French Grand Prix
1986 · Round 8 · Le Castellet, France · Jul 6, 1986Race summary
Mansell won the race from 2nd on the grid, 17.1s ahead of Prost. Patrese was the standout mover, climbing from 16th to 7th. Arnoux lost the most ground, from 4th on the grid down to 5th (down 1 place).
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time / status | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigel Mansell | Williams | 2 | 80 | 1:37:19.272 | 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 | 0 |
| 8 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 9 | 78 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 9 | Derek Warwick | Brabham | 14 | 77 | +3 Laps | 0 |
| 10 | Martin Brundle | Tyrrell | 15 | 77 | +3 Laps | 0 |
| 11 | Christian Danner | Arrows | 18 | 76 | +4 Laps | 0 |
| – | Thierry Boutsen | Arrows | 21 | 67 | Not classified | 0 |
| – | Patrick Tambay | Lola | 13 | 64 | Brakes | 0 |
| – | Johnny Dumfries | Team Lotus | 12 | 56 | Engine | 0 |
| – | Jonathan Palmer | Zakspeed | 22 | 46 | Engine | 0 |
| – | Philippe Streiff | Tyrrell | 17 | 43 | Heat shield fire | 0 |
| – | Huub Rothengatter | Zakspeed | 24 | 32 | Accident | 0 |
| – | Allen Berg | Osella | 26 | 25 | Turbo | 0 |
| – | Gerhard Berger | Benetton | 8 | 22 | Gearbox | 0 |
| – | Teo Fabi | Benetton | 6 | 7 | Engine | 0 |
| – | Stefan Johansson | Ferrari | 10 | 5 | Turbo | 0 |
| – | Ayrton Senna | Team Lotus | 1 | 3 | Accident | 0 |
| – | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Osella | 25 | 3 | Accident | 0 |
| – | Alessandro Nannini | Minardi | 19 | 3 | Accident | 0 |
| – | Andrea de Cesaris | Minardi | 23 | 3 | Turbo | 0 |
| – | Alan Jones | Lola | 20 | 2 | Accident | 0 |