1989 French Grand Prix
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Circuit | Le Castellet, 80 laps |
Round | 7 of 16 |
Race numbers | The 1989 French Grand Prix was the:
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Race result
Pos | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time | Points | |
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1 | (FRA) Alain Prost | McLaren-Honda | 80 | 1hr 38m 29.411s | 9 | |
2 | PL | (GBR) Nigel Mansell | Ferrari | 80 | +44.017s | 6 |
3 | +5 | (ITA) Riccardo Patrese | Williams-Renault | 80 | +1m 06.921s | 4 |
4 | +12 | (FRA) Jean Alesi | Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth | 80 | +1m 13.232s | 3 |
5 | +8 | (SWE) Stefan Johansson | Onyx-Ford Cosworth | 79 | +1 lap | 2 |
6 | +11 | (FRA) Olivier Grouillard | Ligier-Ford Cosworth | 79 | +1 lap | 1 |
7 | +18 | (USA) Eddie Cheever | Arrows-Ford Cosworth | 79 | +1 lap | |
8 | +12 | (BRA) Nelson Piquet | Lotus-Judd | 78 | +2 laps | |
9 | +15 | (ITA) Emanuele Pirro | Benetton-Ford Cosworth | 78 | +2 laps | |
10 | -1 | (GBR) Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth | 78 | +2 laps | |
11 | +4 | (FRA) Eric Bernard | Lola-Lamborghini | 77 | DNF | |
12 | PL | (GBR) Martin Donnelly | Arrows-Ford Cosworth | 77 | +3 laps | |
13 | -2 | (FRA) Bertrand Gachot | Onyx-Ford Cosworth | 76 | +4 laps | |
NC | (BRA) Mauricio Gugelmin | March-Judd | 71 | +9 laps | ||
R | (ITA) Stefano Modena | Brabham-Judd | 67 | DNF | ||
R | (BEL) Thierry Boutsen | Williams-Renault | 50 | DNF | ||
R | (JPN) Satoru Nakajima | Lotus-Judd | 49 | DNF | ||
R | (ITA) Ivan Capelli | March-Judd | 43 | DNF | ||
R | (ITA) Alessandro Nannini | Benetton-Ford Cosworth | 40 | DNF | ||
R | (ITA) Pierluigi Martini | Minardi-Ford Cosworth | 31 | DNF | ||
R | (FRA) Philippe Alliot | Lola-Lamborghini | 30 | DNF | ||
R | (ITA) Gabriele Tarquini | AGS-Ford Cosworth | 30 | DNF | ||
R | (AUT) Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 29 | DNF | ||
R | (ITA) Alex Caffi | Dallara-Ford Cosworth | 27 | DNF | ||
R | (FRA) Rene Arnoux | Ligier-Ford Cosworth | 14 | DNF | ||
R | (BRA) Ayrton Senna | McLaren-Honda | 0 | DNF |
Notes
- Eric Bernard ended lap 77 in P7 before retiring on the following lap.
Starting grid
Championship standings
How the championship standings stood post-race.
Driver
Pos | Driver | Points |
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1 | (FRA) Alain Prost | 38 |
2 | (BRA) Ayrton Senna | 27 |
3 | (ITA) Riccardo Patrese | 22 |
4 | (GBR) Nigel Mansell | 15 |
5 | (BEL) Thierry Boutsen | 13 |
6 | (ITA) Alessandro Nannini | 8 |
7 | (ITA) Michele Alboreto | 6 |
8 | (GBR) Johnny Herbert | 5 |
9 | (BRA) Mauricio Gugelmin | 4 |
= | (ITA) Stefano Modena | 4 |
= | (USA) Eddie Cheever | 4 |
= | (ITA) Andrea de Cesaris | 4 |
13 | (ITA) Alex Caffi | 4 |
14 | (GBR) Derek Warwick | 4 |
15 | (DEU) Christian Danner | 3 |
= | (BRA) Nelson Piquet | 3 |
= | (FRA) Jean Alesi | 3 |
18 | (FRA) Rene Arnoux | 2 |
= | (SWE) Stefan Johansson | 2 |
20 | (GBR) Jonathan Palmer | 1 |
= | (GBR) Martin Brundle | 1 |
= | (ITA) Gabriele Tarquini | 1 |
= | (FRA) Olivier Grouillard | 1 |
Stats & milestones
- Race debut
- Jean Alesi
- Eric Bernard
- Martin Donnelly
- Bertrand Gachot
- Emanuele Pirro
- Milestone race start
- 350th for Brabham (3rd constructor to start 350 races)
- Wins
- 37th for Alain Prost
- 75th for McLaren
- Podiums
- 74th for Alain Prost
- 28th for Nigel Mansell
- 15th for Riccardo Patrese
- 322nd for Ferrari
- 179th for McLaren
- 106th for Williams
- Poles
- 20th for Alain Prost (6th driver to take 20 pole positions, 1st French driver; last until 1993; last French polesitter until 1993; last for McLaren)
- 47th for McLaren
- 1-2 start
- 20th for McLaren (2nd constructor to start 1-2 in 20 races)
- Fastest laps
- 1st and only for Mauricio Gugelmin (86th different fastest lap setter, 5th Brazilian driver)
- 7th and last for March (first since 1976)
- Front row starts
- 56th for Alain Prost
- 44th for Ayrton Senna
- Points finishes
- 25th for Stefan Johansson
- 1st for Jean Alesi (239th different point scorer, 25th French driver)
- 1st and only for Olivier Grouillard (240th different point scorer, 26th French driver)
- Pole & win
- 12th for Alain Prost (last until 1993; last French driver to win from pole until 1993; last for McLaren)