1989 / ROUND 1

Brazilian Grand Prix

WinnerNigel MansellPublished race classification

Official poleAyrton SennaSeparate from qualifying rank

Race distance306.891 km61 laps

Race entries38Includes non-starts and exclusions

Points after this race

Championship

Result	Driver	Constructor	Qual.	Grid	Laps	Time / status	Points
1	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	6	6	61	1:38:58.744	9
2	Alain Prost	McLaren	5	5	61	1:39:06.553	6
3	Maurício Gugelmin	March	12	12	61	1:39:08.114	4
4	Johnny Herbert	Benetton	10	10	61	1:39:09.237	3
5	Derek Warwick	Arrows	8	8	61	1:39:16.610	2
6	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	11	11	61	1:39:16.985	1
7	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	18	18	60	+1 lap	0
8	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus	21	21	60	+1 lap	0
9	Olivier Grouillard	Ligier	22	22	60	+1 lap	0
10	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell	20	20	59	+2 laps	0
11	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	1	1	59	+2 laps	0
12	Philippe Alliot	Lola	26	26	58	+3 laps	0
13	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara	15	15	57	+4 laps	0
14	Christian Danner	Rial	17	17	56	Gearbox	0
DNF	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	2	2	51	Alternator	0
DNF	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	24	24	37	Collision	0
DNF	Bernd Schneider	Zakspeed	25	25	36	Collision	0
DNF	Martin Brundle	Brabham	13	13	27	Halfshaft	0
DNF	Ivan Capelli	March	7	7	22	Suspension	0
DNF	Nelson Piquet	Lotus	9	9	10	Fuel system	0
DNF	Stefano Modena	Brabham	14	14	9	Halfshaft	0
DNF	Thierry Boutsen	Williams	4	4	3	Engine	0
DNF	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	16	16	2	Chassis	0
DNF	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	3	3	0	Collision	0
DNF	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi	23	23	0	Collision	0
DSQ	Nicola Larini	Osella	19	19	10	Illegal start	0
DNQ	Yannick Dalmas	Lola	27	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	René Arnoux	Ligier	28	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Gregor Foitek	EuroBrun	29	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Roberto Moreno	Coloni	30	—	—	DNQ	0
DNPQ	Alex Caffi	Dallara	—	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	—	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Volker Weidler	Rial	—	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Pierre-Henri Raphanel	Coloni	—	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Joachim Winkelhock	AGS	—	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Aguri Suzuki	Zakspeed	—	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Stefan Johansson	Onyx	—	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Bertrand Gachot	Onyx	—	—	—	DNPQ	0

Position	Driver	Published overall / latest phase
1	Ayrton Senna	1:25.302
2	Riccardo Patrese	1:26.172
3	Gerhard Berger	1:26.271
4	Thierry Boutsen	1:26.459
5	Alain Prost	1:26.620
6	Nigel Mansell	1:26.772
7	Ivan Capelli	1:27.035
8	Derek Warwick	1:27.408
9	Nelson Piquet	1:27.437
10	Johnny Herbert	1:27.626
11	Alessandro Nannini	1:27.865
12	Maurício Gugelmin	1:27.956
13	Martin Brundle	1:28.274
14	Stefano Modena	1:28.621
15	Andrea de Cesaris	1:29.005
16	Pierluigi Martini	1:29.435
17	Christian Danner	1:29.455
18	Jonathan Palmer	1:29.573
19	Nicola Larini	1:30.146
20	Michele Alboreto	1:30.255
21	Satoru Nakajima	1:30.375
22	Olivier Grouillard	1:30.410
23	Luis Pérez-Sala	1:30.643
24	Eddie Cheever	1:30.657
25	Bernd Schneider	1:30.861
26	Philippe Alliot	1:31.009
27	Yannick Dalmas	1:31.260
28	René Arnoux	1:31.376
29	Gregor Foitek	1:31.791
30	Roberto Moreno	1:32.561

Time columns can refer to different phases; Head 2 Head uses a common phase. Grid penalties and Sprint-defined grids do not rewrite qualifying.