The 1989 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Monza on September 10, 1989.
Alain Prost won the race. Knowing that he was signed to Scuderia Ferrari for the following season, he dropped the trophy from the podium to the crowd, to the severe disapproval of his team manager Ron Dennis.
Famous quotes containing the words italian and/or grand:
“Master of Trinity: Is he an Italian?
Harold Abrahams: Of Italian extraction, yes.
Master of Trinity: I see.
Harold Abrahams: But not all Italian.
Master of Trinity: I’m relieved to hear it.
Harold Abrahams: He’s half-Arab.”
—Colin Welland (b. 1934)
“The Olympian gods cannot have grand passions because they cannot die.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)