Round 6 · 5 July 1987
French Grand Prix
Circuit Paul Ricard · Le Castellet, France
Championship progression
Drivers' standings
Before the race
27 drivers
After Round 5
1
Ayrton Senna
Team Lotus
24
pts
2
Alain Prost
McLaren
22
pts
3
Nelson Piquet
Williams
18
pts
4
Stefan Johansson
McLaren
13
pts
5
Nigel Mansell
Williams
12
pts
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6
Gerhard Berger
Ferrari
9
pts
7
Michele Alboreto
Ferrari
8
pts
8
Andrea de Cesaris
Brabham
4
pts
9
Eddie Cheever
Arrows
4
pts
10
Satoru Nakajima
Team Lotus
3
pts
11
Martin Brundle
Zakspeed
2
pts
12
Jonathan Palmer
Tyrrell
2
pts
13
Thierry Boutsen
Benetton
2
pts
14
René Arnoux
Ligier
1
pts
15
Ivan Capelli
March
1
pts
-
Christian Danner
Zakspeed
0
pts
-
Piercarlo Ghinzani
Ligier
0
pts
-
Philippe Streiff
Tyrrell
0
pts
-
Philippe Alliot
Larrousse
0
pts
-
Teo Fabi
Benetton
0
pts
-
Riccardo Patrese
Brabham
0
pts
-
Pascal Fabre
AGS
0
pts
-
Derek Warwick
Arrows
0
pts
-
Alex Caffi
Osella
0
pts
-
Alessandro Nannini
Minardi
0
pts
-
Adrián Campos
Minardi
0
pts
-
Gabriele Tarquini
Osella
0
pts
After the race
27 drivers
After Round 6
1
Ayrton Senna
Team Lotus
—
27
+3
2
Alain Prost
McLaren
—
26
+4
3
Nelson Piquet
Williams
—
24
+6
4
Nigel Mansell
Williams
↑1
21
+9
5
Stefan Johansson
McLaren
↓1
13
+0
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6
Gerhard Berger
Ferrari
—
9
+0
7
Michele Alboreto
Ferrari
—
8
+0
8
Andrea de Cesaris
Brabham
—
4
+0
9
Eddie Cheever
Arrows
—
4
+0
10
Satoru Nakajima
Team Lotus
—
3
+0
11
Jonathan Palmer
Tyrrell
↑1
2
+0
12
Martin Brundle
Zakspeed
↓1
2
+0
13
Teo Fabi
Benetton
↑986
2
+2
14
Thierry Boutsen
Benetton
↓1
2
+0
15
Philippe Streiff
Tyrrell
↑984
1
+1
16
René Arnoux
Ligier
↓2
1
+0
17
Ivan Capelli
March
↓2
1
+0
-
Christian Danner
Zakspeed
—
0
+0
-
Piercarlo Ghinzani
Ligier
—
0
+0
-
Philippe Alliot
Larrousse
—
0
+0
-
Riccardo Patrese
Brabham
—
0
+0
-
Pascal Fabre
AGS
—
0
+0
-
Derek Warwick
Arrows
—
0
+0
-
Alex Caffi
Osella
—
0
+0
-
Adrián Campos
Minardi
—
0
+0
-
Alessandro Nannini
Minardi
—
0
+0
-
Gabriele Tarquini
Osella
—
0
+0
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Race classification
26 starters| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Grid | Status / time | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MAN Nigel Mansell | Williams | 1 | 1:37:03.839 | 9 |
| 2 | PIQ Nelson Piquet | Williams | 4 | +7.711 | 6 |
| 3 | PRO Alain Prost | McLaren | 2 | +55.255 | 4 |
| 4 | SEN Ayrton Senna | Team Lotus | 3 | 1L | 3 |
| 5 | FAB Teo Fabi | Benetton | 7 | 3L | 2 |
| 6 | STR Philippe Streiff | Tyrrell | 25 | 4L | 1 |
| 7 | PAL Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell | 24 | 4L | 0 |
| 8 | JOH Stefan Johansson | McLaren | 9 | 6L | 0 |
| 9 | FAB Pascal Fabre | AGS | 26 | 6L | 0 |
| R | BER Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 6 | — | 0 |
| R | NAK Satoru Nakajima | Team Lotus | 16 | — | 0 |
| R | ALB Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 8 | — | 0 |
| R | WAR Derek Warwick | Arrows | 10 | — | 0 |
| R | ALL Philippe Alliot | Larrousse | 23 | — | 0 |
| R | CAP Ivan Capelli | March | 22 | — | 0 |
| R | CAM Adrián Campos | Minardi | 21 | — | 0 |
| R | ARN René Arnoux | Ligier | 13 | — | 0 |
| R | BOU Thierry Boutsen | Benetton | 5 | — | 0 |
| R | DAN Christian Danner | Zakspeed | 19 | — | 0 |
| R | GHI Piercarlo Ghinzani | Ligier | 17 | — | 0 |
| R | NAN Alessandro Nannini | Minardi | 15 | — | 0 |
| R | PAT Riccardo Patrese | Brabham | 12 | — | 0 |
| R | BRU Martin Brundle | Zakspeed | 18 | — | 0 |
| R | CAF Alex Caffi | Osella | 20 | — | 0 |
| R | DE Andrea de Cesaris | Brabham | 11 | — | 0 |
| R | CHE Eddie Cheever | Arrows | 14 | — | 0 |