The EuroBrun ER189 and ER189B were Formula One cars built and raced by the EuroBrun team for the

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and

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Formula One seasons. The cars were designed by George Ryton and were powered by a normally aspirated

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engine.

1989

The ER189 debuted in the

1989 British Grand Prix The 1989 British Grand Prix (formally the XLII Shell British Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held at Silverstone on 16 July 1989. It was the eighth race of the 1989 Formula One World Championship. The 64-lap race was won by Frenchman Al ...

, driven by Swiss

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, who failed to pre-qualify. Foitek was unable to get out of Friday pre-qualifying for the next three races and left the team after the

1989 Belgian Grand Prix The 1989 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Spa-Francorchamps on 27 August 1989. It was the eleventh race of the 1989 Formula One World Championship. The 44-lap race was won from pole position by Brazilian driver Ayrton Senna ...

. Oscar Larrauri, who had driven for the team the previous year, was called back to finish the season, although he failed to pre-qualify for a single race as well.

1990

Ryton designed a revision, the ER189B, for the

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. The team hired Brazilian Roberto Moreno and Italian Claudio Langes, and while the car was not bad there was no money for development, despite the best efforts of Dutch engineer Kees Van der Grint. Moreno only pre-qualified on five occasions and raced twice, finishing 13th in the

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, after qualifying 16th, ahead of

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. Langes never escaped from pre-qualifying. The team closed down at the end of the European season, and did not compete in the last two races of 1990.

Complete Formula One results

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References

External links

EuroBrun ER189 at statsf1.com

EuroBrun ER189B at statsf1.com

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