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1986 Belgian Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitSpa-Francorchamps, 43 laps
Round5 of 16
Race numbers

The 1986 Belgian Grand Prix was the:

  • 425th World Championship race
  • 33rd World Championship Belgian Grand Prix
  • 21st World Championship race at Spa-Francorchamps
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+4(GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Honda431hr 27m 57.925s9
2+2(BRA) Ayrton SennaLotus-Renault43+19.827s6
3+8(SWE) Stefan JohanssonFerrari43+26.592s4
4+5(ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari43+29.634s3
5+12(FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Renault43+1m 10.690s2
6-3(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG43+2m 17.772s1
7-1(ITA) Teo FabiBenetton-BMW42+1 lap 
8PL(ITA) Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW42+1 lap 
9+12(CHE) Marc SurerArrows-BMW41+2 laps 
10-8(AUT) Gerhard BergerBenetton-BMW41+2 laps 
11+5(AUS) Alan JonesLola-Ford Cosworth40DNF 
12+6(FRA) Philippe StreiffTyrrell-Renault40+3 laps 
R (GBR) Jonathan PalmerZakspeed37DNF 
R (ITA) Andrea de CesarisMinardi-Motori Moderni35DNF 
R (GBR) Martin BrundleTyrrell-Renault25DNF 
R (NLD) Huub RothengatterZakspeed25DNF 
R (ITA) Alessandro NanniniMinardi-Motori Moderni24DNF 
R (FRA) Rene ArnouxLigier-Renault23DNF 
R (BRA) Nelson PiquetWilliams-Honda16DNF 
R (BEL) Thierry BoutsenArrows-BMW7DNF 
R (GBR) Johnny DumfriesLotus-Renault7DNF 
R (FIN) Keke RosbergMcLaren-TAG6DNF 
R (ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniOsella-Alfa Romeo3DNF 
R (DEU) Christian DannerOsella-Alfa Romeo2DNF 
R (FRA) Patrick TambayLola-Ford Cosworth0DNF 

Notes

  • Alan Jones ended lap 40 in P7 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Nelson Piquet ended lap 16 as the race leader before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1(BRA) Nelson PiquetWilliams-Honda
2(AUT) Gerhard BergerBenetton-BMW
3(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG
4(BRA) Ayrton SennaLotus-Renault
5(GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Honda
6(ITA) Teo FabiBenetton-BMW
7(FRA) Rene ArnouxLigier-Renault
8(FIN) Keke RosbergMcLaren-TAG
9(ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari
10(FRA) Patrick TambayLola-Ford Cosworth
11(SWE) Stefan JohanssonFerrari
12(GBR) Martin BrundleTyrrell-Renault
13(GBR) Johnny DumfriesLotus-Renault
14(BEL) Thierry BoutsenArrows-BMW
15  
16(AUS) Alan JonesLola-Ford Cosworth
17(FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Renault
18(FRA) Philippe StreiffTyrrell-Renault
19(ITA) Andrea de CesarisMinardi-Motori Moderni
20(GBR) Jonathan PalmerZakspeed
21(CHE) Marc SurerArrows-BMW
22(ITA) Alessandro NanniniMinardi-Motori Moderni
23(NLD) Huub RothengatterZakspeed
24(ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniOsella-Alfa Romeo
25  
Started from the pit lane
 (ITA) Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW
 (DEU) Christian DannerOsella-Alfa Romeo

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(BRA) Nelson PiquetWilliams-Honda1:54.331 
2(AUT) Gerhard BergerBenetton-BMW1:54.4680.137
3(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG1:54.5010.170
4(BRA) Ayrton SennaLotus-Renault1:54.5760.245
5(GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Honda1:54.5820.251
6(ITA) Teo FabiBenetton-BMW1:54.7650.434
7(FRA) Rene ArnouxLigier-Renault1:55.5761.245
8(FIN) Keke RosbergMcLaren-TAG1:55.6621.331
9(ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari1:56.2421.911
10(FRA) Patrick TambayLola-Ford Cosworth1:56.3091.978
11(SWE) Stefan JohanssonFerrari1:56.4962.165
12(GBR) Martin BrundleTyrrell-Renault1:56.5372.206
13(GBR) Johnny DumfriesLotus-Renault1:57.4623.131
14(BEL) Thierry BoutsenArrows-BMW1:57.6123.281
15(ITA) Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW1:57.6123.281
16(AUS) Alan JonesLola-Ford Cosworth1:57.8153.484
17(FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Renault1:58.2383.907
18(FRA) Philippe StreiffTyrrell-Renault1:58.6034.272
19(ITA) Andrea de CesarisMinardi-Motori Moderni1:59.9605.629
20(GBR) Jonathan PalmerZakspeed2:00.1485.817
21(CHE) Marc SurerArrows-BMW2:01.3206.989
22(ITA) Alessandro NanniniMinardi-Motori Moderni2:01.3547.023
23(NLD) Huub RothengatterZakspeed2:03.8429.511
24(ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniOsella-Alfa Romeo2:05.09210.761
25(DEU) Christian DannerOsella-Alfa Romeo2:06.21911.888

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(BRA) Ayrton Senna25
2(FRA) Alain Prost23
3(GBR) Nigel Mansell18
4(BRA) Nelson Piquet15
5(FIN) Keke Rosberg11
6(SWE) Stefan Johansson7
7(FRA) Jacques Laffite7
8(AUT) Gerhard Berger6
9(FRA) Rene Arnoux5
10(ITA) Michele Alboreto3
11(GBR) Martin Brundle2
=(ITA) Teo Fabi2
13(ITA) Riccardo Patrese1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1McLaren-TAG34
2Williams-Honda33
3Lotus-Renault25
4Ligier-Renault12
5Ferrari10
6Benetton-BMW8
7Tyrrell-Renault2
8Brabham-BMW1

Stats & milestones

Last start
Marc Surer (last Swiss driver to start a race until 1990)
Wins
3rd for Nigel Mansell
24th for Williams
Podiums
13th for Ayrton Senna
10th for Nigel Mansell (45th driver to score ten podiums, 10th British driver)
3rd for Stefan Johansson
302nd for Ferrari
157th for Lotus
66th for Williams
Poles
19th for Nelson Piquet
14th for Williams
Fastest laps
18th for Alain Prost
36th for McLaren
Front row starts
34th for Nelson Piquet
1st for Gerhard Berger (112th different front row starter, 3rd Austrian driver; first Austrian front row starter since 1982)
Points finishes
25th for Nigel Mansell