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Champion Belgian Grand Prix

27 Aug 1989Spa-Francorchamps305.360 km (6940 m x 44 Laps)

 Pole Position: Ayrton Senna, McLaren MP4/5-Honda, 1:50.867 (225.351 km/h) Fastest Lap: Alain Prost, McLaren MP4/5-Honda, 2:11.571 (189.890 km/h lap 44) Race Results: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 1 Ayrton Senna McLaren MP4/5-Honda 1:40:54.196 181.576 km/h 2 2 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/5-Honda 1:40:55.500 181.537 km/h 3 27 Nigel Mansell Ferrari F1-89 1:40:56.020 181.521 km/h 4 5 Thierry Boutsen Williams FW12C-Renault 1:41:48.614 179.958 km/h 5 19 Alessandro Nannini Benetton B189-Ford 1:42:03.001 179.535 km/h 6 9 Derek Warwick Arrows A11-Ford 1:42:12.512 179.257 km/h 7 15 Maurício Gugelmin March CG891-Judd -1 Lap 8 36 Stefan Johansson Onyx ORE1-Ford -1 Lap 9 23 Pierluigi Martini Minardi M189-Ford -1 Lap 10 20 Emanuele Pirro Benetton B189-Ford -1 Lap 11 22 Andrea de Cesaris Dallara F189-Ford -1 Lap 12 16 Ivan Capelli March CG891-Judd -1 Lap 13 26 Olivier Grouillard Ligier JS33-Ford -1 Lap 14 3 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell 018-Ford -2 Laps 15 24 Luis Pérez-Sala Minardi M189-Ford -3 Laps Did Not Finish: 30 Philippe Alliot Lola LC89-Lamborghini 39 Engine/Oil pressure 10 Eddie Cheever Arrows A11-Ford 38 Wheel lost 37 Bertrand Gachot Onyx ORE1-Ford 21 Wheel bearing/Spun off 6 Riccardo Patrese Williams FW12C-Renault 20 Collision with Alboreto 29 Michele Alboreto Lola LC89-Lamborghini 19 Collision with Patrese 21 Alex Caffi Dallara F189-Ford 13 Spun off 7 Martin Brundle Brabham BT58-Judd 12 Brakes 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari F1-89 9 Spun off 8 Stefano Modena Brabham BT58-Judd 9 Handling 25 René Arnoux Ligier JS33-Ford 4 Collision with Alliot 4 Johnny Herbert Tyrrell 018-Ford 3 Spun off Did Not Qualify: 12 Satoru Nakajima Lotus 101-Judd 11 Nelson Piquet Lotus 101-Judd 38 Christian Danner Rial ARC02-Ford 39 Pierre-Henri Raphanel Rial ARC02-Ford Did Not Pre-Qualify: 17 Nicola Larini Osella FA1M89-Ford 18 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella FA1M89-Ford 31 Roberto Moreno Coloni FC189-Ford 40 Gabriele Tarquini AGS JH24-Ford 34 Bernd Schneider Zakspeed 891-Yamaha 35 Aguri Suzuki Zakspeed 891-Yamaha 41 Yannick Dalmas AGS JH24-Ford 33 Gregor Foitek EuroBrun ER188B-Judd 32 Enrico Bertaggia Coloni FC189-Ford Lap Leaders: Car# Driver Car Laps Total 1 Ayrton Senna McLaren MP4/5-Honda 1-44 44 Fastest Laps: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Lap 1 2 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/5-Honda 2:11.571 189.890 44 2 27 Nigel Mansell Ferrari F1-89 2:11.736 189.652 44 3 23 Pierluigi Martini Minardi M189-Ford 2:12.101 189.128 40 4 1 Ayrton Senna McLaren MP4/5-Honda 2:12.890 188.005 42 5 22 Andrea de Cesaris Dallara F189-Ford 2:13.176 187.601 32 6 5 Thierry Boutsen Williams FW12C-Renault 2:13.842 186.668 39 7 9 Derek Warwick Arrows A11-Ford 2:14.106 186.300 42 8 19 Alessandro Nannini Benetton B189-Ford 2:14.399 185.894 43 9 30 Philippe Alliot