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Nigel Mansell won the 1989 Hungarian Grand Prix

Nigel Mansell won the 1989 Hungarian Grand Prix for Ferrari, ahead of Ayrton Senna and Thierry Boutsen at Hungaroring.

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Race recap

Winner
Nigel Mansell
Team
Ferrari
Top listed
Nigel Mansell, Ayrton Senna, and Thierry Boutsen
Race date
August 13, 1989
Pole
Riccardo Patrese
Fastest lap
Nigel Mansell
Classified drivers
39
Circuit
Hungaroring

The decisive result

Nigel Mansell finished first for Ferrari. Ayrton Senna is listed 2 for McLaren, with Thierry Boutsen 3 for Williams.

Grid to finish

Emanuele Pirro from P25 to P8 (+17), Nigel Mansell from P12 to P1 (+11), and Eddie Cheever from P16 to P5 (+11) recorded the largest positive grid-to-finish changes in the classification. Riccardo Patrese started from the listed P1 grid position.

Status and fastest lap

The classification lists 9 DNPQ, 7 Finished, 4 +1 lap, 4 DNQ, and 4 Gearbox. Nigel Mansell holds the fastest-lap entry at 1:22.637 on lap 66. 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.

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Race classification
PosDriverConstructorTime / statusPoints
1Nigel MansellFerrari1:49:38.6509
2Ayrton SennaMcLaren1:50:04.6176
3Thierry BoutsenWilliams1:50:17.0044
4Alain ProstMcLaren1:50:22.8273
5Eddie CheeverArrows1:50:23.7562
6Nelson PiquetTeam Lotus1:50:50.6891
7Alex CaffiDallara1:51:02.8750
8Emanuele PirroBenetton+1 lap0
9Jean AlesiTyrrell+1 lap0
10Derek WarwickArrows+1 lap0
11Stefano ModenaBrabham+1 lap0
12Martin BrundleBrabham+2 laps0
13Jonathan PalmerTyrrell+4 laps0
DNFLuis Pérez-SalaMinardiCollision0
DNFGerhard BergerFerrariGearbox0
DNFRiccardo PatreseWilliamsRadiator0
DNFStefan JohanssonOnyxGearbox0
DNFAlessandro NanniniBenettonGearbox0
DNFBertrand GachotOnyxGearbox0
DNFSatoru NakajimaTeam LotusCollision0