1989 Formula One season facts for kids

The 1989 Formula One season was a very exciting year for Formula One racing! It was the 40th time this big championship was held. In the end, Alain Prost became the champion after a really close fight.

Race Results: The 1989 Season

This table shows all the races that happened during the 1989 Formula One season. Each race is called a 'Grand Prix', and you can see who won each one and which team (called a 'Constructor') they raced for.

Round	Race	Date	Location	Winning driver	Constructor	Report
1	Brazilian Grand Prix	March 26	Jacarepaguá	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	Report
2	San Marino Grand Prix	April 23	Imola	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	Report
3	Monaco Grand Prix	May 7	Monaco	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	Report
4	Mexican Grand Prix	May 28	Hermanos Rodriguez	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	Report
5	United States Grand Prix	June 4	Phoenix	Alain Prost	McLaren-Honda	Report
6	Canadian Grand Prix	June 18	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve	Thierry Boutsen	Williams-Renault	Report
7	French Grand Prix	July 9	Paul Ricard	Alain Prost	McLaren-Honda	Report
8	British Grand Prix	July 16	Silverstone	Alain Prost	McLaren-Honda	Report
9	German Grand Prix	July 30	Hockenheimring	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	Report
10	Hungarian Grand Prix	August 13	Hungaroring	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	Report
11	Belgian Grand Prix	August 27	Spa-Francorchamps	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	Report
12	Italian Grand Prix	September 10	Monza	Alain Prost	McLaren-Honda	Report
13	Portuguese Grand Prix	September 24	Estoril	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	Report
14	Spanish Grand Prix	October 1	Jerez	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	Report
15	Japanese Grand Prix	October 22	Suzuka	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton-Ford	Report
16	Australian Grand Prix	November 5	Adelaide	Thierry Boutsen	Williams-Renault	Report

Final Standings: 1989 Drivers Championship

This table shows how all the drivers finished in the 1989 Formula One season. The "Pos" column is their final position, "Driver" is their name, and "Points" is how many points they earned throughout the season.

• DSQ means Disqualified (the driver was removed from the race results).
• Ret means Retired (the driver had to stop racing before the end).
• DNQ means Did Not Qualify (the driver was not fast enough to start the race).
• DNPQ means Did Not Pre-Qualify (the driver was not fast enough in an earlier session to even try to qualify).
• NC means Not Classified (the driver finished the race but did not complete enough laps to be officially ranked).