Lola LC89-Lamborghini 2:14.675 185.513 37 10 16 Ivan Capelli March CG891-Judd 2:15.701 184.111 37 11 20 Emanuele Pirro Benetton B189-Ford 2:15.868 183.884 41 12 10 Eddie Cheever Arrows A11-Ford 2:16.727 182.729 36 13 26 Olivier Grouillard Ligier JS33-Ford 2:17.253 182.029 42 14 36 Stefan Johansson Onyx ORE1-Ford 2:17.294 181.974 42 15 15 Maurício Gugelmin March CG891-Judd 2:17.411 181.820 31 16 6 Riccardo Patrese Williams FW12C-Renault 2:18.273 180.686 16 17 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari F1-89 2:18.865 179.916 6 18 37 Bertrand Gachot Onyx ORE1-Ford 2:19.405 179.219 19 19 3 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell 018-Ford 2:19.772 178.748 40 20 29 Michele Alboreto Lola LC89-Lamborghini 2:21.323 176.787 18 21 24 Luis Pérez-Sala Minardi M189-Ford 2:22.222 175.669 39 22 21 Alex Caffi Dallara F189-Ford 2:22.790 174.970 12 23 4 Johnny Herbert Tyrrell 018-Ford 2:26.020 171.100 3 24 25 René Arnoux Ligier JS33-Ford 2:26.022 171.098 3 25 7 Martin Brundle Brabham BT58-Judd 2:27.325 169.584 5 26 8 Stefano Modena Brabham BT58-Judd 2:31.976 164.394 3 Final Qualifying Times: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Entrant 1 1 Ayrton Senna McLaren MP4/5-Honda 1:50.867 225.351 Honda Marlboro McLaren 2 2 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/5-Honda 1:51.463 224.146 Honda Marlboro McLaren 3 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari F1-89 1:52.391 222.295 Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC 4 5 Thierry Boutsen Williams FW12C-Renault 1:52.786 221.517 Canon Williams Team 5 6 Riccardo Patrese Williams FW12C-Renault 1:52.875 221.342 Canon Williams Team 6 27 Nigel Mansell Ferrari F1-89 1:52.898 221.297 Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC 7 19 Alessandro Nannini Benetton B189-Ford 1:55.075 217.111 Benetton Formula Ltd 8 8 Stefano Modena Brabham BT58-Judd 1:55.642 216.046 Motor Racing Developments 9 15 Maurício Gugelmin March CG891-Judd 1:55.729 215.884 Leyton House March Racing Team 10 9 Derek Warwick Arrows A11-Ford 1:55.864 215.632 Arrows Grand Prix International 11 30 Philippe Alliot Lola LC89-Lamborghini 1:55.890 215.584 Equipe Larrousse 12 21 Alex Caffi Dallara F189-Ford 1:55.892 215.580 BMS Scuderia Italia SpA 13 20 Emanuele Pirro Benetton B189-Ford 1:55.902 215.561 Benetton Formula Ltd 14 23 Pierluigi Martini Minardi M189-Ford 1:56.115 215.166 Minardi Team 15 36 Stefan Johansson Onyx ORE1-Ford 1:56.129 215.140 Moneytron Onyx Formula One 16 4 Johnny Herbert Tyrrell 018-Ford 1:56.248 214.920 Tyrrell Racing Organisation 17 25 René Arnoux Ligier JS33-Ford 1:56.251 214.914 Ligier Loto 18 22 Andrea de Cesaris Dallara F189-Ford 1:56.257 214.903 BMS Scuderia Italia SpA 19 16 Ivan Capelli March CG891-Judd 1:56.291 214.840 Leyton House March Racing Team 20 7 Martin Brundle Brabham BT58-Judd 1:56.327 214.774 Motor Racing Developments 21 3 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell 018-Ford 1:56.600 214.271 Tyrrell Racing Organisation 22 29 Michele Alboreto Lola LC89-Lamborghini 1:56.616 214.242 Equipe Larrousse 