1989 French Grand Prix

 1989 French Grand Prix

Racing data
7th of 16 races in the 1989 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	Rhône-Poulenc Grand Prix de France
Date:	July 9, 1989
Place:	Le Castellet
Course:	Circuit Paul Ricard
Length:	305.04 km in 80 laps of 3.813 km
Weather:	hot
Pole position
Driver:	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda
Time:	1: 07.203 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Maurício Gugelmin	March-Judd
Time:	1: 12.090 min
Podium
First:	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda
Second:	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari
Third:	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault

The 1989 French Grand Prix took place on July 9th at the Paul Ricard Circuit in Le Castellet and was the seventh race of the 1989 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

Alain Prost announced in the run-up to his home Grand Prix that he would be transferring to Scuderia Ferrari after the end of the current season . McLaren then took Gerhard Berger for the 1990 season under contract.

With immediate effect Johnny Herbert was fired from Benetton and replaced by Formula 1 newcomer Emanuele Pirro . Éric Bernard also made his Grand Prix debut. The French replaced his compatriot Yannick Dalmas at Larrousse . Due to a new sponsorship agreement had Michele Alboreto his place with Tyrrell in favor of the cigarette brand Camel supported Jean Alesi clear who was thus the third newcomer this weekend. Martin Donnelly expanded the ranks of debutants to a quartet by replacing the injured Derek Warwick at Arrows .

training

The two McLaren drivers qualified for the front row, with Alain Prost taking pole position from Ayrton Senna . Nigel Mansell followed in front of Alessandro Nannini , Thierry Boutsen and Gerhard Berger.

For the first time, Bertrand Gachot made the pre-qualification. In the regular qualification rounds he then achieved a remarkable eleventh starting place with the Onyx ORE-1 .

run

While Senna passed Prost at the front, Maurício Gugelmin hit the rear wheels of Thierry Boutsen and Nigel Mansell before the first corner. His March CG891 overturned and the race was stopped. All the pilots involved in the accident were uninjured and sprinted to the pits to be able to participate in the restart in their T-Cars .

In the course of the restart, Senna retired due to a gearbox damage. As a result, Prost stayed at the top and defended this position until the finish. At first, Berger was behind him in second place. In the twelfth lap, however, he fell behind Nannini and Boutsen. However, none of these three pilots made it to the finish line. Because of their failures, Ivan Capelli and then Jean Alesi came in second for a few laps. This was taken in round 48 by Riccardo Patrese . At the beginning of the last quarter of the race he was eventually ousted from this position by Mansell.

Jean Alesi took a strong fourth place on his debut. Stefan Johansson also showed a good performance as fifth in the actually inferior Onyx , as did Olivier Grouillard, who came in sixth for the first and only time.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Honda Marlboro McLaren	1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren MP4 / 5	Honda RA109E 3.5 V10	G
	2	Alain Prost
Tyrrell Racing Organization	3	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell 018	Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8	G
	4th	Jean Alesi
Canon Williams team	5	Thierry Boutsen	Williams FW12C	Renault RS1 3.5 V10	G
	6th	Riccardo Patrese
Motor Racing Developments	7th	Martin Brundle	Brabham BT58	Judd EV 3.5 V8	P
	8th	Stefano Modena
Arrows Grand Prix International	9	Martin Donnelly	Arrows A11	Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8	G
	10	Eddie Cheever
Camel Team Lotus	11	Nelson Piquet	Lotus 101	Judd CV 3.5 V8	G
	12	Satoru Nakajima
Leyton House March Racing Team	15th	Maurício Gugelmin	March CG891		G
	16	Ivan Capelli
Osella Squadra Corse	17th	Nicola Larini	Osella FA1M	Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8	P
	18th	Piercarlo Ghinzani
Benetton Formula Ltd	19th	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton B189		G
	20th	Emanuele Pirro	Benetton B188
BMS Scuderia Italia	21st	Alex Caffi	Dallara BMS 189		P
	22nd	Andrea de Cesaris
Minardi Team SpA	23	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi M189		P
	24	Luis Pérez-Sala
Ligier Loto	25th	René Arnoux	Ligier JS33		G
	26th	Olivier Grouillard
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	27	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari 640	Ferrari 035/5 3.5 V12	G
	28	Gerhard Berger
Equipe Larrousse	29	Eric Bernard	Lola LC89	Lamborghini 3512 3.5 V12	G
	30th	Philippe Alliot
Coloni SpA	31	Roberto Moreno	Coloni FC189	Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8	P
	32	Pierre-Henri Raphanel
EuroBrun Racing	33	Gregor Foitek	EuroBrun ER188B	Judd CV 3.5 V8	P
West Zakspeed Racing	34	Bernd Schneider	Zakspeed 891	Yamaha OX88 3.5 V8	P
	35	Aguri Suzuki
Moneytron Onyx Formula One	36	Stefan Johansson	Onyx ORE-1	Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8	G
	37	Bertrand Gachot
Rial Racing	38	Christian Danner	Rial ARC2		G
	39	Volker Weidler
AGS Racing	40	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS JH23B		G
	41	Joachim Winkelhock

