Dallara F189

Development

The Dallara F189 designed by Gian Paolo Dallara and Mario Tollentino and was an evolution of the previous year's Dallara F188. It was powered by Cosworth DFR V8 engines prepared by Heini Mader.^[2]

Race history

For 1989, BMS Scuderia Italia expanded to a two car team. Alex Caffi remained on the roster, joined by the very experienced Andrea de Cesaris. As Caffi scored no points in 1988, and de Cesaris had scored 3 points for Rial, this actually meant that Caffi was bumped into pre-qualifying for the first half of the season, though with a good car and Pirelli's generally strong qualifying tyres this normally wasn't much of a problem for the young Italian. de Cesaris qualified in 15th place for the season opening Brazilian Grand Prix and was classified 13th even though engine problems meant he failed to finish. His best race was in Canada when, in a rain-affected event, he finished third from ninth on the grid (his best qualifying performance of the year). This, his only points finish of the year, was the first of two podiums achieved by Scuderia Italia in Formula One and would prove to be de Cesaris' last ever F1 podium finish. At the following race in France he failed to qualify, though he made every other race, mostly in the second half of the grid.^[1]

Caffi in the meantime failed to pre-qualify in Brazil and he would repeat this feat later in the year at the British Grand Prix. These proved to be anomalies as he made the field for the other 14 races of the season, usually ahead of De Cesaris, and in some cases well inside the top half of the grid (he qualified a brilliant 6th in Phoenix). In Hungary he did even better by placing his F189 third on the grid behind only the McLaren-Honda of defending World Champion Ayrton Senna, and the pole winning Williams-Renault of Riccardo Patrese, both using more powerful V10 engines (immediately behind Caffi on the grid were Patrese's team mate Thierry Boutsen and Senna's team mate, 1989 World Champion Alain Prost). This failed to translate into points however, and he was only 7th in the race itself. Caffi finished in the points on two occasions; fourth at Monaco and sixth in Canada, the only race at which both drivers finished in the points.^[1] Caffi was ranked 13th, alongside De Cesaris, in the Driver's Championship with four points. The team placed eighth in the Constructors' Championship.^[2] These points saw Caffi 'graduate' and not have to pre-qualify for the second half of the season.

Complete Formula One results

(key) (results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Engine	Tyres	Drivers	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pts.	WCC
1989	BMS Scuderia Italia	Cosworth DFR V8	P		BRA	SMR	MON	MEX	USA	CAN	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	POR	ESP	JPN	AUS	8	8th
				Alex Caffi	DNPQ	7	4	13	Ret	6	Ret	DNPQ	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	Ret
				Andrea de Cesaris	13*	10	13	Ret	8*	3	DNQ	Ret	7	Ret	11	Ret	Ret	7	10	Ret

Notes

1 2 3 Stats F1. "Dallara 189". Retrieved 7 May 2014.
1 2 Nye, 1992, p. 256

References

Nye, Doug (1992). Autocourse History of the Grand Prix Car 1966–1991. Richmond, Surrey, United Kingdom: Hazelton Publishing. ISBN 0905138945.

Cars that competed in the 1989 Formula One season

McLaren MP4/5 Williams FW12C Williams FW13 Ferrari 640 Benetton B188 Benetton B189 Tyrrell 017B Tyrrell 018 Lotus 101 Arrows A11 Dallara F189 Brabham BT58 Minardi M188B Minardi M189 Onyx ORE-1 March 881 March CG891 Ligier JS33 Rial ARC2 AGS JH23B AGS JH24 Lola LC88B Lola LC89 EuroBrun ER188B EuroBrun ER189 Osella FA1M89 Zakspeed 891 Coloni FC188B Coloni C3

Dallara Automobili

Founder Gian Paolo Dallara Formula One cars BMS Scuderia Italia (1988–1992) 3087 F188 F189 F190 F191 F192 Hispania Racing F1 Team (2010) F110 Le Mans cars SP1 IndyCar Series cars DW12 List Dallara cars

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