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1989 Belgian Grand Prix · qualifying

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THE HISTORICAL RECORD

Profile & context

Name: 1989 Belgian Grand Prix · qualifying

PROVENANCE

Sources behind this page

F1DB

v2026.17.0 · session/479-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

1989 Belgian Grand Prix · Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps

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

1989 Formula 1 World Championship · round 11

Race classification

Source participant rows: shared cars and nonstarters retained
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	1:40:54.196 · 44 laps · honda	9
2	Alain Prost	McLaren	1:40:55.500 · 44 laps · honda	6
3	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	1:40:56.020 · 44 laps · ferrari	4
4	Thierry Boutsen	Williams	1:41:48.614 · 44 laps · renault	3
5	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	1:42:03.001 · 44 laps · ford	2
6	Derek Warwick	Arrows	1:42:12.512 · 44 laps · ford	1
7	Maurício Gugelmin	March	Time not recorded · 43 laps · judd	Unknown / not applicable
8	Stefan Johansson	Onyx	Time not recorded · 43 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
9	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	Time not recorded · 43 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
10	Emanuele Pirro	Benetton	Time not recorded · 43 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
11	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara	Time not recorded · 43 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
12	Ivan Capelli	March	Time not recorded · 43 laps · judd	Unknown / not applicable
13	Olivier Grouillard	Ligier	Time not recorded · 43 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
14	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	Time not recorded · 42 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
15	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi	Time not recorded · 41 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
16	Philippe Alliot	Lola	Engine · Time not recorded · 39 laps · lamborghini	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	Wheel · Time not recorded · 38 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Bertrand Gachot	Onyx	Spun off · Time not recorded · 21 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	Collision · Time not recorded · 20 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Michele Alboreto	Lola	Collision · Time not recorded · 19 laps · lamborghini	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Alex Caffi	Dallara	Spun off · Time not recorded · 13 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Martin Brundle	Brabham	Brakes · Time not recorded · 12 laps · judd	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	Spun off · Time not recorded · 9 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Stefano Modena	Brabham	Handling · Time not recorded · 9 laps · judd	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	René Arnoux	Ligier	Collision damage · Time not recorded · 4 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Johnny Herbert	Tyrrell	Spun off · Time not recorded · 3 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNQ	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus	Time not recorded · judd	Unknown / not applicable
DNQ	Nelson Piquet	Lotus	Time not recorded · judd	Unknown / not applicable
DNQ	Christian Danner	Rial	Time not recorded · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNQ	Pierre-Henri Raphanel	Rial	Time not recorded · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNPQ	Nicola Larini	Osella	Time not recorded · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNPQ	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	Time not recorded · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNPQ	Roberto Moreno	Coloni	Time not recorded · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNPQ	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS	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	Yannick Dalmas	AGS	Time not recorded · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNPQ	Gregor Foitek	EuroBrun	Time not recorded · judd	Unknown / not applicable
DNPQ	Enrico Bertaggia	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	1:50.867 · honda
2	Alain Prost	McLaren	1:51.463 · honda
3	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	1:52.391 · ferrari
4	Thierry Boutsen	Williams	1:52.786 · renault
5	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	1:52.875 · renault
6	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	1:52.898 · ferrari
7	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	1:55.075 · ford
8	Stefano Modena	Brabham	1:55.642 · judd
9	Maurício Gugelmin	March	1:55.729 · judd
10	Derek Warwick	Arrows	1:55.864 · ford
11	Philippe Alliot	Lola	1:55.890 · lamborghini
12	Alex Caffi	Dallara	1:55.892 · ford
13	Emanuele Pirro	Benetton	1:55.902 · ford
14	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	1:56.115 · ford
15	Stefan Johansson	Onyx	1:56.129 · ford
16	Johnny Herbert	Tyrrell	1:56.248 · ford
17	René Arnoux	Ligier	1:56.251 · ford
18	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara	1:56.257 · ford
19	Ivan Capelli	March	1:56.291 · judd
20	Martin Brundle	Brabham	1:56.327 · judd
21	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	1:56.600 · ford
22	Michele Alboreto	Lola	1:56.616 · lamborghini
23	Bertrand Gachot	Onyx	1:56.716 · ford
24	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	1:56.748 · ford
25	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi	1:56.957 · ford
26	Olivier Grouillard	Ligier	1:57.027 · ford
27	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus	1:57.251 · judd
28	Nelson Piquet	Lotus	1:57.771 · judd
29	Christian Danner	Rial	2:00.247 · ford
30	Pierre-Henri Raphanel	Rial	2:02.937 · ford

