Season 1986 · Round 8

French Grand Prix

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1986-07-06 · Circuit Paul Ricard · France · French Grand Prix · 80Lap · 304.960km
5 Nigel Mansell
Williams 1:37:19.272
Team win 13pt P1 · P3 1-3
1 Alain Prost
McLaren +17.128
6 Nelson Piquet
Williams +37.545
Fastest Lap
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DNF
15
Thierry Boutsen L67 Patrick Tambay L64 Johnny Dumfries L56 Jonathan Palmer L46 Philippe Streiff L43 Huub Rothengatter L32 Allen Berg L25 Gerhard Berger L22 Teo Fabi L7 Stefan Johansson L5 +5
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Alain Prost active 6 wins
Pole-to-win rate 11/18 61.1%
Most DNFs · all-time P13
Circuit Info
Circuit Paul Ricard Le Castellet, France
80Lap 304.960km 18 races held (1971–) Lap record 1:32.740 · Sebastian Vettel (2019)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P2 Alain Prost 6 wins · → Michael Schumacher -2
P3 Nigel Mansell 4 wins · → Alain Prost -2
P15 Alan Jones 1 wins · → Niki Lauda -1
Podiums
P1 Alain Prost 11 · GP #1
P6 Nelson Piquet 5 · → Nigel Mansell -1
Starts
P1 Riccardo Patrese 17 starts · GP #1
P6 Nelson Piquet 13 starts · → David Coulthard -1
P6 Alain Prost 13 starts · → David Coulthard -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 L80 Mansell · P2 → P1 · +1 2 Mansell MAN 1 Mansell MAN Prost · P5 → P2 · +3 5 Prost PRO 2 Prost PRO Piquet · P3 → P3 3 Piquet PIQ 3 Piquet PIQ Rosberg · P7 → P4 · +3 7 Rosberg ROS 4 Rosberg ROS Arnoux · P4 → P5 · -1 4 Arnoux ARN 5 Arnoux ARN Laffite · P11 → P6 · +5 11 Laffite LAF 6 Laffite LAF Patrese · P16 → P7 · +9 16 Patrese PAT 7 Patrese PAT Alboreto · P9 → P8 · +1 9 Alboreto ALB 8 Alboreto ALB Warwick · P14 → P9 · +5 14 Warwick WAR 9 Warwick WAR Brundle · P15 → P10 · +5 15 Brundle BRU 10 Brundle BRU Danner · P18 → P11 · +7 18 Danner DAN 11 Danner DAN Boutsen · P21 → retired L67 Boutsen · retired L67 21 Boutsen BOU R Boutsen BOU Tambay · P13 → retired L64 Tambay · retired L64 13 Tambay TAM R Tambay TAM Dumfries · P12 → retired L56 Dumfries · retired L56 12 Dumfries DUM R Dumfries DUM Palmer · P22 → retired L46 Palmer · retired L46 22 Palmer PAL R Palmer PAL Streiff · P17 → retired L43 Streiff · retired L43 17 Streiff STR R Streiff STR Rothengatter · P24 → retired L32 Rothengatter · retired L32 24 Rothengatter ROT R Rothengatter ROT Berg · P26 → retired L25 Berg · retired L25 26 Berg BER R Berg BER Berger · P8 → retired L22 Berger · retired L22 8 Berger BER R Berger BER Fabi · P6 → retired L7 Fabi · retired L7 6 Fabi FAB R Fabi FAB Johansson · P10 → retired L5 Johansson · retired L5 10 Johansson JOH R Johansson JOH Senna · P1 → retired L3 Senna · retired L3 1 Senna SEN R Senna SEN Ghinzani · P25 → retired L3 Ghinzani · retired L3 25 Ghinzani GHI R Ghinzani GHI Nannini · P19 → retired L3 Nannini · retired L3 19 Nannini NAN R Nannini NAN de Cesaris · P23 → retired L3 de Cesaris · retired L3 23 de Cesaris DE R de Cesaris DE Jones · P20 → retired L2 Jones · retired L2 20 Jones JON R Jones JON
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 5 Nigel Mansell Williams 2 80 1:37:19.272 9
2 1 Alain Prost McLaren 5 80 +17.128 6
3 6 Nelson Piquet Williams 3 80 +37.545 4
4 2 Keke Rosberg McLaren 7 80 +48.703 3
5 25 René Arnoux Ligier 4 79 +1 Lap 2
6 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier 11 79 +1 Lap 1
7 7 Riccardo Patrese Brabham 16 78 +2 Laps
8 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 9 78 +2 Laps
9 8 Derek Warwick Brabham 14 77 +3 Laps
10 3 Martin Brundle Tyrrell 15 77 +3 Laps
11 17 Christian Danner Arrows 18 76 +4 Laps
R 18 Thierry Boutsen Arrows 21 67 Not classified
R 16 Patrick Tambay Lola 13 64 Brakes
R 11 Johnny Dumfries Team Lotus 12 56 Engine
R 14 Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 22 46 Engine
R 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell 17 43 Heat shield fire
R 29 Huub Rothengatter Zakspeed 24 32 Accident
R 22 Allen Berg Osella 26 25 Turbo
R 20 Gerhard Berger Benetton 8 22 Gearbox
R 19 Teo Fabi Benetton 6 7 Engine
R 28 Stefan Johansson Ferrari 10 5 Turbo
R 12 Ayrton Senna Team Lotus 1 3 Accident
R 21 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella 25 3 Accident
R 24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi 19 3 Accident
R 23 Andrea de Cesaris Minardi 23 3 Turbo
R 15 Alan Jones Lola 20 2 Accident
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
12 Ayrton Senna
2
5 Nigel Mansell
3
6 Nelson Piquet
4
25 René Arnoux
5
1 Alain Prost
6
19 Teo Fabi
7
2 Keke Rosberg
8
20 Gerhard Berger
9
27 Michele Alboreto
10
28 Stefan Johansson
11
26 Jacques Laffite
12
11 Johnny Dumfries
13
16 Patrick Tambay
14
8 Derek Warwick
15
3 Martin Brundle
16
7 Riccardo Patrese
17
4 Philippe Streiff
18
17 Christian Danner
19
24 Alessandro Nannini
20
15 Alan Jones
21
18 Thierry Boutsen
22
14 Jonathan Palmer
23
23 Andrea de Cesaris
24
29 Huub Rothengatter
25
21 Piercarlo Ghinzani
26
22 Allen Berg
Final grid as classified, including any pit lane starts. Source: Jolpica-F1. The arrow compares the grid slot with the qualifying classification; hover a drop to see the stewards document behind it.
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Record Basis · Calculation basis
Race order is the final classification(post-race penalties applied) · qualifying session data 2003+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished statuses
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-09-05 14:15