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Race · Round 9 of 16 ·

1989 German Grand Prix

Ayrton Senna won for McLaren from pole at Hockenheimring. 14 of the starters were not classified.

Dry, with cloud · High of 27 °C, 2.1 mm of 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
HockenheimringHockenheim, Germany
Winner
Ayrton SennaMcLaren
Fastest lap
Ayrton Senna
Entries
3912 classified

Classification

Classification
PosDriverConstructorChassisGridLapsOutPointsFL
1Ayrton SennaMcLarenMP4/5145Finished9fastest lap
2Alain ProstMcLarenMP4/5245Finished6
3Nigel MansellFerrari640345Finished4
4Riccardo PatreseWilliams—544Finished3
5Nelson PiquetTeam Lotus101844Finished2
6Derek WarwickArrowsA111744Finished1
7Andrea de CesarisDallaraF1892144Finished0
8Martin BrundleBrabhamBT581244Finished0
9Pierluigi MartiniMinardi—1344Finished0
10Jean AlesiTyrrell—1043Finished0
11Rene ArnouxLigierJS332342Finished0
12Eddie CheeverArrowsA112540Fuel system0
DNFStefano ModenaBrabhamBT581637Engine0
DNFSatoru NakajimaTeam Lotus1011836Spun off0
DNFIvan CapelliMarch—2232Electrical0
DNFMauricio GugelminMarch—1428Gearbox0
DNFEmanuele PirroBenetton—926Spun off0
DNFPhilippe AlliotLola—1520Oil leak0
DNFJonathan PalmerTyrrell—1916Engine0
DNFGerhard BergerFerrari640413Puncture0
DNFStefan JohanssonOnyxORE-1248Overheating0
DNFAlessandro NanniniBenetton—76Electrical0
DNFThierry BoutsenWilliams—64Collision0
DNFAlex CaffiDallaraF189202Engine0
DNFMichele AlboretoLola—261Electrical0
DNFOlivier GrouillardLigierJS33110Gearbox0
DNQLuis Pérez-SalaMinardi———DNQ0
DNQBertrand GachotOnyxORE-1——DNQ0
DNQChristian DannerRialARC2——DNQ0
DNQVolker WeidlerRialARC2——DNQ0
DNPQYannick DalmasAGS———DNPQ0
DNPQNicola LariniOsellaFA1M——DNPQ0
DNPQGabriele TarquiniAGS———DNPQ0
DNPQPiercarlo GhinzaniOsellaFA1M——DNPQ0
DNPQRoberto MorenoColoni———DNPQ0
DNPQPierre-Henri RaphanelColoni———DNPQ0
DNPQGregor FoitekEuroBrun———DNPQ0
DNPQAguri SuzukiZakspeed891——DNPQ0
DNPQBernd SchneiderZakspeed891——DNPQ0
A blank chassis is a season the team ran more than one design and no source says which car raced here.
F1DB layout hockenheimring-2 · 6.802 km · 16 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

051015202530354045Laps completedGridResult11Ayrton Senna22Alain Prost33Nigel Mansell54Riccardo Patrese85Nelson Piquet176Derek Warwick217Andrea de Cesaris128Martin Brundle139Pierluigi Martini1010Jean Alesi2311Rene Arnoux2512Eddie Cheever16DNFStefano Modena18DNFSatoru Nakajima22DNFIvan Capelli14DNFMauricio Gugelmin9DNFEmanuele Pirro15DNFPhilippe Alliot19DNFJonathan Palmer4DNFGerhard Berger24DNFStefan Johansson7DNFAlessandro Nannini6DNFThierry Boutsen20DNFAlex Caffi26DNFMichele Alboreto11DNFOlivier Grouillard

