Circuit Paul Ricard · 6 July 1986
Nigel Mansell won the 1986 French Grand Prix for Williams from 2nd on the grid, 17.128s ahead of Alain Prost. Riccardo Patrese gained the most places, from 16th on the grid to 7th.
| Pos | Team | Points Breakdown | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Williams Mansell 9 + Piquet 4 | Mansell 9 + Piquet 4 | 13 | |
| 2 | McLaren Prost 6 + Rosberg 3 | Prost 6 + Rosberg 3 | 9 | |
| 3 | Ligier Arnoux 2 + Laffite 1 | Arnoux 2 + Laffite 1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Brabham Patrese 0 + Warwick 0 | Patrese 0 + Warwick 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Ferrari Alboreto 0 + Johansson 0 | Alboreto 0 + Johansson 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | Tyrrell Brundle 0 + Streiff 0 | Brundle 0 + Streiff 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Arrows Danner 0 + Boutsen 0 | Danner 0 + Boutsen 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Lola Tambay 0 + Jones 0 | Tambay 0 + Jones 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Team Lotus Dumfries 0 + Senna 0 | Dumfries 0 + Senna 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Zakspeed Palmer 0 + Rothengatter 0 | Palmer 0 + Rothengatter 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Osella Berg 0 + Ghinzani 0 | Berg 0 + Ghinzani 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Benetton Berger 0 + Fabi 0 | Berger 0 + Fabi 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | Minardi Nannini 0 + de Cesaris 0 | Nannini 0 + de Cesaris 0 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Race time / Gap | Laps | Stops | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigel Mansell Williams | Williams | 1:37:19.272 | 80 | — | 9 | |
| 2 | Alain Prost McLaren | McLaren | +17.128s | 80 | — | 6 | |
| 3 | Nelson Piquet Williams | Williams | +37.545s | 80 | — | 4 | |
| 4 | Keke Rosberg McLaren | McLaren | +48.703s | 80 | — | 3 | |
| 5 | René Arnoux Ligier | Ligier | +1 Lap | 79 | — | 2 | |
| 6 | Jacques Laffite Ligier | Ligier | +1 Lap | 79 | — | 1 | |
| 7 | Riccardo Patrese Brabham | Brabham | +2 Laps | 78 | — | — | |
| 8 | Michele Alboreto Ferrari | Ferrari | +2 Laps | 78 | — | — | |
| 9 | Derek Warwick Brabham | Brabham | +3 Laps | 77 | — | — | |
| 10 | Martin Brundle Tyrrell | Tyrrell | +3 Laps | 77 | — | — | |
| 11 | Christian Danner Arrows | Arrows | +4 Laps | 76 | — | — | |
| NC | Thierry Boutsen Arrows | Arrows | NC | 67 | — | — | |
| DNF | Patrick Tambay Lola | Lola | DNF Brakes | 64 | — | — | |
| DNF | Johnny Dumfries Team Lotus | Team Lotus | DNF Engine | 56 | — | — | |
| DNF | Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed | Zakspeed | DNF Engine | 46 | — | — | |
| DNF | Philippe Streiff Tyrrell | Tyrrell | DNF Heat shield fire | 43 | — | — | |
| DNF | Huub Rothengatter Zakspeed | Zakspeed | DNF Accident | 32 | — | — | |
| DNF | Allen Berg Osella | Osella | DNF Turbo | 25 | — | — | |
| DNF | Gerhard Berger Benetton | Benetton | DNF Gearbox | 22 | — | — | |
| DNF | Teo Fabi Benetton | Benetton | DNF Engine | 7 | — | — | |
| DNF | Stefan Johansson Ferrari | Ferrari | DNF Turbo | 5 | — | — | |
| DNF | Ayrton Senna Team Lotus | Team Lotus | DNF Accident | 3 | — | — | |
| DNF | Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella | Osella | DNF Accident | 3 | — | — | |
| DNF | Alessandro Nannini Minardi | Minardi | DNF Accident | 3 | — | — | |
| DNF | Andrea de Cesaris Minardi | Minardi | DNF Turbo | 3 | — | — | |
| DNF | Alan Jones Lola | Lola | DNF Accident | 2 | — | — |