French Grand Prix
Round 8 · 6 July 1986 ·Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France
Prost
McLaren
2
Mansell
Williams
1
Piquet
Williams
3
Race classification
| Pos. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Laps | Time | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigel Mansell |  British | Williams | 80 | 1:37:19.272 | 9 |
| 2 | Alain Prost |  French | McLaren | 80 | +17.128 | 6 |
| 3 | Nelson Piquet |  Brazilian | Williams | 80 | +37.545 | 4 |
| 4 | Keke Rosberg |  Finnish | McLaren | 80 | +48.703 | 3 |
| 5 | René Arnoux | French | Ligier | 79 | +1 Lap | 2 |
| 6 | Jacques Laffite | French | Ligier | 79 | +1 Lap | 1 |
| 7 | Riccardo Patrese |  Italian | Brabham | 78 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 8 | Michele Alboreto | Italian | Ferrari | 78 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 9 | Derek Warwick | British | Brabham | 77 | +3 Laps | 0 |
| 10 | Martin Brundle | British | Tyrrell | 77 | +3 Laps | 0 |
| 11 | Christian Danner |  German | Arrows | 76 | +4 Laps | 0 |
| N | Thierry Boutsen |  Belgian | Arrows | 67 | Not classified | 0 |
| R | Patrick Tambay | French | Lola | 64 | Brakes | 0 |
| R | Johnny Dumfries | British | Team Lotus | 56 | Engine | 0 |
| R | Jonathan Palmer | British | Zakspeed | 46 | Engine | 0 |
| R | Philippe Streiff | French | Tyrrell | 43 | Heat shield fire | 0 |
| R | Huub Rothengatter |  Dutch | Zakspeed | 32 | Accident | 0 |
| R | Allen Berg |  Canadian | Osella | 25 | Turbo | 0 |
| R | Gerhard Berger |  Austrian | Benetton | 22 | Gearbox | 0 |
| R | Teo Fabi | Italian | Benetton | 7 | Engine | 0 |
| R | Stefan Johansson |  Swedish | Ferrari | 5 | Turbo | 0 |
| R | Ayrton Senna | Brazilian | Team Lotus | 3 | Accident | 0 |
| R | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Italian | Osella | 3 | Accident | 0 |
| R | Alessandro Nannini | Italian | Minardi | 3 | Accident | 0 |
| R | Andrea de Cesaris | Italian | Minardi | 3 | Turbo | 0 |
| R | Alan Jones |  Australian | Lola | 2 | Accident | 0 |
- R
- Retired
- N
- Not classified