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1989 Iceberg USA Grand Prix · qualifying

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THE HISTORICAL RECORD

Profile & context

Name: 1989 Iceberg USA Grand Prix · qualifying

PROVENANCE

Sources behind this page

F1DB

v2026.17.0 · session/473-qualifying

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Historical source & scope

F1DB v2026.17.0 · CC BY 4.0. Normalisation, links and calculations by MotorPedia. Original source observations retained.

Source-reported facts are not independent historical confirmation. Missing times and points remain unknown; source-rounded points retain their published precision. Constructor, entrant and team identities are kept distinct.

Grand Prix context

1989 Iceberg USA Grand Prix · Phoenix Street Circuit

Technical formula: Formula 1. World Championship membership is separate from technical regulations.

1989 Formula 1 World Championship · round 5

Race classification

Source participant rows: shared cars and nonstarters retained
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Alain Prost	McLaren	2:01:33.133 · 75 laps · honda	9
2	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	2:02:12.829 · 75 laps · renault	6
3	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	2:02:16.343 · 75 laps · ford	4
4	Christian Danner	Rial	Time not recorded · 74 laps · ford	3
5	Johnny Herbert	Benetton	Time not recorded · 74 laps · ford	2
6	Thierry Boutsen	Williams	Time not recorded · 74 laps · renault	1
7	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS	Engine · Time not recorded · 73 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
8	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara	Out of fuel · Time not recorded · 70 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
9	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	Out of fuel · Time not recorded · 69 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	Alternator · Time not recorded · 61 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Alex Caffi	Dallara	Collision · Time not recorded · 52 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Nelson Piquet	Lotus	Spun off · Time not recorded · 52 laps · judd	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Stefan Johansson	Onyx	Suspension · Time not recorded · 50 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi	Engine · Time not recorded · 46 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	Electrical · Time not recorded · 44 laps · honda	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Martin Brundle	Brabham	Brakes · Time not recorded · 43 laps · judd	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Stefano Modena	Brabham	Brakes · Time not recorded · 37 laps · judd	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	Alternator · Time not recorded · 31 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	Engine · Time not recorded · 26 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus	Throttle · Time not recorded · 24 laps · judd	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Ivan Capelli	March	Transmission · Time not recorded · 22 laps · judd	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell	Gearbox · Time not recorded · 17 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	Physical · Time not recorded · 10 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Derek Warwick	Arrows	Collision · Time not recorded · 7 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Philippe Alliot	Lola	Spun off · Time not recorded · 3 laps · lamborghini	Unknown / not applicable
DSQ	Maurício Gugelmin	March	Additional brake fluid · Time not recorded · 20 laps · judd	Unknown / not applicable
DNQ	Olivier Grouillard	Ligier	Time not recorded · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNQ	Roberto Moreno	Coloni	Time not recorded · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNQ	René Arnoux	Ligier	Time not recorded · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNQ	Yannick Dalmas	Lola	Time not recorded · lamborghini	Unknown / not applicable
DNPQ	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	Time not recorded · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNPQ	Pierre-Henri Raphanel	Coloni	Time not recorded · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNPQ	Gregor Foitek	EuroBrun	Time not recorded · judd	Unknown / not applicable
DNPQ	Nicola Larini	Osella	Time not recorded · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNPQ	Joachim Winkelhock	AGS	Time not recorded · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNPQ	Volker Weidler	Rial	Time not recorded · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNPQ	Bernd Schneider	Zakspeed	Time not recorded · yamaha	Unknown / not applicable
DNPQ	Aguri Suzuki	Zakspeed	Time not recorded · yamaha	Unknown / not applicable
DNPQ	Bertrand Gachot	Onyx	Time not recorded · ford	Unknown / not applicable

