Season 1989 · Round 7

French Grand Prix

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1989-07-09 · Circuit Paul Ricard · France · French Grand Prix · 80Lap · 305.040km
2 Alain Prost
McLaren 1:38:29.411
Team win 9pt P1 · P26
27 Nigel Mansell
Ferrari +44.017
6 Riccardo Patrese
Williams +1:06.921
Fastest Lap
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DNF
13
Maurício Gugelmin L71 Stefano Modena L67 Thierry Boutsen L50 Satoru Nakajima L49 Ivan Capelli L43 Alessandro Nannini L40 Pierluigi Martini L31 Philippe Alliot L30 Gabriele Tarquini L30 Gerhard Berger L29 +3
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Alain Prost active 6 wins
Pole-to-win rate 11/18 61.1%
Most DNFs · all-time P13
Circuit Info
Circuit Paul Ricard Le Castellet, France
80Lap 305.040km 18 races held (1971–) Lap record 1:32.740 · Sebastian Vettel (2019)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P2 Alain Prost 6 wins · → Michael Schumacher -2
P3 Nigel Mansell 4 wins · → Alain Prost -2
P15 René Arnoux 1 wins · → Niki Lauda -1
Podiums
P1 Alain Prost 11 · GP #1
P6 Nelson Piquet 5 · → Nigel Mansell -1
Starts
P1 Riccardo Patrese 17 starts · GP #1
P6 Nelson Piquet 13 starts · → David Coulthard -1
P6 Alain Prost 13 starts · → David Coulthard -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 L80 Prost · P1 → P1 1 Prost PRO 1 Prost PRO Mansell · P3 → P2 · +1 3 Mansell MAN 2 Mansell MAN Patrese · P8 → P3 · +5 8 Patrese PAT 3 Patrese PAT Alesi · P16 → P4 · +12 16 Alesi ALE 4 Alesi ALE Johansson · P13 → P5 · +8 13 Johansson JOH 5 Johansson JOH Grouillard · P17 → P6 · +11 17 Grouillard GRO 6 Grouillard GRO Cheever · P25 → P7 · +18 25 Cheever CHE 7 Cheever CHE Piquet · P20 → P8 · +12 20 Piquet PIQ 8 Piquet PIQ Pirro · P24 → P9 · +15 24 Pirro PIR 9 Pirro PIR Palmer · P9 → P10 · -1 9 Palmer PAL 10 Palmer PAL Bernard · P15 → P11 · +4 15 Bernard BER 11 Bernard BER Donnelly · P14 → P12 · +2 14 Donnelly DON 12 Donnelly DON Gachot · P11 → P13 · -2 11 Gachot GAC 13 Gachot GAC Gugelmin · P10 → retired L71 Gugelmin · retired L71 10 Gugelmin GUG R Gugelmin GUG Modena · P22 → retired L67 Modena · retired L67 22 Modena MOD R Modena MOD Boutsen · P5 → retired L50 Boutsen · retired L50 5 Boutsen BOU R Boutsen BOU Nakajima · P19 → retired L49 Nakajima · retired L49 19 Nakajima NAK R Nakajima NAK Capelli · P12 → retired L43 Capelli · retired L43 12 Capelli CAP R Capelli CAP Nannini · P4 → retired L40 Nannini · retired L40 4 Nannini NAN R Nannini NAN Martini · P23 → retired L31 Martini · retired L31 23 Martini MAR R Martini MAR Alliot · P7 → retired L30 Alliot · retired L30 7 Alliot ALL R Alliot ALL Tarquini · P21 → retired L30 Tarquini · retired L30 21 Tarquini TAR R Tarquini TAR Berger · P6 → retired L29 Berger · retired L29 6 Berger BER R Berger BER Caffi · P26 → retired L27 Caffi · retired L27 26 Caffi CAF R Caffi CAF Arnoux · P18 → retired L14 Arnoux · retired L14 18 Arnoux ARN R Arnoux ARN Senna · P2 → retired L0 Senna · retired L0 2 Senna SEN R Senna SEN
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 2 Alain Prost McLaren 1 80 1:38:29.411 9
2 27 Nigel Mansell Ferrari 3 80 +44.017 6
3 6 Riccardo Patrese Williams 8 80 +1:06.921 4
4 4 Jean Alesi Tyrrell 16 80 +1:13.232 3
5 36 Stefan Johansson Onyx 13 79 +1 Lap 2
6 26 Olivier Grouillard Ligier 17 79 +1 Lap 1
7 10 Eddie Cheever Arrows 25 79 +1 Lap
8 11 Nelson Piquet Team Lotus 20 78 +2 Laps
9 20 Emanuele Pirro Benetton 24 78 +2 Laps
10 3 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell 9 78 +2 Laps
11 29 Éric Bernard Larrousse 15 77 +3 Laps
12 9 Martin Donnelly Arrows 14 77 +3 Laps
13 37 Bertrand Gachot Onyx 11 76 Engine
R 15 Maurício Gugelmin March 10 71 Not classified
R 8 Stefano Modena Brabham 22 67 Engine
R 5 Thierry Boutsen Williams 5 50 Gearbox
R 12 Satoru Nakajima Team Lotus 19 49 Engine
R 16 Ivan Capelli March 12 43 Engine
R 19 Alessandro Nannini Benetton 4 40 Suspension
R 23 Pierluigi Martini Minardi 23 31 Engine
R 30 Philippe Alliot Larrousse 7 30 Engine
R 40 Gabriele Tarquini AGS 21 30 Engine
R 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari 6 29 Clutch
R 21 Alex Caffi Dallara 26 27 Clutch
R 25 René Arnoux Ligier 18 14 Gearbox
R 1 Ayrton Senna McLaren 2 0 Differential
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
2 Alain Prost
2
1 Ayrton Senna
3
27 Nigel Mansell
4
19 Alessandro Nannini
5
5 Thierry Boutsen
6
28 Gerhard Berger
7
30 Philippe Alliot
8
6 Riccardo Patrese
9
3 Jonathan Palmer
10
15 Maurício Gugelmin
11
37 Bertrand Gachot
12
16 Ivan Capelli
13
36 Stefan Johansson
14
9 Martin Donnelly
15
29 Éric Bernard
16
4 Jean Alesi
17
26 Olivier Grouillard
18
25 René Arnoux
19
12 Satoru Nakajima
20
11 Nelson Piquet
21
40 Gabriele Tarquini
22
8 Stefano Modena
23
23 Pierluigi Martini
24
20 Emanuele Pirro
25
10 Eddie Cheever
26
21 Alex Caffi
Final grid as classified, including any pit lane starts. Source: Jolpica-F1. The arrow compares the grid slot with the qualifying classification; hover a drop to see the stewards document behind it.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2019 onwards.
Record Basis · Calculation basis
Race order is the final classification(post-race penalties applied) · qualifying session data 2003+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished statuses
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-09-05 14:15