1989 Italian Formula One Championship

1989 Italian Formula One Championship season
Alex Caffi won his first and only Drivers title for Scuderia Italia.
Season
Races	6
Start date	23rd April
Start Event	San Marino Grand Prix
End date	3rd December
End Event	F1 Indoor Trophy
Awards
Driver's Champion	Alex Caffi
Constructor's Champion	Minardi
Seasons
Previous season	Next season
1988	1990

All information on this page is not part of canon.

The 1989 Italian Formula One Championship was the second season of the of Italian Formula One Championship, won in 1988 by Gerhard Berger and Ferrari. They would both enter the 1989 season to defend their titles, but the poor reliablilty of the Ferrari 640 - coupled with the team's refusal to run at the Indoor Trophy in Bologna, made this a difficult task. Ultimately, 1989 proved to be the closest season on record. The season would see fifteen different drivers compete for six different teams, in addition to Gabriele Tarquini and FIRST, who would have competed had the FIRST F189 not failed crash tests.

Teams and Drivers

Team	Chassis	Engine	Race Drivers	Rounds
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	Ferrari 640	Ferrari 035/5 3.5 V12	Gerhard Berger	1, 3-5
			Nigel Mansell	1-5
Minardi Team SpA	Minardi M189	Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8	Pierluigi Martini	All
			Luis Perez-Sala	All
BMS Scuderia Italia	Dallara F189	Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5 V8	Alex Caffi	1-5
			Andrea de Cesaris	All
Osella Squadra Corse	Osella FA1M	Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8	Piercarlo Ghinzani	1-5
			Nicola Larini	1-5
			Enrico Bertaggia	6
			Andrea Chiesa	6
Coloni SpA	Coloni C3	Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5 V8	Roberto Moreno	1-5
			Pierre-Henri Raphanel	1-3, 6
			Enrico Bertaggia	4-5
EuroBrun Racing	EuroBrun ER189	Judd CV 3.5 V8	Gregor Foitek	1-4
			Oscar Larrauri	5
			Claudio Langes	6
FIRST Racing	FIRST F189	Judd CV 3.5 V8	Gabriele Tarquini	None

Calendar

As usual, the calendar would contain the four core events of the San Marino, Monaco and Italian Grands Prix, in addition to the Indoor Trophy. On this occasion, the two additional events selected to complete the calendar were the French Grand Prix at Paul Ricard and the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps.

	Race	Venue	Date	Winning driver	Winning team
1	San Marino Grand Prix	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	23rd April	Alex Caffi	Scuderia Italia
2	Monaco Grand Prix	Circuit de Monaco	7th May	Alex Caffi	Scuderia Italia
3	French Grand Prix	Circuit Paul Ricard	9th July	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari
4	Belgian Grand Prix	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	27th August	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari
5	Italian Grand Prix	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	10th September	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari
6	F1 Indoor Trophy	Bologna Motor Show	3rd December	Luis Perez-Sala	Minardi

Championship Standings

Championship points are awarded to the top four cars at each event. Constructors earn the points for their best car at any given event.

Position	1	2	3	4
Points	5	3	2	1

Drivers Championship

Pos	Driver	SMR	MON	FRA	BEL	ITA	IND	Points
1	Alex Caffi	1	1	4†	Ret	4		12
2	Pierluigi Martini	Ret	Ret	2†	2	2	2	12
3	Luis Perez-Sala	4†	3†	DNQ	4	3	1	11
4	Nigel Mansell	Ret	Ret	1	1	Ret		10
5	Andrea de Cesaris	2	2	DNQ	3	Ret	4	4
6	Gerhard Berger	Ret		3†	Ret	1		7
7	Nicola Larini	3	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	Ret		2
8	Enrico Bertaggia				DNQ	DNQ	3	2
9	Roberto Moreno	DNQ	4†	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ		1
10	Pierre-Henri Raphanel	DNQ	Ret	DNQ			5	0
11	Andrea Chiesa						6	0
12	Claudio Langes						7	0
13	Piercarlo Ghinzani	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ		0
14	Gregor Foitek	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ			0
15	Oscar Larrauri					DNQ		0

Constructors Championship

Pos	Team	SMR	MON	FRA	BEL	ITA	IND	Points
1	Minardi	4†	3†	2	2	2	1	17
2	Ferrari	Ret	Ret	1	1	1		15
3	Scuderia Italia	1	1	4†	3	4	4	15
4	Osella	3	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	3	4
5	Coloni	DNQ	4†	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	5	3
6	EuroBrun	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	7	0

† Driver did not finish, but was classified due to being among the last four cars running