Race · Round 7 of 16 · 9 July 1989

1989 French Grand Prix

Alain Prost won for McLaren from pole at Circuit Paul Ricard. 13 of the starters were not classified. With this win, Alain Prost set a new record of 37 championship Grand Prix wins.

Circuit: Circuit Paul RicardLe Castellet, France
Winner: Alain ProstMcLaren
Pole: Alain Prost
Fastest lap: Mauricio Gugelmin
Entries: 3913 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Alain Prost	McLaren	MP4/5	1	80	Finished	9
2	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	640	3	80	Finished	6
3	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	—	8	80	Finished	4
4	Jean Alesi	Tyrrell	—	16	80	Finished	3
5	Stefan Johansson	Onyx	ORE-1	13	79	Finished	2
6	Olivier Grouillard	Ligier	JS33	17	79	Finished	1
7	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	A11	25	79	Finished	0
8	Nelson Piquet	Team Lotus	101	20	78	Finished	0
9	Emanuele Pirro	Benetton	—	24	78	Finished	0
10	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	—	9	78	Finished	0
11	Éric Bernard	Lola	—	15	77	Finished	0
12	Martin Donnelly	Arrows	A11	14	77	Finished	0
13	Bertrand Gachot	Onyx	ORE-1	11	76	Finished	0
NC	Mauricio Gugelmin	March	—	10	71	NC	0	fastest lap
DNF	Stefano Modena	Brabham	BT58	22	67	Engine	0
DNF	Thierry Boutsen	Williams	—	5	50	Gearbox	0
DNF	Satoru Nakajima	Team Lotus	101	19	49	Engine	0
DNF	Ivan Capelli	March	—	12	43	Engine	0
DNF	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	—	4	40	Suspension	0
DNF	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	—	23	31	Engine	0
DNF	Philippe Alliot	Lola	—	7	30	Engine	0
DNF	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS	—	21	30	Engine	0
DNF	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	640	6	29	Clutch	0
DNF	Alex Caffi	Dallara	F189	26	27	Clutch	0
DNF	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	JS33	18	14	Gearbox	0
DNF	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	MP4/5	2	0	Differential	0
DNQ	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara	F189	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi	—	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Christian Danner	Rial	ARC2	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Roberto Moreno	Coloni	—	—	—	DNQ	0
DNPQ	Nicola Larini	Osella	FA1M	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Martin Brundle	Brabham	BT58	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Volker Weidler	Rial	ARC2	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Bernd Schneider	Zakspeed	891	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	FA1M	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Pierre-Henri Raphanel	Coloni	—	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Aguri Suzuki	Zakspeed	891	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Gregor Foitek	EuroBrun	—	—	—	DNPQ	0
DNPQ	Joachim Winkelhock	AGS	—	—	—	DNPQ	0

A blank chassis is a season the team ran more than one design and no source says which car raced here.

F1DB layout paul-ricard-2 · 3.813 km · 9 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Alain Prost	1	1	80
Nigel Mansell	3	2	80
Riccardo Patrese	8	3	80
Jean Alesi	16	4	80
Stefan Johansson	13	5	79
Olivier Grouillard	17	6	79
Eddie Cheever	25	7	79
Nelson Piquet	20	8	78
Emanuele Pirro	24	9	78
Jonathan Palmer	9	10	78
Éric Bernard	15	11	77
Martin Donnelly	14	12	77
Bertrand Gachot	11	13	76
Mauricio Gugelmin	10	NC	71
Stefano Modena	22	DNF	67
Thierry Boutsen	5	DNF	50
Satoru Nakajima	19	DNF	49
Ivan Capelli	12	DNF	43
Alessandro Nannini	4	DNF	40
Pierluigi Martini	23	DNF	31
Philippe Alliot	7	DNF	30
Gabriele Tarquini	21	DNF	30
Gerhard Berger	6	DNF	29
Alex Caffi	26	DNF	27
Rene Arnoux	18	DNF	14
Ayrton Senna	2	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Alain Prost	McLaren	2	1:07.203	—	—
2	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	1	1:07.228	+0.025	+0.025
3	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	27	1:07.455	+0.252	+0.227
4	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	19	1:08.137	+0.934	+0.682
5	Thierry Boutsen	Williams	5	1:08.211	+1.008	+0.074
6	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	28	1:08.233	+1.030	+0.022
7	Philippe Alliot	Lola	30	1:08.561	+1.358	+0.328
8	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	6	1:08.993	+1.790	+0.432
9	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	3	1:09.026	+1.823	+0.033
10	Mauricio Gugelmin	March	15	1:09.036	+1.833	+0.010
11	Bertrand Gachot	Onyx	37	1:09.122	+1.919	+0.086
12	Ivan Capelli	March	16	1:09.283	+2.080	+0.161
13	Stefan Johansson	Onyx	36	1:09.299	+2.096	+0.016
14	Martin Donnelly	Arrows	9	1:09.524	+2.321	+0.225
15	Éric Bernard	Lola	29	1:09.596	+2.393	+0.072
16	Jean Alesi	Tyrrell	4	1:09.668	+2.465	+0.072
17	Olivier Grouillard	Ligier	26	1:09.717	+2.514	+0.049
18	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	25	1:10.077	+2.874	+0.360
19	Satoru Nakajima	Team Lotus	12	1:10.119	+2.916	+0.042
20	Nelson Piquet	Team Lotus	11	1:10.135	+2.932	+0.016
21	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS	40	1:10.216	+3.013	+0.081
22	Stefano Modena	Brabham	8	1:10.254	+3.051	+0.038
23	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	23	1:10.267	+3.064	+0.013
24	Emanuele Pirro	Benetton	20	1:10.292	+3.089	+0.025
25	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	10	1:10.372	+3.169	+0.080
26	Alex Caffi	Dallara	21	1:10.468	+3.265	+0.096
27	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara	22	1:10.591	+3.388	+0.123
28	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi	24	1:11.079	+3.876	+0.488
29	Christian Danner	Rial	38	1:11.178	+3.975	+0.099
30	Roberto Moreno	Coloni	31	1:11.372	+4.169	+0.194

