1986 season/Round 8
French Grand Prix 1986
- Paul Ricard
- Le Castellet
- 6 July 1986
- 80 laps
- 305 km
- 3.813 km a lap
- P1Nigel MansellWilliams1:37:19.272
- P2Alain ProstMcLaren+17.128
- P3Nelson PiquetWilliams+37.545
- Pole positionAyrton SennaLotus · 1:06.526
- Fastest lapNigel Mansell1:09.993 · lap 57
- Winner started fromP2on the grid
Result
A number in the first column means classified. DNF, DNQ and DNS stand for retirement, did not qualify and did not start. ‘shared’ marks a car that two drivers shared between them – permitted in the 1950s, and both were classified.
Qualifying
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ayrton Senna | Lotus | 1:06.526 | |
| 2 | Nigel Mansell | Williams | 1:06.755 | +0.229 |
| 3 | Nelson Piquet | Williams | 1:06.797 | +0.271 |
| 4 | René Arnoux | Ligier | 1:07.075 | +0.549 |
| 5 | Alain Prost | McLaren | 1:07.266 | +0.740 |
| 6 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 1:07.365 | +0.839 |
| 7 | Keke Rosberg | McLaren | 1:07.545 | +1.019 |
| 8 | Gerhard Berger | Benetton | 1:07.554 | +1.028 |
| 9 | Teo Fabi | Benetton | 1:07.818 | +1.292 |
| 10 | Stefan Johansson | Ferrari | 1:07.874 | +1.348 |
| 11 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 1:07.913 | +1.387 |
| 12 | Johnny Dumfries | Lotus | 1:08.544 | +2.018 |
| 13 | Patrick Tambay | Lola | 1:08.616 | +2.090 |
| 14 | Derek Warwick | Brabham | 1:08.905 | +2.379 |
| 15 | Martin Brundle | Tyrrell | 1:09.044 | +2.518 |
| 16 | Riccardo Patrese | Brabham | 1:09.436 | +2.910 |
| 17 | Philippe Streiff | Tyrrell | 1:09.700 | +3.174 |
| 18 | Christian Danner | Arrows | 1:09.737 | +3.211 |
| 19 | Alessandro Nannini | Minardi | 1:09.792 | +3.266 |
| 20 | Alan Jones | Lola | 1:09.929 | +3.403 |
| 21 | Thierry Boutsen | Arrows | 1:09.987 | +3.461 |
| 22 | Jonathan Palmer | Zakspeed | 1:10.305 | +3.779 |
| 23 | Andrea de Cesaris | Minardi | 1:11.483 | +4.957 |
| 24 | Huub Rothengatter | Zakspeed | 1:12.163 | +5.637 |
| 25 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Osella | 1:12.443 | +5.917 |
| 26 | Allen Berg | Osella | 1:14.264 | +7.738 |
Fastest laps
Each driver's quickest lap of the race.
| Pos | Driver | Lap | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigel Mansell | 57 | 1:09.993 | |
| 2 | René Arnoux | 47 | 1:10.227 | +0.234 |
| 3 | Nelson Piquet | 66 | 1:10.582 | +0.589 |
| 4 | Alain Prost | 68 | 1:10.859 | +0.866 |
| 5 | Jacques Laffite | 58 | 1:11.220 | +1.227 |
| 6 | Keke Rosberg | 39 | 1:11.402 | +1.409 |
| 7 | Michele Alboreto | 62 | 1:11.747 | +1.754 |
| 8 | Gerhard Berger | 16 | 1:12.436 | +2.443 |
| 9 | Patrick Tambay | 48 | 1:12.472 | +2.479 |
| 10 | Johnny Dumfries | 43 | 1:12.572 | +2.579 |
Championship after this race
The official standings after round 8. Arrows show the change against the round before.
| Pos | Driver | Points | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alain Prost | 39 | ▲1 |
| 2 | Nigel Mansell | 38 | ▲1 |
| 3 | Ayrton Senna | 36 | ▼2 |
| 4 | Nelson Piquet | 23 | |
| 5 | Keke Rosberg | 17 | |
| 6 | Jacques Laffite | 14 | |
| 7 | René Arnoux | 8 | ▲3 |
| 8 | Stefan Johansson | 7 | ▼1 |
| 9 | Gerhard Berger | 6 | ▼1 |
| 10 | Michele Alboreto | 6 | ▼1 |