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Grande Prémio de Portugal 1989 · qualifying

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Profile & context

Name: Grande Prémio de Portugal 1989 · qualifying

PROVENANCE

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F1DB

v2026.17.0 · session/481-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

Grande Prémio de Portugal 1989 · Autódromo do Estoril

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

1989 Formula 1 World Championship · round 13

Race classification

Source participant rows: shared cars and nonstarters retained
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	1:36:48.546 · 71 laps · ferrari	9
2	Alain Prost	McLaren	1:37:21.183 · 71 laps · honda	6
3	Stefan Johansson	Onyx	1:37:43.871 · 71 laps · ford	4
4	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	1:38:10.915 · 71 laps · ford	3
5	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	Time not recorded · 70 laps · ford	2
6	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	Time not recorded · 70 laps · ford	1
7	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus	Time not recorded · 70 laps · judd	Unknown / not applicable
8	Martin Brundle	Brabham	Time not recorded · 70 laps · judd	Unknown / not applicable
9	Philippe Alliot	Lola	Time not recorded · 70 laps · lamborghini	Unknown / not applicable
10	Maurício Gugelmin	March	Time not recorded · 69 laps · judd	Unknown / not applicable
11	Michele Alboreto	Lola	Time not recorded · 69 laps · lamborghini	Unknown / not applicable
12	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi	Time not recorded · 69 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
13	René Arnoux	Ligier	Time not recorded · 69 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
14	Stefano Modena	Brabham	Time not recorded · 69 laps · judd	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	Overheating · Time not recorded · 60 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Thierry Boutsen	Williams	Overheating · Time not recorded · 60 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	Collision · Time not recorded · 48 laps · honda	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Derek Warwick	Arrows	Accident · Time not recorded · 37 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Nelson Piquet	Lotus	Suspension · Time not recorded · 33 laps · judd	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Alex Caffi	Dallara	Suspension · Time not recorded · 33 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Emanuele Pirro	Benetton	Suspension · Time not recorded · 29 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Ivan Capelli	March	Engine · Time not recorded · 25 laps · judd	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	Spun off · Time not recorded · 24 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara	Electrical · Time not recorded · 17 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Roberto Moreno	Coloni	Electrical · Time not recorded · 11 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DSQ	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	Reversed in pits · Time not recorded · 48 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
DNQ	Johnny Herbert	Tyrrell	Time not recorded · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNQ	Olivier Grouillard	Ligier	Time not recorded · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNQ	Pierre-Henri Raphanel	Rial	Time not recorded · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNQ	Christian Danner	Rial	Time not recorded · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNPQ	JJ Lehto	Onyx	Time not recorded · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNPQ	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	Time not recorded · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNPQ	Oscar Larrauri	EuroBrun	Time not recorded · judd	Unknown / not applicable
DNPQ	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS	Time not recorded · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNPQ	Aguri Suzuki	Zakspeed	Time not recorded · yamaha	Unknown / not applicable
DNPQ	Bernd Schneider	Zakspeed	Time not recorded · yamaha	Unknown / not applicable
DNPQ	Enrico Bertaggia	Coloni	Time not recorded · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNPQ	Yannick Dalmas	AGS	Time not recorded · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNPQ	Nicola Larini	Osella	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	1:15.468 · honda
2	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	1:16.059 · ferrari
3	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	1:16.193 · ferrari
4	Alain Prost	McLaren	1:16.204 · honda
5	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	1:16.938 · ford
6	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	1:17.281 · renault
7	Alex Caffi	Dallara	1:17.661 · ford
8	Thierry Boutsen	Williams	1:17.801 · renault
9	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi	1:17.844 · ford
10	Martin Brundle	Brabham	1:17.874 · judd
11	Stefano Modena	Brabham	1:18.093 · judd
12	Stefan Johansson	Onyx	1:18.105 · ford
13	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	1:18.115 · ford
14	Maurício Gugelmin	March	1:18.124 · judd
15	Roberto Moreno	Coloni	1:18.196 · ford
16	Emanuele Pirro	Benetton	1:18.328 · ford
17	Philippe Alliot	Lola	1:18.386 · lamborghini
18	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	1:18.404 · ford
19	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara	1:18.442 · ford
20	Nelson Piquet	Lotus	1:18.482 · judd
21	Michele Alboreto	Lola	1:18.563 · lamborghini
22	Derek Warwick	Arrows	1:18.711 · ford
23	René Arnoux	Ligier	1:18.767 · ford
24	Ivan Capelli	March	1:18.785 · judd
25	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus	1:19.165 · judd
26	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	1:19.247 · ford
27	Johnny Herbert	Tyrrell	1:19.264 · ford
28	Olivier Grouillard	Ligier	1:19.436 · ford
29	Pierre-Henri Raphanel	Rial	1:21.435 · ford
30	Christian Danner	Rial	1:21.678 · ford

