- Winner
- Nigel Mansell
- Team
- Williams
- Top listed
- Nigel Mansell, Nelson Piquet, and Alain Prost
- Race date
- July 5, 1987
- Pole
- Nigel Mansell
- Fastest lap
- Nelson Piquet
- Classified drivers
- 26
- Circuit
- Circuit Paul Ricard
The decisive result
Nigel Mansell finished first for Williams. Nelson Piquet is listed 2 for Williams, with Alain Prost 3 for McLaren.
Grid to finish
Philippe Streiff from P25 to P6 (+19), Jonathan Palmer from P24 to P7 (+17), and Pascal Fabre from P26 to P9 (+17) recorded the largest positive grid-to-finish changes in the classification. Nigel Mansell started from the listed P1 grid position.
Status and fastest lap
The classification lists 5 Engine, 4 Turbo, 3 Finished, 2 +4 laps, and 2 +6 laps. Nelson Piquet holds the fastest-lap entry at 1:09.548 on lap 68. 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.