1986 French Grand Prix

 1986 French Grand Prix

Racing data
8th of 16 races in the 1986 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	LXXII Grand Prix de France
Date:	July 6, 1986
Place:	Le Castellet
Course:	Circuit Paul Ricard
Length:	305.04 km in 80 laps of 3.813 km
Weather:	cloudy but warm
Spectator:	~ 35,000
Pole position
Driver:	Ayrton Senna	lotus
Time:	1: 06.526 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Nigel Mansell	Williams
Time:	1: 09.993 min
Podium
First:	Nigel Mansell	Williams
Second:	Alain Prost	McLaren
Third:	Nelson Piquet	Williams

The 1986 French Grand Prix took place on July 6th at the Paul Ricard Circuit in Le Castellet and was the eighth race of the 1986 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

As a result of Elio de Angelis' fatal accident in May, the decision was made to hold the French Grand Prix on a shortened version of the Circuit Paul Ricard that did not include the section of the route in which the accident occurred and also almost two in total The kilometer-long Mistral straight, which reached very high speeds, was halved.

Patrick Tambay returned to the field after a three-week injury break.

training

Ayrton Senna secured pole position for the fifth time this season. Williams drivers Nigel Mansell and Nelson Piquet followed again in second and third place on the grid. René Arnoux qualified fourth ahead of Alain Prost and Michele Alboreto .

run

While Alboreto dropped to 24th place due to a mistake at the start, Mansell took the lead ahead of Senna and Arnoux. Teo Fabi and Derek Warwick collided during the first lap . Both had to go to the pits for repairs on their vehicles.

In the fourth round Senna came on oil, which the Minardi M185B of Andrea de Cesaris had lost due to engine failure, to slide, crashed into the barriers and retired. Mansell was leading by a clear margin over Arnoux. Gerhard Berger , who was third at the time , was put under pressure by the two McLaren drivers Alain Prost and Keke Rosberg and was able to withstand this up to the ninth lap. Shortly after falling behind the two opponents, he collided with Christian Danner and had to make an unscheduled pit stop that pushed him back to 16th place.

By the 18th lap, both McLaren drivers passed Arnoux into second and third place. When Mansell had his tires changed in the pits, Prost took the lead, which the Briton regained on lap 37, taking advantage of the new tires. He finally won ahead of Prost and Piquet. Rosberg finished fourth in front of the two Ligier drivers René Arnoux and Jacques Laffite .

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Marlboro McLaren International	1	Alain Prost	McLaren MP4 / 2C	TAG / Porsche TTE PO1 1.5 V6 t	G
	2	Keke Rosberg
Data General Team Tyrrell	3	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell 015	Renault EF15 1.5 V6 t	G
	4th	Philippe Streiff
Canon Williams Honda Team	5	Nigel Mansell	Williams FW11	Honda RA166E 1.5 V6 t	G
	6th	Nelson Piquet
Motor Racing Developments	7th	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham BT55	BMW M12 / 13 1.5 L4 t	P
	8th	Derek Warwick
John Player Special Team Lotus	11	Johnny Dumfries	Lotus 98T	Renault EF15B 1.5 V6 t	G
	12	Ayrton Senna
West Zakspeed Racing	14th	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed 861	Zakspeed 1500/4 1.5 L4 t	G
	29	Huub Rothengatter
Team Haas (USA) Ltd	15th	Alan Jones	Lola THL2	Ford Cosworth GBA 1.5 V6 t	G
	16	Patrick Tambay
Barclay Arrows BMW	17th	Christian Danner	Arrows A8	BMW M12 / 13 1.5 L4 t	G
	18th	Thierry Boutsen
Benetton Formula Ltd	19th	Teo Fabi	Benetton B186		P
	20th	Gerhard Berger
Osella Squadra Corse	21st	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella FA1H	Alfa Romeo 890T 1.5 V8 t	P
	22nd	Allen mountain	Osella FA1F
Minardi F1 team	23	Andrea de Cesaris	Minardi M185B	Motori Moderni 615-90 1.5 V6 t	P
	24	Alessandro Nannini
Team Ligier	25th	René Arnoux	Ligier JS27	Renault EF15 1.5 V6 t	P
	26th	Jacques Laffite
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	27	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari F1 / 86	Ferrari 032 1.5 V6 t	G
	28	Stefan Johansson