Qualifying

Recorded qualifying order; Q1/Q2/Q3 and earlier formats remain distinct in original evidence
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	1:30.108 · honda
2	Alain Prost	McLaren	1:31.517 · honda
3	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	1:31.799 · ford
4	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	1:31.927 · ferrari
5	Martin Brundle	Brabham	1:31.960 · judd
6	Alex Caffi	Dallara	1:32.160 · ford
7	Stefano Modena	Brabham	1:32.286 · judd
8	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	1:32.364 · ferrari
9	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell	1:32.491 · ford
10	Derek Warwick	Arrows	1:32.492 · ford
11	Ivan Capelli	March	1:32.493 · judd
12	Philippe Alliot	Lola	1:32.562 · lamborghini
13	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara	1:32.649 · ford
14	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	1:32.795 · renault
15	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	1:33.031 · ford
16	Thierry Boutsen	Williams	1:33.044 · renault
17	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	1:33.214 · ford
18	Maurício Gugelmin	March	1:33.324 · judd
19	Stefan Johansson	Onyx	1:33.370 · ford
20	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi	1:33.724 · ford
21	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	1:33.741 · ford
22	Nelson Piquet	Lotus	1:33.745 · judd
23	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus	1:33.782 · judd
24	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS	1:33.790 · ford
25	Johnny Herbert	Benetton	1:33.806 · ford
26	Christian Danner	Rial	1:33.848 · ford
27	Olivier Grouillard	Ligier	1:34.153 · ford
28	Roberto Moreno	Coloni	1:34.352 · ford
29	René Arnoux	Ligier	1:34.798 · ford
30	Yannick Dalmas	Lola	1:35.496 · lamborghini

Starting grid

Recorded grid; pole awards are not inferred from starting position
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	1:30.108 · honda
2	Alain Prost	McLaren	1:31.517 · honda
3	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	1:31.799 · ford
4	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	1:31.927 · ferrari
5	Martin Brundle	Brabham	1:31.960 · judd
6	Alex Caffi	Dallara	1:32.160 · ford
7	Stefano Modena	Brabham	1:32.286 · judd
8	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	1:32.364 · ferrari
9	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell	1:32.491 · ford
10	Derek Warwick	Arrows	1:32.492 · ford
11	Ivan Capelli	March	1:32.493 · judd
12	Philippe Alliot	Lola	1:32.562 · lamborghini
13	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara	1:32.649 · ford
14	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	1:32.795 · renault
15	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	1:33.031 · ford
16	Thierry Boutsen	Williams	1:33.044 · renault
17	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	1:33.214 · ford
18	Maurício Gugelmin	March	1:33.324 · judd
19	Stefan Johansson	Onyx	1:33.370 · ford
20	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi	1:33.724 · ford
21	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	1:33.741 · ford
22	Nelson Piquet	Lotus	1:33.745 · judd
23	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus	1:33.782 · judd
24	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS	1:33.790 · ford
25	Johnny Herbert	Benetton	1:33.806 · ford
26	Christian Danner	Rial	1:33.848 · ford

Championship progression

Driver standings after this championship round
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Alain Prost	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	29
2	Ayrton Senna	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	27
3	Riccardo Patrese	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	12
4	Nigel Mansell	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	9
5	Alessandro Nannini	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	8
6	Michele Alboreto	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	6
7	Johnny Herbert	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	5
8	Maurício Gugelmin	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	4
8	Stefano Modena	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	4
8	Eddie Cheever	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	4
11	Thierry Boutsen	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	4
12	Derek Warwick	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	4
13	Alex Caffi	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	3
13	Christian Danner	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	3
15	Jonathan Palmer	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	1
15	Martin Brundle	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	1
15	Gabriele Tarquini	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	1

Practice & warm-up observations

Original F1DB session observations; bounded to 120 rows. Missing times remain unknown. Not qualifying or race classifications.

