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72e Grand Prix de France

06 Jul 1986Paul Ricard305.040 km (3813 m x 80 Laps)

 Pole Position: Ayrton Senna, Lotus 98T-Renault, 1:06.526 (206.337 km/h) Fastest Lap: Nigel Mansell, Williams FW11-Honda, 1:09.993 (196.117 km/h lap 57) Race Results: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 5 Nigel Mansell Williams FW11-Honda 1:37:19.272 188.062 km/h 2 1 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/2C-TAG 1:37:36.400 187.512 km/h 3 6 Nelson Piquet Williams FW11-Honda 1:37:56.817 186.860 km/h 4 2 Keke Rosberg McLaren MP4/2C-TAG 1:38:07.975 186.506 km/h 5 25 René Arnoux Ligier JS27-Renault -1 Lap 6 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier JS27-Renault -1 Lap 7 7 Riccardo Patrese Brabham BT55-BMW -2 Laps 8 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari F1-86 -2 Laps 9 8 Derek Warwick Brabham BT55-BMW -3 Laps 10 3 Martin Brundle Tyrrell 015-Renault -3 Laps 11 17 Christian Danner Arrows A8-BMW -4 Laps Did Not Finish: 18 Thierry Boutsen Arrows A8-BMW 67 Not classified 16 Patrick Tambay Lola THL2-Ford 64 Brakes 11 Johnny Dumfries Lotus 98T-Renault 56 Engine 14 Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 861 46 Engine 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell 015-Renault 43 Fire 29 Huub Rothengatter Zakspeed 861 32 Collision with Dumfries 22 Allen Berg Osella FA1G-Alfa Romeo 25 Turbo 20 Gerhard Berger Benetton B186-BMW 22 Gearbox/Accident 19 Teo Fabi Benetton B186-BMW 7 Engine 28 Stefan Johansson Ferrari F1-86 5 Turbo 12 Ayrton Senna Lotus 98T-Renault 3 Accident 21 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella FA1H-Alfa Romeo 3 Collision with Nannini 24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi M185B-Motori Moderni 3 Collision with Ghinzani 23 Andrea de Cesaris Minardi M185B-Motori Moderni 3 Turbo 15 Alan Jones Lola THL2-Ford 2 Accident Lap Leaders: Car# Driver Car Laps Total 5 Nigel Mansell Williams FW11-Honda 1-25 64 1 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/2C-TAG 26-36 16 5 Nigel Mansell Williams FW11-Honda 37-53 1 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/2C-TAG 54-58 5 Nigel Mansell Williams FW11-Honda 59-80 Fastest Laps: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Lap 1 5 Nigel Mansell Williams FW11-Honda 1:09.993 196.117 57 2 25 René Arnoux Ligier JS27-Renault 1:10.227 195.463 47 3 6 Nelson Piquet Williams FW11-Honda 1:10.582 194.480 66 4 1 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/2C-TAG 1:10.859 193.720 68 5 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier JS27-Renault 1:11.220 192.738 58 6 2 Keke Rosberg McLaren MP4/2C-TAG 1:11.402 192.247 39 7 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari F1-86 1:11.747 191.322 62 8 20 Gerhard Berger Benetton B186-BMW 1:12.436 189.502 16 9 16 Patrick Tambay Lola THL2-Ford 1:12.472 189.408 48 10 11 Johnny Dumfries Lotus 98T-Renault 1:12.572 189.147 43 11 7 Riccardo Patrese Brabham BT55-BMW 1:12.702 188.809 49 12 18 Thierry Boutsen Arrows A8-BMW 1:12.847 188.433 58 13 12 Ayrton Senna Lotus 98T-Renault 1:12.882 188.343 3 14 8 Derek Warwick Brabham BT55-BMW 1:12.976 188.100 60 15 3 Martin Brundle Tyrrell 015-Renault 1:12.998 188.044 64 16 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell 015-Renault 1:13.810 185.975 43 17 17 Christian Danner Arrows A8-BMW 1:14.208 184.977 40 18 14 Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 861 