French Grand Prix

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Date & Time
Sun 6th July 1986 12:00am Local
Sun 6th July 1986 12:00am UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
1986

Round
Round 8

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Location

Circuit Paul Ricard

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The 1986 French Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Paul Ricard on 6 July 1986. It was the eighth race of the 1986 Formula One World Championship.

Following Elio de Angelis's fatal testing crash on the full 5.81-kilometre (3.61 mi) circuit two months previously, a decision was made to use the shorter, 3.812-kilometre (2.369 mi) "Club" circuit for this race and for future F1 races (up to and including 1990). This eliminated the high-speed Verrerie bends, where de Angelis had crashed, and reduced the length of the Mistral straight from 1.8 km (1.1 mi) to 1 km (0.62 mi). Nonetheless, the cars still recorded speeds of over 330 km/h (205 mph) on the straight.

The 80-lap race was won by Nigel Mansell, driving a Williams-Honda. It was Mansell's third victory of the season. Alain Prost finished second in a McLaren-TAG, with Nelson Piquet third in the other Williams-Honda. Ayrton Senna took pole position in his Lotus-Renault, but crashed at Signes early in the race after sliding on oil laid by Andrea de Cesaris's failed Minardi.

This race marked Scuderia Ferrari's 400th start in a World Championship event as a team.

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Result List

01	Nigel Mansell	Williams Racing	1:37:19.272
02	Alain Prost	McLaren Formula 1 Team	+0:17.128
03	Nelson Piquet	Williams Racing	+0:37.545
04	Keke Rosberg	McLaren Formula 1 Team	+0:48.703
05	René Arnoux	Ligier	+1 Lap
06	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	+1 Lap
07	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	+2 Laps
08	Michele Alboreto	Scuderia Ferrari HP	+2 Laps
09	Derek Warwick	Brabham	+3 Laps
10	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell Racing	+3 Laps
11	Christian Danner	Arrows Grand Prix International	+4 Laps
12	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows Grand Prix International	DNF
13	Patrick Tambay	MasterCard Lola	DNF
14	Johnny Dumfries	Lotus F1	DNF
15	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	DNF
16	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell Racing	DNF
17	Huub Rothengatter	Zakspeed	DNF
18	Allen Berg	Osella	DNF
19	Gerhard Berger	Benetton Formula	DNF
20	Teo Fabi	Benetton Formula	DNF
21	Stefan Johansson	Scuderia Ferrari HP	DNF
22	Ayrton Senna	Lotus F1	DNF
23	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	DNF
24	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	DNF
25	Andrea De Cesaris	Minardi	DNF
26	Alan Jones	MasterCard Lola	DNF