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Grand Prix Molson du Canada 1989 · qualifying

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Profile & context

Name: Grand Prix Molson du Canada 1989 · qualifying

PROVENANCE

Sources behind this page

F1DB

v2026.17.0 · session/474-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

Grand Prix Molson du Canada 1989 · Circuit Gilles Villeneuve

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

1989 Formula 1 World Championship · round 6

Race classification

Source participant rows: shared cars and nonstarters retained
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Thierry Boutsen	Williams	2:01:24.073 · 69 laps · renault	9
2	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	2:01:54.080 · 69 laps · renault	6
3	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara	2:03:00.722 · 69 laps · ford	4
4	Nelson Piquet	Lotus	2:03:05.557 · 69 laps · judd	3
5	René Arnoux	Ligier	Time not recorded · 68 laps · ford	2
6	Alex Caffi	Dallara	Time not recorded · 67 laps · ford	1
7	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	Engine · Time not recorded · 66 laps · honda	Unknown / not applicable
8	Christian Danner	Rial	Time not recorded · 66 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Roberto Moreno	Coloni	Differential · Time not recorded · 57 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Derek Warwick	Arrows	Engine · Time not recorded · 40 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	Spun off · Time not recorded · 35 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Nicola Larini	Osella	Electrical · Time not recorded · 33 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Ivan Capelli	March	Spun off · Time not recorded · 28 laps · judd	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Philippe Alliot	Lola	Spun off · Time not recorded · 26 laps · lamborghini	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi	Accident · Time not recorded · 11 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Maurício Gugelmin	March	Electrical · Time not recorded · 11 laps · judd	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	Alternator · Time not recorded · 6 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS	Spun off · Time not recorded · 6 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	Electrical · Time not recorded · 3 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Alain Prost	McLaren	Suspension · Time not recorded · 2 laps · honda	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Stefano Modena	Brabham	Accident · Time not recorded · 0 laps · judd	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	Accident · Time not recorded · 0 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell	Electrical · Time not recorded · 0 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DSQ	Stefan Johansson	Onyx	Ignored black flag · Time not recorded · 13 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DSQ	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	Illegal start · Time not recorded · 0 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
DSQ	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	Illegal start · Time not recorded · 0 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNQ	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus	Time not recorded · judd	Unknown / not applicable
DNQ	Yannick Dalmas	Lola	Time not recorded · lamborghini	Unknown / not applicable
DNQ	Johnny Herbert	Benetton	Time not recorded · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNQ	Olivier Grouillard	Ligier	Time not recorded · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNPQ	Martin Brundle	Brabham	Time not recorded · judd	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	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	Time not recorded · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNPQ	Bernd Schneider	Zakspeed	Time not recorded · yamaha	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	Aguri Suzuki	Zakspeed	Time not recorded · yamaha	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	Alain Prost	McLaren	1:20.973 · honda
2	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	1:21.049 · honda
3	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	1:21.783 · renault
4	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	1:21.946 · ferrari
5	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	1:22.165 · ferrari
6	Thierry Boutsen	Williams	1:22.311 · renault
7	Stefano Modena	Brabham	1:22.612 · judd
8	Alex Caffi	Dallara	1:22.901 · ford
9	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara	1:23.050 · ford
10	Philippe Alliot	Lola	1:23.059 · lamborghini
11	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	1:23.252 · ford
12	Derek Warwick	Arrows	1:23.348 · ford
13	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	1:23.542 · ford
14	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	1:23.665 · ford
15	Nicola Larini	Osella	1:23.799 · ford
16	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	1:23.828 · ford
17	Maurício Gugelmin	March	1:23.863 · judd
18	Stefan Johansson	Onyx	1:23.979 · ford
19	Nelson Piquet	Lotus	1:24.029 · judd
20	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell	1:24.296 · ford
21	Ivan Capelli	March	1:24.406 · judd
22	René Arnoux	Ligier	1:24.558 · ford
23	Christian Danner	Rial	1:24.727 · ford
24	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi	1:24.786 · ford
25	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS	1:24.793 · ford
26	Roberto Moreno	Coloni	1:25.037 · ford
27	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus	1:25.051 · judd
28	Yannick Dalmas	Lola	1:25.161 · lamborghini
29	Johnny Herbert	Benetton	1:25.282 · ford
30	Olivier Grouillard	Ligier	1:25.289 · ford

