1986 French Grand Prix
- Round
- 8 of 1986
- Circuit
- Circuit Paul Ricard
- Location
- Le Castellet, France
- Dates
- —
- Format
- Standard weekend
- Winner
- Nigel Mansell
- Constructor
- Williams
- Entrant
- Williams-Honda
- Pole position
- Ayrton Senna
- Fastest lap
- Nigel Mansell
- Confidence
- reference
Classification
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Grid | Laps | Points | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigel Mansell | Williams | 2 | 80 | 9 | — · fastest lap |
| 2 | Alain Prost | McLaren | 5 | 80 | 6 | — |
| 3 | Nelson Piquet | Williams | 3 | 80 | 4 | — |
| 4 | Keke Rosberg | McLaren | 7 | 80 | 3 | — |
| 5 | Rene Arnoux | Ligier | 4 | 79 | 2 | — |
| 6 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 11 | 79 | 1 | — |
| 7 | Riccardo Patrese | Brabham | 16 | 78 | — | — |
| 8 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 6 | 78 | — | — |
| 9 | Derek Warwick | Brabham | 14 | 77 | — | — |
| 10 | Martin Brundle | Tyrrell | 15 | 77 | — | — |
| 11 | Christian Danner | Arrows | 18 | 76 | — | — |
| DNF | Ayrton Senna | Team Lotus | 1 | 3 | — | Accident |
| DNF | Gerhard Berger | Benetton | 8 | 22 | — | Gearbox |
| DNF | Teo Fabi | Benetton | 9 | 7 | — | Engine |
| DNF | Stefan Johansson | Ferrari | 10 | 5 | — | Turbo |
| DNF | Johnny Dumfries | Team Lotus | 12 | 56 | — | Engine |
| DNF | Patrick Tambay | Lola | 13 | 64 | — | Brakes |
| DNF | Philippe Streiff | Tyrrell | 17 | 43 | — | Fire |
| DNF | Alessandro Nannini | Minardi | 19 | 3 | — | Accident |
| DNF | Alan Jones | Lola | 20 | 2 | — | Accident |
| NC | Thierry Boutsen | Arrows | 21 | 67 | — | NC |
| DNF | Jonathan Palmer | Zakspeed | 22 | 46 | — | Engine |
| DNF | Andrea de Cesaris | Minardi | 23 | 3 | — | Turbo |
| DNF | Huub Rothengatter | Zakspeed | 24 | 32 | — | Accident |
| DNF | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Osella | 25 | 3 | — | Accident |
| DNF | Allen Berg | Osella | 26 | 25 | — | Turbo |