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	Qualification training 1		Qualification training 2		begin
			time	Ø speed	time	Ø speed
01	Ayrton Senna	Lotus Renault	1: 06.526	206.337 km / h	1: 06.807	205.469 km / h	01
02	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	1: 06.755	205.630 km / h	1: 09.819	196.606 km / h	02
03	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	1: 06.797	205,500 km / h	1: 07.184	204.317 km / h	03
04th	René Arnoux	Ligier-Renault	1: 07.114	204.530 km / h	1: 07.075	204.649 km / h	04th
05	Alain Prost	McLaren TAG Porsche	1: 07.270	204.055 km / h	1: 07.266	204.067 km / h	05
06th	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	1: 07.365	203.768 km / h	1: 09.161	198.476 km / h	06th
07th	Keke Rosberg	McLaren TAG Porsche	1: 07.545	203.225 km / h	1: 08.175	201.347 km / h	07th
08th	Gerhard Berger	Benetton BMW	1: 07.835	202.356 km / h	1: 07.554	203.197 km / h	08th
09	Teo Fabi	Benetton BMW	1: 08.703	199.799 km / h	1: 07.818	202.406 km / h	09
10	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	1: 07.874	202.239 km / h	1: 08.881	199.283 km / h	10
11	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Renault	1: 07.913	202.123 km / h	1: 08.288	201.013 km / h	11
12	Johnny Dumfries	Lotus Renault	1: 09.477	197.573 km / h	1: 08.544	200.263 km / h	12
13	Patrick Tambay	Lola Ford	1: 09.108	198.628 km / h	1: 08.616	200.052 km / h	13
14th	Derek Warwick	Brabham-BMW	1: 09.471	197.590 km / h	1: 08.905	199.213 km / h	14th
15th	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell Renault	1: 09.044	198.812 km / h	1: 10.293	195.280 km / h	15th
16	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	1: 09.624	197.156 km / h	1: 09.436	197.690 km / h	16
17th	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell Renault	1: 09.935	196.279 km / h	1: 09.700	196.941 km / h	17th
18th	Christian Danner	Arrows BMW	1: 09.737	196.837 km / h	1: 10.614	194.392 km / h	18th
19th	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi-Motori Moderni	1: 09.792	196.682 km / h	1: 10.630	194.348 km / h	19th
20th	Alan Jones	Lola Ford	1: 09.929	196.296 km / h	1: 10.733	194.065 km / h	20th
21st	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows BMW	1: 09.987	196.134 km / h	1: 28.882	154.438 km / h	21st
22nd	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	1: 10.305	195.246 km / h	1: 10.511	194.676 km / h	22nd
23	Andrea de Cesaris	Minardi-Motori Moderni	1: 11.483	192.029 km / h	1: 21.859	167.688 km / h	23
24	Huub Rothengatter	Zakspeed	1: 12.940	188.193 km / h	1: 12.163	190.219 km / h	24
25th	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Alfa Romeo	1: 13.997	185.505 km / h	1: 12.443	189.484 km / h	25th
26th	Allen mountain	Osella-Alfa Romeo	1: 18.866	174.052 km / h	1: 14.264	184.838 km / h	26th

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	80	2	1: 37: 19.272	02	1: 09.993
02	Alain Prost	McLaren TAG Porsche	80	1	+ 17,128	05	1: 10.859
03	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	80	0	+ 37.545	03	1: 10.582
04th	Keke Rosberg	McLaren TAG Porsche	80	0	+ 48.703	07th	1: 11.402
05	René Arnoux	Ligier-Renault	79	0	+ 1 lap	04th	1: 10.227
06th	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Renault	79	0	+ 1 lap	11	1: 11.220
07th	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	78	0	+ 2 rounds	16	1: 12.702
08th	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	78	0	+ 2 rounds	06th	1: 11.747
09	Derek Warwick	Brabham-BMW	77	0	+ 3 rounds	14th	1: 12.976
10	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell Renault	77	0	+ 3 rounds	15th	1: 12.998
11	Christian Danner	Arrows BMW	76	0	+ 4 rounds	18th	1: 14.208
-	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows BMW	67	0	NC	21st	1: 12.847	Unrated
-	Patrick Tambay	Lola Ford	64	0	DNF	13	1: 12.472	Brake defect
-	Johnny Dumfries	Lotus Renault	56	0	DNF	12	1: 12.572	Engine failure
-	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	46	0	DNF	22nd	1: 14.689	Valve damage
-	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell Renault	43	0	DNF	17th	1: 13.810	Fire
-	Huub Rothengatter	Zakspeed	32	0	DNF	24	1: 17.441	accident
-	Allen mountain	Osella-Alfa Romeo	25th	0	DNF	26th	1: 19.574	Turbocharger damage
-	Gerhard Berger	Benetton BMW	22nd	0	DNF	08th	1: 12.436	defective circuit
-	Teo Fabi	Benetton BMW	07th	0	DNF	09	1: 18.154	Engine failure
-	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	05	0	DNF	10	1: 21.581	Turbocharger damage
-	Ayrton Senna	Lotus Renault	03	0	DNF	01	1: 12.882	Driving error
-	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Alfa Romeo	03	0	DNF	25th	1: 17.832	collision
-	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi-Motori Moderni	03	0	DNF	19th	1: 17.795	collision
-	Andrea de Cesaris	Minardi-Motori Moderni	03	0	DNF	23	1: 17.683	Engine failure
-	Alan Jones	Lola Ford	02	0	DNF	20th	1: 17.860	Driving error

World Cup stands after the race

The first six of the race got 9, 6, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point (s) respectively.

Driver ranking

Item driver constructor Points 01  Alain Prost McLaren 39 02  Nigel Mansell Williams 38 03  Ayrton Senna lotus 36 04th  Nelson Piquet Williams 23 05  Keke Rosberg McLaren 17th 06th  Jacques Laffite Ligier 14th 07th  René Arnoux Ligier 8th

Item driver constructor Points 08th  Stefan Johansson Ferrari 7th 09  Michele Alboreto Ferrari 6th 10  Gerhard Berger Benetton 6th 11  Riccardo Patrese Brabham 2 12  Martin Brundle Tyrrell 2 13  Teo Fabi Benetton 2

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Williams 61 02  McLaren 56 03  lotus 36 04th  Ligier 22nd

Item constructor Points 05  Ferrari 13 06th  Benetton 8th 07th  Tyrrell 2 08th  Brabham 2

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Training" ( Memento of the original from January 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on May 19, 2013)  
2. ^ "Report" (accessed on May 19, 2013)
3. ↑ “World Cup stands” ( Memento of the original from June 22, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on May 19, 2013)  

Web links

• Race result on the official Formula 1 website