1989 Belgian Grand Prix

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1989 Belgian Grand Prix
Race 11 of 16 in the 1989 Formula One World Championship
Race details
Date	27 August 1989
Official name	XLVII Grand Prix de Belgique
Location	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Francorchamps, Wallonia, Belgium[1]
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	6.940 km (4.312 miles)
Distance	44 laps, 305.360 km (189.741 miles)
Weather	Wet, cloudy, cool
Pole position
Driver	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda
Time	1:50.867
Fastest lap
Driver	Alain Prost	McLaren-Honda
Time	2:11.571 on lap 44
Podium
First	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda
Second	Alain Prost	McLaren-Honda
Third	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari
Lap leaders

The 1989 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Spa-Francorchamps on 27 August 1989. It was the eleventh race of the 1989 Formula One World Championship.

The 44-lap race was won from pole position by Brazilian driver Ayrton Senna, driving a McLaren-Honda. Senna finished just ahead of French teammate Alain Prost, with Briton Nigel Mansell third in a Ferrari. The win, Senna's fifth of the season, moved him to within 11 points of Prost in the Drivers' Championship. James Hunt was absent from BBC commentary for this race due to illness, leaving Murray Walker to commentate the majority of the race alone with cameo appearances from Johnny Herbert and Martin Brundle.