1:14.689 183.786 36 19 29 Huub Rothengatter Zakspeed 861 1:17.441 177.255 25 20 23 Andrea de Cesaris Minardi M185B-Motori Moderni 1:17.683 176.703 2 21 24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi M185B-Motori Moderni 1:17.795 176.448 2 22 21 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella FA1H-Alfa Romeo 1:17.832 176.364 2 23 15 Alan Jones Lola THL2-Ford 1:17.860 176.301 2 24 19 Teo Fabi Benetton B186-BMW 1:18.154 175.638 6 25 22 Allen Berg Osella FA1G-Alfa Romeo 1:19.574 172.504 11 26 28 Stefan Johansson Ferrari F1-86 1:21.581 168.260 4 Final Qualifying Times: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Entrant 1 12 Ayrton Senna Lotus 98T-Renault 1:06.526 206.337 John Player Special Team Lotus 2 5 Nigel Mansell Williams FW11-Honda 1:06.755 205.630 Canon Williams Honda Team 3 6 Nelson Piquet Williams FW11-Honda 1:06.797 205.500 Canon Williams Honda Team 4 25 René Arnoux Ligier JS27-Renault 1:07.075 204.649 Equipe Ligier 5 1 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/2C-TAG 1:07.266 204.067 Marlboro McLaren International 6 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari F1-86 1:07.365 203.768 Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC 7 2 Keke Rosberg McLaren MP4/2C-TAG 1:07.545 203.225 Marlboro McLaren International 8 20 Gerhard Berger Benetton B186-BMW 1:07.554 203.197 Benetton Formula Ltd 9 19 Teo Fabi Benetton B186-BMW 1:07.818 202.406 Benetton Formula Ltd 10 28 Stefan Johansson Ferrari F1-86 1:07.874 202.239 Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC 11 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier JS27-Renault 1:07.913 202.123 Equipe Ligier 12 11 Johnny Dumfries Lotus 98T-Renault 1:08.544 200.263 John Player Special Team Lotus 13 16 Patrick Tambay Lola THL2-Ford 1:08.616 200.052 Team Haas (USA) Ltd 14 8 Derek Warwick Brabham BT55-BMW 1:08.905 199.213 Motor Racing Developments Ltd 15 3 Martin Brundle Tyrrell 015-Renault 1:09.044 198.812 Data General Team Tyrrell 16 7 Riccardo Patrese Brabham BT55-BMW 1:09.436 197.690 Motor Racing Developments Ltd 17 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell 015-Renault 1:09.700 196.941 Data General Team Tyrrell 18 17 Christian Danner Arrows A8-BMW 1:09.737 196.837 Barclay Arrows BMW 19 24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi M185B-Motori Moderni 1:09.792 196.682 Minardi Team 20 15 Alan Jones Lola THL2-Ford 1:09.929 196.296 Team Haas (USA) Ltd 21 18 Thierry Boutsen Arrows A8-BMW 1:09.987 196.134 Barclay Arrows BMW 22 14 Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 861 1:10.305 195.246 West Zakspeed Racing 23 23 Andrea de Cesaris Minardi M185B-Motori Moderni 1:11.483 192.029 Minardi Team 24 29 Huub Rothengatter Zakspeed 861 1:12.163 190.219 West Zakspeed Racing 25 21 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella FA1H-Alfa Romeo 1:12.443 189.484 Osella Squadra Corse 26 22 Allen Berg Osella FA1G-Alfa Romeo 1:14.264 184.838 Osella Squadra Corse Friday Qualification: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 12 Ayrton Senna Lotus 98T-Renault 1:06.526 206.337 2 5 Nigel Mansell Williams FW11-Honda 1:06.755 205.630 3 6 Nelson Piquet Williams FW11-Honda 1:06.797 205.500 4 25 René Arnoux Ligier JS27-Renault 1:07.114 204.530 5 1 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/2C-TAG 1:07.270 204.055 6 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari F1-86 1:07.365 203.768 7 2 Keke Rosberg McLaren