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Race · Round 4 of 16 ·

1989 Mexican Grand Prix

Ayrton Senna won for McLaren from pole at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez. 11 of the starters were not classified.

Dry · High of 24 °C, no rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)

How it is modelled

ERA5's reanalysis, through Open-Meteo, of the circuit's whole local day and not the race's hours, for the grid cell the circuit sits in and not the track, so a shower can be missing from it. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.

Circuit
Autodromo Hermanos RodriguezMexico City, Mexico
Winner
Ayrton SennaMcLaren
Fastest lap
Nigel Mansell
Entries
3915 classified

Classification

Classification
PosDriverConstructorChassisGridLapsOutPointsFL
1Ayrton SennaMcLarenMP4/5169Finished9
2Riccardo PatreseWilliams—569Finished6
3Michele AlboretoTyrrell—769Finished4
4Alessandro NanniniBenetton—1369Finished3
5Alain ProstMcLarenMP4/5269Finished2
6Gabriele TarquiniAGS—1768Finished1
7Eddie CheeverArrowsA112468Finished0
8Olivier GrouillardLigierJS331168Finished0
9Martin BrundleBrabhamBT582068Finished0
10Stefano ModenaBrabhamBT58968Finished0
11Nelson PiquetTeam Lotus1012668Finished0
12Christian DannerRialARC22367Finished0
13Alex CaffiDallaraF1891967Finished0
14Rene ArnouxLigierJS332566Finished0
15Johnny HerbertBenetton—1866Finished0
DNFPierluigi MartiniMinardi—2253Engine0
DNFNigel MansellFerrari640343Gearbox0fastest lap
DNFDerek WarwickArrowsA111035Electrical0
DNFSatoru NakajimaTeam Lotus1011535Spun off0
NCPhilippe AlliotLola—1628NC0
DNFAndrea de CesarisDallaraF1891220Suspension0
DNFGerhard BergerFerrari640616Gearbox0
DNFStefan JohanssonOnyxORE-12116Transmission0
DNFThierry BoutsenWilliams—815Electrical0
DNFJonathan PalmerTyrrell—149Throttle0
DNFIvan CapelliMarch—41Transmission0
DNQLuis Pérez-SalaMinardi———DNQ0
DNQMauricio GugelminMarch———DNQ0
DNQYannick DalmasLola———DNQ0
DNQRoberto MorenoColoni———DNQ0
DNPQBertrand GachotOnyxORE-1——DNPQ0
DNPQGregor FoitekEuroBrun———DNPQ0
DNPQNicola LariniOsellaFA1M——DNPQ0
DNPQVolker WeidlerRialARC2——DNPQ0
DNPQBernd SchneiderZakspeed891——DNPQ0
DNPQAguri SuzukiZakspeed891——DNPQ0
DNPQPiercarlo GhinzaniOsellaFA1M——DNPQ0
DNPQJoachim WinkelhockAGS———DNPQ0
DNPQPierre-Henri RaphanelColoni———DNPQ0
A blank chassis is a season the team ran more than one design and no source says which car raced here.
F1DB layout mexico-city-2 · 4.421 km · 14 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

0102030405060Laps completedGridResult11Ayrton Senna52Riccardo Patrese73Michele Alboreto134Alessandro Nannini25Alain Prost176Gabriele Tarquini247Eddie Cheever118Olivier Grouillard209Martin Brundle910Stefano Modena2611Nelson Piquet2312Christian Danner1913Alex Caffi2514Rene Arnoux1815Johnny Herbert22DNFPierluigi Martini3DNFNigel Mansell10DNFDerek Warwick15DNFSatoru Nakajima16NCPhilippe Alliot12DNFAndrea de Cesaris6DNFGerhard Berger21DNFStefan Johansson8DNFThierry Boutsen14DNFJonathan Palmer4DNFIvan Capelli

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
DriverGridResultLaps
Ayrton Senna1169
Riccardo Patrese5269
Michele Alboreto7369
Alessandro Nannini13469
Alain Prost2569
Gabriele Tarquini17668
Eddie Cheever24768
Olivier Grouillard11868
Martin Brundle20968
Stefano Modena91068
Nelson Piquet261168
Christian Danner231267
Alex Caffi191367
Rene Arnoux251466
Johnny Herbert181566
Pierluigi Martini22DNF53
Nigel Mansell3DNF43
Derek Warwick10DNF35
Satoru Nakajima15DNF35
Philippe Alliot16NC28
Andrea de Cesaris12DNF20
Gerhard Berger6DNF16
Stefan Johansson21DNF16
Thierry Boutsen8DNF15
Jonathan Palmer14DNF9
Ivan Capelli4DNF1

