Race · Round 8 of 16 · 6 July 1986

1986 French Grand Prix

Nigel Mansell won for Williams from 2nd on the grid at Circuit Paul Ricard. 15 of the starters were not classified.

Dry · High of 23 °C, 0.5 mm of rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)

How it is modelled

ERA5's reanalysis, through Open-Meteo, of the circuit's whole local day and not the race's hours, for the grid cell the circuit sits in and not the track, so a shower can be missing from it. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.

Circuit: Circuit Paul RicardLe Castellet, France
Winner: Nigel MansellWilliams
Pole: Ayrton Senna
Fastest lap: Nigel Mansell
Entries: 2611 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Nigel Mansell	Williams	FW11	2	80	Finished	9	fastest lap
2	Alain Prost	McLaren	MP4/2C	5	80	Finished	6
3	Nelson Piquet	Williams	FW11	3	80	Finished	4
4	Keke Rosberg	McLaren	MP4/2C	7	80	Finished	3
5	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	JS27	4	79	Finished	2
6	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	JS27	11	79	Finished	1
7	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	—	16	78	Finished	0
8	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	F1/86	6	78	Finished	0
9	Derek Warwick	Brabham	—	14	77	Finished	0
10	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell	—	15	77	Finished	0
11	Christian Danner	Arrows	—	18	76	Finished	0
NC	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	—	21	67	NC	0
DNF	Patrick Tambay	Lola	THL2	13	64	Brakes	0
DNF	Johnny Dumfries	Team Lotus	98T	12	56	Engine	0
DNF	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	861	22	46	Engine	0
DNF	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	—	17	43	Fire	0
DNF	Huub Rothengatter	Zakspeed	861	24	32	Accident	0
DNF	Allen Berg	Osella	—	26	25	Turbo	0
DNF	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	B186	8	22	Gearbox	0
DNF	Teo Fabi	Benetton	B186	9	7	Engine	0
DNF	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	F1/86	10	5	Turbo	0
DNF	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	98T	1	3	Accident	0
DNF	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	—	25	3	Accident	0
DNF	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	—	19	3	Accident	0
DNF	Andrea de Cesaris	Minardi	—	23	3	Turbo	0
DNF	Alan Jones	Lola	THL2	20	2	Accident	0

A blank chassis is a season the team ran more than one design and no source says which car raced here.

F1DB layout paul-ricard-2 · 3.813 km · 9 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Nigel Mansell	2	1	80
Alain Prost	5	2	80
Nelson Piquet	3	3	80
Keke Rosberg	7	4	80
Rene Arnoux	4	5	79
Jacques Laffite	11	6	79
Riccardo Patrese	16	7	78
Michele Alboreto	6	8	78
Derek Warwick	14	9	77
Martin Brundle	15	10	77
Christian Danner	18	11	76
Thierry Boutsen	21	NC	67
Patrick Tambay	13	DNF	64
Johnny Dumfries	12	DNF	56
Jonathan Palmer	22	DNF	46
Philippe Streiff	17	DNF	43
Huub Rothengatter	24	DNF	32
Allen Berg	26	DNF	25
Gerhard Berger	8	DNF	22
Teo Fabi	9	DNF	7
Stefan Johansson	10	DNF	5
Ayrton Senna	1	DNF	3
Piercarlo Ghinzani	25	DNF	3
Alessandro Nannini	19	DNF	3
Andrea de Cesaris	23	DNF	3
Alan Jones	20	DNF	2

