1987 French Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
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| Race 6 of 16 in the 1987 Formula One season | |||
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| Date | July 5, 1987 | ||
| Official name | Grand Prix de France | ||
| Location | Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 3.813 km (2.369 mi) | ||
| Distance | 80 laps, 305.040 km (189.543 mi) | ||
| Weather | Sunny and hot | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Williams-Honda | ||
| Time | 1:06.454 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Nelson Piquet
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Williams-Honda | |
| Time | 1:09.548 on lap 68 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Williams-Honda | ||
| Second | Williams-Honda | ||
| Third | McLaren-TAG | ||
The 1987 French Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on July 5, 1987, at the Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet. It was the sixth race of the 1987 Formula One season. It was the 65th French Grand Prix and the eleventh to be held at Paul Ricard, and the second to be held on the shortened version of the circuit. It was held over 80 laps of the four kilometre circuit for a race distance of 305 kilometres.
The race was won by British driver Nigel Mansell driving a Williams FW11B. It was Mansell's second win of the year and his second victory in the French Grand Prix. Mansell finished seven seconds ahead of team mate Brazilian two-time World Champion Nelson Piquet. Reigning champion Frenchman Alain Prost driving a McLaren MP4/3 finished third.
Brazilian Lotus driver Ayrton Senna's fourth place kept him in the championship lead by a single point over Prost and three ahead of Piquet.
For the first time since the 1986 Mexican Grand Prix, a non-Honda powered car was on the front row in the shape of the McLaren-TAG of Alain Prost, who qualified second. The pole position was taken once again by Nigel Mansell in his Williams-Honda, while the second row was occupied by Ayrton Senna's Lotus-Honda and Nelson Piquet's Williams. The fast nature of the circuit clearly suited the turbo cars: the best placed non-turbo driver was Ivan Capelli in the March 871 in 22nd place, about six seconds off the pace and 50 km/h (31 mph) slower on the Mistral Straight than the Williams-Hondas.
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