Qualifying

Qualifying
PosDriverConstructorNo.TimeGap≈ DistanceInterval
1Ayrton SennaMcLaren11:17.876—0 m—
2Alain ProstMcLaren21:18.773+0.89751 m+0.897
3Nigel MansellFerrari271:19.137+1.26172 m+0.364
4Ivan CapelliMarch161:19.337+1.46183 m+0.200
5Riccardo PatreseWilliams61:19.656+1.780101 m+0.319
6Gerhard BergerFerrari281:19.835+1.959111 m+0.179
7Michele AlboretoTyrrell41:20.066+2.190124 m+0.231
8Thierry BoutsenWilliams51:20.234+2.358134 m+0.168
9Stefano ModenaBrabham81:20.505+2.629149 m+0.271
10Derek WarwickArrows91:20.601+2.725155 m+0.096
11Olivier GrouillardLigier261:20.859+2.983169 m+0.258
12Andrea de CesarisDallara221:20.873+2.997170 m+0.014
13Alessandro NanniniBenetton191:20.888+3.012171 m+0.015
14Jonathan PalmerTyrrell31:20.888+3.012171 m+0.000
15Satoru NakajimaTeam Lotus121:20.943+3.067174 m+0.055
16Philippe AlliotLola301:21.031+3.155179 m+0.088
17Gabriele TarquiniAGS401:21.031+3.155179 m+0.000
18Johnny HerbertBenetton201:21.105+3.229183 m+0.074
19Alex CaffiDallara211:21.139+3.263185 m+0.034
20Martin BrundleBrabham71:21.217+3.341190 m+0.078
21Stefan JohanssonOnyx361:21.358+3.482198 m+0.141
22Pierluigi MartiniMinardi231:21.471+3.595204 m+0.113
23Christian DannerRial381:21.696+3.820217 m+0.225
24Eddie CheeverArrows101:21.716+3.840218 m+0.020
25Rene ArnouxLigier251:21.830+3.954224 m+0.114
26Nelson PiquetTeam Lotus111:21.831+3.955225 m+0.001
27Luis Pérez-SalaMinardi241:21.935+4.059230 m+0.104
28Mauricio GugelminMarch151:22.081+4.205239 m+0.146
29Yannick DalmasLola291:25.651+7.775441 m+3.570
30Roberto MorenoColoni313:34.095+2:16.2197,733 m+2:08.444
Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.
How it is derived: distance, Qualifying

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Pit stops

Pit stops are recorded from 1994. F1DB, the source of every stop here, holds none before then, so this race has no stints to draw.

Practice sessions Pre-qualifying · Practice 1 · Practice 2 · Warm-up

Pre-qualifying

Pre-qualifying
PosDriverConstructorNo.Best lapGap≈ DistanceIntervalLaps
1Martin BrundleBrabham71:21.770—0 m——
2Stefano ModenaBrabham81:22.211+0.44124 m+0.441—
3Alex CaffiDallara211:22.876+1.10660 m+0.665—
4Stefan JohanssonOnyx361:23.288+1.51882 m+0.412—
5Bertrand GachotOnyx371:23.752+1.982107 m+0.464—
6Gregor FoitekEuroBrun331:24.351+2.581140 m+0.599—
7Nicola LariniOsella171:24.392+2.622142 m+0.041—
8Volker WeidlerRial391:24.966+3.196173 m+0.574—
9Bernd SchneiderZakspeed341:25.418+3.648197 m+0.452—
10Aguri SuzukiZakspeed351:25.658+3.888210 m+0.240—
11Piercarlo GhinzaniOsella181:26.065+4.295232 m+0.407—
12Joachim WinkelhockAGS411:26.754+4.984269 m+0.689—
13Pierre-Henri RaphanelColoni321:34.357+12.587681 m+7.603—
Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.
How it is derived: distance, Pre-qualifying

