The 1986 French Grand Prix was Round 8 of the 1986 FIA Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held at Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France on Sunday, 6 July 1986. Ayrton Senna started on pole position in the Lotus Renault and Nigel Mansell was the race winner in the Williams Honda.
Grand Prix De France 1986 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 | 1:37:19.272 | 1:37:19.272 | - | - | 1:09.993 | 57 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | 1 | Alain Prost | France | McLaren TAG | Goodyear | 80 | +17.128 | 1:37:36.400 | +17.128 | +17.128 | 1:10.859 | 68 | 5 | 6 |
| 3 | 6 | Nelson Piquet | Brazil | Williams Honda | Goodyear | 80 | +37.545 | 1:37:56.817 | +37.545 | +20.417 | 1:10.582 | 66 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | Keke Rosberg | Finland | McLaren TAG | Goodyear | 80 | +48.703 | 1:38:07.975 | +48.703 | +11.158 | 1:11.402 | 39 | 7 | 3 |
| 5 | 25 | René Arnoux | France | Ligier Renault | Pirelli | 79 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1 lap | 1:10.227 | 47 | 4 | 2 | |
| 6 | 26 | Jacques Laffite | France | Ligier Renault | Pirelli | 79 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1:11.220 | 58 | 11 | 1 | ||
| 7 | 7 | Riccardo Patrese | Italy | Brabham BMW | Pirelli | 78 | +2 laps | 2 laps | 1 lap | 1:12.702 | 49 | 16 | ||
| 8 | 27 | Michele Alboreto | Italy | Ferrari | Goodyear | 78 | +2 laps | 2 laps | 1:11.747 | 62 | 9 | |||
| 9 | 8 | Derek Warwick | Great Britain | Brabham BMW | Pirelli | 77 | +3 laps | 3 laps | 1 lap | 1:12.976 | 60 | 14 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Martin Brundle | Great Britain | Tyrrell Renault | Goodyear | 77 | +3 laps | 3 laps | 1:12.998 | 64 | 15 | |||
| 11 | 17 | Christian Danner | Germany | Arrows BMW | Goodyear | 76 | +4 laps | 4 laps | 1 lap | 1:14.208 | 40 | 18 | ||
| NC | 18 | Thierry Boutsen | Belgium | Arrows BMW | Goodyear | 67 | +13 laps | 13 laps | 9 laps | 1:12.847 | 58 | 21 | ||
| DNF | 16 | Patrick Tambay | France | Lola Ford | Goodyear | 64 | Brakes | 16 laps | 3 laps | 1:12.472 | 48 | 13 | ||
| DNF | 11 | Johnny Dumfries | Great Britain | Lotus Renault | Goodyear | 56 | Engine | 24 laps | 8 laps | 1:12.572 | 43 | 12 | ||
| DNF | 14 | Jonathan Palmer | Great Britain | Zakspeed | Goodyear | 46 | Engine | 34 laps | 10 laps | 1:14.689 | 36 | 22 | ||
| DNF | 4 | Philippe Streiff | France | Tyrrell Renault | Goodyear | 43 | Fire | 37 laps | 3 laps | 1:13.810 | 43 | 17 | ||
| DNF | 29 | Huub Rothengatter | Netherlands | Zakspeed | Goodyear | 32 | Accident | 48 laps | 11 laps | 1:17.441 | 25 | 24 | ||
| DNF | 22 | Allen Berg | Canada | Osella Alfa Romeo | Pirelli | 25 | Turbo | 55 laps | 7 laps | 1:19.574 | 11 | 26 | ||
| DNF | 20 | Gerhard Berger | Austria | Benetton BMW | Pirelli | 22 | Gearbox | 58 laps | 3 laps | 1:12.436 | 16 | 8 | ||
| DNF | 19 | Teo Fabi | Italy | Benetton BMW | Pirelli | 7 | Engine | 73 laps | 15 laps | 1:18.154 | 6 | 9 | ||
| DNF | 28 | Stefan Johansson | Sweden | Ferrari | Goodyear | 5 | Turbo | 75 laps | 2 laps | 1:21.581 | 4 | 10 | ||
| DNF | 12 | Ayrton Senna | Brazil | Lotus Renault | Goodyear | 3 | Accident | 77 laps | 2 laps | 1:12.882 | 3 | 1 | ||
| DNF | 21 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Italy | Osella Alfa Romeo | Pirelli | 3 | Accident | 77 laps | 1:17.832 | 2 | 25 | |||
| DNF | 24 | Alessandro Nannini | Italy | Minardi Motori Moderni | Pirelli | 3 | Accident | 77 laps | 1:17.795 | 2 | 19 | |||
| DNF | 23 | Andrea de Cesaris | Italy | Minardi Motori Moderni | Pirelli | 3 | Turbo | 77 laps | 1:17.683 | 2 | 23 | |||
| DNF | 15 | Alan Jones | Australia | Lola Ford | Goodyear | 2 | Accident | 78 laps | 1 lap | 1:17.860 | 2 | 20 |