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 Senna1145
Alain Prost2245
Nigel Mansell3345
Riccardo Patrese5444
Nelson Piquet8544
Derek Warwick17644
Andrea de Cesaris21744
Martin Brundle12844
Pierluigi Martini13944
Jean Alesi101043
Rene Arnoux231142
Eddie Cheever251240
Stefano Modena16DNF37
Satoru Nakajima18DNF36
Ivan Capelli22DNF32
Mauricio Gugelmin14DNF28
Emanuele Pirro9DNF26
Philippe Alliot15DNF20
Jonathan Palmer19DNF16
Gerhard Berger4DNF13
Stefan Johansson24DNF8
Alessandro Nannini7DNF6
Thierry Boutsen6DNF4
Alex Caffi20DNF2
Michele Alboreto26DNF1
Olivier Grouillard11DNF0

Qualifying

Qualifying
PosDriverConstructorNo.TimeGap≈ DistanceInterval
1Ayrton SennaMcLaren11:42.300—0 m—
2Alain ProstMcLaren21:43.295+0.99566 m+0.995
3Nigel MansellFerrari271:44.020+1.720114 m+0.725
4Gerhard BergerFerrari281:44.467+2.167144 m+0.447
5Riccardo PatreseWilliams61:44.511+2.211147 m+0.044
6Thierry BoutsenWilliams51:44.702+2.402160 m+0.191
7Alessandro NanniniBenetton191:45.033+2.733182 m+0.331
8Nelson PiquetTeam Lotus111:45.475+3.175211 m+0.442
9Emanuele PirroBenetton201:45.845+3.545236 m+0.370
10Jean AlesiTyrrell41:46.888+4.588305 m+1.043
11Olivier GrouillardLigier261:46.893+4.593305 m+0.005
12Martin BrundleBrabham71:47.216+4.916327 m+0.323
13Pierluigi MartiniMinardi231:47.380+5.080338 m+0.164
14Mauricio GugelminMarch151:47.387+5.087338 m+0.007
15Philippe AlliotLola301:47.486+5.186345 m+0.099
16Stefano ModenaBrabham81:47.511+5.211346 m+0.025
17Derek WarwickArrows91:47.533+5.233348 m+0.022
18Satoru NakajimaTeam Lotus121:47.663+5.363357 m+0.130
19Jonathan PalmerTyrrell31:47.676+5.376357 m+0.013
20Alex CaffiDallara211:47.679+5.379358 m+0.003
21Andrea de CesarisDallara221:47.879+5.579371 m+0.200
22Ivan CapelliMarch161:48.078+5.778384 m+0.199
23Rene ArnouxLigier251:48.266+5.966397 m+0.188
24Stefan JohanssonOnyx361:48.348+6.048402 m+0.082
25Eddie CheeverArrows101:48.396+6.096405 m+0.048
26Michele AlboretoLola291:48.670+6.370424 m+0.274
27Luis Pérez-SalaMinardi241:48.686+6.386425 m+0.016
28Bertrand GachotOnyx371:49.004+6.704446 m+0.318
29Christian DannerRial381:49.767+7.467496 m+0.763
30Volker WeidlerRial391:49.770+7.470497 m+0.003
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
1Bertrand GachotOnyx371:47.283—0 m——
2Stefan JohanssonOnyx361:47.700+0.41726 m+0.417—
3Philippe AlliotLola301:47.746+0.46329 m+0.046—
4Michele AlboretoLola291:47.919+0.63640 m+0.173—
5Yannick DalmasAGS411:47.920+0.63740 m+0.001—
6Nicola LariniOsella171:48.301+1.01865 m+0.381—
7Gabriele TarquiniAGS401:48.558+1.27581 m+0.257—
8Piercarlo GhinzaniOsella181:48.564+1.28181 m+0.006—
9Roberto MorenoColoni311:48.567+1.28481 m+0.003—
10Pierre-Henri RaphanelColoni321:48.780+1.49795 m+0.213—
11Gregor FoitekEuroBrun331:49.458+2.175138 m+0.678—
