Round 7 · 9 July 1989
French Grand Prix
Circuit Paul Ricard · Le Castellet, France
Championship progression
Drivers' standings
Before the race
33 drivers
After Round 6
1
Alain Prost
McLaren
29
pts
2
Ayrton Senna
McLaren
27
pts
3
Riccardo Patrese
Williams
18
pts
4
Thierry Boutsen
Williams
13
pts
5
Nigel Mansell
Ferrari
9
pts
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6
Alessandro Nannini
Benetton
8
pts
7
Michele Alboreto
Tyrrell
6
pts
8
Johnny Herbert
Benetton
5
pts
9
Eddie Cheever
Arrows
4
pts
10
Andrea de Cesaris
Dallara
4
pts
11
Stefano Modena
Brabham
4
pts
12
Maurício Gugelmin
March
4
pts
13
Alex Caffi
Dallara
4
pts
14
Derek Warwick
Arrows
4
pts
15
Christian Danner
Rial
3
pts
16
Nelson Piquet
Team Lotus
3
pts
17
René Arnoux
Ligier
2
pts
18
Gabriele Tarquini
AGS
1
pts
19
Jonathan Palmer
Tyrrell
1
pts
20
Martin Brundle
Brabham
1
pts
-
Olivier Grouillard
Ligier
0
pts
-
Satoru Nakajima
Team Lotus
0
pts
-
Ivan Capelli
March
0
pts
-
Nicola Larini
Osella
0
pts
-
Philippe Alliot
Larrousse
0
pts
-
Roberto Moreno
Coloni
0
pts
-
Gerhard Berger
Ferrari
0
pts
-
Stefan Johansson
Onyx
0
pts
-
Luis Pérez-Sala
Minardi
0
pts
-
Pierluigi Martini
Minardi
0
pts
-
Bernd Schneider
Zakspeed
0
pts
-
Pierre-Henri Raphanel
Coloni
0
pts
-
Yannick Dalmas
Larrousse
0
pts
After the race
38 drivers
After Round 7
1
Alain Prost
McLaren
—
38
+9
2
Ayrton Senna
McLaren
—
27
+0
3
Riccardo Patrese
Williams
—
22
+4
4
Nigel Mansell
Ferrari
↑1
15
+6
5
Thierry Boutsen
Williams
↓1
13
+0
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6
Alessandro Nannini
Benetton
—
8
+0
7
Michele Alboreto
Tyrrell
—
6
+0
8
Johnny Herbert
Benetton
—
5
+0
9
Eddie Cheever
Arrows
—
4
+0
10
Andrea de Cesaris
Dallara
—
4
+0
11
Stefano Modena
Brabham
—
4
+0
12
Maurício Gugelmin
March
—
4
+0
13
Alex Caffi
Dallara
—
4
+0
14
Derek Warwick
Arrows
—
4
+0
15
Nelson Piquet
Team Lotus
↑1
3
+0
16
Christian Danner
Rial
↓1
3
+0
17
Jean Alesi
Tyrrell
NEW
3
+3
18
René Arnoux
Ligier
↓1
2
+0
19
Stefan Johansson
Onyx
↑980
2
+2
20
Gabriele Tarquini
AGS
↓2
1
+0
21
Jonathan Palmer
Tyrrell
↓2
1
+0
22
Olivier Grouillard
Ligier
↑977
1
+1
23
Martin Brundle
Brabham
↓3
1
+0
-
Satoru Nakajima
Team Lotus
—
0
+0
-
Emanuele Pirro
Benetton
NEW
0
+0
-
Ivan Capelli
March
—
0
+0
-
Éric Bernard
Larrousse
NEW
0
+0
-
Nicola Larini
Osella
—
0
+0
-
Philippe Alliot
Larrousse
—
0
+0
-
Martin Donnelly
Arrows
NEW
0
+0
-
Bertrand Gachot
Onyx
NEW
0
+0
-
Roberto Moreno
Coloni
—
0
+0
-
Gerhard Berger
Ferrari
—
0
+0
-
Luis Pérez-Sala
Minardi
—
0
+0
-
Pierluigi Martini
Minardi
—
0
+0
-
Bernd Schneider
Zakspeed
—
0
+0
-
Pierre-Henri Raphanel
Coloni
—
0
+0
-
Yannick Dalmas
Larrousse
—
0
+0
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Race classification
26 starters| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Grid | Status / time | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PRO Alain Prost | McLaren | 1 | 1:38:29.411 | 9 |
| 2 | MAN Nigel Mansell | Ferrari | 3 | +44.017 | 6 |
| 3 | PAT Riccardo Patrese | Williams | 8 | +1:06.921 | 4 |
| 4 | ALE Jean Alesi | Tyrrell | 16 | +1:13.232 | 3 |
| 5 | JOH Stefan Johansson | Onyx | 13 | 1L | 2 |
| 6 | GRO Olivier Grouillard | Ligier | 17 | 1L | 1 |
| 7 | CHE Eddie Cheever | Arrows | 25 | 1L | 0 |
| 8 | PIQ Nelson Piquet | Team Lotus | 20 | 2L | 0 |
| 9 | PIR Emanuele Pirro | Benetton | 24 | 2L | 0 |
| 10 | PAL Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell | 9 | 2L | 0 |
| 11 | BER Éric Bernard | Larrousse | 15 | 3L | 0 |
| 12 | DON Martin Donnelly | Arrows | 14 | 3L | 0 |
| 13 | GAC Bertrand Gachot | Onyx | 11 | 4L | 0 |
| R | GUG Maurício Gugelmin | March | 10 | — | 0 |
| R | MOD Stefano Modena | Brabham | 22 | — | 0 |
| R | BOU Thierry Boutsen | Williams | 5 | — | 0 |
| R | NAK Satoru Nakajima | Team Lotus | 19 | — | 0 |
| R | CAP Ivan Capelli | March | 12 | — | 0 |
| R | NAN Alessandro Nannini | Benetton | 4 | — | 0 |
| R | MAR Pierluigi Martini | Minardi | 23 | — | 0 |
| R | ALL Philippe Alliot | Larrousse | 7 | — | 0 |
| R | TAR Gabriele Tarquini | AGS | 21 | — | 0 |
| R | BER Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 6 | — | 0 |
| R | CAF Alex Caffi | Dallara | 26 | — | 0 |
| R | ARN René Arnoux | Ligier | 18 | — | 0 |
| R | SEN Ayrton Senna | McLaren | 2 | — | 0 |