The Garagiste.

The Turbo Era  ·  Round 8

French Grand Prix

1986  ·  Circuit Paul Ricard  ·  6 July 1986  ·  80 laps

  1. 1st Nigel Mansell Williams · 01:37:19.272
  2. 2nd Alain Prost McLaren · +17.128
  3. 3rd Nelson Piquet Williams · +37.545

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Ayrton Senna

Team Lotus  —  Pole position

02 Lap 3

Ayrton Senna

Retirement Team Lotus  —  Accident

03 Lap 7

Teo Fabi

Retirement Benetton  —  Engine

04 Lap 56

Johnny Dumfries

Retirement Team Lotus  —  Engine

05 Lap 64

Patrick Tambay

Retirement Lola  —  Brakes

06 Lap 67

Thierry Boutsen

Retirement Arrows  —  Not classified

07 On the Charge

Riccardo Patrese

Brabham  —  P16 → P7

08 Victory

Nigel Mansell

Williams  —  Won from P2

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Nigel Mansell Williams 2 80 01:37:19.272 9
2 Alain Prost McLaren 5 80 +17.128 6
3 Nelson Piquet Williams 3 80 +37.545 4
4 Keke Rosberg McLaren 7 80 +48.703 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
8 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 9 78 +2 Laps
9 Derek Warwick Brabham 14 77 +3 Laps
10 Martin Brundle Tyrrell 15 77 +3 Laps
11 Christian Danner Arrows 18 76 +4 Laps
12 Thierry Boutsen Arrows 21 67 Not classified
13 Patrick Tambay Lola 13 64 Brakes
14 Johnny Dumfries Team Lotus 12 56 Engine
15 Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 22 46 Engine
16 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell 17 43 Heat shield fire
17 Huub Rothengatter Zakspeed 24 32 Accident
18 Allen Berg Osella 26 25 Turbo
19 Gerhard Berger Benetton 8 22 Gearbox
20 Teo Fabi Benetton 6 7 Engine
21 Stefan Johansson Ferrari 10 5 Turbo
22 Ayrton Senna Team Lotus 1 3 Accident
23 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella 25 3 Accident
24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi 19 3 Accident
25 Andrea de Cesaris Minardi 23 3 Turbo
26 Alan Jones Lola 20 2 Accident

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