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1986 Grand Prix of France Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post Formula One race number 8 of 16 Sunday, July 6, 1986 at Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France 80 laps on a 3.813 kilometer road course (305.040 kilometers) Time of race: 1:37:19.272 Average speed: 188.062 kph Pole time: 66.526 seconds Cautions: none Margin of victory: 17.128 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 5 Glossary    1986 Formula One results   /   1986 standings

Pos St # Driver Team Chass./Eng. Laps Status Led Pts 1 2 5   Nigel Mansell Canon Williams Honda Williams FW11 / Honda RA166E 80 1:37:19.272 64 9 2 5 1   Alain Prost Marlboro McLaren International McLaren MP4-2C / TAG Porsche P01 80 +17.128 16 6 3 3 6   Nelson Piquet Canon Williams Honda Williams FW11 / Honda RA166E 80 +37.545 0 4 4 7 2   Keke Rosberg Marlboro McLaren International McLaren MP4-2C / TAG Porsche P01 80 +48.703 0 3 5 4 25   Rene Arnoux Equipe Ligier Ligier JS27 / Renault EF15 79 +1 lap 0 2 6 11 26   Jacques Laffite Equipe Ligier Ligier JS27 / Renault EF15 79 +1 lap 0 1 7 16 7   Riccardo Patrese Motor Racing Developments Brabham BT54 / Brabham BT55 78 +2 laps 0 0 8 9 27   Michele Alboreto Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC Ferrari F1-86 / Ferrari 032 78 +2 laps 0 0 9 14 8   Derek Warwick Motor Racing Developments Brabham BT54 / Brabham BT55 77 +3 laps 0 0 10 15 3   Martin Brundle Data General Team Tyrrell Tyrrell 015 / Renault EF15 77 +3 laps 0 0 11 18 17   Christian Danner Barclays Arrows BMW Arrows A8 / BMW M12 76 +4 laps 0 0 nc 21 18   Thierry Boutsen Barclays Arrows BMW Arrows A8 / BMW M12 67 +13 laps 0 0 ret 13 16   Patrick Tambay Team Haas Lola THL2 / Hart 415T 64 brakes 0 0 ret 12 11   Johnny Dumfries John Player Special Team Lotus Lotus 98T / Renault EF15B 56 engine 0 0 ret 22 14   Jonathan Palmer West Zakspeed Racing Zakspeed 861 / Zakspeed 1500/4 46 engine 0 0 ret 17 4   Philippe Streiff Data General Team Tyrrell Tyrrell 015 / Renault EF15 43 fire 0 0 ret 24 29   Huub Rothengatter West Zakspeed Racing Zakspeed 861 / Zakspeed 1500/4 32 crash 0 0 ret 26 22   Allen Berg Osella Squadra Corse Osella FA1G / Alfa Romeo 890T 25 turbo 0 0 ret 8 20   Gerhard Berger Benetton Formula Benetton B186 / BMW M12 22 gearbox 0 0 ret 6 19   Teo Fabi Benetton Formula Benetton B186 / BMW M12 7 engine 0 0 ret 10 28   Stefan Johansson Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC Ferrari F1-86 / Ferrari 032 5 turbo 0 0 ret 1 12   Ayrton Senna John Player Special Team Lotus Lotus 98T / Renault EF15B 3 crash 0 0 ret 25 21   Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella Squadra Corse Osella FA1F / Alfa Romeo 890T 3 crash 0 0 ret 19 24   Alessandro Nannini Minardi Team Minardi M185B / Motori Moderni Tipo 615-9 3 crash 0 0 ret 23 23   Andrea de Cesaris Minardi Team Minardi M185B / Motori Moderni Tipo 615-9 3 turbo 0 0 ret 20 15   Alan Jones Team Haas Lola THL2 / Hart 415T 2 crash 0 0

Fastest Lap: 196.117 kph by Nigel Mansell Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Nigel Mansell 1 25 25   Alain Prost 26 36 11   Nigel Mansell 37 53 17   Alain Prost 54 58 5   Nigel Mansell 59 80 22 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Alain Prost 39     2   Nigel Mansell 38   -1   3   Ayrton Senna 36   -3   4   Nelson Piquet 23   -16   5   Keke Rosberg 17   -22   6   Jacques Laffite 14   -25   7   Rene Arnoux 8   -31   8   Stefan Johansson 7   -32   9   Michele Alboreto 6   -33   9   Gerhard Berger 6   -33   11   Teo Fabi 2   -37   11   Martin Brundle 2   -37   11   Riccardo Patrese 2   -37