French Grand Prix

Date & Time
Sun 9th July 1989 12:00am Local
Sun 9th July 1989 12:00am UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
1989

Round
7

Status

Location
Circuit Paul Ricard

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Description

The 1989 French Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Paul Ricard on 9 July 1989. It was the seventh race of the 1989 Formula One World Championship.
The 80-lap race was won from pole position by local driver Alain Prost, driving a McLaren-Honda, with Englishman Nigel Mansell second in a Ferrari and Italian Riccardo Patrese third in a Williams-Renault.

Four drivers would make their F1 debuts at this race. Frenchman Jean Alesi, then contesting the Formula 3000 Championship, replaced Michele Alboreto at Tyrrell when the team took on Camel as its major sponsor, clashing with Alboreto's Marlboro sponsorship. Another Frenchman, Éric Bernard, replaced Yannick Dalmas at Larrousse, Dalmas still suffering the effects of Legionnaires' disease. Lotus test driver Martin Donnelly took the place of Derek Warwick at Arrows for this race after Warwick injured his back in a karting accident.
Finally, McLaren test driver Emanuele Pirro replaced Johnny Herbert at Benetton after it was decided that Herbert needed more time to recover from the leg and ankle injuries he had sustained in the Formula 3000 race at Brands Hatch in 1988.

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Result List

01	Alain Prost	McLaren Formula 1 Team	1:38:29.411
02	Nigel Mansell	Scuderia Ferrari HP	+0:44.017
03	Riccardo Patrese	Williams Racing	+1:06.921
04	Jean Alesi	Tyrrell Racing	+1:13.232
05	Stefan Johansson	Onyx Grand Prix	+1 Lap
06	Olivier Grouillard	Ligier	+1 Lap
07	Eddie Cheever	Arrows Grand Prix International	+1 Lap
08	Nelson Piquet	Lotus F1	+2 Laps
09	Emanuele Pirro	Benetton Formula	+2 Laps
10	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell Racing	+2 Laps
12	Martin Donnelly	Arrows Grand Prix International	+3 Laps
13	Bertrand Gachot	Onyx Grand Prix	DNF
14	Maurício Gugelmin	March Engineering	DNF
15	Stefano Modena	Brabham	DNF
16	Thierry Boutsen	Williams Racing	DNF
17	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus F1	DNF
18	Ivan Capelli	March Engineering	DNF
19	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton Formula	DNF
20	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	DNF
22	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS	DNF
23	Gerhard Berger	Scuderia Ferrari HP	DNF
24	Alex Caffi	Dallara	DNF
25	René Arnoux	Ligier	DNF
26	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Formula 1 Team	DNF
27	Andrea De Cesaris	Dallara	Did not qualify
28	Sergio Perez	Minardi	Did not qualify
29	Christian Danner	Rial Racing	Did not qualify
31	Nicola Larini	Osella	Did not prequalify
32	Martin Brundle	Brabham	Did not prequalify
33	Volker Weidler	Rial Racing	Did not prequalify
34	Bernd Schneider	Zakspeed	Did not prequalify
35	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	Did not prequalify
37	Aguri Suzuki	Zakspeed	Did not prequalify
39	Joachim Winkelhock	AGS	Did not prequalify