Round 6 · 5 July 1987
1987 French Grand Prix: results
Nigel Mansell (Williams) won the 1987 French Grand Prix, round 6 of the championship, held on 5 July 1987 at Circuit Paul Ricard (France), starting from position 1. Nelson Piquet (Williams) and Alain Prost (McLaren) completed the podium. He won from pole.
Final classification
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Time / gap | Pts | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigel Mansell | Williams | 1 | 1:37:03.839 | 9 | Finished |
| 2 | Nelson Piquet | Williams | 4 | +7.711 s | 6 | Finished |
| 3 | Alain Prost | McLaren | 2 | +55.255 s | 4 | Finished |
| 4 | Ayrton Senna | Team Lotus | 3 | +1 Lap | 3 | +1 Lap |
| 5 | Teo Fabi | Benetton | 7 | +3 Laps | 2 | +3 Laps |
| 6 | Philippe Streiff | Tyrrell | 25 | +4 Laps | 1 | +4 Laps |
| 7 | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell | 24 | +4 Laps | — | +4 Laps |
| 8 | Stefan Johansson | McLaren | 9 | +6 Laps | — | +6 Laps |
| 9 | Pascal Fabre | AGS | 26 | +6 Laps | — | +6 Laps |
| 10 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 6 | — | — | Suspension |
| 11 | Satoru Nakajima | Team Lotus | 16 | — | — | Not classified |
| 12 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 8 | — | — | Engine |
| 13 | Derek Warwick | Arrows | 10 | — | — | Turbo |
| 14 | Philippe Alliot | Larrousse | 23 | — | — | Gearbox |
| 15 | Ivan Capelli | March | 22 | — | — | Engine |
| 16 | Adrián Campos | Minardi | 21 | — | — | Turbo |
| 17 | René Arnoux | Ligier | 13 | — | — | Exhaust |
| 18 | Thierry Boutsen | Benetton | 5 | — | — | Engine |
| 19 | Christian Danner | Zakspeed | 19 | — | — | Overheating |
| 20 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Ligier | 17 | — | — | Engine |
| 21 | Alessandro Nannini | Minardi | 15 | — | — | Turbo |
| 22 | Riccardo Patrese | Brabham | 12 | — | — | Differential |
| 23 | Martin Brundle | Zakspeed | 18 | — | — | Wheel |
| 24 | Alex Caffi | Osella | 20 | — | — | Engine |
| 25 | Andrea de Cesaris | Brabham | 11 | — | — | Turbo |
| 26 | Eddie Cheever | Arrows | 14 | — | — | Electrical |