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Gran Premio de México 1989 · qualifying

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Profile & context

Name: Gran Premio de México 1989 · qualifying

PROVENANCE

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F1DB

v2026.17.0 · session/472-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

Gran Premio de México 1989 · Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez

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

1989 Formula 1 World Championship · round 4

Race classification

Source participant rows: shared cars and nonstarters retained
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	1:35:21.431 · 69 laps · honda	9
2	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	1:35:36.991 · 69 laps · renault	6
3	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell	1:35:52.685 · 69 laps · ford	4
4	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	1:36:06.926 · 69 laps · ford	3
5	Alain Prost	McLaren	1:36:17.544 · 69 laps · honda	2
6	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS	Time not recorded · 68 laps · ford	1
7	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	Time not recorded · 68 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
8	Olivier Grouillard	Ligier	Time not recorded · 68 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
9	Martin Brundle	Brabham	Time not recorded · 68 laps · judd	Unknown / not applicable
10	Stefano Modena	Brabham	Time not recorded · 68 laps · judd	Unknown / not applicable
11	Nelson Piquet	Lotus	Time not recorded · 68 laps · judd	Unknown / not applicable
12	Christian Danner	Rial	Time not recorded · 67 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
13	Alex Caffi	Dallara	Time not recorded · 67 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
14	René Arnoux	Ligier	Time not recorded · 66 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
15	Johnny Herbert	Benetton	Time not recorded · 66 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	Engine · Time not recorded · 53 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	Gearbox · Time not recorded · 43 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Derek Warwick	Arrows	Electrical · Time not recorded · 35 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus	Spun off · Time not recorded · 35 laps · judd	Unknown / not applicable
NC	Philippe Alliot	Lola	Time not recorded · 28 laps · lamborghini	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara	Suspension · Time not recorded · 20 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	Gearbox · Time not recorded · 16 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Stefan Johansson	Onyx	Transmission · Time not recorded · 16 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Thierry Boutsen	Williams	Electrical · Time not recorded · 15 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	Throttle · Time not recorded · 9 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Ivan Capelli	March	Transmission · Time not recorded · 1 laps · judd	Unknown / not applicable
DNQ	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi	Time not recorded · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNQ	Maurício Gugelmin	March	Time not recorded · judd	Unknown / not applicable
DNQ	Yannick Dalmas	Lola	Time not recorded · lamborghini	Unknown / not applicable
DNQ	Roberto Moreno	Coloni	Time not recorded · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNPQ	Bertrand Gachot	Onyx	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	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	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	Time not recorded · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNPQ	Joachim Winkelhock	AGS	Time not recorded · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNPQ	Pierre-Henri Raphanel	Coloni	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	1:17.876 · honda
2	Alain Prost	McLaren	1:18.773 · honda
3	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	1:19.137 · ferrari
4	Ivan Capelli	March	1:19.337 · judd
5	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	1:19.656 · renault
6	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	1:19.835 · ferrari
7	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell	1:20.066 · ford
8	Thierry Boutsen	Williams	1:20.234 · renault
9	Stefano Modena	Brabham	1:20.505 · judd
10	Derek Warwick	Arrows	1:20.601 · ford
11	Olivier Grouillard	Ligier	1:20.859 · ford
12	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara	1:20.873 · ford
13	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	1:20.888 · ford
14	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	1:20.888 · ford
15	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus	1:20.943 · judd
16	Philippe Alliot	Lola	1:21.031 · lamborghini
17	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS	1:21.031 · ford
18	Johnny Herbert	Benetton	1:21.105 · ford
19	Alex Caffi	Dallara	1:21.139 · ford
20	Martin Brundle	Brabham	1:21.217 · judd
21	Stefan Johansson	Onyx	1:21.358 · ford
22	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	1:21.471 · ford
23	Christian Danner	Rial	1:21.696 · ford
24	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	1:21.716 · ford
25	René Arnoux	Ligier	1:21.830 · ford
26	Nelson Piquet	Lotus	1:21.831 · judd
27	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi	1:21.935 · ford
28	Maurício Gugelmin	March	1:22.081 · judd
29	Yannick Dalmas	Lola	1:25.651 · lamborghini
30	Roberto Moreno	Coloni	3:34.095 · ford

