Published evidence

Grande Prêmio do Brasil 1989 · qualifying

A historical profile with source-linked evidence. Further research is in progress.

THE HISTORICAL RECORD

Profile & context

Name: Grande Prêmio do Brasil 1989 · qualifying

PROVENANCE

Sources behind this page

F1DB

v2026.17.0 · session/469-qualifying

Original reference ↗

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

Grande Prêmio do Brasil 1989 · Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet

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

1989 Formula 1 World Championship · round 1

Race classification

Source participant rows: shared cars and nonstarters retained
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	1:38:58.744 · 61 laps · ferrari	9
2	Alain Prost	McLaren	1:39:06.553 · 61 laps · honda	6
3	Maurício Gugelmin	March	1:39:08.114 · 61 laps · judd	4
4	Johnny Herbert	Benetton	1:39:09.237 · 61 laps · ford	3
5	Derek Warwick	Arrows	1:39:16.610 · 61 laps · ford	2
6	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	1:39:16.985 · 61 laps · ford	1
7	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	Time not recorded · 60 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
8	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus	Time not recorded · 60 laps · judd	Unknown / not applicable
9	Olivier Grouillard	Ligier	Time not recorded · 60 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
10	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell	Time not recorded · 59 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
11	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	Time not recorded · 59 laps · honda	Unknown / not applicable
12	Philippe Alliot	Lola	Time not recorded · 58 laps · lamborghini	Unknown / not applicable
13	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara	Time not recorded · 57 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
14	Christian Danner	Rial	Gearbox · Time not recorded · 56 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	Alternator · Time not recorded · 51 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	Collision · Time not recorded · 37 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Bernd Schneider	Zakspeed	Collision · Time not recorded · 36 laps · yamaha	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Martin Brundle	Brabham	Halfshaft · Time not recorded · 27 laps · judd	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Ivan Capelli	March	Suspension · Time not recorded · 22 laps · judd	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Nelson Piquet	Lotus	Fuel system · Time not recorded · 10 laps · judd	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Stefano Modena	Brabham	Halfshaft · Time not recorded · 9 laps · judd	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Thierry Boutsen	Williams	Engine · Time not recorded · 3 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	Chassis · Time not recorded · 2 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	Collision · Time not recorded · 0 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi	Collision · Time not recorded · 0 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DSQ	Nicola Larini	Osella	Illegal start · Time not recorded · 10 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNQ	Yannick Dalmas	Lola	Time not recorded · lamborghini	Unknown / not applicable
DNQ	René Arnoux	Ligier	Time not recorded · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNQ	Gregor Foitek	EuroBrun	Time not recorded · judd	Unknown / not applicable
DNQ	Roberto Moreno	Coloni	Time not recorded · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNPQ	Alex Caffi	Dallara	Time not recorded · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNPQ	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	Time not recorded · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNPQ	Volker Weidler	Rial	Time not recorded · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNPQ	Pierre-Henri Raphanel	Coloni	Time not recorded · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNPQ	Joachim Winkelhock	AGS	Time not recorded · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNPQ	Aguri Suzuki	Zakspeed	Time not recorded · yamaha	Unknown / not applicable
DNPQ	Stefan Johansson	Onyx	Time not recorded · ford	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	1:25.302 · honda
2	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	1:26.172 · renault
3	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	1:26.271 · ferrari
4	Thierry Boutsen	Williams	1:26.459 · renault
5	Alain Prost	McLaren	1:26.620 · honda
6	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	1:26.772 · ferrari
7	Ivan Capelli	March	1:27.035 · judd
8	Derek Warwick	Arrows	1:27.408 · ford
9	Nelson Piquet	Lotus	1:27.437 · judd
10	Johnny Herbert	Benetton	1:27.626 · ford
11	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	1:27.865 · ford
12	Maurício Gugelmin	March	1:27.956 · judd
13	Martin Brundle	Brabham	1:28.274 · judd
14	Stefano Modena	Brabham	1:28.621 · judd
15	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara	1:29.005 · ford
16	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	1:29.435 · ford
17	Christian Danner	Rial	1:29.455 · ford
18	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	1:29.573 · ford
19	Nicola Larini	Osella	1:30.146 · ford
20	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell	1:30.255 · ford
21	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus	1:30.375 · judd
22	Olivier Grouillard	Ligier	1:30.410 · ford
23	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi	1:30.643 · ford
24	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	1:30.657 · ford
25	Bernd Schneider	Zakspeed	1:30.861 · yamaha
26	Philippe Alliot	Lola	1:31.009 · lamborghini
27	Yannick Dalmas	Lola	1:31.260 · lamborghini
28	René Arnoux	Ligier	1:31.376 · ford
29	Gregor Foitek	EuroBrun	1:31.791 · judd
30	Roberto Moreno	Coloni	1:32.561 · ford

