The 1989 French Grand Prix started July 9th, 1989 at 02:00 on Circuit Paul Ricard in Le Castellet, France. Alain Prost started from pole position with Ayrton Senna next to him. Nigel Mansell started from third place.
After 1 hour, 38 minutes and 29 seconds Alain Prost finished the race first. The podium was completed with Nigel Mansell in second and Riccardo Patrese in third place.
After the 1989 French Grand Prix, Alain Prost is first in the Formula 1 World Championship with 38 points. Prost is 11 points ahead of Ayrton Senna.
After 1 hour, 38 minutes and 29 seconds Alain Prost finished the race first. The podium was completed with Nigel Mansell in second and Riccardo Patrese in third place.
After the 1989 French Grand Prix, Alain Prost is first in the Formula 1 World Championship with 38 points. Prost is 11 points ahead of Ayrton Senna.
Circuit
Location
Le Castellet, France
Date
July 9th, 1989 at 02:00
Round
7/16
Winner
Alain Prost
Winning time
1:38:29.411
Pole position
Alain Prost
Results
| Pos | Driver | Car | Time/Retired | Grid | Laps | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #2 Alain Prost | McLaren | 1:38:29.411 | 1 | 80 | 9 |
| 2 1 | #27 Nigel Mansell | Ferrari | +44.017 | 3 | 80 | 6 |
| 3 5 | #6 Riccardo Patrese | Williams | +1:06.921 | 8 | 80 | 4 |
| 4 12 | #4 Jean Alesi | Tyrrell | +1:13.232 | 16 | 80 | 3 |
| 5 8 | #36 Stefan Johansson | Onyx | +1 Lap | 13 | 79 | 2 |
| 6 11 | #26 Olivier Grouillard | Ligier | +1 Lap | 17 | 79 | 1 |
| 7 18 | #10 Eddie Cheever | Arrows | +1 Lap | 25 | 79 | 0 |
| 8 12 | #11 Nelson Piquet | Team Lotus | +2 Laps | 20 | 78 | 0 |
| 9 15 | #20 Emanuele Pirro | Benetton | +2 Laps | 24 | 78 | 0 |
| 10 1 | #3 Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell | +2 Laps | 9 | 78 | 0 |
| 11 4 | #29 Éric Bernard | Larrousse | +3 Laps | 15 | 77 | 0 |
| 12 2 | #9 Martin Donnelly | Arrows | +3 Laps | 14 | 77 | 0 |
| 13 2 | #37 Bertrand Gachot | Onyx | Engine | 11 | 76 | 0 |
| - | #15 Maurício Gugelmin | March | Not classified | 10 | 71 | 0 |
| - | #8 Stefano Modena | Brabham | DNF (Engine) | 22 | 67 | 0 |
| - | #5 Thierry Boutsen | Williams | DNF (Gearbox) | 5 | 50 | 0 |
| - | #12 Satoru Nakajima | Team Lotus | DNF (Engine) | 19 | 49 | 0 |
| - | #16 Ivan Capelli | March | DNF (Engine) | 12 | 43 | 0 |
| - | #19 Alessandro Nannini | Benetton | DNF (Suspension) | 4 | 40 | 0 |
| - | #23 Pierluigi Martini | Minardi | DNF (Engine) | 23 | 31 | 0 |
| - | #30 Philippe Alliot | Larrousse | DNF (Engine) | 7 | 30 | 0 |
| - | #40 Gabriele Tarquini | AGS | DNF (Engine) | 21 | 30 | 0 |
| - | #28 Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | DNF (Clutch) | 6 | 29 | 0 |
| - | #21 Alex Caffi | Dallara | DNF (Clutch) | 26 | 27 | 0 |
| - | #25 René Arnoux | Ligier | DNF (Gearbox) | 18 | 14 | 0 |
