The Garagiste.

The Turbo Era  ·  Round 7

French Grand Prix

1989  ·  Circuit Paul Ricard  ·  9 July 1989  ·  80 laps

  1. 1st Alain Prost McLaren · 01:38:29.411
  2. 2nd Nigel Mansell Ferrari · +44.017
  3. 3rd Riccardo Patrese Williams · +1:06.921

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Alain Prost

McLaren  —  Pole position

02 Lap 0

Ayrton Senna

Retirement McLaren  —  Differential

03 Lap 29

Gerhard Berger

Retirement Ferrari  —  Clutch

04 Lap 40

Alessandro Nannini

Retirement Benetton  —  Suspension

05 Lap 50

Thierry Boutsen

Retirement Williams  —  Gearbox

06 Lap 67

Stefano Modena

Retirement Brabham  —  Engine

07 Lap 71

Maurício Gugelmin

Retirement March  —  Not classified

08 On the Charge

Eddie Cheever

Arrows  —  P25 → P7

09 Victory

Alain Prost

McLaren  —  Won from P1

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Alain Prost McLaren 1 80 01:38:29.411 9
2 Nigel Mansell Ferrari 3 80 +44.017 6
3 Riccardo Patrese Williams 8 80 +1:06.921 4
4 Jean Alesi Tyrrell 16 80 +1:13.232 3
5 Stefan Johansson Onyx 13 79 +1 Lap 2
6 Olivier Grouillard Ligier 17 79 +1 Lap 1
7 Eddie Cheever Arrows 25 79 +1 Lap
8 Nelson Piquet Team Lotus 20 78 +2 Laps
9 Emanuele Pirro Benetton 24 78 +2 Laps
10 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell 9 78 +2 Laps
11 Éric Bernard Larrousse 15 77 +3 Laps
12 Martin Donnelly Arrows 14 77 +3 Laps
13 Bertrand Gachot Onyx 11 76 Engine
14 Maurício Gugelmin March 10 71 Not classified
15 Stefano Modena Brabham 22 67 Engine
16 Thierry Boutsen Williams 5 50 Gearbox
17 Satoru Nakajima Team Lotus 19 49 Engine
18 Ivan Capelli March 12 43 Engine
19 Alessandro Nannini Benetton 4 40 Suspension
20 Pierluigi Martini Minardi 23 31 Engine
21 Philippe Alliot Larrousse 7 30 Engine
22 Gabriele Tarquini AGS 21 30 Engine
23 Gerhard Berger Ferrari 6 29 Clutch
24 Alex Caffi Dallara 26 27 Clutch
25 René Arnoux Ligier 18 14 Gearbox
26 Ayrton Senna McLaren 2 0 Differential

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