EIn yet another European Grand Prix season, the strengths of Ferrari and McLaren were balanced in each curve. It was difficult to predict who would come out victorious at Silverstone.
In the qualifying, Nigel Mansell took pole position, followed by Ayrton Senna and Gerhard Berger. Alain Prost was in fifth, behind Thierry Boutsen’s Williams.
The three leaders fought to win the race. Mansell was the first to lead the race for 25 laps and then Berger led for six, and then Ayrton Senna, following a tire change, took the final lead for eleven laps, opening a nine-second advantage over Alain Prost, now in second place.
Ayrton had the race under control until he hit an oil patch and spun. He recovered but was passed by Prost and Boutsen, finishing in third.
After the race, visibly disappointed, when asked if it had been a victory of patience, he responded:
“No, I think that it was Alain Prost’s”.
BRITISH GP
1º
N. Mansell
2º
Ayrton Senna
3º
G. Berger
4º
T. Boutsen
5º
A. Prost
6º
J. Alesi
7º
R. Patrese
8º
E. Bernard
9º
A. Suzuki
10º
I. Capelli
11º
N. Piquet
12º
S. Nakajima
13º
A. Nannini
14º
M. Donnelly
15º
M. Gugelmin
16º
D. Warwick
17º
A. Caffi
18º
P. Martini
19º
E. Pirro
20º
S. Modena
21º
N. Larini
22º
P. Alliot
23º
A. de Cesaris
24º
P. Barilla
25º
M. Alboreto
26º
G. Tarquini
43
laps
26
cars
12
Retirements
1’11”291
fastest lap
1º
sunny weather
podium
1º
A. Prost
2º
T. Boutsen
3º
Ayrton Senna
3º
final position
2º
position in championship following the race
2º
starting place
4
championship points accumulated
1’12”250
best lap
“No, I think that (the win) went to Alain Prost.” (when asked if it had been a “victory of patience”).
