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1987 French Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitLe Castellet, 80 laps
Round6 of 16
Race numbers

The 1987 French Grand Prix was the:

  • 442nd World Championship race
  • 37th World Championship French Grand Prix
  • 11th World Championship race at Le Castellet
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Honda801hr 37m 03.839s9
2+2(BRA) Nelson PiquetWilliams-Honda80+7.711s6
3-1(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG80+55.255s4
4-1(BRA) Ayrton SennaLotus-Honda79+1 lap3
5+2(ITA) Teo FabiBenetton-Ford Cosworth77+3 laps2
6+19(FRA) Philippe StreiffTyrrell-Ford Cosworth76+4 laps1
7+17(GBR) Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth76+4 laps 
8+1(SWE) Stefan JohanssonMcLaren-TAG74DNF 
9+17(FRA) Pascal FabreAGS-Ford Cosworth74+6 laps 
R (AUT) Gerhard BergerFerrari71DNF 
NC (JPN) Satoru NakajimaLotus-Honda71+9 laps 
R (ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari64DNF 
R (GBR) Derek WarwickArrows-Megatron62DNF 
R (FRA) Philippe AlliotLola-Ford Cosworth57DNF 
R (ITA) Ivan CapelliMarch-Ford Cosworth52DNF 
R (ESP) Adrian CamposMinardi-Motori Moderni52DNF 
R (FRA) Rene ArnouxLigier-Megatron33DNF 
R (BEL) Thierry BoutsenBenetton-Ford Cosworth31DNF 
R (DEU) Christian DannerZakspeed26DNF 
R (ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniLigier-Megatron24DNF 
R (ITA) Alessandro NanniniMinardi-Motori Moderni23DNF 
R (ITA) Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW19DNF 
R (GBR) Martin BrundleZakspeed18DNF 
R (ITA) Alex CaffiOsella-Alfa Romeo11DNF 
R (ITA) Andrea de CesarisBrabham-BMW2DNF 
R (USA) Eddie CheeverArrows-Megatron0DNF 

Notes

  • Stefan Johansson ended lap 74 in P6 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1(GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Honda
2(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG
3(BRA) Ayrton SennaLotus-Honda
4(BRA) Nelson PiquetWilliams-Honda
5(BEL) Thierry BoutsenBenetton-Ford Cosworth
6(AUT) Gerhard BergerFerrari
7(ITA) Teo FabiBenetton-Ford Cosworth
8(ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari
9(SWE) Stefan JohanssonMcLaren-TAG
10(GBR) Derek WarwickArrows-Megatron
11(ITA) Andrea de CesarisBrabham-BMW
12(ITA) Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW
13(FRA) Rene ArnouxLigier-Megatron
14(USA) Eddie CheeverArrows-Megatron
15(ITA) Alessandro NanniniMinardi-Motori Moderni
16(JPN) Satoru NakajimaLotus-Honda
17(ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniLigier-Megatron
18(GBR) Martin BrundleZakspeed
19(DEU) Christian DannerZakspeed
20(ITA) Alex CaffiOsella-Alfa Romeo
21(ESP) Adrian CamposMinardi-Motori Moderni
22(ITA) Ivan CapelliMarch-Ford Cosworth
23(FRA) Philippe AlliotLola-Ford Cosworth
24(GBR) Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
25(FRA) Philippe StreiffTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
26(FRA) Pascal FabreAGS-Ford Cosworth

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Honda1:06.454 
2(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG1:06.8770.423
3(BRA) Ayrton SennaLotus-Honda1:07.0240.570
4(BRA) Nelson PiquetWilliams-Honda1:07.1400.686
5(BEL) Thierry BoutsenBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:08.0771.623
6(AUT) Gerhard BergerFerrari1:08.1981.744
7(ITA) Teo FabiBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:08.2931.839
8(ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari1:08.3901.936
9(SWE) Stefan JohanssonMcLaren-TAG1:08.5772.123
10(GBR) Derek WarwickArrows-Megatron1:08.8002.346
11(ITA) Andrea de CesarisBrabham-BMW1:08.9492.495
12(ITA) Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW1:08.9932.539
13(FRA) Rene ArnouxLigier-Megatron1:09.4302.976
14(USA) Eddie CheeverArrows-Megatron1:09.8283.374
15(ITA) Alessandro NanniniMinardi-Motori Moderni1:09.8683.414
16(JPN) Satoru NakajimaLotus-Honda1:10.6524.198
17(ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniLigier-Megatron1:10.7984.344
18(GBR) Martin BrundleZakspeed1:11.1704.716
19(DEU) Christian DannerZakspeed1:11.3894.935
20(ITA) Alex CaffiOsella-Alfa Romeo1:12.1675.713
21(ESP) Adrian CamposMinardi-Motori Moderni1:12.5516.097
22(ITA) Ivan CapelliMarch-Ford Cosworth1:12.6546.200
23(FRA) Philippe AlliotLola-Ford Cosworth1:13.0266.572
24(GBR) Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:13.4436.989
25(FRA) Philippe StreiffTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:13.5257.071
26(FRA) Pascal FabreAGS-Ford Cosworth1:14.6998.245

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(BRA) Ayrton Senna27
2(FRA) Alain Prost26
3(BRA) Nelson Piquet24
4(GBR) Nigel Mansell21
5(SWE) Stefan Johansson13
6(AUT) Gerhard Berger9
7(ITA) Michele Alboreto8
8(ITA) Andrea de Cesaris4
9(USA) Eddie Cheever4
10(JPN) Satoru Nakajima3
11(BEL) Thierry Boutsen2
=(GBR) Martin Brundle2
=(GBR) Jonathan Palmer2
=(ITA) Teo Fabi2
15(FRA) Rene Arnoux1
=(ITA) Ivan Capelli1
=(FRA) Philippe Streiff1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Williams-Honda45
2McLaren-TAG39
3Lotus-Honda30
4Ferrari17
5Brabham-BMW4
6Arrows-Megatron4
7Benetton-Ford Cosworth4
8Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth3
9Zakspeed2
10Ligier-Megatron1
=March-Ford Cosworth1

Stats & milestones

Milestone race start
150th for Riccardo Patrese (5th driver to start 150 races, 1st Italian driver)
50th for Stefan Johansson (64th driver to start 50 races, 3rd Swedish driver)
Wins
9th for Nigel Mansell
33rd for Williams
Race 1-2
9th for Williams
Podiums
52nd for Alain Prost
43rd for Nelson Piquet
19th for Nigel Mansell
140th for McLaren
86th & 87th for Williams
Poles
9th for Nigel Mansell
22nd for Williams
Fastest laps
21st for Nelson Piquet
35th for Williams
Front row starts
36th for Alain Prost
20th for Nigel Mansell (23rd driver to achieve 20 front row starts, 7th British driver)
Points finishes
25th for Ayrton Senna
Pole & win
3rd for Nigel Mansell