French Grand Prix
Nigel Mansell (Williams) won the 1986 French Grand Prix at Circuit Paul Ricard.
Circuit Circuit Paul Ricard
LocationLe Castellet, France
Date6 July 1986
StatusFinished
Real F1 data provided by the Jolpica API (community-maintained successor to Ergast). Results typically update a few days after each race weekend — this is a results archive, not a live-timing feed.
Race Results
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Status | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigel Mansell | Williams | 2 | 80 | Finished | 9 |
| 2 | Alain Prost | McLaren | 5 | 80 | Finished | 6 |
| 3 | Nelson Piquet | Williams | 3 | 80 | Finished | 4 |
| 4 | Keke Rosberg | McLaren | 7 | 80 | Finished | 3 |
| 5 | René Arnoux | Ligier | 4 | 79 | +1 Lap | 2 |
| 6 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 11 | 79 | +1 Lap | 1 |
| 7 | Riccardo Patrese | Brabham | 16 | 78 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 8 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 9 | 78 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 9 | Derek Warwick | Brabham | 14 | 77 | +3 Laps | 0 |
| 10 | Martin Brundle | Tyrrell | 15 | 77 | +3 Laps | 0 |
| 11 | Christian Danner | Arrows | 18 | 76 | +4 Laps | 0 |
| 12 | Thierry Boutsen | Arrows | 21 | 67 | Not classified | 0 |
| 13 | Patrick Tambay | Lola | 13 | 64 | Brakes | 0 |
| 14 | Johnny Dumfries | Team Lotus | 12 | 56 | Engine | 0 |
| 15 | Jonathan Palmer | Zakspeed | 22 | 46 | Engine | 0 |
| 16 | Philippe Streiff | Tyrrell | 17 | 43 | Heat shield fire | 0 |
| 17 | Huub Rothengatter | Zakspeed | 24 | 32 | Accident | 0 |
| 18 | Allen Berg | Osella | 26 | 25 | Turbo | 0 |
| 19 | Gerhard Berger | Benetton | 8 | 22 | Gearbox | 0 |
| 20 | Teo Fabi | Benetton | 6 | 7 | Engine | 0 |
| 21 | Stefan Johansson | Ferrari | 10 | 5 | Turbo | 0 |
| 22 | Ayrton Senna | Team Lotus | 1 | 3 | Accident | 0 |
| 23 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Osella | 25 | 3 | Accident | 0 |
| 24 | Alessandro Nannini | Minardi | 19 | 3 | Accident | 0 |
| 25 | Andrea de Cesaris | Minardi | 23 | 3 | Turbo | 0 |
| 26 | Alan Jones | Lola | 20 | 2 | Accident | 0 |