Starting grid

Recorded grid; pole awards are not inferred from starting position
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	1:25.302 · honda
2	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	1:26.172 · renault
3	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	1:26.271 · ferrari
4	Thierry Boutsen	Williams	1:26.459 · renault
5	Alain Prost	McLaren	1:26.620 · honda
6	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	1:26.772 · ferrari
7	Ivan Capelli	March	1:27.035 · judd
8	Derek Warwick	Arrows	1:27.408 · ford
9	Nelson Piquet	Lotus	1:27.437 · judd
10	Johnny Herbert	Benetton	1:27.626 · ford
11	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	1:27.865 · ford
12	Maurício Gugelmin	March	1:27.956 · judd
13	Martin Brundle	Brabham	1:28.274 · judd
14	Stefano Modena	Brabham	1:28.621 · judd
15	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara	1:29.005 · ford
16	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	1:29.435 · ford
17	Christian Danner	Rial	1:29.455 · ford
18	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	1:29.573 · ford
19	Nicola Larini	Osella	1:30.146 · ford
20	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell	1:30.255 · ford
21	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus	1:30.375 · judd
22	Olivier Grouillard	Ligier	1:30.410 · ford
23	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi	1:30.643 · ford
24	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	1:30.657 · ford
25	Bernd Schneider	Zakspeed	1:30.861 · yamaha
26	Philippe Alliot	Lola	1:31.009 · lamborghini

