the race and fined $50,000 following his disqualification and collision with Senna inPortugal the previous week, Ferrari entered only one car for Berger. Senna's win kept the Drivers' Championship alive, but Prost's result meant that the Brazilian had to win both remaining races in order to beat the Frenchman to the title.
Osella topped a pre-qualifying session for the first time this season asNicola Larini was fastest by four tenths of a second, ahead ofOnyx driverJJ Lehto. Larini's team-matePiercarlo Ghinzani was third, only the second time in 1989 he had progressed to the main qualifying sessions. The fourth pre-qualifier was theLarrousse-Lola ofPhilippe Alliot.
Gabriele Tarquini was fifth in hisAGS, his sixth successive failure to pre-qualify.Stefan Johansson was down in sixth in the other Onyx after an engine failure, failing to pre-qualify after his podium achievement at the previous race.Roberto Moreno was seventh in theColoni, with the other Larrousse-Lola ofMichele Alboreto down in eighth, his lowest placing thus far. The usual suspects were in the lower positions, with ninth-placedBernd Schneider notching up his thirteenth consecutive failure to pre-qualify in theZakspeed, followed byYannick Dalmas in the other AGS. Schneider's team-mateAguri Suzuki was eleventh, his fourteenth failure, ahead ofOscar Larrauri'sEuroBrun. Bottom of the timings wasEnrico Bertaggia in the second Coloni, over two seconds behind his team-mate Moreno.[1]
| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17 |  Nicola Larini | Osella-Ford | 1:23.566 | — |
| 2 | 37 |  JJ Lehto | Onyx-Ford | 1:23.958 | +0.392 |
| 3 | 18 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Osella-Ford | 1:24.586 | +1.020 |
| 4 | 30 |  Philippe Alliot | Lola-Lamborghini | 1:24.610 | +1.044 |
| 5 | 40 | Gabriele Tarquini | AGS-Ford | 1:24.847 | +1.281 |
| 6 | 36 |  Stefan Johansson | Onyx-Ford | 1:24.944 | +1.378 |
| 7 | 31 | Roberto Moreno | Coloni-Ford | 1:25.074 | +1.508 |
| 8 | 29 | Michele Alboreto | Lola-Lamborghini | 1:25.646 | +2.080 |
| 9 | 34 |  Bernd Schneider | Zakspeed-Yamaha | 1:25.673 | +2.107 |
| 10 | 41 | Yannick Dalmas | AGS-Ford | 1:26.131 | +2.565 |
| 11 | 35 |  Aguri Suzuki | Zakspeed-Yamaha | 1:26.609 | +3.043 |
| 12 | 33 |  Oscar Larrauri | EuroBrun-Judd | 1:26.803 | +3.237 |
| 13 | 32 | Enrico Bertaggia | Coloni-Ford | 1:27.236 | +3.670 |
Ayrton Senna blasted around the 4.218 km (2.6209 mi) Jerez circuit in 1:20.291 to take his pole position record to 40. Gerhard Berger was second in hisFerrari 640, only 0.274 seconds behind the man who would be his1990 teammate atMcLaren. Over a second behind Senna in third was world championship leaderAlain Prost in hisMcLaren, with the surprise of late season qualifying,Pierluigi Martini, fourth in hisMinardi, thePirelli qualifying tyres once again coming to the fore. Martini had been an incredible second fastest after Friday qualifying, only 0.388 slower than Senna.
Philippe Alliot snared a career best fifth place on the grid in hisLarrousse, proving that both the Lola chassis and the Lamborghini V12 designed byMauro Forghieri was starting to come good. It also enhanced Alliot's reputation as a demon qualifier.
Williams-Renault entered two different model cars for their driversThierry Boutsen andRiccardo Patrese. Boutsen qualified 21st the newWilliams FW13 that had debuted in Portugal, while Patrese with an eye on possibly finishing 3rd in the Drivers' Championship, reverted to the older modelFW12C and ended up sixth on the grid ahead his formerBrabham teammateNelson Piquet in a surprisingly fastLotus.
