1986 French Grand Prix

  1986 French Grand Prix

Race details
Race 8 of 16 in the 1986 Formula One season
Date	July 6, 1986
Location	Paul Ricard Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility 3.812 km (2.369 mi)
Distance	80 laps, 304.96 km (189.52 mi)
Weather	Dry
Pole position
Driver	Ayrton Senna	Lotus-Renault
Time	1:06.526
Fastest lap
Driver	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda
Time	1:09.993 on lap 57
Podium
First	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda
Second	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG
Third	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda

The 1986 French Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Paul Ricard on July 6, 1986. Elio De Angelis's fatal crash on the full circuit 2 months before prompted Formula One to use a shortened version of the circuit.

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	5	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	80	1:37:19.272	2	9
2	1	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	80	+ 17.128	5	6
3	6	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	80	+ 37.545	3	4
4	2	Keke Rosberg	McLaren-TAG	80	+ 48.703	7	3
5	25	René Arnoux	Ligier-Renault	79	+ 1 Lap	4	2
6	26	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Renault	79	+ 1 Lap	11	1
7	7	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	78	+ 2 Laps	16
8	27	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	78	+ 2 Laps	9
9	8	Derek Warwick	Brabham-BMW	77	+ 3 Laps	14
10	3	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell-Renault	77	+ 3 Laps	15
11	17	Christian Danner	Arrows-BMW	76	+ 4 Laps	18
NC	18	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows-BMW	67	Not Classified	21
Ret	16	Patrick Tambay	Lola-Ford	64	Brakes	13
Ret	11	Johnny Dumfries	Lotus-Renault	56	Engine	12
Ret	14	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	46	Engine	22
Ret	4	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell-Renault	43	Fire	17
Ret	29	Huub Rothengatter	Zakspeed	32	Accident	24
Ret	22	Allen Berg	Osella-Alfa Romeo	25	Turbo	26
Ret	20	Gerhard Berger	Benetton-BMW	22	Gearbox	8
Ret	19	Teo Fabi	Benetton-BMW	7	Engine	6
Ret	28	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	5	Turbo	10
Ret	12	Ayrton Senna	Lotus-Renault	3	Accident	1
Ret	21	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Alfa Romeo	3	Accident	25
Ret	24	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi-Motori Moderni	3	Accident	19
Ret	23	Andrea de Cesaris	Minardi-Motori Moderni	3	Turbo	23
Ret	15	Alan Jones	Lola-Ford	2	Accident	20

Trivia

• Ayrton Senna crashed at Signes after slipping on some oil spilled on to the track from Andrea De Cesaris's Minardi. This was the second year in a row Senna crashed at this corner, even in similar circumstances.
• It was Christian Danner's first race to be completed in his 10th Grand Prix.

Standings after Grand Prix

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Alain Prost 39 2 Nigel Mansell 38 3 Ayrton Senna 36 4 Nelson Piquet 23 5 Keke Rosberg 17

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Williams-Honda 61 2 McLaren-TAG 56 3 Lotus-Renault 36 4 Ligier-Renault 22 5 Ferrari 13

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

Unless otherwise indicated, all race results are taken from "The Official Formula 1 website". http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1986/254/. Retrieved 2007-06-17.