MP4/2C-TAG 1:07.545 203.225 8 20 Gerhard Berger Benetton B186-BMW 1:07.835 202.356 9 28 Stefan Johansson Ferrari F1-86 1:07.874 202.239 10 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier JS27-Renault 1:07.913 202.123 11 19 Teo Fabi Benetton B186-BMW 1:08.703 199.799 12 3 Martin Brundle Tyrrell 015-Renault 1:09.044 198.812 13 16 Patrick Tambay Lola THL2-Ford 1:09.108 198.628 14 8 Derek Warwick Brabham BT55-BMW 1:09.471 197.590 15 11 Johnny Dumfries Lotus 98T-Renault 1:09.477 197.573 16 7 Riccardo Patrese Brabham BT55-BMW 1:09.624 197.156 17 17 Christian Danner Arrows A8-BMW 1:09.737 196.837 18 24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi M185B-Motori Moderni 1:09.792 196.682 19 15 Alan Jones Lola THL2-Ford 1:09.929 196.296 20 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell 015-Renault 1:09.935 196.279 21 18 Thierry Boutsen Arrows A8-BMW 1:09.987 196.134 22 14 Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 861 1:10.305 195.246 23 23 Andrea de Cesaris Minardi M185B-Motori Moderni 1:11.483 192.029 24 29 Huub Rothengatter Zakspeed 861 1:12.940 188.193 25 21 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella FA1H-Alfa Romeo 1:13.997 185.505 26 22 Allen Berg Osella FA1G-Alfa Romeo 2:58.486 76.907 Saturday Qualification: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 12 Ayrton Senna Lotus 98T-Renault 1:06.807 205.469 2 25 René Arnoux Ligier JS27-Renault 1:07.075 204.649 3 6 Nelson Piquet Williams FW11-Honda 1:07.184 204.317 4 1 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/2C-TAG 1:07.266 204.067 5 20 Gerhard Berger Benetton B186-BMW 1:07.554 203.197 6 19 Teo Fabi Benetton B186-BMW 1:07.818 202.406 7 2 Keke Rosberg McLaren MP4/2C-TAG 1:08.175 201.347 8 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier JS27-Renault 1:08.288 201.013 9 11 Johnny Dumfries Lotus 98T-Renault 1:08.544 200.263 10 16 Patrick Tambay Lola THL2-Ford 1:08.616 200.052 11 28 Stefan Johansson Ferrari F1-86 1:08.881 199.283 12 8 Derek Warwick Brabham BT55-BMW 1:08.905 199.213 13 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari F1-86 1:09.161 198.476 14 7 Riccardo Patrese Brabham BT55-BMW 1:09.436 197.690 15 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell 015-Renault 1:09.700 196.941 16 5 Nigel Mansell Williams FW11-Honda 1:09.819 196.606 17 3 Martin Brundle Tyrrell 015-Renault 1:10.293 195.280 18 14 Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 861 1:10.511 194.676 19 17 Christian Danner Arrows A8-BMW 1:10.614 194.392 20 24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi M185B-Motori Moderni 1:10.630 194.348 21 15 Alan Jones Lola THL2-Ford 1:10.733 194.065 22 29 Huub Rothengatter Zakspeed 861 1:12.163 190.219 23 21 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella FA1H-Alfa Romeo 1:12.443 189.484 24 22 Allen Berg Osella FA1G-Alfa Romeo 1:14.264 184.838 25 23 Andrea de Cesaris Minardi M185B-Motori Moderni 1:21.859 167.688 26 18 Thierry Boutsen Arrows A8-BMW 1:28.882 154.438 Friday Practice: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 6 Nelson Piquet Williams FW11-Honda 1:07.719 202.702 2 1 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/2C-TAG 1:07.774 202.537 3 12 Ayrton Senna Lotus 98T-Renault 1:07.941 202.040 4 5 Nigel Mansell Williams FW11-Honda 1:08.076 201.639 5 25 René Arnoux Ligier JS27-Renault 1:08.389 200.716 6 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari F1-86 1:08.862 199.337 7 2 