1987 French Grand Prix | GP Racing Stats

Date	Sunday, 5 July 1987
Winner	Nigel Mansell Williams-Honda
Pole position	Nigel Mansell Williams-Honda
Fastest lap	Nelson Piquet Williams-Honda
Circuit	Le Castellet, 80 laps
Round	6 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

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1		Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	80	1hr 37m 03.839s	9
2	+2	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	80	+7.711s	6
3	-1	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	80	+55.255s	4
4	-1	Ayrton Senna	Lotus-Honda	79	+1 lap	3
5	+2	Teo Fabi	Benetton-Ford Cosworth	77	+3 laps	2
6	+19	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	76	+4 laps	1
7	+17	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	76	+4 laps
8	+1	Stefan Johansson	McLaren-TAG	74	DNF
9	+17	Pascal Fabre	AGS-Ford Cosworth	74	+6 laps
R		Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	71	DNF
NC		Satoru Nakajima	Lotus-Honda	71	+9 laps
R		Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	64	DNF
R		Derek Warwick	Arrows-Megatron	62	DNF
R		Philippe Alliot	Lola-Ford Cosworth	57	DNF
R		Ivan Capelli	March-Ford Cosworth	52	DNF
R		Adrian Campos	Minardi-Motori Moderni	52	DNF
R		Rene Arnoux	Ligier-Megatron	33	DNF
R		Thierry Boutsen	Benetton-Ford Cosworth	31	DNF
R		Christian Danner	Zakspeed	26	DNF
R		Piercarlo Ghinzani	Ligier-Megatron	24	DNF
R		Alessandro Nannini	Minardi-Motori Moderni	23	DNF
R		Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	19	DNF
R		Martin Brundle	Zakspeed	18	DNF
R		Alex Caffi	Osella-Alfa Romeo	11	DNF
R		Andrea de Cesaris	Brabham-BMW	2	DNF
R		Eddie Cheever	Arrows-Megatron	0	DNF

Notes

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	1:06.454
2	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	1:06.877	0.423
3	Ayrton Senna	Lotus-Honda	1:07.024	0.570
4	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	1:07.140	0.686
5	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton-Ford Cosworth	1:08.077	1.623
6	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	1:08.198	1.744
7	Teo Fabi	Benetton-Ford Cosworth	1:08.293	1.839
8	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	1:08.390	1.936
9	Stefan Johansson	McLaren-TAG	1:08.577	2.123
10	Derek Warwick	Arrows-Megatron	1:08.800	2.346
11	Andrea de Cesaris	Brabham-BMW	1:08.949	2.495
12	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	1:08.993	2.539
13	Rene Arnoux	Ligier-Megatron	1:09.430	2.976
14	Eddie Cheever	Arrows-Megatron	1:09.828	3.374
15	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi-Motori Moderni	1:09.868	3.414
16	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus-Honda	1:10.652	4.198
17	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Ligier-Megatron	1:10.798	4.344
18	Martin Brundle	Zakspeed	1:11.170	4.716
19	Christian Danner	Zakspeed	1:11.389	4.935
20	Alex Caffi	Osella-Alfa Romeo	1:12.167	5.713
21	Adrian Campos	Minardi-Motori Moderni	1:12.551	6.097
22	Ivan Capelli	March-Ford Cosworth	1:12.654	6.200
23	Philippe Alliot	Lola-Ford Cosworth	1:13.026	6.572
24	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	1:13.443	6.989
25	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	1:13.525	7.071
26	Pascal Fabre	AGS-Ford Cosworth	1:14.699	8.245

How the championship standings stood post-race.

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