Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez · 28 May 1989
Ayrton Senna won the 1989 Mexican Grand Prix for McLaren from 1st on the grid, 15.56s ahead of Riccardo Patrese. Eddie Cheever gained the most places, from 24th on the grid to 7th.
| Pos | Team | Points Breakdown | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLaren Senna 9 + Prost 2 | Senna 9 + Prost 2 | 11 | |
| 2 | Williams Patrese 6 + Boutsen 0 | Patrese 6 + Boutsen 0 | 6 | |
| 3 | Tyrrell Alboreto 4 + Palmer 0 | Alboreto 4 + Palmer 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Benetton Nannini 3 + Herbert 0 | Nannini 3 + Herbert 0 | 3 | |
| 5 | AGS Tarquini 1 | Tarquini 1 | 1 | |
| 6 | Arrows Cheever 0 + Warwick 0 | Cheever 0 + Warwick 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Ligier Grouillard 0 + Arnoux 0 | Grouillard 0 + Arnoux 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Brabham Brundle 0 + Modena 0 | Brundle 0 + Modena 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Team Lotus Piquet 0 + Nakajima 0 | Piquet 0 + Nakajima 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Rial Danner 0 | Danner 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Dallara Caffi 0 + de Cesaris 0 | Caffi 0 + de Cesaris 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Minardi Martini 0 | Martini 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | Ferrari Mansell 0 + Berger 0 | Mansell 0 + Berger 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | Lola Alliot 0 | Alliot 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | Onyx Johansson 0 | Johansson 0 | 0 | |
| 16 | March Capelli 0 | Capelli 0 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Race time / Gap | Laps | Stops | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ayrton Senna McLaren | McLaren | 1:35:21.431 | 69 | — | 9 | |
| 2 | Riccardo Patrese Williams | Williams | +15.560s | 69 | — | 6 | |
| 3 | Michele Alboreto Tyrrell | Tyrrell | +31.254s | 69 | — | 4 | |
| 4 | Alessandro Nannini Benetton | Benetton | +45.495s | 69 | — | 3 | |
| 5 | Alain Prost McLaren | McLaren | +56.113s | 69 | — | 2 | |
| 6 | Gabriele Tarquini AGS | AGS | +1 Lap | 68 | — | 1 | |
| 7 | Eddie Cheever Arrows | Arrows | +1 Lap | 68 | — | — | |
| 8 | Olivier Grouillard Ligier | Ligier | +1 Lap | 68 | — | — | |
| 9 | Martin Brundle Brabham | Brabham | +1 Lap | 68 | — | — | |
| 10 | Stefano Modena Brabham | Brabham | +1 Lap | 68 | — | — | |
| 11 | Nelson Piquet Team Lotus | Team Lotus | +1 Lap | 68 | — | — | |
| 12 | Christian Danner Rial | Rial | +2 Laps | 67 | — | — | |
| 13 | Alex Caffi Dallara | Dallara | +2 Laps | 67 | — | — | |
| 14 | René Arnoux Ligier | Ligier | +3 Laps | 66 | — | — | |
| 15 | Johnny Herbert Benetton | Benetton | +3 Laps | 66 | — | — | |
| DNF | Pierluigi Martini Minardi | Minardi | DNF Engine | 53 | — | — | |
| DNF | Nigel Mansell Ferrari | Ferrari | DNF Gearbox | 43 | — | — | |
| DNF | Derek Warwick Arrows | Arrows | DNF Electrical | 35 | — | — | |
| DNF | Satoru Nakajima Team Lotus | Team Lotus | DNF Spun off | 35 | — | — | |
| NC | Philippe Alliot Lola | Lola | NC | 28 | — | — | |
| DNF | Andrea de Cesaris Dallara | Dallara | DNF Suspension | 20 | — | — | |
| DNF | Gerhard Berger Ferrari | Ferrari | DNF Gearbox | 16 | — | — | |
| DNF | Stefan Johansson Onyx | Onyx | DNF Transmission | 16 | — | — | |
| DNF | Thierry Boutsen Williams | Williams | DNF Electrical | 15 | — | — | |
| DNF | Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell | Tyrrell | DNF Throttle | 9 | — | — | |
| DNF | Ivan Capelli March | March | DNF Transmission | 1 | — | — |