Race · Round 6 of 16 · 5 July 1987

1987 French Grand Prix

Nigel Mansell won for Williams from pole at Circuit Paul Ricard. 17 of the starters were not classified.

Dry · High of 28 °C, 1.9 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: Nigel Mansell
Fastest lap: Nelson Piquet
Entries: 269 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Nigel Mansell	Williams	FW11B	1	80	Finished	9
2	Nelson Piquet	Williams	FW11B	4	80	Finished	6	fastest lap
3	Alain Prost	McLaren	MP4/3	2	80	Finished	4
4	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	99T	3	79	Finished	3
5	Teo Fabi	Benetton	B187	7	77	Finished	2
6	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	DG016	25	76	Finished	1
7	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	DG016	24	76	Finished	0
8	Stefan Johansson	McLaren	MP4/3	9	74	Finished	0
9	Pascal Fabre	AGS	JH22	26	74	Finished	0
DNF	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	F1/87	6	71	Suspension	0
NC	Satoru Nakajima	Team Lotus	99T	16	71	NC	0
DNF	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	F1/87	8	64	Engine	0
DNF	Derek Warwick	Arrows	A10	10	62	Turbo	0
DNF	Philippe Alliot	Lola	LC87	23	57	Gearbox	0
DNF	Ivan Capelli	March	—	22	52	Engine	0
DNF	Adrián Campos	Minardi	M187	21	52	Turbo	0
DNF	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	—	13	33	Exhaust	0
DNF	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton	B187	5	31	Engine	0
DNF	Christian Danner	Zakspeed	—	19	26	Overheating	0
DNF	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Ligier	—	17	24	Engine	0
DNF	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	M187	15	23	Turbo	0
DNF	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	BT56	12	19	Differential	0
DNF	Martin Brundle	Zakspeed	—	18	18	Wheel	0
DNF	Alex Caffi	Osella	—	20	11	Engine	0
DNF	Andrea de Cesaris	Brabham	BT56	11	2	Turbo	0
DNF	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	A10	14	0	Electrical	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	1	1	80
Nelson Piquet	4	2	80
Alain Prost	2	3	80
Ayrton Senna	3	4	79
Teo Fabi	7	5	77
Philippe Streiff	25	6	76
Jonathan Palmer	24	7	76
Stefan Johansson	9	8	74
Pascal Fabre	26	9	74
Gerhard Berger	6	DNF	71
Satoru Nakajima	16	NC	71
Michele Alboreto	8	DNF	64
Derek Warwick	10	DNF	62
Philippe Alliot	23	DNF	57
Ivan Capelli	22	DNF	52
Adrián Campos	21	DNF	52
Rene Arnoux	13	DNF	33
Thierry Boutsen	5	DNF	31
Christian Danner	19	DNF	26
Piercarlo Ghinzani	17	DNF	24
Alessandro Nannini	15	DNF	23
Riccardo Patrese	12	DNF	19
Martin Brundle	18	DNF	18
Alex Caffi	20	DNF	11
Andrea de Cesaris	11	DNF	2
Eddie Cheever	14	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Nigel Mansell	Williams	5	1:06.454	—	0 m	—
2	Alain Prost	McLaren	1	1:06.877	+0.423	24 m	+0.423
3	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	12	1:07.024	+0.570	33 m	+0.147
4	Nelson Piquet	Williams	6	1:07.140	+0.686	39 m	+0.116
5	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton	20	1:08.077	+1.623	93 m	+0.937
6	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	28	1:08.198	+1.744	100 m	+0.121
7	Teo Fabi	Benetton	19	1:08.293	+1.839	106 m	+0.095
8	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:08.390	+1.936	111 m	+0.097
9	Stefan Johansson	McLaren	2	1:08.577	+2.123	122 m	+0.187
10	Derek Warwick	Arrows	17	1:08.800	+2.346	135 m	+0.223
11	Andrea de Cesaris	Brabham	8	1:08.949	+2.495	143 m	+0.149
12	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	7	1:08.993	+2.539	146 m	+0.044
13	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	25	1:09.430	+2.976	171 m	+0.437
14	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	18	1:09.828	+3.374	194 m	+0.398
15	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	24	1:09.868	+3.414	196 m	+0.040
16	Satoru Nakajima	Team Lotus	11	1:10.652	+4.198	241 m	+0.784
17	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Ligier	26	1:10.798	+4.344	249 m	+0.146
18	Martin Brundle	Zakspeed	9	1:11.170	+4.716	271 m	+0.372
19	Christian Danner	Zakspeed	10	1:11.389	+4.935	283 m	+0.219
20	Alex Caffi	Osella	21	1:12.167	+5.713	328 m	+0.778
21	Adrián Campos	Minardi	23	1:12.551	+6.097	350 m	+0.384
22	Ivan Capelli	March	16	1:12.654	+6.200	356 m	+0.103
23	Philippe Alliot	Lola	30	1:13.026	+6.572	377 m	+0.372
24	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	3	1:13.443	+6.989	401 m	+0.417
25	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	4	1:13.525	+7.071	406 m	+0.082
26	Pascal Fabre	AGS	14	1:14.699	+8.245	473 m	+1.174

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	Nigel Mansell	Williams	5	1:10.224	—	0 m	—	—
2	Nelson Piquet	Williams	6	1:10.689	+0.465	25 m	+0.465	—
3	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	12	1:10.797	+0.573	31 m	+0.108	—
4	Alain Prost	McLaren	1	1:11.075	+0.851	46 m	+0.278	—
5	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton	20	1:11.328	+1.104	60 m	+0.253	—
6	Teo Fabi	Benetton	19	1:11.369	+1.145	62 m	+0.041	—
7	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:11.717	+1.493	81 m	+0.348	—
8	Stefan Johansson	McLaren	2	1:11.963	+1.739	94 m	+0.246	—
9	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	28	1:11.994	+1.770	96 m	+0.031	—
10	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	7	1:12.226	+2.002	109 m	+0.232	—
11	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	25	1:12.478	+2.254	122 m	+0.252	—
12	Andrea de Cesaris	Brabham	8	1:12.602	+2.378	129 m	+0.124	—
13	Derek Warwick	Arrows	17	1:12.679	+2.455	133 m	+0.077	—
14	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	18	1:13.276	+3.052	166 m	+0.597	—
15	Martin Brundle	Zakspeed	9	1:13.318	+3.094	168 m	+0.042	—
16	Satoru Nakajima	Team Lotus	11	1:13.354	+3.130	170 m	+0.036	—
17	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Ligier	26	1:14.187	+3.963	215 m	+0.833	—
18	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	24	1:14.515	+4.291	233 m	+0.328	—
19	Christian Danner	Zakspeed	10	1:14.769	+4.545	247 m	+0.254	—
20	Ivan Capelli	March	16	1:15.077	+4.853	264 m	+0.308	—
21	Philippe Alliot	Lola	30	1:15.382	+5.158	280 m	+0.305	—
22	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	3	1:16.393	+6.169	335 m	+1.011	—
23	Alex Caffi	Osella	21	1:16.427	+6.203	337 m	+0.034	—
24	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	4	1:16.641	+6.417	348 m	+0.214	—
25	Pascal Fabre	AGS	14	1:17.034	+6.810	370 m	+0.393	—
26	Adrián Campos	Minardi	23	1:56.086	+45.862	2,490 m	+39.052	—

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.

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.

2 more photographs

Where this comes from

Round: 6 of 1987
Grand Prix: French Grand Prix
Dates: 5 Jul 1987
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.