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	Pre-qualification		1. Qualification training		2. Qualification training		begin
			time	Ø speed	time	Ø speed	time	Ø speed
01	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda	-	-	1: 08.285	201.022 km / h	1: 07.203	204.259 km / h	01
02	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	-	-	1: 07.920	202.102 km / h	1: 07.228	204.183 km / h	02
03	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	-	-	1: 09.030	198.853 km / h	1: 07.455	203.496 km / h	03
04th	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton-Ford	-	-	1: 09.615	197.182 km / h	1: 08.137	201.459 km / h	04th
05	Thierry Boutsen	Williams-Renault	-	-	1: 08.299	200.981 km / h	1: 08.211	201.240 km / h	05
06th	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	-	-	1: 09.011	198.907 km / h	1: 08.233	201.175 km / h	06th
07th	Philippe Alliot	Lola Lamborghini	-	-	1: 09.478	197.570 km / h	1: 08.561	200.213 km / h	07th
08th	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	-	-	1: 09.326	198.004 km / h	1: 08.993	198.959 km / h	08th
09	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell-Ford	-	-	1: 10.238	195.433 km / h	1: 09.026	198.864 km / h	09
10	Maurício Gugelmin	March-Judd	-	-	1: 10.122	195.756 km / h	1: 09.036	198.835 km / h	10
11	Bertrand Gachot	Onyx Ford	1: 09.617	197.176 km / h	1: 10.564	194.530 km / h	1: 09.112	198.617 km / h	11
12	Ivan Capelli	March-Judd	-	-	1: 09.569	197.312 km / h	1: 09.283	198.127 km / h	12
13	Stefan Johansson	Onyx Ford	1: 09.668	197.032 km / h	1: 10,600	194.431 km / h	1: 09.299	198.081 km / h	13
14th	Martin Donnelly	Arrows Ford	-	-	1: 11.223	192.730 km / h	1: 09.524	197.440 km / h	14th
15th	Eric Bernard	Lola Lamborghini	-	-	1: 25.401	160.733 km / h	1: 09.596	197.235 km / h	15th
16	Jean Alesi	Tyrrell-Ford	-	-	1: 09.668	197.032 km / h	1: 09.909	196.352 km / h	16
17th	Olivier Grouillard	Ligier-Ford	-	-	1: 10.410	194.955 km / h	1: 09.717	196.893 km / h	17th
18th	René Arnoux	Ligier-Ford	-	-	1: 10.725	194.087 km / h	1: 10.077	195.882 km / h	18th
19th	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus Judd	-	-	1: 12.125	190.320 km / h	1: 10.119	195.764 km / h	19th
20th	Nelson Piquet	Lotus Judd	-	-	1: 10.473	194.781 km / h	1: 10.135	195.720 km / h	20th
21st	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS-Ford	-	-	1: 11.136	192.966 km / h	1: 10.216	195.494 km / h	21st
22nd	Stefano Modena	Brabham-Judd	1: 09.917	196.330 km / h	1: 10.910	193.581 km / h	1: 10.254	195.388 km / h	22nd
23	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Ford	-	-	1: 10.640	194.320 km / h	1: 10.267	195.352 km / h	23
24	Emanuele Pirro	Benetton-Ford	-	-	1: 11.566	191.806 km / h	1: 10.292	195.283 km / h	24
25th	Eddie Cheever	Arrows Ford	-	-	1: 10.372	195.061 km / h	-	-	25th
26th	Alex Caffi	Dallara-Ford	1: 09.726	196.868 km / h	1: 11.409	192.228 km / h	1: 10.468	194.795 km / h	26th
DNQ	Andrea de Cesaris	Dallara-Ford	-	-	1: 12.078	190.444 km / h	1: 10.591	194.455 km / h	-
DNQ	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi-Ford	-	-	1: 11.539	191.879 km / h	1: 11.079	193.120 km / h	-
DNQ	Christian Danner	Rial Ford	-	-	1: 12.569	189.155 km / h	1: 11.178	192.852 km / h	-
DNQ	Roberto Moreno	Coloni-Ford	-	-	1: 14.746	183.646 km / h	1: 11.372	192.328 km / h	-
DNPQ	Nicola Larini	Osella-Ford	1: 09.989	196.128 km / h	-	-	-	-	-
DNPQ	Martin Brundle	Brabham-Judd	1: 10.181	195.591 km / h	-	-	-	-	-
DNPQ	Volker Weidler	Rial Ford	1: 11.059	193.175 km / h	-	-	-	-	-
DNPQ	Bernd Schneider	Zakspeed Yamaha	1: 11.098	193.069 km / h	-	-	-	-	-
DNPQ	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Ford	1: 11.528	191.908 km / h	-	-	-	-	-
DNPQ	Pierre-Henri Raphanel	Coloni-Ford	1: 11.953	190.775 km / h	-	-	-	-	-
DNPQ	Aguri Suzuki	Zakspeed Yamaha	1: 12.031	190.568 km / h	-	-	-	-	-
DNPQ	Gregor Foitek	EuroBrun-Judd	1: 12.179	190.177 km / h	-	-	-	-	-
DNPQ	Joachim Winkelhock	AGS-Ford	1: 13.173	187.594 km / h	-	-	-	-	-