Starting grid

Recorded grid; pole awards are not inferred from starting position
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	1:15.468 · honda
2	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	1:16.059 · ferrari
3	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	1:16.193 · ferrari
4	Alain Prost	McLaren	1:16.204 · honda
5	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	1:16.938 · ford
6	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	1:17.281 · renault
7	Alex Caffi	Dallara	1:17.661 · ford
8	Thierry Boutsen	Williams	1:17.801 · renault
9	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi	1:17.844 · ford
10	Martin Brundle	Brabham	1:17.874 · judd
11	Stefano Modena	Brabham	1:18.093 · judd
12	Stefan Johansson	Onyx	1:18.105 · ford
13	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	1:18.115 · ford
14	Maurício Gugelmin	March	1:18.124 · judd
15	Roberto Moreno	Coloni	1:18.196 · ford
16	Emanuele Pirro	Benetton	1:18.328 · ford
17	Philippe Alliot	Lola	1:18.386 · lamborghini
18	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	1:18.404 · ford
19	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara	1:18.442 · ford
20	Nelson Piquet	Lotus	1:18.482 · judd
21	Michele Alboreto	Lola	1:18.563 · lamborghini
22	Derek Warwick	Arrows	1:18.711 · ford
23	René Arnoux	Ligier	1:18.767 · ford
24	Ivan Capelli	March	1:18.785 · judd
25	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus	1:19.165 · judd
26	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	1:19.247 · 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	75
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	28
5	Thierry Boutsen	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	24
6	Alessandro Nannini	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	17
7	Gerhard Berger	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	15
8	Nelson Piquet	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	9
9	Michele Alboreto	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	6
9	Eddie Cheever	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	6
9	Stefan Johansson	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	6
12	Derek Warwick	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	6
13	Johnny Herbert	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	5
13	Jean Alesi	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	5
15	Maurício Gugelmin	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	4
15	Stefano Modena	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	4
15	Andrea de Cesaris	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	4
18	Alex Caffi	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	4
19	Pierluigi Martini	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	4
20	Christian Danner	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	3
21	René Arnoux	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	2
22	Martin Brundle	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	2
22	Jonathan Palmer	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	2
24	Gabriele Tarquini	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	1
24	Olivier Grouillard	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	1
24	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	1:17.132
freePractice1Results	Alain Prost	2	1:17.637
freePractice1Results	Gerhard Berger	3	1:18.068
freePractice1Results	Martin Brundle	4	1:18.072
freePractice1Results	Nigel Mansell	5	1:18.141
freePractice1Results	Riccardo Patrese	6	1:18.275
freePractice1Results	Alessandro Nannini	7	1:18.355
freePractice1Results	Luis Pérez-Sala	8	1:18.501
freePractice1Results	Pierluigi Martini	9	1:18.594