Starting grid

Recorded grid; pole awards are not inferred from starting position
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	1:50.867 · honda
2	Alain Prost	McLaren	1:51.463 · honda
3	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	1:52.391 · ferrari
4	Thierry Boutsen	Williams	1:52.786 · renault
5	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	1:52.875 · renault
6	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	1:52.898 · ferrari
7	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	1:55.075 · ford
8	Stefano Modena	Brabham	1:55.642 · judd
9	Maurício Gugelmin	March	1:55.729 · judd
10	Derek Warwick	Arrows	1:55.864 · ford
11	Philippe Alliot	Lola	1:55.890 · lamborghini
12	Alex Caffi	Dallara	1:55.892 · ford
13	Emanuele Pirro	Benetton	1:55.902 · ford
14	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	1:56.115 · ford
15	Stefan Johansson	Onyx	1:56.129 · ford
16	Johnny Herbert	Tyrrell	1:56.248 · ford
17	René Arnoux	Ligier	1:56.251 · ford
18	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara	1:56.257 · ford
19	Ivan Capelli	March	1:56.291 · judd
20	Martin Brundle	Brabham	1:56.327 · judd
21	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	1:56.600 · ford
22	Michele Alboreto	Lola	1:56.616 · lamborghini
23	Bertrand Gachot	Onyx	1:56.716 · ford
24	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	1:56.748 · ford
25	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi	1:56.957 · ford
26	Olivier Grouillard	Ligier	1:57.027 · 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	62
2	Ayrton Senna	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	51
3	Nigel Mansell	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	38
4	Riccardo Patrese	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	25
5	Thierry Boutsen	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	20
6	Alessandro Nannini	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	14
7	Nelson Piquet	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	9
8	Michele Alboreto	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	6
8	Eddie Cheever	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	6
10	Derek Warwick	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	6
11	Johnny Herbert	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	5
12	Maurício Gugelmin	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	4
12	Stefano Modena	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	4
12	Andrea de Cesaris	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	4
15	Alex Caffi	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	4
16	Christian Danner	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	3
16	Jean Alesi	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	3
18	René Arnoux	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	2
18	Stefan Johansson	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	2
18	Pierluigi Martini	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	2
21	Jonathan Palmer	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	1
21	Martin Brundle	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	1
21	Gabriele Tarquini	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	1
21	Olivier Grouillard	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	1
21	Luis Pérez-Sala	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	2:10.507
freePractice1Results	Nigel Mansell	2	2:10.866
freePractice1Results	Gerhard Berger	3	2:11.170
freePractice1Results	René Arnoux	4	2:12.589
freePractice1Results	Stefan Johansson	5	2:13.613
freePractice1Results	Nelson Piquet	6	2:13.651
freePractice1Results	Eddie Cheever	7	2:13.882
freePractice1Results	Alain Prost	8	2:14.246
