1989 Spanish Grand Prix | |||
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Race 14 of 16 in the 1989 Formula One World Championship | |||
Race details | |||
Date | 1 October 1989 | ||
Official name | XXXI Gran Premio Tio Pepe de España | ||
Location |
Circuito Permanente de Jerez Jerez de la Frontera, Spain | ||
Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
Course length | 4.218 km (2.6209 miles) | ||
Distance | 73 laps, 307.918 km (191.328 miles) | ||
Weather | Dry, hot, sunny | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | McLaren-Honda | ||
Time | 1:20.291 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Driver | Ayrton Senna | McLaren-Honda | |
Time | 1:25.779 on lap 55 | ||
Podium | |||
First | McLaren-Honda | ||
Second | Ferrari | ||
Third | McLaren-Honda | ||
Lap leaders |
The 1989 Spanish Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Jerez on 1 October 1989. It was the fourteenth race of the 1989 Formula One World Championship. The 73-lap race was won from pole position by Ayrton Senna, driving a McLaren-Honda. Gerhard Berger was second in a Ferrari, while Senna's teammate and Drivers' Championship rival Alain Prost was third.
With Nigel Mansell banned from the race and fined $50,000 following his disqualification and collision with Senna in Portugal the previous week, Ferrari entered only one car for Berger. Senna's win kept the Drivers' Championship alive, but Prost's result meant that the Brazilian had to win both remaining races in order to beat the Frenchman to the title.