Race 8 of 16 in the 1986 Formula One World Championship
Race details
Date
6 July 1986
Official name
72e Grand Prix de France[1]
Location
Circuit Paul Ricard Le Castellet, Var, France
Course
Permanent racing facility
Course length
3.812 km (2.369 miles)
Distance
80 laps, 304.960 km (189.493 miles)
Weather
Dry
Pole position
Driver
Ayrton Senna
Lotus-Renault
Time
1:06.526
Fastest lap
Driver
Nigel Mansell
Williams-Honda
Time
1:09.993 on lap 57
Podium
First
Nigel Mansell
Williams-Honda
Second
Alain Prost
McLaren-TAG
Third
Nelson Piquet
Williams-Honda
Lap leaders
Motor car race
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.[2]
^"Motor Racing Programme Covers: 1986". The Programme Covers Project. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
^Scuderia Ferrari did not participate in the 1950 French Grand Prix; Peter Whitehead's privateer entry in this race does not count towards the team's participation tally.
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