| - | #1 Ayrton Senna | McLaren | DNF (Differential) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| - | #22 Andrea de Cesaris | Dallara | Did not qualify | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| - | #24 Luis Pérez-Sala | Minardi | Did not qualify | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| - | #38 Christian Danner | Rial | Did not qualify | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| - | #31 Roberto Moreno | Coloni | Did not qualify | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| - | #17 Nicola Larini | Osella | Did not prequalify | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| - | #7 Martin Brundle | Brabham | Did not prequalify | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| - | #39 Volker Weidler | Rial | Did not prequalify | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| - | #34 Bernd Schneider | Zakspeed | Did not prequalify | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| - | #18 Piercarlo Ghinzani | Osella | Did not prequalify | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| - | #32 Pierre-Henri Raphanel | Coloni | Did not prequalify | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| - | #35 Aguri Suzuki | Zakspeed | Did not prequalify | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| - | #33 Gregor Foitek | Euro Brun | Did not prequalify | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| - | #41 Joachim Winkelhock | AGS | Did not prequalify | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Standings after race
| Pos | Driver | Car | Wins | Podiums | Pts | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alain Prost | McLaren | 2 | 5 | 38 | |
| 2 | Ayrton Senna | McLaren | 3 | 3 | 27 | -11 |
| 3 | Riccardo Patrese | Williams | 4 | 22 | -16 | |
| 4 | Nigel Mansell | Ferrari | 1 | 2 | 15 | -23 |
| 5 | Thierry Boutsen | Williams | 1 | 1 | 13 | -25 |
| 6 | Alessandro Nannini | Benetton | 1 | 8 | -30 | |
| 7 | Michele Alboreto | Tyrrell | 1 | 6 | -32 | |
| 8 | Johnny Herbert | Benetton | 5 | -33 | ||
| 9 | Eddie Cheever | Arrows | 1 | 4 | -34 | |
| 10 | Andrea de Cesaris | Dallara | 1 | 4 | -34 | |
| 11 | Stefano Modena | Brabham | 1 | 4 | -34 | |
| 12 | Maurício Gugelmin | March | 1 | 4 | -34 | |
| 13 | Alex Caffi | Dallara | 4 | -34 | ||
| 14 | Derek Warwick | Arrows | 4 | -34 | ||
| 15 | Nelson Piquet | Team Lotus | 3 | -35 | ||
| 16 | Christian Danner | Rial | 3 | -35 | ||
| 17 | Jean Alesi | Tyrrell | 3 | -35 | ||
| 18 | René Arnoux | Ligier | 2 | -36 | ||
| 19 | Stefan Johansson | Onyx | 2 | -36 | ||
| 20 | Gabriele Tarquini | AGS | 1 | -37 | ||
| 21 | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell | 1 | -37 | ||
| 22 | Olivier Grouillard | Ligier | 1 | -37 | ||
| 23 | Martin Brundle | Brabham | 1 | -37 | ||
| 24 | Satoru Nakajima | Team Lotus | 0 | -38 | ||
| 25 | Emanuele Pirro | Benetton | 0 | -38 | ||
| 26 | Ivan Capelli | March | 0 | -38 | ||
| 27 | Éric Bernard | Larrousse | 0 | -38 | ||
| 28 | Nicola Larini | Osella | 0 | -38 | ||
| 29 | Philippe Alliot | Larrousse | 0 | -38 | ||
| 30 | Martin Donnelly | Arrows | 0 | -38 | ||
| 31 | Bertrand Gachot | Onyx | 0 | -38 | ||
| 32 | Roberto Moreno | Coloni | 0 | -38 | ||
| 33 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 0 | -38 | ||
| 34 | Luis Pérez-Sala | Minardi | 0 | -38 | ||
| 35 | Pierluigi Martini | Minardi | 0 | -38 | ||
| 36 | Bernd Schneider | Zakspeed | 0 | -38 | ||
| 37 | Pierre-Henri Raphanel | Coloni | 0 | -38 | ||
