1987 French Grand Prix
The Grand Prix of France 1987 took place on 5 July at the Paul Ricard circuit in Le Castellet place and was the sixth race of the Formula 1 season 1987.
- 3.1 qualifying
- 3.2 race
- 4.1 Drivers' Championship
- 4.2 Constructors' Championship
Reports
Background
A fortnight ago, unchanged compared to the U.S. Grand Prix participants competed in Le Castellet for the sixth World Cup race of the year.
Training
For the fourth year in a row, Nigel Mansell secured the pole position. Alain Prost qualified for the second place ahead of Ayrton Senna and Nelson Piquet. Thierry Boutsen and Gerhard Berger represented the third row.
Race
After the order at the top remained unchanged for the first few meters, succeeded Piquet on the back straight to overtake Prost and thus produce a Williams double guide. Senna followed in fourth place behind Prost and Benetton before the two of Thierry Boutsen and Teo Fabi.
In lap 19 Piquet lost second place to Prost. However, in the wake of the pit stops he got both Prost and Mansell to pass to the top.
As Piquet made a small mistake on lap 46, Mansell could again take the lead and win the race just ahead of his teammate. Prost was third ahead of Senna and Fabi, who was seen in spite of his technical failure shortly before the end due to its distance traveled in fifth place. Philippe Streiff was sixth in the final championship point of the day.
Message list
Classifications
Qualifying
Race
WM stands after the race
The first six of the race were 9, 6, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point (s).