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Practice 1

Practice 1
PosDriverConstructorNo.Best lapGap≈ DistanceIntervalLaps
1Ayrton SennaMcLaren11:20.328—0 m——
2Alain ProstMcLaren21:21.148+0.82045 m+0.820—
3Nigel MansellFerrari271:21.420+1.09260 m+0.272—
4Thierry BoutsenWilliams51:22.522+2.194121 m+1.102—
5Jonathan PalmerTyrrell31:22.533+2.205121 m+0.011—
6Martin BrundleBrabham71:22.598+2.270125 m+0.065—
7Michele AlboretoTyrrell41:22.670+2.342129 m+0.072—
8Philippe AlliotLola301:22.751+2.423133 m+0.081—
9Satoru NakajimaTeam Lotus121:22.773+2.445135 m+0.022—
10Derek WarwickArrows91:22.805+2.477136 m+0.032—
11Riccardo PatreseWilliams61:22.824+2.496137 m+0.019—
12Alessandro NanniniBenetton191:22.906+2.578142 m+0.082—
13Nelson PiquetTeam Lotus111:22.957+2.629145 m+0.051—
14Stefano ModenaBrabham81:22.958+2.630145 m+0.001—
15Ivan CapelliMarch161:22.987+2.659146 m+0.029—
16Alex CaffiDallara211:23.048+2.720150 m+0.061—
17Gabriele TarquiniAGS401:23.112+2.784153 m+0.064—
18Eddie CheeverArrows101:23.200+2.872158 m+0.088—
19Gerhard BergerFerrari281:23.255+2.927161 m+0.055—
20Olivier GrouillardLigier261:23.302+2.974164 m+0.047—
21Johnny HerbertBenetton201:23.558+3.230178 m+0.256—
22Stefan JohanssonOnyx361:23.560+3.232178 m+0.002—
23Andrea de CesarisDallara221:23.977+3.649201 m+0.417—
24Christian DannerRial381:24.176+3.848212 m+0.199—
25Mauricio GugelminMarch151:24.212+3.884214 m+0.036—
26Rene ArnouxLigier251:24.276+3.948217 m+0.064—
27Yannick DalmasLola291:26.011+5.683313 m+1.735—
28Pierluigi MartiniMinardi231:26.588+6.260345 m+0.577—
29Roberto MorenoColoni311:30.844+10.516579 m+4.256—
30Luis Pérez-SalaMinardi241:31.357+11.029607 m+0.513—
Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.
How it is derived: distance, Practice 1

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Practice 2

Practice 2
PosDriverConstructorNo.Best lapGap≈ DistanceIntervalLaps
1Alain ProstMcLaren21:18.626—0 m——
2Ayrton SennaMcLaren11:18.639+0.0131 m+0.013—
3Nigel MansellFerrari271:19.146+0.52029 m+0.507—
4Riccardo PatreseWilliams61:19.951+1.32575 m+0.805—
5Ivan CapelliMarch161:20.428+1.802101 m+0.477—
6Stefan JohanssonOnyx361:20.566+1.940109 m+0.138—
7Alessandro NanniniBenetton191:20.613+1.987112 m+0.047—
8Nelson PiquetTeam Lotus111:20.784+2.158121 m+0.171—
9Michele AlboretoTyrrell41:20.831+2.205124 m+0.047—
10Stefano ModenaBrabham81:20.956+2.330131 m+0.125—
11Pierluigi MartiniMinardi231:20.980+2.354132 m+0.024—
12Gerhard BergerFerrari281:21.000+2.374133 m+0.020—
13Olivier GrouillardLigier261:21.030+2.404135 m+0.030—
14Gabriele TarquiniAGS401:21.119+2.493140 m+0.089—
15Derek WarwickArrows91:21.152+2.526142 m+0.033—
16Thierry BoutsenWilliams51:21.158+2.532142 m+0.006—
17Satoru NakajimaTeam Lotus121:21.199+2.573145 m+0.041—
18Luis Pérez-SalaMinardi241:21.356+2.730154 m+0.157—
19Andrea de CesarisDallara221:21.642+3.016170 m+0.286—
20Eddie CheeverArrows101:21.703+3.077173 m+0.061—
21Alex CaffiDallara211:21.760+3.134176 m+0.057—
22Yannick DalmasLola291:21.774+3.148177 m+0.014—
23Christian DannerRial381:21.854+3.228182 m+0.080—
24Rene ArnouxLigier251:21.972+3.346188 m+0.118—
25Johnny HerbertBenetton201:22.151+3.525198 m+0.179—
26Martin BrundleBrabham71:22.371+3.745211 m+0.220—
27Mauricio GugelminMarch151:22.634+4.008225 m+0.263—
28Jonathan PalmerTyrrell31:22.677+4.051228 m+0.043—
29Philippe AlliotLola301:22.949+4.323243 m+0.272—
30Roberto MorenoColoni311:26.255+7.629429 m+3.306—
Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.
How it is derived: distance, Practice 2

