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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