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French Grand Prix

Rhone Poulenc Grand Prix de France 1989

Round 7 of 16Circuit Paul Ricard, Le CastelletJul 9 198980 laps

Podium

MANFerrari

PROMcLaren

PATWilliams

Key facts

WinnerPRO1:38:29.411 from P1

PolePRO1:07.203

Fastest lapGUG1:12.090 on lap 29

Finishers13 / 26classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap
1	PROAlain Prost	McLaren	1	–	80	1:38:29.411	9	1:12.500
2	MANNigel Mansell	Ferrari	3	▲1	80	+44.017s	6	1:12.542
3	PATRiccardo Patrese	Williams	8	▲5	80	+66.921s	4	1:12.977
4	ALEJean Alesi	Tyrrell	16	▲12	80	+73.232s	3	1:12.964
5	JOHStefan Johansson	Onyx	13	▲8	79	+1 lap	2	1:13.175
6	GROOlivier Grouillard	Ligier	17	▲11	79	+1 lap	1	1:13.399
7	CHEEddie Cheever	Arrows	25	▲18	79	+1 lap		1:13.171
8	PIQNelson Piquet	Lotus	20	▲12	78	+2 laps		1:12.723
9	PIREmanuele Pirro	Benetton	24	▲15	78	+2 laps		1:13.712
10	PALJonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	9	▼1	78	+2 laps		1:13.262
11	EBEÉric Bernard	Lola	15	▲4	77	+3 laps		1:13.144
12	DONMartin Donnelly	Arrows	14	▲2	77	+3 laps		1:14.538
13	GACBertrand Gachot	Onyx	11	▼2	76	+4 laps		1:13.358
NC	GUGMaurício Gugelmin	March	10		71	Not classified		1:12.090
DNF	MODStefano Modena	Brabham	22		67	Engine		1:14.137
DNF	BOUThierry Boutsen	Williams	5		50	Gearbox		1:12.755
DNF	NAKSatoru Nakajima	Lotus	19		49	Engine		1:13.657
DNF	CAPIvan Capelli	March	12		43	Engine		1:12.737
DNF	NANAlessandro Nannini	Benetton	4		40	Suspension		1:12.406
DNF	MARPierluigi Martini	Minardi	23		31	Engine		1:14.631
DNF	ALLPhilippe Alliot	Lola	7		30	Engine		1:13.719
DNF	TARGabriele Tarquini	AGS	21		30	Engine		1:15.437
DNF	BERGerhard Berger	Ferrari	6		29	Clutch		1:12.937
DNF	CAFAlex Caffi	Dallara	26		27	Clutch		1:14.789
DNF	ARNRené Arnoux	Ligier	18		14	Gearbox		1:14.956
DNF	SENAyrton Senna	McLaren	2		0	Differential		–

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap to pole
1	PROAlain Prost	McLaren	1:07.203
2	SENAyrton Senna	McLaren	1:07.228	+0.025s
3	MANNigel Mansell	Ferrari	1:07.455	+0.252s
4	NANAlessandro Nannini	Benetton	1:08.137	+0.934s
5	BOUThierry Boutsen	Williams	1:08.211	+1.008s
6	BERGerhard Berger	Ferrari	1:08.233	+1.030s
7	ALLPhilippe Alliot	Lola	1:08.561	+1.358s
8	PATRiccardo Patrese	Williams	1:08.993	+1.790s
9	PALJonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	1:09.026	+1.823s
10	GUGMaurício Gugelmin	March	1:09.036	+1.833s
11	GACBertrand Gachot	Onyx	1:09.122	+1.919s
12	CAPIvan Capelli	March	1:09.283	+2.080s
13	JOHStefan Johansson	Onyx	1:09.299	+2.096s
14	DONMartin Donnelly	Arrows	1:09.524	+2.321s
15	EBEÉric Bernard	Lola	1:09.596	+2.393s
16	ALEJean Alesi	Tyrrell	1:09.668	+2.465s
17	GROOlivier Grouillard	Ligier	1:09.717	+2.514s
18	ARNRené Arnoux	Ligier	1:10.077	+2.874s
19	NAKSatoru Nakajima	Lotus	1:10.119	+2.916s
20	PIQNelson Piquet	Lotus	1:10.135	+2.932s
21	TARGabriele Tarquini	AGS	1:10.216	+3.013s
22	MODStefano Modena	Brabham	1:10.254	+3.051s
23	MARPierluigi Martini	Minardi	1:10.267	+3.064s
24	PIREmanuele Pirro	Benetton	1:10.292	+3.089s
25	CHEEddie Cheever	Arrows	1:10.372	+3.169s
26	CAFAlex Caffi	Dallara	1:10.468	+3.265s
27	DECAndrea De Cesaris	Dallara	1:10.591	+3.388s
28	PERLuis Pérez-Sala	Minardi	1:11.079	+3.876s
29	DANChristian Danner	Rial	1:11.178	+3.975s
30	MORRoberto Moreno	Coloni	1:11.372	+4.169s

Circuit Paul Ricard

Layout of the circuit as raced in 1989. Outline from F1DB.

Previous winners here

1988	Alain Prost	McLaren
1987	Nigel Mansell	Williams
1986	Nigel Mansell	Williams
1985	Nelson Piquet	Brabham
1983	Alain Prost	Renault
1982	René Arnoux	Renault
1980	Alan Jones	Williams
1978	Mario Andretti	Lotus
1976	James Hunt	McLaren
1975	Niki Lauda	Ferrari

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