1989 French Grand Prix
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| Race 7 of 16 in the 1989 Formula One season | ||
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| Date | July 9, 1989 | |
| Official name | LXXV Rhône-Poulenc Grand Prix de France | |
| Location | Circuit Paul Ricard France |
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| Course | Permanent racing facility 3.813 km (2.369 mi) |
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| Distance | 80 laps, 305.04 km (189.543 mi) | |
| Weather | Hot, dry, sunny | |
| Pole position | ||
| Driver |  Alain Prost |
McLaren-Honda |
| Time | 1:07.203 | |
| Fastest lap | ||
| Driver |  Maurício Gugelmin |
March-Judd |
| Time | 1:12.090 on lap 29 | |
| Podium | ||
| First | Alain Prost |
McLaren-Honda |
| Second |  Nigel Mansell |
Ferrari |
| Third |  Riccardo Patrese |
Williams-Renault |
The 1989 French Grand Prix was a Formula One race held at Paul Ricard on July 9, 1989.
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[edit] Report
The race saw four drivers replaced by drivers making their first Formula One start: Jean Alesi replaced Michele Alboreto at Tyrrell, Éric Bernard replaced Yannick Dalmas at Larrousse, Martin Donnelly replaced Derek Warwick at Arrows for one race and Emanuele Pirro replaced Johnny Herbert at Benetton. The Onyx team got both cars through qualifying and into a race for the first time.
The race is most famous for the multiple collision involving Nigel Mansell, Maurício Gugelmin and other cars on the first lap, which resulted in a restart. All of the drivers involved took the restart; some in spare cars. Alain Prost won the race for McLaren ahead of Nigel Mansell who started from the pitlane in a car set up for his teammate Gerhard Berger. Jean Alesi took 4th place and scored points on his F1 debut. Olivier Grouillard scored his only F1 point on home tarmac, Stefan Johansson scored the Onyx team's first points, and Gugelmin set his first fastest lap, although he was not classified at the finish. Twelve cars failed to finish the race, seven of them with engine failures.
[edit] Classification
[edit] Standings after the race
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
[edit] References
- Unless otherwise indicated, all race results are taken from "The Official Formula 1 website". Archived from the original on 4 July 2007. http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1989/237/. Retrieved 2007-08-04.
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