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Grand Prix de France

05 Jul 1987Paul Ricard305.040 km (3813 m x 80 Laps)

 Pole Position: Nigel Mansell, Williams FW11B-Honda, 1:06.454 (206.561 km/h) Fastest Lap: Nelson Piquet, Williams FW11B-Honda, 1:09.548 (197.372 km/h lap 68) Race Results: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 5 Nigel Mansell Williams FW11B-Honda 1:37:03.839 188.560 km/h 2 6 Nelson Piquet Williams FW11B-Honda 1:37:11.550 188.311 km/h 3 1 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/3-TAG 1:37:59.094 186.788 km/h 4 12 Ayrton Senna Lotus 99T-Honda -1 Lap 5 19 Teo Fabi Benetton B187-Ford 77 Drive shaft 6 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell DG016-Ford -4 Laps 7 3 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell DG016-Ford -4 Laps 8 2 Stefan Johansson McLaren MP4/3-TAG 74 Alternator 9 14 Pascal Fabre AGS JH22-Ford -6 Laps Did Not Finish: 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari F1-87 71 Suspension 11 Satoru Nakajima Lotus 99T-Honda 71 Not classified 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari F1-87 64 Engine 17 Derek Warwick Arrows A10-Megatron 62 Turbo 30 Philippe Alliot Lola LC87-Ford 57 Gearbox 16 Ivan Capelli March 871-Ford 52 Engine 23 Adrián Campos Minardi M187-Motori Moderni 52 Turbo 25 René Arnoux Ligier JS29C-Megatron 33 Exhaust 20 Thierry Boutsen Benetton B187-Ford 31 Engine 10 Christian Danner Zakspeed 871 26 Overheating 26 Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier JS29C-Megatron 24 Engine 24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi M187-Motori Moderni 23 Turbo 7 Riccardo Patrese Brabham BT56-BMW 19 Differential 9 Martin Brundle Zakspeed 871 18 Right rear wheel lost 21 Alex Caffi Osella FA1I-Alfa Romeo 11 Engine 8 Andrea de Cesaris Brabham BT56-BMW 2 Turbo 18 Eddie Cheever Arrows A10-Megatron 0 Electrical Lap Leaders: Car# Driver Car Laps Total 5 Nigel Mansell Williams FW11B-Honda 1-35 70 6 Nelson Piquet Williams FW11B-Honda 36-45 10 5 Nigel Mansell Williams FW11B-Honda 46-80 Fastest Laps: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Lap 1 6 Nelson Piquet Williams FW11B-Honda 1:09.548 197.372 68 2 5 Nigel Mansell Williams FW11B-Honda 1:10.405 194.969 42 3 1 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/3-TAG 1:11.324 192.457 44 4 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari F1-87 1:11.675 191.514 42 5 2 Stefan Johansson McLaren MP4/3-TAG 1:11.874 190.984 39 6 19 Teo Fabi Benetton B187-Ford 1:12.101 190.383 57 7 12 Ayrton Senna Lotus 99T-Honda 1:12.231 190.040 47 8 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari F1-87 1:12.457 189.448 57 9 20 Thierry Boutsen Benetton B187-Ford 1:12.567 189.160 5 10 17 Derek Warwick Arrows A10-Megatron 1:13.245 187.409 45 11 25 René Arnoux Ligier JS29C-Megatron 1:13.845 185.887 5 12 7 Riccardo Patrese Brabham BT56-BMW 1:13.984 185.537 5 13 8 Andrea de Cesaris Brabham BT56-BMW 1:14.098 185.252 2 14 24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi M187-Motori Moderni 1:14.248 184.878 7 15 11 Satoru Nakajima Lotus 99T-Honda 1:14.524 184.193 36 16 26 Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier JS29C-Megatron 1:15.367 182.133 6 17 9 Martin Brundle Zakspeed 871 1:15.549 181.694 7 18 30 Philippe Alliot Lola LC87-Ford 1:15.984 180.654 41 19 10 Christian Danner Zakspeed 871 1:16.133 180.300 3 20 3 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell DG016-Ford 1:16.256 180.009 47 21 16 Ivan Capelli March 871-Ford 1:16.290 179.929 5 22 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell DG016-Ford 1:16.433 179.593 56 23 14 Pascal Fabre AGS JH22-Ford 1:17.499 177.122 3 24 23 Adrián Campos Minardi M187-Motori Moderni 1:17.836 176.355 22 25 21 Alex Caffi Osella FA1I-Alfa Romeo 1:19.147 173.434 3 Final Qualifying Times: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Entrant 1 5 Nigel Mansell Williams FW11B-Honda 1:06.454 206.561 Canon Williams Honda Team 2 1 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/3-TAG 1:06.877 205.254 Marlboro McLaren International 3 12 Ayrton Senna Lotus 99T-Honda 