1989 Belgian Grand Prix

The Belgian Grand Prix 1989 was the 11th round of the 1989 F1 season, and took place at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Spa, Belgium, on August 27th.

Ayrton Senna won the race from the pole, followed by Alain Prost, and Nigel Mansell completing the podium.

Final results

Race evolution

Pit Stops

Strategy

Unfortunately we do not have strategy information for this race..

Incidents

The reace did not end without incidents... 20 drivers out of the original 39 who started did not managed to cross the finish line.

These included, Philippe Alliot, who suffered an engine malfunction on lap 39, Eddie Cheever, who had a wheel problem on lap 38, Bertrand Gachot, Alex Caffi, Gerhard Berger, and Johnny Herbert, all of whom lost control and spun off the track, Riccardo Patrese, Michele Alboreto, and René Arnoux, all of whom retired dure to damage caused by a collision with other cars, Martin Brundle, who saw the breaks of the car give up on lap 12, Stefano Modena, who on lap 9, and Nicola Larini, Piercarlo Ghinzani, Roberto Moreno, Gabriele Tarquini, Bernd Schneider, Aguri Suzuki, Yannick Dalmas, Gregor Foitek, and Enrico Bertaggia, all of whom did not prequalify.

Qualifying