freePractice1Results	Alex Caffi	10	1:18.666
freePractice1Results	Ivan Capelli	11	1:18.817
freePractice1Results	Stefano Modena	12	1:18.891
freePractice1Results	Jonathan Palmer	13	1:18.906
freePractice1Results	Roberto Moreno	14	1:18.937
freePractice1Results	Philippe Alliot	15	1:19.025
freePractice1Results	Nelson Piquet	16	1:19.304
freePractice1Results	Thierry Boutsen	17	1:19.466
freePractice1Results	René Arnoux	18	1:19.610
freePractice1Results	Stefan Johansson	19	1:19.645
freePractice1Results	Emanuele Pirro	20	1:19.971
freePractice1Results	Maurício Gugelmin	21	1:19.977
freePractice1Results	Eddie Cheever	22	1:20.031
freePractice1Results	Satoru Nakajima	23	1:20.153
freePractice1Results	Olivier Grouillard	24	1:20.339
freePractice1Results	Johnny Herbert	25	1:20.368
freePractice1Results	Andrea de Cesaris	26	1:20.777
freePractice1Results	Derek Warwick	27	1:20.804
freePractice1Results	Michele Alboreto	28	1:21.639
freePractice1Results	Christian Danner	29	1:22.394
freePractice1Results	Pierre-Henri Raphanel	30	1:24.736
freePractice2Results	Nigel Mansell	1	1:16.735
freePractice2Results	Ayrton Senna	2	1:16.871
freePractice2Results	Pierluigi Martini	3	1:16.919
freePractice2Results	Gerhard Berger	4	1:17.374
freePractice2Results	Martin Brundle	5	1:17.566
freePractice2Results	Riccardo Patrese	6	1:17.610
freePractice2Results	Stefan Johansson	7	1:17.696
freePractice2Results	Alain Prost	8	1:17.704
freePractice2Results	Thierry Boutsen	9	1:17.850
freePractice2Results	Maurício Gugelmin	10	1:17.974
freePractice2Results	Stefano Modena	11	1:18.173
freePractice2Results	Satoru Nakajima	12	1:18.370
freePractice2Results	Eddie Cheever	13	1:18.445
freePractice2Results	Nelson Piquet	14	1:18.839
freePractice2Results	Alessandro Nannini	15	1:18.953
freePractice2Results	Philippe Alliot	16	1:19.135
freePractice2Results	Alex Caffi	17	1:19.256
freePractice2Results	Andrea de Cesaris	18	1:19.350
freePractice2Results	Olivier Grouillard	19	1:19.481
freePractice2Results	Michele Alboreto	20	1:19.558
freePractice2Results	Derek Warwick	21	1:19.576
freePractice2Results	René Arnoux	22	1:19.626
freePractice2Results	Johnny Herbert	23	1:19.766
freePractice2Results	Jonathan Palmer	24	1:19.892
freePractice2Results	Ivan Capelli	25	1:20.281
freePractice2Results	Emanuele Pirro	26	1:21.365
freePractice2Results	Roberto Moreno	27	1:21.889
freePractice2Results	Pierre-Henri Raphanel	28	1:22.335
freePractice2Results	Luis Pérez-Sala	29	1:23.495
freePractice2Results	Christian Danner	30	1:44.071
warmingUpResults	Ayrton Senna	1	1:19.795
warmingUpResults	Nigel Mansell	2	1:20.063
warmingUpResults	Alain Prost	3	1:20.219
warmingUpResults	Derek Warwick	4	1:20.693
warmingUpResults	Gerhard Berger	5	1:20.730
warmingUpResults	Stefan Johansson	6	1:20.932
warmingUpResults	Thierry Boutsen	7	1:21.059
warmingUpResults	Eddie Cheever	8	1:21.244
warmingUpResults	Pierluigi Martini	9	1:21.533
warmingUpResults	Maurício Gugelmin	10	1:21.545
warmingUpResults	Riccardo Patrese	11	1:21.566
warmingUpResults	Philippe Alliot	12	1:21.641
warmingUpResults	Emanuele Pirro	13	1:21.662
warmingUpResults	Jonathan Palmer	14	1:21.733
warmingUpResults	Andrea de Cesaris	15	1:22.010
warmingUpResults	Satoru Nakajima	16	1:22.073
warmingUpResults	Alessandro Nannini	17	1:22.074
warmingUpResults	René Arnoux	18	1:22.175
warmingUpResults	Alex Caffi	19	1:22.311
warmingUpResults	Michele Alboreto	20	1:22.448
warmingUpResults	Ivan Capelli	21	1:22.472
warmingUpResults	Nelson Piquet	22	1:22.991
warmingUpResults	Martin Brundle	23	1:23.043
warmingUpResults	Luis Pérez-Sala	24	1:23.217
warmingUpResults	Roberto Moreno	25	1:23.306
warmingUpResults	Stefano Modena	26	1:24.561