1987 French Grand Prix

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Results from the 1987 Formula One French Grand Prix held at Paul Ricard on July 5, 1987

[edit] Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	5	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	80	1;37:03.839	1	9
2	6	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	80	7.711	4	6
3	1	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	80	55.255	2	4
4	12	Ayrton Senna	Lotus-Honda	79	+ 1 Lap	3	3
5	19	Teo Fabi	Benetton-Ford	77	+ 3 Laps	7	2
6	4	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell-Ford	76	+ 4 Laps	25	1
7	3	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell-Ford	76	+ 4 Laps	24
8	2	Stefan Johansson	McLaren-TAG	74	+ 6 Laps	9
9	14	Pascal Fabre	AGS-Ford	74	+ 6 Laps	26
Ret	28	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	71	Suspension	6
NC	11	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus-Honda	71	Not Classified	16
Ret	27	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	64	Engine	8
Ret	17	Derek Warwick	Arrows-Megatron	62	Turbo	10
Ret	30	Philippe Alliot	Larrousse-Ford	57	Gearbox	23
Ret	16	Ivan Capelli	March-Ford	52	Engine	23
Ret	23	Adrian Campos	Minardi-Motori Moderni	52	Turbo	21
Ret	25	René Arnoux	Ligier-Megatron	33	Exhaust	13
Ret	20	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton-Ford	31	Engine	5
Ret	10	Christian Danner	Zakspeed	26	Overheating	19
Ret	26	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Ligier-Megatron	24	Engine	17
Ret	24	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi-Motori Moderni	23	Turbo	15
Ret	7	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	19	Differential	12
Ret	9	Martin Brundle	Zakspeed	18	wheel	18
Ret	21	Alex Caffi	Osella-Alfa Romeo	11	Engine	20
Ret	8	Andrea de Cesaris	Brabham-BMW	2	Turbo	11
Ret	18	Eddie Cheever	Arrows-Megatron	0	Electrical	14

[edit] Race summary

The circuit clearly suited the turbo cars-the best placed non turbo was Ivan Capelli in 22nd,some 6 seconds off the pace and 30mph slower on the main straight. For the first time since the 1986_Mexican_Grand_Prix a non-Honda powered car was on the front row in the shape of Alain Prost's McLaren-TAG. At the lights,Michele Alboreto jumped the start,whilst his Ferrari teammate Gerhard Berger stalled.Nigel Mansell led away and was joined by teammate Nelson Piquet at the front after he passed Prost on the Mistral straight.Andrea de Cesaris collided with Stefan Johansson,the McLaren requiring a pit stop for a damaged nosecone. Eddie Cheever retired on lap 1 after accidentally setting off the fire extinguisher whilst attempting to adjust turbo boost.Mansell,Piquet and Prost were engaged in a gripping battle for the lead,separated by just 2 seconds.On lap 19,Piquet spun and Prost passed him for 2nd.Meanwhile,Ayrton Senna was holding onto a creditable 4th place for Lotus.On lap 30,Piquet pitted for new tyres,followed 2 laps later by Senna.Thierry Boutsen retired with electrical failure.Both Mansell and Prost came in for new tyres on lap 36,handing the lead to Piquet.Mansell completed his stop and closed rapidly on Piquet,breaking fastest lap records.On lap 46 at Beauset corner Mansell dived inside to take a lead he would not lose.On lap 65 Piquet made a second stop which went wrong when the engine stalled,delaying him by an additional 8 seconds.He caught and passed Prost(dealing with an electrical problem) on lap 67. Piquet was some 20 seconds behind Mansell and gaining at 2 seconds a lap.With seven laps to go,it was reduced to just 13 seconds,but Mansell paced himself to win by 7.7 seconds. Johansson had fought courageously up to 6th place after two pit stops to repair damage,but retired just 5 laps from home. Prost took 3rd with Senna 4th from Teo Fabi in 5th.Philippe Streiff drove a superb race to take his first World Championship point and win the nonturbo class.

[edit] Notes

Fastest Lap: Nelson Piquet 1'9.548

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