The Garagiste.

The Turbo Era  ·  Round 15

Japanese Grand Prix

1989  ·  Suzuka Circuit  ·  22 October 1989  ·  53 laps

  1. 1st Alessandro Nannini Benetton · 01:35:06.277
  2. 2nd Riccardo Patrese Williams · +11.904
  3. 3rd Thierry Boutsen Williams · +13.446

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Ayrton Senna

McLaren  —  Pole position

02 Lap 34

Gerhard Berger

Retirement Ferrari  —  Gearbox

03 Lap 41

Satoru Nakajima

Retirement Team Lotus  —  Engine

04 Lap 43

Nigel Mansell

Retirement Ferrari  —  Engine

05 Lap 46

Alain Prost

Retirement McLaren  —  Collision

06 Lap 46

Stefano Modena

Retirement Brabham  —  Engine

07 Lap 53

Ayrton Senna

Retirement McLaren  —  Disqualified

08 On the Charge

Derek Warwick

Arrows  —  P25 → P6

09 Victory

Alessandro Nannini

Benetton  —  Won from P6

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Alessandro Nannini Benetton 6 53 01:35:06.277 9
2 Riccardo Patrese Williams 5 53 +11.904 6
3 Thierry Boutsen Williams 7 53 +13.446 4
4 Nelson Piquet Team Lotus 11 53 +1:44.225 3
5 Martin Brundle Brabham 13 52 +1 Lap 2
6 Derek Warwick Arrows 25 52 +1 Lap 1
7 Maurício Gugelmin March 20 52 +1 Lap
8 Eddie Cheever Arrows 24 52 +1 Lap
9 Alex Caffi Dallara 15 52 +1 Lap
10 Andrea de Cesaris Dallara 16 51 +2 Laps
11 Ayrton Senna McLaren 1 53 Disqualified
12 Alain Prost McLaren 2 46 Collision
13 Stefano Modena Brabham 9 46 Engine
14 Nigel Mansell Ferrari 4 43 Engine
15 Satoru Nakajima Team Lotus 12 41 Engine
16 Jean Alesi Tyrrell 18 37 Gearbox
17 Philippe Alliot Larrousse 8 36 Engine
18 Gerhard Berger Ferrari 3 34 Gearbox
19 Emanuele Pirro Benetton 22 33 Collision
20 Olivier Grouillard Ligier 23 31 Engine
21 Ivan Capelli March 17 27 Suspension
22 Nicola Larini Osella 10 21 Brakes
23 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell 26 20 Fuel leak
24 Bernd Schneider Zakspeed 21 1 Gearbox
25 Luis Pérez-Sala Minardi 14 0 Collision
26 Paolo Barilla Minardi 19 0 Clutch

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