1989 San Marino Grand Prix
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| Race details | ||
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| Race 2 of 16 in the 1989 Formula One season | ||
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| Date | April 23, 1989 | |
| Official name | IX Gran Premio di San Marino | |
| Location | Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari Imola, Italy |
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| Course | Permanent racing facility 5.040 km (3.132 mi) |
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| Distance | 58 laps, 292.32 km (181.638 mi) | |
| Weather | Warm, dry, sunny | |
| Pole position | ||
| Driver |  Ayrton Senna |
McLaren-Honda |
| Time | 1:26.010 | |
| Fastest lap | ||
| Driver |  Alain Prost |
McLaren-Honda |
| Time | 1:26.795 on lap 45 | |
| Podium | ||
| First | Ayrton Senna |
McLaren-Honda |
| Second | Alain Prost |
McLaren-Honda |
| Third |  Alessandro Nannini |
Benetton-Ford |
The 1989 San Marino Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Imola on April 23, 1989.
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Race Summary
The only change to the entry list for the San Marino Grand Prix was the arrival of Gabriele Tarquini in the second car minnows AGS, who had only run one car in Brazil after Philippe Streiff had suffered career ending injuries in pre-season testing.
At the start Senna got away well but behind him Prost found himself with a mirror full of Nigel Mansell's Ferrari but the Englishman could not find his way around Prost's McLaren. Mansell fell off a little after that and found himself battling with Riccardo Patrese while on the second lap Ivan Capelli had a nasty accident in his March. On lap four a moment of even greater heart-stopping fear took place as fifth placed Gerhard Berger's Ferrari speared off the track at the lightning-quick Tamburello corner due to a mechanical failure. Berger hit the wall at an estimated 180 mph and when his car came to a rest it immediately burst into flames. The marshalls arrived an amazing sixteen seconds after impact and the fire was put out ten seconds later. The race was unsurprisingly red-flagged and Berger was extremely lucky to only escape with broken ribs and second degree burns; it could have been much worse.
The race restarted after half an hour and this time Prost got away much better and got past Senna while behind them Mansell made a poor start and fell behind Patrese and Naninni. On the run-down to Tosa Senna was in no mood to sit behind his teammate and made a daring move to get alongside Prost into Villeneuve and out-braked him into the Tosa Hairpin, disregarding a prior team arrangement where the driver leading into turn one would not be overtaken, adding further to their looming rivalry. The McLarens proceeded to pull away from the competition while behind them there was more drama as Stefano Modena put his Brabham into the wall rather violently, the Italian was unhurt.
As the McLarens pulled away in their own world Mansell, Patrese, and Nannini were busy fighting over third place. It was settled in the space of three laps as Patrese retired with a timing belt failure and Mansell followed shortly thereafter with a gearbox problem. This left Nannini all by his lonesome in third while up front Senna cruised home to victory from Prost, who had time to spin along the way. Nannini led home Boutsen, Warwick in the Arrows, and Dr. Jonathan Palmer in the Tyrrell. After the race Boutsen was disqualified for changing a puncture during the red-flag period but after a protest from the WIlliams team he was later reinstated.
Classification
Pre Qualifying
| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Time |
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| 1 | 8 | Stefano Modena |
Brabham-Judd | 1:27.350 |
| 2 | 7 |  Martin Brundle |
Brabham-Judd | 1:28.197 |
| 3 | 21 | Alex Caffi |
Dallara-Ford | 1:29.346 |
| 4 | 17 | Nicola Larini |