23 37 Bertrand Gachot Onyx ORE1-Ford 1:56.716 214.058 Moneytron Onyx Formula One 24 10 Eddie Cheever Arrows A11-Ford 1:56.748 213.999 Arrows Grand Prix International 25 24 Luis Pérez-Sala Minardi M189-Ford 1:56.957 213.617 Minardi Team 26 26 Olivier Grouillard Ligier JS33-Ford 1:57.027 213.489 Ligier Loto Did Not Qualify: 27 12 Satoru Nakajima Lotus 101-Judd 1:57.251 213.081 Camel Team Lotus 28 11 Nelson Piquet Lotus 101-Judd 1:57.771 212.141 Camel Team Lotus 29 38 Christian Danner Rial ARC02-Ford 2:00.247 207.772 Rial Racing 30 39 Pierre-Henri Raphanel Rial ARC02-Ford 2:02.937 203.226 Rial Racing Pre-Qualifying Times: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Entrant 1 36 Stefan Johansson Onyx ORE1-Ford 1:56.279 214.863 Moneytron Onyx Formula One 2 29 Michele Alboreto Lola LC89-Lamborghini 1:57.509 212.614 Equipe Larrousse 3 37 Bertrand Gachot Onyx ORE1-Ford 1:57.720 212.232 Moneytron Onyx Formula One 4 30 Philippe Alliot Lola LC89-Lamborghini 1:57.748 212.182 Equipe Larrousse Did Not Pre-Qualify: 5 17 Nicola Larini Osella FA1M89-Ford 1:58.065 211.612 Osella Squadra Corse 6 18 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella FA1M89-Ford 1:58.209 211.354 Osella Squadra Corse 7 31 Roberto Moreno Coloni FC189-Ford 1:58.650 210.569 Coloni SpA 8 40 Gabriele Tarquini AGS JH24-Ford 1:59.432 209.190 Automobiles Gonfaronaise Sportive 9 34 Bernd Schneider Zakspeed 891-Yamaha 2:00.713 206.970 West Zakspeed Racing 10 35 Aguri Suzuki Zakspeed 891-Yamaha 2:00.757 206.895 West Zakspeed Racing 11 41 Yannick Dalmas AGS JH24-Ford 2:02.205 204.443 Automobiles Gonfaronaise Sportive 12 33 Gregor Foitek EuroBrun ER188B-Judd 2:02.767 203.507 EuroBrun Racing 13 32 Enrico Bertaggia Coloni FC189-Ford 2:21.709 176.305 Coloni SpA Friday Qualification: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari F1-89 2:11.102 190.569 2 1 Ayrton Senna McLaren MP4/5-Honda 2:11.171 190.469 3 27 Nigel Mansell Ferrari F1-89 2:12.042 189.213 4 6 Riccardo Patrese Williams FW12C-Renault 2:12.581 188.443 5 2 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/5-Honda 2:12.721 188.245 6 9 Derek Warwick Arrows A11-Ford 2:13.005 187.843 7 5 Thierry Boutsen Williams FW12C-Renault 2:13.030 187.807 8 12 Satoru Nakajima Lotus 101-Judd 2:13.677 186.898 9 19 Alessandro Nannini Benetton B189-Ford 2:14.117 186.285 10 25 René Arnoux Ligier JS33-Ford 2:14.344 185.970 11 30 Philippe Alliot Lola LC89-Lamborghini 2:14.357 185.952 12 11 Nelson Piquet Lotus 101-Judd 2:14.358 185.951 13 10 Eddie Cheever Arrows A11-Ford 2:14.641 185.560 14 20 Emanuele Pirro Benetton B189-Ford 2:15.068 184.973 15 23 Pierluigi Martini Minardi M189-Ford 2:15.515 184.363 16 16 Ivan Capelli March CG891-Judd 2:15.863 183.891 17 15 Maurício Gugelmin March CG891-Judd 2:16.401 183.166 18 29 Michele Alboreto Lola LC89-Lamborghini 2:17.240 182.046 19 36 Stefan Johansson Onyx ORE1-Ford 2:17.329 181.928 20 22 Andrea de Cesaris Dallara F189-Ford 2:17.512 181.686 21 21 Alex Caffi Dallara F189-Ford 2:17.604 181.564 22 4 Johnny Herbert Tyrrell 018-Ford 2:17.714 181.419 23 37 Bertrand Gachot Onyx ORE1-Ford 2:18.151 180.846 24 26 Olivier Grouillard Ligier JS33-Ford 2:18.175 180.814 25 3 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell 018-Ford 2:18.405 180.514 26 7 Martin Brundle Brabham BT58-Judd 2:18.663 180.178 27 24 Luis Pérez-Sala Minardi M189-Ford 2:18.907 179.861 28 8 Stefano Modena Brabham BT58-Judd 2:19.161 179.533 29 38 Christian Danner Rial ARC02-Ford 2:20.503 177.818 30 39 Pierre-Henri Raphanel Rial ARC02-Ford 2:21.180 176.966 Saturday Qualification: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 1 Ayrton Senna McLaren MP4/5-Honda 1:50.867 225.351 2 2 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/5-Honda 1:51.463 224.146 3 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari F1-89 1:52.391 222.295 4 5 Thierry Boutsen Williams FW12C-Renault 1:52.786 221.517 5 6 Riccardo Patrese Williams FW12C-Renault 1:52.875 221.342 6 27 Nigel Mansell Ferrari F1-89 1:52.898 221.297 7 19 Alessandro Nannini Benetton B189-Ford 1:55.075 217.111 8 8 Stefano Modena Brabham BT58-Judd 1:55.642 216.046 9 15 Maurício Gugelmin March CG891-Judd 1:55.729 215.884 10 9 Derek Warwick Arrows A11-Ford 1:55.864 215.632 11 30 Philippe Alliot Lola LC89-Lamborghini 1:55.890 215.584 12 21 Alex Caffi Dallara F189-Ford 1:55.892 215.580 13 20 Emanuele Pirro Benetton B189-Ford 1:55.902 215.561 14 23 Pierluigi Martini Minardi M189-Ford 1:56.115 215.166 15 36 Stefan Johansson Onyx ORE1-Ford 1:56.129 215.140 16 4 Johnny Herbert Tyrrell 018-Ford 1:56.248 214.920 17 25 René Arnoux Ligier JS33-Ford 1:56.251 214.914 18 22 Andrea de Cesaris Dallara F189-Ford 1:56.257 214.903 19 16 Ivan Capelli March CG891-Judd 1:56.291 214.840 20 7 Martin Brundle Brabham BT58-Judd 1:56.327 214.774 21 3 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell 018-Ford 1:56.600 214.271 22 29 Michele Alboreto Lola LC89-Lamborghini 1:56.616 214.242 23 37 Bertrand Gachot Onyx ORE1-Ford 1:56.716 214.058 24 10 Eddie Cheever Arrows A11-Ford 1:56.748 213.999 25 24 Luis Pérez-Sala Minardi M189-Ford 1:56.957 213.617 26 26 Olivier Grouillard Ligier JS33-Ford 1:57.027 213.489 27 12 Satoru Nakajima Lotus 101-Judd 1:57.251 213.081 28 11 Nelson Piquet Lotus 101-Judd 1:57.771 212.141 29 38 Christian Danner Rial ARC02-Ford 2:00.247 207.772 30 39 Pierre-Henri Raphanel Rial ARC02-Ford 2:02.937 203.226 Friday Practice: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 1 Ayrton Senna McLaren MP4/5-Honda 2:10.507 191.438 2 27 Nigel Mansell Ferrari F1-89 2:10.866 190.913 3 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari F1-89 2:11.170 190.470 4 25 René Arnoux Ligier JS33-Ford 2:12.589 188.432 5 36 Stefan Johansson Onyx ORE1-Ford 2:13.613 186.988 6 11 Nelson Piquet Lotus 101-Judd 2:13.651 186.935 7 10 Eddie Cheever Arrows A11-Ford 2:13.882 186.612 8 2 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/5-Honda 2:14.246 186.106 9 19 Alessandro Nannini Benetton B189-Ford 2:14.312 186.015 10 29 Michele Alboreto Lola LC89-Lamborghini 2:14.434 185.846 11 12 Satoru Nakajima Lotus 101-Judd 2:14.502 185.752 12 5 Thierry Boutsen Williams FW12C-Renault 2:14.547 185.690 13 30 Philippe Alliot Lola LC89-Lamborghini 2:14.662 185.531 14 6 Riccardo Patrese Williams FW12C-Renault 2:14.997 185.071 15 9 Derek Warwick Arrows A11-Ford 2:15.354 184.583 16 20 Emanuele Pirro Benetton B189-Ford 2:16.191 183.448 17 23 Pierluigi Martini Minardi M189-Ford 2:16.482 183.057 18 3 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell 018-Ford 2:17.503 181.698 19 22 Andrea de Cesaris Dallara F189-Ford 2:17.580 181.596 20 7 Martin Brundle Brabham BT58-Judd 2:17.589 181.584 21 21 Alex Caffi Dallara F189-Ford 2:17.747 181.376 22 16 Ivan Capelli March CG891-Judd 2:17.750 181.372 23 38 Christian Danner Rial ARC02-Ford 2:17.816 181.285 24 39 Pierre-Henri Raphanel Rial ARC02-Ford 2:18.108 180.902 25 24 Luis Pérez-Sala Minardi M189-Ford 2:18.385 180.540 26 8 Stefano Modena Brabham BT58-Judd 2:18.675 180.162 27 26 Olivier Grouillard Ligier JS33-Ford 2:18.840 179.948 28 4 Johnny Herbert Tyrrell 018-Ford 2:19.807 178.703 29 37 Bertrand Gachot Onyx ORE1-Ford 2:19.955 178.515 30 15 Maurício Gugelmin March CG891-Judd 2:21.121 177.040 Saturday Practice: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 2 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/5-Honda 1:52.532 222.017 2 1 Ayrton Senna McLaren MP4/5-Honda 1:52.821 221.448 3 5 Thierry Boutsen Williams FW12C-Renault 1:53.763 219.614 4 27 Nigel Mansell Ferrari F1-89 1:54.028 219.104 5 6 Riccardo Patrese Williams FW12C-Renault 1:54.622 217.969 6 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari F1-89 1:55.137 216.994 7 30 Philippe Alliot Lola LC89-Lamborghini 1:55.469 216.370 8 4 Johnny Herbert Tyrrell 018-Ford 1:55.850 215.658 9 7 Martin Brundle Brabham BT58-Judd 1:56.258 214.901 10 11 Nelson Piquet Lotus 101-Judd 1:56.306 214.813 11 15 Maurício Gugelmin March CG891-Judd 1:56.390 214.658 12 22 Andrea de Cesaris Dallara F189-Ford 1:56.550 214.363 13 36 Stefan Johansson Onyx ORE1-Ford 1:56.650 214.179 14 24 Luis Pérez-Sala Minardi M189-Ford 1:56.664 214.153 15 19 Alessandro Nannini Benetton B189-Ford 1:56.728 214.036 16 23 Pierluigi Martini Minardi M189-Ford 1:56.778 213.944 17 26 Olivier Grouillard Ligier JS33-Ford 1:56.785 213.932 18 25 René Arnoux Ligier JS33-Ford 1:56.816 213.875 19 8 Stefano Modena Brabham BT58-Judd 1:57.053 213.442 20 29 Michele Alboreto Lola LC89-Lamborghini 1:57.185 213.201 21 9 Derek Warwick Arrows A11-Ford 1:57.233 213.114 22 3 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell 018-Ford 1:57.732 212.211 23 21 Alex Caffi Dallara F189-Ford 1:57.845 212.007 24 10 Eddie Cheever Arrows A11-Ford 1:58.640 210.587 25 20 Emanuele Pirro Benetton B189-Ford 1:58.711 210.461 26 16 Ivan Capelli March CG891-Judd 1:58.739 210.411 27 12 Satoru Nakajima Lotus 101-Judd 1:58.767 210.361 28 37 Bertrand Gachot Onyx ORE1-Ford 1:59.832 208.492 29 38 Christian Danner Rial ARC02-Ford 2:01.255 206.045 30 39 Pierre-Henri Raphanel Rial ARC02-Ford 2:03.404 202.457 Warm Up: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 23 Pierluigi Martini Minardi M189-Ford 2:13.822 186.696 2 27 Nigel Mansell Ferrari F1-89 2:14.150 186.239 3 6 Riccardo Patrese Williams FW12C-Renault 2:15.123 184.898 4 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari F1-89 2:15.273 184.693 5 1 Ayrton Senna McLaren MP4/5-Honda 2:16.252 183.366 6 9 Derek Warwick Arrows A11-Ford 2:17.168 182.142 7 2 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/5-Honda 2:17.188 182.115 8 19 Alessandro Nannini Benetton B189-Ford 2:17.492 181.712 9 5 Thierry Boutsen Williams FW12C-Renault 2:17.619 181.545 10 25 René Arnoux Ligier JS33-Ford 2:18.217 180.759 11 10 Eddie Cheever Arrows A11-Ford 2:18.382 180.544 12 20 Emanuele Pirro Benetton B189-Ford 2:19.323 179.324 13 3 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell 018-Ford 2:19.545 179.039 14 22 Andrea de Cesaris Dallara F189-Ford 2:19.863 178.632 15 37 Bertrand Gachot Onyx ORE1-Ford 2:20.029 178.420 16 26 Olivier Grouillard Ligier JS33-Ford 2:20.204 178.197 17 36 Stefan Johansson Onyx ORE1-Ford 2:20.326 178.043 18 21 Alex Caffi Dallara F189-Ford 2:20.355 178.006 19 4 Johnny Herbert Tyrrell 018-Ford 2:20.998 177.194 20 30 Philippe Alliot Lola LC89-Lamborghini 2:21.079 177.092 21 29 Michele Alboreto Lola LC89-Lamborghini 2:21.095 177.072 22 15 Maurício Gugelmin March CG891-Judd 2:21.379 176.716 23 7 Martin Brundle Brabham BT58-Judd 2:21.563 176.487 24 16 Ivan Capelli March CG891-Judd 2:21.674 176.349 25 24 Luis Pérez-Sala Minardi M189-Ford 2:24.017 173.480 26 8 Stefano Modena Brabham BT58-Judd 2:24.594 172.787 Notes:
  • Weather: Overcast, Mild, Rain.
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    Race Review:

    The future of Brabham was once again called into question by the news that Joachim Luhti had been arrested in connection with allegations of fraud in Switzerland. The political battle at Benetton had come to a head with team manager Peter Collins leaving and Flavio Briatore taking on an important new role within the team. As Jean Alési was busy trying to win the Formula 3000 title his place at Tyrrell was taken by Johnny Herbert while at Coloni Pierre-Henri Raphanel had given up trying to pre-qualify the cars and had been replaced by Enrico Bertaggia. Raphanel had replaced Volker Weidler at Rial.

    The battle for the World Championship was the talking point and in qualifying Ayrton Senna was on pole in his McLaren-Honda ahead of his team mate Alain Prost. Gerhard Berger was third in his Ferrari with Thierry Bousten fourth in his Williams ahead of his team mate Riccardo Patrese. Nigel Mansell was sixth in his Ferrari ahead of Sandro Nannini (Benetton), Stefano Modena (Brabham), Maurício Gugelmin (Leyton House) and Derek Warwick (Arrows). There was disaster for Lotus as neither Nelson Piquet not Satoru Nakajima was able to qualify.

    On race day it was wet and at the start Senna went into the lead with Prost, Berger, Mansell, Boutsen, Patrese and Warwick chasing him. Berger disappeared in the early laps when his Ferrari aquaplaned off. It made no difference at the front where Senna led Prost for the entire race. Mansell ended up third with Boutsen fourth, Nannini fifth and Warwick sixth.