Japanese Grand Prix
Round 15 · 22 October 1989 ·Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka, Japan
Patrese
Williams
2
Nannini
Benetton
1
Boutsen
Williams
3
Race classification
| Pos. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Laps | Time | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alessandro Nannini |  Italian | Benetton | 53 | 1:35:06.277 | 9 |
| 2 | Riccardo Patrese | Italian | Williams | 53 | +11.904 | 6 |
| 3 | Thierry Boutsen |  Belgian | Williams | 53 | +13.446 | 4 |
| 4 | Nelson Piquet |  Brazilian | Team Lotus | 53 | +1:44.225 | 3 |
| 5 | Martin Brundle |  British | Brabham | 52 | +1 Lap | 2 |
| 6 | Derek Warwick | British | Arrows | 52 | +1 Lap | 1 |
| 7 | Maurício Gugelmin | Brazilian | March | 52 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 8 | Eddie Cheever |  American | Arrows | 52 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 9 | Alex Caffi | Italian | Dallara | 52 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 10 | Andrea de Cesaris | Italian | Dallara | 51 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| D | Ayrton Senna | Brazilian | McLaren | 53 | Disqualified | 0 |
| R | Alain Prost |  French | McLaren | 46 | Collision | 0 |
| R | Stefano Modena | Italian | Brabham | 46 | Engine | 0 |
| R | Nigel Mansell | British | Ferrari | 43 | Engine | 0 |
| R | Satoru Nakajima |  Japanese | Team Lotus | 41 | Engine | 0 |
| R | Jean Alesi | French | Tyrrell | 37 | Gearbox | 0 |
| R | Philippe Alliot | French | Larrousse | 36 | Engine | 0 |
| R | Gerhard Berger |  Austrian | Ferrari | 34 | Gearbox | 0 |
| R | Emanuele Pirro | Italian | Benetton | 33 | Collision | 0 |
| R | Olivier Grouillard | French | Ligier | 31 | Engine | 0 |
| R | Ivan Capelli | Italian | March | 27 | Suspension | 0 |
| R | Nicola Larini | Italian | Osella | 21 | Brakes | 0 |
| R | Jonathan Palmer | British | Tyrrell | 20 | Fuel leak | 0 |
| R | Bernd Schneider |  German | Zakspeed | 1 | Gearbox | 0 |
| R | Luis Pérez-Sala |  Spanish | Minardi | 0 | Collision | 0 |
| R | Paolo Barilla | Italian | Minardi | 0 | Clutch | 0 |
| F | René Arnoux | French | Ligier | 0 | Did not qualify | 0 |
| F | Michele Alboreto | Italian | Larrousse | 0 | Did not qualify | 0 |
| F | Pierre-Henri Raphanel | French | Rial | 0 | Did not qualify | 0 |
| F | Bertrand Gachot | Belgian | Rial | 0 | Did not qualify | 0 |
| F | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Italian | Osella | 0 | Did not prequalify | 0 |
| F | Roberto Moreno | Brazilian | Coloni | 0 | Did not prequalify | 0 |
| F | Stefan Johansson |  Swedish | Onyx | 0 | Did not prequalify | 0 |
| F | Aguri Suzuki | Japanese | Zakspeed | 0 | Did not prequalify | 0 |
| F | Oscar Larrauri |  Argentine | Euro Brun | 0 | Did not prequalify | 0 |
| F | Jyrki Järvilehto |  Finnish | Onyx | 0 | Did not prequalify | 0 |
| F | Gabriele Tarquini | Italian | AGS | 0 | Did not prequalify | 0 |
| F | Yannick Dalmas | French | AGS | 0 | Did not prequalify | 0 |
| F | Enrico Bertaggia | Italian | Coloni | 0 | Did not prequalify | 0 |
- R
- Retired
- F
- Failed to qualify
- D
- Disqualified