| Oversigt | Kører VM | Konstruktør VM | |
| Her er stillingen i kørernes mesterskab, 1989. | |||
| Placering | Kører | Team | Point |
| 1 | Alain Prost | McLaren | 81 |
| 2 | Ayrton Senna | McLaren | 60 |
| 3 | Ricardo Patrese | Williams | 40 |
| 4 | Nigel Mansell | Ferrari | 38 |
| 5 | Thierry Boutsen | Williams | 37 |
| 6 | Alessandro Nannini | Benetton | 32 |
| 7 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 21 |
| 8 | Nelson Piquet | Lotus | 12 |
| 9 | Jean Alesi | Tyrrell | 8 |
| 10 | Derek Warwick | Arrows | 7 |
| 11 | Michele Alboreto | Tyrrell | 6 |
| - | Eddie Cheever | Arrows | 6 |
| - | Stefan Johansson | Onyx | 6 |
| 14 | Johnny Herbert | Benetton | 5 |
| - | Pierluigi Martini | Minardi | 5 |
| 16 | Martin Brundle | Brabham | 4 |
| - | Alex Caffi | Dallara | 4 |
| - | Andrea de Cesaris | Dallara | 4 |
| - | Mauricio Gugelmin | March | 4 |
| - | Stefano Modena | Brabham | 4 |
| 21 | Christian Danner | Rial | 3 |
| - | Satoru Nakajima | Lotus | 3 |
| 23 | René Arnoux | Ligier | 2 |
| - | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell | 2 |
| - | Emanuele Pirro | Benetton | 2 |
| 26 | Philippe Alliot | Lola | 1 |
| - | Olivier Grouillard | Ligier | 1 |
| - | Luis Perez Sala | Minardi | 1 |
| - | Gabriele Tarquini | AGS | 1 |