1987 season/Round 6
French Grand Prix 1987
- Paul Ricard
- Le Castellet
- 5 July 1987
- 80 laps
- 305 km
- 3.813 km a lap
- P1Nigel MansellWilliams1:37:03.839
- P2Nelson PiquetWilliams+7.711
- P3Alain ProstMcLaren+55.255
- Pole positionNigel MansellWilliams · 1:06.454
- Fastest lapNelson Piquet1:09.548 · lap 68
- Winner started fromP1on 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 | Nigel Mansell | Williams | 1:06.454 | |
| 2 | Alain Prost | McLaren | 1:06.877 | +0.423 |
| 3 | Ayrton Senna | Lotus | 1:07.024 | +0.570 |
| 4 | Nelson Piquet | Williams | 1:07.140 | +0.686 |
| 5 | Thierry Boutsen | Benetton | 1:08.077 | +1.623 |
| 6 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 1:08.198 | +1.744 |
| 7 | Teo Fabi | Benetton | 1:08.293 | +1.839 |
| 8 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 1:08.390 | +1.936 |
| 9 | Stefan Johansson | McLaren | 1:08.577 | +2.123 |
| 10 | Derek Warwick | Arrows | 1:08.800 | +2.346 |
| 11 | Andrea de Cesaris | Brabham | 1:08.949 | +2.495 |
| 12 | Riccardo Patrese | Brabham | 1:08.993 | +2.539 |
| 13 | René Arnoux | Ligier | 1:09.430 | +2.976 |
| 14 | Eddie Cheever | Arrows | 1:09.828 | +3.374 |
| 15 | Alessandro Nannini | Minardi | 1:09.868 | +3.414 |
| 16 | Satoru Nakajima | Lotus | 1:10.652 | +4.198 |
| 17 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Ligier | 1:10.798 | +4.344 |
| 18 | Martin Brundle | Zakspeed | 1:11.170 | +4.716 |
| 19 | Christian Danner | Zakspeed | 1:11.389 | +4.935 |
| 20 | Alex Caffi | Osella | 1:12.167 | +5.713 |
| 21 | Adrián Campos | Minardi | 1:12.551 | +6.097 |
| 22 | Ivan Capelli | March | 1:12.654 | +6.200 |
| 23 | Philippe Alliot | Lola | 1:13.026 | +6.572 |
| 24 | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell | 1:13.443 | +6.989 |
| 25 | Philippe Streiff | Tyrrell | 1:13.525 | +7.071 |
| 26 | Pascal Fabre | AGS | 1:14.699 | +8.245 |
Fastest laps
Each driver's quickest lap of the race.
| Pos | Driver | Lap | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nelson Piquet | 68 | 1:09.548 | |
| 2 | Nigel Mansell | 42 | 1:10.405 | +0.857 |
| 3 | Alain Prost | 44 | 1:11.324 | +1.776 |
| 4 | Gerhard Berger | 42 | 1:11.675 | +2.127 |
| 5 | Stefan Johansson | 39 | 1:11.874 | +2.326 |
| 6 | Teo Fabi | 57 | 1:12.101 | +2.553 |
| 7 | Ayrton Senna | 47 | 1:12.231 | +2.683 |
| 8 | Michele Alboreto | 57 | 1:12.457 | +2.909 |
| 9 | Thierry Boutsen | 5 | 1:12.567 | +3.019 |
| 10 | Derek Warwick | 45 | 1:13.245 | +3.697 |
Championship after this race
The official standings after round 6. Arrows show the change against the round before.
| Pos | Driver | Points | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ayrton Senna | 27 | |
| 2 | Alain Prost | 26 | |
| 3 | Nelson Piquet | 24 | |
| 4 | Nigel Mansell | 21 | ▲1 |
| 5 | Stefan Johansson | 13 | ▼1 |
| 6 | Gerhard Berger | 9 | |
| 7 | Michele Alboreto | 8 | |
| 8 | Andrea de Cesaris | 4 | |
| 9 | Eddie Cheever | 4 | |
| 10 | Satoru Nakajima | 3 |