1987 French Grand Prix

 1987 French Grand Prix

Racing data
6th of 16 races in the 1987 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	LXXIII Grand Prix de France
Date:	5th July 1987
Place:	Le Castellet
Course:	Circuit Paul Ricard
Length:	305.04 km in 80 laps of 3.813 km
Weather:	sunny and hot
Pole position
Driver:	Nigel Mansell	Williams
Time:	1: 06.454 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Nelson Piquet	Williams
Time:	1: 09.548 min
Podium
First:	Nigel Mansell	Williams
Second:	Nelson Piquet	Williams
Third:	Alain Prost	McLaren

The 1987 French Grand Prix took place on July 5th at the Paul Ricard Circuit in Le Castellet and was the sixth race of the 1987 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

A field of participants that had remained unchanged two weeks previously compared to the US Grand Prix entered the sixth World Championship round of the year in Le Castellet.

training

For the fourth time in a row, Nigel Mansell secured pole position. Alain Prost qualified for second place on the grid ahead of Ayrton Senna and Nelson Piquet . Thierry Boutsen and Gerhard Berger formed the third row on the grid.

run

After the order at the front remained unchanged for the first few meters, Piquet managed to overtake Prost on the back straight and thus create a Williams double lead. Senna followed in fourth place behind Prost and ahead of Thierry Boutsen and Teo Fabi's two Benettons .

On the 19th lap, Piquet lost second place to Prost. In the course of the pit stops, however, he managed to pass both Prost and Mansell to the top.

When Piquet made a small mistake on lap 46, Mansell was able to take the lead again and win the race just ahead of his team mate. Prost was third ahead of Senna and Fabi, who, despite his technical failure shortly before the end, was classified fifth due to the distance he had covered. Philippe Streiff received the last World Cup point of the day in sixth place.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Marlboro McLaren International	1	Alain Prost	McLaren MP4 / 3	TAG / Porsche TTE PO1 1.5 V6 t	G
	2	Stefan Johansson
Data General Team Tyrrell	3	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell DG016	Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5 V8	G
	4th	Philippe Streiff
Canon Williams Honda Team	5	Nigel Mansell	Williams FW11B	Honda RA167E 1.5 V6 t	G
	6th	Nelson Piquet
Motor Racing Developments	7th	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham BT56	BMW M12 / 13 1.5 L4 t	G
	8th	Andrea de Cesaris
West Zakspeed Racing	9	Martin Brundle	Zakspeed 871	Zakspeed 1500/4 1.5 L4 t	G
	10	Christian Danner
Camel Team Lotus Honda	11	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus 99T	Honda RA166E 1.5 V6 t	G
	12	Ayrton Senna
Team El Charro AGS	14th	Pascal Fabre	AGS JH22	Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5 V8	G
Leyton House March Racing Team	16	Ivan Capelli	March 871		G
USF & G Arrows Megatron	17th	Derek Warwick	Arrows A10	Megatron M12 / 13 1.5 L4 t	G
	18th	Eddie Cheever
Benetton Formula Ltd	19th	Teo Fabi	Benetton B187	Ford Cosworth GBA 1.5 V6 t	G
	20th	Thierry Boutsen
Osella Squadra Corse	21st	Alex Caffi	Osella FA1I	Alfa Romeo 890T 1.5 V8 t	G
Minardi F1 team	23	Adrian Campos	Minardi M187	Motori Moderni 615-90 1.5 V6 t	G
	24	Alessandro Nannini
Ligier Loto	25th	René Arnoux	Ligier JS29B	Megatron M12 / 13 1.5 L4 t	G
	26th	Piercarlo Ghinzani
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	27	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari F1 / 87	Ferrari 033D 1.5 V6 t	G
	28	Gerhard Berger
Larrousse Calmels	30th	Philippe Alliot	Lola LC87	Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5 V8	G

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	1. Qualification training		2. Qualification training		begin
			time	Ø speed	time	Ø speed
01	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	1: 06.454	206.561 km / h	1: 06.705	205.784 km / h	01
02	Alain Prost	McLaren TAG Porsche	1: 06.877	205.254 km / h	1: 07.843	202.332 km / h	02
03	Ayrton Senna	Lotus Honda	1: 07.303	203.955 km / h	1: 07.024	204.804 km / h	03
04th	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	1: 07.270	204.055 km / h	1: 07,140	204.450 km / h	04th
05	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton-Ford	1: 08.077	201.636 km / h	1: 08.176	201.344 km / h	05
06th	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	1: 08.198	201.279 km / h	1: 08.335	200.875 km / h	06th
07th	Teo Fabi	Benetton-Ford	1: 08.293	200.999 km / h	1: 11.815	191.141 km / h	07th
08th	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	1: 08.390	200.714 km / h	1: 08.916	199.182 km / h	08th
09	Stefan Johansson	McLaren TAG Porsche	1: 08.577	200.166 km / h	1: 09.095	198.666 km / h	09
10	Derek Warwick	Arrows-Megatron	1: 09.256	198.204 km / h	1: 08.800	199.517 km / h	10
11	Andrea de Cesaris	Brabham-BMW	1: 09.499	197.511 km / h	1: 08.949	199.086 km / h	11
12	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	1: 09.458	197.627 km / h	1: 08.993	198.959 km / h	12
13	René Arnoux	Ligier-Megatron	1: 09.430	197.707 km / h	1: 09.970	196.181 km / h	13
14th	Eddie Cheever	Arrows-Megatron	1: 09.828	196.580 km / h	1: 09.869	196.465 km / h	14th
15th	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi-Motori Moderni	1: 10.388	195.016 km / h	1: 09.868	196.468 km / h	15th
16	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus Honda	1: 12.268	189.943 km / h	1: 10.652	194.287 km / h	16
17th	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Ligier-Megatron	1: 10.798	193.887 km / h	1: 10,900	193.608 km / h	17th
18th	Martin Brundle	Zakspeed	1: 11.451	192.115 km / h	1: 11.170	192.873 km / h	18th
19th	Christian Danner	Zakspeed	1: 11.456	192.101 km / h	1: 11.389	192.282 km / h	19th
20th	Alex Caffi	Osella-Alfa Romeo	1: 12.167	190.209 km / h	1: 12.555	189.192 km / h	20th
21st	Adrian Campos	Minardi-Motori Moderni	1: 13.145	187.666 km / h	1: 12.551	189.202 km / h	21st
22nd	Ivan Capelli	March-Ford	1: 13.204	187.514 km / h	1: 12.654	188.934 km / h	22nd
23	Philippe Alliot	Lola Ford	1: 13.026	187.971 km / h	1: 14.422	184.445 km / h	23
24	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 13.443	186.904 km / h	1: 13.474	186.825 km / h	24
25th	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell-Ford	1: 13.553	186.625 km / h	1: 13.525	186.696 km / h	25th
26th	Pascal Fabre	AGS-Ford	1: 14.699	183.761 km / h	1: 14.787	183.545 km / h	26th