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	12	1:06.526	—	0 m	—
2	Nigel Mansell	Williams	5	1:06.755	+0.229	13 m	+0.229
3	Nelson Piquet	Williams	6	1:06.797	+0.271	16 m	+0.042
4	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	25	1:07.075	+0.549	31 m	+0.278
5	Alain Prost	McLaren	1	1:07.266	+0.740	42 m	+0.191
6	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:07.365	+0.839	48 m	+0.099
7	Keke Rosberg	McLaren	2	1:07.545	+1.019	58 m	+0.180
8	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	20	1:07.554	+1.028	59 m	+0.009
9	Teo Fabi	Benetton	19	1:07.818	+1.292	74 m	+0.264
10	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	28	1:07.874	+1.348	77 m	+0.056
11	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	26	1:07.913	+1.387	79 m	+0.039
12	Johnny Dumfries	Team Lotus	11	1:08.544	+2.018	116 m	+0.631
13	Patrick Tambay	Lola	16	1:08.616	+2.090	120 m	+0.072
14	Derek Warwick	Brabham	8	1:08.905	+2.379	136 m	+0.289
15	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell	3	1:09.044	+2.518	144 m	+0.139
16	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	7	1:09.436	+2.910	167 m	+0.392
17	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	4	1:09.700	+3.174	182 m	+0.264
18	Christian Danner	Arrows	17	1:09.737	+3.211	184 m	+0.037
19	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	24	1:09.792	+3.266	187 m	+0.055
20	Alan Jones	Lola	15	1:09.929	+3.403	195 m	+0.137
21	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	18	1:09.987	+3.461	198 m	+0.058
22	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	14	1:10.305	+3.779	217 m	+0.318
23	Andrea de Cesaris	Minardi	23	1:11.483	+4.957	284 m	+1.178
24	Huub Rothengatter	Zakspeed	29	1:12.163	+5.637	323 m	+0.680
25	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	21	1:12.443	+5.917	339 m	+0.280
26	Allen Berg	Osella	22	1:14.264	+7.738	444 m	+1.821

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Pit stops

Pit stops are recorded from 1994. F1DB, the source of every stop here, holds none before then, so this race has no stints to draw.

Practice sessions Warm-up

Warm-up

Warm-up
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Keke Rosberg	McLaren	2	1:10.968	—	0 m	—	—
2	Alain Prost	McLaren	1	1:11.148	+0.180	10 m	+0.180	—
3	Nigel Mansell	Williams	5	1:11.257	+0.289	16 m	+0.109	—
4	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	25	1:11.696	+0.728	39 m	+0.439	—
5	Nelson Piquet	Williams	6	1:11.911	+0.943	51 m	+0.215	—
6	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	12	1:11.982	+1.014	54 m	+0.071	—
7	Teo Fabi	Benetton	19	1:12.692	+1.724	93 m	+0.710	—
8	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	7	1:12.704	+1.736	93 m	+0.012	—
9	Derek Warwick	Brabham	8	1:12.875	+1.907	102 m	+0.171	—
10	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:13.032	+2.064	111 m	+0.157	—
11	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	28	1:13.163	+2.195	118 m	+0.131	—
12	Patrick Tambay	Lola	16	1:13.283	+2.315	124 m	+0.120	—
13	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	26	1:13.402	+2.434	131 m	+0.119	—
14	Johnny Dumfries	Team Lotus	11	1:13.881	+2.913	157 m	+0.479	—
15	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	18	1:14.222	+3.254	175 m	+0.341	—
16	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell	3	1:14.226	+3.258	175 m	+0.004	—
17	Alan Jones	Lola	15	1:14.338	+3.370	181 m	+0.112	—
18	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	4	1:14.696	+3.728	200 m	+0.358	—
19	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	24	1:15.019	+4.051	218 m	+0.323	—
20	Christian Danner	Arrows	17	1:15.222	+4.254	229 m	+0.203	—
21	Huub Rothengatter	Zakspeed	29	1:15.333	+4.365	235 m	+0.111	—
22	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	21	1:15.442	+4.474	240 m	+0.109	—
23	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	14	1:15.590	+4.622	248 m	+0.148	—
24	Andrea de Cesaris	Minardi	23	1:15.907	+4.939	265 m	+0.317	—
25	Allen Berg	Osella	22	1:16.809	+5.841	314 m	+0.902	—
26	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	20	1:19.030	+8.062	433 m	+2.221	—

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

The cars in this race

The photograph each car's Wikipedia article leads with, from Wikimedia Commons: taken wherever and whenever that was, not necessarily at this race.

Lotus 98T
Senna Brands 1986 · Peterhanna · CC BY-SA 3.0 · unchecked

Zakspeed 861
Zakspeed-861-f1-1986 · CAR blueprints · CC BY-SA 4.0

A photograph marked unchecked has a file name that does not name the car it is shown for. Most are still the right car, filed under the driver rather than the machine — but nobody has confirmed these one by one.

Where this comes from

Round: 8 of 1986
Grand Prix: French Grand Prix
Dates: 6 Jul 1986
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Williams
Entrant: Williams-Honda
Confidence: reference

No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.