Round 8 · 1989
British Grand Prix
WinnerPROMcLaren · from P2
PoleSEY
Fastest lap1:12.017Mansell · L57
Biggest gain+17Grouillard P24→P7
Retirements14of 26 starters
Classification
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | +/− | Laps | Time / Status | Pits | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alain Prost PRO | McLaren | 2 | +1 | 64 | 1:19:22.131 | — | 9 |
| 2 | Nigel Mansell MNS | Ferrari | 3 | +1 | 64 | +19.370 FL | — | 6 |
| 3 | Benetton | 9 | +6 | 64 | +48.020 | — | 4 | |
| 4 | Team Lotus | 10 | +6 | 64 | +1:06.740 | — | 3 | |
| 5 | Minardi | 11 | +6 | 63 | +1 lap | — | 2 | |
| 6 | Luis Perez-Sala PEZ | Minardi | 15 | +9 | 63 | +1 lap | — | 1 |
| 7 | Ligier | 24 | +17 | 63 | +1 lap | — | ||
| 8 | Satoru Nakajima NAJ | Team Lotus | 16 | +8 | 63 | +1 lap | — | |
| 9 | Derek Warwick WAW | Arrows | 19 | +10 | 62 | +2 laps | — | |
| 10 | Thierry Boutsen BOS | Williams | 7 | -3 | 62 | +2 laps | — | |
| 11 | Emanuele Pirro PIM | Benetton | 26 | +15 | 62 | +2 laps | — | |
| 12 | Bertrand Gachot GAC | Onyx | 21 | +9 | 62 | +2 laps | — | |
| — | Eddie Cheever Jr CHE | Arrows | — | 0 | DNQ | — | ||
| — | Jean Alesi ALE | Tyrrell | 22 | 28 | DNF · L28 | — | ||
| — | Gerhard Berger BEG | Ferrari | 4 | 49 | DNF · L49 | — | ||
| — | Nicola Larini LAI | Osella | 17 | 23 | DNF · L23 | — | ||
| — | Martin Brundle BRL | Brabham | 20 | 49 | DNF · L49 | — | ||
| — | Roberto Moreno MOO | Coloni | 23 | 2 | DNF · L2 | — | ||
| — | Riccardo Patrese PAC | Williams | 5 | 19 | DNF · L19 | — | ||
| — | Ligier | — | 0 | DNQ | — | |||
| — | Stefan Johansson JOF | Onyx | — | 0 | Not Pre-Qualified | — | ||
| — | Dallara | 25 | 14 | DNF · L14 | — | |||
| — | Osella | — | 0 | Not Pre-Qualified | — | |||
| — | Jonathan Palmer PAO | Tyrrell | 18 | 32 | DNF · L32 | — | ||
| — | Philippe Alliot ALI | Lola | 12 | 39 | DNF · L39 | — | ||
| — | Ayrton Senna SEY | McLaren | 1 | 11 | DNF · L11 | — | ||
| — | Ivan Capelli CAP | March | 8 | 15 | DNF · L15 | — | ||
| — | Christian Danner DAN | Rial | — | 0 | DNQ | — | ||
| — | Alex Caffi CAF | Dallara | — | 0 | Not Pre-Qualified | — | ||
| — | Yannick Dalmas DAS | AGS | — | 0 | Not Pre-Qualified | — | ||
| — | Stefano Modena MOD | Brabham | 14 | 31 | DNF · L31 | — | ||
| — | AGS | — | 0 | DNQ | — | |||
| — | Bernd Schneider SCN | Zakspeed | — | 0 | Not Pre-Qualified | — | ||
| — | March | 6 | 54 | DNF · L54 | — | |||
| — | Aguri Suzuki SUZ | Zakspeed | — | 0 | Not Pre-Qualified | — | ||
| — | Coloni | — | 0 | Not Pre-Qualified | — | |||
| — | Gregor Foitek FOI | Euro Brun | — | 0 | Not Pre-Qualified | — | ||
| — | Volker Weidler WED | Rial | — | 0 | Not Pre-Qualified | — | ||
| — | Eric Bernard BNR | Lola | 13 | 46 | DNF · L46 | — |
Session schedule
Grand PrixFinal
Recent winners at Silverstone Circuit
Circuit DNA| Season | Event | Winner | Team | Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | British Grand Prix | Ayrton Senna SEY | McLaren | 3 |
| 1987 | British Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell MNS | Williams | 2 |
| 1985 | British Grand Prix | Alain Prost PRO | McLaren | 3 |
| 1983 | British Grand Prix | Alain Prost PRO | Toleman | 3 |
| 1981 | British Grand Prix | John Watson WAT | McLaren | 5 |
| 1979 | British Grand Prix | Clay Regazzoni REA | Williams | 4 |
| 1977 | British Grand Prix | James Hunt HUN | McLaren | 1 |
| 1975 | British Grand Prix | McLaren | 7 |