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

1986 Spanish Grand Prix

DateSunday, 13 April 1986
Winner
  • Ayrton Senna
  • Lotus-Renault
Pole position
  • Ayrton Senna
  • Lotus-Renault
Fastest lap
  • Nigel Mansell
  • Williams-Honda
CircuitJerez, 72 laps
Round2 of 16
Race numbers

The 1986 Spanish Grand Prix was the:

  • 422nd World Championship race
  • 16th World Championship Spanish Grand Prix (first since 1981)
  • 1st World Championship race at Jerez
More 1986 season
More Spanish Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (BRA) Ayrton SennaLotus-Renault721hr 48m 47.735s9
2+1(GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Honda72+0.014s6
3+1(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG72+21.552s4
4+1(FIN) Keke RosbergMcLaren-TAG71+1 lap3
5+4(ITA) Teo FabiBenetton-BMW71+1 lap2
6+1(AUT) Gerhard BergerBenetton-BMW71+1 lap1
7+12(BEL) Thierry BoutsenArrows-BMW68+4 laps 
8+10(FRA) Patrick TambayLola-Hart66+6 laps 
R (GBR) Johnny DumfriesLotus-Renault52DNF 
R (GBR) Martin BrundleTyrrell-Renault41DNF 
R (FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Renault40DNF 
R (BRA) Nelson PiquetWilliams-Honda39DNF 
R (CHE) Marc SurerArrows-BMW39DNF 
R (ITA) Elio de AngelisBrabham-BMW29DNF 
R (FRA) Rene ArnouxLigier-Renault79DNF 
R (ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari22DNF 
R (FRA) Philippe StreiffTyrrell-Renault22DNF 
R (DEU) Christian DannerOsella-Alfa Romeo14DNF 
R (SWE) Stefan JohanssonFerrari11DNF 
R (ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniOsella-Alfa Romeo10DNF 
R (ITA) Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW8DNF 
R (ITA) Andrea de CesarisMinardi-Motori Moderni1DNF 
R (AUS) Alan JonesLola-Hart0DNF 
R (GBR) Jonathan PalmerZakspeed0DNF 
Did not start
  (ITA) Alessandro NanniniMinardi-Motori Moderni   

Starting grid

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(BRA) Ayrton SennaLotus-Renault1:21.605 
2(BRA) Nelson PiquetWilliams-Honda1:22.4310.826
3(GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Honda1:22.5760.971
4(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-TAG1:22.8861.281
5(FIN) Keke RosbergMcLaren-TAG1:23.0041.399
6(FRA) Rene ArnouxLigier-Renault1:24.2742.669
7(AUT) Gerhard BergerBenetton-BMW1:24.5012.896
8(FRA) Jacques LaffiteLigier-Renault1:24.8173.212
9(ITA) Teo FabiBenetton-BMW1:25.0523.447
10(GBR) Johnny DumfriesLotus-Renault1:25.1073.502
11(SWE) Stefan JohanssonFerrari1:25.4663.861
12(GBR) Martin BrundleTyrrell-Renault1:25.8314.226
13(ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari1:26.0944.489
14(ITA) Riccardo PatreseBrabham-BMW1:26.2314.626
15(ITA) Elio de AngelisBrabham-BMW1:26.5504.945
16(GBR) Jonathan PalmerZakspeed1:26.9185.313
17(AUS) Alan JonesLola-Hart1:26.9465.341
18(FRA) Patrick TambayLola-Hart1:26.9925.387
19(BEL) Thierry BoutsenArrows-BMW1:27.1695.564
20(FRA) Philippe StreiffTyrrell-Renault1:27.6376.032
21(ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniOsella-Alfa Romeo1:28.4236.818
22(CHE) Marc SurerArrows-BMW1:28.4436.838
23(DEU) Christian DannerOsella-Alfa Romeo1:29.0467.441
24(ITA) Andrea de CesarisMinardi-Motori Moderni1:29.1957.590
25(ITA) Alessandro NanniniMinardi-Motori Moderni1:30.0628.457

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(BRA) Ayrton Senna15
2(BRA) Nelson Piquet9
3(GBR) Nigel Mansell6
4(FRA) Jacques Laffite4
=(FRA) Alain Prost4
6(FRA) Rene Arnoux3
=(FIN) Keke Rosberg3
8(GBR) Martin Brundle2
=(ITA) Teo Fabi2
10(AUT) Gerhard Berger2

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Williams-Honda15
=Lotus-Renault15
3Ligier-Renault7
=McLaren-TAG7
5Benetton-BMW4
6Tyrrell-Renault2

Stats & milestones

Milestone race start
100th for Keke Rosberg (23rd driver to start 100 races, 1st Finnish driver)
350th for Lotus (2nd constructor to start 350 races)
Wins
3rd for Ayrton Senna
76th for Lotus
Podiums
38th for Alain Prost
11th for Ayrton Senna
9th for Nigel Mansell
155th for Lotus
123rd for McLaren
64th for Williams
Poles
9th for Ayrton Senna
100th for Lotus (2nd constructor to take 100 pole positions)
Fastest laps
3rd for Nigel Mansell
24th for Williams
Front row starts
32nd for Nelson Piquet
12th for Ayrton Senna
Pole & win
2nd for Ayrton Senna

See also

  • Spanish Grand Prix
  • Jerez circuit
  • 1986 World Championship season

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