1989 Brazilian Grand Prix

Infobox Grand Prix race report
Type = F1
Grand Prix = Brazilian
Country = Brazil
Official name = XVIII

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Year = 1989
Race_No = 1
Season_No = 16
Location = Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet
Jacarepaguá, Rio de Janeiro
Course_mi = 3.126
Course_km = 5.031
Distance_laps = 61
Distance_mi = 190.692
Distance_km = 306.981
Weather = Very hot, dry, sunny
Pole_Driver = flagicon|Brazil Ayrton Senna
Pole_Team = McLaren-Honda
Pole_Time = 1:25.302
Fast_Driver = Riccardo Patrese
Fast_Country = Italy
Fast_Team = Williams-Renault
Fast_Time = 1:32.507
Fast_L

First_Driver = flagicon|UK Nigel Mansell
First_Team = Ferrari
Second_Driver = Alain Prost
Second_Team = McLaren-Honda
Second_Country= France
Third_Driver = flagicon|Brazil Mauricio Gugelmin
Third_Team = March-JuddThe 1989 Brazilian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Jacarepaguá on March 26, 1989.

Classification

Notes

* This was Nigel Mansell's debut Grand Prix for Ferrari, he was reportedly so convinced of the cars unrealibility that he had booked an early flight home.
*Philippe Streiff continued as AGS's lead driver for the F1|1989 season, but was paralysed in a Pre-GP testing crash at the circuit which ended his racing career.
*The FIRST team was not allowed to participate in the 1989 championship. The #42 car for Gabriele Tarquini was powered by Judd engines. Tarquini replaced the injured Streiff in the next race and the FIRST Team sold its cars to Ernesto Vita, who run a new self-powered team called Life in 1990.
*Nicola Larini was disqualified for an illegal start.
*First Grand Prix: Johnny Herbert, Olivier Grouillard
*First points: Johnny Herbert
*First podium: Mauricio Gugelmin
*177th Grand Prix start (record-breaker): Riccardo Patrese
*Eddie Cheever collapsed after exiting his car following the collision which ended his race involving Bernd Schneider.
*This was the first Formula One race to feature a semi-automatic gearbox in the Ferrari of Nigel Mansell.

References

* "Unless otherwise indicated, all race results are taken from cite web |title=The Official Formula 1 website |url=http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1989/231/ |accessdate=2007-08-04

F1 race report
Name_of_race = Brazilian Grand Prix
Year_of_race = 1989
Previous_race_in_season = 1988 Australian Grand Prix
Next_race_in_season = 1989 San Marino Grand Prix
Previous_year's_race = 1988 Brazilian Grand Prix
Next_year's_race = 1990 Brazilian Grand Prix