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

Pit stops

Pit stops are recorded from 1994. F1DB, the source of every stop here, holds none before then, so this race has no stints to draw.

Practice sessions Pre-qualifying · Practice 1 · Practice 2 · Warm-up

Pre-qualifying

Pre-qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Bertrand Gachot	Onyx	37	1:09.617	—	—	—
2	Stefan Johansson	Onyx	36	1:09.668	+0.051	+0.051	—
3	Alex Caffi	Dallara	21	1:09.726	+0.109	+0.058	—
4	Stefano Modena	Brabham	8	1:09.917	+0.300	+0.191	—
5	Nicola Larini	Osella	17	1:09.989	+0.372	+0.072	—
6	Martin Brundle	Brabham	7	1:10.181	+0.564	+0.192	—
7	Volker Weidler	Rial	39	1:11.059	+1.442	+0.878	—
8	Bernd Schneider	Zakspeed	34	1:11.098	+1.481	+0.039	—
9	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	18	1:11.528	+1.911	+0.430	—
10	Pierre-Henri Raphanel	Coloni	32	1:11.953	+2.336	+0.425	—
11	Aguri Suzuki	Zakspeed	35	1:12.031	+2.414	+0.078	—
12	Gregor Foitek	EuroBrun	33	1:12.179	+2.562	+0.148	—
13	Joachim Winkelhock	AGS	41	1:13.173	+3.556	+0.994	—

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

Practice 1

Practice 1
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	1	1:08.361	—	—	—
2	Alain Prost	McLaren	2	1:08.820	+0.459	+0.459	—
3	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	28	1:09.346	+0.985	+0.526	—
4	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	27	1:09.412	+1.051	+0.066	—
5	Thierry Boutsen	Williams	5	1:09.529	+1.168	+0.117	—
6	Ivan Capelli	March	16	1:09.576	+1.215	+0.047	—
7	Jean Alesi	Tyrrell	4	1:09.845	+1.484	+0.269	—
8	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	6	1:09.945	+1.584	+0.100	—
9	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	19	1:09.951	+1.590	+0.006	—
10	Olivier Grouillard	Ligier	26	1:10.044	+1.683	+0.093	—
11	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	10	1:10.579	+2.218	+0.535	—
12	Alex Caffi	Dallara	21	1:10.580	+2.219	+0.001	—
13	Mauricio Gugelmin	March	15	1:10.959	+2.598	+0.379	—
14	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara	22	1:11.051	+2.690	+0.092	—
15	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	3	1:11.062	+2.701	+0.011	—
16	Martin Donnelly	Arrows	9	1:11.107	+2.746	+0.045	—
17	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS	40	1:11.176	+2.815	+0.069	—
18	Philippe Alliot	Lola	30	1:11.251	+2.890	+0.075	—
19	Stefan Johansson	Onyx	36	1:11.433	+3.072	+0.182	—
20	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	23	1:11.624	+3.263	+0.191	—
21	Emanuele Pirro	Benetton	20	1:11.625	+3.264	+0.001	—
22	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi	24	1:11.812	+3.451	+0.187	—
23	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	25	1:11.909	+3.548	+0.097	—
24	Bertrand Gachot	Onyx	37	1:11.915	+3.554	+0.006	—
25	Stefano Modena	Brabham	8	1:12.225	+3.864	+0.310	—
26	Nelson Piquet	Team Lotus	11	1:12.295	+3.934	+0.070	—
27	Satoru Nakajima	Team Lotus	12	1:12.429	+4.068	+0.134	—
28	Éric Bernard	Lola	29	1:12.657	+4.296	+0.228	—
29	Christian Danner	Rial	38	1:13.112	+4.751	+0.455	—
30	Roberto Moreno	Coloni	31	—	—	—	—

