Round 7 · 1989
French Grand Prix
WinnerPROMcLaren · from P1
PolePRO
Fastest lap1:12.090Gugelmin · L29
Biggest gain+18Cheever P25→P7
Retirements13of 26 starters
Classification
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | +/− | Laps | Time / Status | Pits | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alain Prost PRO | McLaren | 1 | 0 | 80 | 1:38:29.411 | — | 9 |
| 2 | Nigel Mansell MNS | Ferrari | 3 | +1 | 80 | +44.020 | — | 6 |
| 3 | Riccardo Patrese PAC | Williams | 8 | +5 | 80 | +1:06.920 | — | 4 |
| 4 | Jean Alesi ALE | Tyrrell | 16 | +12 | 80 | +1:13.230 | — | 3 |
| 5 | Stefan Johansson JOF | Onyx | 13 | +8 | 79 | +1 lap | — | 2 |
| 6 | Ligier | 17 | +11 | 79 | +1 lap | — | 1 | |
| 7 | Eddie Cheever Jr CHE | Arrows | 25 | +18 | 79 | +1 lap | — | |
| 8 | Team Lotus | 20 | +12 | 78 | +2 laps | — | ||
| 9 | Emanuele Pirro PIM | Benetton | 24 | +15 | 78 | +2 laps | — | |
| 10 | Jonathan Palmer PAO | Tyrrell | 9 | -1 | 78 | +2 laps | — | |
| 11 | Eric Bernard BNR | Lola | 15 | +4 | 77 | +3 laps | — | |
| 12 | Martin Donnelly DOE | Arrows | 14 | +2 | 77 | +3 laps | — | |
| 13 | Bertrand Gachot GAC | Onyx | 11 | -2 | 76 | +4 laps | — | |
| — | Gerhard Berger BEG | Ferrari | 6 | 29 | DNF · L29 | — | ||
| — | Nicola Larini LAI | Osella | — | 0 | Not Pre-Qualified | — | ||
| — | Martin Brundle BRL | Brabham | — | 0 | Not Pre-Qualified | — | ||
| — | Roberto Moreno MOO | Coloni | — | 0 | DNQ | — | ||
| — | Ligier | 18 | 14 | DNF · L14 | — | |||
| — | Dallara | — | 0 | DNQ | — | |||
| — | Osella | — | 0 | Not Pre-Qualified | — | |||
| — | Thierry Boutsen BOS | Williams | 5 | 50 | DNF · L50 | — | ||
| — | Philippe Alliot ALI | Lola | 7 | 30 | DNF · L30 | — | ||
| — | Ayrton Senna SEY | McLaren | 2 | 0 | DNF · L0 | — | ||
| — | Minardi | 23 | 31 | DNF · L31 | — | |||
| — | Ivan Capelli CAP | March | 12 | 43 | DNF · L43 | — | ||
| — | Christian Danner DAN | Rial | — | 0 | DNQ | — | ||
| — | Benetton | 4 | 40 | DNF · L40 | — | |||
| — | Alex Caffi CAF | Dallara | 26 | 27 | DNF · L27 | — | ||
| — | Satoru Nakajima NAJ | Team Lotus | 19 | 49 | DNF · L49 | — | ||
| — | Stefano Modena MOD | Brabham | 22 | 67 | DNF · L67 | — | ||
| — | AGS | 21 | 30 | DNF · L30 | — | |||
| — | Luis Perez-Sala PEZ | Minardi | — | 0 | DNQ | — | ||
| — | Bernd Schneider SCN | Zakspeed | — | 0 | Not Pre-Qualified | — | ||
| — | March | 10 | 71 | NC · L71 FL | — | |||
| — | Aguri Suzuki SUZ | Zakspeed | — | 0 | Not Pre-Qualified | — | ||
| — | Coloni | — | 0 | Not Pre-Qualified | — | |||
| — | Gregor Foitek FOI | Euro Brun | — | 0 | Not Pre-Qualified | — | ||
| — | Volker Weidler WED | Rial | — | 0 | Not Pre-Qualified | — | ||
| — | AGS | — | 0 | Not Pre-Qualified | — |
Session schedule
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Recent winners at Circuit Paul Ricard
Circuit DNA| Season | Event | Winner | Team | Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | French Grand Prix | Alain Prost PRO | McLaren | 1 |
| 1987 | French Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell MNS | Williams | 1 |
| 1986 | French Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell MNS | Williams | 2 |
| 1985 | French Grand Prix | Brabham | 5 | |
| 1983 | French Grand Prix | Alain Prost PRO | Toleman | 1 |
| 1982 | French Grand Prix | Toleman | 1 | |
| 1980 | French Grand Prix | Alan Jones JOE | Williams | 4 |
| 1978 | French Grand Prix | Mario Andretti ANI | Team Lotus | 2 |