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda	80	0	1: 38: 29.411	01	1: 12,500
02	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	80	0	+ 44.017	03	1: 12.542
03	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Renault	80	0	+1: 06.921	08th	1: 12.977
04th	Jean Alesi	Tyrrell-Ford	80	0	+1: 13.232	16	1: 12.964
05	Stefan Johansson	Onyx Ford	79	0	+ 1 lap	13	1: 13.175
06th	Olivier Grouillard	Ligier-Ford	79	0	+ 1 lap	17th	1: 13.399
07th	Eddie Cheever	Arrows Ford	79	0	+ 1 lap	25th	1: 13.171
08th	Nelson Piquet	Lotus Judd	78	0	+ 2 rounds	20th	1: 12.723
09	Emanuele Pirro	Benetton-Ford	78	0	+ 2 rounds	24	1: 13.712
10	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell-Ford	78	0	+ 2 rounds	09	1: 13.262
11	Eric Bernard	Lola Lamborghini	77	0	DNF	15th	1: 13.144	Engine failure
12	Martin Donnelly	Arrows Ford	77	0	+ 3 rounds	14th	1: 14.538
13	Bertrand Gachot	Onyx Ford	76	0	+ 4 rounds	11	1: 13.358
-	Maurício Gugelmin	March-Judd	71	0	NC	10	1: 12.090	Unrated
-	Stefano Modena	Brabham-Judd	67	0	DNF	22nd	1: 14.137	Engine failure
-	Thierry Boutsen	Williams-Renault	50	0	DNF	05	1: 12.755	Gearbox damage
-	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus Judd	49	0	DNF	19th	1: 13.657	Electrical damage
-	Ivan Capelli	March-Judd	43	0	DNF	12	1: 12.737	Engine failure
-	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton-Ford	40	0	DNF	04th	1: 12.406	Suspension damage
-	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Ford	31	0	DNF	23	1: 14.631	Engine failure
-	Philippe Alliot	Lola Lamborghini	30th	0	DNF	07th	1: 13.719	Engine failure
-	Gabriele Tarquini	AGS-Ford	30th	0	DNF	21st	1: 15.437	defective water cooler
-	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	29	0	DNF	06th	1: 12.937	Gearbox damage
-	Alex Caffi	Dallara-Ford	27	0	DNF	26th	1: 14.789	Gearbox damage
-	René Arnoux	Ligier-Ford	14th	0	DNF	18th	1: 14,956	Gearbox damage
-	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	00	0	DNF	02	-	Gearbox damage

World Cup stands after the race

The first six of the race got 9, 6, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point (s) respectively.

Driver ranking

Item driver constructor Points 01  Alain Prost McLaren Honda 38 02  Ayrton Senna McLaren Honda 27 03  Riccardo Patrese Williams-Renault 22nd 04th  Nigel Mansell Ferrari 15th 05  Thierry Boutsen Williams-Renault 13 06th  Alessandro Nannini Benetton-Ford 8th 07th  Michele Alboreto Tyrrell-Ford 6th 08th  Johnny Herbert Benetton-Ford 5 09  Andrea de Cesaris Dallara-Ford 4th 10  Derek Warwick Arrows Ford 4th 11  Alex Caffi Dallara-Ford 4th 12  Maurício Gugelmin March-Judd 4th

Item driver constructor Points 13  Stefano Modena Brabham-Judd 4th 14th  Eddie Cheever Arrows Ford 4th 15th  Nelson Piquet Lotus Judd 3 16  Christian Danner Rial Ford 3 17th  Jean Alesi Tyrrell-Ford 3 18th  René Arnoux Ligier-Ford 2 19th  Stefan Johansson Onyx Ford 2 20th  Olivier Grouillard Ligier-Ford 1 21st  Martin Brundle Brabham-Judd 1 22nd  Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell-Ford 1 23  Gabriele Tarquini AGS-Ford 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  McLaren Honda 65 02  Williams-Renault 35 03  Ferrari 15th 04th  Benetton-Ford 13 05  Tyrrell-Ford 10 06th  Dallara-Ford 8th 07th  Arrows-Megatron 8th

Item constructor Points 08th  Brabham-Judd 5 09  March-Judd 4th 10  Rial Ford 3 11  Ligier-Ford 3 12  Lotus Judd 3 13  Onyx Ford 2 14th  AGS-Ford 1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Training" ( memento of the original from October 6, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on September 23, 2013)  
2. ^ "Report" (accessed on September 23, 2013)
3. ↑ "World Cup stands" ( Memento of the original from October 5, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on September 23, 2013)  

Web links

• Race result on the official Formula 1 website
• Race result on "Motorsportarchiv.de"