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Mexican Grand Prix

Gran Premio de México 1989

Round 4 of 16Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico CityMay 28 198969 laps

Podium

PATWilliams

SENMcLaren

ALBTyrrell

Key facts

WinnerSEN1:35:21.431 from P1

PoleSEN1:17.876

Fastest lapMAN1:20.420 on lap 41

Finishers15 / 26classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap
1	SENAyrton Senna	McLaren	1	–	69	1:35:21.431	9	1:20.585
2	PATRiccardo Patrese	Williams	5	▲3	69	+15.560s	6	1:21.383
3	ALBMichele Alboreto	Tyrrell	7	▲4	69	+31.254s	4	1:21.230
4	NANAlessandro Nannini	Benetton	13	▲9	69	+45.495s	3	1:22.110
5	PROAlain Prost	McLaren	2	▼3	69	+56.113s	2	1:20.506
6	TARGabriele Tarquini	AGS	17	▲11	68	+1 lap	1	1:22.318
7	CHEEddie Cheever	Arrows	24	▲17	68	+1 lap		1:22.111
8	GROOlivier Grouillard	Ligier	11	▲3	68	+1 lap		1:22.093
9	BRUMartin Brundle	Brabham	20	▲11	68	+1 lap		1:22.344
10	MODStefano Modena	Brabham	9	▼1	68	+1 lap		1:22.233
11	PIQNelson Piquet	Lotus	26	▲15	68	+1 lap		1:22.560
12	DANChristian Danner	Rial	23	▲11	67	+2 laps		1:23.524
13	CAFAlex Caffi	Dallara	19	▲6	67	+2 laps		1:24.527
14	ARNRené Arnoux	Ligier	25	▲11	66	+3 laps		1:23.867
15	HERJohnny Herbert	Benetton	18	▲3	66	+3 laps		1:23.095
DNF	MARPierluigi Martini	Minardi	22		53	Engine		1:23.539
DNF	MANNigel Mansell	Ferrari	3		43	Gearbox		1:20.420
DNF	WARDerek Warwick	Arrows	10		35	Electrical		1:22.777
DNF	NAKSatoru Nakajima	Lotus	15		35	Spun off		1:22.907
NC	ALLPhilippe Alliot	Lola	16		28	Not classified		1:22.593
DNF	DECAndrea De Cesaris	Dallara	12		20	Suspension		1:25.424
DNF	BERGerhard Berger	Ferrari	6		16	Gearbox		1:22.981
DNF	JOHStefan Johansson	Onyx	21		16	Transmission		1:23.416
DNF	BOUThierry Boutsen	Williams	8		15	Electrical		1:22.991
DNF	PALJonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	14		9	Throttle		1:24.660
DNF	CAPIvan Capelli	March	4		1	Transmission		1:46.744

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap to pole
1	SENAyrton Senna	McLaren	1:17.876
2	PROAlain Prost	McLaren	1:18.773	+0.897s
3	MANNigel Mansell	Ferrari	1:19.137	+1.261s
4	CAPIvan Capelli	March	1:19.337	+1.461s
5	PATRiccardo Patrese	Williams	1:19.656	+1.780s
6	BERGerhard Berger	Ferrari	1:19.835	+1.959s
7	ALBMichele Alboreto	Tyrrell	1:20.066	+2.190s
8	BOUThierry Boutsen	Williams	1:20.234	+2.358s
9	MODStefano Modena	Brabham	1:20.505	+2.629s
10	WARDerek Warwick	Arrows	1:20.601	+2.725s
11	GROOlivier Grouillard	Ligier	1:20.859	+2.983s
12	DECAndrea De Cesaris	Dallara	1:20.873	+2.997s
13	NANAlessandro Nannini	Benetton	1:20.888	+3.012s
14	PALJonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	1:20.888	+3.012s
15	NAKSatoru Nakajima	Lotus	1:20.943	+3.067s
16	ALLPhilippe Alliot	Lola	1:21.031	+3.155s
17	TARGabriele Tarquini	AGS	1:21.031	+3.155s
18	HERJohnny Herbert	Benetton	1:21.105	+3.229s
19	CAFAlex Caffi	Dallara	1:21.139	+3.263s
20	BRUMartin Brundle	Brabham	1:21.217	+3.341s
21	JOHStefan Johansson	Onyx	1:21.358	+3.482s
22	MARPierluigi Martini	Minardi	1:21.471	+3.595s
23	DANChristian Danner	Rial	1:21.696	+3.820s
24	CHEEddie Cheever	Arrows	1:21.716	+3.840s
25	ARNRené Arnoux	Ligier	1:21.830	+3.954s
26	PIQNelson Piquet	Lotus	1:21.831	+3.955s
27	PERLuis Pérez-Sala	Minardi	1:21.935	+4.059s
28	GUGMaurício Gugelmin	March	1:22.081	+4.205s
29	DALYannick Dalmas	Lola	1:25.651	+7.775s
30	MORRoberto Moreno	Coloni	3:34.095	+136.219s

Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez

Layout of the circuit as raced in 1989. Outline from F1DB.

Previous winners here

1988	Alain Prost	McLaren
1987	Nigel Mansell	Williams
1986	Gerhard Berger	Benetton
1970	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari
1969	Denny Hulme	McLaren
1968	Graham Hill	Lotus
1967	Jim Clark	Lotus
1966	John Surtees	Cooper
1965	Richie Ginther	Honda
1964	Dan Gurney	Brabham

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