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 McLa
Alain Prost won the Drivers' title for the third time with McLaren-Honda on 76 points in his last season with the team.
Defending champion and 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).
The 1988 FIA Formula One World Championship was the 42nd season of FIA Formula One motor racing. It featured the 1988 Formula One World Championship for Drivers and the 1988 Formula One World Champion
1989 Formula One World Championship
…All engines were 3.5-litre displacement configuration. McLaren, having won fifteen of the sixteen races in 1988, kept their successful driver line-up of 1985 and 1986 World Champion Alain Prost and defending champion Ayrton Senna. They would drive the new MP4/5…
Ayrton Senna won the first of his three Drivers' Championships with 90 points in his first year with McLaren.
Gerhard Berger finished third, driving for Ferrari.
McLaren-Honda won the World Constructors' Championship winning all but one race with the McLaren MP4/4.
Ferrari finished runner-up in the Constructors' Championship with the Ferrari F1/87/88C.