This weekend's Japanese Grand Prix takes place at the Fuji Speedway, but back in 1989 it was Suzuka that had the privilege of hosting a race which saw the culmination of one of the most hotly-contested inter-team rivalries in Formula One history - and a surprising victory for one of that season's lesser-known drivers.If we're talking 1989, the duelling team mates have to be McLaren's Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost. The pair had already banged knuckles the previous season, with Senna ultimately victorious, his eight wins to Prost's seven bringing him the drivers' crown. And with the McLaren enjoying similar performance levels in '89, the duo was just as dominant and the antagonism between them just as potent.

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