The Garagiste.

The Turbo Era  ·  Round 8

British Grand Prix

1989  ·  Silverstone Circuit  ·  16 July 1989  ·  64 laps

  1. 1st Alain Prost McLaren · 01:19:22.131
  2. 2nd Nigel Mansell Ferrari · +19.369
  3. 3rd Alessandro Nannini Benetton · +48.019

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Ayrton Senna

McLaren  —  Pole position

02 Lap 11

Ayrton Senna

Retirement McLaren  —  Spun off

03 Lap 19

Riccardo Patrese

Retirement Williams  —  Radiator

04 Lap 46

Éric Bernard

Retirement Larrousse  —  Engine

05 Lap 49

Gerhard Berger

Retirement Ferrari  —  Fire

06 Lap 49

Martin Brundle

Retirement Brabham  —  Engine

07 Lap 54

Maurício Gugelmin

Retirement March  —  Gearbox

08 On the Charge

Olivier Grouillard

Ligier  —  P24 → P7

09 Victory

Alain Prost

McLaren  —  Won from P2

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Alain Prost McLaren 2 64 01:19:22.131 9
2 Nigel Mansell Ferrari 3 64 +19.369 6
3 Alessandro Nannini Benetton 9 64 +48.019 4
4 Nelson Piquet Team Lotus 10 64 +1:06.735 3
5 Pierluigi Martini Minardi 11 63 +1 Lap 2
6 Luis Pérez-Sala Minardi 15 63 +1 Lap 1
7 Olivier Grouillard Ligier 24 63 +1 Lap
8 Satoru Nakajima Team Lotus 16 63 +1 Lap
9 Derek Warwick Arrows 19 62 +2 Laps
10 Thierry Boutsen Williams 7 62 +2 Laps
11 Emanuele Pirro Benetton 26 62 +2 Laps
12 Bertrand Gachot Onyx 21 62 +2 Laps
13 Maurício Gugelmin March 6 54 Gearbox
14 Martin Brundle Brabham 20 49 Engine
15 Gerhard Berger Ferrari 4 49 Fire
16 Éric Bernard Larrousse 13 46 Engine
17 Philippe Alliot Larrousse 12 39 Engine
18 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell 18 32 Spun off
19 Stefano Modena Brabham 14 31 Engine
20 Jean Alesi Tyrrell 22 28 Spun off
21 Nicola Larini Osella 17 23 Handling
22 Riccardo Patrese Williams 5 19 Radiator
23 Ivan Capelli March 8 15 Transmission
24 Andrea de Cesaris Dallara 25 16 Engine
25 Ayrton Senna McLaren 1 11 Spun off
26 Roberto Moreno Coloni 23 2 Gearbox

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