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

Practice 2

Practice 2
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	27	1:07.782	—	—	—
2	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	1	1:07.956	+0.174	+0.174	—
3	Alain Prost	McLaren	2	1:07.971	+0.189	+0.015	—
4	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	19	1:08.179	+0.397	+0.208	—
5	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	28	1:08.420	+0.638	+0.241	—
6	Thierry Boutsen	Williams	5	1:08.535	+0.753	+0.115	—
7	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	6	1:08.916	+1.134	+0.381	—
8	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	3	1:09.450	+1.668	+0.534	—
9	Éric Bernard	Lola	29	1:09.541	+1.759	+0.091	—
10	Emanuele Pirro	Benetton	20	1:09.852	+2.070	+0.311	—
11	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	23	1:10.104	+2.322	+0.252	—
12	Stefan Johansson	Onyx	36	1:10.293	+2.511	+0.189	—
13	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS	40	1:10.464	+2.682	+0.171	—
14	Bertrand Gachot	Onyx	37	1:10.518	+2.736	+0.054	—
15	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi	24	1:10.580	+2.798	+0.062	—
16	Stefano Modena	Brabham	8	1:10.742	+2.960	+0.162	—
17	Nelson Piquet	Team Lotus	11	1:10.769	+2.987	+0.027	—
18	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	25	1:10.834	+3.052	+0.065	—
19	Mauricio Gugelmin	March	15	1:10.929	+3.147	+0.095	—
20	Ivan Capelli	March	16	1:10.971	+3.189	+0.042	—
21	Alex Caffi	Dallara	21	1:11.006	+3.224	+0.035	—
22	Martin Donnelly	Arrows	9	1:11.133	+3.351	+0.127	—
23	Olivier Grouillard	Ligier	26	1:11.259	+3.477	+0.126	—
24	Satoru Nakajima	Team Lotus	12	1:11.590	+3.808	+0.331	—
25	Jean Alesi	Tyrrell	4	1:11.701	+3.919	+0.111	—
26	Roberto Moreno	Coloni	31	1:11.870	+4.088	+0.169	—
27	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	10	1:12.213	+4.431	+0.343	—
28	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara	22	1:12.261	+4.479	+0.048	—
29	Philippe Alliot	Lola	30	1:12.309	+4.527	+0.048	—
30	Christian Danner	Rial	38	1:12.989	+5.207	+0.680	—

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

Warm-up

Warm-up
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Alain Prost	McLaren	2	1:10.400	—	—	—
2	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	27	1:10.894	+0.494	+0.494	—
3	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	1	1:10.951	+0.551	+0.057	—
4	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	28	1:11.350	+0.950	+0.399	—
5	Ivan Capelli	March	16	1:11.747	+1.347	+0.397	—
6	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	3	1:11.857	+1.457	+0.110	—
7	Thierry Boutsen	Williams	5	1:11.883	+1.483	+0.026	—
8	Bertrand Gachot	Onyx	37	1:11.921	+1.521	+0.038	—
9	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	19	1:11.966	+1.566	+0.045	—
10	Mauricio Gugelmin	March	15	1:12.175	+1.775	+0.209	—
11	Nelson Piquet	Team Lotus	11	1:12.262	+1.862	+0.087	—
12	Stefan Johansson	Onyx	36	1:12.297	+1.897	+0.035	—
13	Philippe Alliot	Lola	30	1:12.405	+2.005	+0.108	—
14	Éric Bernard	Lola	29	1:12.556	+2.156	+0.151	—
15	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	10	1:12.670	+2.270	+0.114	—
16	Olivier Grouillard	Ligier	26	1:12.830	+2.430	+0.160	—
17	Jean Alesi	Tyrrell	4	1:12.862	+2.462	+0.032	—
18	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	25	1:12.866	+2.466	+0.004	—
19	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	23	1:12.895	+2.495	+0.029	—
20	Satoru Nakajima	Team Lotus	12	1:13.090	+2.690	+0.195	—
21	Emanuele Pirro	Benetton	20	1:13.117	+2.717	+0.027	—
22	Martin Donnelly	Arrows	9	1:13.330	+2.930	+0.213	—
23	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS	40	1:13.701	+3.301	+0.371	—
24	Alex Caffi	Dallara	21	1:13.986	+3.586	+0.285	—
25	Stefano Modena	Brabham	8	1:14.131	+3.731	+0.145	—
26	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	6	6:32.292	+5:21.892	+5:18.161	—

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

The cars in this race

The photograph each car's Wikipedia article leads with, from Wikimedia Commons: taken wherever and whenever that was, not necessarily at this race.

Brabham BT58
Martin Brundle Spa 1989 · madagascarica from Verneuil Grand, France · CC BY 4.0 · unchecked

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Where this comes from

Round: 7 of 1989
Grand Prix: French Grand Prix
Dates: 9 Jul 1989
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: McLaren
Entrant: McLaren-Honda
Confidence: reference

No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.