Race · Round 8 of 16 · 16 July 1989

1989 British Grand Prix

Alain Prost won for McLaren from 2nd on the grid at Silverstone Circuit. 14 of the starters were not classified. With this win, Alain Prost set a new record of 38 championship Grand Prix wins.

Circuit: Silverstone CircuitSilverstone, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom
Winner: Alain ProstMcLaren
Pole: Ayrton Senna
Fastest lap: Nigel Mansell
Entries: 3912 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Alain Prost	McLaren	MP4/5	2	64	Finished	9
2	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	640	3	64	Finished	6	fastest lap
3	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	—	9	64	Finished	4
4	Nelson Piquet	Team Lotus	101	10	64	Finished	3
5	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	—	11	63	Finished	2
6	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi	—	15	63	Finished	1
7	Olivier Grouillard	Ligier	JS33	24	63	Finished	0
8	Satoru Nakajima	Team Lotus	101	16	63	Finished	0
9	Derek Warwick	Arrows	A11	19	62	Finished	0
10	Thierry Boutsen	Williams	—	7	62	Finished	0
11	Emanuele Pirro	Benetton	—	26	62	Finished	0
12	Bertrand Gachot	Onyx	ORE-1	21	62	Finished	0
DNF	Mauricio Gugelmin	March	—	6	54	Gearbox	0
DNF	Martin Brundle	Brabham	BT58	20	49	Engine	0
DNF	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	640	4	49	Gearbox	0
DNF	Éric Bernard	Lola	—	13	46	Engine	0
DNF	Philippe Alliot	Lola	—	12	39	Engine	0
DNF	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	—	18	32	Accident	0
DNF	Stefano Modena	Brabham	BT58	14	31	Engine	0
DNF	Jean Alesi	Tyrrell	—	22	28	Spun off	0
DNF	Nicola Larini	Osella	FA1M	17	23	Handling	0
DNF	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	—	5	19	Radiator	0
DNF	Ivan Capelli	March	—	8	15	Transmission	0
DNF	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara	F189	25	14	Engine	0
DNF	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	MP4/5	1	11	Spun off	0
DNF	Roberto Moreno	Coloni	—	23	2	Gearbox	0
DNQ	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	JS33	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	A11	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS	—	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Christian Danner	Rial	ARC2	—	—	DNQ	0
DNPQ	Stefan Johansson	Onyx	ORE-1	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Alex Caffi	Dallara	F189	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Gregor Foitek	EuroBrun	—	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	FA1M	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Yannick Dalmas	AGS	—	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Bernd Schneider	Zakspeed	891	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Pierre-Henri Raphanel	Coloni	—	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Aguri Suzuki	Zakspeed	891	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Volker Weidler	Rial	ARC2	—	—	DNPQ	0

A blank chassis is a season the team ran more than one design and no source says which car raced here.

F1DB layout silverstone-3 · 4.778 km · 9 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Alain Prost	2	1	64
Nigel Mansell	3	2	64
Alessandro Nannini	9	3	64
Nelson Piquet	10	4	64
Pierluigi Martini	11	5	63
Luis Pérez-Sala	15	6	63
Olivier Grouillard	24	7	63
Satoru Nakajima	16	8	63
Derek Warwick	19	9	62
Thierry Boutsen	7	10	62
Emanuele Pirro	26	11	62
Bertrand Gachot	21	12	62
Mauricio Gugelmin	6	DNF	54
Martin Brundle	20	DNF	49
Gerhard Berger	4	DNF	49
Éric Bernard	13	DNF	46
Philippe Alliot	12	DNF	39
Jonathan Palmer	18	DNF	32
Stefano Modena	14	DNF	31
Jean Alesi	22	DNF	28
Nicola Larini	17	DNF	23
Riccardo Patrese	5	DNF	19
Ivan Capelli	8	DNF	15
Andrea de Cesaris	25	DNF	14
Ayrton Senna	1	DNF	11
Roberto Moreno	23	DNF	2