Osella-Ford | 1:29.787 |
| 5 | 37 |  Bertrand Gachot |
Onyx-Ford | 1:30.384 |
| 6 | 33 |  Gregor Foitek |
Euro Brun-Judd | 1.30.620 |
| 7 | 18 | Piercarlo Ghinzani |
Osella-Ford | 1:30.631 |
| 8 | 36 |  Stefan Johansson |
Onyx-Ford | 1:30.647 |
| 9 | 41 |  Joachim Winkelhock |
AGS-Ford | 1:32.071 |
| 10 | 32 | Pierre-Henri Raphanel |
Coloni-Ford | 1:32.267 |
| 11 | 35 |  Aguri Suzuki |
Zakspeed-Yamaha | 1:32.287 |
| 12 | 34 | Bernd Schneider |
Zakspeed-Yamaha | 1:32.855 |
| 13 | 39 | Volker Weidler |
Rial-Ford | 1:36.480 |
Qualifying
| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Q1 | Q2 |
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| 1 | 1 | Ayrton Senna |
McLaren-Honda | 1:42.939 | 1:26.010 |
| 2 | 2 | Alain Prost |
McLaren-Honda | 1:44.538 | 1:26.235 |
| 3 | 27 | Nigel Mansell |
Ferrari | 1:49.665 | 1:27.652 |
| 4 | 6 | Riccardo Patrese |
Williams-Renault | 1:47.486 | 1:27.920 |
| 5 | 28 |  Gerhard Berger |
Ferrari | 1:42.781 | 1:28.089 |
| 6 | 5 | Thierry Boutsen |
Williams-Renault | 1:49.451 | 1:28.308 |
| 7 | 19 | Alessandro Nannini |
Benetton-Ford | 1:45.536 | 1:28.854 |
| 8 | 11 | Nelson Piquet |
Lotus-Judd | 1:48.124 | 1:29.057 |
| 9 | 21 | Alex Caffi |
Dallara-Ford | 1:48.868 | 1:29.069 |
| 10 | 26 | Olivier Grouillard |
Ligier-Ford | 1:47.371 | 1:29.104 |
| 11 | 23 | Pierluigi Martini |
Minardi-Ford | 1:47.321 | 1:29.152 |
| 12 | 9 | Derek Warwick |
Arrows-Ford | 1:47.859 | 1:29.281 |
| 13 | 16 | Ivan Capelli |
March-Judd | 1:48.178 | 1:29.385 |
| 14 | 17 | Nicola Larini |
Osella-Ford | 1:47.577 | 1:29.485 |
| 15 | 24 |  Luis Perez-Sala |
Minardi-Ford | 1:46.800 | 1:29.503 |
| 16 | 22 | Andrea de Cesaris |
Dallara-Ford | 1:53.681 | 1:29.669 |
| 17 | 8 | Stefano Modena |
Brabham-Judd | 1:48.415 | 1:29.761 |
| 18 | 40 | Gabriele Tarquini |
AGS-Ford | 1:48.795 | 1:29.913 |
| 19 | 15 | Maurício Gugelmin |
March-Judd | 1:52.119 | 1:30.163 |
| 20 | 30 | Philippe Alliot |
Larrousse-Lamborghini | 2:00.293 | 1:30.168 |
| 21 | 10 |  Eddie Cheever |
Arrows-Ford | 1:45.375 | 1:30.233 |
| 22 | 7 | Martin Brundle |
Brabham-Judd | 1:46.279 | 1:30.271 |
| 23 | 20 | Johnny Herbert |
Benetton-Ford | 2:05.126 | 1:30.347 |
| 24 | 12 | Satoru Nakajima |
Lotus-Judd | 1:46.483 | 1:30.697 |
| 25 | 3 | Jonathan Palmer |
Tyrrell-Ford | 1:51.229 | 1:30.928 |
| 26 | 29 | Yannick Dalmas |
Larrousse-Lamborghini | 1:58.083 | 1:31.137 |
| 27 | 4 | Michele Alboreto |
Tyrrell-Ford | 1:51.329 | 1:31.206 |
| 28 | 25 | René Arnoux |
Ligier-Ford | 1:48.091 | 1:31.268 |
| 29 | 38 | Christian Danner |
Rial-Ford | 1:47.967 | 1:31.341 |
| 30 | 31 | Roberto Moreno |
Coloni-Ford | 1:50.947 | 1:31.775 |
Race
Notes
- The race was stopped after three laps due to Gerhard Berger's accident and run a further 55 laps on aggregate timing.
- Olivier Grouillard was disqualified because Ligier illegally repaired his car on the grid before the second start. Thierry Boutsen and Alex Caffi were initially disqualified after a protest from Ligier because they had changed tyres in the pitlane before the second start, but were reinstated following an appeal.
- The Alain Prost/Ayrton Senna war began to build up speed, Senna passed Prost despite the Frenchman claiming that McLaren had a pre race agreement not to overtake and that who ever got to turn 1 ahead should stay there.
- This race is notable as the most satiated Formula 1 entry list ever,[citation needed] with a record 39 cars entering the Grand Prix (though only 26 began the actual race).
References
- Unless otherwise indicated, all race results are taken from "The Official Formula 1 website". http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1989/232/. Retrieved 2007-08-04.
| Previous race: 1989 Brazilian Grand Prix |
FIA Formula One World Championship 1989 season |
Next race: 1989 Monaco Grand Prix |
| Previous race: 1988 San Marino Grand Prix |
San Marino Grand Prix | Next race: 1990 San Marino Grand Prix |
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