1989
Season

1989

Drivers' Champion
P1 A.Prost 76 pts
P2 A.Senna 60 pts
P3 R.Patrese 40 pts
Constructors' Champion
P1 McLaren 141 pts
P2 Williams 77 pts
P3 Ferrari 59 pts

Driver Standings

Points System
# Driver Team Pts +/- Elo Peak
1 🇫🇷 Alain Prost McLaren 76 4 -116 2,418 2,581
2 🇧🇷 Ayrton Senna McLaren 60 6 -33 2,339 2,598
3 🇮🇹 Riccardo Patrese Williams 40 — +37 2,413 2,527
4 🇬🇧 Nigel Mansell Ferrari 38 2 -12 2,289 2,572
5 🇧🇪 Thierry Boutsen Williams 37 2 +55 2,397 2,438
6 🇮🇹 Alessandro Nannini Benetton 32 1 +59 2,356 2,395
7 🇦🇹 Gerhard Berger Ferrari 21 1 -58 2,239 2,467
8 🇧🇷 Nelson Piquet Team Lotus 12 — +2 2,292 2,538
9 🇫🇷 Jean Alesi Tyrrell 8 — -60 2,223 2,409
10 🇬🇧 Derek Warwick Arrows 7 — -44 2,245 2,381
11 🇺🇸 Eddie Cheever Arrows 6 — +38 2,249 2,329
12 🇸🇪 Stefan Johansson Onyx 6 — -43 1,968 2,378
13 🇮🇹 Michele Alboreto Larrousse 6 — -46 1,952 2,404
14 🇬🇧 Johnny Herbert Tyrrell 5 — -42 2,049 2,360
15 🇮🇹 Pierluigi Martini Minardi 5 — +48 2,292 2,324
16 🇧🇷 Maurício Gugelmin March 4 — +42 2,286 2,286
17 🇮🇹 Andrea de Cesaris Dallara 4 — -20 2,213 2,348
18 🇮🇹 Stefano Modena Brabham 4 — +63 2,192 2,288
19 🇮🇹 Alex Caffi Dallara 4 — -3 2,210 2,297
20 🇬🇧 Martin Brundle Brabham 4 — -40 2,255 2,512
21 🇯🇵 Satoru Nakajima Team Lotus 3 — +80 2,237 2,301
22 🇩🇪 Christian Danner Rial 3 — -22 1,908 2,199
23 🇮🇹 Emanuele Pirro Benetton 2 — +75 2,226 2,226
24 🇫🇷 René Arnoux Ligier 2 — -11 2,038 2,468
25 🇬🇧 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell 2 — -64 2,134 2,255
26 🇫🇷 Olivier Grouillard Ligier 1 — +58 2,138 2,195
27 🇮🇹 Gabriele Tarquini AGS 1 — -39 1,738 2,168
28 🇪🇸 Luis Pérez-Sala Minardi 1 — -58 2,091 2,216
29 🇫🇷 Philippe Alliot Larrousse 1 — -26 2,159 2,248
30 🇮🇹 Ivan Capelli March 0 — +19 2,115 2,272
31 🇫🇷 Éric Bernard Larrousse 0 — +26 2,096 2,332
32 🇧🇪 Bertrand Gachot Rial 0 — -34 1,988 2,271
33 🇮🇹 Nicola Larini Osella 0 — +6 1,920 2,343
34 🇬🇧 Martin Donnelly Arrows 0 — +65 2,065 2,224
35 🇧🇷 Roberto Moreno Coloni 0 — -21 1,789 2,318
36 🇫🇮 Jyrki Järvilehto Onyx 0 — +102 2,009 2,298
37 🇮🇹 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella 0 — +102 1,910 2,123
38 🇩🇪 Bernd Schneider Zakspeed 0 — +0 1,708 1,965
39 🇫🇷 Pierre-Henri Raphanel Rial 0 — +9 1,781 1,933
40 🇫🇷 Yannick Dalmas AGS 0 — -22 1,678 2,203
41 🇮🇹 Paolo Barilla Minardi 0 — -13 1,987 2,160
42 🇨🇭 Gregor Foitek Rial 0 — +22 1,702 2,087
43 🇩🇪 Volker Weidler Rial 0 — +18 1,739 1,941
44 🇯🇵 Aguri Suzuki Zakspeed 0 — -6 1,611 2,275
45 🇦🇷 Oscar Larrauri Euro Brun 0 — -8 1,674 1,988
46 🇩🇪 Joachim Winkelhock AGS 0 — -37 1,698 1,929
47 🇮🇹 Enrico Bertaggia Coloni 0 — -34 1,666 1,911

