1989 Japanese Grand Prix
Qualifying

1989 Japanese Grand Prix

Section Title: Qualifying
Table Section Text: None

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Q1	Q2	Gap

1	1	Brazil Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	1:39.493	1:38.041	—

2	2	France Alain Prost	McLaren-Honda	1:40.875	1:39.771	+1.730

3	28	Austria Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	1:41.253	1:40.187	+2.146

4	27	United Kingdom Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	1:40.608	1:40.406	+2.365

5	6	Italy Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	1:42.397	1:40.936	+2.895

6	19	Italy Alessandro Nannini	Benetton-Ford	1:41.601	1:41.103	+3.062

7	5	Belgium Thierry Boutsen	Williams-Renault	1:42.943	1:41.324	+3.283

8	30	France Philippe Alliot	Lola-Lamborghini	1:42.534	1:41.336	+3.295

9	8	Italy Stefano Modena	Brabham-Judd	1:42.909	1:41.458	+3.417

10	17	Italy Nicola Larini	Osella-Ford	1:42.483	1:41.519	+3.478

11	11	Brazil Nelson Piquet	Lotus-Judd	1:43.386	1:41.802	+3.761

12	12	Japan Satoru Nakajima	Lotus-Judd	1:43.370	1:41.988	+3.947

13	7	United Kingdom Martin Brundle	Brabham-Judd	1:44.236	1:42.182	+4.141

14	24	Spain Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi-Ford	1:43.107	1:42.283	+4.242

15	21	Italy Alex Caffi	Dallara-Ford	1:43.171	1:42.488	+4.447

16	22	Italy Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara-Ford	1:43.904	1:42.581	+4.540

17	16	Italy Ivan Capelli	March-Judd	1:43.851	1:42.672	+4.631

18	4	France Jean Alesi	Tyrrell-Ford	1:43.306	1:42.709	+4.668

19	23	Italy Paolo Barilla	Minardi-Ford	1:46.096	1:42.780	+4.739

20	15	Brazil Maurício Gugelmin	March-Judd	1:44.805	1:42.880	+4.839

21	34	Germany Bernd Schneider	Zakspeed-Yamaha	1:44.323	1:42.892	+4.851

22	20	Italy Emanuele Pirro	Benetton-Ford	1:43.217	1:43.063	+5.022

23	26	France Olivier Grouillard	Ligier-Ford	1:45.801	1:43.379	+5.338

24	10	United States Eddie Cheever	Arrows-Ford	1:44.501	1:43.511	+5.470

25	9	United Kingdom Derek Warwick	Arrows-Ford	1:44.288	1:43.599	+5.558

26	3	United Kingdom Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell-Ford	1:43.955	1:43.757	+5.716

27	25	France René Arnoux	Ligier-Ford	1:44.221	1:44.030	+5.989

28	29	Italy Michele Alboreto	Lola-Lamborghini	1:44.063	1:44.101	+6.022

29	38	France Pierre-Henri Raphanel	Rial-Ford	2:11.328	1:47.160	+9.119

30	39	Belgium Bertrand Gachot	Rial-Ford	1:50.883	1:47.295	+9.254

Sentence(s)

Schneider qualified 21st with 4.851 seconds.

final_sentence: Schneider qualified 21st with 4.851 seconds.