Season 1987 · Round 6

French Grand Prix

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1987-07-05 · Circuit Paul Ricard · France · French Grand Prix · 80Lap · 305.040km
5 Nigel Mansell
Williams 1:37:03.839
Team win 15pt P1 · P2 1-2
6 Nelson Piquet
Williams +7.711
1 Alain Prost
McLaren +55.255
Fastest Lap
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DNF
17
Gerhard Berger L71 Satoru Nakajima L71 Michele Alboreto L64 Derek Warwick L62 Philippe Alliot L57 Ivan Capelli L52 Adrián Campos L52 René Arnoux L33 Thierry Boutsen L31 Christian Danner L26 +7
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 305.040km 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 René Arnoux 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 · P1 → P1 1 Mansell MAN 1 Mansell MAN Piquet · P4 → P2 · +2 4 Piquet PIQ 2 Piquet PIQ Prost · P2 → P3 · -1 2 Prost PRO 3 Prost PRO Senna · P3 → P4 · -1 3 Senna SEN 4 Senna SEN Fabi · P7 → P5 · +2 7 Fabi FAB 5 Fabi FAB Streiff · P25 → P6 · +19 25 Streiff STR 6 Streiff STR Palmer · P24 → P7 · +17 24 Palmer PAL 7 Palmer PAL Johansson · P9 → P8 · +1 9 Johansson JOH 8 Johansson JOH Fabre · P26 → P9 · +17 26 Fabre FAB 9 Fabre FAB Berger · P6 → retired L71 Berger · retired L71 6 Berger BER R Berger BER Nakajima · P16 → retired L71 Nakajima · retired L71 16 Nakajima NAK R Nakajima NAK Alboreto · P8 → retired L64 Alboreto · retired L64 8 Alboreto ALB R Alboreto ALB Warwick · P10 → retired L62 Warwick · retired L62 10 Warwick WAR R Warwick WAR Alliot · P23 → retired L57 Alliot · retired L57 23 Alliot ALL R Alliot ALL Capelli · P22 → retired L52 Capelli · retired L52 22 Capelli CAP R Capelli CAP Campos · P21 → retired L52 Campos · retired L52 21 Campos CAM R Campos CAM Arnoux · P13 → retired L33 Arnoux · retired L33 13 Arnoux ARN R Arnoux ARN Boutsen · P5 → retired L31 Boutsen · retired L31 5 Boutsen BOU R Boutsen BOU Danner · P19 → retired L26 Danner · retired L26 19 Danner DAN R Danner DAN Ghinzani · P17 → retired L24 Ghinzani · retired L24 17 Ghinzani GHI R Ghinzani GHI Nannini · P15 → retired L23 Nannini · retired L23 15 Nannini NAN R Nannini NAN Patrese · P12 → retired L19 Patrese · retired L19 12 Patrese PAT R Patrese PAT Brundle · P18 → retired L18 Brundle · retired L18 18 Brundle BRU R Brundle BRU Caffi · P20 → retired L11 Caffi · retired L11 20 Caffi CAF R Caffi CAF de Cesaris · P11 → retired L2 de Cesaris · retired L2 11 de Cesaris DE R de Cesaris DE Cheever · P14 → retired L0 Cheever · retired L0 14 Cheever CHE R Cheever CHE
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 5 Nigel Mansell Williams 1 80 1:37:03.839 9
2 6 Nelson Piquet Williams 4 80 +7.711 6
3 1 Alain Prost McLaren 2 80 +55.255 4
4 12 Ayrton Senna Team Lotus 3 79 +1 Lap 3
5 19 Teo Fabi Benetton 7 77 +3 Laps 2
6 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell 25 76 +4 Laps 1
7 3 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell 24 76 +4 Laps
8 2 Stefan Johansson McLaren 9 74 +6 Laps
9 14 Pascal Fabre AGS 26 74 +6 Laps
R 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari 6 71 Suspension
R 11 Satoru Nakajima Team Lotus 16 71 Not classified
R 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 8 64 Engine
R 17 Derek Warwick Arrows 10 62 Turbo
R 30 Philippe Alliot Larrousse 23 57 Gearbox
R 16 Ivan Capelli March 22 52 Engine
R 23 Adrián Campos Minardi 21 52 Turbo
R 25 René Arnoux Ligier 13 33 Exhaust
R 20 Thierry Boutsen Benetton 5 31 Engine
R 10 Christian Danner Zakspeed 19 26 Overheating
R 26 Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier 17 24 Engine
R 24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi 15 23 Turbo
R 5 Riccardo Patrese Brabham 12 19 Differential
R 9 Martin Brundle Zakspeed 18 18 Wheel
R 21 Alex Caffi Osella 20 11 Engine
R 8 Andrea de Cesaris Brabham 11 2 Turbo
R 18 Eddie Cheever Arrows 14 0 Electrical
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
5 Nigel Mansell
2
1 Alain Prost
3
12 Ayrton Senna
4
6 Nelson Piquet
5
20 Thierry Boutsen
6
28 Gerhard Berger
7
19 Teo Fabi
8
27 Michele Alboreto
9
2 Stefan Johansson
10
17 Derek Warwick
11
8 Andrea de Cesaris
12
5 Riccardo Patrese
13
25 René Arnoux
14
18 Eddie Cheever
15
24 Alessandro Nannini
16
11 Satoru Nakajima
17
26 Piercarlo Ghinzani
18
9 Martin Brundle
19
10 Christian Danner
20
21 Alex Caffi
21
23 Adrián Campos
22
16 Ivan Capelli
23
30 Philippe Alliot
24
3 Jonathan Palmer
25
4 Philippe Streiff
26
14 Pascal Fabre
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