Handle assembly for a motor vehicle, having a support housing, a grip which is mounted movably on the support housing and has a handle section, and which is designed to be movable between a retracted position and an extended position, a mechanical restoring element which exerts a restoring force that urges the grip in the direction of the retracted position or retains the grip in the retracted position, and a drive element which is movable between a home position, an extended position, and a coupling position located between the home position and the extended position and which is mounted movably on the support housing, and which is able to execute a drive movement that is divided into a first drive path and a second drive path, wherein when the grip is installed in the motor vehicle the handle section in the retracted position is arranged to extend strake-flush with an external surface of the motor vehicle and in the extended position is arranged so as to be extended in an extension direction relative to the external surface of the motor vehicle and at a distance from the support housing, wherein when executing its drive movement along the second drive path from the extended position in to the coupling position the drive element is motion-coupled with the grip, and the movement is designed to entrain the grip, wherein the grip is movable into a safety position located between the retracted position and the extended position, in which safety position the handle section is arranged at a predefined safety distance from the support housing, wherein when the drive element is in its coupling position after its drive movement from the extended position entrains the grip into the safety position thereof, and wherein the drive element and the grip are motion-decoupled from one another at least when the drive element is in the home position and the grip is in the retracted position, wherein the grip is connected pivotably to a handle lever, which is mounted on the support housing so as to be rotatable about an axis of rotation, wherein the drive element is mounted on the support housing so as to be rotatable about a motor-driven drive axle and the drive movement is a rotary movement about drive axle, characterized in that the handle lever includes guidance means for guiding the movement of the grip, wherein the guidance means are mounted so as to be rotatable relative to the handle lever and is designed so that it can be motion-coupled with the drive element. wherein when executing its drive movement along the second drive path from the extended position in to the coupling position the drive element is motion-coupled with the grip, and the movement is designed to entrain the grip, wherein the grip is movable into a safety position located between the retracted position and the extended position, in which safety position the handle section is arranged at a predefined safety distance from the support housing, wherein when the drive element is in its coupling position after its drive movement from the extended position entrains the grip into the safety position thereof, and wherein the drive element and the grip are motion-decoupled from one another at least when the drive element is in the home position and the grip is in the retracted position, wherein the grip is connected pivotably to a handle lever, which is mounted on the support housing so as to be rotatable about an axis of rotation, wherein the drive element is mounted on the support housing so as to be rotatable about a motor-driven drive axle and the drive movement is a rotary movement about drive axle, characterized in that the handle lever includes guidance means for guiding the movement of the grip, wherein the guidance means are mounted so as to be rotatable relative to the handle lever and is designed so that it can be motion-coupled with the drive element.