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Race · Round 8 of 16 ·

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.

Dry · High of 22 °C, no rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)

How it is modelled

ERA5's reanalysis, through Open-Meteo, of the circuit's whole local day and not the race's hours, for the grid cell the circuit sits in and not the track, so a shower can be missing from it. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.

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

Classification

Classification
PosDriverConstructorChassisGridLapsOutPointsFL
1Alain ProstMcLarenMP4/5264Finished9
2Nigel MansellFerrari640364Finished6fastest lap
3Alessandro NanniniBenetton—964Finished4
4Nelson PiquetTeam Lotus1011064Finished3
5Pierluigi MartiniMinardi—1163Finished2
6Luis Pérez-SalaMinardi—1563Finished1
7Olivier GrouillardLigierJS332463Finished0
8Satoru NakajimaTeam Lotus1011663Finished0
9Derek WarwickArrowsA111962Finished0
10Thierry BoutsenWilliams—762Finished0
11Emanuele PirroBenetton—2662Finished0
12Bertrand GachotOnyxORE-12162Finished0
DNFMauricio GugelminMarch—654Gearbox0
DNFMartin BrundleBrabhamBT582049Engine0
DNFGerhard BergerFerrari640449Gearbox0
DNFÉric BernardLola—1346Engine0
DNFPhilippe AlliotLola—1239Engine0
DNFJonathan PalmerTyrrell—1832Accident0
DNFStefano ModenaBrabhamBT581431Engine0
DNFJean AlesiTyrrell—2228Spun off0
DNFNicola LariniOsellaFA1M1723Handling0
DNFRiccardo PatreseWilliams—519Radiator0
DNFIvan CapelliMarch—815Transmission0
DNFAndrea de CesarisDallaraF1892514Engine0
DNFAyrton SennaMcLarenMP4/5111Spun off0
DNFRoberto MorenoColoni—232Gearbox0
DNQRene ArnouxLigierJS33——DNQ0
DNQEddie CheeverArrowsA11——DNQ0
DNQGabriele TarquiniAGS———DNQ0
DNQChristian DannerRialARC2——DNQ0
DNPQStefan JohanssonOnyxORE-1——DNPQ0
DNPQAlex CaffiDallaraF189——DNPQ0
DNPQGregor FoitekEuroBrun———DNPQ0
DNPQPiercarlo GhinzaniOsellaFA1M——DNPQ0
DNPQYannick DalmasAGS———DNPQ0
DNPQBernd SchneiderZakspeed891——DNPQ0
DNPQPierre-Henri RaphanelColoni———DNPQ0
DNPQAguri SuzukiZakspeed891——DNPQ0
DNPQVolker WeidlerRialARC2——DNPQ0
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

0102030405060Laps completedGridResult21Alain Prost32Nigel Mansell93Alessandro Nannini104Nelson Piquet115Pierluigi Martini156Luis Pérez-Sala247Olivier Grouillard168Satoru Nakajima199Derek Warwick710Thierry Boutsen2611Emanuele Pirro2112Bertrand Gachot6DNFMauricio Gugelmin20DNFMartin Brundle4DNFGerhard Berger13DNFÉric Bernard12DNFPhilippe Alliot18DNFJonathan Palmer14DNFStefano Modena22DNFJean Alesi17DNFNicola Larini5DNFRiccardo Patrese8DNFIvan Capelli25DNFAndrea de Cesaris1DNFAyrton Senna23DNFRoberto Moreno

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
DriverGridResultLaps
Alain Prost2164
Nigel Mansell3264
Alessandro Nannini9364
Nelson Piquet10464
Pierluigi Martini11563
Luis Pérez-Sala15663
Olivier Grouillard24763
Satoru Nakajima16863
Derek Warwick19962
Thierry Boutsen71062
Emanuele Pirro261162
Bertrand Gachot211262
Mauricio Gugelmin6DNF54
Martin Brundle20DNF49
Gerhard Berger4DNF49
Éric Bernard13DNF46
Philippe Alliot12DNF39
Jonathan Palmer18DNF32
Stefano Modena14DNF31
Jean Alesi22DNF28
Nicola Larini17DNF23
Riccardo Patrese5DNF19
Ivan Capelli8DNF15
Andrea de Cesaris25DNF14
Ayrton Senna1DNF11
Roberto Moreno23DNF2