12Aguri SuzukiZakspeed351:49.527+2.244142 m+0.069—
13Bernd SchneiderZakspeed341:50.455+3.172201 m+0.928—
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
1Alain ProstMcLaren21:44.490—0 m——
2Ayrton SennaMcLaren11:45.087+0.59739 m+0.597—
3Gerhard BergerFerrari281:45.187+0.69745 m+0.100—
4Riccardo PatreseWilliams61:45.306+0.81653 m+0.119—
5Alessandro NanniniBenetton191:45.437+0.94762 m+0.131—
6Nigel MansellFerrari271:45.541+1.05168 m+0.104—
7Thierry BoutsenWilliams51:46.427+1.937126 m+0.886—
8Olivier GrouillardLigier261:47.263+2.773181 m+0.836—
9Mauricio GugelminMarch151:47.570+3.080200 m+0.307—
10Jonathan PalmerTyrrell31:47.660+3.170206 m+0.090—
11Philippe AlliotLola301:47.838+3.348218 m+0.178—
12Derek WarwickArrows91:47.842+3.352218 m+0.004—
13Martin BrundleBrabham71:47.943+3.453225 m+0.101—
14Emanuele PirroBenetton201:47.981+3.491227 m+0.038—
15Nelson PiquetTeam Lotus111:48.026+3.536230 m+0.045—
16Pierluigi MartiniMinardi231:48.026+3.536230 m+0.000—
17Stefano ModenaBrabham81:48.178+3.688240 m+0.152—
18Rene ArnouxLigier251:48.986+4.496293 m+0.808—
19Jean AlesiTyrrell41:49.077+4.587299 m+0.091—
20Michele AlboretoLola291:49.184+4.694306 m+0.107—
21Satoru NakajimaTeam Lotus121:49.222+4.732308 m+0.038—
22Eddie CheeverArrows101:49.594+5.104332 m+0.372—
23Alex CaffiDallara211:49.710+5.220340 m+0.116—
24Andrea de CesarisDallara221:49.946+5.456355 m+0.236—
25Ivan CapelliMarch161:49.998+5.508359 m+0.052—
26Volker WeidlerRial391:50.453+5.963388 m+0.455—
27Luis Pérez-SalaMinardi241:50.807+6.317411 m+0.354—
28Stefan JohanssonOnyx361:51.221+6.731438 m+0.414—
29Christian DannerRial381:51.848+7.358479 m+0.627—
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 ProstMcLaren21:43.593—0 m——
2Thierry BoutsenWilliams51:44.483+0.89058 m+0.890—
3Nigel MansellFerrari271:44.591+0.99866 m+0.108—
4Alessandro NanniniBenetton191:44.994+1.40192 m+0.403—
5Gerhard BergerFerrari281:46.095+2.502164 m+1.101—
6Ayrton SennaMcLaren11:46.289+2.696177 m+0.194—
7Nelson PiquetTeam Lotus111:47.076+3.483229 m+0.787—
8Satoru NakajimaTeam Lotus121:47.307+3.714244 m+0.231—
9Jean AlesiTyrrell41:47.574+3.981261 m+0.267—
10Stefano ModenaBrabham81:47.576+3.983262 m+0.002—
11Pierluigi MartiniMinardi231:47.644+4.051266 m+0.068—
12Alex CaffiDallara211:47.996+4.403289 m+0.352—
13Martin BrundleBrabham71:48.143+4.550299 m+0.147—
14Mauricio GugelminMarch151:48.277+4.684308 m+0.134—
15Olivier GrouillardLigier261:48.496+4.903322 m+0.219—
16Eddie CheeverArrows101:48.613+5.020330 m+0.117—
17Emanuele PirroBenetton201:48.696+5.103335 m+0.083—
18Riccardo PatreseWilliams61:48.712+5.119336 m+0.016—
19Philippe AlliotLola301:48.854+5.261345 m+0.142—
20Michele AlboretoLola291:49.033+5.440357 m+0.179—
21Rene ArnouxLigier251:49.256+5.663372 m+0.223—
22Stefan JohanssonOnyx361:49.326+5.733376 m+0.070—
