Race · Round 8 of 16 · 6 July 1986

1986 French Grand Prix

Nigel Mansell won for Williams from 2nd on the grid at Circuit Paul Ricard. 15 of the starters were not classified.

Circuit: Circuit Paul RicardLe Castellet, France
Winner: Nigel MansellWilliams
Pole: Ayrton Senna
Fastest lap: Nigel Mansell
Entries: 2611 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Nigel Mansell	Williams	FW11	2	80	Finished	9	fastest lap
2	Alain Prost	McLaren	MP4/2C	5	80	Finished	6
3	Nelson Piquet	Williams	FW11	3	80	Finished	4
4	Keke Rosberg	McLaren	MP4/2C	7	80	Finished	3
5	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	JS27	4	79	Finished	2
6	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	JS27	11	79	Finished	1
7	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	—	16	78	Finished	0
8	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	F1/86	6	78	Finished	0
9	Derek Warwick	Brabham	—	14	77	Finished	0
10	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell	—	15	77	Finished	0
11	Christian Danner	Arrows	—	18	76	Finished	0
NC	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	—	21	67	NC	0
DNF	Patrick Tambay	Lola	THL2	13	64	Brakes	0
DNF	Johnny Dumfries	Team Lotus	98T	12	56	Engine	0
DNF	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	861	22	46	Engine	0
DNF	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	—	17	43	Fire	0
DNF	Huub Rothengatter	Zakspeed	861	24	32	Accident	0
DNF	Allen Berg	Osella	—	26	25	Turbo	0
DNF	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	B186	8	22	Gearbox	0
DNF	Teo Fabi	Benetton	B186	9	7	Engine	0
DNF	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	F1/86	10	5	Turbo	0
DNF	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	98T	1	3	Accident	0
DNF	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	—	25	3	Accident	0
DNF	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	—	19	3	Accident	0
DNF	Andrea de Cesaris	Minardi	—	23	3	Turbo	0
DNF	Alan Jones	Lola	THL2	20	2	Accident	0

A blank chassis is a season the team ran more than one design and no source says which car raced here.

F1DB layout paul-ricard-2 · 3.813 km · 9 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Nigel Mansell	2	1	80
Alain Prost	5	2	80
Nelson Piquet	3	3	80
Keke Rosberg	7	4	80
Rene Arnoux	4	5	79
Jacques Laffite	11	6	79
Riccardo Patrese	16	7	78
Michele Alboreto	6	8	78
Derek Warwick	14	9	77
Martin Brundle	15	10	77
Christian Danner	18	11	76
Thierry Boutsen	21	NC	67
Patrick Tambay	13	DNF	64
Johnny Dumfries	12	DNF	56
Jonathan Palmer	22	DNF	46
Philippe Streiff	17	DNF	43
Huub Rothengatter	24	DNF	32
Allen Berg	26	DNF	25
Gerhard Berger	8	DNF	22
Teo Fabi	9	DNF	7
Stefan Johansson	10	DNF	5
Ayrton Senna	1	DNF	3
Piercarlo Ghinzani	25	DNF	3
Alessandro Nannini	19	DNF	3
Andrea de Cesaris	23	DNF	3
Alan Jones	20	DNF	2