Qualifying

Qualifying
PosDriverConstructorNo.TimeGap≈ DistanceInterval
1Ayrton SennaMcLaren11:09.099—0 m—
2Alain ProstMcLaren21:09.266+0.16712 m+0.167
3Nigel MansellFerrari271:09.488+0.38927 m+0.222
4Gerhard BergerFerrari281:09.855+0.75652 m+0.367
5Riccardo PatreseWilliams61:09.865+0.76653 m+0.010
6Mauricio GugelminMarch151:10.336+1.23786 m+0.471
7Thierry BoutsenWilliams51:10.376+1.27788 m+0.040
8Ivan CapelliMarch161:10.650+1.551107 m+0.274
9Alessandro NanniniBenetton191:10.798+1.699117 m+0.148
10Nelson PiquetTeam Lotus111:10.925+1.826126 m+0.127
11Pierluigi MartiniMinardi231:11.368+2.269157 m+0.443
12Philippe AlliotLola301:11.541+2.442169 m+0.173
13Éric BernardLola291:11.687+2.588179 m+0.146
14Stefano ModenaBrabham81:11.755+2.656184 m+0.068
15Luis Pérez-SalaMinardi241:11.826+2.727189 m+0.071
16Satoru NakajimaTeam Lotus121:11.960+2.861198 m+0.134
17Nicola LariniOsella171:12.061+2.962205 m+0.101
18Jonathan PalmerTyrrell31:12.070+2.971205 m+0.009
19Derek WarwickArrows91:12.208+3.109215 m+0.138
20Martin BrundleBrabham71:12.327+3.228223 m+0.119
21Bertrand GachotOnyx371:12.329+3.230223 m+0.002
22Jean AlesiTyrrell41:12.341+3.242224 m+0.012
23Roberto MorenoColoni311:12.412+3.313229 m+0.071
24Olivier GrouillardLigier261:12.605+3.506242 m+0.193
25Andrea de CesarisDallara221:12.904+3.805263 m+0.299
26Emanuele PirroBenetton201:13.148+4.049280 m+0.244
27Rene ArnouxLigier251:13.240+4.141286 m+0.092
28Eddie CheeverArrows101:13.386+4.287296 m+0.146
29Gabriele TarquiniAGS401:13.496+4.397304 m+0.110
30Christian DannerRial381:15.387+6.288435 m+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.
How it is derived: distance, Qualifying

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

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
PosDriverConstructorNo.Best lapGap≈ DistanceIntervalLaps
1Bertrand GachotOnyx371:11.506—0 m——
2Nicola LariniOsella171:11.766+0.26017 m+0.260—
3Stefano ModenaBrabham81:11.809+0.30320 m+0.043—
4Martin BrundleBrabham71:12.021+0.51534 m+0.212—
5Stefan JohanssonOnyx361:12.248+0.74250 m+0.227—
6Alex CaffiDallara211:12.501+0.99566 m+0.253—
7Gregor FoitekEuroBrun331:13.128+1.622108 m+0.627—
8Piercarlo GhinzaniOsella181:13.429+1.923128 m+0.301—
9Yannick DalmasAGS411:13.720+2.214148 m+0.291—
10Bernd SchneiderZakspeed341:14.124+2.618175 m+0.404—
11Pierre-Henri RaphanelColoni321:14.206+2.700180 m+0.082—
12Aguri SuzukiZakspeed351:14.266+2.760184 m+0.060—
13Volker WeidlerRial391:15.096+3.590240 m+0.830—
Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.
How it is derived: distance, Pre-qualifying