Session	Driver	Position	Time
freePractice1Results	Ayrton Senna	1	1:31.272
freePractice1Results	Martin Brundle	2	1:32.114
freePractice1Results	Alain Prost	3	1:32.178
freePractice1Results	Nigel Mansell	4	1:32.711
freePractice1Results	Alessandro Nannini	5	1:32.752
freePractice1Results	Alex Caffi	6	1:32.988
freePractice1Results	Philippe Alliot	7	1:33.475
freePractice1Results	Derek Warwick	8	1:33.522
freePractice1Results	Jonathan Palmer	9	1:33.787
freePractice1Results	Andrea de Cesaris	10	1:34.567
freePractice1Results	Pierluigi Martini	11	1:34.588
freePractice1Results	Michele Alboreto	12	1:34.605
freePractice1Results	Satoru Nakajima	13	1:34.907
freePractice1Results	Johnny Herbert	14	1:34.932
freePractice1Results	Eddie Cheever	15	1:34.982
freePractice1Results	Gabriele Tarquini	16	1:35.012
freePractice1Results	Christian Danner	17	1:35.191
freePractice1Results	Nelson Piquet	18	1:35.368
freePractice1Results	Roberto Moreno	19	1:35.886
freePractice1Results	Riccardo Patrese	20	1:35.957
freePractice1Results	Olivier Grouillard	21	1:36.385
freePractice1Results	Yannick Dalmas	22	1:36.519
freePractice1Results	Luis Pérez-Sala	23	1:36.626
freePractice1Results	Ivan Capelli	24	1:36.714
freePractice1Results	René Arnoux	25	1:36.792
freePractice1Results	Stefano Modena	26	1:36.936
freePractice1Results	Thierry Boutsen	27	1:36.971
freePractice1Results	Maurício Gugelmin	28	1:37.204
freePractice1Results	Stefan Johansson	29	1:37.376
freePractice1Results	Gerhard Berger	30	1:37.584
freePractice2Results	Ayrton Senna	1	1:29.925
freePractice2Results	Martin Brundle	2	1:31.422
freePractice2Results	Stefan Johansson	3	1:31.659
freePractice2Results	Pierluigi Martini	4	1:31.795
freePractice2Results	Nigel Mansell	5	1:31.953
freePractice2Results	Alessandro Nannini	6	1:31.994
freePractice2Results	Gerhard Berger	7	1:32.020
freePractice2Results	Michele Alboreto	8	1:32.069
freePractice2Results	Thierry Boutsen	9	1:32.095
freePractice2Results	Stefano Modena	10	1:32.306
freePractice2Results	Johnny Herbert	11	1:32.961
freePractice2Results	Olivier Grouillard	12	1:33.027
freePractice2Results	Eddie Cheever	13	1:33.178
freePractice2Results	Alain Prost	14	1:33.194
freePractice2Results	Andrea de Cesaris	15	1:33.350
freePractice2Results	Nelson Piquet	16	1:33.503
freePractice2Results	Luis Pérez-Sala	17	1:33.533
freePractice2Results	Alex Caffi	18	1:33.683
freePractice2Results	Riccardo Patrese	19	1:33.747
freePractice2Results	Satoru Nakajima	20	1:33.759
freePractice2Results	René Arnoux	21	1:33.925
freePractice2Results	Gabriele Tarquini	22	1:33.971
freePractice2Results	Philippe Alliot	23	1:34.022
freePractice2Results	Ivan Capelli	24	1:34.206
freePractice2Results	Derek Warwick	25	1:34.236
freePractice2Results	Yannick Dalmas	26	1:34.367
freePractice2Results	Maurício Gugelmin	27	1:34.459
freePractice2Results	Christian Danner	28	1:35.204
freePractice2Results	Jonathan Palmer	29	1:35.366
freePractice2Results	Roberto Moreno	30	1:36.116
warmingUpResults	Ayrton Senna	1	1:33.949
warmingUpResults	Nigel Mansell	2	1:34.590
warmingUpResults	Gerhard Berger	3	1:34.707
warmingUpResults	Michele Alboreto	4	1:35.109
warmingUpResults	Derek Warwick	5	1:35.223
warmingUpResults	Stefano Modena	6	1:35.367
warmingUpResults	Alain Prost	7	1:35.696
warmingUpResults	Martin Brundle	8	1:35.736
warmingUpResults	Philippe Alliot	9	1:35.762
warmingUpResults	Jonathan Palmer	10	1:35.893
warmingUpResults	Stefan Johansson	11	1:36.005
warmingUpResults	Eddie Cheever	12	1:36.090
warmingUpResults	Maurício Gugelmin	13	1:36.235
warmingUpResults	Gabriele Tarquini	14	1:36.417
warmingUpResults	Pierluigi Martini	15	1:36.650
warmingUpResults	Nelson Piquet	16	1:36.713
warmingUpResults	Alessandro Nannini	17	1:36.919
warmingUpResults	Thierry Boutsen	18	1:36.984
warmingUpResults	Johnny Herbert	19	1:37.053
warmingUpResults	Satoru Nakajima	20	1:37.222
warmingUpResults	Riccardo Patrese	21	1:37.263
warmingUpResults	Andrea de Cesaris	22	1:37.817
warmingUpResults	Christian Danner	23	1:37.961
warmingUpResults	Luis Pérez-Sala	24	1:38.527
warmingUpResults	Ivan Capelli	25	1:38.560
warmingUpResults	Alex Caffi	26	1:39.313