René Arnoux (Ligier) and theRial pair ofPierre-Henri Raphanel andGregor Foitek all failed to qualify for the race.
| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Q1 | Q2 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Ayrton Senna | McLaren-Honda | 1:21.855 | 1:20.291 | — |
| 2 | 28 |  Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 1:22.276 | 1:20.565 | +0.274 |
| 3 | 2 | Alain Prost | McLaren-Honda | 1:23.113 | 1:21.368 | +1.077 |
| 4 | 23 | Pierluigi Martini | Minardi-Ford | 1:22.243 | 1:21.479 | +1.188 |
| 5 | 30 | Philippe Alliot | Lola-Lamborghini | 1:23.597 | 1:21.708 | +1.417 |
| 6 | 6 | Riccardo Patrese | Williams-Renault | 1:24.033 | 1:21.777 | +1.486 |
| 7 | 11 | Nelson Piquet | Lotus-Judd | 1:23.235 | 1:21.922 | +1.631 |
| 8 | 7 |  Martin Brundle | Brabham-Judd | 1:23.761 | 1:22.133 | +1.842 |
| 9 | 4 | Jean Alesi | Tyrrell-Ford | 1:24.615 | 1:22.363 | +2.072 |
| 10 | 20 | Emanuele Pirro | Benetton-Ford | 1:24.647 | 1:22.567 | +2.276 |
| 11 | 17 | Nicola Larini | Osella-Ford | 1:23.538 | 1:22.620 | +2.329 |
| 12 | 8 | Stefano Modena | Brabham-Judd | 1:23.679 | 1:22.826 | +2.535 |
| 13 | 3 | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell-Ford | 1:23.494 | 1:23.052 | +2.761 |
| 14 | 19 | Alessandro Nannini | Benetton-Ford | 1:24.233 | 1:23.105 | +2.814 |
| 15 | 22 | Andrea de Cesaris | Dallara-Ford | 1:24.900 | 1:23.186 | +2.895 |
| 16 | 9 | Derek Warwick | Arrows-Ford | 1:24.161 | 1:23.222 | +2.931 |
| 17 | 37 | JJ Lehto | Onyx-Ford | 1:24.322 | 1:23.243 | +2.952 |
| 18 | 12 | Satoru Nakajima | Lotus-Judd | — | 1:23.309 | +3.018 |
| 19 | 16 | Ivan Capelli | March-Judd | 1:23.401 | — | +3.110 |
| 20 | 24 |  Luis Pérez-Sala | Minardi-Ford | 1:23.908 | 1:23.443 | +3.152 |
| 21 | 5 |  Thierry Boutsen | Williams-Renault | 1:24.839 | 1:23.657 | +3.366 |
| 22 | 10 |  Eddie Cheever | Arrows-Ford | 1:24.222 | 1:23.729 | +3.438 |
| 23 | 21 | Alex Caffi | Dallara-Ford | 1:24.658 | 1:23.763 | +3.472 |
| 24 | 26 | Olivier Grouillard | Ligier-Ford | 1:24.991 | 1:23.931 | +3.640 |
| 25 | 18 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Osella-Ford | 1:26.147 | 1:24.003 | +3.712 |
| 26 | 15 | Maurício Gugelmin | March-Judd | 1:28.311 | 1:24.707 | +4.416 |
| 27 | 25 | René Arnoux | Ligier-Ford | 1:26.767 | 1:25.190 | +4.899 |
| 28 | 39 | Pierre-Henri Raphanel | Rial-Ford | 1:28.311 | 1:25.443 | +5.152 |
| 29 | 38 |  Gregor Foitek | Rial-Ford | — | 1:29.226 | +8.935 |
McLaren's reigning World Champion Ayrton Senna took the pole, set the fastest race lap and kept the world championship alive with his sixth win of the season. Second with his third podium finish in a row following his second inItaly and his win in the previous race in Portugal was theFerrari 640 ofGerhard Berger. World Championship leaderAlain Prost finished third in hisMcLaren-Honda in what was his last race finish for the team with whom he won the1985 and1986 World Drivers' Championships.
Rounding out the points were the 'find of the season'Jean Alesi in hisTyrrell in fourth, the older model Williams-Renault of Patrese in fifth in what would be the FW12C's final race, and giving the Lamborghini V12 its first ever points finish in Formula One was Alliot in what would be the best drive of his Grand Prix career.
Prost's third place gave him a 16-point lead over Senna with only two races to go. If he was to retain his title, the Brazilian would need to win in bothJapan andAustralia.
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