1989 German Grand Prix

Name: 1989 German Grand Prix
Start: 30/07/1989
Location: Hockenheim

Sunday, July 30, 1989
Grosser Mobil 1 Preis von Deutschland
F1 World Championship

Race Winner

Ayrton Senna , Honda Marlboro McLaren

Country

Germany

Circuit

Hockenheim

Round

Laps

Pole

Ayrton Senna , Honda Marlboro McLaren

Fastest Lap

Senna , 1m 45.884s

1989 Season

Past Results

1988, 1987, 1986, 1985, 1984, 1983, 1982, 1981, 1980, 1979, 1978, 1977, 1976, 1975, 1974, 1973, 1972, 1971, 1970, 1969, 1968, 1967, 1966, 1965, 1964, 1963, 1962, 1961, 1960, 1960, 1959, 1958, 1957, 1956, 1954, 1953, 1952, 1951, 1950, 1939, 1938, 1937, 1936, 1935, 1934, 1932, 1931, 1929, 1928, 1927, 1926

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Yet the German Grand Prix was much more of a race than the bare result suggests, and the action wasn’t confined to the battle for first place, either.

For once, though, it really was quite a fight. In fact, it was probably the most prolonged encounter between Senna and Prost since Ricard 1988, as the two ran within yards of one another for virtually the entire distance.

As expected, the MP4/5s and their Honda V10 engines were in a class of their own throughout the meeting. The stop-go nature of the Hockenheimring, whose already sparse character has been ruined further by chicanes, suited them down to the ground.

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