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	1	1:09.099	—	—
2	Alain Prost	McLaren	2	1:09.266	+0.167	+0.167
3	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	27	1:09.488	+0.389	+0.222
4	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	28	1:09.855	+0.756	+0.367
5	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	6	1:09.865	+0.766	+0.010
6	Mauricio Gugelmin	March	15	1:10.336	+1.237	+0.471
7	Thierry Boutsen	Williams	5	1:10.376	+1.277	+0.040
8	Ivan Capelli	March	16	1:10.650	+1.551	+0.274
9	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	19	1:10.798	+1.699	+0.148
10	Nelson Piquet	Team Lotus	11	1:10.925	+1.826	+0.127
11	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	23	1:11.368	+2.269	+0.443
12	Philippe Alliot	Lola	30	1:11.541	+2.442	+0.173
13	Éric Bernard	Lola	29	1:11.687	+2.588	+0.146
14	Stefano Modena	Brabham	8	1:11.755	+2.656	+0.068
15	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi	24	1:11.826	+2.727	+0.071
16	Satoru Nakajima	Team Lotus	12	1:11.960	+2.861	+0.134
17	Nicola Larini	Osella	17	1:12.061	+2.962	+0.101
18	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	3	1:12.070	+2.971	+0.009
19	Derek Warwick	Arrows	9	1:12.208	+3.109	+0.138
20	Martin Brundle	Brabham	7	1:12.327	+3.228	+0.119
21	Bertrand Gachot	Onyx	37	1:12.329	+3.230	+0.002
22	Jean Alesi	Tyrrell	4	1:12.341	+3.242	+0.012
23	Roberto Moreno	Coloni	31	1:12.412	+3.313	+0.071
24	Olivier Grouillard	Ligier	26	1:12.605	+3.506	+0.193
25	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara	22	1:12.904	+3.805	+0.299
26	Emanuele Pirro	Benetton	20	1:13.148	+4.049	+0.244
27	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	25	1:13.240	+4.141	+0.092
28	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	10	1:13.386	+4.287	+0.146
29	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS	40	1:13.496	+4.397	+0.110
30	Christian Danner	Rial	38	1:15.387	+6.288	+1.891

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

Pit stops

Pit stops are recorded from 1994. F1DB, the source of every stop here, holds none before then, so this race has no stints to draw.

Practice sessions Pre-qualifying · Practice 1 · Practice 2 · Warm-up

Pre-qualifying

Pre-qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Bertrand Gachot	Onyx	37	1:11.506	—	—	—
2	Nicola Larini	Osella	17	1:11.766	+0.260	+0.260	—
3	Stefano Modena	Brabham	8	1:11.809	+0.303	+0.043	—
4	Martin Brundle	Brabham	7	1:12.021	+0.515	+0.212	—
5	Stefan Johansson	Onyx	36	1:12.248	+0.742	+0.227	—
6	Alex Caffi	Dallara	21	1:12.501	+0.995	+0.253	—
7	Gregor Foitek	EuroBrun	33	1:13.128	+1.622	+0.627	—
8	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	18	1:13.429	+1.923	+0.301	—
9	Yannick Dalmas	AGS	41	1:13.720	+2.214	+0.291	—
10	Bernd Schneider	Zakspeed	34	1:14.124	+2.618	+0.404	—
11	Pierre-Henri Raphanel	Coloni	32	1:14.206	+2.700	+0.082	—
12	Aguri Suzuki	Zakspeed	35	1:14.266	+2.760	+0.060	—
13	Volker Weidler	Rial	39	1:15.096	+3.590	+0.830	—

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

Practice 1

Practice 1
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	6	1:10.060	—	—	—
2	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	27	1:10.192	+0.132	+0.132	—
3	Mauricio Gugelmin	March	15	1:10.711	+0.651	+0.519	—
4	Ivan Capelli	March	16	1:10.756	+0.696	+0.045	—
5	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	28	1:11.070	+1.010	+0.314	—
6	Thierry Boutsen	Williams	5	1:11.150	+1.090	+0.080	—
7	Alain Prost	McLaren	2	1:11.432	+1.372	+0.282	—
8	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	23	1:11.582	+1.522	+0.150	—
9	Nicola Larini	Osella	17	1:11.942	+1.882	+0.360	—
10	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	19	1:12.194	+2.134	+0.252	—
11	Nelson Piquet	Team Lotus	11	1:12.251	+2.191	+0.057	—
12	Philippe Alliot	Lola	30	1:12.561	+2.501	+0.310	—
13	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	1	1:12.634	+2.574	+0.073	—
14	Bertrand Gachot	Onyx	37	1:12.648	+2.588	+0.014	—
15	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi	24	1:12.768	+2.708	+0.120	—
16	Martin Brundle	Brabham	7	1:12.774	+2.714	+0.006	—
17	Satoru Nakajima	Team Lotus	12	1:13.020	+2.960	+0.246	—
18	Roberto Moreno	Coloni	31	1:13.204	+3.144	+0.184	—
19	Derek Warwick	Arrows	9	1:13.348	+3.288	+0.144	—
20	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	10	1:13.440	+3.380	+0.092	—
21	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara	22	1:13.507	+3.447	+0.067	—
22	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	25	1:13.517	+3.457	+0.010	—
23	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS	40	1:13.595	+3.535	+0.078	—
24	Jean Alesi	Tyrrell	4	1:13.681	+3.621	+0.086	—
25	Olivier Grouillard	Ligier	26	1:13.702	+3.642	+0.021	—
26	Éric Bernard	Lola	29	1:13.903	+3.843	+0.201	—
27	Emanuele Pirro	Benetton	20	1:13.975	+3.915	+0.072	—
28	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	3	1:14.083	+4.023	+0.108	—
29	Christian Danner	Rial	38	1:16.693	+6.633	+2.610	—

