1986 French motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1986 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the eighth round of the 1986 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 19–20 July 1986 at the Paul Ricard Circuit.

  1986 French Grand Prix

Race details
Race 8 of 12 races in the 1986 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	20 July 1986
Official name	Grand Prix de France
Location	Circuit Paul Ricard
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.809 km (3.610 mi)
500 cc
Pole position Rider Eddie Lawson Time 2:00.740 Fastest lap Rider Eddie Lawson Time 2:01.520 Podium First Eddie Lawson Second Randy Mamola Third Christian Sarron
250 cc
Pole position Rider Martin Wimmer Time 2:06.580 Fastest lap Rider Carlos Lavado Time 2:06.950 Podium First Carlos Lavado Second Sito Pons Third Dominique Sarron
125 cc
Pole position Rider Luca Cadalora Time 2:14.670 Fastest lap Rider Luca Cadalora Time 2:13.350 Podium First Luca Cadalora Second Fausto Gresini Third August Auinger
80 cc
Pole position Rider No 80cc race was held Fastest lap Rider No 80cc race was held Podium First No 80cc race was held Second No 80cc race was held Third No 80cc race was held

Classification

500 cc

Pos.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Eddie Lawson	Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini	Yamaha	42'57.010	15
2	Randy Mamola	Team Lucky Strike Roberts	Yamaha	+12.350	12
3	Christian Sarron	Team Gauloises Blondes Yamaha	Yamaha	+14.460	10
4	Mike Baldwin	Team Lucky Strike Roberts	Yamaha	+14.820	8
5	Wayne Gardner	Rothmans Team HRC	Honda	+22.260	6
6	Rob McElnea	Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini	Yamaha	+26.170	5
7	Ron Haslam	Team ROC	Honda	+1'05.030	4
8	Didier de Radiguès	Rollstar Honda Racing Team	Honda	+1'26.070	3
9	Dave Petersen	HB Suzuki GP Team	Suzuki	+1'41.180	2
10	Paul Lewis		Suzuki	+1'52.950	1
11	Wolfgang Von Muralt	Frankonia-Suzuki	Suzuki	+1'57.020
12	Marco Gentile	Fior	Fior	+2'03.650
13	Fabio Biliotti	Team Italia	Honda	+2'04.700
14	Boet van Dulmen		Honda	+1 lap
15	Christian Le Liard	Team ROC	Honda	+1 lap
16	Mile Pajic	Stichting Netherlands Racing Team	Honda	+1 lap
17	Simon Buckmaster		Honda	+1 lap
18	Alessandro Valesi		Honda	+2 laps
19	Dietmar Mayer		Honda	+1 lap
20	Juan Garriga		Cagiva	+2 laps
Ret	Lothar Spiegler		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Raymond Roche	Racing Team Katayama	Honda	Retired
Ret	Louis-Luc Maisto		Honda	Retired
Ret	Manfred Fischer	Team Hein Gericke	Honda	Accident
Ret	Pierfrancesco Chili	HB Suzuki GP Team	Honda	Retired
Ret	José Parra		Honda	Retired
Ret	Philippe Robinet		Fior	Retired
Ret	Leandro Beccheroni		Suzuki	Retired
DNS	Henk van der Mark		Honda	Did not start
DNS	Josef Ragginger		Suzuki	Did not start
DNS	Gustav Reiner	Honda Deutschland	Honda	Did not start
DNQ	Stelio Marmaras		Suzuki	Did not qualify