1986 French Grand Prix
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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 Template:Convert circuit two months previously, a decision was made to use the shorter, Template:Convert "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 Template:Convert to Template:Convert. Nonetheless, the cars still recorded speeds of over Template:Convert 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.<ref>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.</ref>
Classification
Qualifying
Race
Championship standings after the race
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- Drivers' Championship standings
| Pos | Driver | Points | |
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| 1 | Template:Flagicon Alain Prost | 39 | |
| 2 | Template:Flagicon Nigel Mansell | 38 | |
| 3 | Template:Flagicon Ayrton Senna | 36 | |
| 4 | Template:Flagicon Nelson Piquet | 23 | |
| 5 | Template:Flagicon Keke Rosberg | 17 | |
| Source: <ref name="champ">Template:Cite web</ref> | |||
- Constructors' Championship standings
| Pos | Constructor | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Flagicon Williams-Honda | 61 | |
| 2 | Template:Flagicon McLaren-TAG | 56 | |
| 3 | Template:Flagicon Lotus-Renault | 36 | |
| 4 | Template:Flagicon Ligier-Renault | 22 | |
| 5 | Template:Flagicon Ferrari | 13 | |
| Source: <ref name="champ"/> | |||
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