Suzuka Circuit · 22 October 1989
Alessandro Nannini won the 1989 Japanese Grand Prix for Benetton from 6th on the grid, 11.904s ahead of Riccardo Patrese. Derek Warwick gained the most places, from 25th on the grid to 6th.
| Pos | Team | Points Breakdown | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Williams Patrese 6 + Boutsen 4 | Patrese 6 + Boutsen 4 | 10 | |
| 2 | Benetton Nannini 9 + Pirro 0 | Nannini 9 + Pirro 0 | 9 | |
| 3 | Team Lotus Piquet 3 + Nakajima 0 | Piquet 3 + Nakajima 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Brabham Brundle 2 + Modena 0 | Brundle 2 + Modena 0 | 2 | |
| 5 | Arrows Warwick 1 + Cheever 0 | Warwick 1 + Cheever 0 | 1 | |
| 6 | March Gugelmin 0 + Capelli 0 | Gugelmin 0 + Capelli 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Dallara Caffi 0 + de Cesaris 0 | Caffi 0 + de Cesaris 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | McLaren Senna 0 + Prost 0 | Senna 0 + Prost 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Ferrari Mansell 0 + Berger 0 | Mansell 0 + Berger 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Tyrrell Alesi 0 + Palmer 0 | Alesi 0 + Palmer 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Lola Alliot 0 | Alliot 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Ligier Grouillard 0 | Grouillard 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | Osella Larini 0 | Larini 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | Zakspeed Schneider 0 | Schneider 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | Minardi Pérez-Sala 0 + Barilla 0 | Pérez-Sala 0 + Barilla 0 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Race time / Gap | Laps | Stops | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alessandro Nannini Benetton | Benetton | 1:35:06.277 | 53 | — | 9 | |
| 2 | Riccardo Patrese Williams | Williams | +11.904s | 53 | — | 6 | |
| 3 | Thierry Boutsen Williams | Williams | +13.446s | 53 | — | 4 | |
| 4 | Nelson Piquet Team Lotus | Team Lotus | +1:44.225 | 53 | — | 3 | |
| 5 | Martin Brundle Brabham | Brabham | +1 Lap | 52 | — | 2 | |
| 6 | Derek Warwick Arrows | Arrows | +1 Lap | 52 | — | 1 | |
| 7 | Maurício Gugelmin March | March | +1 Lap | 52 | — | — | |
| 8 | Eddie Cheever Arrows | Arrows | +1 Lap | 52 | — | — | |
| 9 | Alex Caffi Dallara | Dallara | +1 Lap | 52 | — | — | |
| 10 | Andrea de Cesaris Dallara | Dallara | +2 Laps | 51 | — | — | |
| DSQ | Ayrton Senna McLaren | McLaren | DSQ | 53 | — | — | |
| DNF | Alain Prost McLaren | McLaren | DNF Collision | 46 | — | — | |
| DNF | Stefano Modena Brabham | Brabham | DNF Engine | 46 | — | — | |
| DNF | Nigel Mansell Ferrari | Ferrari | DNF Engine | 43 | — | — | |
| DNF | Satoru Nakajima Team Lotus | Team Lotus | DNF Engine | 41 | — | — | |
| DNF | Jean Alesi Tyrrell | Tyrrell | DNF Gearbox | 37 | — | — | |
| DNF | Philippe Alliot Lola | Lola | DNF Engine | 36 | — | — | |
| DNF | Gerhard Berger Ferrari | Ferrari | DNF Gearbox | 34 | — | — | |
| DNF | Emanuele Pirro Benetton | Benetton | DNF Collision | 33 | — | — | |
| DNF | Olivier Grouillard Ligier | Ligier | DNF Engine | 31 | — | — | |
| DNF | Ivan Capelli March | March | DNF Suspension | 27 | — | — | |
| DNF | Nicola Larini Osella | Osella | DNF Brakes | 21 | — | — | |
| DNF | Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell | Tyrrell | DNF Fuel leak | 20 | — | — | |
| DNF | Bernd Schneider Zakspeed | Zakspeed | DNF Gearbox | 1 | — | — | |
| DNF | Luis Pérez-Sala Minardi | Minardi | DNF Collision | 0 | — | — | |
| DNF | Paolo Barilla Minardi | Minardi | DNF Clutch | 0 | — | — |