Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Piquet yana da lokacin 1989 mai ban takaici, yana tuki da Judd V8-powered Lotus wanda ke da 125 ƙasa da hp fiye da Honda V10s da McLaren ke amfani da shi. Ya yi, duk da haka, yana da kyakkyawan (la'akari da iyakancewar motar Lotus) 4th wuri a cikin
Grand Prix na Burtaniya a Silverstone inda ya tsallake motoci mafi sauri a ka'ida kuma yana gudu na uku har sai Nannini ya tsallake shi a cikin 'yan tsere na ƙarshe. Shi (da abokin aikinsa Satoru Nakajima) ba su sake samun nasara ba kuma dukansu sun kasa cancanta don Grand Prix na Belgium na 1989, Piquet na farko da ba a cancanta ba tun lokacin Grand Prix na Detroit na 1982. A kan abin da ya kasance ƙoƙarinsa na ƙarshe don cancanta a Spa, Piquet ya rasa damarsa lokacin da sabon ɗan Faransa Olivier Grouillard ya jinkirta shi, wanda ya sami suna a duk tsawon kakar wasan a matsayin mai toshewa.