- Winner
- Nigel Mansell
- Team
- Williams
- Top listed
- Nigel Mansell, Alain Prost, and Nelson Piquet
- Race date
- July 6, 1986
- Pole
- Ayrton Senna
- Fastest lap
- Nigel Mansell
- Classified drivers
- 26
- Circuit
- Circuit Paul Ricard
The decisive result
Nigel Mansell finished first for Williams. Alain Prost is listed 2 for McLaren, with Nelson Piquet 3 for Williams.
Grid to finish
Riccardo Patrese from P16 to P7 (+9), Christian Danner from P18 to P11 (+7), and Jacques Laffite from P11 to P6 (+5) recorded the largest positive grid-to-finish changes in the classification. Ayrton Senna started from the listed P1 grid position.
Status and fastest lap
The classification lists 5 Accident, 4 Finished, 3 Engine, 3 Turbo, and 2 +1 lap. Nigel Mansell holds the fastest-lap entry at 1:09.993 on lap 57. It records the result without speculating about incidents or strategy.
This summary sticks to the classification and does not speculate about incidents, strategy, weather, or causes. Source: F1DB (CC BY 4.0) · updated Jul 26, 2026.