| 38 | Yannick Dalmas | Larrousse | 0 | -38 | ||
| 39 | Gregor Foitek | Euro Brun | 0 | -38 | ||
| 40 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Osella | 0 | -38 | ||
| 41 | Volker Weidler | Rial | 0 | -38 | ||
| 42 | Joachim Winkelhock | AGS | 0 | -38 | ||
| 43 | Aguri Suzuki | Zakspeed | 0 | -38 |
| Pos | Team | Wins | Podiums | Pts | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLaren | 5 | 8 | 65 | |
| 2 | Williams | 1 | 5 | 35 | -30 |
| 3 | Ferrari | 1 | 2 | 15 | -50 |
| 4 | Benetton | 1 | 13 | -52 | |
| 5 | Tyrrell | 1 | 10 | -55 | |
| 6 | Dallara | 1 | 8 | -57 | |
| 7 | Arrows | 1 | 8 | -57 | |
| 8 | Brabham | 1 | 5 | -60 | |
| 9 | March | 1 | 4 | -61 | |
| 10 | Team Lotus | 3 | -62 | ||
| 11 | Rial | 3 | -62 | ||
| 12 | Ligier | 3 | -62 | ||
| 13 | Onyx | 2 | -63 | ||
| 14 | AGS | 1 | -64 | ||
| 15 | Larrousse | 0 | -65 | ||
| 16 | Osella | 0 | -65 | ||
| 17 | Coloni | 0 | -65 | ||
| 18 | Minardi | 0 | -65 | ||
| 19 | Zakspeed | 0 | -65 | ||
| 20 | Euro Brun | 0 | -65 |
Other race results
| Year | Winner | 2nd | 3rd | Fastest lap | Pole position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | #1 Max Verstappen | Lewis Hamilton | George Russell | 1:35.781 - Carlos Sainz | Charles Leclerc |
| 2021 | #33 Max Verstappen | Lewis Hamilton | Sergio Pérez | 1:36.404 - Max Verstappen | Max Verstappen |
| 2019 | #44 Lewis Hamilton | Valtteri Bottas | Charles Leclerc | 1:32.740 - Sebastian Vettel | Lewis Hamilton |
| 2018 | #44 Lewis Hamilton | Max Verstappen | Kimi Räikkönen | 1:34.225 - Valtteri Bottas | Lewis Hamilton |
| 2008 | #2 Felipe Massa | Kimi Räikkönen | Jarno Trulli | 1:16.630 - Kimi Räikkönen | Kimi Räikkönen |
| 2007 | #6 Kimi Räikkönen | Felipe Massa | Lewis Hamilton | 1:16.099 - Felipe Massa | Felipe Massa |
| 2006 | #5 Michael Schumacher | Fernando Alonso | Felipe Massa | 1:17.111 - Michael Schumacher | Michael Schumacher |
| 2005 | #5 Fernando Alonso | Kimi Räikkönen | Michael Schumacher | 1:16.423 - Kimi Räikkönen | Fernando Alonso |
| 2004 | #1 Michael Schumacher | Fernando Alonso | Rubens Barrichello | 1:15.377 - Michael Schumacher | Fernando Alonso |
| 2003 | #4 Ralf Schumacher | Juan Pablo Montoya | Michael Schumacher | Ralf Schumacher | |
| 2002 | #1 Michael Schumacher | Kimi Räikkönen | David Coulthard | Juan Pablo Montoya | |
| 2001 | #1 Michael Schumacher | Ralf Schumacher | Rubens Barrichello | Ralf Schumacher | |
| 2000 | #2 David Coulthard | Mika Häkkinen | Rubens Barrichello | Michael Schumacher | |
| 1999 | #8 Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Mika Häkkinen | Rubens Barrichello | Rubens Barrichello | |
| 1998 | #3 Michael Schumacher | Eddie Irvine | Mika Häkkinen | Mika Häkkinen | |
| 1997 | #5 Michael Schumacher | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Eddie Irvine | Michael Schumacher | |
| 1996 | #5 Damon Hill | Jacques Villeneuve | Jean Alesi | Michael Schumacher | |
| 1995 | #1 Michael Schumacher | Damon Hill | David Coulthard | Damon Hill | |
| 1994 | #5 Michael Schumacher | Damon Hill | Gerhard Berger | Damon Hill | |
| 1993 | #2 Alain Prost | Damon Hill | Michael Schumacher | Damon Hill | |