Starting grid

Recorded grid; pole awards are not inferred from starting position
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	1:17.876 · honda
2	Alain Prost	McLaren	1:18.773 · honda
3	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	1:19.137 · ferrari
4	Ivan Capelli	March	1:19.337 · judd
5	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	1:19.656 · renault
6	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	1:19.835 · ferrari
7	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell	1:20.066 · ford
8	Thierry Boutsen	Williams	1:20.234 · renault
9	Stefano Modena	Brabham	1:20.505 · judd
10	Derek Warwick	Arrows	1:20.601 · ford
11	Olivier Grouillard	Ligier	1:20.859 · ford
12	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara	1:20.873 · ford
13	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	1:20.888 · ford
14	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	1:20.888 · ford
15	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus	1:20.943 · judd
16	Philippe Alliot	Lola	1:21.031 · lamborghini
17	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS	1:21.031 · ford
18	Johnny Herbert	Benetton	1:21.105 · ford
19	Alex Caffi	Dallara	1:21.139 · ford
20	Martin Brundle	Brabham	1:21.217 · judd
21	Stefan Johansson	Onyx	1:21.358 · ford
22	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	1:21.471 · ford
23	Christian Danner	Rial	1:21.696 · ford
24	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	1:21.716 · ford
25	René Arnoux	Ligier	1:21.830 · ford
26	Nelson Piquet	Lotus	1:21.831 · judd

