Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Don 1989, ya tuka sabon V10 Renault mai amfani da Williams FW12C. ya fara da Boutsen a kan kafa ta baya saboda mummunan haɗarin gwaji na kakar wasa a Rio kuma saboda tsohon abokin aikinsa Riccardo Patrese yana da babbar farfadowa a cikin tsari. Koyaya a Grand Prix na Kanada, Boutsen ya yi tuƙi da kyau a cikin yanayin rigar kuma ya sami nasarar farko bayan Senna ya sha wahala daga injin injin. Kodayake nasara ce da aka yi maraba da ita (Boutsen ya zama sabon sabon mai nasara a F1 tun lokacin da tsohon abokin aikinsa na Arrows Gerhard Berger ya lashe gasar Grand Prix ta Mexico ta 1986
don Benetton. Tsakanin lokacin ne kawai Senna, Prost, Nigel Mansell, Nelson Piquet da Berger suka ci tseren), an dauke shi nasara ce ta sa'a ga Bajamushe kamar yadda ya kasance na ƙarshe a wani mataki kuma yana da cikakken jujjuyawar 360 °, kodayake sa'a ya sami damar kiyaye motarsa daga ganuwar. Ya yi nasarar kamawa da wucewa Patrese wanda ke fama da rashin ƙarfi kuma ya jagoranci jagora 3 daga ƙarshen lokacin da injin Honda V10 a cikin Senna's &lt;a href="McLaren%20MP4/5"&gt;McLaren MP4/5&lt;/a&gt; kama. Sauran podium uku sun zo kafin Boutsen ya kammala shekara tare da nasara ta biyu a gasar Grand Prix ta Australiya da aka yi ruwan sama. Abin mamaki Boutsen ya kasance daya daga cikin direbobi masu zanga-zangar game da yanayin da ke kan hanya kafin tseren.