1989 season/Round 7
French Grand Prix 1989
- Paul Ricard
- Le Castellet
- 9 July 1989
- 80 laps
- 305 km
- 3.813 km a lap
- P1Alain ProstMcLaren1:38:29.411
- P2Nigel MansellFerrari+44.017
- P3Riccardo PatreseWilliams+1:06.921
- Pole positionAlain ProstMcLaren · 1:07.203
- Fastest lapMaurício Gugelmin1:12.090 · lap 29
- Winner started fromP1on the grid
Result
A number in the first column means classified. DNF, DNQ and DNS stand for retirement, did not qualify and did not start. ‘shared’ marks a car that two drivers shared between them – permitted in the 1950s, and both were classified.
Qualifying
Fastest laps
Each driver's quickest lap of the race.
| Pos | Driver | Lap | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maurício Gugelmin | 29 | 1:12.090 | |
| 2 | Alessandro Nannini | 26 | 1:12.406 | +0.316 |
| 3 | Alain Prost | 38 | 1:12.500 | +0.410 |
| 4 | Nigel Mansell | 75 | 1:12.542 | +0.452 |
| 5 | Nelson Piquet | 66 | 1:12.723 | +0.633 |
| 6 | Ivan Capelli | 30 | 1:12.737 | +0.647 |
| 7 | Thierry Boutsen | 3 | 1:12.755 | +0.665 |
| 8 | Gerhard Berger | 4 | 1:12.937 | +0.847 |
| 9 | Jean Alesi | 52 | 1:12.964 | +0.874 |
| 10 | Riccardo Patrese | 37 | 1:12.977 | +0.887 |
Championship after this race
The official standings after round 7. Arrows show the change against the round before.
| Pos | Driver | Points | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alain Prost | 38 | |
| 2 | Ayrton Senna | 27 | |
| 3 | Riccardo Patrese | 22 | |
| 4 | Nigel Mansell | 15 | ▲1 |
| 5 | Thierry Boutsen | 13 | ▼1 |
| 6 | Alessandro Nannini | 8 | |
| 7 | Michele Alboreto | 6 | |
| 8 | Johnny Herbert | 5 | |
| 9 | Andrea de Cesaris | 4 | |
| 9 | Eddie Cheever | 4 |