1989 Canadian Grand Prix | |||
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Race 6 of 16 in the 1989 Formula One World Championship | |||
Race details | |||
Date | 18 June 1989 | ||
Official name | XXVII Grand Prix Molson du Canada | ||
Location |
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Montreal, Quebec, Canada | ||
Course | Partial street circuit | ||
Course length | 4.390 km (2.728 miles) | ||
Distance | 69 laps, 302.910 km (188.220 miles) | ||
Weather | Cool and rainy with temperatures approaching 24 °C (75 °F); wind speeds up to 17.9 kilometres per hour (11.1 mph)[1] | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | McLaren-Honda | ||
Time | 1:20.973 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Driver | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell-Ford | |
Time | 1:31.925 on lap 11 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Williams-Renault | ||
Second | Williams-Renault | ||
Third | Dallara-Ford | ||
Lap leaders |
The 1989 Canadian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on 18 June 1989. It was the sixth race of the 1989 Formula One World Championship.
The 69-lap race was won by Belgian driver Thierry Boutsen, driving a Williams-Renault. Boutsen took his first F1 victory, and the first for Williams with Renault engines, after Brazilian Ayrton Senna suffered an engine failure in his McLaren-Honda late on. Boutsen's Italian teammate Riccardo Patrese finished second with another Italian, Andrea de Cesaris, third in a Dallara-Ford.