1989 Portuguese Grand Prix

  1989 Portuguese Grand Prix

Race details
Race 13 of 16 in the 1989 Formula One season
Date	September 24, 1989
Official name	XXIII Grande Premio de Portugal
Location	Autódromo do Estoril Portugal
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.350 km (2.703 mi)
Distance	71 laps, 308.850 km (191.910 mi)
Weather	Hot, dry, sunny
Pole position
Driver	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda
Time	1:15.468
Fastest lap
Driver	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari
Time	1:18.986 on lap 49
Podium
First	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari
Second	Alain Prost	McLaren-Honda
Third	Stefan Johansson	Onyx-Ford

The 1989 Portuguese Grand Prix (formally the XXIII Grande Premio de Portugal) was a Formula One motor race held at the Autódromo do Estoril in Estoril, Portugal on September 24, 1989. The race, contested over 71 laps, was the thirteenth of the 1989 Formula One season. It was won by Gerhard Berger to take his first, and only, victory of the season for Ferrari. Alain Prost finished in second place for McLaren, strengthening his championship chances after his team-mate and rival Ayrton Senna had been involved in a collision with Ferrari driver Nigel Mansell which resulted in them both retiring. Mansell had just been black flagged at the time of incident for reversing back into his pit box after overshooting it during a stop. The podium was completed by Stefan Johansson, who took both his last and Onyx's only podium, and also Onyx's last points.

During the race, Pierluigi Martini managed to lead a lap for the only time in both his and Minardi's time in Formula One. Ten drivers from ten different teams finished in the top ten places in the race, with Jonathan Palmer scoring his last ever point in sixth place. The race was also Alain Prost's 150th Grand Prix start, and Coloni's last, though it attempted races for another two years without a single start.

Report

Qualifying

Ayrton Senna took his tenth pole position of the season by six tenths of a second from the Ferrari of Gerhard Berger. Alain Prost could only set a lap fast enough for fourth in his McLaren, as Nigel Mansell eclipsed his with a lap just one hundredth of a second faster to start from third in the grid. Pierluigi Martini put in an impressive performance to qualify his Minardi in fifth place, albeit seven tenths slower than Prost. His team-mate, Luis Pérez-Sala, also did well to qualify the car in ninth place. Alex Caffi qualified his Dallara in seventh position and was the sandwiched by the two Williamses of Patrese and Boutsen, with Boutsen ahead. Martin Brundle the top ten in qualifying, followed by his Brabham team-mate Stefano Modena. Eventual podium finisher Stefan Johansson put his Onyx into twelfth on the grid, despite having to pre-qualify and his team-mate failing to do so.

Race

Berger had a great start and managed to overtake Senna. Mansell was in third followed by Prost, Martini and Patrese. Berger quickly opened a lead while Senna was trying to keep Mansell behind. Then Mansell finally managed to overtake Senna and started to catch Berger. As the two Ferraris caught up with the slower cars and were starting to lap them, Mansell managed to overtake Berger. Positions at lap 24 were: Mansell, Berger, Senna and Prost. Prost was the first of the leaders to pit for new tyres from fourth position. He was quickly followed by Berger on lap 35 and then by Senna. Then came the crucial moment of the race. Mansell came into the pits slightly too fast, locked his tyres and missed his pit box by a few metres. Although his pit crew moved down the pit lane to try to change his tyres where he had stopped, Mansell engaged reverse gear and drove backwards the short distance into the correct spot. After the leaders went to pit for tyres, Pierluigi Martini led a lap in the Minardi, the only time in the F1 history that a Minardi car was at the front leading. Mansell was down in fourth. Berger, Senna and Mansell quickly overtook Martini and Mansell closed on Senna. However as reversing in the pit lane was expressly forbidden, Mansell was black flagged. At the start of lap 48 Mansell tried to overtake Senna, the cars collided and both drivers were out. This damaged Senna's title chances, especially since rival Alain Prost came in second place. The race was won by Berger ahead of Prost and Johansson a surprising third in the Onyx.

Classification

Pre-qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	36	Stefan Johansson	Onyx-Ford	1:18.623	—
2	30	Philippe Alliot	Lola-Lamborghini	1:19.164	+0.541
3	31	Roberto Moreno	Coloni-Ford	1:19.780	+1.157
4	29	Michele Alboreto	Lola-Lamborghini	1:19.869	+1.246
5	37	JJ Lehto	Onyx-Ford	1:20.880	+2.257
6	18	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Ford	1:21.021	+2.398
7	33	Oscar Larrauri	EuroBrun-Judd	1:21.326	+2.703
8	40	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS-Ford	1:21.881	+3.258
9	35	Aguri Suzuki	Zakspeed-Yamaha	1:24.116	+5.493
10	34	Bernd Schneider	Zakspeed-Yamaha	1:24.732	+6.109
11	32	Enrico Bertaggia	Coloni-Ford	1:28.526	+9.903
DSQ	41	Yannick Dalmas	AGS-Ford	—	—
DSQ	17	Nicola Larini	Osella-Ford	—	—

