Season 1989 · Round 8

British Grand Prix

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1989-07-16 · Silverstone Circuit · UK · British Grand Prix · 64Lap · 305.904km
2 Alain Prost
McLaren 1:19:22.131
Team win 9pt P1 · P25
27 Nigel Mansell
Ferrari +19.369
19 Alessandro Nannini
Benetton +48.019
Fastest Lap
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DNF
14
Maurício Gugelmin L54 Martin Brundle L49 Gerhard Berger L49 Éric Bernard L46 Philippe Alliot L39 Jonathan Palmer L32 Stefano Modena L31 Jean Alesi L28 Nicola Larini L23 Riccardo Patrese L19 +4
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Jim Clark 5 wins
Alain Prost active 5 wins
Pole-to-win rate 22/61 36.1%
Most DNFs · all-time P13
Most SC/VSC · all-time P1
Closest finish · all-time P34
Most lead changes · all-time P4
Circuit Info
Silverstone Circuit Silverstone, UK
64Lap 305.904km 61 races held (1950–) Lap record 1:18.739 · Michael Schumacher (2004)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P2 Alain Prost 5 wins · → Lewis Hamilton -4
P4 Nigel Mansell 4 wins · → Alain Prost -1
P17 Ayrton Senna 1 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
Starts
P6 Riccardo Patrese 17 starts · → Michael Schumacher -1
P14 Andrea de Cesaris 14 starts · → Sebastian Vettel -1
P18 Nelson Piquet 13 starts · → Giancarlo Fisichella -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 L64 Prost · P2 → P1 · +1 2 Prost PRO 1 Prost PRO Mansell · P3 → P2 · +1 3 Mansell MAN 2 Mansell MAN Nannini · P9 → P3 · +6 9 Nannini NAN 3 Nannini NAN Piquet · P10 → P4 · +6 10 Piquet PIQ 4 Piquet PIQ Martini · P11 → P5 · +6 11 Martini MAR 5 Martini MAR Pérez-Sala · P15 → P6 · +9 15 Pérez-Sala PÉR 6 Pérez-Sala PÉR Grouillard · P24 → P7 · +17 24 Grouillard GRO 7 Grouillard GRO Nakajima · P16 → P8 · +8 16 Nakajima NAK 8 Nakajima NAK Warwick · P19 → P9 · +10 19 Warwick WAR 9 Warwick WAR Boutsen · P7 → P10 · -3 7 Boutsen BOU 10 Boutsen BOU Pirro · P26 → P11 · +15 26 Pirro PIR 11 Pirro PIR Gachot · P21 → P12 · +9 21 Gachot GAC 12 Gachot GAC Gugelmin · P6 → retired L54 Gugelmin · retired L54 6 Gugelmin GUG R Gugelmin GUG Brundle · P20 → retired L49 Brundle · retired L49 20 Brundle BRU R Brundle BRU Berger · P4 → retired L49 Berger · retired L49 4 Berger BER R Berger BER Bernard · P13 → retired L46 Bernard · retired L46 13 Bernard BER R Bernard BER Alliot · P12 → retired L39 Alliot · retired L39 12 Alliot ALL R Alliot ALL Palmer · P18 → retired L32 Palmer · retired L32 18 Palmer PAL R Palmer PAL Modena · P14 → retired L31 Modena · retired L31 14 Modena MOD R Modena MOD Alesi · P22 → retired L28 Alesi · retired L28 22 Alesi ALE R Alesi ALE Larini · P17 → retired L23 Larini · retired L23 17 Larini LAR R Larini LAR Patrese · P5 → retired L19 Patrese · retired L19 5 Patrese PAT R Patrese PAT Capelli · P8 → retired L15 Capelli · retired L15 8 Capelli CAP R Capelli CAP de Cesaris · P25 → retired L16 de Cesaris · retired L16 25 de Cesaris DE R de Cesaris DE Senna · P1 → retired L11 Senna · retired L11 1 Senna SEN R Senna SEN Moreno · P23 → retired L2 Moreno · retired L2 23 Moreno MOR R Moreno MOR
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 2 Alain Prost McLaren 2 64 1:19:22.131 9
2 27 Nigel Mansell Ferrari 3 64 +19.369 6
3 19 Alessandro Nannini Benetton 9 64 +48.019 4
4 11 Nelson Piquet Team Lotus 10 64 +1:06.735 3
5 23 Pierluigi Martini Minardi 11 63 +1 Lap 2
6 24 Luis Pérez-Sala Minardi 15 63 +1 Lap 1
7 26 Olivier Grouillard Ligier 24 63 +1 Lap
8 12 Satoru Nakajima Team Lotus 16 63 +1 Lap
9 9 Derek Warwick Arrows 19 62 +2 Laps
10 5 Thierry Boutsen Williams 7 62 +2 Laps
11 20 Emanuele Pirro Benetton 26 62 +2 Laps
12 37 Bertrand Gachot Onyx 21 62 +2 Laps
R 15 Maurício Gugelmin March 6 54 Gearbox
R 7 Martin Brundle Brabham 20 49 Engine
R 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari 4 49 Fire
R 29 Éric Bernard Larrousse 13 46 Engine
R 30 Philippe Alliot Larrousse 12 39 Engine
R 3 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell 18 32 Spun off
R 8 Stefano Modena Brabham 14 31 Engine
R 4 Jean Alesi Tyrrell 22 28 Spun off
R 17 Nicola Larini Osella 17 23 Handling
R 6 Riccardo Patrese Williams 5 19 Radiator
R 16 Ivan Capelli March 8 15 Transmission
R 22 Andrea de Cesaris Dallara 25 16 Engine
R 1 Ayrton Senna McLaren 1 11 Spun off
R 31 Roberto Moreno Coloni 23 2 Gearbox
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
1 Ayrton Senna
2
2 Alain Prost
3
27 Nigel Mansell
4
28 Gerhard Berger
5
6 Riccardo Patrese
6
15 Maurício Gugelmin
7
5 Thierry Boutsen
8
16 Ivan Capelli
9
19 Alessandro Nannini
10
11 Nelson Piquet
11
23 Pierluigi Martini
12
30 Philippe Alliot
13
29 Éric Bernard
14
8 Stefano Modena
15
24 Luis Pérez-Sala
16
12 Satoru Nakajima
17
17 Nicola Larini
18
3 Jonathan Palmer
19
9 Derek Warwick
20
7 Martin Brundle
21
37 Bertrand Gachot
22
4 Jean Alesi
23
31 Roberto Moreno
24
26 Olivier Grouillard
25
22 Andrea de Cesaris
26
20 Emanuele Pirro
Final grid as classified, including any pit lane starts. Source: Jolpica-F1. The arrow compares the grid slot with the qualifying classification; hover a drop to see the stewards document behind it.
No data for this session.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2019 onwards.
Record Basis · Calculation basis
Race order is the final classification(post-race penalties applied) · qualifying session data 2003+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished statuses
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-09-05 14:15