 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Grouillard akabatana naLigier kuzadza chigaro chakasiiwa naStefan Johansson uye aive mubatsiri waRené Arnoux muna 1989. Akakwanisa kuva wechi22 mumujaho wake wokutanga muBrazil uye akapedza ari wechi9. KuImola, akakunda kuputira motokari yake kuti atange mu10th, asi akaregererwa apo makanika aishanda pamotokari yake panguva yechiratidzo chechiratidzo, chakakonzerwa nenjodzi yaGerhard Berger kuTamburello. Akatanga ari kunze kwevane 10 vokutanga muMonaco neMexico, achipedza ari wechisere mune yekupedzisira asi akakundikana kupinda muPhoenix neMontreal. Akatanga kubva pachinzvimbo chechi17 pamutambo wake wepamusha paFrench Grand Prix ndokuenda kunzvimbo yechitanhatu, kunyangwe aine matambudziko nematayi uye giya bhokisi, achiwana poindi yake yega yeWorld Championship. Kwemakwikwi matanhatu ekupedzisira, Grouillard akakundikana kukwanisa kupfuura 20th uye haana kukwanisa muPortugal. Mukukwikwidza kweBelgian Grand Prix kuSpa, Grouillard akadzivisa Lotus yaNelson Piquet nokuramba ari pamutsetse wemakwikwi apo muBrazil akanga ari parwendo rwake rwokupedzisira. Pamutsetse wakasviba, Piquet akatendeuka ndokubata chibhakera chake paGrouillard sezvaakapfuura. Izvi zvakaita kuti mukwikwidzi weWorld Champion katatu arasikirwe nemikana yake mumakwikwi okutanga uye mumakwikwi okupedzisira, uye ichi ndicho chaizova chiitiko chokutanga chakadaro chaibatanidza kushandiswa zvisina kufanira kwaGrouillard kwezvioniwa zvake. MuAdelaide, akatenderera izvo zvakatevera kudonha kukuru mumvura. Kutaura zvazviri, nokuti mwaka kupera Australian Grand Prix muna Adelaide, akaramba Ligier makanika vakabatikana nokuchinja kure uye kurova kongiri masvingo kaviri panguva tsika uye zvinodiwa uyewo nhangemutange mangwanani warmup iyo yakanga yakanyorova uye nhangemutange. 