23Andrea de CesarisDallara221:49.483+5.890387 m+0.157—
24Derek WarwickArrows91:49.785+6.192407 m+0.302—
25Ivan CapelliMarch161:49.834+6.241410 m+0.049—
26Luis Pérez-SalaMinardi241:50.356+6.763444 m+0.522—
27Jonathan PalmerTyrrell31:50.903+7.310480 m+0.547—
28Volker WeidlerRial391:50.906+7.313480 m+0.003—
29Bertrand GachotOnyx371:51.048+7.455490 m+0.142—
30Christian DannerRial381:52.032+8.439554 m+0.984—
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
1Ayrton SennaMcLaren11:46.433—0 m——
2Alain ProstMcLaren21:46.826+0.39325 m+0.393—
3Nigel MansellFerrari271:47.784+1.35186 m+0.958—
4Emanuele PirroBenetton201:47.787+1.35487 m+0.003—
5Alessandro NanniniBenetton191:48.268+1.835117 m+0.481—
6Thierry BoutsenWilliams51:48.826+2.393153 m+0.558—
7Riccardo PatreseWilliams61:48.908+2.475158 m+0.082—
8Gerhard BergerFerrari281:49.043+2.610167 m+0.135—
9Jean AlesiTyrrell41:49.647+3.214205 m+0.604—
10Derek WarwickArrows91:49.698+3.265209 m+0.051—
11Nelson PiquetTeam Lotus111:49.921+3.488223 m+0.223—
12Stefano ModenaBrabham81:50.029+3.596230 m+0.108—
13Mauricio GugelminMarch151:50.157+3.724238 m+0.128—
14Philippe AlliotLola301:50.309+3.876248 m+0.152—
15Olivier GrouillardLigier261:50.367+3.934251 m+0.058—
16Satoru NakajimaTeam Lotus121:50.753+4.320276 m+0.386—
17Eddie CheeverArrows101:50.796+4.363279 m+0.043—
18Andrea de CesarisDallara221:51.138+4.705301 m+0.342—
19Michele AlboretoLola291:51.403+4.970318 m+0.265—
20Martin BrundleBrabham71:51.569+5.136328 m+0.166—
21Pierluigi MartiniMinardi231:51.744+5.311339 m+0.175—
22Alex CaffiDallara211:51.934+5.501352 m+0.190—
23Stefan JohanssonOnyx361:52.051+5.618359 m+0.117—
24Rene ArnouxLigier251:52.881+6.448412 m+0.830—
25Jonathan PalmerTyrrell31:53.523+7.090453 m+0.642—
26Ivan CapelliMarch162:16.896+30.4631,947 m+23.373—
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
Ferrari 640
Ferrari 640
Nigel Mansell Ferrari F1 (16032819141) · Maurizio Cefariello · CC BY 2.0 · unchecked
Lotus 101
Lotus 101
Satoru Nakajima demonstrating Lotus 101 2011 Japan · Morio · CC BY-SA 3.0
Arrows A11
Arrows A11
Motor-Sport-Museum am Hockenheimring, 1991 Footwork Porsche A11C, pic1 · Alf van Beem · CC0 · unchecked
Dallara F189
Dallara F189
Paris - Retromobile 2014 - BMS Dallara Formule 1 - 1989 - 002 · Thesupermat · CC BY-SA 3.0 · unchecked
Brabham BT58
Brabham BT58
Martin Brundle Spa 1989 · madagascarica from Verneuil Grand, France · CC BY 4.0 · 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
Ligier JS33
Ligier JS33
Philippe Alliot 1990 United States · wileynorwichphoto · 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
9 of 1989
Grand Prix
German Grand Prix
Dates
Layout raced
Forest circuit, Ostkurve chicane · 6.802 km · 16 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.