Keke Rosberg McLaren MP4/2C-TAG 1:08.955 199.068 8 28 Stefan Johansson Ferrari F1-86 1:08.960 199.054 9 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier JS27-Renault 1:09.496 197.519 10 3 Martin Brundle Tyrrell 015-Renault 1:09.897 196.386 11 19 Teo Fabi Benetton B186-BMW 1:09.963 196.200 12 20 Gerhard Berger Benetton B186-BMW 1:09.966 196.192 13 24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi M185B-Motori Moderni 1:10.545 194.582 14 16 Patrick Tambay Lola THL2-Ford 1:10.747 194.026 15 14 Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 861 1:10.907 193.588 16 11 Johnny Dumfries Lotus 98T-Renault 1:10.920 193.553 17 17 Christian Danner Arrows A8-BMW 1:11.037 193.234 18 8 Derek Warwick Brabham BT55-BMW 1:11.080 193.117 19 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell 015-Renault 1:11.096 193.074 20 18 Thierry Boutsen Arrows A8-BMW 1:11.276 192.586 21 15 Alan Jones Lola THL2-Ford 1:11.428 192.176 22 7 Riccardo Patrese Brabham BT55-BMW 1:11.464 192.079 23 23 Andrea de Cesaris Minardi M185B-Motori Moderni 1:11.983 190.695 24 21 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella FA1H-Alfa Romeo 1:12.982 188.084 25 29 Huub Rothengatter Zakspeed 861 1:17.852 176.319 26 22 Allen Berg Osella FA1G-Alfa Romeo 1:40.649 136.382 Saturday Practice: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 25 René Arnoux Ligier JS27-Renault 1:07.948 202.019 2 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier JS27-Renault 1:09.523 197.442 3 20 Gerhard Berger Benetton B186-BMW 1:09.742 196.822 4 12 Ayrton Senna Lotus 98T-Renault 1:09.830 196.574 5 7 Riccardo Patrese Brabham BT55-BMW 1:09.921 196.318 6 6 Nelson Piquet Williams FW11-Honda 1:10.044 195.973 7 14 Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 861 1:10.074 195.890 8 8 Derek Warwick Brabham BT55-BMW 1:10.109 195.792 9 1 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/2C-TAG 1:10.161 195.647 10 5 Nigel Mansell Williams FW11-Honda 1:10.232 195.449 11 11 Johnny Dumfries Lotus 98T-Renault 1:10.483 194.753 12 16 Patrick Tambay Lola THL2-Ford 1:10.853 193.736 13 19 Teo Fabi Benetton B186-BMW 1:10.974 193.406 14 3 Martin Brundle Tyrrell 015-Renault 1:11.350 192.386 15 2 Keke Rosberg McLaren MP4/2C-TAG 1:11.461 192.087 16 23 Andrea de Cesaris Minardi M185B-Motori Moderni 1:11.480 192.036 17 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari F1-86 1:11.488 192.015 18 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell 015-Renault 1:11.949 190.785 19 21 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella FA1H-Alfa Romeo 1:12.528 189.262 20 28 Stefan Johansson Ferrari F1-86 1:12.687 188.848 21 18 Thierry Boutsen Arrows A8-BMW 1:12.811 188.526 22 15 Alan Jones Lola THL2-Ford 1:12.907 188.278 23 17 Christian Danner Arrows A8-BMW 1:13.476 186.820 24 22 Allen Berg Osella FA1G-Alfa Romeo 1:15.027 182.958 25 24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi M185B-Motori Moderni 1:15.233 182.457 26 29 Huub Rothengatter Zakspeed 861 1:15.407 182.036 Warm Up: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 2 Keke Rosberg McLaren MP4/2C-TAG 1:10.968 193.422 2 1 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/2C-TAG 1:11.148 192.933 3 5 Nigel Mansell Williams FW11-Honda 1:11.257 192.638 4 25 René Arnoux Ligier JS27-Renault 1:11.696 191.458 5 6 Nelson Piquet Williams FW11-Honda 1:11.911 190.886 6 12 Ayrton Senna Lotus 98T-Renault 1:11.982 190.698 7 19 Teo Fabi Benetton B186-BMW 