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Practice 1

Practice 1
PosDriverConstructorNo.Best lapGap≈ DistanceIntervalLaps
1Riccardo PatreseWilliams61:10.060—0 m——
2Nigel MansellFerrari271:10.192+0.1329 m+0.132—
3Mauricio GugelminMarch151:10.711+0.65144 m+0.519—
4Ivan CapelliMarch161:10.756+0.69647 m+0.045—
5Gerhard BergerFerrari281:11.070+1.01069 m+0.314—
6Thierry BoutsenWilliams51:11.150+1.09074 m+0.080—
7Alain ProstMcLaren21:11.432+1.37294 m+0.282—
8Pierluigi MartiniMinardi231:11.582+1.522104 m+0.150—
9Nicola LariniOsella171:11.942+1.882128 m+0.360—
10Alessandro NanniniBenetton191:12.194+2.134146 m+0.252—
11Nelson PiquetTeam Lotus111:12.251+2.191149 m+0.057—
12Philippe AlliotLola301:12.561+2.501171 m+0.310—
13Ayrton SennaMcLaren11:12.634+2.574176 m+0.073—
14Bertrand GachotOnyx371:12.648+2.588176 m+0.014—
15Luis Pérez-SalaMinardi241:12.768+2.708185 m+0.120—
16Martin BrundleBrabham71:12.774+2.714185 m+0.006—
17Satoru NakajimaTeam Lotus121:13.020+2.960202 m+0.246—
18Roberto MorenoColoni311:13.204+3.144214 m+0.184—
19Derek WarwickArrows91:13.348+3.288224 m+0.144—
20Eddie CheeverArrows101:13.440+3.380231 m+0.092—
21Andrea de CesarisDallara221:13.507+3.447235 m+0.067—
22Rene ArnouxLigier251:13.517+3.457236 m+0.010—
23Gabriele TarquiniAGS401:13.595+3.535241 m+0.078—
24Jean AlesiTyrrell41:13.681+3.621247 m+0.086—
25Olivier GrouillardLigier261:13.702+3.642248 m+0.021—
26Éric BernardLola291:13.903+3.843262 m+0.201—
27Emanuele PirroBenetton201:13.975+3.915267 m+0.072—
28Jonathan PalmerTyrrell31:14.083+4.023274 m+0.108—
29Christian DannerRial381:16.693+6.633452 m+2.610—
Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.
How it is derived: distance, Practice 1

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Practice 2

Practice 2
PosDriverConstructorNo.Best lapGap≈ DistanceIntervalLaps
1Alain ProstMcLaren21:10.214—0 m——
2Nigel MansellFerrari271:10.344+0.1309 m+0.130—
3Riccardo PatreseWilliams61:11.174+0.96065 m+0.830—
4Gerhard BergerFerrari281:11.354+1.14078 m+0.180—
5Thierry BoutsenWilliams51:11.491+1.27787 m+0.137—
6Stefano ModenaBrabham81:11.715+1.501102 m+0.224—
7Pierluigi MartiniMinardi231:11.866+1.652112 m+0.151—
8Luis Pérez-SalaMinardi241:11.975+1.761120 m+0.109—
9Martin BrundleBrabham71:12.037+1.823124 m+0.062—
10Olivier GrouillardLigier261:12.056+1.842125 m+0.019—
11Nicola LariniOsella171:12.329+2.115144 m+0.273—
12Derek WarwickArrows91:12.512+2.298156 m+0.183—
13Mauricio GugelminMarch151:12.529+2.315158 m+0.017—
14Satoru NakajimaTeam Lotus121:12.695+2.481169 m+0.166—
15Bertrand GachotOnyx371:12.709+2.495170 m+0.014—
16Nelson PiquetTeam Lotus111:12.715+2.501170 m+0.006—
17Philippe AlliotLola301:12.865+2.651180 m+0.150—
18Ayrton SennaMcLaren11:12.929+2.715185 m+0.064—
19Éric BernardLola291:13.030+2.816192 m+0.101—
20Jonathan PalmerTyrrell31:13.275+3.061208 m+0.245—
21Ivan CapelliMarch161:13.450+3.236220 m+0.175—
22Roberto MorenoColoni311:13.482+3.268222 m+0.032—
23Jean AlesiTyrrell41:13.505+3.291224 m+0.023—
24Rene ArnouxLigier251:13.516+3.302225 m+0.011—
25Emanuele PirroBenetton201:13.822+3.608246 m+0.306—
26Eddie CheeverArrows101:13.876+3.662249 m+0.054—
27Andrea de CesarisDallara221:14.163+3.949269 m+0.287—
28Alessandro NanniniBenetton191:14.341+4.127281 m+0.178—
29Gabriele TarquiniAGS401:14.405+4.191285 m+0.064—
30Christian DannerRial381:14.982+4.768324 m+0.577—
Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.
How it is derived: distance, Practice 2

