1987 French Grand Prix

The French Grand Prix 1987 was the 6th round of the 1987 F1 season, and took place at the Circuit Paul Ricard in Le Castellet, France, on July 5th.

Nigel Mansell won the race from the pole, followed by Nelson Piquet, and Alain Prost completing the podium.

Final results

Race evolution

Pit Stops

Strategy

Unfortunately we do not have strategy information for this race..

Incidents

The reace did not end without incidents... 21 drivers out of the original 26 who started did not managed to cross the finish line.

These included, Gerhard Berger, who suffered a suspension problem on lap 71, Satoru Nakajima, who did not classify on lap 71, Michele Alboreto, Ivan Capelli, Thierry Boutsen, Piercarlo Ghinzani, and Alex Caffi, all of whom suffered an engine malfunction, Derek Warwick, Adrián Campos, Alessandro Nannini, and Andrea de Cesaris, all of whom had a turbo failure, Philippe Alliot, who experienced issues with the gearbox on lap 57, René Arnoux, who suffered from problems with the exhaust on lap 33, Christian Danner, who suffered from an overall car overhating on lap 26, Riccardo Patrese, who had a problem with the differential on lap 19, Martin Brundle, who had a wheel problem on lap 18, and Eddie Cheever, who suffered from electrical problems on lap 0.

Qualifying