The Garagiste.

The Turbo Era  ·  Round 6

French Grand Prix

1987  ·  Circuit Paul Ricard  ·  5 July 1987  ·  80 laps

  1. 1st Nigel Mansell Williams · 01:37:03.839
  2. 2nd Nelson Piquet Williams · +7.711
  3. 3rd Alain Prost McLaren · +55.255

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Nigel Mansell

Williams  —  Pole position

02 Lap 31

Thierry Boutsen

Retirement Benetton  —  Engine

03 Lap 57

Philippe Alliot

Retirement Larrousse  —  Gearbox

04 Lap 62

Derek Warwick

Retirement Arrows  —  Turbo

05 Lap 64

Michele Alboreto

Retirement Ferrari  —  Engine

06 Lap 71

Gerhard Berger

Retirement Ferrari  —  Suspension

07 Lap 71

Satoru Nakajima

Retirement Team Lotus  —  Not classified

08 On the Charge

Philippe Streiff

Tyrrell  —  P25 → P6

09 Victory

Nigel Mansell

Williams  —  Won from P1

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Nigel Mansell Williams 1 80 01:37:03.839 9
2 Nelson Piquet Williams 4 80 +7.711 6
3 Alain Prost McLaren 2 80 +55.255 4
4 Ayrton Senna Team Lotus 3 79 +1 Lap 3
5 Teo Fabi Benetton 7 77 +3 Laps 2
6 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell 25 76 +4 Laps 1
7 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell 24 76 +4 Laps
8 Stefan Johansson McLaren 9 74 +6 Laps
9 Pascal Fabre AGS 26 74 +6 Laps
10 Gerhard Berger Ferrari 6 71 Suspension
11 Satoru Nakajima Team Lotus 16 71 Not classified
12 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 8 64 Engine
13 Derek Warwick Arrows 10 62 Turbo
14 Philippe Alliot Larrousse 23 57 Gearbox
15 Ivan Capelli March 22 52 Engine
16 Adrián Campos Minardi 21 52 Turbo
17 René Arnoux Ligier 13 33 Exhaust
18 Thierry Boutsen Benetton 5 31 Engine
19 Christian Danner Zakspeed 19 26 Overheating
20 Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier 17 24 Engine
21 Alessandro Nannini Minardi 15 23 Turbo
22 Riccardo Patrese Brabham 12 19 Differential
23 Martin Brundle Zakspeed 18 18 Wheel
24 Alex Caffi Osella 20 11 Engine
25 Andrea de Cesaris Brabham 11 2 Turbo
26 Eddie Cheever Arrows 14 0 Electrical

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