The 1987 French Grand Prix was Round 6 of the 1987 FIA Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held at Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France on Sunday, 5 July 1987. Nigel Mansell started on pole position in the Williams Honda and was the race winner.
1987 French Grand Prix Race Result
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Tyre | Laps | Time/Retired | Race Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Lap | Started | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Nigel Mansell | Great Britain | Williams Honda | Goodyear | 80 | 1:37:03.839 | 1:37:03.839 | - | - | 1:10.405 | 42 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 6 | Nelson Piquet | Brazil | Williams Honda | Goodyear | 80 | +7.711 | 1:37:11.550 | +7.711 | +7.711 | 1:09.548 | 68 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | Alain Prost | France | McLaren TAG | Goodyear | 80 | +55.255 | 1:37:59.094 | +55.255 | +47.544 | 1:11.324 | 44 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 12 | Ayrton Senna | Brazil | Lotus Honda | Goodyear | 79 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1 lap | 1:12.231 | 47 | 3 | 3 | |
| 5 | 19 | Teo Fabi | Italy | Benetton Ford | Goodyear | 77 | +3 laps | 3 laps | 2 laps | 1:12.101 | 57 | 7 | 2 | |
| 6 | 4 | Philippe Streiff | France | Tyrrell Ford | Goodyear | 76 | +4 laps | 4 laps | 1 lap | 1:16.433 | 56 | 25 | 1 | |
| 7 | 3 | Jonathan Palmer | Great Britain | Tyrrell Ford | Goodyear | 76 | +4 laps | 4 laps | 1:16.256 | 47 | 24 | |||
| 8 | 2 | Stefan Johansson | Sweden | McLaren TAG | Goodyear | 74 | +6 laps | 6 laps | 2 laps | 1:11.874 | 39 | 9 | ||
| 9 | 14 | Pascal Fabre | France | AGS Ford | Goodyear | 74 | +6 laps | 6 laps | 1:17.499 | 3 | 26 | |||
| DNF | 28 | Gerhard Berger | Austria | Ferrari | Goodyear | 71 | Suspension | 9 laps | 3 laps | 1:11.675 | 42 | 6 | ||
| NC | 11 | Satoru Nakajima | Japan | Lotus Honda | Goodyear | 71 | +9 laps | 9 laps | 1:14.524 | 36 | 16 | |||
| DNF | 27 | Michele Alboreto | Italy | Ferrari | Goodyear | 64 | Engine | 16 laps | 7 laps | 1:12.457 | 57 | 8 | ||
| DNF | 17 | Derek Warwick | Great Britain | Arrows Megatron | Goodyear | 62 | Turbo | 18 laps | 2 laps | 1:13.245 | 45 | 10 | ||
| DNF | 30 | Philippe Alliot | France | Lola Ford | Goodyear | 57 | Gearbox | 23 laps | 5 laps | 1:15.984 | 41 | 23 | ||
| DNF | 16 | Ivan Capelli | Italy | March Ford | Goodyear | 52 | Engine | 28 laps | 5 laps | 1:16.290 | 5 | 23 | ||
| DNF | 23 | Adrian Campos | Spain | Minardi Motori Moderni | Goodyear | 52 | Turbo | 28 laps | 1:17.836 | 22 | 21 | |||
| DNF | 25 | René Arnoux | France | Ligier Megatron | Goodyear | 33 | Exhaust | 47 laps | 19 laps | 1:13.845 | 5 | 13 | ||
| DNF | 20 | Thierry Boutsen | Belgium | Benetton Ford | Goodyear | 31 | Engine | 49 laps | 2 laps | 1:12.567 | 5 | 5 | ||
| DNF | 10 | Christian Danner | Germany | Zakspeed | Goodyear | 26 | Overheating | 54 laps | 5 laps | 1:16.133 | 3 | 19 | ||
| DNF | 26 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Italy | Ligier Megatron | Goodyear | 24 | Engine | 56 laps | 2 laps | 1:15.367 | 6 | 17 | ||
| DNF | 24 | Alessandro Nannini | Italy | Minardi Motori Moderni | Goodyear | 23 | Turbo | 57 laps | 1 lap | 1:14.248 | 7 | 15 | ||
| DNF | 7 | Riccardo Patrese | Italy | Brabham BMW | Goodyear | 19 | Differential | 61 laps | 4 laps | 1:13.984 | 5 | 12 | ||
| DNF | 9 | Martin Brundle | Great Britain | Zakspeed | Goodyear | 18 | Wheel | 62 laps | 1 lap | 1:15.549 | 7 | 18 | ||
| DNF | 21 | Alex Caffi | Italy | Osella Alfa Romeo | Goodyear | 11 | Engine | 69 laps | 7 laps | 1:19.147 | 3 | 20 | ||
| DNF | 8 | Andrea de Cesaris | Italy | Brabham BMW | Goodyear | 2 | Turbo | 78 laps | 9 laps | 1:14.098 | 2 | 11 | ||
| DNF | 18 | Eddie Cheever | United States | Arrows Megatron | Goodyear | Electrical | 80 laps | 2 laps | 14 |