1986 F1 World Championship Season

1985 F1 World Championship

1987 F1 World Championship

Fact File

Drivers’ Champion:	Alain Prost (2nd title)
Constructors’ Champion:	Williams (3rd title)
Races:	16
Winning drivers:	Nigel Mansell (5) Nelson Piquet (4) Alain Prost (4) Ayrton Senna (2) Gerhard Berger (1)
Winning constructors:	Williams (9) McLaren (4) Lotus (2) Benetton (1)
First-time winners (driver):	Gerhard Berger
First-time winners (constructor):	Benetton

1986 F1 World Championship Grands Prix

Calendar

DT: Drivers’ title decider
CT: Constructors’ title decider

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date	Race Result
1	Brazil	Jacarepagua	23 March	1986 Brazilian Grand Prix
2	Spain	Jerez	13 April	1986 Spanish Grand Prix
3	San Marino	Imola	27 April	1986 San Marino Grand Prix
4	Monaco	Monte Carlo	11 May	1986 Monaco Grand Prix
5	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	25 May	1986 Belgian Grand Prix
6	Canada	Montreal	15 June	1986 Canadian Grand Prix
7	Detroit	Detroit	22 June	1986 Detroit Grand Prix
8	France	Paul Ricard	6 July	1986 French Grand Prix
9	Britain	Brands Hatch	13 July	1986 British Grand Prix
10	Germany	Hockenheim	27 July	1986 German Grand Prix
11	Hungary	Hungaroring	10 August	1986 Hungarian Grand Prix
12	Austria	Osterreichring	17 August	1986 Austrian Grand Prix
13	Italy	Monza	7 September	1986 Italian Grand Prix
14	Portugal CT	Estoril	21 September	1986 Portuguese Grand Prix
15	Mexico	Mexico City	12 October	1986 Mexican Grand Prix
16	Australia DT	Adelaide	26 October	1986 Australian Grand Prix

Race Winners

Highlight: Home driver race winner

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor	Start	Win Margin
1	Brazil	Jacarepagua	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	2	34.827s
2	Spain	Jerez	Ayrton Senna	Lotus-Renault	1	0.014s
3	San Marino	Imola	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	4	7.645s
4	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	1	25.022s
5	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	5	19.827s
6	Canada	Montreal	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	1	20.659s
7	Detroit	Detroit	Ayrton Senna	Lotus-Renault	1	30.837s
8	France	Paul Ricard	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	2	17.128s
9	Britain	Brands Hatch	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	2	5.574s
10	Germany	Hockenheim	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	5	15.437s
11	Hungary	Hungaroring	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	2	17.673s
12	Austria	Osterreichring	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	5	1 lap
13	Italy	Monza	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	6	9.828s
14	Portugal	Estoril	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	2	18.772s
15	Mexico	Mexico City	Gerhard Berger	Benetton-BMW	4	25.438s
16	Australia	Adelaide	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	4	4.205s

Polesitters

Highlight: Home driver polesitter

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor	Race	Pole Margin
1	Brazil	Jacarepagua	Ayrton Senna	Lotus-Renault	2	0.765s
2	Spain	Jerez	Ayrton Senna	Lotus-Renault	1	0.826s
3	San Marino	Imola	Ayrton Senna	Lotus-Renault	DNF	0.519s
4	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	1	0.420s
5	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	DNF	0.137s
6	Canada	Montreal	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	1	0.070s
7	Detroit	Detroit	Ayrton Senna	Lotus-Renault	1	0.538s
8	France	Paul Ricard	Ayrton Senna	Lotus-Renault	DNF	0.229s
9	Britain	Brands Hatch	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	2	0.438s
10	Germany	Hockenheim	Keke Rosberg	McLaren-TAG	5 (DNF)	0.153s
11	Hungary	Hungaroring	Ayrton Senna	Lotus-Renault	2	0.335s
12	Austria	Osterreichring	Teo Fabi	Benetton-BMW	DNF	0.194s
13	Italy	Monza	Teo Fabi	Benetton-BMW	DNF	0.436s
14	Portugal	Estoril	Ayrton Senna	Lotus-Renault	4	0.816s
15	Mexico	Mexico City	Ayrton Senna	Lotus-Renault	3	0.289s
16	Australia	Adelaide	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	DNF	0.311s

Fastest Laps

Highlight: Home driver fastest lap setter

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor
1	Brazil	Jacarepagua	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda
2	Spain	Jerez	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda
3	San Marino	Imola	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda
4	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG
5	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG
6	Canada	Montreal	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda
7	Detroit	Detroit	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda
8	France	Paul Ricard	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda
9	Britain	Brands Hatch	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda
10	Germany	Hockenheim	Gerhard Berger	Benetton-BMW
11	Hungary	Hungaroring	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda
12	Austria	Osterreichring	Gerhard Berger	Benetton-BMW
13	Italy	Monza	Teo Fabi	Benetton-BMW
14	Portugal	Estoril	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda
15	Mexico	Mexico City	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda
16	Australia	Adelaide	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda

