1989 Japanese Grand Prix
The Grand Prix of Japan 1989 was held on 22 October at Suzuka and was the 15th race of the Formula 1 season 1989.
- 3.1 qualifying
- 3.2 race
- 4.1 Drivers' Championship
- 4.2 Constructors' Championship
Reports
Background
As Alain Prost went with 16 points ahead of Ayrton Senna in the last two races of the season, this was the only way to win both in order to defend his world titles.
Bertrand Gachot returned to the participants, but not to Onyx, but to Rial, where he replaced Gregory Foitek after only one use.
Training
Ayrton Senna secured his twelfth pole position of the season ahead of his McLaren team-mate Alain Prost and the two Ferrari of Gerhard Berger and Nigel Mansell. Riccardo Patrese and Alessandro Nannini Behind were the third row in front of Thierry Boutsen and Philippe Alliot.
Race
Prost managed the better start, so he could turn against Senna into the first corner. After the French had first a head start, separated the two rivals from the 40th round only one second. While Prost seemed to have on the straights benefits, Senna was able to catch in the curves almost. At the end of the 47th round Senna launched in the field of narrow chicane near the pit entrance an overtaking move. Cheers prevented his team mate took the lead, as he drew in its track. The collision occurred. Prost assumed that the World Cup was therefore decided finally in his favor and got out. Senna, however, beckoned marshals anschoben his car so that he could continue, where he had the chicane in their emergency exit both colliding vehicles were gerutsch omit. Since the front of his car was damaged, he had to go to the box to make change the front wing. With five seconds behind the leading Nannini now he came back on the track. Until the 50th lap he closed on this on, overtook him at exactly the point at which he had previously tried it against Prost and went to finish first.
Even before the award ceremony Senna was disqualified and declared Nannini the winner. As the official reason given was that he had the chicane after pushing through the marshals abbreviated unlawfully. The Team McLaren tried to lodge an appeal against this disqualification at the FIA . These negotiations dragged on well into the late autumn. At the end of Ayrton Senna also received a fine in the amount of $ 100,000 and a six -month ban, as he had claimed at a press conference, FIA president Jean -Marie Balestre have imposed the disqualification to secure his countryman Alain Prost the championship.
The second and third place behind Nannini occupied the two Williams drivers Patrese and Boutsen. Nelson Piquet was rated fourth from Martin Brundle and Derek Warwick.
Message list
Classifications
Qualifying
Race
WM stands after the race
The first six of the race were 9, 6, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point (s).