1989 Grande Prêmio do Brasil
Nelson Piquet · · Formula 1
Race summary
| Winner | Grid | Cars | Margin | Laps | km | Fastest lap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nigel Mansell | 6 | 26 | 7.809 | 61 | 306.9 | Riccardo Patrese |
Finishing order
Interval is the deficit to the winner: seconds where official timing recorded them, laps where a car finished down. ★ marks the fastest lap.
| Fin | Grid | No. | Driver | Constructor | Engine | Laps | FL | Interval | Status | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 27 | Nigel Mansell | Ferrari | Ferrari | 61 | Finished | 9 | ||
| 2 | 5 | 2 | Alain Prost | McLaren | Honda | 61 | +7.809s | Finished | 6 | |
| 3 | 12 | 15 | Maurício Gugelmin | March | Judd | 61 | +9.370s | Finished | 4 | |
| 4 | 10 | 20 | Johnny Herbert | Benetton | Ford | 61 | +10.493s | Finished | 3 | |
| 5 | 8 | 9 | Derek Warwick | Arrows | Ford | 61 | +17.866s | Finished | 2 | |
| 6 | 11 | 19 | Alessandro Nannini | Benetton | Ford | 61 | +18.241s | Finished | 1 | |
| 7 | 18 | 3 | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell | Ford | 60 | +1 lap | Finished | ||
| 8 | 21 | 12 | Satoru Nakajima | Team Lotus | Judd | 60 | +1 lap | Finished | ||
| 9 | 22 | 26 | Olivier Grouillard | Ligier | Ford | 60 | +1 lap | Finished | ||
| 10 | 20 | 4 | Michele Alboreto | Tyrrell | Ford | 59 | +2 laps | Finished | ||
| 11 | 1 | 1 | Ayrton Senna | McLaren | Honda | 59 | +2 laps | Finished | ||
| 12 | 26 | 30 | Philippe Alliot | Lola | Lamborghini | 58 | +3 laps | Finished | ||
| 13 | 15 | 22 | Andrea de Cesaris | Dallara | Ford | 57 | +4 laps | Finished | ||
| 14 | 17 | 38 | Christian Danner | Rial | Ford | 56 | — | Gearbox | ||
| — | 2 | 6 | Riccardo Patrese | Williams | Renault | 51 | ★ | — | Alternator | |
| — | 24 | 10 | Eddie Cheever | Arrows | Ford | 37 | — | Collision | ||
| — | 25 | 34 | Bernd Schneider | Zakspeed | Yamaha | 36 | — | Collision | ||
| — | 13 | 7 | Martin Brundle | Brabham | Judd | 27 | — | Halfshaft | ||
| — | 7 | 16 | Ivan Capelli | March | Judd | 22 | — | Suspension | ||
| — | 9 | 11 | Nelson Piquet | Team Lotus | Judd | 10 | — | Fuel system | ||
| — | 14 | 8 | Stefano Modena | Brabham | Judd | 9 | — | Halfshaft | ||
| — | 4 | 5 | Thierry Boutsen | Williams | Renault | 3 | — | Engine | ||
| — | 16 | 23 | Pierluigi Martini | Minardi | Ford | 2 | — | Chassis | ||
| — | 3 | 28 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | Ferrari | 0 | — | Collision | ||
| — | 23 | 24 | Luis Pérez-Sala | Minardi | Ford | 0 | — | Collision | ||
| — | 19 | 17 | Nicola Larini | Osella | Ford | 10 | — | Illegal start | ||
| — | — | 29 | Yannick Dalmas | Lola | Lamborghini | — | Not classified | |||
| — | — | 25 | René Arnoux | Ligier | Ford | — | Not classified | |||
| — | — | 33 | Gregor Foitek | EuroBrun | Judd | — | Not classified | |||
| — | — | 31 | Roberto Moreno | Coloni | Ford | — | Not classified | |||
| — | — | 21 | Alex Caffi | Dallara | Ford | — | Not classified | |||
| — | — | 18 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Osella | Ford | — | Not classified | |||
| — | — | 39 | Volker Weidler | Rial | Ford | — | Not classified | |||
| — | — | 32 | Pierre-Henri Raphanel | Coloni | Ford | — | Not classified | |||
| — | — | 41 | Joachim Winkelhock | AGS | Ford | — | Not classified | |||
| — | — | 35 | Aguri Suzuki | Zakspeed | Yamaha | — | Not classified | |||
| — | — | 36 | Stefan Johansson | Onyx | Ford | — | Not classified | |||
| — | — | 37 | Bertrand Gachot | Onyx | Ford | — | Not classified |