Race Finishes

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# Driver Pts R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14 R15 R16
1 Prost 76 P2 P2 P2 P5 P1 DNF P1 P1 P2 P4 P2 P1 P2 P3 DNF DNS
2 Senna 60 P11 P1 P1 P1 DNF DNF DNF DNF P1 P2 P1 DNF DNF P1 DSQ DNF
3 Patrese 40 DNF DNF P15 P2 P2 P2 P3 DNF P4 DNF DNF P4 DNF P5 P2 P3
4 Mansell 38 P1 DNF DNF DNF DNF DSQ P2 P2 P3 P1 P3 DNF DSQ DNF DNF
5 Boutsen 37 DNF P4 P10 DNF P6 P1 DNF P10 DNF P3 P4 P3 DNF DNF P3 P1
6 Nannini 32 P6 P3 P8 P4 DNF DSQ DNF P3 DNF DNF P5 DNF P4 DNF P1 P2
7 Berger 21 DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF P2 P1 P2 DNF DNF
8 Piquet 12 DNF DNF DNF P11 DNF P4 P8 P4 P5 P6 DNQ DNF DNF P8 P4 DNF
9 Alesi 8 P4 DNF P10 P9 P5 P4 DNF DNF
10 Warwick 7 P5 P5 DNF DNF DNF DNF P9 P6 P10 P6 DNF DNF P9 P6 DNF
11 Cheever 6 DNF P9 P7 P7 P3 DNF P7 DNQ DNF P5 DNF DNQ DNF DNF P8 DNF
12 Johansson 6 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNF DNF DSQ P5 DNQ DNF DNF P8 DNQ P3 DNQ DNQ DNQ
13 Alboreto 6 P10 DNQ P5 P3 DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF P11 DNQ DNQ DNQ
14 Herbert 5 P4 P11 P14 P15 P5 DNQ DNF DNQ
15 Martini 5 DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF P5 P9 DNF P9 P7 P5 DNF P6
16 Gugelmin 4 P3 DNF DNF DNQ DNF DNF NC DNF DNF DNF P7 DNF P10 DNF P7 P7
17 de Cesaris 4 P13 P10 P13 DNF P8 P3 DNQ DNF P7 DNF P11 DNF DNF P7 P10 DNF
18 Modena 4 DNF DNF P3 P10 DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF P11 DNF DSQ P14 DNF DNF P8
19 Caffi 4 DNQ P7 P4 P13 DNF P6 DNF DNQ DNF P7 DNF DNF DNF DNF P9 DNF
20 Brundle 4 DNF DNF P6 P9 DNF DNQ DNQ DNF P8 P12 DNF P6 P8 DNF P5 DNF
21 Nakajima 3 P8 NC DNQ DNF DNF DNQ DNF P8 DNF DNF DNQ DNF P7 DNF DNF P4
22 Danner 3 P14 DNQ DNQ P12 P4 P8 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
23 Pirro 2 P9 P11 DNF P8 P10 DNF DNF DNF DNF P5
24 Arnoux 2 DNQ DNQ P12 P14 DNQ P5 DNF DNQ P11 DNQ DNF P9 P13 DNQ DNQ DNF
25 Palmer 2 P7 P6 P9 DNF DNF DNF P10 DNF DNF P13 P14 DNF P6 P10 DNF DNQ
26 Grouillard 1 P9 DSQ DNF P8 DNQ DNQ P6 P7 DNF DNQ P13 DNF DNQ DNF DNF DNF
27 Tarquini 1 P8 DNF P6 DNF DNF DNF DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
28 Pérez-Sala 1 DNF DNF DNF DNQ DNF DNF DNQ P6 DNQ DNF P15 P8 P12 DNF DNF DNQ
29 Alliot 1 P12 DNF DNF NC DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF DNQ DNF DNF P9 P6 DNF DNF
30 Capelli 0 DNF DNF P11 DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF P12 DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF
31 Bernard 0 P11 DNF
32 Gachot 0 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNF P12 DNQ DNF DNF DNF DNQ DNQ
33 Larini 0 DSQ DNF DNQ DNQ DNQ DNF DNQ DNF DNQ DNQ DNQ DNF DNQ DNF DNF DNF
34 Donnelly 0 P12
35 Moreno 0 DNQ DNQ DNF DNQ DNQ DNF DNQ DNF DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNF DNQ DNQ DNQ
36 Järvilehto 0 DNQ DNF DNQ DNF
37 Ghinzani 0 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNF DNQ DNQ DNQ DNF DNQ DNF
38 Schneider 0 DNF DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNF DNQ
39 Raphanel 0 DNQ DNQ DNF DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
40 Dalmas 0 DNQ DNF DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
41 Barilla 0 DNF
42 Foitek 0 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
43 Weidler 0 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DSQ DNQ
44 Suzuki 0 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
45 Larrauri 0 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
46 Winkelhock 0 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
47 Bertaggia 0 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ

