British Grand Prix

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Date & Time
Sun 16th July 1989 12:00am Local
Sun 16th July 1989 12:00am UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
1989

Round
Round 8

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Location

Silverstone Circuit

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The 1989 British Grand Prix (formally the XLII Shell British Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held at Silverstone on 16 July 1989. It was the eighth race of the 1989 Formula One World Championship.

The 64-lap race was won by Frenchman Alain Prost, driving a McLaren-Honda, after he started from second position. Prost's Brazilian teammate, Ayrton Senna, took pole position and led until he spun off on lap 12. Local driver Nigel Mansell finished second in a Ferrari, with Italian Alessandro Nannini third in a Benetton-Ford. This marked the last win for a Honda-powered car at Silverstone until Max Verstappen won the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix in 2020.

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Result List

01	Alain Prost	McLaren Formula 1 Team	1:19:22.131
02	Nigel Mansell	Scuderia Ferrari HP	+0:19.369
03	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton Formula	+0:48.019
04	Nelson Piquet	Lotus F1	+1:06.735
05	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	+1 Lap
06	Sergio Perez	Minardi	+1 Lap
07	Olivier Grouillard	Ligier	+1 Lap
08	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus F1	+1 Lap
09	Derek Warwick	Arrows Grand Prix International	+2 Laps
10	Thierry Boutsen	Williams Racing	+2 Laps
11	Emanuele Pirro	Benetton Formula	+2 Laps
12	Bertrand Gachot	Onyx Grand Prix	+2 Laps
13	Maurício Gugelmin	March Engineering	DNF
14	Martin Brundle	Brabham	DNF
15	Gerhard Berger	Scuderia Ferrari HP	DNF
18	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell Racing	DNF
19	Stefano Modena	Brabham	DNF
20	Jean Alesi	Tyrrell Racing	DNF
21	Nicola Larini	Osella	DNF
22	Riccardo Patrese	Williams Racing	DNF
23	Ivan Capelli	March Engineering	DNF
24	Andrea De Cesaris	Dallara	DNF
25	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Formula 1 Team	DNF
27	René Arnoux	Ligier	Did not qualify
28	Eddie Cheever	Arrows Grand Prix International	Did not qualify
29	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS	Did not qualify
30	Christian Danner	Rial Racing	Did not qualify
31	Stefan Johansson	Onyx Grand Prix	Did not prequalify
32	Alex Caffi	Dallara	Did not prequalify
34	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	Did not prequalify
35	Yannick Dalmas	AGS	Did not prequalify
36	Bernd Schneider	Zakspeed	Did not prequalify
38	Aguri Suzuki	Zakspeed	Did not prequalify
39	Volker Weidler	Rial Racing	Did not prequalify