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Warm-up

Warm-up
PosDriverConstructorNo.Best lapGap≈ DistanceIntervalLaps
1Alain ProstMcLaren21:21.017—0 m——
2Nigel MansellFerrari271:21.423+0.40622 m+0.406—
3Ayrton SennaMcLaren11:21.461+0.44424 m+0.038—
4Michele AlboretoTyrrell41:21.749+0.73240 m+0.288—
5Philippe AlliotLola301:22.556+1.53984 m+0.807—
6Riccardo PatreseWilliams61:22.782+1.76596 m+0.226—
7Jonathan PalmerTyrrell31:22.819+1.80298 m+0.037—
8Gerhard BergerFerrari281:22.976+1.959107 m+0.157—
9Stefan JohanssonOnyx361:22.994+1.977108 m+0.018—
10Olivier GrouillardLigier261:23.142+2.125116 m+0.148—
11Ivan CapelliMarch161:23.160+2.143117 m+0.018—
12Nelson PiquetTeam Lotus111:23.170+2.153117 m+0.010—
13Thierry BoutsenWilliams51:23.188+2.171118 m+0.018—
14Derek WarwickArrows91:23.327+2.310126 m+0.139—
15Alessandro NanniniBenetton191:23.617+2.600142 m+0.290—
16Eddie CheeverArrows101:23.681+2.664145 m+0.064—
17Satoru NakajimaTeam Lotus121:23.713+2.696147 m+0.032—
18Johnny HerbertBenetton201:23.778+2.761151 m+0.065—
19Gabriele TarquiniAGS401:23.987+2.970162 m+0.209—
20Stefano ModenaBrabham81:24.361+3.344182 m+0.374—
21Martin BrundleBrabham71:24.557+3.540193 m+0.196—
22Pierluigi MartiniMinardi231:24.903+3.886212 m+0.346—
23Alex CaffiDallara211:25.197+4.180228 m+0.294—
24Rene ArnouxLigier251:25.231+4.214230 m+0.034—
25Christian DannerRial381:25.484+4.467244 m+0.253—
26Andrea de CesarisDallara221:27.051+6.034329 m+1.567—
Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.
How it is derived: distance, Warm-up

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

The cars in this race

The photograph each car's Wikipedia article leads with, from Wikimedia Commons: taken wherever and whenever that was, not necessarily at this race.

McLaren MP4/5
McLaren MP4/5
McLaren MP4-5 · John Chapman ( Pyrope ) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Arrows A11
Arrows A11
Motor-Sport-Museum am Hockenheimring, 1991 Footwork Porsche A11C, pic1 · Alf van Beem · CC0 · unchecked
Ligier JS33
Ligier JS33
Philippe Alliot 1990 United States · wileynorwichphoto · CC BY 2.0 · unchecked
Brabham BT58
Brabham BT58
Martin Brundle Spa 1989 · madagascarica from Verneuil Grand, France · CC BY 4.0 · unchecked
Lotus 101
Lotus 101
Satoru Nakajima demonstrating Lotus 101 2011 Japan · Morio · CC BY-SA 3.0
Dallara F189
Dallara F189
Paris - Retromobile 2014 - BMS Dallara Formule 1 - 1989 - 002 · Thesupermat · CC BY-SA 3.0 · unchecked

A photograph marked unchecked has a file name that does not name the car it is shown for. Most are still the right car, filed under the driver rather than the machine — but nobody has confirmed these one by one.

2 more photographs
Ferrari 640
Ferrari 640
Nigel Mansell Ferrari F1 (16032819141) · Maurizio Cefariello · CC BY 2.0 · unchecked
Zakspeed 891
Zakspeed 891
Zakspeed-Yamaha 891 1989 Formula1 Bernd Schneider East Racing LSideFrontt SATM 05June2013 (14600643865) · Valder137 · CC BY 2.0 · unchecked

Where this comes from

Round
4 of 1989
Grand Prix
Mexican Grand Prix
Dates
Layout raced
Shortened circuit · 4.421 km · 15 turns
Format
Standard weekend
Constructor
McLaren
Entrant
McLaren-Honda
Confidence
reference

The layout raced and its figures are this register’s, from its own sources; the figures under the race’s drawing are F1DB’s, and at some circuits the two disagree.