Formula 1 1989 11 1989-08-27 1989-08-27 https://r2.thesportsdb.com/images/media/event/thumb/888jt21751142038.jpg https://r2.thesportsdb.com/images/media/event/poster/xn0flh1751141392.jpg The 1989 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Spa-Francorchamps on 27 August 1989. It was the eleventh race of the 1989 Formula One World Championship. The 44-lap race was won from pole position by Brazilian driver Ayrton Senna, driving a McLaren-Honda. Senna finished just ahead of French teammate Alain Prost, with Briton Nigel Mansell third in a Ferrari. The win, Senna's fifth of the season, moved him to within 11 points of Prost in the Drivers' Championship. Senna comfortably led from start to finish in conditions similar to those in which he won his first Belgian Grand Prix in 1985. 505965