| 1992 | #5 Nigel Mansell | Riccardo Patrese | Martin Brundle | Nigel Mansell | |
| 1991 | #5 Nigel Mansell | Alain Prost | Ayrton Senna | Riccardo Patrese | |
| 1990 | #1 Alain Prost | Ivan Capelli | Ayrton Senna | Nigel Mansell | |
| 1988 | #11 Alain Prost | Ayrton Senna | Michele Alboreto | Alain Prost | |
| 1987 | #5 Nigel Mansell | Nelson Piquet | Alain Prost | Nigel Mansell | |
| 1986 | #5 Nigel Mansell | Alain Prost | Nelson Piquet | Ayrton Senna | |
| 1985 | #7 Nelson Piquet | Keke Rosberg | Alain Prost | Keke Rosberg | |
| 1984 | #8 Niki Lauda | Patrick Tambay | Nigel Mansell | Patrick Tambay | |
| 1983 | #15 Alain Prost | Nelson Piquet | Eddie Cheever | Alain Prost | |
| 1982 | #16 René Arnoux | Alain Prost | Didier Pironi | René Arnoux | |
| 1981 | #15 Alain Prost | John Watson | Nelson Piquet | René Arnoux | |
| 1980 | #27 Alan Jones | Didier Pironi | Jacques Laffite | Jacques Laffite | |
| 1979 | #15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Gilles Villeneuve | René Arnoux | Jean-Pierre Jabouille | |
| 1978 | #5 Mario Andretti | Ronnie Peterson | James Hunt | John Watson | |
| 1977 | #5 Mario Andretti | John Watson | James Hunt | Mario Andretti | |
| 1976 | #11 James Hunt | Patrick Depailler | John Watson | James Hunt | |
| 1975 | #12 Niki Lauda | James Hunt | Jochen Mass | Niki Lauda | |
| 1974 | #1 Ronnie Peterson | Niki Lauda | Clay Regazzoni | Niki Lauda | |
| 1973 | #2 Ronnie Peterson | François Cevert | Carlos Reutemann | Jackie Stewart | |
| 1972 | #4 Jackie Stewart | Emerson Fittipaldi | Chris Amon | Chris Amon | |
| 1971 | #11 Jackie Stewart | François Cevert | Emerson Fittipaldi | Jackie Stewart | |
| 1970 | #6 Jochen Rindt | Chris Amon | Jack Brabham | Jacky Ickx | |
| 1969 | #2 Jackie Stewart | Jean-Pierre Beltoise | Jacky Ickx | Jackie Stewart | |
| 1968 | #26 Jacky Ickx | John Surtees | Jackie Stewart | Jochen Rindt | |
| 1967 | #3 Jack Brabham | Denny Hulme | Jackie Stewart | Graham Hill | |
| 1966 | #12 Jack Brabham | Mike Parkes | Denny Hulme | Lorenzo Bandini | |
| 1965 | #6 Jim Clark | Jackie Stewart | John Surtees | Jim Clark | |
| 1964 | #22 Dan Gurney | Graham Hill | Jack Brabham | Jim Clark | |
| 1963 | #18 Jim Clark | Tony Maggs | Graham Hill | Jim Clark | |
| 1962 | #30 Dan Gurney | Tony Maggs | Richie Ginther | Jim Clark | |
| 1961 | #50 Giancarlo Baghetti | Dan Gurney | Jim Clark | Phil Hill | |
| 1960 | #16 Jack Brabham | Olivier Gendebien | Bruce McLaren | Jack Brabham | |
| 1959 | #24 Tony Brooks | Phil Hill | Jack Brabham | Tony Brooks | |
| 1958 | #4 Mike Hawthorn | Stirling Moss | Wolfgang von Trips | Mike Hawthorn | |
| 1957 | #2 Juan Fangio | Luigi Musso | Peter Collins | Juan Fangio | |
| 1956 | #14 Peter Collins | Eugenio Castellotti | Jean Behra | Juan Fangio | |
| 1954 | #18 Juan Fangio | Karl Kling | Robert Manzon | Juan Fangio | |
| 1953 | #16 Mike Hawthorn | Juan Fangio | José Froilán González | Alberto Ascari | |
| 1952 | #8 Alberto Ascari | Nino Farina | Piero Taruffi | Alberto Ascari | |
| 1951 | #8 Juan Fangio | José Froilán González | Luigi Villoresi | Juan Fangio | |
| 1950 | #6 Juan Fangio | Luigi Fagioli | Peter Whitehead | Juan Fangio |