Round 8 · 6 July 1986
French Grand Prix
Circuit Paul Ricard · Le Castellet, France
Championship progression
Drivers' standings
Before the race
29 drivers
After Round 7
1
Ayrton Senna
Team Lotus
36
pts
2
Alain Prost
McLaren
33
pts
3
Nigel Mansell
Williams
29
pts
4
Nelson Piquet
Williams
19
pts
5
Keke Rosberg
McLaren
14
pts
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6
Jacques Laffite
Ligier
13
pts
7
Stefan Johansson
Ferrari
7
pts
8
Gerhard Berger
Benetton
6
pts
9
Michele Alboreto
Ferrari
6
pts
10
René Arnoux
Ligier
6
pts
11
Teo Fabi
Benetton
2
pts
12
Martin Brundle
Tyrrell
2
pts
13
Riccardo Patrese
Brabham
2
pts
-
Thierry Boutsen
Arrows
0
pts
-
Philippe Streiff
Tyrrell
0
pts
-
Johnny Dumfries
Team Lotus
0
pts
-
Jonathan Palmer
Zakspeed
0
pts
-
Patrick Tambay
Lola
0
pts
-
Elio de Angelis
Brabham
0
pts
-
Marc Surer
Arrows
0
pts
-
Alan Jones
Lola
0
pts
-
Derek Warwick
Brabham
0
pts
-
Huub Rothengatter
Zakspeed
0
pts
-
Christian Danner
Arrows
0
pts
-
Piercarlo Ghinzani
Osella
0
pts
-
Andrea de Cesaris
Minardi
0
pts
-
Alessandro Nannini
Minardi
0
pts
-
Eddie Cheever
Lola
0
pts
-
Allen Berg
Osella
0
pts
After the race
29 drivers
After Round 8
1
Alain Prost
McLaren
↑1
39
+6
2
Nigel Mansell
Williams
↑1
38
+9
3
Ayrton Senna
Team Lotus
↓2
36
+0
4
Nelson Piquet
Williams
—
23
+4
5
Keke Rosberg
McLaren
—
17
+3
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6
Jacques Laffite
Ligier
—
14
+1
7
René Arnoux
Ligier
↑3
8
+2
8
Stefan Johansson
Ferrari
↓1
7
+0
9
Gerhard Berger
Benetton
↓1
6
+0
10
Michele Alboreto
Ferrari
↓1
6
+0
11
Teo Fabi
Benetton
—
2
+0
12
Martin Brundle
Tyrrell
—
2
+0
13
Riccardo Patrese
Brabham
—
2
+0
-
Thierry Boutsen
Arrows
—
0
+0
-
Philippe Streiff
Tyrrell
—
0
+0
-
Johnny Dumfries
Team Lotus
—
0
+0
-
Jonathan Palmer
Zakspeed
—
0
+0
-
Patrick Tambay
Lola
—
0
+0
-
Elio de Angelis
Brabham
—
0
+0
-
Marc Surer
Arrows
—
0
+0
-
Derek Warwick
Brabham
—
0
+0
-
Alan Jones
Lola
—
0
+0
-
Christian Danner
Arrows
—
0
+0
-
Huub Rothengatter
Zakspeed
—
0
+0
-
Piercarlo Ghinzani
Osella
—
0
+0
-
Andrea de Cesaris
Minardi
—
0
+0
-
Alessandro Nannini
Minardi
—
0
+0
-
Allen Berg
Osella
—
0
+0
-
Eddie Cheever
Lola
—
0
+0
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Race classification
26 starters| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Grid | Status / time | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MAN Nigel Mansell | Williams | 2 | 1:37:19.272 | 9 |
| 2 | PRO Alain Prost | McLaren | 5 | +17.128 | 6 |
| 3 | PIQ Nelson Piquet | Williams | 3 | +37.545 | 4 |
| 4 | ROS Keke Rosberg | McLaren | 7 | +48.703 | 3 |
| 5 | ARN René Arnoux | Ligier | 4 | 1L | 2 |
| 6 | LAF Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 11 | 1L | 1 |
| 7 | PAT Riccardo Patrese | Brabham | 16 | 2L | 0 |
| 8 | ALB Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 9 | 2L | 0 |
| 9 | WAR Derek Warwick | Brabham | 14 | 3L | 0 |
| 10 | BRU Martin Brundle | Tyrrell | 15 | 3L | 0 |
| 11 | DAN Christian Danner | Arrows | 18 | 4L | 0 |
| R | BOU Thierry Boutsen | Arrows | 21 | — | 0 |
| R | TAM Patrick Tambay | Lola | 13 | — | 0 |
| R | DUM Johnny Dumfries | Team Lotus | 12 | — | 0 |
| R | PAL Jonathan Palmer | Zakspeed | 22 | — | 0 |
| R | STR Philippe Streiff | Tyrrell | 17 | — | 0 |
| R | ROT Huub Rothengatter | Zakspeed | 24 | — | 0 |
| R | BER Allen Berg | Osella | 26 | — | 0 |
| R | BER Gerhard Berger | Benetton | 8 | — | 0 |
| R | FAB Teo Fabi | Benetton | 6 | — | 0 |
| R | JOH Stefan Johansson | Ferrari | 10 | — | 0 |
| R | SEN Ayrton Senna | Team Lotus | 1 | — | 0 |
| R | GHI Piercarlo Ghinzani | Osella | 25 | — | 0 |
| R | NAN Alessandro Nannini | Minardi | 19 | — | 0 |
| R | DE Andrea de Cesaris | Minardi | 23 | — | 0 |
| R | JON Alan Jones | Lola | 20 | — | 0 |