Race Result
| GP n. 469 - 26/03/1989 - Grand Prix of Brazil Jacarepagua |
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| Winner: | Nigel Mansell / Ferrari - 1:38'58.744 | ||||||
| Pole Position: | Ayrton Senna / McLaren- Honda - 1:25.302 | ||||||
| Fastest Lap: | Riccardo Patrese / Williams-Renault - 1:32.507 | ||||||
| Pos | Nš | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 27 |  Nigel Mansell |
Ferrari | 61 | 1:38'58.744 | 6 | 9 |
| 2 | 2 |  Alain Prost |
McLaren-Honda | 61 | +7.809 | 5 | 6 |
| 3 | 15 |  Mauricio Gugelmin |
March-Judd | 61 | 9.370 | 12 | 4 |
| 4 | 20 | Johnny Herbert |
Benetton-Ford | 61 | +10.493 | 10 | 3 |
| 5 | 9 | Derek Warwick |
Arrows-Ford | 61 | +17.866 | 8 | 2 |
| 6 | 19 |  Alessandro Nannini |
Benetton-Ford | 61 | +18.241 | 11 | 1 |
| 7 | 3 | Jonathan Palmer |
Tyrrell-Ford | 60 | + 1 lap | 18 | 0 |
| 8 | 12 |  Satoru Nakajima |
Lotus-Judd | 60 | + 1 lap | 21 | 0 |
| 9 | 26 | Olivier Grouillard |
Ligier-Ford | 60 | + 1 lap | 22 | 0 |
| 10 | 4 | Michele Alboreto |
Tyrrell-Ford | 59 | + 2 laps | 20 | 0 |
| 11 | 1 | Ayrton Senna |
McLaren-Honda | 59 | + 2 laps | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | 30 | Philippe Alliot |
Lola-Lamborghini | 58 | + 3laps | 26 | 0 |
| 13 | 22 | Andrea de Cesaris |
Dallara-Ford | 57 | + 4 laps | 15 | 0 |
| 14 | 38 |  Christian Danner |
Rial-Ford | 56 | + 5 lpas | 17 | 0 |
| 15 | 6 | Riccardo Patrese |
Williams-Renault | 51 | alternator | 2 | 0 |
| Dsq | 17 | Nicola Larini |
Osella-Ford | 10 | disqualified | 19 | 0 |
| Ret | 10 |  Eddie Cheever |
Arrows-Ford | 37 | collision | 24 | 0 |
| Ret | 34 | Bernd Schneider |
Zakspeed-Yamaha | 36 | collision | 25 | 0 |
| Ret | 7 | Martin Brundle |
Brabham-Judd | 27 | halfshaft | 13 | 0 |
| Ret | 16 | Ivan Capelli |
March-Judd | 22 | suspension | 7 | 0 |
| Ret | 11 | Nelson Piquet |
Lotus-Judd | 10 | fuel system | 9 | 0 |
| Ret | 8 | Stefano Modena |
Brabham-Judd | 9 | halfshaft | 14 | 0 |
| Ret | 5 |  Thierry Boutsen |
Williams-Renault | 3 | engine | 4 | 0 |
| Ret | 23 | Pierluigi Martini |
Minardi-Ford | 2 | chassis | 16 | 0 |
| Ret | 28 |  Gerhard Berger |
Ferrari | 0 | collision | 3 | 0 |
| Ret | 24 |  Luis Perez-Sala |
Minardi-Ford | 0 | collision | 23 | 0 |
| Dnq | 41 | Joachim Winkelhock |
AGS-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Dnq | 31 | Roberto Moreno |
Coloni-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Dnq | 32 | Pierre Henri Raphanel |
Coloni-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Dnq | 21 | Alex Caffi |
Dallara-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Dnq | 33 |  Gregor Foitek |
Euro Brun-Judd | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Dnq | 25 | Rene Arnoux |
Ligier-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Dnq | 29 | Yannick Dalmas |
Lola-Lamborghini | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Dnq | 36 |  Stefan Johansson |
Onyx-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Dnq | 37 | Bertrand Gachot |
Onyx-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Dnq | 18 | Piercarlo Ghinzani |
Osella-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Dnq | 39 | Volker Weidler |
Rial-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Dnq | 35 | Aguri Suzuki |
Zakspeed-Yamaha | did not qualify | 0 | ||