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French Grand Prix 1986

Round 8 of 16  · 6 July 1986  · Paul Ricard  · 80 laps

Fastest Lap Nigel Mansell 1:09.993 (lap 57)

Race Result

Pos Driver Team Grid Time / Gap Pts
1 MAN Nigel Mansell FL Williams 2 1:37:19.272 9
2 PRO Alain Prost McLaren 5 +17.128 6
3 PIQ Nelson Piquet Williams 3 +37.545 4
4 ROS Keke Rosberg McLaren 7 +48.703 3
5 ARN René Arnoux Ligier 4 +1 lap 2
6 LAF Jacques Laffite Ligier 11 +1 lap 1
7 PAT Riccardo Patrese Brabham 16 +2 laps —
8 ALB Michele Alboreto Ferrari 6 +2 laps —
9 WAR Derek Warwick Brabham 14 +3 laps —
10 BRU Martin Brundle Tyrrell 15 +3 laps —
11 DAN Christian Danner Arrows 18 +4 laps —
NC BOU Thierry Boutsen Arrows 21 +13 laps —
DNF TAM Patrick Tambay Lola 13 Brakes —
DNF DUM Johnny Dumfries Lotus 12 Engine —
DNF PAL Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 22 Engine —
DNF STR Philippe Streiff Tyrrell 17 Fire —
DNF ROT Huub Rothengatter Zakspeed 24 Accident —
DNF BER Allen Berg Osella 26 Turbo —
DNF BER Gerhard Berger Benetton 8 Gearbox —
DNF FAB Teo Fabi Benetton 9 Engine —
DNF JOH Stefan Johansson Ferrari 10 Turbo —
DNF SEN Ayrton Senna Lotus 1 Accident —
DNF GHI Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella 25 Accident —
DNF NAN Alessandro Nannini Minardi 19 Accident —
DNF DEC Andrea de Cesaris Minardi 23 Turbo —
DNF JON Alan Jones Lola 20 Accident —

Qualifying — Two-session

Pos Driver Team Time
1 SEN Ayrton Senna Lotus 1:06.526
2 MAN Nigel Mansell Williams 1:06.755
3 PIQ Nelson Piquet Williams 1:06.797
4 ARN René Arnoux Ligier 1:07.075
5 PRO Alain Prost McLaren 1:07.266
6 ALB Michele Alboreto Ferrari 1:07.365
7 ROS Keke Rosberg McLaren 1:07.545
8 BER Gerhard Berger Benetton 1:07.554
9 FAB Teo Fabi Benetton 1:07.818
10 JOH Stefan Johansson Ferrari 1:07.874
11 LAF Jacques Laffite Ligier 1:07.913
12 DUM Johnny Dumfries Lotus 1:08.544
13 TAM Patrick Tambay Lola 1:08.616
14 WAR Derek Warwick Brabham 1:08.905
15 BRU Martin Brundle Tyrrell 1:09.044
16 PAT Riccardo Patrese Brabham 1:09.436
17 STR Philippe Streiff Tyrrell 1:09.700
18 DAN Christian Danner Arrows 1:09.737
19 NAN Alessandro Nannini Minardi 1:09.792
20 JON Alan Jones Lola 1:09.929
21 BOU Thierry Boutsen Arrows 1:09.987
22 PAL Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 1:10.305
23 DEC Andrea de Cesaris Minardi 1:11.483
24 ROT Huub Rothengatter Zakspeed 1:12.163
25 GHI Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella 1:12.443
26 BER Allen Berg Osella 1:14.264