The Garagiste.

The Turbo Era  ·  Round 4

Mexican Grand Prix

1989  ·  Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez  ·  28 May 1989  ·  69 laps

  1. 1st Ayrton Senna McLaren · 01:35:21.431
  2. 2nd Riccardo Patrese Williams · +15.56
  3. 3rd Michele Alboreto Tyrrell · +31.254

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Ayrton Senna

McLaren  —  Pole position

02 Lap 1

Ivan Capelli

Retirement March  —  Transmission

03 Lap 16

Gerhard Berger

Retirement Ferrari  —  Gearbox

04 Lap 43

Nigel Mansell

Retirement Ferrari  —  Gearbox

05 Lap 53

Pierluigi Martini

Retirement Minardi  —  Engine

06 On the Charge

Eddie Cheever

Arrows  —  P24 → P7

07 Victory

Ayrton Senna

McLaren  —  Won from P1

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Ayrton Senna McLaren 1 69 01:35:21.431 9
2 Riccardo Patrese Williams 5 69 +15.56 6
3 Michele Alboreto Tyrrell 7 69 +31.254 4
4 Alessandro Nannini Benetton 13 69 +45.495 3
5 Alain Prost McLaren 2 69 +56.113 2
6 Gabriele Tarquini AGS 17 68 +1 Lap 1
7 Eddie Cheever Arrows 24 68 +1 Lap
8 Olivier Grouillard Ligier 11 68 +1 Lap
9 Martin Brundle Brabham 20 68 +1 Lap
10 Stefano Modena Brabham 9 68 +1 Lap
11 Nelson Piquet Team Lotus 26 68 +1 Lap
12 Christian Danner Rial 23 67 +2 Laps
13 Alex Caffi Dallara 19 67 +2 Laps
14 René Arnoux Ligier 25 66 +3 Laps
15 Johnny Herbert Benetton 18 66 +3 Laps
16 Pierluigi Martini Minardi 22 53 Engine
17 Nigel Mansell Ferrari 3 43 Gearbox
18 Derek Warwick Arrows 10 35 Electrical
19 Satoru Nakajima Team Lotus 15 35 Spun off
20 Philippe Alliot Larrousse 16 28 Not classified
21 Andrea de Cesaris Dallara 12 20 Suspension
22 Gerhard Berger Ferrari 6 16 Gearbox
23 Stefan Johansson Onyx 21 16 Transmission
24 Thierry Boutsen Williams 8 15 Electrical
25 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell 14 9 Throttle
26 Ivan Capelli March 4 1 Transmission

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