Driver Standings

Constructor Standings

# Constructor Pts 2nd 3rd +/- Elo Peak
1 McLaren 141 10 7 1 -49 2,467 2,544
2 Williams 77 2 4 5 +23 2,392 2,600
3 Ferrari 59 3 4 2 -21 2,291 2,569
4 Benetton 39 1 1 2 +28 2,296 2,507
5 Tyrrell 16 — — 1 -32 2,180 2,348
6 Team Lotus 15 — — — +25 2,274 2,338
7 Arrows 13 — — 1 +4 2,290 2,319
8 Dallara 8 — — 1 +5 2,207 2,333
9 Brabham 8 — — 1 +19 2,218 2,325
10 Onyx 6 — — 1 -1 1,991 2,069
11 Minardi 6 — — — +7 2,192 2,266
12 March 4 — — 1 +27 2,205 2,240
13 Rial 3 — — — -8 1,892 2,142
14 Ligier 3 — — — +12 2,083 2,382
15 AGS 1 — — — -26 1,827 2,156
16 Larrousse 1 — — — -22 2,061 2,237
17 Osella 0 — — — +23 1,882 2,083
18 Coloni 0 — — — -13 1,753 2,059
19 Zakspeed 0 — — — +1 1,725 2,099
20 Euro Brun 0 — — — -3 1,707 2,011

Official championship standings from the historical archive.

Constructor Standings

Calendar

Rd Circuit Date
1 Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet Brazil Mar 26
2 Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari Italy Apr 23
3 Circuit de Monaco Monaco May 07
4 Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez Mexico May 28
5 Phoenix street circuit USA Jun 04
6 Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Canada Jun 18
7 Circuit Paul Ricard France Jul 09
8 Silverstone Circuit UK Jul 16
9 Hockenheimring Germany Jul 30
10 Hungaroring Hungary Aug 13
11 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Belgium Aug 27
12 Autodromo Nazionale di Monza Italy Sep 10
13 Autódromo do Estoril Portugal Sep 24
14 Circuito de Jerez Spain Oct 01
15 Suzuka Circuit Japan Oct 22
16 Adelaide Street Circuit Australia Nov 05

Teams

AGS
🇫🇷 Yannick Dalmas 1678
🇩🇪 Joachim Winkelhock 1698
🇮🇹 Gabriele Tarquini 1738
Arrows
🇬🇧 Derek Warwick 2245
🇺🇸 Eddie Cheever 2249
🇬🇧 Martin Donnelly 2065
Benetton
🇮🇹 Alessandro Nannini 2356
🇮🇹 Emanuele Pirro 2226
Brabham
🇬🇧 Martin Brundle 2255
🇮🇹 Stefano Modena 2192
Coloni
🇧🇷 Roberto Moreno 1789
🇮🇹 Enrico Bertaggia 1666
Dallara
🇮🇹 Andrea de Cesaris 2213
🇮🇹 Alex Caffi 2210
Euro Brun
🇦🇷 Oscar Larrauri 1674
Ferrari
🇬🇧 Nigel Mansell 2289
🇦🇹 Gerhard Berger 2239
Larrousse
🇮🇹 Michele Alboreto 1952
🇫🇷 Philippe Alliot 2159
🇫🇷 Éric Bernard 2096
Ligier
🇫🇷 Olivier Grouillard 2138
🇫🇷 René Arnoux 2038
March
🇧🇷 Maurício Gugelmin 2286
🇮🇹 Ivan Capelli 2115
McLaren
🇫🇷 Alain Prost 2418
🇧🇷 Ayrton Senna 2339
Minardi
🇮🇹 Pierluigi Martini 2292
🇪🇸 Luis Pérez-Sala 2091
🇮🇹 Paolo Barilla 1987
Onyx
🇸🇪 Stefan Johansson 1968
🇫🇮 Jyrki Järvilehto 2009
Osella
🇮🇹 Nicola Larini 1920
🇮🇹 Piercarlo Ghinzani 1910
Rial
🇩🇪 Christian Danner 1908
🇨🇭 Gregor Foitek 1702
🇩🇪 Volker Weidler 1739
🇫🇷 Pierre-Henri Raphanel 1781
🇧🇪 Bertrand Gachot 1988
Team Lotus
🇯🇵 Satoru Nakajima 2237
🇧🇷 Nelson Piquet 2292
Tyrrell
🇬🇧 Johnny Herbert 2049
🇬🇧 Jonathan Palmer 2134
🇫🇷 Jean Alesi 2223
Williams
🇮🇹 Riccardo Patrese 2413
🇧🇪 Thierry Boutsen 2397
Zakspeed
🇩🇪 Bernd Schneider 1708
🇯🇵 Aguri Suzuki 1611

Points System

Race Points
P1 9
P2 6
P3 4
P4 3
P5 2
P6 1

Win increased to 9 points. Drop-scores applied until 1990.

Elo Ratings

Elo Progression

Season MVP (Elo) S.Modena +262
Biggest Race Gain G.Tarquini Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari (+134)
Biggest Race Drop A.Senna Circuit Paul Ricard (-120)
Avg Field Elo 2,057

Season Elo Gainers

1 S.Modena +262
2 E.Pirro +226
3 P.Martini +225
4 J.Alesi +223
5 M.Brundle +215

Season Elo Losers

1 A.Suzuki -408
2 Y.Dalmas -393
3 E.Bertaggia -334
4 J.Winkelhock -302
5 G.Foitek -298