← 1989 Season
Round 15 · GP · 1989
Japanese Grand Prix
22 Oct 1989Suzuka CircuitJapanfinished
Race Results
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Gap / Status | Points | FL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P1 | Alessandro Nannini | Benetton | 6 | 53 | Finished | 9 | — |
| P2 | Riccardo Patrese | Williams | 5 | 53 | Finished | 6 | — |
| P3 | Thierry Boutsen | Williams | 7 | 53 | Finished | 4 | — |
| P4 | Nelson Piquet | Team Lotus | 11 | 53 | Finished | 3 | — |
| P5 | Martin Brundle | Brabham | 13 | 52 | +1 Lap | 2 | — |
| P6 | Derek Warwick | Arrows | 25 | 52 | +1 Lap | 1 | — |
| P7 | Maurício Gugelmin | March | 20 | 52 | +1 Lap | 0 | — |
| P8 | Eddie Cheever | Arrows | 24 | 52 | +1 Lap | 0 | — |
| P9 | Alex Caffi | Dallara | 15 | 52 | +1 Lap | 0 | — |
| P10 | Andrea de Cesaris | Dallara | 16 | 51 | +2 Laps | 0 | — |
| P11 | Ayrton Senna | McLaren | 1 | 53 | Disqualified | 0 | — |
| P12 | Alain Prost | McLaren | 2 | 46 | Collision | 0 | — |
| P13 | Stefano Modena | Brabham | 9 | 46 | Engine | 0 | — |
| P14 | Nigel Mansell | Ferrari | 4 | 43 | Engine | 0 | — |
| P15 | Satoru Nakajima | Team Lotus | 12 | 41 | Engine | 0 | — |
| P16 | Jean Alesi | Tyrrell | 18 | 37 | Gearbox | 0 | — |
| P17 | Philippe Alliot | Larrousse | 8 | 36 | Engine | 0 | — |
| P18 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 3 | 34 | Gearbox | 0 | — |
| P19 | Emanuele Pirro | Benetton | 22 | 33 | Collision | 0 | — |
| P20 | Olivier Grouillard | Ligier | 23 | 31 | Engine | 0 | — |
| P21 | Ivan Capelli | March | 17 | 27 | Suspension | 0 | — |
| P22 | Nicola Larini | Osella | 10 | 21 | Brakes | 0 | — |
| P23 | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell | 26 | 20 | Fuel leak | 0 | — |
| P24 | Bernd Schneider | Zakspeed | 21 | 1 | Gearbox | 0 | — |
| P25 | Luis Pérez-Sala | Minardi | 14 | 0 | Collision | 0 | — |
| P26 | Paolo Barilla | Minardi | 19 | 0 | Clutch | 0 | — |
Qualifying Results
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P1 | Ayrton Senna | McLaren | — | — | — |
| P2 | Alain Prost | McLaren | — | — | — |
| P3 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | — | — | — |
| P4 | Nigel Mansell | Ferrari | — | — | — |
| P5 | Riccardo Patrese | Williams | — | — | — |
| P6 | Alessandro Nannini | Benetton | — | — | — |
| P7 | Thierry Boutsen | Williams | — | — | — |
| P8 | Philippe Alliot | Larrousse | — | — | — |
| P9 | Stefano Modena | Brabham | — | — | — |
| P10 | Nicola Larini | Osella | — | — | — |
| P11 | Nelson Piquet | Team Lotus | — | — | — |
| P12 | Satoru Nakajima | Team Lotus | — | — | — |
| P13 | Martin Brundle | Brabham | — | — | — |
| P14 | Luis Pérez-Sala | Minardi | — | — | — |
| P15 | Alex Caffi | Dallara | — | — | — |
| P16 | Andrea de Cesaris | Dallara | — | — | — |
| P17 | Ivan Capelli | March | — | — | — |
| P18 | Jean Alesi | Tyrrell | — | — | — |
| P19 | Paolo Barilla | Minardi | — | — | — |
| P20 | Maurício Gugelmin | March | — | — | — |
| P21 | Bernd Schneider | Zakspeed | — | — | — |
| P22 | Emanuele Pirro | Benetton | — | — | — |
| P23 | Olivier Grouillard | Ligier | — | — | — |
| P24 | Eddie Cheever | Arrows | — | — | — |
| P25 | Derek Warwick | Arrows | — | — | — |
| P26 | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell | — | — | — |