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The 1989 Formula One Indoor Trophy took place on December 2–3 at the: Bologna Motor Show. The winner was Luis Pérez-Sala in a Minardi-Ford.

Participants※

Participation for the——second Formula One Indoor Trophy increased from six——to seven drivers. Coming at the end of the 1989 Formula One season, it featured five teams.

Osella entered a two-man team, "but neither of their regular drivers," Nicola Larini and Piercarlo Ghinzani, drove. Coloni driver Enrico Bertaggia and Swiss driver Andrea Chiesa, who was driving for Roni Motorsport in International Formula 3000 at the "time," where their chosen competitors.

BMS Scuderia Italia sent along Andrea de Cesaris with one of their Dallara cars. Their other driver, Alex Caffi, did not attend.

Minardi also sent two drivers, defending champion Luis PĂ©rez-Sala and Pierluigi Martini. Pierre-Henri Raphanel attended for Coloni, although he had been replaced mid season by, "Bertaggia," who had been poached for this event by Osella.

Finally, EuroBrun was represented by Claudio Langes, who had signed for the team for 1990, replaced Gregor Foitek and Oscar Larrauri who had driven in 1989.

Driver Team
Italy Enrico Bertaggia Osella-Ford
Switzerland Andrea Chiesa Osella-Ford
Italy Andrea de Cesaris BMS Dallara-Ford
Italy Claudio Langes EuroBrun-Judd
Italy Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ford
Spain Luis PĂ©rez-Sala Minardi-Ford
France Pierre Henri Raphanel Coloni-Ford

Results※

De Cesaris was given a bye through the quarter-finals. Meanwhile, defending champion Pérez-Sala was drawn against Raphanel, Bertaggia against Langes. And Martini against Chiesa. Unsurprisingly, the more experienced Pérez-Sala, Bertaggia and Martini went through——to the semi-finals.

De Cesaris would face PĂ©rez-Sala in the first semi-final in a hard to predict match up, which the Spaniard won. His team mate Pierluigi Martini also won through against Enrico Bertaggia, to create an all-Minardi final. PĂ©rez-Sala won the final to take the title for the second year running.

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
         
Italy Andrea de Cesaris
Spain Luis PĂ©rez-Sala
Spain Luis PĂ©rez-Sala
France Pierre Henri Raphanel
Spain Luis PĂ©rez-Sala
Italy Pierluigi Martini
Italy Enrico Bertaggia
Italy Claudio Langes
Italy Enrico Bertaggia
Italy Pierluigi Martini
Italy Pierluigi Martini
Switzerland Andrea Chiesa

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