Championship progression

Driver standings after this championship round
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Ayrton Senna	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	27
2	Alain Prost	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	20
3	Nigel Mansell	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	9
4	Alessandro Nannini	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	8
5	Riccardo Patrese	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	6
6	Michele Alboreto	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	6
7	Maurício Gugelmin	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	4
7	Stefano Modena	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	4
9	Derek Warwick	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	4
10	Johnny Herbert	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	3
10	Thierry Boutsen	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	3
10	Alex Caffi	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	3
13	Jonathan Palmer	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	1
13	Martin Brundle	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	1
13	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	1:20.328
freePractice1Results	Alain Prost	2	1:21.148
freePractice1Results	Nigel Mansell	3	1:21.420
freePractice1Results	Thierry Boutsen	4	1:22.522
freePractice1Results	Jonathan Palmer	5	1:22.533
freePractice1Results	Martin Brundle	6	1:22.598
freePractice1Results	Michele Alboreto	7	1:22.670
freePractice1Results	Philippe Alliot	8	1:22.751
freePractice1Results	Satoru Nakajima	9	1:22.773
freePractice1Results	Derek Warwick	10	1:22.805
freePractice1Results	Riccardo Patrese	11	1:22.824
freePractice1Results	Alessandro Nannini	12	1:22.906
freePractice1Results	Nelson Piquet	13	1:22.957
freePractice1Results	Stefano Modena	14	1:22.958
freePractice1Results	Ivan Capelli	15	1:22.987
freePractice1Results	Alex Caffi	16	1:23.048
freePractice1Results	Gabriele Tarquini	17	1:23.112
freePractice1Results	Eddie Cheever	18	1:23.200
freePractice1Results	Gerhard Berger	19	1:23.255
freePractice1Results	Olivier Grouillard	20	1:23.302
freePractice1Results	Johnny Herbert	21	1:23.558
freePractice1Results	Stefan Johansson	22	1:23.560
freePractice1Results	Andrea de Cesaris	23	1:23.977
freePractice1Results	Christian Danner	24	1:24.176
freePractice1Results	Maurício Gugelmin	25	1:24.212
freePractice1Results	René Arnoux	26	1:24.276
freePractice1Results	Yannick Dalmas	27	1:26.011
freePractice1Results	Pierluigi Martini	28	1:26.588
freePractice1Results	Roberto Moreno	29	1:30.844
freePractice1Results	Luis Pérez-Sala	30	1:31.357
freePractice2Results	Alain Prost	1	1:18.626
freePractice2Results	Ayrton Senna	2	1:18.639
freePractice2Results	Nigel Mansell	3	1:19.146
freePractice2Results	Riccardo Patrese	4	1:19.951
freePractice2Results	Ivan Capelli	5	1:20.428
freePractice2Results	Stefan Johansson	6	1:20.566
freePractice2Results	Alessandro Nannini	7	1:20.613
freePractice2Results	Nelson Piquet	8	1:20.784
freePractice2Results	Michele Alboreto	9	1:20.831
freePractice2Results	Stefano Modena	10	1:20.956
freePractice2Results	Pierluigi Martini	11	1:20.980
freePractice2Results	Gerhard Berger	12	1:21.000
freePractice2Results	Olivier Grouillard	13	1:21.030
freePractice2Results	Gabriele Tarquini	14	1:21.119
freePractice2Results	Derek Warwick	15	1:21.152
freePractice2Results	Thierry Boutsen	16	1:21.158
freePractice2Results	Satoru Nakajima	17	1:21.199
freePractice2Results	Luis Pérez-Sala	18	1:21.356
freePractice2Results	Andrea de Cesaris	19	1:21.642
freePractice2Results	Eddie Cheever	20	1:21.703
freePractice2Results	Alex Caffi	21	1:21.760
freePractice2Results	Yannick Dalmas	22	1:21.774
freePractice2Results	Christian Danner	23	1:21.854
freePractice2Results	René Arnoux	24	1:21.972
freePractice2Results	Johnny Herbert	25	1:22.151
freePractice2Results	Martin Brundle	26	1:22.371
freePractice2Results	Maurício Gugelmin	27	1:22.634
freePractice2Results	Jonathan Palmer	28	1:22.677
freePractice2Results	Philippe Alliot	29	1:22.949
freePractice2Results	Roberto Moreno	30	1:26.255
warmingUpResults	Alain Prost	1	1:21.017
warmingUpResults	Nigel Mansell	2	1:21.423
warmingUpResults	Ayrton Senna	3	1:21.461
warmingUpResults	Michele Alboreto	4	1:21.749
warmingUpResults	Philippe Alliot	5	1:22.556
warmingUpResults	Riccardo Patrese	6	1:22.782
warmingUpResults	Jonathan Palmer	7	1:22.819
warmingUpResults	Gerhard Berger	8	1:22.976
warmingUpResults	Stefan Johansson	9	1:22.994
warmingUpResults	Olivier Grouillard	10	1:23.142
warmingUpResults	Ivan Capelli	11	1:23.160
warmingUpResults	Nelson Piquet	12	1:23.170
warmingUpResults	Thierry Boutsen	13	1:23.188
warmingUpResults	Derek Warwick	14	1:23.327
warmingUpResults	Alessandro Nannini	15	1:23.617
warmingUpResults	Eddie Cheever	16	1:23.681
warmingUpResults	Satoru Nakajima	17	1:23.713
warmingUpResults	Johnny Herbert	18	1:23.778
warmingUpResults	Gabriele Tarquini	19	1:23.987
warmingUpResults	Stefano Modena	20	1:24.361
warmingUpResults	Martin Brundle	21	1:24.557
warmingUpResults	Pierluigi Martini	22	1:24.903
warmingUpResults	Alex Caffi	23	1:25.197
warmingUpResults	René Arnoux	24	1:25.231
warmingUpResults	Christian Danner	25	1:25.484
warmingUpResults	Andrea de Cesaris	26	1:27.051