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

Practice 2

Practice 2
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Alain Prost	McLaren	2	1:10.214	—	—	—
2	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	27	1:10.344	+0.130	+0.130	—
3	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	6	1:11.174	+0.960	+0.830	—
4	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	28	1:11.354	+1.140	+0.180	—
5	Thierry Boutsen	Williams	5	1:11.491	+1.277	+0.137	—
6	Stefano Modena	Brabham	8	1:11.715	+1.501	+0.224	—
7	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	23	1:11.866	+1.652	+0.151	—
8	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi	24	1:11.975	+1.761	+0.109	—
9	Martin Brundle	Brabham	7	1:12.037	+1.823	+0.062	—
10	Olivier Grouillard	Ligier	26	1:12.056	+1.842	+0.019	—
11	Nicola Larini	Osella	17	1:12.329	+2.115	+0.273	—
12	Derek Warwick	Arrows	9	1:12.512	+2.298	+0.183	—
13	Mauricio Gugelmin	March	15	1:12.529	+2.315	+0.017	—
14	Satoru Nakajima	Team Lotus	12	1:12.695	+2.481	+0.166	—
15	Bertrand Gachot	Onyx	37	1:12.709	+2.495	+0.014	—
16	Nelson Piquet	Team Lotus	11	1:12.715	+2.501	+0.006	—
17	Philippe Alliot	Lola	30	1:12.865	+2.651	+0.150	—
18	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	1	1:12.929	+2.715	+0.064	—
19	Éric Bernard	Lola	29	1:13.030	+2.816	+0.101	—
20	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	3	1:13.275	+3.061	+0.245	—
21	Ivan Capelli	March	16	1:13.450	+3.236	+0.175	—
22	Roberto Moreno	Coloni	31	1:13.482	+3.268	+0.032	—
23	Jean Alesi	Tyrrell	4	1:13.505	+3.291	+0.023	—
24	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	25	1:13.516	+3.302	+0.011	—
25	Emanuele Pirro	Benetton	20	1:13.822	+3.608	+0.306	—
26	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	10	1:13.876	+3.662	+0.054	—
27	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara	22	1:14.163	+3.949	+0.287	—
28	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	19	1:14.341	+4.127	+0.178	—
29	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS	40	1:14.405	+4.191	+0.064	—
30	Christian Danner	Rial	38	1:14.982	+4.768	+0.577	—

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

Warm-up

Warm-up
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	27	1:12.130	—	—	—
2	Alain Prost	McLaren	2	1:12.515	+0.385	+0.385	—
3	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	1	1:12.530	+0.400	+0.015	—
4	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	28	1:12.687	+0.557	+0.157	—
5	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	19	1:13.371	+1.241	+0.684	—
6	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	23	1:13.796	+1.666	+0.425	—
7	Nelson Piquet	Team Lotus	11	1:13.876	+1.746	+0.080	—
8	Thierry Boutsen	Williams	5	1:14.074	+1.944	+0.198	—
9	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	3	1:14.221	+2.091	+0.147	—
10	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	6	1:14.225	+2.095	+0.004	—
11	Ivan Capelli	March	16	1:14.252	+2.122	+0.027	—
12	Satoru Nakajima	Team Lotus	12	1:14.424	+2.294	+0.172	—
13	Jean Alesi	Tyrrell	4	1:14.768	+2.638	+0.344	—
14	Nicola Larini	Osella	17	1:14.792	+2.662	+0.024	—
15	Emanuele Pirro	Benetton	20	1:14.868	+2.738	+0.076	—
16	Éric Bernard	Lola	29	1:14.916	+2.786	+0.048	—
17	Philippe Alliot	Lola	30	1:15.018	+2.888	+0.102	—
18	Olivier Grouillard	Ligier	26	1:15.020	+2.890	+0.002	—
19	Stefano Modena	Brabham	8	1:15.340	+3.210	+0.320	—
20	Mauricio Gugelmin	March	15	1:15.489	+3.359	+0.149	—
21	Roberto Moreno	Coloni	31	1:15.774	+3.644	+0.285	—
22	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara	22	1:15.898	+3.768	+0.124	—
23	Martin Brundle	Brabham	7	1:15.974	+3.844	+0.076	—
24	Derek Warwick	Arrows	9	1:16.476	+4.346	+0.502	—
25	Bertrand Gachot	Onyx	37	1:16.851	+4.721	+0.375	—
26	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi	24	1:21.185	+9.055	+4.334	—

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

The cars in this race

The photograph each car's Wikipedia article leads with, from Wikimedia Commons: taken wherever and whenever that was, not necessarily at this race.

Brabham BT58
Martin Brundle Spa 1989 · madagascarica from Verneuil Grand, France · CC BY 4.0 · unchecked

A photograph marked unchecked has a file name that does not name the car it is shown for. Most are still the right car, filed under the driver rather than the machine — but nobody has confirmed these one by one.

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Where this comes from

Round: 8 of 1989
Grand Prix: British Grand Prix
Dates: 16 Jul 1989
Layout raced: With Bridge chicane · 4.778 km
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: McLaren
Entrant: McLaren-Honda
Confidence: reference

The layout raced and its figures are this register’s, from its own sources; the figures under the race’s drawing are F1DB’s, and at some circuits the two disagree.