1:12.692 188.835 8 7 Riccardo Patrese Brabham BT55-BMW 1:12.704 188.804 9 8 Derek Warwick Brabham BT55-BMW 1:12.875 188.361 10 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari F1-86 1:13.032 187.956 11 28 Stefan Johansson Ferrari F1-86 1:13.163 187.619 12 16 Patrick Tambay Lola THL2-Ford 1:13.283 187.312 13 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier JS27-Renault 1:13.402 187.009 14 11 Johnny Dumfries Lotus 98T-Renault 1:13.881 185.796 15 18 Thierry Boutsen Arrows A8-BMW 1:14.222 184.942 16 3 Martin Brundle Tyrrell 015-Renault 1:14.226 184.933 17 15 Alan Jones Lola THL2-Ford 1:14.338 184.654 18 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell 015-Renault 1:14.696 183.769 19 24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi M185B-Motori Moderni 1:15.019 182.978 20 17 Christian Danner Arrows A8-BMW 1:15.222 182.484 21 29 Huub Rothengatter Zakspeed 861 1:15.333 182.215 22 21 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella FA1H-Alfa Romeo 1:15.442 181.952 23 14 Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 861 1:15.590 181.595 24 23 Andrea de Cesaris Minardi M185B-Motori Moderni 1:15.907 180.837 25 22 Allen Berg Osella FA1G-Alfa Romeo 1:16.809 178.713 26 20 Gerhard Berger Benetton B186-BMW 1:19.030 173.691 Notes: 1) Weather: Partially cloudy, Mild, Dry.
Race Review:

Elio de Angelis's accident had led the Paul Ricard authorities to shorten the circuit dramatically and it now cut through on the racing school circuit, which took out the high-speed esses where de Angelis had crashed and reduced the length of the Mistral Straight.

Patrick Tambay was back in action with the Haas Lola team after missing the Detroit GP because of leg injuries from an accident in Canada. Patrick also had a new engineer, Adrian Newey having been hired from the March Indycar project. In the days before the race the FISA had also announced plans to introduce a new 3.5-liter normally-aspirated formula in 1989.

Qualifying resulted in another pole position for Ayrton Senna in his Lotus-Renault with the two Williams-Hondas of Nigel Mansell and Nelson Piquet second and third. René Arnoux was fourth in the Ligier-Renault ahead of Alain Prost's McLaren-TAG. Then came Michele Alboreto's Ferrari, Keke Rosberg's McLaren, the Benetton-BMWs of Gerhard Berger and Teo Fabi and Stefan Johansson's Ferrari.

At the start Alboreto stalled and was left behind while Mansell took the lead from Senna, Arnoux, Berger, Prost, a fast-starting Johnny Dumfries in the second Lotus, Piquet and Rosberg. Fabi collided with Derek Warwick's Brabham during the first lap and both had to pit.

On the third lap Senna went off on oil left by Andrea de Cesaris's exploding Minardi-Motori Moderni. The Lotus hit the barriers and Senna was out. Mansell was left alone at the front with Arnoux second and Berger under pressure from both McLarens. They soon passed the Benetton while later ran into Christian Danner's Arrows and had to pit for repairs. Prost and Rosberg chased after Arnoux and were both ahead of the Ligier by lap 18. Mansell had two tyre stops and Prost was briefly in the lead but with new rubber and no fuel problems, Mansell was able to retake the lead on lap 58 and went on to win the race. Prost was second. Piquet was struggling with electrical trouble all afternoon but managed to overtake Rosberg to finish third while the top six was completed by the two Ligiers of Arnoux and Laffite.