Suzuka 1989

Senna duly took pole position from the World Championship leader Alain Prost with the Ferraris of Gerhard Berger and Nigel Mansell sharing the second row. At the start Prost made a good start and took the lead and for the first half of the race he chipped away to build up a lead. At the end of lap 46 Senna made his move at the chicane. Prost saw him coming and turned into his teammate's path. The two interlocked McLarens slid up the chicane escape road. Prost, thinking the World Championship was over, climbed out.

To separate the cars the marshals pushed Senna backwards on to the track. They put the car into a dangerous position and so had to push it forwards again. As they did so Senna bump-started the engine. He drove through the chicane and rejoined. The nose of his car was damaged and he had to pit but he rejoined only five seconds behind Nannini. Senna's chase was furious and merciless. On lap 50 Ayrton sliced past Nannini at the chicane to take the lead and won the race.

But it was Nannini who appeared on the podium. Senna had been excluded for missing the chicane. In the record books the win still belongs to Nannini but anyone who was there will remember it as one of Senna's greatest days. A day when, in equal machinery, the titans of the 1980s went up against each other - and Senna won the battle.
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Pictures from Suzuka Japan Grand Prix 1989

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pic 1: Thierry Boutsen in Suzuka Japan Grand Prix 1989
pic 2: Éric Bernard in Suzuka Japan Grand Prix 1989

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pic 1: Nigel Mansell in Suzuka Japan Grand Prix 1989
pic 2: Olivier Grouillard in Suzuka Japan Grand Prix 1989

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pic 1: Philippe Alliot in Suzuka Japan Grand Prix 1989
pic 2: René Arnoux in Suzuka Japan Grand Prix 1989

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pic 1: Satoru Nakajima in Suzuka Japan Grand Prix 1989
pic 2: Ivan Capelli in Suzuka Japan Grand Prix 1989

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pic 1: Jean Alesi in Suzuka Japan Grand Prix 1989
pic 2: Mauricio Gugelmin in Suzuka Japan Grand Prix 1989

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pic 1: Nelson Piquet in Suzuka Japan Grand Prix 1989
pic 2: Nicola Larini in Suzuka Japan Grand Prix 1989

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pic 1: Alan Prost in Suzuka Japan Grand Prix 1989
pic 2: Alessandro Nannini in Suzuka Japan Grand Prix 1989

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pic 1: Ayrton Senna in Suzuka Japan Grand Prix 1989
pic 2: Eddie Cheever in Suzuka Japan Grand Prix 1989

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