The Garagiste.

The Turbo Era  ·  Round 9

German Grand Prix

1989  ·  Hockenheimring  ·  30 July 1989  ·  45 laps

  1. 1st Ayrton Senna McLaren · 01:21:43.302
  2. 2nd Alain Prost McLaren · +18.151
  3. 3rd Nigel Mansell Ferrari · +1:23.254

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Ayrton Senna

McLaren  —  Pole position

02 Lap 4

Thierry Boutsen

Retirement Williams  —  Collision

03 Lap 13

Gerhard Berger

Retirement Ferrari  —  Spun off

04 Lap 32

Ivan Capelli

Retirement March  —  Electrical

05 Lap 36

Satoru Nakajima

Retirement Team Lotus  —  Spun off

06 Lap 37

Stefano Modena

Retirement Brabham  —  Engine

07 On the Charge

Andrea de Cesaris

Dallara  —  P21 → P7

08 Victory

Ayrton Senna

McLaren  —  Won from P1

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Ayrton Senna McLaren 1 45 01:21:43.302 9
2 Alain Prost McLaren 2 45 +18.151 6
3 Nigel Mansell Ferrari 3 45 +1:23.254 4
4 Riccardo Patrese Williams 5 44 +1 Lap 3
5 Nelson Piquet Team Lotus 8 44 +1 Lap 2
6 Derek Warwick Arrows 17 44 +1 Lap 1
7 Andrea de Cesaris Dallara 21 44 +1 Lap
8 Martin Brundle Brabham 12 44 +1 Lap
9 Pierluigi Martini Minardi 13 44 +1 Lap
10 Jean Alesi Tyrrell 10 43 +2 Laps
11 René Arnoux Ligier 23 42 +3 Laps
12 Eddie Cheever Arrows 25 40 Fuel system
13 Stefano Modena Brabham 16 37 Engine
14 Satoru Nakajima Team Lotus 18 36 Spun off
15 Ivan Capelli March 22 32 Electrical
16 Maurício Gugelmin March 14 28 Gearbox
17 Emanuele Pirro Benetton 9 26 Spun off
18 Philippe Alliot Larrousse 15 20 Oil leak
19 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell 19 16 Engine
20 Gerhard Berger Ferrari 4 13 Spun off
21 Stefan Johansson Onyx 24 8 Overheating
22 Alessandro Nannini Benetton 7 6 Electrical
23 Thierry Boutsen Williams 6 4 Collision
24 Alex Caffi Dallara 20 2 Engine
25 Michele Alboreto Larrousse 26 1 Electrical
26 Olivier Grouillard Ligier 11 0 Gearbox
30 Volker Weidler Rial 0 Disqualified

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