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1989 Belgian Grand Prix
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The 1989 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Spa-Francorchamps on 27 August 1989. It was the eleventh race of the 1989 Formula One World Championship.
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1989 Belgian Grand Prix | |||
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Race 11 of 16 in the 1989 Formula One World Championship | |||
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Race details | |||
Date | 27 August 1989 | ||
Official name | XLVII Grand Prix de Belgique | ||
Location |
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Francorchamps, Wallonia, Belgium[1] | ||
Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
Course length | 6.940 km (4.312 miles) | ||
Distance | 44 laps, 305.360 km (189.741 miles) | ||
Weather | Wet, cloudy, cool | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | McLaren-Honda | ||
Time | 1:50.867 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Driver |
![]() | McLaren-Honda | |
Time | 2:11.571 on lap 44 | ||
Podium | |||
First | McLaren-Honda | ||
Second | McLaren-Honda | ||
Third | Ferrari | ||
Lap leaders |
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The 44-lap race was won from pole position by Brazilian driver Ayrton Senna, driving a McLaren-Honda. Senna finished just ahead of French teammate Alain Prost, with Briton Nigel Mansell third in a Ferrari. The win, Senna's fifth of the season, moved him to within 11 points of Prost in the Drivers' Championship.