1989 Shell British Grand Prix
Silverstone · · Formula 1
Race summary
| Winner | Grid | Cars | Margin | Laps | km | Fastest lap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alain Prost | 2 | 26 | 19.369 | 64 | 305.8 | Nigel Mansell |
Finishing order
Interval is the deficit to the winner: seconds where official timing recorded them, laps where a car finished down. ★ marks the fastest lap.
| Fin | Grid | No. | Driver | Constructor | Engine | Laps | FL | Interval | Status | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 2 | Alain Prost | McLaren | Honda | 64 | Finished | 9 | ||
| 2 | 3 | 27 | Nigel Mansell | Ferrari | Ferrari | 64 | ★ | +19.369s | Finished | 6 |
| 3 | 9 | 19 | Alessandro Nannini | Benetton | Ford | 64 | +48.019s | Finished | 4 | |
| 4 | 10 | 11 | Nelson Piquet | Team Lotus | Judd | 64 | +66.735s | Finished | 3 | |
| 5 | 11 | 23 | Pierluigi Martini | Minardi | Ford | 63 | +1 lap | Finished | 2 | |
| 6 | 15 | 24 | Luis Pérez-Sala | Minardi | Ford | 63 | +1 lap | Finished | 1 | |
| 7 | 24 | 26 | Olivier Grouillard | Ligier | Ford | 63 | +1 lap | Finished | ||
| 8 | 16 | 12 | Satoru Nakajima | Team Lotus | Judd | 63 | +1 lap | Finished | ||
| 9 | 19 | 9 | Derek Warwick | Arrows | Ford | 62 | +2 laps | Finished | ||
| 10 | 7 | 5 | Thierry Boutsen | Williams | Renault | 62 | +2 laps | Finished | ||
| 11 | 26 | 20 | Emanuele Pirro | Benetton | Ford | 62 | +2 laps | Finished | ||
| 12 | 21 | 37 | Bertrand Gachot | Onyx | Ford | 62 | +2 laps | Finished | ||
| — | 6 | 15 | Maurício Gugelmin | March | Judd | 54 | — | Gearbox | ||
| — | 20 | 7 | Martin Brundle | Brabham | Judd | 49 | — | Engine | ||
| — | 4 | 28 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | Ferrari | 49 | — | Gearbox | ||
| — | 13 | 29 | Éric Bernard | Lola | Lamborghini | 46 | — | Engine | ||
| — | 12 | 30 | Philippe Alliot | Lola | Lamborghini | 39 | — | Engine | ||
| — | 18 | 3 | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell | Ford | 32 | — | Accident | ||
| — | 14 | 8 | Stefano Modena | Brabham | Judd | 31 | — | Engine | ||
| — | 22 | 4 | Jean Alesi | Tyrrell | Ford | 28 | — | Spun off | ||
| — | 17 | 17 | Nicola Larini | Osella | Ford | 23 | — | Handling | ||
| — | 5 | 6 | Riccardo Patrese | Williams | Renault | 19 | — | Radiator | ||
| — | 8 | 16 | Ivan Capelli | March | Judd | 15 | — | Transmission | ||
| — | 25 | 22 | Andrea de Cesaris | Dallara | Ford | 14 | — | Engine | ||
| — | 1 | 1 | Ayrton Senna | McLaren | Honda | 11 | — | Spun off | ||
| — | 23 | 31 | Roberto Moreno | Coloni | Ford | 2 | — | Gearbox | ||
| — | — | 25 | René Arnoux | Ligier | Ford | — | Not classified | |||
| — | — | 10 | Eddie Cheever | Arrows | Ford | — | Not classified | |||
| — | — | 40 | Gabriele Tarquini | AGS | Ford | — | Not classified | |||
| — | — | 38 | Christian Danner | Rial | Ford | — | Not classified | |||
| — | — | 36 | Stefan Johansson | Onyx | Ford | — | Not classified | |||
| — | — | 21 | Alex Caffi | Dallara | Ford | — | Not classified | |||
| — | — | 33 | Gregor Foitek | EuroBrun | Judd | — | Not classified | |||
| — | — | 18 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Osella | Ford | — | Not classified | |||
| — | — | 41 | Yannick Dalmas | AGS | Ford | — | Not classified | |||
| — | — | 34 | Bernd Schneider | Zakspeed | Yamaha | — | Not classified | |||
| — | — | 32 | Pierre-Henri Raphanel | Coloni | Ford | — | Not classified | |||
| — | — | 35 | Aguri Suzuki | Zakspeed | Yamaha | — | Not classified | |||
| — | — | 39 | Volker Weidler | Rial | Ford | — | Not classified |