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Home / Seasons / 1986 F1 World Championship Season / 1986 Canadian Grand Prix

1986 Canadian Grand Prix

DateSunday, 15 June 1986
Winner
  • Nigel Mansell
  • Williams-Honda
Pole position
  • Nigel Mansell
  • Williams-Honda
Fastest lap
  • Nelson Piquet
  • Williams-Honda
CircuitMontreal, 69 laps
Round6 of 16
Race numbers

The 1986 Canadian Grand Prix was the:

  • 426th World Championship race
  • 19th World Championship Canadian Grand Prix
  • 9th World Championship race at Montreal
More 1986 season
More Canadian Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Honda691hr 42m 26.415s9
2+2(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG69+20.659s6
3 (BRA) Nelson PiquetWilliams-Honda69+36.262s4
4+2(FIN) Keke RosbergMcLaren-TAG69+1m 35.673s3
5-3(BRA) Ayrton SennaLotus-Renault68+1 lap2
6-1(FRA) Rene ArnouxLigier-Renault68+1 lap1
7+1(FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Renault68+1 lap 
8+3(ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari68+1 lap 
9+9(GBR) Martin BrundleTyrrell-Renault67+2 laps 
10+3(AUS) Alan JonesLola-Ford Cosworth66+3 laps 
11+5(FRA) Philippe StreiffTyrrell-Renault65+4 laps 
12+11(NLD) Huub RothengatterZakspeed63+6 laps 
R (ITA) Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW44DNF 
R (ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniOsella-Alfa Romeo43DNF 
R (ITA) Andrea de CesarisMinardi-Motori Moderni40DNF 
R (BEL) Thierry BoutsenArrows-BMW38DNF 
R (AUT) Gerhard BergerBenetton-BMW34DNF 
R (SWE) Stefan JohanssonFerrari29DNF 
R (GBR) Johnny DumfriesLotus-Renault28DNF 
R (GBR) Jonathan PalmerZakspeed24DNF 
R (GBR) Derek WarwickBrabham-BMW20DNF 
R (ITA) Alessandro NanniniMinardi-Motori Moderni17DNF 
R (ITA) Teo FabiBenetton-BMW13DNF 
R (DEU) Christian DannerOsella-Alfa Romeo6DNF 
Did not start
  (FRA) Patrick TambayLola-Ford Cosworth   

Starting grid

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Honda1:24.118 
2(BRA) Ayrton SennaLotus-Renault1:24.1880.070
3(BRA) Nelson PiquetWilliams-Honda1:24.3840.266
4(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG1:25.1921.074
5(FRA) Rene ArnouxLigier-Renault1:25.2241.106
6(FIN) Keke RosbergMcLaren-TAG1:25.5331.415
7(AUT) Gerhard BergerBenetton-BMW1:26.4392.321
8(FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Renault1:26.4472.329
9(ITA) Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW1:26.4832.365
10(GBR) Derek WarwickBrabham-BMW1:27.4133.295
11(ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari1:27.4953.377
12(BEL) Thierry BoutsenArrows-BMW1:27.6143.496
13(AUS) Alan JonesLola-Ford Cosworth1:28.0583.940
14(FRA) Patrick TambayLola-Ford Cosworth1:28.0953.977
15(ITA) Teo FabiBenetton-BMW1:28.1023.984
16(GBR) Johnny DumfriesLotus-Renault1:28.5214.403
17(FRA) Philippe StreiffTyrrell-Renault1:28.6394.521
18(SWE) Stefan JohanssonFerrari1:28.8814.763
19(GBR) Martin BrundleTyrrell-Renault1:29.1114.993
20(ITA) Alessandro NanniniMinardi-Motori Moderni1:29.6535.535
21(ITA) Andrea de CesarisMinardi-Motori Moderni1:29.8545.736
22(GBR) Jonathan PalmerZakspeed1:30.0055.887
23(ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniOsella-Alfa Romeo1:31.4797.361
24(NLD) Huub RothengatterZakspeed1:32.1137.995
25(DEU) Christian DannerOsella-Alfa Romeo1:41.43617.318

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(FRA) Alain Prost29
2(GBR) Nigel Mansell27
3(BRA) Ayrton Senna27
4(BRA) Nelson Piquet19
5(FIN) Keke Rosberg14
6(SWE) Stefan Johansson7
7(FRA) Jacques Laffite7
8(AUT) Gerhard Berger6
9(FRA) Rene Arnoux6
10(ITA) Michele Alboreto3
11(GBR) Martin Brundle2
=(ITA) Teo Fabi2
13(ITA) Riccardo Patrese1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Williams-Honda46
2McLaren-TAG43
3Lotus-Renault27
4Ligier-Renault13
5Ferrari10
6Benetton-BMW8
7Tyrrell-Renault2
8Brabham-BMW1

Stats & milestones

Wins
4th for Nigel Mansell
25th for Williams
Podiums
41st for Alain Prost
32nd for Nelson Piquet
11th for Nigel Mansell
127th for McLaren
67th & 68th for Williams
Poles
3rd for Nigel Mansell
15th for Williams
Fastest laps
15th for Nelson Piquet
26th for Williams
Front row starts
14th for Ayrton Senna
9th for Nigel Mansell
Pole & win
2nd for Nigel Mansell

See also

  • Canadian Grand Prix
  • Montreal circuit
  • 1986 World Championship season

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