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	80	1	1: 37: 03.839	01	1: 10.405
02	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	80	2	+ 7.711	04th	1: 09.548
03	Alain Prost	McLaren TAG Porsche	80	1	+ 55.255	02	1: 11.324
04th	Ayrton Senna	Lotus Honda	79	0	+ 1 lap	03	1: 12.231
05	Teo Fabi	Benetton-Ford	77	1	DNF	07th	1: 12.101	broken drive shaft
06th	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell-Ford	76	0	+ 4 rounds	25th	1: 16.433
07th	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell-Ford	76	0	+ 4 rounds	24	1: 16.256
08th	Stefan Johansson	McLaren TAG Porsche	74	1	DNF	09	1: 11.874	defective alternator
09	Pascal Fabre	AGS-Ford	74	0	+ 6 rounds	26th	1: 17.499
-	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	71	0	DNF	06th	1: 11.675	Driving error
-	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus Honda	71	0	NC	16	1: 14.524	Unrated
-	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	64	0	DNF	08th	1: 12.457	Engine failure
-	Derek Warwick	Arrows-Megatron	62	0	DNF	10	1: 13.245	Turbocharger damage
-	Philippe Alliot	Lola Ford	57	0	DNF	23	1: 15.984	defective power transmission
-	Ivan Capelli	March-Ford	52	0	DNF	22nd	1: 16.290	Engine failure
-	Adrian Campos	Minardi-Motori Moderni	52	0	DNF	21st	1: 17.836	Turbocharger damage
-	René Arnoux	Ligier-Megatron	33	0	DNF	13	1: 13.845	defective exhaust system
-	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton-Ford	31	0	DNF	05	1: 12.567	Electrical damage
-	Christian Danner	Zakspeed	26th	0	DNF	19th	1: 16.133	Turbocharger damage
-	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Ligier-Megatron	24	0	DNF	17th	1: 15.367	Engine failure
-	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi-Motori Moderni	23	0	DNF	15th	1: 14.248	Engine failure
-	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	19th	0	DNF	12	1: 13.984	Turbocharger damage
-	Martin Brundle	Zakspeed	18th	1	DNF	18th	1: 15.549	lost wheel
-	Alex Caffi	Osella-Alfa Romeo	11	0	DNF	20th	1: 19.147	Gearbox damage
-	Andrea de Cesaris	Brabham-BMW	02	0	DNF	11	1: 14.098	Turbocharger damage
-	Eddie Cheever	Arrows-Megatron	00	0	DNF	14th	-	Electrical damage

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  Ayrton Senna lotus 27 02  Alain Prost McLaren 26th 03  Nelson Piquet Williams 24 04th  Nigel Mansell Williams 21st 05  Stefan Johansson McLaren 13 06th  Gerhard Berger Ferrari 9 07th  Michele Alboreto Ferrari 8th 08th  Eddie Cheever Arrows 4th 09  Andrea de Cesaris Brabham 4th

Item driver constructor Points 10  Satoru Nakajima lotus 3 11  Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell 2 12  Martin Brundle Zakspeed 2 13  Teo Fabi Benetton 2 14th  Thierry Boutsen Benetton 2 15th  Philippe Streiff Tyrrell 1 16  René Arnoux Ligier 1 17th  Ivan Capelli Minardi 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Williams 45 02  McLaren 39 03  lotus 30th 04th  Ferrari 17th 05  Arrows 4th 06th  Benetton 4th

Item constructor Points 07th  Brabham 4th 08th  Tyrrell 3 09  Zakspeed 2 10  March 1 11  Ligier 1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Training" ( Memento of the original from March 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on June 2, 2013)  
2. ^ "Report" (accessed on June 2, 2013)
3. ↑ "World Cup stands" ( Memento of the original from September 1, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on June 2, 2013)  

Web links

• Race result on the official Formula 1 website
• Race result on "Motorsportarchiv.de"