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	12	1:06.526	—	—
2	Nigel Mansell	Williams	5	1:06.755	+0.229	+0.229
3	Nelson Piquet	Williams	6	1:06.797	+0.271	+0.042
4	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	25	1:07.075	+0.549	+0.278
5	Alain Prost	McLaren	1	1:07.266	+0.740	+0.191
6	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:07.365	+0.839	+0.099
7	Keke Rosberg	McLaren	2	1:07.545	+1.019	+0.180
8	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	20	1:07.554	+1.028	+0.009
9	Teo Fabi	Benetton	19	1:07.818	+1.292	+0.264
10	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	28	1:07.874	+1.348	+0.056
11	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	26	1:07.913	+1.387	+0.039
12	Johnny Dumfries	Team Lotus	11	1:08.544	+2.018	+0.631
13	Patrick Tambay	Lola	16	1:08.616	+2.090	+0.072
14	Derek Warwick	Brabham	8	1:08.905	+2.379	+0.289
15	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell	3	1:09.044	+2.518	+0.139
16	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	7	1:09.436	+2.910	+0.392
17	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	4	1:09.700	+3.174	+0.264
18	Christian Danner	Arrows	17	1:09.737	+3.211	+0.037
19	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	24	1:09.792	+3.266	+0.055
20	Alan Jones	Lola	15	1:09.929	+3.403	+0.137
21	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	18	1:09.987	+3.461	+0.058
22	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	14	1:10.305	+3.779	+0.318
23	Andrea de Cesaris	Minardi	23	1:11.483	+4.957	+1.178
24	Huub Rothengatter	Zakspeed	29	1:12.163	+5.637	+0.680
25	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	21	1:12.443	+5.917	+0.280
26	Allen Berg	Osella	22	1:14.264	+7.738	+1.821

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

Pit stops

Pit stops are recorded from 1994. F1DB, the source of every stop here, holds none before then, so this race has no stints to draw.

Practice sessions Warm-up

Warm-up

Warm-up
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Keke Rosberg	McLaren	2	1:10.968	—	—	—
2	Alain Prost	McLaren	1	1:11.148	+0.180	+0.180	—
3	Nigel Mansell	Williams	5	1:11.257	+0.289	+0.109	—
4	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	25	1:11.696	+0.728	+0.439	—
5	Nelson Piquet	Williams	6	1:11.911	+0.943	+0.215	—
6	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	12	1:11.982	+1.014	+0.071	—
7	Teo Fabi	Benetton	19	1:12.692	+1.724	+0.710	—
8	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	7	1:12.704	+1.736	+0.012	—
9	Derek Warwick	Brabham	8	1:12.875	+1.907	+0.171	—
10	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:13.032	+2.064	+0.157	—
11	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	28	1:13.163	+2.195	+0.131	—
12	Patrick Tambay	Lola	16	1:13.283	+2.315	+0.120	—
13	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	26	1:13.402	+2.434	+0.119	—
14	Johnny Dumfries	Team Lotus	11	1:13.881	+2.913	+0.479	—
15	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	18	1:14.222	+3.254	+0.341	—
16	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell	3	1:14.226	+3.258	+0.004	—
17	Alan Jones	Lola	15	1:14.338	+3.370	+0.112	—
18	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	4	1:14.696	+3.728	+0.358	—
19	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	24	1:15.019	+4.051	+0.323	—
20	Christian Danner	Arrows	17	1:15.222	+4.254	+0.203	—
21	Huub Rothengatter	Zakspeed	29	1:15.333	+4.365	+0.111	—
22	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	21	1:15.442	+4.474	+0.109	—
23	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	14	1:15.590	+4.622	+0.148	—
24	Andrea de Cesaris	Minardi	23	1:15.907	+4.939	+0.317	—
25	Allen Berg	Osella	22	1:16.809	+5.841	+0.902	—
26	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	20	1:19.030	+8.062	+2.221	—

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

The cars in this race

The photograph each car's Wikipedia article leads with, from Wikimedia Commons: taken wherever and whenever that was, not necessarily at this race.

Lotus 98T
Senna Brands 1986 · Peterhanna · CC BY-SA 3.0 · unchecked

Zakspeed 861
Zakspeed-861-f1-1986 · CAR blueprints · CC BY-SA 4.0

A photograph marked unchecked has a file name that does not name the car it is shown for. Most are still the right car, filed under the driver rather than the machine — but nobody has confirmed these one by one.

Where this comes from

Round: 8 of 1986
Grand Prix: French Grand Prix
Dates: 6 Jul 1986
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Williams
Entrant: Williams-Honda
Confidence: reference

No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.