Pos	Driver	BRA	SMR	MON	MEX	USA	CAN	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	POR	ESP	JPN	AUS	Points
1	Alain Prost	2	2	2	5	1	Ret	1	1	2	4	2	1	2	3	Ret	Ret	76 (81)
2	Ayrton Senna	11	1	1	1	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	1	2	1	Ret	Ret	1	DSQ	Ret	60
3	Riccardo Patrese	15	Ret	15	2	2	2	3	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	5	2	3	40
4	Nigel Mansell	1	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	DSQ	2	2	3	1	3	Ret	DSQ		Ret	Ret	38
5	Thierry Boutsen	Ret	4	10	Ret	6	1	Ret	10	Ret	3	4	3	Ret	Ret	3	1	37
6	Alessandro Nannini	6	3	8	4	Ret	DSQ	Ret	3	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	4	Ret	1	2	32
7	Gerhard Berger	Ret	Ret		Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	1	2	Ret	Ret	21
8	Nelson Piquet	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	4	8	4	5	6	DNQ	Ret	Ret	8	4	Ret	12
9	Jean Alesi							4	Ret	10	9		5		4	Ret	Ret	8
10	Derek Warwick	5	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret		9	6	10	6	Ret	Ret	9	6	Ret	7
11	Eddie Cheever	Ret	9	7	7	3	Ret	7	DNQ	12	5	Ret	DNQ	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	6
12	Stefan Johansson	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	Ret	Ret	DSQ	5	DNPQ	Ret	Ret	8	DNPQ	3	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	6
13	Michele Alboreto	10	DNQ	5	3	Ret	Ret			Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	DNPQ	DNQ	DNPQ	6
14	Johnny Herbert	4	11	14	15	5	DNQ					Ret		DNQ				5
15	Pierluigi Martini	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	9	Ret	9	7	5	Ret		6	5
16	Mauricio Gugelmin	3	Ret	Ret	DNQ	Ret	Ret	NC	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	10	Ret	7	7	4
17	Andrea de Cesaris	13	10	13	Ret	8	3	DNQ	Ret	7	Ret	11	Ret	Ret	7	10	Ret	4
18	Stefano Modena	Ret	Ret	3	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	DNQ	14	Ret	Ret	8	4
19	Alex Caffi	DNPQ	7	4	13	Ret	6	Ret	DNPQ	Ret	7	Ret	11	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	4
20	Martin Brundle	Ret	Ret	6	9	Ret	DNPQ	DNPQ	Ret	8	12	Ret	6	8	Ret	5	Ret	4
21	Satoru Nakajima	8	NC	DNQ	Ret	Ret	DNQ	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	DNQ	10	7	Ret	Ret	4	3
22	Christian Danner	14	DNQ	DNQ	12	4	8	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	29	DNQ				3
23	Emanuele Pirro							9	11	Ret	8	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	2
24	René Arnoux	DNQ	DNQ	12	14	DNQ	5	Ret	DNQ	11	DNQ	Ret	9	13	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	2
25	Jonathan Palmer	7	6	9		9	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	13	14	Ret	6	10	Ret	DNQ	2
26	Olivier Grouillard	9	DSQ	Ret	8	DNQ	DNQ	6	7	Ret	DNQ	13	Ret	DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	1
27	Gabriele Tarquini		8	Ret	6	7	Ret	Ret	DNQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	1
28	Luis Perez-Sala	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ	Ret	Ret	DNQ	6	DNQ	Ret	15	8	12	Ret	Ret	DNQ	1
29	Philippe Alliot	12	Ret	Ret	NC	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNPQ	16	Ret	9	6	Ret	Ret	1
30	Ivan Capelli	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	0
31	Éric Bernard							11	Ret									0
32	Bertrand Gachot		DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ		DNPQ	13	12	DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret			DNQ	DNQ	0
33	Nicola Larini	DSQ	12	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	Ret	DNPQ	Ret	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	Ret	DNPQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	0
34	Martin Donnelly							12										0
—	Roberto Moreno	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	Ret	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DSQ	Ret	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	0
—	Piercarlo Ghinzani	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	Ret	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	Ret	DNPQ	Ret	0
—	Bernd Schneider	Ret	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ		DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	Ret	DNPQ	0
—	Jyrki Järvilehto													DNPQ	Ret	DNPQ	Ret	0
—	Yannick Dalmas	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ		DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	0
—	Pierre-Henri Raphanel	DNPQ	DNPQ	Ret		DNPQ		DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ		DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	0
—	Paolo Barilla															Ret		0
—	Gregor Foitek	DNQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ			DNQ			0
—	Volker Weidler	DNPQ		DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ		DSQ	DNQ							0
—	Aguri Suzuki	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	0
—	Joachim Winkelhock	DNPQ	DNPQ		DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ											0
—	Oscar Larrauri												DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	0
—	Enrico Bertaggia																DNPQ	0
Pos	Driver	BRA	SMR	MON	MEX	USA	CAN	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	POR	ESP	JPN	AUS	Points

Images for kids

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  Alain Prost won the Drivers' title for McLaren-Honda on 76 points.

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  Prost's teammate Ayrton Senna finished runner-up, 16 points behind.

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  Riccardo Patrese came third on 40 points for Williams-Renault.

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  McLaren-Honda won the Constructors' Championship in 1989 with the MP4/5 (the white-and-red cars nearest the camera).

See also

In Spanish: Temporada 1989 de Fórmula 1 para niños