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Q1	Q2	Gap
1	1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	1:15.496	1:15.468	—
2	28	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	1:16.799	1:16.059	+0.591
3	27	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	1:17.387	1:16.193	+0.725
4	2	Alain Prost	McLaren-Honda	1:17.336	1:16.204	+0.736
5	23	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Ford	1:16.938	1:17.161	+1.470
6	6	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	1:17.281	1:17.852	+1.813
7	21	Alex Caffi	Dallara-Ford	1:18.623	1:17.661	+2.193
8	5	Thierry Boutsen	Williams-Renault	1:17.801	1:17.888	+2.333
9	24	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi-Ford	1:17.844	1:18.305	+2.376
10	7	Martin Brundle	Brabham-Judd	1:17.874	1:17.995	+2.406
11	8	Stefano Modena	Brabham-Judd	1:18.589	1:18.093	+2.625
12	36	Stefan Johansson	Onyx-Ford	1:19.281	1:18.105	+2.637
13	19	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton-Ford	1:18.115	1:18.359	+2.647
14	15	Maurício Gugelmin	March-Judd	1:18.124	1:18.277	+2.656
15	31	Roberto Moreno	Coloni-Ford	1:18.196	1:20.512	+2.728
16	20	Emanuele Pirro	Benetton-Ford	1:18.340	1:18.328	+2.860
17	30	Philippe Alliot	Lola-Lamborghini	1:19.306	1:18.386	+2.918
18	3	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell-Ford	1:19.172	1:18.404	+2.936
19	22	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara-Ford	1:18.442	1:18.511	+2.974
20	11	Nelson Piquet	Lotus-Judd	1:18.482	1:18.682	+3.014
21	29	Michele Alboreto	Lola-Lamborghini	1:18.563	1:18.846	+3.095
22	9	Derek Warwick	Arrows-Ford	1:18.711	1:18.892	+3.243
23	25	René Arnoux	Ligier-Ford	1:18.767	1:19.979	+3.299
24	16	Ivan Capelli	March-Judd	1:19.079	1:18.785	+3.317
25	12	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus-Judd	1:19.278	1:19.165	+3.697
26	10	Eddie Cheever	Arrows-Ford	1:19.247	1:20.006	+3.779
27	4	Johnny Herbert	Tyrrell-Ford	1:19.515	1:19.264	+3.796
28	26	Olivier Grouillard	Ligier-Ford	1:19.605	1:19.436	+3.968
29	39	Pierre-Henri Raphanel	Rial-Ford	No Time	1:21.435	+5.967
30	38	Christian Danner	Rial-Ford	1:21.678	1:22.423	+6.210

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	28	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	71	1:36:48.546	2	9
2	2	Alain Prost	McLaren-Honda	71	+ 32.637	4	6
3	36	Stefan Johansson	Onyx-Ford	71	+ 55.325	12	4
4	19	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton-Ford	71	+ 1:22.369	13	3
5	23	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Ford	70	+ 1 Lap	5	2
6	3	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell-Ford	70	+ 1 Lap	18	1
7	12	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus-Judd	70	+ 1 Lap	25
8	7	Martin Brundle	Brabham-Judd	70	+ 1 Lap	10
9	30	Philippe Alliot	Lola-Lamborghini	70	+ 1 Lap	17
10	15	Maurício Gugelmin	March-Judd	69	+ 2 Laps	14
11	29	Michele Alboreto	Lola-Lamborghini	69	+ 2 Laps	21
12	24	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi-Ford	69	+ 2 Laps	9
13	25	René Arnoux	Ligier-Ford	69	+ 2 Laps	23
14	8	Stefano Modena	Brabham-Judd	69	+ 2 Laps	11
Ret	6	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	60	Overheating	6
Ret	5	Thierry Boutsen	Williams-Renault	60	Overheating	8
Ret	1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	48	Collision	1
DSQ	27	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	48	Disqualified	3
Ret	9	Derek Warwick	Arrows-Ford	37	Accident	22
Ret	11	Nelson Piquet	Lotus-Judd	33	Collision	20
Ret	21	Alex Caffi	Dallara-Ford	33	Collision	7
Ret	20	Emanuele Pirro	Benetton-Ford	29	Suspension	16
Ret	16	Ivan Capelli	March-Judd	25	Engine	24
Ret	10	Eddie Cheever	Arrows-Ford	24	Spun Off	26
Ret	22	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara-Ford	17	Electrical	19
Ret	31	Roberto Moreno	Coloni-Ford	11	Electrical	15
DNQ	4	Johnny Herbert	Tyrrell-Ford
DNQ	26	Olivier Grouillard	Ligier-Ford
DNQ	39	Pierre-Henri Raphanel	Rial-Ford
DNQ	38	Christian Danner	Rial-Ford
DNPQ	41	Yannick Dalmas	AGS-Ford
DNPQ	37	JJ Lehto	Onyx-Ford
DNPQ	18	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Ford
DNPQ	33	Oscar Larrauri	EuroBrun-Judd
DNPQ	40	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS-Ford
DNPQ	17	Nicola Larini	Osella-Ford
DNPQ	35	Aguri Suzuki	Zakspeed-Yamaha
DNPQ	34	Bernd Schneider	Zakspeed-Yamaha
DNPQ	32	Enrico Bertaggia	Coloni-Ford

Lap leaders

• Gerhard Berger 54 (1-23, 41-71)
• Nigel Mansell 16 (24-39)
• Pierluigi Martini 1 (40)

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Alain Prost 75 (77) 2 Ayrton Senna 51 3 Nigel Mansell 38 4 Riccardo Patrese 28 5 Thierry Boutsen 24

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 McLaren-Honda 128 2 Ferrari 53 3 Williams-Renault 52 4 Benetton-Ford 22 5 Tyrrell-Ford 13

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

• Unless otherwise indicated, all race results are taken from "The Official Formula 1 website". http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1989/243/. Retrieved 2007-08-04. 

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