freePractice1Results	Alessandro Nannini	9	2:14.312
freePractice1Results	Michele Alboreto	10	2:14.434
freePractice1Results	Satoru Nakajima	11	2:14.502
freePractice1Results	Thierry Boutsen	12	2:14.547
freePractice1Results	Philippe Alliot	13	2:14.662
freePractice1Results	Riccardo Patrese	14	2:14.997
freePractice1Results	Derek Warwick	15	2:15.354
freePractice1Results	Emanuele Pirro	16	2:16.191
freePractice1Results	Pierluigi Martini	17	2:16.482
freePractice1Results	Jonathan Palmer	18	2:17.503
freePractice1Results	Andrea de Cesaris	19	2:17.580
freePractice1Results	Martin Brundle	20	2:17.589
freePractice1Results	Alex Caffi	21	2:17.747
freePractice1Results	Ivan Capelli	22	2:17.750
freePractice1Results	Christian Danner	23	2:17.816
freePractice1Results	Pierre-Henri Raphanel	24	2:18.108
freePractice1Results	Luis Pérez-Sala	25	2:18.385
freePractice1Results	Stefano Modena	26	2:18.675
freePractice1Results	Olivier Grouillard	27	2:18.840
freePractice1Results	Johnny Herbert	28	2:19.807
freePractice1Results	Bertrand Gachot	29	2:19.955
freePractice1Results	Maurício Gugelmin	30	2:21.121
freePractice2Results	Alain Prost	1	1:52.532
freePractice2Results	Ayrton Senna	2	1:52.821
freePractice2Results	Thierry Boutsen	3	1:53.763
freePractice2Results	Nigel Mansell	4	1:54.028
freePractice2Results	Riccardo Patrese	5	1:54.622
freePractice2Results	Gerhard Berger	6	1:55.137
freePractice2Results	Philippe Alliot	7	1:55.469
freePractice2Results	Johnny Herbert	8	1:55.850
freePractice2Results	Martin Brundle	9	1:56.258
freePractice2Results	Nelson Piquet	10	1:56.306
freePractice2Results	Maurício Gugelmin	11	1:56.390
freePractice2Results	Andrea de Cesaris	12	1:56.550
freePractice2Results	Stefan Johansson	13	1:56.650
freePractice2Results	Luis Pérez-Sala	14	1:56.664
freePractice2Results	Alessandro Nannini	15	1:56.728
freePractice2Results	Pierluigi Martini	16	1:56.778
freePractice2Results	Olivier Grouillard	17	1:56.785
freePractice2Results	René Arnoux	18	1:56.816
freePractice2Results	Stefano Modena	19	1:57.053
freePractice2Results	Michele Alboreto	20	1:57.185
freePractice2Results	Derek Warwick	21	1:57.233
freePractice2Results	Jonathan Palmer	22	1:57.732
freePractice2Results	Alex Caffi	23	1:57.845
freePractice2Results	Eddie Cheever	24	1:58.640
freePractice2Results	Emanuele Pirro	25	1:58.711
freePractice2Results	Ivan Capelli	26	1:58.739
freePractice2Results	Satoru Nakajima	27	1:58.767
freePractice2Results	Bertrand Gachot	28	1:59.832
freePractice2Results	Christian Danner	29	2:01.255
freePractice2Results	Pierre-Henri Raphanel	30	2:03.404
warmingUpResults	Pierluigi Martini	1	2:13.822
warmingUpResults	Nigel Mansell	2	2:14.150
warmingUpResults	Riccardo Patrese	3	2:15.123
warmingUpResults	Gerhard Berger	4	2:15.273
warmingUpResults	Ayrton Senna	5	2:16.252
warmingUpResults	Derek Warwick	6	2:17.168
warmingUpResults	Alain Prost	7	2:17.188
warmingUpResults	Alessandro Nannini	8	2:17.492
warmingUpResults	Thierry Boutsen	9	2:17.619
warmingUpResults	René Arnoux	10	2:18.217
warmingUpResults	Eddie Cheever	11	2:18.382
warmingUpResults	Emanuele Pirro	12	2:19.323
warmingUpResults	Jonathan Palmer	13	2:19.545
warmingUpResults	Andrea de Cesaris	14	2:19.863
warmingUpResults	Bertrand Gachot	15	2:20.029
warmingUpResults	Olivier Grouillard	16	2:20.204
warmingUpResults	Stefan Johansson	17	2:20.326
warmingUpResults	Alex Caffi	18	2:20.355
warmingUpResults	Johnny Herbert	19	2:20.998
warmingUpResults	Philippe Alliot	20	2:21.079
warmingUpResults	Michele Alboreto	21	2:21.095
warmingUpResults	Maurício Gugelmin	22	2:21.379
warmingUpResults	Martin Brundle	23	2:21.563
warmingUpResults	Ivan Capelli	24	2:21.674
warmingUpResults	Luis Pérez-Sala	25	2:24.017
warmingUpResults	Stefano Modena	26	2:24.594