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1986 German Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitHockenheim, 44 laps
Round10 of 16
Race numbers

The 1986 German Grand Prix was the:

  • 430th World Championship race
  • 34th World Championship German Grand Prix
  • 10th World Championship race at Hockenheim
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+4(BRA) Nelson PiquetWilliams-Honda441hr 22m 08.263s9
2+1(BRA) Ayrton SennaLotus-Renault44+15.437s6
3+3(GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Honda44+44.580s4
4+4(FRA) Rene ArnouxLigier-Renault44+1m 15.176s3
5-4(FIN) Keke RosbergMcLaren-TAG43DNF2
6-4(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG43DNF1
7+13(GBR) Derek WarwickBrabham-BMW43+1 lap 
8+5(FRA) Patrick TambayLola-Ford Cosworth43+1 lap 
9+10(AUS) Alan JonesLola-Ford Cosworth42+2 laps 
10-6(AUT) Gerhard BergerBenetton-BMW42+2 laps 
11 (SWE) Stefan JohanssonFerrari41DNF 
12+14(CAN) Allen BergOsella-Alfa Romeo40+4 laps 
R (DEU) Christian DannerArrows-BMW38DNF 
R (NLD) Huub RothengatterZakspeed38DNF 
R (GBR) Jonathan PalmerZakspeed37DNF 
R (GBR) Martin BrundleTyrrell-Renault34DNF 
R (ITA) Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW22DNF 
R (ITA) Andrea de CesarisMinardi-Motori Moderni20DNF 
R (ITA) Alessandro NanniniMinardi-Motori Moderni19DNF 
R (GBR) Johnny DumfriesLotus-Renault17DNF 
R (BEL) Thierry BoutsenArrows-BMW13DNF 
R (FRA) Philippe AlliotLigier-Renault11DNF 
R (ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniOsella-Alfa Romeo10DNF 
R (FRA) Philippe StreiffTyrrell-Renault7DNF 
R (ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari6DNF 
R (ITA) Teo FabiBenetton-BMW0DNF 

Notes

  • Keke Rosberg ended lap 43 in P2 before retiring on the final lap.
  • Alain Prost ended lap 43 in P4 before retiring on the final lap.
  • Stefan Johansson ended lap 41 in P9 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(FIN) Keke RosbergMcLaren-TAG1:42.013 
2(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG1:42.1660.153
3(BRA) Ayrton SennaLotus-Renault1:42.3290.316
4(AUT) Gerhard BergerBenetton-BMW1:42.5410.528
5(BRA) Nelson PiquetWilliams-Honda1:42.5450.532
6(GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Honda1:42.6960.683
7(ITA) Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW1:43.3481.335
8(FRA) Rene ArnouxLigier-Renault1:43.6931.680
9(ITA) Teo FabiBenetton-BMW1:44.0011.988
10(ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari1:44.3082.295
11(SWE) Stefan JohanssonFerrari1:44.3462.333
12(GBR) Johnny DumfriesLotus-Renault1:44.7682.755
13(FRA) Patrick TambayLola-Ford Cosworth1:44.9792.966
14(FRA) Philippe AlliotLigier-Renault1:45.0473.034
15(GBR) Martin BrundleTyrrell-Renault1:45.4323.419
16(GBR) Jonathan PalmerZakspeed1:45.8873.874
17(DEU) Christian DannerArrows-BMW1:46.3554.342
18(FRA) Philippe StreiffTyrrell-Renault1:47.3715.358
19(AUS) Alan JonesLola-Ford Cosworth1:47.5185.505
20(GBR) Derek WarwickBrabham-BMW1:48.2066.193
21(BEL) Thierry BoutsenArrows-BMW1:49.2407.227
22(ITA) Alessandro NanniniMinardi-Motori Moderni1:49.3697.356
23(ITA) Andrea de CesarisMinardi-Motori Moderni1:50.0668.053
24(NLD) Huub RothengatterZakspeed1:50.9188.905
25(ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniOsella-Alfa Romeo1:56.46814.455
26(CAN) Allen BergOsella-Alfa Romeo1:56.95914.946

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(GBR) Nigel Mansell51
2(FRA) Alain Prost44
3(BRA) Ayrton Senna42
4(BRA) Nelson Piquet38
5(FIN) Keke Rosberg19
6(FRA) Jacques Laffite14
7(FRA) Rene Arnoux14
8(SWE) Stefan Johansson7
9(AUT) Gerhard Berger6
10(ITA) Michele Alboreto6
11(GBR) Martin Brundle4
12(ITA) Teo Fabi2
13(ITA) Riccardo Patrese2
14(FRA) Philippe Streiff1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Williams-Honda89
2McLaren-TAG63
3Lotus-Renault42
4Ligier-Renault28
5Ferrari13
6Benetton-BMW8
7Tyrrell-Renault5
8Brabham-BMW2

Stats & milestones

Wins
15th for Nelson Piquet
28th for Williams
Podiums
35th for Nelson Piquet
15th for Ayrton Senna
14th for Nigel Mansell
159th for Lotus
73rd & 74th for Williams
Poles
5th and last for Keke Rosberg (last Finnish polesitter until 1997; only pole for McLaren)
25th for McLaren
1-2 start
2nd for McLaren
Fastest laps
1st for Gerhard Berger (82nd different fastest lap setter, 3rd Austrian driver)
1st for Benetton (32nd different fastest lap setter)
Front row starts
35th for Alain Prost
10th and last for Keke Rosberg (36th driver to achieve ten front row starts, 1st Finnish driver; last Finnish front row starter until 1994; only front row start for McLaren)