1986 French Grand Prix

Date	Sunday, 6 July 1986
Winner	Nigel Mansell Williams-Honda
Pole position	Ayrton Senna Lotus-Renault
Fastest lap	Nigel Mansell Williams-Honda
Circuit	Le Castellet, 80 laps
Round	8 of 16
Race numbers	The 1986 French Grand Prix was the: 428th World Championship race 36th World Championship French Grand Prix 10th World Championship race at Le Castellet
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Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1	+1	(GBR) Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	80	1hr 37m 19.272s	9
2	+3	(FRA) Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	80	+17.128s	6
3		(BRA) Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	80	+37.545s	4
4	+3	(FIN) Keke Rosberg	McLaren-TAG	80	+48.703s	3
5	-1	(FRA) Rene Arnoux	Ligier-Renault	79	+1 lap	2
6	+5	(FRA) Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Renault	79	+1 lap	1
7	+9	(ITA) Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	78	+2 laps
8	-2	(ITA) Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	78	+2 laps
9	+5	(GBR) Derek Warwick	Brabham-BMW	77	+3 laps
10	+5	(GBR) Martin Brundle	Tyrrell-Renault	77	+3 laps
11	+7	(DEU) Christian Danner	Arrows-BMW	76	+4 laps
NC		(BEL) Thierry Boutsen	Arrows-BMW	67	+13 laps
R		(FRA) Patrick Tambay	Lola-Ford Cosworth	64	DNF
R		(GBR) Johnny Dumfries	Lotus-Renault	56	DNF
R		(GBR) Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	46	DNF
R		(FRA) Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell-Renault	43	DNF
R		(NLD) Huub Rothengatter	Zakspeed	32	DNF
R		(CAN) Allen Berg	Osella-Alfa Romeo	25	DNF
R		(AUT) Gerhard Berger	Benetton-BMW	22	DNF
R		(ITA) Teo Fabi	Benetton-BMW	7	DNF
R		(SWE) Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	5	DNF
R		(BRA) Ayrton Senna	Lotus-Renault	3	DNF
R		(ITA) Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Alfa Romeo	3	DNF
R		(ITA) Alessandro Nannini	Minardi-Motori Moderni	3	DNF
R		(ITA) Andrea de Cesaris	Minardi-Motori Moderni	3	DNF
R		(AUS) Alan Jones	Lola-Ford Cosworth	2	DNF

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	(BRA) Ayrton Senna	Lotus-Renault	1:06.526
2	(GBR) Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	1:06.755	0.229
3	(BRA) Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	1:06.797	0.271
4	(FRA) Rene Arnoux	Ligier-Renault	1:07.075	0.549
5	(FRA) Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	1:07.266	0.740
6	(ITA) Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	1:07.365	0.839
7	(FIN) Keke Rosberg	McLaren-TAG	1:07.545	1.019
8	(AUT) Gerhard Berger	Benetton-BMW	1:07.554	1.028
9	(ITA) Teo Fabi	Benetton-BMW	1:07.818	1.292
10	(SWE) Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	1:07.874	1.348
11	(FRA) Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Renault	1:07.913	1.387
12	(GBR) Johnny Dumfries	Lotus-Renault	1:08.544	2.018
13	(FRA) Patrick Tambay	Lola-Ford Cosworth	1:08.616	2.090
14	(GBR) Derek Warwick	Brabham-BMW	1:08.905	2.379
15	(GBR) Martin Brundle	Tyrrell-Renault	1:09.044	2.518
16	(ITA) Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	1:09.436	2.910
17	(FRA) Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell-Renault	1:09.700	3.174
18	(DEU) Christian Danner	Arrows-BMW	1:09.737	3.211
19	(ITA) Alessandro Nannini	Minardi-Motori Moderni	1:09.792	3.266
20	(AUS) Alan Jones	Lola-Ford Cosworth	1:09.929	3.403
21	(BEL) Thierry Boutsen	Arrows-BMW	1:09.987	3.461
22	(GBR) Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	1:10.305	3.779
23	(ITA) Andrea de Cesaris	Minardi-Motori Moderni	1:11.483	4.957
24	(NLD) Huub Rothengatter	Zakspeed	1:12.163	5.637
25	(ITA) Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Alfa Romeo	1:12.443	5.917
26	(CAN) Allen Berg	Osella-Alfa Romeo	1:14.264	7.738

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Wins: 5th for Nigel Mansell; 26th for Williams
Podiums: 43rd for Alain Prost; 33rd for Nelson Piquet; 12th for Nigel Mansell; 129th for McLaren; 69th & 70th for Williams (6th constructor to score 70 podiums)
Poles: 12th for Ayrton Senna; 103rd for Lotus EQUALLED RECORD (shared with Ferrari)
Fastest laps: 4th for Nigel Mansell; 28th for Williams
Front row starts: 16th for Ayrton Senna; 11th for Nigel Mansell
Points finishes: 59th and last for Jacques Laffite
Win & fastest lap: 1st for Nigel Mansell (48th different driver to win and set the fastest lap, 10th British driver; first British driver to win and set the fastest lap since 1982)