Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet · 26 March 1989
Nigel Mansell won the 1989 Brazilian Grand Prix for Ferrari from 6th on the grid, 7.809s ahead of Alain Prost. Philippe Alliot gained the most places, from 26th on the grid to 12th.
| Pos | Team | Points Breakdown | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ferrari Mansell 9 + Berger 0 | Mansell 9 + Berger 0 | 9 | |
| 2 | McLaren Prost 6 + Senna 0 | Prost 6 + Senna 0 | 6 | |
| 3 | March Gugelmin 4 + Capelli 0 | Gugelmin 4 + Capelli 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Benetton Herbert 3 + Nannini 1 | Herbert 3 + Nannini 1 | 4 | |
| 5 | Arrows Warwick 2 + Cheever 0 | Warwick 2 + Cheever 0 | 2 | |
| 6 | Tyrrell Palmer 0 + Alboreto 0 | Palmer 0 + Alboreto 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Team Lotus Nakajima 0 + Piquet 0 | Nakajima 0 + Piquet 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Ligier Grouillard 0 | Grouillard 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Lola Alliot 0 | Alliot 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Dallara de Cesaris 0 | de Cesaris 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Rial Danner 0 | Danner 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Williams Patrese 0 + Boutsen 0 | Patrese 0 + Boutsen 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | Zakspeed Schneider 0 | Schneider 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | Brabham Brundle 0 + Modena 0 | Brundle 0 + Modena 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | Osella Larini 0 | Larini 0 | 0 | |
| 16 | Minardi Martini 0 + Pérez-Sala 0 | Martini 0 + Pérez-Sala 0 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Race time / Gap | Laps | Stops | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigel Mansell Ferrari | Ferrari | 1:38:58.744 | 61 | — | 9 | |
| 2 | Alain Prost McLaren | McLaren | +7.809s | 61 | — | 6 | |
| 3 | Maurício Gugelmin March | March | +9.370s | 61 | — | 4 | |
| 4 | Johnny Herbert Benetton | Benetton | +10.493s | 61 | — | 3 | |
| 5 | Derek Warwick Arrows | Arrows | +17.866s | 61 | — | 2 | |
| 6 | Alessandro Nannini Benetton | Benetton | +18.241s | 61 | — | 1 | |
| 7 | Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell | Tyrrell | +1 Lap | 60 | — | — | |
| 8 | Satoru Nakajima Team Lotus | Team Lotus | +1 Lap | 60 | — | — | |
| 9 | Olivier Grouillard Ligier | Ligier | +1 Lap | 60 | — | — | |
| 10 | Michele Alboreto Tyrrell | Tyrrell | +2 Laps | 59 | — | — | |
| 11 | Ayrton Senna McLaren | McLaren | +2 Laps | 59 | — | — | |
| 12 | Philippe Alliot Lola | Lola | +3 Laps | 58 | — | — | |
| 13 | Andrea de Cesaris Dallara | Dallara | +4 Laps | 57 | — | — | |
| 14 | Christian Danner Rial | Rial | +5 Laps | 56 | — | — | |
| DNF | Riccardo Patrese Williams | Williams | DNF Alternator | 51 | — | — | |
| DNF | Eddie Cheever Arrows | Arrows | DNF Collision | 37 | — | — | |
| DNF | Bernd Schneider Zakspeed | Zakspeed | DNF Collision | 36 | — | — | |
| DNF | Martin Brundle Brabham | Brabham | DNF Halfshaft | 27 | — | — | |
| DNF | Ivan Capelli March | March | DNF Suspension | 22 | — | — | |
| DNF | Nelson Piquet Team Lotus | Team Lotus | DNF Fuel system | 10 | — | — | |
| DSQ | Nicola Larini Osella | Osella | DSQ | 10 | — | — | |
| DNF | Stefano Modena Brabham | Brabham | DNF Halfshaft | 9 | — | — | |
| DNF | Thierry Boutsen Williams | Williams | DNF Engine | 3 | — | — | |
| DNF | Pierluigi Martini Minardi | Minardi | DNF Chassis | 2 | — | — | |
| DNF | Gerhard Berger Ferrari | Ferrari | DNF Collision | 0 | — | — | |
| DNF | Luis Pérez-Sala Minardi | Minardi | DNF Collision | 0 | — | — |