Drivers Standings
| 1989 Drivers Standings | ||||||||||
| # | Driver | Constructor | Points | Races | Wins | Podiuns | Top 5 | Top 10 | Poles | Fastest laps |
| 1 |  Alain Prost |
McLaren-Honda | 76 | 16 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 |  Ayrton Senna |
McLaren-Honda | 60 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 3 |
| 3 |  Riccardo Patrese |
Williams-Renault | 40 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 |  Nigel Mansell |
Ferrari | 38 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 |  Thierry Boutsen |
Williams-Renault | 37 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Alessandro Nannini |
Benetton-Ford | 32 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 |  Gerhard Berger |
Ferrari | 21 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Nelson Piquet |
Lotus-Judd | 12 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Jean Alesi |
Tyrrell-Ford | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Derek Warwick |
Arrows-Ford | 7 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 |  Eddie Cheever |
Arrows-Ford | 6 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 |  Stefan Johansson |
Onyx-Ford | 6 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Michele Alboreto |
Lola-Lamborghini & Tyrrell-Ford | 6 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Johnny Herbert |
Benetton-Ford & Tyrrell-Ford | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Pierluigi Martini |
Minardi-Ford | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Mauricio Gugelmin |
March-Judd | 4 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Andrea de Cesaris |
Dallara-Ford | 4 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Stefano Modena |
Brabham-Judd | 4 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Alex Caffi |
Dallara-Ford | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Martin Brundle |
Brabham-Judd | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 |  Satoru Nakajima |
Lotus-Judd | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 |  Christian Danner |
Rial-Ford | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Emanuele Pirro |
Benetton-Ford | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Rene Arnoux |
Ligier-Ford | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Jonathan Palmer |
Tyrrell-Ford | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 26 | Olivier Grouillard |
Ligier-Ford | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Gabriele Tarquini |
AGS-Ford | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 |  Luis Perez-Sala |
Minardi-Ford | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Philippe Alliot |
Lola-Lamborghini | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Ivan Capelli |
March-Judd | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Eric Bernard |
Lola-Lamborghini | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Bertrand Gachot |
Onyx-Ford & Rial-Ford | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Martin Donnelly |
Arrows-Ford | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Nicola Larini |
Osella-Ford | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Bernd Schneider |
Zakspeed-Yamaha | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 |  Jyrki Jarvi Lehto |
Onyx-Ford | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Paolo Barilla |
Minardi-Ford | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Piercarlo Ghinzani |
Osella-Ford | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Pierre Henri Raphanel |
Coloni-Ford & Rial-Ford | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Roberto Moreno |
Coloni-Ford | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Yannick Dalmas |
AGS-Ford & Lola-Lamborghini | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Only the best eleven scores counted towards the championship | ||||||||||
| Points for top six finishers (9, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1) | ||||||||||
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