# 1989 Formula 1 season

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World Champion: **Alain Prost** (McLaren, France).

## Specs and regulations
- Engine: 3.5 L naturally aspirated
- Points: 9 points for a win (9-6-4-3-2-1)
- Races: 16

## Calendar and winners
| Round | Grand Prix | Date | Circuit | Winner | Team |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Brazilian Grand Prix | 1989-03-26 | Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet | Nigel Mansell | Ferrari |
| 2 | San Marino Grand Prix | 1989-04-23 | Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | Ayrton Senna | McLaren |
| 3 | Monaco Grand Prix | 1989-05-07 | Circuit de Monaco | Ayrton Senna | McLaren |
| 4 | Mexican Grand Prix | 1989-05-28 | Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | Ayrton Senna | McLaren |
| 5 | United States Grand Prix | 1989-06-04 | Phoenix street circuit | Alain Prost | McLaren |
| 6 | Canadian Grand Prix | 1989-06-18 | Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | Thierry Boutsen | Williams |
| 7 | French Grand Prix | 1989-07-09 | Circuit Paul Ricard | Alain Prost | McLaren |
| 8 | British Grand Prix | 1989-07-16 | Silverstone Circuit | Alain Prost | McLaren |
| 9 | German Grand Prix | 1989-07-30 | Hockenheimring | Ayrton Senna | McLaren |
| 10 | Hungarian Grand Prix | 1989-08-13 | Hungaroring | Nigel Mansell | Ferrari |
| 11 | Belgian Grand Prix | 1989-08-27 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | Ayrton Senna | McLaren |
| 12 | Italian Grand Prix | 1989-09-10 | Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | Alain Prost | McLaren |
| 13 | Portuguese Grand Prix | 1989-09-24 | Autódromo do Estoril | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari |
| 14 | Spanish Grand Prix | 1989-10-01 | Circuito de Jerez | Ayrton Senna | McLaren |
| 15 | Japanese Grand Prix | 1989-10-22 | Suzuka Circuit | Alessandro Nannini | Benetton |
| 16 | Australian Grand Prix | 1989-11-05 | Adelaide Street Circuit | Thierry Boutsen | Williams |

## Drivers' standings (final)
| Pos | Driver | Team | Points | Wins |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Alain Prost](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/prost.md) | McLaren | 76 | 4 |
| 2 | [Ayrton Senna](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/senna.md) | McLaren | 60 | 6 |
| 3 | [Riccardo Patrese](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/patrese.md) | Williams | 40 | 0 |
| 4 | [Nigel Mansell](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/mansell.md) | Ferrari | 38 | 2 |
| 5 | [Thierry Boutsen](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/boutsen.md) | Williams | 37 | 2 |
| 6 | [Alessandro Nannini](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/nannini.md) | Benetton | 32 | 1 |
| 7 | [Gerhard Berger](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/berger.md) | Ferrari | 21 | 1 |
| 8 | [Nelson Piquet](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/piquet.md) | Team Lotus | 12 | 0 |
| 9 | [Jean Alesi](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/alesi.md) | Tyrrell | 8 | 0 |
| 10 | [Derek Warwick](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/warwick.md) | Arrows | 7 | 0 |
| 11 | [Eddie Cheever](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/cheever.md) | Arrows | 6 | 0 |
| 12 | [Stefan Johansson](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/johansson.md) | Onyx | 6 | 0 |
| 13 | [Michele Alboreto](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/alboreto.md) | Larrousse | 6 | 0 |
| 14 | [Johnny Herbert](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/herbert.md) | Tyrrell | 5 | 0 |
| 15 | [Pierluigi Martini](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/martini.md) | Minardi | 5 | 0 |
| 16 | [Maurício Gugelmin](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/gugelmin.md) | March | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | [Andrea de Cesaris](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/cesaris.md) | Dallara | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | [Stefano Modena](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/modena.md) | Brabham | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | [Alex Caffi](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/caffi.md) | Dallara | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | [Martin Brundle](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/brundle.md) | Brabham | 4 | 0 |
| 21 | [Satoru Nakajima](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/satoru-nakajima.md) | Team Lotus | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | [Christian Danner](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/danner.md) | Rial | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | [Emanuele Pirro](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/pirro.md) | Benetton | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | [René Arnoux](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/arnoux.md) | Ligier | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | [Jonathan Palmer](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/palmer.md) | Tyrrell | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | [Olivier Grouillard](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/grouillard.md) | Ligier | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | [Gabriele Tarquini](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/tarquini.md) | AGS | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | [Luis Pérez-Sala](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/sala.md) | Minardi | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | [Philippe Alliot](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/alliot.md) | Larrousse | 1 | 0 |
| - | [Ivan Capelli](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/capelli.md) | March | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Éric Bernard](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/bernard.md) | Larrousse | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Bertrand Gachot](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/gachot.md) | Rial | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Nicola Larini](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/larini.md) | Osella | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Martin Donnelly](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/donnelly.md) | Arrows | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Roberto Moreno](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/moreno.md) | Coloni | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Jyrki Järvilehto](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/lehto.md) | Onyx | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Piercarlo Ghinzani](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/ghinzani.md) | Osella | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Bernd Schneider](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/schneider.md) | Zakspeed | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Pierre-Henri Raphanel](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/raphanel.md) | Rial | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Yannick Dalmas](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/dalmas.md) | AGS | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Paolo Barilla](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/barilla.md) | Minardi | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Volker Weidler](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/weidler.md) | Rial | 0 | 0 |

## Constructors' standings (final)
| Pos | Team | Points | Wins |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [McLaren](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/teams/mclaren.md) | 141 | 10 |
| 2 | [Williams](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/teams/williams.md) | 77 | 2 |
| 3 | [Ferrari](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/teams/ferrari.md) | 59 | 3 |
| 4 | [Benetton](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/teams/benetton.md) | 39 | 1 |
| 5 | [Tyrrell](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/teams/tyrrell.md) | 16 | 0 |
| 6 | [Team Lotus](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/teams/team-lotus.md) | 15 | 0 |
| 7 | [Arrows](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/teams/arrows.md) | 13 | 0 |
| 8 | [Dallara](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/teams/dallara.md) | 8 | 0 |
| 9 | [Brabham](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/teams/brabham.md) | 8 | 0 |
| 10 | [Onyx](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/teams/onyx.md) | 6 | 0 |
| 11 | [Minardi](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/teams/minardi.md) | 6 | 0 |
| 12 | [March](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/teams/march.md) | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | [Rial](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/teams/rial.md) | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | [Ligier](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/teams/ligier.md) | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | [AGS](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/teams/ags.md) | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | [Larrousse](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/teams/larrousse.md) | 1 | 0 |
| - | [Osella](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/teams/osella.md) | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Coloni](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/teams/coloni.md) | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Zakspeed](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/teams/zakspeed.md) | 0 | 0 |

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