Round 15 · 22 October 1989
Japanese Grand Prix
Suzuka Circuit · Suzuka, Japan
Championship progression
Drivers' standings
Before the race
41 drivers
After Round 14
1
Alain Prost
McLaren
76
pts
2
Ayrton Senna
McLaren
60
pts
3
Nigel Mansell
Ferrari
38
pts
4
Riccardo Patrese
Williams
30
pts
5
Thierry Boutsen
Williams
24
pts
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6
Gerhard Berger
Ferrari
21
pts
7
Alessandro Nannini
Benetton
17
pts
8
Nelson Piquet
Team Lotus
9
pts
9
Jean Alesi
Tyrrell
8
pts
10
Eddie Cheever
Arrows
6
pts
11
Stefan Johansson
Onyx
6
pts
12
Michele Alboreto
Larrousse
6
pts
13
Derek Warwick
Arrows
6
pts
14
Johnny Herbert
Tyrrell
5
pts
15
Andrea de Cesaris
Dallara
4
pts
16
Maurício Gugelmin
March
4
pts
17
Stefano Modena
Brabham
4
pts
18
Alex Caffi
Dallara
4
pts
19
Pierluigi Martini
Minardi
4
pts
20
Christian Danner
Rial
3
pts
21
René Arnoux
Ligier
2
pts
22
Jonathan Palmer
Tyrrell
2
pts
23
Martin Brundle
Brabham
2
pts
24
Olivier Grouillard
Ligier
1
pts
25
Gabriele Tarquini
AGS
1
pts
26
Luis Pérez-Sala
Minardi
1
pts
27
Philippe Alliot
Larrousse
1
pts
-
Satoru Nakajima
Team Lotus
0
pts
-
Emanuele Pirro
Benetton
0
pts
-
Ivan Capelli
March
0
pts
-
Éric Bernard
Larrousse
0
pts
-
Bertrand Gachot
Onyx
0
pts
-
Nicola Larini
Osella
0
pts
-
Martin Donnelly
Arrows
0
pts
-
Roberto Moreno
Coloni
0
pts
-
Bernd Schneider
Zakspeed
0
pts
-
Jyrki Järvilehto
Onyx
0
pts
-
Piercarlo Ghinzani
Osella
0
pts
-
Pierre-Henri Raphanel
Rial
0
pts
-
Yannick Dalmas
AGS
0
pts
-
Volker Weidler
Rial
0
pts
After the race
42 drivers
After Round 15
1
Alain Prost
McLaren
—
76
+0
2
Ayrton Senna
McLaren
—
60
+0
3
Nigel Mansell
Ferrari
—
38
+0
4
Riccardo Patrese
Williams
—
36
+6
5
Thierry Boutsen
Williams
—
28
+4
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6
Alessandro Nannini
Benetton
↑1
26
+9
7
Gerhard Berger
Ferrari
↓1
21
+0
8
Nelson Piquet
Team Lotus
—
12
+3
9
Jean Alesi
Tyrrell
—
8
+0
10
Derek Warwick
Arrows
↑3
7
+1
11
Eddie Cheever
Arrows
↓1
6
+0
12
Stefan Johansson
Onyx
↓1
6
+0
13
Michele Alboreto
Larrousse
↓1
6
+0
14
Johnny Herbert
Tyrrell
—
5
+0
15
Andrea de Cesaris
Dallara
—
4
+0
16
Maurício Gugelmin
March
—
4
+0
17
Stefano Modena
Brabham
—
4
+0
18
Alex Caffi
Dallara
—
4
+0
19
Pierluigi Martini
Minardi
—
4
+0
20
Martin Brundle
Brabham
↑3
4
+2
21
Christian Danner
Rial
↓1
3
+0
22
René Arnoux
Ligier
↓1
2
+0
23
Jonathan Palmer
Tyrrell
↓1
2
+0
24
Olivier Grouillard
Ligier
—
1
+0
25
Gabriele Tarquini
AGS
—
1
+0
26
Luis Pérez-Sala
Minardi
—
1
+0
27
Philippe Alliot
Larrousse
—
1
+0
-
Satoru Nakajima
Team Lotus
—
0
+0
-
Emanuele Pirro
Benetton
—
0
+0
-
Ivan Capelli
March
—
0
+0
-
Éric Bernard
Larrousse
—
0
+0
-
Bertrand Gachot
Rial
—
0
+0
-
Nicola Larini
Osella
—
0
+0
-
Martin Donnelly
Arrows
—
0
+0
-
Roberto Moreno
Coloni
—
0
+0
-
Bernd Schneider
Zakspeed
—
0
+0
-
Jyrki Järvilehto
Onyx
—
0
+0
-
Piercarlo Ghinzani
Osella
—
0
+0
-
Pierre-Henri Raphanel
Rial
—
0
+0
-
Yannick Dalmas
AGS
—
0
+0
-
Paolo Barilla
Minardi
NEW
0
+0
-
Volker Weidler
Rial
—
0
+0
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Race classification
26 starters| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Grid | Status / time | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NAN Alessandro Nannini | Benetton | 6 | 1:35:06.277 | 9 |
| 2 | PAT Riccardo Patrese | Williams | 5 | +11.904 | 6 |
| 3 | BOU Thierry Boutsen | Williams | 7 | +13.446 | 4 |
| 4 | PIQ Nelson Piquet | Team Lotus | 11 | +1:44.225 | 3 |
| 5 | BRU Martin Brundle | Brabham | 13 | 1L | 2 |
| 6 | WAR Derek Warwick | Arrows | 25 | 1L | 1 |
| 7 | GUG Maurício Gugelmin | March | 20 | 1L | 0 |
| 8 | CHE Eddie Cheever | Arrows | 24 | 1L | 0 |
| 9 | CAF Alex Caffi | Dallara | 15 | 1L | 0 |
| 10 | DE Andrea de Cesaris | Dallara | 16 | 2L | 0 |
| D | SEN Ayrton Senna | McLaren | 1 | — | 0 |
| R | PRO Alain Prost | McLaren | 2 | — | 0 |
| R | MOD Stefano Modena | Brabham | 9 | — | 0 |
| R | MAN Nigel Mansell | Ferrari | 4 | — | 0 |
| R | NAK Satoru Nakajima | Team Lotus | 12 | — | 0 |
| R | ALE Jean Alesi | Tyrrell | 18 | — | 0 |
| R | ALL Philippe Alliot | Larrousse | 8 | — | 0 |
| R | BER Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 3 | — | 0 |
| R | PIR Emanuele Pirro | Benetton | 22 | — | 0 |
| R | GRO Olivier Grouillard | Ligier | 23 | — | 0 |
| R | CAP Ivan Capelli | March | 17 | — | 0 |
| R | LAR Nicola Larini | Osella | 10 | — | 0 |
| R | PAL Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell | 26 | — | 0 |
| R | SCH Bernd Schneider | Zakspeed | 21 | — | 0 |
| R | PÉR Luis Pérez-Sala | Minardi | 14 | — | 0 |
| R | BAR Paolo Barilla | Minardi | 19 | — | 0 |