French Grand Prix

Date
Sun 5th July 1987 (UTC)
Sun 5th July 1987 (Local)

Timestamp
1987-07-05T00:00:00

Time

00:00:00 UTC (00:00:00 Local)

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League
Formula 1

Season
1987

Round
6

Status

Location
Circuit Paul Ricard

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Description

The 1987 French Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 5 July 1987 at the Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet. It was the sixth race of the 1987 Formula One World Championship. It was the 65th French Grand Prix and the eleventh to be held at Paul Ricard, and the second to be held on the shortened version of the circuit. The race was held over 80 laps of the 3.813-kilometre (2.369 mi) circuit for a race distance of 305.040 kilometres (189.543 mi).

The race was won by British driver Nigel Mansell, driving a Williams-Honda, after he started from pole position. Mansell took his second victory of the season by 7.7 seconds from Brazilian teammate Nelson Piquet, with local driver Alain Prost third in a McLaren-TAG.

Drivers' Championship leader, Brazilian Ayrton Senna, finished fourth in his Lotus-Honda, which was enough for him to retain the championship lead by one point over Prost, with Piquet and Mansell three and six points behind respectively.

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Result List

01	Nigel Mansell	1:37:03.839
02	Nelson Piquet	+0:07.711
03	Alain Prost	+0:55.255
04	Ayrton Senna	+1 Lap
05	Teo Fabi	+3 Laps
06	Philippe Streiff	+4 Laps
07	Jonathan Palmer	+4 Laps
08	Stefan Johansson	+6 Laps
09	Pascal Fabre	+6 Laps
10	Gerhard Berger	DNF
11	Satoru Nakajima	DNF
12	Michele Alboreto	DNF
13	Derek Warwick	DNF
15	Ivan Capelli	DNF
16	Adrián Campos	DNF
17	René Arnoux	DNF
18	Thierry Boutsen	DNF
19	Christian Danner	DNF
20	Piercarlo Ghinzani	DNF
21	Alessandro Nannini	DNF
22	Riccardo Patrese	DNF
23	Martin Brundle	DNF
24	Alex Caffi	DNF
25	Andrea De Cesaris	DNF
26	Eddie Cheever	DNF