Starting grid

Recorded grid; pole awards are not inferred from starting position
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Alain Prost	McLaren	1:20.973 · honda
2	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	1:21.049 · honda
3	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	1:21.783 · renault
4	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	1:21.946 · ferrari
5	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	1:22.165 · ferrari
6	Thierry Boutsen	Williams	1:22.311 · renault
7	Stefano Modena	Brabham	1:22.612 · judd
8	Alex Caffi	Dallara	1:22.901 · ford
9	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara	1:23.050 · ford
10	Philippe Alliot	Lola	1:23.059 · lamborghini
11	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	1:23.252 · ford
12	Derek Warwick	Arrows	1:23.348 · ford
13	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	1:23.542 · ford
14	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	1:23.665 · ford
15	Nicola Larini	Osella	1:23.799 · ford
16	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	1:23.828 · ford
17	Maurício Gugelmin	March	1:23.863 · judd
18	Stefan Johansson	Onyx	1:23.979 · ford
19	Nelson Piquet	Lotus	1:24.029 · judd
20	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell	1:24.296 · ford
21	Ivan Capelli	March	1:24.406 · judd
22	René Arnoux	Ligier	1:24.558 · ford
23	Christian Danner	Rial	1:24.727 · ford
24	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi	1:24.786 · ford
25	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS	1:24.793 · ford
26	Roberto Moreno	Coloni	1:25.037 · 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	18
4	Thierry Boutsen	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	13
5	Nigel Mansell	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	9
6	Alessandro Nannini	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	8
7	Michele Alboreto	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	6
8	Johnny Herbert	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	5
9	Maurício Gugelmin	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	4
9	Stefano Modena	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	4
9	Eddie Cheever	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	4
9	Andrea de Cesaris	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	4
13	Alex Caffi	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	4
14	Derek Warwick	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	4
15	Christian Danner	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	3
16	Nelson Piquet	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	3
17	René Arnoux	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	2
18	Jonathan Palmer	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	1
18	Martin Brundle	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	1
18	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	1:21.811
freePractice1Results	Alain Prost	2	1:22.041
freePractice1Results	Nigel Mansell	3	1:22.293
freePractice1Results	Gerhard Berger	4	1:22.856
freePractice1Results	Thierry Boutsen	5	1:22.974
freePractice1Results	Riccardo Patrese	6	1:23.445
freePractice1Results	Derek Warwick	7	1:23.455
freePractice1Results	Andrea de Cesaris	8	1:23.501
freePractice1Results	Stefano Modena	9	1:23.522
freePractice1Results	Philippe Alliot	10	1:23.641
freePractice1Results	Jonathan Palmer	11	1:24.163
freePractice1Results	Nelson Piquet	12	1:24.526
freePractice1Results	Gabriele Tarquini	13	1:24.598