1986 F1 World Championship Standings

Driver

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Points	Gap
1	Alain Prost	McLaren	72 (74)
2	Nigel Mansell	Williams	70 (72)	-2
3	Nelson Piquet	Williams	69	-3
4	Ayrton Senna	Lotus	55	-17
5	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	23	-49
6	Keke Rosberg	McLaren	22	-50
7	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	17	-55
8	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	14	-58
=	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	14	-58
=	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	14	-58
11	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell	8	-64
12	Alan Jones	Lola	4	-68
13	Johnny Dumfries	Lotus	3	-69
=	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	3	-69
15	Teo Fabi	Benetton	2	-70
=	Patrick Tambay	Lola	2	-70
=	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	2	-70
18	Philippe Alliot	Ligier	1	-71
=	Christian Danner	Arrows	1	-71

Points scoring system used:

1st: 9 points
2nd: 6 points
3rd: 4 points
4th: 3 points
5th: 2 points
6th: 1 point

Only the best 11 results counted towards the championship.
Numbers shown without parentheses are the points scored that counted towards the championship; numbers in parentheses are the total number of points scored.

Constructor

Pos	Constructor	Points	Gap
1	Williams-Honda	141
2	McLaren-TAG	96	-45
3	Lotus-Renault	58	-83
4	Ferrari	37	-104
5	Ligier-Renault	29	-112
6	Benetton-BMW	19	-122
7	Tyrrell-Renault	11	-130
8	Lola-Ford Cosworth	6	-135
9	Brabham-BMW	2	-139
10	Arrows-BMW	1	-140

Points scoring system used:

1st: 9 points
2nd: 6 points
3rd: 4 points
4th: 3 points
5th: 2 points
6th: 1 point

Constructors received points for each of their cars.
Only the best 11 results counted towards the championship.
Numbers shown without parentheses are the points scored that counted towards the championship; numbers in parentheses are the total number of points scored.

Qualifying Results Overview

Pos	Driver	BRA	ESP	SMR	MCO	BEL	CAN	DET	FRA	GBR	DEU	HUN	AUT	ITA	PRT	MEX	AUS	Avg.	Best
1	Ayrton Senna	1	1	1	3	4	2	1	1	3	3	1	8	5	1	1	3	2.44	1
2	Nigel Mansell	3	3	3	2	5	1	2	2	2	6	4	6	3	2	3	1	3.00	1
3	Nelson Piquet	2	2	2	11	1	3	3	3	1	5	2	7	6	6	2	2	3.62	1
4	Alain Prost	9	4	4	1	3	4	7	5	6	2	3	5	2	3	6	4	4.25	1
5	Keke Rosberg	7	5	6	9	8	6	9	7	5	1	5	3	8	7	11	7	6.50	1
6	Gerhard Berger	16	7	9	5	2	7	12	8	4	4	11	2	4	4	4	6	6.56	2
7	Rene Arnoux	4	6	8	12	7	5	4	4	8	8	9	12	11	10	13	5	7.88	4
8	Teo Fabi	12	9	10	16	6	15	17	9	7	9	13	1	1	5	9	13	9.50	1
9	Michele Alboreto	6	13	5	4	9	11	11	6	12	10	15	9	9	13	12	9	9.63	4
10	Eddie Cheever							10										10.00	10
11	Jacques Laffite	5	8	14	7	17	8	6	11	19								10.56	5
12	Riccardo Patrese	10	14	16	6	15	9	8	16	15	7	14	4	10	9	5	19	11.06	4
13	Stefan Johansson	8	11	7	15	11	18	5	10	18	11	7	14	12	8	14	12	11.31	5
14	Philippe Alliot										14	12	11	14	11	10	8	11.43	8
15	Patrick Tambay	13	18	11	8	10	14		13	17	13	6	13	15	14	8	17	12.67	6
16	Derek Warwick						10	15	14	9	20	19	10	7	12	7	20	13.00	7
17	Johnny Dumfries	11	10	17	22	13	16	14	12	10	12	8	15	17	15	17	14	13.94	8
18	Martin Brundle	17	12	13	10	12	19	16	15	11	15	16	17	20	19	16	16	15.25	10
19	Alan Jones	19	17	21	18	16	13	21	20	14	19	10	16	18	17	15	15	16.81	10
20	Thierry Boutsen	15	19	12	14	14	12	13	21	13	21	22	18	13	21	21	22	16.94	12
21	Elio de Angelis	14	15	19	20													17.00	14
22	Philippe Streiff	18	20	22	13	18	17	18	17	16	18	18	20	23	23	19	10	18.12	10
23	Marc Surer	20	22	15	17	21												19.00	15
24	Jonathan Palmer	21	16	20	19	20	22	20	22	22	16	24	21	22	20	18	21	20.25	16
25	Alessandro Nannini	25	25	18	26	22	20	24	19	20	22	17	19	19	18	24	18	21.00	17
26	Andrea de Cesaris	22	24	23	25	19	21	23	23	21	23	20	23	21	16	22	11	21.06	11
27	Christian Danner	24	23	25	24	25	25	19	18	23	17	21	22	16	22	20	24	21.75	16
28	Piercarlo Ghinzani	23	21	26	21	24	23	22	25	24	25	23	25	26	24	25	25	23.88	21
29	Huub Rothengatter			24	23	23	24	26	24	25	24	25	24	24	26	23	23	24.14	23
30	Ivan Capelli													25	25			25.00	25
31	Allen Berg							25	26	26	26	26	26		27	26	26	26.00	25
32	Alex Caffi													27				27.00	27

