The Garagiste.

The Turbo Era  ·  Round 2

San Marino Grand Prix

1989  ·  Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari  ·  23 April 1989  ·  58 laps

  1. 1st Ayrton Senna McLaren · 01:26:51.245
  2. 2nd Alain Prost McLaren · +40.225
  3. 3rd Alessandro Nannini Benetton

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Ayrton Senna

McLaren  —  Pole position

02 Lap 3

Gerhard Berger

Retirement Ferrari  —  Accident

03 Lap 21

Riccardo Patrese

Retirement Williams  —  Engine

04 Lap 23

Nigel Mansell

Retirement Ferrari  —  Gearbox

05 Lap 43

Luis Pérez-Sala

Retirement Minardi  —  Spun off

06 Lap 46

Satoru Nakajima

Retirement Team Lotus  —  Not classified

07 Lap 51

Martin Brundle

Retirement Brabham  —  Fuel system

08 On the Charge

Jonathan Palmer

Tyrrell  —  P25 → P6

09 Victory

Ayrton Senna

McLaren  —  Won from P1

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Ayrton Senna McLaren 1 58 01:26:51.245 9
2 Alain Prost McLaren 2 58 +40.225 6
3 Alessandro Nannini Benetton 7 57 +1 Lap 4
4 Thierry Boutsen Williams 6 57 +1 Lap 3
5 Derek Warwick Arrows 12 57 +1 Lap 2
6 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell 25 57 +1 Lap 1
7 Alex Caffi Dallara 9 57 +1 Lap
8 Gabriele Tarquini AGS 18 57 +1 Lap
9 Eddie Cheever Arrows 21 56 +2 Laps
10 Andrea de Cesaris Dallara 16 56 +2 Laps
11 Johnny Herbert Benetton 23 56 +2 Laps
12 Nicola Larini Osella 14 52 Spun off
13 Martin Brundle Brabham 22 51 Fuel system
14 Satoru Nakajima Team Lotus 24 46 Not classified
15 Luis Pérez-Sala Minardi 15 43 Spun off
16 Maurício Gugelmin March 19 39 Transmission
17 Nelson Piquet Team Lotus 8 29 Engine
18 Nigel Mansell Ferrari 3 23 Gearbox
19 Riccardo Patrese Williams 4 21 Engine
20 Stefano Modena Brabham 17 19 Spun off
21 Pierluigi Martini Minardi 11 6 Gearbox
22 Olivier Grouillard Ligier 10 4 Disqualified
23 Gerhard Berger Ferrari 5 3 Accident
24 Ivan Capelli March 13 1 Spun off
25 Philippe Alliot Larrousse 20 0 Electrical
26 Yannick Dalmas Larrousse 26 0 Electrical

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