Type: | F1 |
Country: | France |
Grand Prix: | French |
Official Name: | 72e Grand Prix de France[1] |
Date: | 6 July |
Year: | 1986 |
Race No: | 8 |
Season No: | 16 |
Location: | Circuit Paul Ricard Le Castellet, Var, France |
Course: | Permanent racing facility |
Course Mi: | 2.369 |
Course Km: | 3.812 |
Distance Laps: | 80 |
Distance Mi: | 189.493 |
Distance Km: | 304.960 |
Weather: | Dry |
Pole Driver: | Ayrton Senna |
Pole Team: | Lotus-Renault |
Pole Time: | 1:06.526 |
Pole Country: | Brazil |
Pole Flag Suffix: | 1968 |
Fast Driver: | Nigel Mansell |
Fast Team: | Williams-Honda |
Fast Time: | 1:09.993 |
Fast Lap: | 57 |
Fast Country: | UK |
First Driver: | Nigel Mansell |
First Team: | Williams-Honda |
First Country: | UK |
Second Driver: | Alain Prost |
Second Team: | McLaren-TAG |
Second Country: | France |
Third Driver: | Nelson Piquet |
Third Team: | Williams-Honda |
Third Country: | Brazil |
Third Flag Suffix: | 1968 |
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 5.81km (03.61miles) circuit two months previously, a decision was made to use the shorter, 3.812km (02.369miles) "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 1.8km (01.1miles) to 1km (01miles). Nonetheless, the cars still recorded speeds of over 3300NaN0 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]
Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Q1 | Q2 | Gap | |
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1 | 12 | Ayrton Senna | Lotus-Renault | 1:06.526 | 1:06.807 | ||
2 | 5 | Nigel Mansell | Williams-Honda | 1:06.755 | 1:09.899 | +0.229 | |
3 | 6 | Nelson Piquet | Williams-Honda | 1:06.797 | 1:07.184 | +0.271 | |
4 | 25 | René Arnoux | Ligier-Renault | 1:07.114 | 1:07.075 | +0.549 | |
5 | 1 | Alain Prost | McLaren-TAG | 1:07.270 | 1:07.266 | +0.740 | |
6 | 27 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 1:07.365 | 1:09.161 | +0.839 | |
7 | 2 | McLaren-TAG | 1:07.545 | 1:08.175 | +1.019 | ||
8 | 20 | Gerhard Berger | Benetton-BMW | 1:07.835 | 1:07.554 | +1.028 | |
9 | 19 | Teo Fabi | Benetton-BMW | 1:08.703 | 1:07.818 | +1.292 | |
10 | 28 | Stefan Johansson | Ferrari | 1:07.874 | 1:08.881 | +1.348 | |
11 | 26 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier-Renault | 1:07.913 | 1:08.288 | +1.387 | |
12 | 11 | Johnny Dumfries | Lotus-Renault | 1:09.477 | 1:08.544 | +2.018 | |
13 | 16 | Patrick Tambay | Lola-Ford | 1:09.108 | 1:08.616 | +2.090 | |
14 | 8 | Derek Warwick | Brabham-BMW | 1:09.471 | 1:08.905 | +2.379 | |
15 | 3 | Martin Brundle | Tyrrell-Renault | 1:09.044 | 1:10.293 | +2.518 | |
16 | 7 | Riccardo Patrese | Brabham-BMW | 1:09.624 | 1:09.436 | +2.910 | |
17 | 4 | Philippe Streiff | Tyrrell-Renault | 1:09.935 | 1:09.700 | +3.174 | |
18 | 17 | Christian Danner | Arrows-BMW | 1:09.737 | 1:10.614 | +3.211 | |
19 | 24 | Alessandro Nannini | Minardi-Motori Moderni | 1:09.792 | 1:10.630 | +3.266 | |
20 | 15 | Alan Jones | Lola-Ford | 1:09.929 | 1:10.733 | +3.403 | |
21 | 18 | Thierry Boutsen | Arrows-BMW | 1:09.987 | 1:28.882 | +3.461 | |
22 | 14 | Jonathan Palmer | Zakspeed | 1:10.305 | 1:10.511 | +3.779 | |
23 | 23 | Andrea de Cesaris | Minardi-Motori Moderni | 1:11.483 | 1:21.859 | +4.957 | |
24 | 29 | Huub Rothengatter | Zakspeed | 1:12.940 | 1:12.163 | +5.637 | |
25 | 21 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Osella-Alfa Romeo | 1:14.496 | 1:12.443 | +5.917 | |
26 | 22 | Allen Berg | Osella-Alfa Romeo | 1:18.866 | 1:14.264 | +7.738 |
Pos | Driver | Points | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 39 | |||
2 | Nigel Mansell | 38 | ||
3 | Ayrton Senna | 36 | ||
4 | Nelson Piquet | 23 | ||
5 | Keke Rosberg | 17 | ||
Source: [3] |
Pos | Constructor | Points | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Williams-Honda | 61 | ||
2 | 56 | |||
3 | Lotus-Renault | 36 | ||
4 | Ligier-Renault | 22 | ||
5 | Ferrari | 13 | ||
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