Race Results Overview

Pos	Driver	BRA	ESP	SMR	MCO	BEL	CAN	DET	FRA	GBR	DEU	HUN	AUT	ITA	PRT	MEX	AUS	Points
1	Alain Prost	R	3	1	1	6	2	3	2	3	6^R	R	1	DSQ	2	2	1	72 (74)
2	Nigel Mansell	R	2	R	4	1	1	5	1	1	3	3	R	2	1	5	R	70 (72)
3	Nelson Piquet	1	R	2	7	R	3	R	3	2	1	1	R	1	3	4	2	69
4	Ayrton Senna	2	1	R	3	2	5	1	R	R	2	2	R	R	4	3	R	55
5	Stefan Johansson	R	R	4	10	3	R	R	R	R	11^R	4	3	3	6	12^R	3	23
6	Keke Rosberg	R	4	5^R	2	R	4	R	4	R	5^R	R	9^R	4	R	R	R	22
7	Gerhard Berger	6	6	3	R	10	R	R	R	R	10	R	7	5^R	R	1	R	17
8	Jacques Laffite	3	R	R	6	5	7	2	6	R								14
=	Michele Alboreto	R	R	10^R	R	4	8	4	8	R	R	R	2	R	5	R	R	14
=	Rene Arnoux	4	R	R	5	R	6	R	5	4	4	R	10	R	7	15^R	7	14
11	Martin Brundle	5	R	8	R	R	9	R	10	5	R	6	R	10	R	11	4	8
12	Alan Jones	R	R	R	R	11^R	10	R	R	R	9	R	4	6	R	R	R	4
13	Johnny Dumfries	9	R	R	DNQ	R	R	7	R	7	R	5	R	R	9	R	6	3
=	Philippe Streiff	7	R	R	11	12	11	9	R	6	R	8	R	9	R	R	5^R	3
15	Teo Fabi	10	5	R	R	7	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	8^R	R	10	2
=	Patrick Tambay	R	8	R	R	R	DNS		R	R	8	7	5	R	NC	R	NC	2
=	Riccardo Patrese	R	R	6^R	R	8	R	6	7	R	R	R	R	R	R	13^R	R	2
18	Philippe Alliot										R	9	R	R	R	6	8	1
=	Christian Danner	R	R	R	DNQ	R	R	R	11	R	R	R	6	8	11	9	R	1
	Thierry Boutsen	R	7	7	8	R	R	R	NC	NC	R	R	R	7	10	7	R
	Derek Warwick						R	10	9	8	7	R	DNS	R	R	R	R
	Jonathan Palmer	R	R	R	12	R	R	8	R	9	R	10	R	R	12	10^R	9
	Huub Rothengatter			R	DNQ	R	12	DNS	R	R	R	R	8^R	R	R	DNS	R
	Andrea de Cesaris	R	R	R	DNQ	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	8	R
	Elio de Angelis	8	R	R	R
	Marc Surer	R	R	9^R	9	9
	Piercarlo Ghinzani	R	R	R	DNQ	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	11	R	R	R	R
	Allen Berg							R	R	R	12	R	R		13	16	NC
	Alessandro Nannini	R	DNS	R	DNQ	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	14	R
	Alex Caffi													NC
	Ivan Capelli													R	R
	Eddie Cheever							R

Race To The Title

The Race To The Title graph shows how the title race played out over the course of the season.

1986 F1 World Championship Season Statistics

See: 1986 F1 World Championship Season Statistics