- Winner
- Nigel Mansell
- Team
- Ferrari
- Top listed
- Nigel Mansell, Alain Prost, and Maurício Gugelmin
- Race date
- March 26, 1989
- Pole
- Ayrton Senna
- Fastest lap
- Riccardo Patrese
- Classified drivers
- 38
- Circuit
- Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet
The decisive result
Nigel Mansell finished first for Ferrari. Alain Prost is listed 2 for McLaren, with Maurício Gugelmin 3 for March.
Grid to finish
Philippe Alliot from P26 to P12 (+14), Satoru Nakajima from P21 to P8 (+13), and Olivier Grouillard from P22 to P9 (+13) recorded the largest positive grid-to-finish changes in the classification. Ayrton Senna started from the listed P1 grid position.
Status and fastest lap
The classification lists 8 DNPQ, 6 Finished, 4 Collision, 4 DNQ, and 3 +1 lap. Riccardo Patrese holds the fastest-lap entry at 1:32.507 on lap 47. It records the result without speculating about incidents or strategy.
This summary sticks to the classification and does not speculate about incidents, strategy, weather, or causes. Source: F1DB (CC BY 4.0) · updated Jul 26, 2026.