1:07.024 204.804 Camel Team Lotus Honda 4 6 Nelson Piquet Williams FW11B-Honda 1:07.140 204.450 Canon Williams Honda Team 5 20 Thierry Boutsen Benetton B187-Ford 1:08.077 201.636 Benetton Formula Ltd 6 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari F1-87 1:08.198 201.279 Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC 7 19 Teo Fabi Benetton B187-Ford 1:08.293 200.999 Benetton Formula Ltd 8 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari F1-87 1:08.390 200.714 Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC 9 2 Stefan Johansson McLaren MP4/3-TAG 1:08.577 200.166 Marlboro McLaren International 10 17 Derek Warwick Arrows A10-Megatron 1:08.800 199.517 USF&G Arrows Megatron 11 8 Andrea de Cesaris Brabham BT56-BMW 1:08.949 199.086 Motor Racing Developments Ltd 12 7 Riccardo Patrese Brabham BT56-BMW 1:08.993 198.959 Motor Racing Developments Ltd 13 25 René Arnoux Ligier JS29C-Megatron 1:09.430 197.707 Ligier Loto 14 18 Eddie Cheever Arrows A10-Megatron 1:09.828 196.580 USF&G Arrows Megatron 15 24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi M187-Motori Moderni 1:09.868 196.468 Minardi Team 16 11 Satoru Nakajima Lotus 99T-Honda 1:10.652 194.287 Camel Team Lotus Honda 17 26 Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier JS29C-Megatron 1:10.798 193.887 Ligier Loto 18 9 Martin Brundle Zakspeed 871 1:11.170 192.873 West Zakspeed Racing 19 10 Christian Danner Zakspeed 871 1:11.389 192.282 West Zakspeed Racing 20 21 Alex Caffi Osella FA1I-Alfa Romeo 1:12.167 190.209 Osella Squadra Corse 21 23 Adrián Campos Minardi M187-Motori Moderni 1:12.551 189.202 Minardi Team 22 16 Ivan Capelli March 871-Ford 1:12.654 188.934 Leyton House March Racing Team 23 30 Philippe Alliot Lola LC87-Ford 1:13.026 187.971 Larrousse Calmels 24 3 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell DG016-Ford 1:13.443 186.904 Data General Team Tyrrell 25 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell DG016-Ford 1:13.525 186.696 Data General Team Tyrrell 26 14 Pascal Fabre AGS JH22-Ford 1:14.699 183.761 Team El Charro AGS Friday Qualification: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 5 Nigel Mansell Williams FW11B-Honda 1:06.454 206.561 2 1 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/3-TAG 1:06.877 205.254 3 6 Nelson Piquet Williams FW11B-Honda 1:07.270 204.055 4 12 Ayrton Senna Lotus 99T-Honda 1:07.303 203.955 5 20 Thierry Boutsen Benetton B187-Ford 1:08.077 201.636 6 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari F1-87 1:08.198 201.279 7 19 Teo Fabi Benetton B187-Ford 1:08.293 200.999 8 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari F1-87 1:08.390 200.714 9 2 Stefan Johansson McLaren MP4/3-TAG 1:08.577 200.166 10 17 Derek Warwick Arrows A10-Megatron 1:09.256 198.204 11 25 René Arnoux Ligier JS29C-Megatron 1:09.430 197.707 12 7 Riccardo Patrese Brabham BT56-BMW 1:09.458 197.627 13 8 Andrea de Cesaris Brabham BT56-BMW 1:09.499 197.511 14 18 Eddie Cheever Arrows A10-Megatron 1:09.828 196.580 15 24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi M187-Motori Moderni 1:10.388 195.016 16 26 Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier JS29C-Megatron 1:10.798 193.887 17 9 Martin Brundle Zakspeed 871 1:11.451 192.115 18 10 Christian Danner Zakspeed 871 1:11.456 192.101 19 21 Alex Caffi Osella FA1I-Alfa Romeo 1:12.167 190.209 20 11 Satoru Nakajima Lotus 99T-Honda 1:12.268 189.943 21 30 Philippe Alliot Lola LC87-Ford 1:13.026 187.971 22 23 Adrián Campos Minardi M187-Motori Moderni 1:13.145 187.666 23 16 Ivan Capelli March 871-Ford 1:13.204 187.514 24 3 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell DG016-Ford 1:13.443 186.904 25 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell DG016-Ford 1:13.553 186.625 26 14 Pascal Fabre AGS JH22-Ford 1:14.699 183.761 Saturday Qualification: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 5 Nigel Mansell Williams FW11B-Honda 1:06.705 205.784 2 12 Ayrton Senna Lotus 99T-Honda 1:07.024 204.804 3 6 Nelson Piquet Williams FW11B-Honda 1:07.140 204.450 4 1 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/3-TAG 