1989 French Grand Prix

The 1989 French Grand Prix was Round 7 of the 1989 FIA Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held at Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France on Sunday, 9 July 1989. Alain Prost started on pole position in the McLaren Honda and was the race winner.

The race was restarted after Brazilian driver Maurício Gugelmin crashed heavily on the run down to the first turn, landing upside down after launching his Leyton House March over Gerhard Berger and Thierry Boutsen. Remarkably, Gugelmin went on to set fastest lap of the race for the first and only time in his F1 career.

1989 French Grand Prix Race Result
Pos.No.DriverNationalityTeamTyreLapsTime/RetiredRace TimeGapIntervalBest LapLapSpeedStartedPoints
12Alain ProstFranceMcLaren HondaGoodyear801:38:29.4111:38:29.411--1:12.50038185.82919
227Nigel MansellGreat BritainFerrariGoodyear80+44.0171:39:13.428+44.017+44.0171:12.54275184.45536
36Riccardo PatreseItalyWilliams RenaultGoodyear80+1:06.9211:39:36.332+1:06.921+22.9041:12.97737183.74884
44Jean AlesiFranceTyrrell FordGoodyear80+1:13.2321:39:42.643+1:13.232+6.3111:12.96452183.554163
536Stefan JohanssonSwedenOnyx FordGoodyear79+1 lap1:38:44.6501 lap1 lap1:13.17555183.034132
626Olivier GrouillardFranceLigier FordGoodyear79+1 lap1:39:04.0271 lap+19.3771:13.39936182.438171
710Eddie CheeverUnited StatesArrows FordGoodyear79+1 lap1:39:41.5251 lap+37.4981:13.17141181.29425
811Nelson PiquetBrazilLotus JuddGoodyear78+2 laps1:38:36.9632 laps1 lap1:12.72366180.95220
920Emanuele PirroItalyBenetton FordGoodyear78+2 laps1:38:37.9052 laps+0.9421:13.71275180.92324
103Jonathan PalmerGreat BritainTyrrell FordGoodyear78+2 laps1:39:20.9832 laps+43.0781:13.26249179.6169
1129Éric BernardFranceLola LamborghiniGoodyear77+3 laps1:36:51.4483 laps1 lap1:13.14455181.87615
129Martin DonnellyGreat BritainArrows FordGoodyear77+3 laps1:39:16.2173 laps+2:24.7691:14.53839177.45514
1337Bertrand GachotFranceOnyx FordGoodyear76Engine1:39:32.1144 laps1 lap1:13.35834174.68411
NC15Maurício GugelminBrazilMarch JuddGoodyear71+9 laps1:39:31.7171:12.09029163.20310
DNF8Stefano ModenaItalyBrabham JuddPirelli67Engine1:26:01.9031:14.13764178.16922
DNF5Thierry BoutsenBelgiumWilliams RenaultGoodyear50Gearbox1:03:10.4241:12.7553181.0725
DNF12Satoru NakajimaJapanLotus JuddGoodyear49Engine1:01:56.6161:13.65742180.97419
DNF16Ivan CapelliItalyMarch JuddGoodyear43Engine53:23.7231:12.73730184.23912
DNF19Alessandro NanniniItalyBenetton FordGoodyear40Suspension49:36.0791:12.40626184.4954
DNF23Pierluigi MartiniItalyMinardi FordPirelli31Engine40:18.2151:14.63129175.96823
DNF30Philippe AlliotFranceLola LamborghiniGoodyear30Engine37:34.1671:13.7193182.6857
DNF40Gabriele TarquiniItalyAGS FordGoodyear30Engine38:39.4471:15.4374177.54421
DNF28Gerhard BergerAustriaFerrariGoodyear29Clutch36:20.6301:12.9374182.5516
DNF21Alex CaffiItalyDallara FordPirelli27Clutch35:38.4391:14.78921173.31526
DNF25René ArnouxFranceLigier FordGoodyear14Gearbox18:13.9631:14.9564175.66818
DNF1Ayrton SennaBrazilMcLaren HondaGoodyear0Differential2
DNQ22Andrea de CesarisItalyDallara FordPirelli
DNQ24Luis Perez-SalaSpainMinardi FordPirelli
DNQ38Christian DannerGermanyRial FordGoodyear
DNQ31Roberto MorenoBrazilColoni FordPirelli
DNPQ17Nicola LariniItalyOsella FordPirelli
DNPQ7Martin BrundleGreat BritainBrabham JuddPirelli
DNPQ39Volker WeidlerGermanyRial FordGoodyear
DNPQ34Bernd SchneiderGermanyZakspeed YamahaPirelli
DNPQ18Piercarlo GhinzaniItalyOsella FordPirelli
DNPQ32Pierre Henri RaphanelFranceColoni FordPirelli
DNPQ35Aguri SuzukiJapanZakspeed YamahaPirelli
DNPQ33Gregor FoitekSwitzerlandEuro Brun JuddPirelli
DNPQ41Joachim WinkelhockGermanyAGS FordGoodyear

1989 French Grand Prix