Circuit Paul Ricard · 5 July 1987
Nigel Mansell won the 1987 French Grand Prix for Williams from 1st on the grid, 7.711s ahead of Nelson Piquet. Philippe Streiff gained the most places, from 25th on the grid to 6th.
| Pos | Team | Points Breakdown | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Williams Mansell 9 + Piquet 6 | Mansell 9 + Piquet 6 | 15 | |
| 2 | McLaren Prost 4 + Johansson 0 | Prost 4 + Johansson 0 | 4 | |
| 3 | Team Lotus Senna 3 + Nakajima 0 | Senna 3 + Nakajima 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Benetton Fabi 2 + Boutsen 0 | Fabi 2 + Boutsen 0 | 2 | |
| 5 | Tyrrell Streiff 1 + Palmer 0 | Streiff 1 + Palmer 0 | 1 | |
| 6 | AGS Fabre 0 | Fabre 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Ferrari Berger 0 + Alboreto 0 | Berger 0 + Alboreto 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Arrows Warwick 0 + Cheever 0 | Warwick 0 + Cheever 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Lola Alliot 0 | Alliot 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | March Capelli 0 | Capelli 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Minardi Campos 0 + Nannini 0 | Campos 0 + Nannini 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Ligier Arnoux 0 + Ghinzani 0 | Arnoux 0 + Ghinzani 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | Zakspeed Danner 0 + Brundle 0 | Danner 0 + Brundle 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | Brabham Patrese 0 + de Cesaris 0 | Patrese 0 + de Cesaris 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | Osella Caffi 0 | Caffi 0 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Race time / Gap | Laps | Stops | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigel Mansell Williams | Williams | 1:37:03.839 | 80 | — | 9 | |
| 2 | Nelson Piquet Williams | Williams | +7.711s | 80 | — | 6 | |
| 3 | Alain Prost McLaren | McLaren | +55.255s | 80 | — | 4 | |
| 4 | Ayrton Senna Team Lotus | Team Lotus | +1 Lap | 79 | — | 3 | |
| 5 | Teo Fabi Benetton | Benetton | +3 Laps | 77 | — | 2 | |
| 6 | Philippe Streiff Tyrrell | Tyrrell | +4 Laps | 76 | — | 1 | |
| 7 | Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell | Tyrrell | +4 Laps | 76 | — | — | |
| 8 | Stefan Johansson McLaren | McLaren | +6 Laps | 74 | — | — | |
| 9 | Pascal Fabre AGS | AGS | +6 Laps | 74 | — | — | |
| DNF | Gerhard Berger Ferrari | Ferrari | DNF Suspension | 71 | — | — | |
| NC | Satoru Nakajima Team Lotus | Team Lotus | NC | 71 | — | — | |
| DNF | Michele Alboreto Ferrari | Ferrari | DNF Engine | 64 | — | — | |
| DNF | Derek Warwick Arrows | Arrows | DNF Turbo | 62 | — | — | |
| DNF | Philippe Alliot Lola | Lola | DNF Gearbox | 57 | — | — | |
| DNF | Ivan Capelli March | March | DNF Engine | 52 | — | — | |
| DNF | Adrián Campos Minardi | Minardi | DNF Turbo | 52 | — | — | |
| DNF | René Arnoux Ligier | Ligier | DNF Exhaust | 33 | — | — | |
| DNF | Thierry Boutsen Benetton | Benetton | DNF Engine | 31 | — | — | |
| DNF | Christian Danner Zakspeed | Zakspeed | DNF Overheating | 26 | — | — | |
| DNF | Piercarlo Ghinzani Ligier | Ligier | DNF Engine | 24 | — | — | |
| DNF | Alessandro Nannini Minardi | Minardi | DNF Turbo | 23 | — | — | |
| DNF | Riccardo Patrese Brabham | Brabham | DNF Differential | 19 | — | — | |
| DNF | Martin Brundle Zakspeed | Zakspeed | DNF Wheel | 18 | — | — | |
| DNF | Alex Caffi Osella | Osella | DNF Engine | 11 | — | — | |
| DNF | Andrea de Cesaris Brabham | Brabham | DNF Turbo | 2 | — | — | |
| DNF | Eddie Cheever Arrows | Arrows | DNF Electrical | 0 | — | — |