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Warm-up

Warm-up
PosDriverConstructorNo.Best lapGap≈ DistanceIntervalLaps
1Nigel MansellFerrari271:12.130—0 m——
2Alain ProstMcLaren21:12.515+0.38526 m+0.385—
3Ayrton SennaMcLaren11:12.530+0.40026 m+0.015—
4Gerhard BergerFerrari281:12.687+0.55737 m+0.157—
5Alessandro NanniniBenetton191:13.371+1.24182 m+0.684—
6Pierluigi MartiniMinardi231:13.796+1.666110 m+0.425—
7Nelson PiquetTeam Lotus111:13.876+1.746116 m+0.080—
8Thierry BoutsenWilliams51:14.074+1.944129 m+0.198—
9Jonathan PalmerTyrrell31:14.221+2.091139 m+0.147—
10Riccardo PatreseWilliams61:14.225+2.095139 m+0.004—
11Ivan CapelliMarch161:14.252+2.122141 m+0.027—
12Satoru NakajimaTeam Lotus121:14.424+2.294152 m+0.172—
13Jean AlesiTyrrell41:14.768+2.638175 m+0.344—
14Nicola LariniOsella171:14.792+2.662176 m+0.024—
15Emanuele PirroBenetton201:14.868+2.738181 m+0.076—
16Éric BernardLola291:14.916+2.786185 m+0.048—
17Philippe AlliotLola301:15.018+2.888191 m+0.102—
18Olivier GrouillardLigier261:15.020+2.890191 m+0.002—
19Stefano ModenaBrabham81:15.340+3.210213 m+0.320—
20Mauricio GugelminMarch151:15.489+3.359223 m+0.149—
21Roberto MorenoColoni311:15.774+3.644241 m+0.285—
22Andrea de CesarisDallara221:15.898+3.768250 m+0.124—
23Martin BrundleBrabham71:15.974+3.844255 m+0.076—
24Derek WarwickArrows91:16.476+4.346288 m+0.502—
25Bertrand GachotOnyx371:16.851+4.721313 m+0.375—
26Luis Pérez-SalaMinardi241:21.185+9.055600 m+4.334—
Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.
How it is derived: distance, Warm-up

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

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.

McLaren MP4/5
McLaren MP4/5
McLaren MP4-5 · John Chapman ( Pyrope ) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Ferrari 640
Ferrari 640
Nigel Mansell Ferrari F1 (16032819141) · Maurizio Cefariello · CC BY 2.0 · unchecked
Lotus 101
Lotus 101
Satoru Nakajima demonstrating Lotus 101 2011 Japan · Morio · CC BY-SA 3.0
Ligier JS33
Ligier JS33
Philippe Alliot 1990 United States · wileynorwichphoto · CC BY 2.0 · unchecked
Arrows A11
Arrows A11
Motor-Sport-Museum am Hockenheimring, 1991 Footwork Porsche A11C, pic1 · Alf van Beem · CC0 · unchecked
Brabham BT58
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.

2 more photographs
Dallara F189
Dallara F189
Paris - Retromobile 2014 - BMS Dallara Formule 1 - 1989 - 002 · Thesupermat · CC BY-SA 3.0 · unchecked
Zakspeed 891
Zakspeed 891
Zakspeed-Yamaha 891 1989 Formula1 Bernd Schneider East Racing LSideFrontt SATM 05June2013 (14600643865) · Valder137 · CC BY 2.0 · unchecked

Where this comes from

Round
8 of 1989
Grand Prix
British Grand Prix
Dates
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.