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Alain Prost won the 1989 British Grand Prix

Alain Prost won the 1989 British Grand Prix for McLaren, ahead of Nigel Mansell and Alessandro Nannini at Silverstone Circuit.

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Race recap

Winner
Alain Prost
Team
McLaren
Top listed
Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell, and Alessandro Nannini
Race date
July 16, 1989
Pole
Ayrton Senna
Fastest lap
Nigel Mansell
Classified drivers
39
Circuit
Silverstone Circuit

The decisive result

Alain Prost finished first for McLaren. Nigel Mansell is listed 2 for Ferrari, with Alessandro Nannini 3 for Benetton.

Grid to finish

Olivier Grouillard from P24 to P7 (+17), Emanuele Pirro from P26 to P11 (+15), and Derek Warwick from P19 to P9 (+10) recorded the largest positive grid-to-finish changes in the classification. Ayrton Senna started from the listed P1 grid position.

Status and fastest lap

The classification lists 9 DNPQ, 5 Engine, 4 +1 lap, 4 +2 laps, and 4 DNQ. Nigel Mansell holds the fastest-lap entry at 1:12.017 on lap 57. It records the result without speculating about incidents or strategy.

This summary sticks to the classification and does not speculate about incidents, strategy, weather, or causes. Source: F1DB (CC BY 4.0) · updated Jul 26, 2026.

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Race classification
PosDriverConstructorTime / statusPoints
1Alain ProstMcLaren1:19:22.1319
2Nigel MansellFerrari1:19:41.5006
3Alessandro NanniniBenetton1:20:10.1504
4Nelson PiquetTeam Lotus1:20:28.8663
5Pierluigi MartiniMinardi+1 lap2
6Luis Pérez-SalaMinardi+1 lap1
7Olivier GrouillardLigier+1 lap0
8Satoru NakajimaTeam Lotus+1 lap0
9Derek WarwickArrows+2 laps0
10Thierry BoutsenWilliams+2 laps0
11Emanuele PirroBenetton+2 laps0
12Bertrand GachotOnyx+2 laps0
DNFMaurício GugelminMarchGearbox0
DNFMartin BrundleBrabhamEngine0
DNFGerhard BergerFerrariGearbox0
DNFÉric BernardLolaEngine0
DNFPhilippe AlliotLolaEngine0
DNFJonathan PalmerTyrrellAccident0
DNFStefano ModenaBrabhamEngine0
DNFJean AlesiTyrrellSpun off0