1:07.843 202.332 5 20 Thierry Boutsen Benetton B187-Ford 1:08.176 201.344 6 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari F1-87 1:08.335 200.875 7 17 Derek Warwick Arrows A10-Megatron 1:08.800 199.517 8 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari F1-87 1:08.916 199.182 9 8 Andrea de Cesaris Brabham BT56-BMW 1:08.949 199.086 10 7 Riccardo Patrese Brabham BT56-BMW 1:08.993 198.959 11 2 Stefan Johansson McLaren MP4/3-TAG 1:09.095 198.666 12 24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi M187-Motori Moderni 1:09.868 196.468 13 18 Eddie Cheever Arrows A10-Megatron 1:09.869 196.465 14 25 René Arnoux Ligier JS29C-Megatron 1:09.970 196.181 15 11 Satoru Nakajima Lotus 99T-Honda 1:10.652 194.287 16 26 Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier JS29C-Megatron 1:10.900 193.608 17 9 Martin Brundle Zakspeed 871 1:11.170 192.873 18 10 Christian Danner Zakspeed 871 1:11.389 192.282 19 19 Teo Fabi Benetton B187-Ford 1:11.815 191.141 20 23 Adrián Campos Minardi M187-Motori Moderni 1:12.551 189.202 21 21 Alex Caffi Osella FA1I-Alfa Romeo 1:12.555 189.192 22 16 Ivan Capelli March 871-Ford 1:12.654 188.934 23 3 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell DG016-Ford 1:13.474 186.825 24 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell DG016-Ford 1:13.525 186.696 25 30 Philippe Alliot Lola LC87-Ford 1:14.422 184.445 26 14 Pascal Fabre AGS JH22-Ford 1:14.787 183.545 Friday Practice: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 5 Nigel Mansell Williams FW11B-Honda 1:07.345 203.828 2 12 Ayrton Senna Lotus 99T-Honda 1:08.193 201.293 3 17 Derek Warwick Arrows A10-Megatron 1:08.273 201.057 4 1 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/3-TAG 1:08.704 199.796 5 6 Nelson Piquet Williams FW11B-Honda 1:08.954 199.071 6 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari F1-87 1:09.446 197.661 7 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari F1-87 1:09.692 196.963 8 20 Thierry Boutsen Benetton B187-Ford 1:09.816 196.613 9 19 Teo Fabi Benetton B187-Ford 1:09.903 196.369 10 8 Andrea de Cesaris Brabham BT56-BMW 1:10.419 194.930 11 7 Riccardo Patrese Brabham BT56-BMW 1:10.437 194.880 12 2 Stefan Johansson McLaren MP4/3-TAG 1:10.497 194.714 13 18 Eddie Cheever Arrows A10-Megatron 1:10.502 194.700 14 25 René Arnoux Ligier JS29C-Megatron 1:10.712 194.122 15 11 Satoru Nakajima Lotus 99T-Honda 1:11.570 191.795 16 26 Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier JS29C-Megatron 1:11.768 191.266 17 9 Martin Brundle Zakspeed 871 1:11.921 190.859 18 24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi M187-Motori Moderni 1:12.083 190.430 19 10 Christian Danner Zakspeed 871 1:12.129 190.309 20 21 Alex Caffi Osella FA1I-Alfa Romeo 1:13.375 187.077 21 16 Ivan Capelli March 871-Ford 1:13.688 186.282 22 30 Philippe Alliot Lola LC87-Ford 1:14.161 185.094 23 23 Adrián Campos Minardi M187-Motori Moderni 1:14.477 184.309 24 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell DG016-Ford 1:14.555 184.116 25 3 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell DG016-Ford 1:14.641 183.904 26 14 Pascal Fabre AGS JH22-Ford 1:15.474 181.874 Saturday Practice: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 5 Nigel Mansell Williams FW11B-Honda 1:07.568 203.155 2 1 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/3-TAG 1:08.124 201.497 3 12 Ayrton Senna Lotus 99T-Honda 1:08.312 200.942 4 6 Nelson Piquet Williams FW11B-Honda 1:08.394 200.701 5 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari F1-87 1:09.826 196.585 6 19 Teo Fabi Benetton B187-Ford 1:10.048 195.962 7 2 Stefan Johansson McLaren MP4/3-TAG 1:10.248 195.404 8 17 Derek Warwick Arrows A10-Megatron 1:10.416 194.938 9 18 Eddie Cheever Arrows A10-Megatron 1:10.482 194.756 10 7 Riccardo Patrese Brabham BT56-BMW 1:11.040 193.226 11 8 Andrea de Cesaris Brabham BT56-BMW 1:11.165 192.886 12 25 René Arnoux Ligier JS29C-Megatron 1:11.286 192.559 13 9 Martin Brundle Zakspeed 871 1:11.395 192.265 14 26 Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier JS29C-Megatron 1:11.598 191.720 