1986 French Grand Prix

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1986 French Grand Prix
Race 8 of 16 in the 1986 Formula One World Championship
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Race details
Date 6 July 1986
Official name 72e Grand Prix de France[1]
Location Circuit Paul Ricard
Le Castellet, Var, France
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 3.812 km (2.369 mi)
Distance 80 laps, 304.960 km (189.493 mi)
Weather Dry
Pole position
Driver
  • Brazil Ayrton Senna
 Lotus-Renault
Time 1:06.526
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom Nigel Mansell Williams-Honda
Time 1:09.993 on lap 57
Podium
First
Williams-Honda
Second
  • France Alain Prost
 McLaren-TAG
Third
Williams-Honda
Lap leaders

The 1986 French Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Paul Ricard on 6 July 1986. It was the eighth race of the 1986 Formula One World Championship.

Following Elio de Angelis's fatal testing crash on the full 5.81-kilometre (3.61 mi) circuit two months previously, a decision was made to use the shorter, 3.812-kilometre (2.369 mi) "Club" circuit for this race and for future F1 races (up to and including 1990). This eliminated the high-speed Verrerie bends, where de Angelis had crashed, and reduced the length of the Mistral straight from 1.8 km (1.1 mi) to 1 km (0.62 mi). Nonetheless, the cars still recorded speeds of over 330 km/h (205 mph) on the straight.

The 80-lap race was won by Nigel Mansell, driving a Williams-Honda. It was Mansell's third victory of the season. Alain Prost finished second in a McLaren-TAG, with Nelson Piquet third in the other Williams-Honda. Ayrton Senna took pole position in his Lotus-Renault, but crashed at Signes early in the race after sliding on oil laid by Andrea de Cesaris's failed Minardi.

This race marked Scuderia Ferrari's 400th start in a World Championship event as a team.[2]

Classification[]

Qualifying[]

Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap
1 12 Brazil Ayrton Senna Lotus-Renault 1:06.526 1:06.807
2 5 United Kingdom Nigel Mansell Williams-Honda 1:06.755 1:09.899 +0.229
3 6 Brazil Nelson Piquet Williams-Honda 1:06.797 1:07.184 +0.271
4 25 France René Arnoux Ligier-Renault 1:07.114 1:07.075 +0.549
5 1 France Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 1:07.270 1:07.266 +0.740
6 27 Italy Michele Alboreto Ferrari 1:07.365 1:09.161 +0.839
7 2 Finland Keke Rosberg McLaren-TAG 1:07.545 1:08.175 +1.019
8 20 Austria Gerhard Berger Benetton-BMW 1:07.835 1:07.554 +1.028
9 19 Italy Teo Fabi Benetton-BMW 1:08.703 1:07.818 +1.292
10 28 Sweden Stefan Johansson Ferrari 1:07.874 1:08.881 +1.348
11 26 France Jacques Laffite Ligier-Renault 1:07.913 1:08.288 +1.387
12 11 United Kingdom Johnny Dumfries Lotus-Renault 1:09.477 1:08.544 +2.018
13 16 France Patrick Tambay Lola-Ford 1:09.108 1:08.616 +2.090
14 8 United Kingdom Derek Warwick Brabham-BMW 1:09.471 1:08.905 +2.379
15 3 United Kingdom Martin Brundle Tyrrell-Renault 1:09.044 1:10.293 +2.518
16 7 Italy Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW 1:09.624 1:09.436 +2.910
17 4 France Philippe Streiff Tyrrell-Renault 1:09.935 1:09.700 +3.174
18 17 West Germany Christian Danner Arrows-BMW 1:09.737 1:10.614 +3.211
19 24 Italy Alessandro Nannini Minardi-Motori Moderni 1:09.792 1:10.630 +3.266
20 15 Australia Alan Jones Lola-Ford 1:09.929 1:10.733 +3.403
21 18 Belgium Thierry Boutsen Arrows-BMW 1:09.987 1:28.882 +3.461
22 14 United Kingdom Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 1:10.305 1:10.511 +3.779
23 23 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Minardi-Motori Moderni 1:11.483 1:21.859 +4.957
24 29 Netherlands Huub Rothengatter Zakspeed 1:12.940 1:12.163 +5.637
25 21 Italy Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Alfa Romeo 1:14.496 1:12.443 +5.917
26 22 Canada Allen Berg Osella-Alfa Romeo 1:18.866 1:14.264 +7.738

Race[]

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 5 United Kingdom Nigel Mansell Williams-Honda 80 1:37:19.272 2 9
2 1 France Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 80 + 17.128 5 6
3 6 Brazil Nelson Piquet Williams-Honda 80 + 37.545 3 4
4 2 Finland Keke Rosberg McLaren-TAG 80 + 48.703 7 3
5 25 France René Arnoux Ligier-Renault 79 + 1 Lap 4 2
6 26 France Jacques Laffite Ligier-Renault 79 + 1 Lap 11 1
7 7 Italy Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW 78 + 2 Laps 16  
8 27 Italy Michele Alboreto Ferrari 78 + 2 Laps 6  
9 8 United Kingdom Derek Warwick Brabham-BMW 77 + 3 Laps 14  
10 3 United Kingdom Martin Brundle Tyrrell-Renault 77 + 3 Laps 15  
11 17 Germany Christian Danner Arrows-BMW 76 + 4 Laps 18  
NC 18 Belgium Thierry Boutsen Arrows-BMW 67 + 13 Laps 21  
Ret 16 France Patrick Tambay Lola-Ford 64 Brakes 13  
Ret 11 United Kingdom Johnny Dumfries Lotus-Renault 56 Engine 12  
Ret 14 United Kingdom Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 46 Engine 22  
Ret 4 France Philippe Streiff Tyrrell-Renault 43 Fire 17  
Ret 29 Netherlands Huub Rothengatter Zakspeed 32 Accident 24  
Ret 22 Canada Allen Berg Osella-Alfa Romeo 25 Turbo 26  
Ret 20 Austria Gerhard Berger Benetton-BMW 22 Gearbox 8  
Ret 19 Italy Teo Fabi Benetton-BMW 7 Engine 9  
Ret 28 Sweden Stefan Johansson Ferrari 5 Turbo 10  
Ret 12 Brazil Ayrton Senna Lotus-Renault 3 Accident 1  
Ret 21 Italy Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Alfa Romeo 3 Accident 25  
Ret 24 Italy Alessandro Nannini Minardi-Motori Moderni 3 Accident 19  
Ret 23 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Minardi-Motori Moderni 3 Turbo 23  
Ret 15 Australia Alan Jones Lola-Ford 2 Accident 20  
Source:[3]

Championship standings after the race[]

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

References[]

  1. ^ "Motor Racing Programme Covers: 1986". The Programme Covers Project. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  2. ^ Scuderia Ferrari did not participate in the 1950 French Grand Prix; Peter Whitehead's privateer entry in this race does not count towards the team's participation tally.
  3. ^ "1986 French Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  4. ^ a b "France 1986 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 17 March 2019.


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