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French Grand Prix 1989

Round 7 of 16  · 9 July 1989  · Paul Ricard  · 80 laps

Fastest Lap Maurício Gugelmin 1:12.090 (lap 29)

Race Result

Pos Driver Team Grid Time / Gap Pts
1 PRO Alain Prost McLaren 1 1:38:29.411 9
2 MAN Nigel Mansell Ferrari 3 +44.017 6
3 PAT Riccardo Patrese Williams 8 +1:06.921 4
4 ALE Jean Alesi Tyrrell 16 +1:13.232 3
5 JOH Stefan Johansson Onyx 13 +1 lap 2
6 GRO Olivier Grouillard Ligier 17 +1 lap 1
7 CHE Eddie Cheever Arrows 25 +1 lap —
8 PIQ Nelson Piquet Lotus 20 +2 laps —
9 PIR Emanuele Pirro Benetton 24 +2 laps —
10 PAL Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell 9 +2 laps —
11 BER Éric Bernard Lola 15 +3 laps —
12 DON Martin Donnelly Arrows 14 +3 laps —
13 GAC Bertrand Gachot Onyx 11 +4 laps —
NC GUG Maurício Gugelmin FL March 10 +9 laps —
DNF MOD Stefano Modena Brabham 22 Engine —
DNF BOU Thierry Boutsen Williams 5 Gearbox —
DNF NAK Satoru Nakajima Lotus 19 Engine —
DNF CAP Ivan Capelli March 12 Engine —
DNF NAN Alessandro Nannini Benetton 4 Suspension —
DNF MAR Pierluigi Martini Minardi 23 Engine —
DNF ALL Philippe Alliot Lola 7 Engine —
DNF TAR Gabriele Tarquini AGS 21 Engine —
DNF BER Gerhard Berger Ferrari 6 Clutch —
DNF CAF Alex Caffi Dallara 26 Clutch —
DNF ARN René Arnoux Ligier 18 Gearbox —
DNF SEN Ayrton Senna McLaren 2 Differential —
DNQ DEC Andrea de Cesaris Dallara — — —
DNQ PER Luis Pérez-Sala Minardi — — —
DNQ DAN Christian Danner Rial — — —
DNQ MOR Roberto Moreno Coloni — — —
DNPQ LAR Nicola Larini Osella — — —
DNPQ BRU Martin Brundle Brabham — — —
DNPQ WEI Volker Weidler Rial — — —
DNPQ SCH Bernd Schneider Zakspeed — — —
DNPQ GHI Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella — — —
DNPQ RAP Pierre-Henri Raphanel Coloni — — —
DNPQ SUZ Aguri Suzuki Zakspeed — — —
DNPQ FOI Gregor Foitek EuroBrun — — —
DNPQ WIN Joachim Winkelhock AGS — — —

Qualifying — Two-session

Pos Driver Team Time
1 PRO Alain Prost McLaren 1:07.203
2 SEN Ayrton Senna McLaren 1:07.228
3 MAN Nigel Mansell Ferrari 1:07.455
4 NAN Alessandro Nannini Benetton 1:08.137
5 BOU Thierry Boutsen Williams 1:08.211
6 BER Gerhard Berger Ferrari 1:08.233
7 ALL Philippe Alliot Lola 1:08.561
8 PAT Riccardo Patrese Williams 1:08.993
9 PAL Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell 1:09.026
10 GUG Maurício Gugelmin March 1:09.036
11 GAC Bertrand Gachot Onyx 1:09.122
12 CAP Ivan Capelli March 1:09.283
13 JOH Stefan Johansson Onyx 1:09.299
14 DON Martin Donnelly Arrows 1:09.524
15 BER Éric Bernard Lola 1:09.596
16 ALE Jean Alesi Tyrrell 1:09.668
17 GRO Olivier Grouillard Ligier 1:09.717
18 ARN René Arnoux Ligier 1:10.077
19 NAK Satoru Nakajima Lotus 1:10.119
20 PIQ Nelson Piquet Lotus 1:10.135
21 TAR Gabriele Tarquini AGS 1:10.216
22 MOD Stefano Modena Brabham 1:10.254
23 MAR Pierluigi Martini Minardi 1:10.267
24 PIR Emanuele Pirro Benetton 1:10.292
25 CHE Eddie Cheever Arrows 1:10.372
26 CAF Alex Caffi Dallara 1:10.468
27 DEC Andrea de Cesaris Dallara 1:10.591
28 PER Luis Pérez-Sala Minardi 1:11.079
29 DAN Christian Danner Rial 1:11.178
30 MOR Roberto Moreno Coloni 1:11.372