Championship progression

Driver standings after this championship round
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Nigel Mansell	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	9
2	Alain Prost	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	6
3	Maurício Gugelmin	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	4
4	Johnny Herbert	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	3
5	Derek Warwick	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	2
6	Alessandro Nannini	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	Alain Prost	1	1:28.360
freePractice1Results	Gerhard Berger	2	1:28.624
freePractice1Results	Stefano Modena	3	1:28.929
freePractice1Results	Martin Brundle	4	1:29.283
freePractice1Results	Thierry Boutsen	5	1:29.460
freePractice1Results	Riccardo Patrese	6	1:29.541
freePractice1Results	Ayrton Senna	7	1:29.756
freePractice1Results	Alessandro Nannini	8	1:29.904
freePractice1Results	Ivan Capelli	9	1:29.935
freePractice1Results	Andrea de Cesaris	10	1:30.635
freePractice1Results	Johnny Herbert	11	1:30.846
freePractice1Results	Maurício Gugelmin	12	1:31.114
freePractice1Results	Nigel Mansell	13	1:31.277
freePractice1Results	Luis Pérez-Sala	14	1:31.299
freePractice1Results	Philippe Alliot	15	1:31.925
freePractice1Results	Derek Warwick	16	1:32.522
freePractice1Results	Christian Danner	17	1:32.544
freePractice1Results	Jonathan Palmer	18	1:32.692
freePractice1Results	Eddie Cheever	19	1:33.149
freePractice1Results	Yannick Dalmas	20	1:33.620
freePractice1Results	Satoru Nakajima	21	1:33.801
freePractice1Results	Gregor Foitek	22	1:33.890
freePractice1Results	Pierluigi Martini	23	1:33.928
freePractice1Results	Nelson Piquet	24	1:34.119
freePractice1Results	Nicola Larini	25	1:34.296
freePractice1Results	René Arnoux	26	1:35.145
freePractice1Results	Michele Alboreto	27	1:35.355
freePractice1Results	Olivier Grouillard	28	1:35.377
freePractice1Results	Roberto Moreno	29	1:35.732
freePractice2Results	Ayrton Senna	1	1:26.868
freePractice2Results	Nigel Mansell	2	1:27.180
freePractice2Results	Riccardo Patrese	3	1:27.718
freePractice2Results	Martin Brundle	4	1:28.179
freePractice2Results	Johnny Herbert	5	1:28.226
freePractice2Results	Nelson Piquet	6	1:28.367
freePractice2Results	Pierluigi Martini	7	1:29.412
freePractice2Results	Gerhard Berger	8	1:29.756
freePractice2Results	Alessandro Nannini	9	1:29.958
freePractice2Results	Alain Prost	10	1:30.050
freePractice2Results	Ivan Capelli	11	1:30.059
freePractice2Results	Jonathan Palmer	12	1:30.100
freePractice2Results	Andrea de Cesaris	13	1:30.451
freePractice2Results	Satoru Nakajima	14	1:30.912
freePractice2Results	Thierry Boutsen	15	1:31.133
freePractice2Results	Derek Warwick	16	1:31.335
freePractice2Results	Maurício Gugelmin	17	1:31.436
freePractice2Results	Nicola Larini	18	1:31.509
freePractice2Results	Christian Danner	19	1:31.835
freePractice2Results	Gregor Foitek	20	1:32.591
freePractice2Results	Eddie Cheever	21	1:32.958
freePractice2Results	René Arnoux	22	1:33.402
freePractice2Results	Bernd Schneider	23	1:34.115
freePractice2Results	Olivier Grouillard	24	1:34.574
freePractice2Results	Yannick Dalmas	25	1:34.744
freePractice2Results	Stefano Modena	26	1:35.175
freePractice2Results	Michele Alboreto	27	1:35.431
freePractice2Results	Philippe Alliot	28	1:35.504
freePractice2Results	Roberto Moreno	29	1:36.000
freePractice2Results	Luis Pérez-Sala	30	1:36.380
warmingUpResults	Alain Prost	1	1:32.274
warmingUpResults	Ayrton Senna	2	1:32.797
warmingUpResults	Riccardo Patrese	3	1:33.296
warmingUpResults	Martin Brundle	4	1:33.297
warmingUpResults	Maurício Gugelmin	5	1:33.346
warmingUpResults	Thierry Boutsen	6	1:33.512
warmingUpResults	Alessandro Nannini	7	1:33.576
warmingUpResults	Johnny Herbert	8	1:33.657
warmingUpResults	Ivan Capelli	9	1:33.756
warmingUpResults	Gerhard Berger	10	1:33.760
warmingUpResults	Derek Warwick	11	1:34.551
warmingUpResults	Olivier Grouillard	12	1:35.411
warmingUpResults	Eddie Cheever	13	1:35.517
warmingUpResults	Nicola Larini	14	1:35.552
warmingUpResults	Pierluigi Martini	15	1:35.686
warmingUpResults	Andrea de Cesaris	16	1:35.834
warmingUpResults	Bernd Schneider	17	1:36.266
warmingUpResults	Satoru Nakajima	18	1:36.542
warmingUpResults	Luis Pérez-Sala	19	1:36.796
warmingUpResults	Michele Alboreto	20	1:36.888
warmingUpResults	Christian Danner	21	1:37.557
warmingUpResults	Philippe Alliot	22	1:37.793
warmingUpResults	Jonathan Palmer	23	1:40.283
warmingUpResults	Nigel Mansell	24	2:10.117
warmingUpResults	Stefano Modena	25	5:40.506