The 1989 FIA Formula One World Championship was the 43rd season of FIA Formula One motor racing. It began on 26 March and ended on 5 November. Alain Prost won his third Drivers' Championship, and McLaren won the Constructors' Championship.
Prost's teammate Ayrton Senna finished runner-up, 16 points behind.
Riccardo Patrese came third on 40 points for Williams-Renault.
McLaren-Honda won the Constructors' Championship in 1989 with the MP4/5 (the white-and-red cars nearest the camera).
Alain Prost
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Alain Marie Pascal Prost is a French retired racing driver and Formula One team owner. A four-time Formula One World Drivers' Champion, from 1987 until 2001 he held the record for most Grand Prix victories until Michael Schumacher surpassed Prost's total of 51 victories at the 2001 Belgian Grand Prix.
Prost's 1983 Renault RE40, in which he came close to winning his first championship
Prost driving the McLaren MP4/2B at the 1985 German Grand Prix