freePractice1Results	Maurício Gugelmin	14	1:24.695
freePractice1Results	Pierluigi Martini	15	1:24.699
freePractice1Results	Alex Caffi	16	1:24.765
freePractice1Results	Satoru Nakajima	17	1:24.797
freePractice1Results	René Arnoux	18	1:24.829
freePractice1Results	Michele Alboreto	19	1:25.161
freePractice1Results	Nicola Larini	20	1:25.255
freePractice1Results	Eddie Cheever	21	1:25.401
freePractice1Results	Stefan Johansson	22	1:25.689
freePractice1Results	Ivan Capelli	23	1:26.063
freePractice1Results	Alessandro Nannini	24	1:26.180
freePractice1Results	Olivier Grouillard	25	1:26.333
freePractice1Results	Johnny Herbert	26	1:26.336
freePractice1Results	Christian Danner	27	1:27.246
freePractice1Results	Luis Pérez-Sala	28	1:28.315
freePractice1Results	Yannick Dalmas	29	1:30.179
freePractice1Results	Roberto Moreno	30	1:37.812
freePractice2Results	Gerhard Berger	1	1:22.545
freePractice2Results	Ayrton Senna	2	1:22.591
freePractice2Results	Alain Prost	3	1:22.865
freePractice2Results	Riccardo Patrese	4	1:23.728
freePractice2Results	Stefano Modena	5	1:23.789
freePractice2Results	Nigel Mansell	6	1:23.943
freePractice2Results	Thierry Boutsen	7	1:24.269
freePractice2Results	Philippe Alliot	8	1:24.293
freePractice2Results	Andrea de Cesaris	9	1:24.343
freePractice2Results	Jonathan Palmer	10	1:24.952
freePractice2Results	Derek Warwick	11	1:24.977
freePractice2Results	Eddie Cheever	12	1:25.043
freePractice2Results	Pierluigi Martini	13	1:25.110
freePractice2Results	Gabriele Tarquini	14	1:25.453
freePractice2Results	Michele Alboreto	15	1:25.484
freePractice2Results	Stefan Johansson	16	1:25.488
freePractice2Results	René Arnoux	17	1:25.728
freePractice2Results	Nelson Piquet	18	1:25.735
freePractice2Results	Satoru Nakajima	19	1:26.007
freePractice2Results	Maurício Gugelmin	20	1:26.013
freePractice2Results	Nicola Larini	21	1:26.302
freePractice2Results	Roberto Moreno	22	1:26.376
freePractice2Results	Christian Danner	23	1:26.408
freePractice2Results	Yannick Dalmas	24	1:26.657
freePractice2Results	Johnny Herbert	25	1:26.913
freePractice2Results	Ivan Capelli	26	1:26.936
freePractice2Results	Olivier Grouillard	27	1:26.962
freePractice2Results	Luis Pérez-Sala	28	1:27.237
freePractice2Results	Alessandro Nannini	29	1:27.271
freePractice2Results	Alex Caffi	30	1:28.943
warmingUpResults	Nigel Mansell	1	1:45.416
warmingUpResults	Thierry Boutsen	2	1:45.457
warmingUpResults	Alain Prost	3	1:47.052
warmingUpResults	Ayrton Senna	4	1:47.149
warmingUpResults	Roberto Moreno	5	1:47.869
warmingUpResults	Nelson Piquet	6	1:47.940
warmingUpResults	Stefano Modena	7	1:47.975
warmingUpResults	Philippe Alliot	8	1:47.988
warmingUpResults	Alessandro Nannini	9	1:48.004
warmingUpResults	Jonathan Palmer	10	1:48.112
warmingUpResults	Riccardo Patrese	11	1:48.349
warmingUpResults	Andrea de Cesaris	12	1:48.732
warmingUpResults	Pierluigi Martini	13	1:48.985
warmingUpResults	Nicola Larini	14	1:49.739
warmingUpResults	Derek Warwick	15	1:50.070
warmingUpResults	René Arnoux	16	1:50.228
warmingUpResults	Maurício Gugelmin	17	1:50.656
warmingUpResults	Gabriele Tarquini	18	1:50.755
warmingUpResults	Eddie Cheever	19	1:51.652
warmingUpResults	Alex Caffi	20	1:51.682
warmingUpResults	Stefan Johansson	21	1:51.835
warmingUpResults	Luis Pérez-Sala	22	1:52.409
warmingUpResults	Christian Danner	23	1:56.090
warmingUpResults	Michele Alboreto	24	2:03.208
warmingUpResults	Gerhard Berger	25	2:07.088
warmingUpResults	Ivan Capelli	26	2:38.818