The following is an overview of the events of 1989 in motorsport including the major racing events, motorsport venues that were opened and closed during a year, championships and non-championship events that were established and disestablished in a year, and births and deaths of racing drivers and other motorsport people.
Annual events The calendar includes only annual major non-championship events or annual events that had significance separate from the championship. For the dates of the championship events see related season articles. DateEventRef 25 -13 January11th Dakar Rally 4–5 February27th 24 Hours of Daytona 19 February31st Daytona 500 7 May47th Monaco Grand Prix 28 May73rd Indianapolis 500 29 May-9 June72nd Isle of Man TT 10–11 June57th 24 Hours of Le Mans 17–18 June17th 24 Hours of Nurburgring 22–23 July41st 24 Hours of Spa 30 July12th Suzuka 8 Hours 1 October30th Tooheys 1000 26 November36th Macau Grand Prix 2–3 December2nd Race of Champions
Births DateMonthNameNationalityOccupationNoteRef1JulyDaniel RicciardoAustralianRacing driverFormula One driver at McLaren. 8 wins, including the 2018 Monaco GP3AugustJules BianchiFrenchRacing driver2009 Formula 3 Euro Series champion. Formula One driver.10NovemberBrendon HartleyNew ZealandRacing driver24 Hours of Le Mans winner (). FIA World Endurance champion (2015, 2017).
Deaths DateMonthNameAgeNationalityOccupationNoteRef7JuneChico Landi81BrazilianRacing driverThe first Brazilian Formula One driver.20SeptemberRichie Ginther59AmericanRacing driver1965 Mexican Grand Prix winner.
See also List of 1989 motorsport champions
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