15 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari F1-87 1:11.726 191.378 16 24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi M187-Motori Moderni 1:11.939 190.811 17 20 Thierry Boutsen Benetton B187-Ford 1:12.228 190.048 18 10 Christian Danner Zakspeed 871 1:12.480 189.387 19 11 Satoru Nakajima Lotus 99T-Honda 1:13.337 187.174 20 16 Ivan Capelli March 871-Ford 1:13.621 186.452 21 23 Adrián Campos Minardi M187-Motori Moderni 1:13.636 186.414 22 30 Philippe Alliot Lola LC87-Ford 1:13.937 185.655 23 21 Alex Caffi Osella FA1I-Alfa Romeo 1:13.999 185.499 24 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell DG016-Ford 1:14.084 185.286 25 14 Pascal Fabre AGS JH22-Ford 1:14.986 183.058 26 3 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell DG016-Ford 1:15.080 182.828 Warm Up: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 5 Nigel Mansell Williams FW11B-Honda 1:10.224 195.472 2 6 Nelson Piquet Williams FW11B-Honda 1:10.689 194.186 3 12 Ayrton Senna Lotus 99T-Honda 1:10.797 193.890 4 1 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/3-TAG 1:11.075 193.131 5 20 Thierry Boutsen Benetton B187-Ford 1:11.328 192.446 6 19 Teo Fabi Benetton B187-Ford 1:11.369 192.336 7 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari F1-87 1:11.717 191.402 8 2 Stefan Johansson McLaren MP4/3-TAG 1:11.963 190.748 9 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari F1-87 1:11.994 190.666 10 7 Riccardo Patrese Brabham BT56-BMW 1:12.226 190.053 11 25 René Arnoux Ligier JS29C-Megatron 1:12.478 189.393 12 8 Andrea de Cesaris Brabham BT56-BMW 1:12.602 189.069 13 17 Derek Warwick Arrows A10-Megatron 1:12.679 188.869 14 18 Eddie Cheever Arrows A10-Megatron 1:13.276 187.330 15 9 Martin Brundle Zakspeed 871 1:13.318 187.223 16 11 Satoru Nakajima Lotus 99T-Honda 1:13.354 187.131 17 26 Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier JS29C-Megatron 1:14.187 185.030 18 24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi M187-Motori Moderni 1:14.515 184.215 19 10 Christian Danner Zakspeed 871 1:14.769 183.589 20 16 Ivan Capelli March 871-Ford 1:15.077 182.836 21 30 Philippe Alliot Lola LC87-Ford 1:15.382 182.097 22 3 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell DG016-Ford 1:16.393 179.687 23 21 Alex Caffi Osella FA1I-Alfa Romeo 1:16.427 179.607 24 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell DG016-Ford 1:16.641 179.105 25 14 Pascal Fabre AGS JH22-Ford 1:17.034 178.191 26 23 Adrián Campos Minardi M187-Motori Moderni 1:56.086 118.247 Notes: 1) Weather: Cloudy, Hot, Dry.
Race Review:

The battle of the Honda powered cars was interrupted in France by a good performance from Alain Prost's McLaren-TAG which qualified second to Nigel Mansell's Williams. The second row featured Ayrton Senna's Lotus-Honda and Nelson Piquet in the second Williams while fifth place went to Thierry Boutsen (Benetton) with Gerhard Berger (Ferrari), Teo Fabi (Benetton) and Michele Alboreto (Ferrari) following the first four rows. The top 10 was completed by Stefan Johansson's McLaren and Derek Warwick in the Arrows-Megatron.

Mansell made a good start to lead Prost into the first corner but on the back straight Piquet blasted ahead of the McLaren to make it a Williams 1-2 with Prost third and Senna fourth ahead of the two Benettons, Boutsen ahead of Fabi. This order did not change although Mansell ran into trouble when he ran over debris from Johansson who had had an accident with Andrea de Cesaris (Brabham) at the first corner. On lap 19 Piquet had a moment and lost second place to Prost but during the pits stops the Brazilian managed to get ahead of both Prost and Mansell. Nigel quickly retook second from Prost and closed up on Piquet but overtaking was another issue until Piquet made a mistake and ran wide on lap 46 and Mansell went ahead. At the second round of stops Piquet stalled in the pitlane and lost just under 10 secs and so Mansell was able to win. Nelson finished second while Prost and Senna were third and fourth ahead of Fabi with the final point going to Philippe Streiff in the Tyrrell-Cosworth.