F1 driver standings
Standings
| # | Driver | BRA | ESP | SMR | MCO | BEL | CAN | DET | FRA | GBR | DEU | HUN | AUT | ITA | PRT | MEX | AUS | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (FRA) Alain Prost (McLaren) | R | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6R | R | 1 | DSQ | 2 | 2 | 1 | 72 (74) |
| 2 | (GBR) Nigel Mansell (Williams) | R | 2 | R | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | R | 2 | 1 | 5 | R | 70 (72) |
| 3 | (BRA) Nelson Piquet (Williams) | 1 | R | 2 | 7 | R | 3 | R | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | R | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 69 |
| 4 | (BRA) Ayrton Senna (Lotus) | 2 | 1 | R | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | R | R | 2 | 2 | R | R | 4 | 3 | R | 55 |
| 5 | (SWE) Stefan Johansson (Ferrari) | R | R | 4 | 10 | 3 | R | R | R | R | 11R | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12R | 3 | 23 |
| 6 | (FIN) Keke Rosberg (McLaren) | R | 4 | 5R | 2 | R | 4 | R | 4 | R | 5R | R | 9R | 4 | R | R | R | 22 |
| 7 | (AUT) Gerhard Berger (Benetton) | 6 | 6 | 3 | R | 10 | R | R | R | R | 10 | R | 7 | 5R | R | 1 | R | 17 |
| 8 | (FRA) Jacques Laffite (Ligier) | 3 | R | R | 6 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 6 | R | 14 | |||||||
| = | (ITA) Michele Alboreto (Ferrari) | R | R | 10R | R | 4 | 8 | 4 | 8 | R | R | R | 2 | R | 5 | R | R | 14 |
| = | (FRA) Rene Arnoux (Ligier) | 4 | R | R | 5 | R | 6 | R | 5 | 4 | 4 | R | 10 | R | 7 | 15R | 7 | 14 |
| 11 | (GBR) Martin Brundle (Tyrrell) | 5 | R | 8 | R | R | 9 | R | 10 | 5 | R | 6 | R | 10 | R | 11 | 4 | 8 |
| 12 | (AUS) Alan Jones (Lola) | R | R | R | R | 11R | 10 | R | R | R | 9 | R | 4 | 6 | R | R | R | 4 |
| 13 | (GBR) Johnny Dumfries (Lotus) | 9 | R | R | DNQ | R | R | 7 | R | 7 | R | 5 | R | R | 9 | R | 6 | 3 |
| = | (FRA) Philippe Streiff (Tyrrell) | 7 | R | R | 11 | 12 | 11 | 9 | R | 6 | R | 8 | R | 9 | R | R | 5R | 3 |
| 15 | (ITA) Teo Fabi (Benetton) | 10 | 5 | R | R | 7 | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | 8R | R | 10 | 2 |
| = | (FRA) Patrick Tambay (Lola) | R | 8 | R | R | R | DNS | R | R | 8 | 7 | 5 | R | NC | R | NC | 2 | |
| = | (ITA) Riccardo Patrese (Brabham) | R | R | 6R | R | 8 | R | 6 | 7 | R | R | R | R | R | R | 13R | R | 2 |
| 18 | (FRA) Philippe Alliot (Ligier) | R | 9 | R | R | R | 6 | 8 | 1 | |||||||||
| = | (DEU) Christian Danner (Osella, Arrows) | R | R | R | DNQ | R | R | R | 11 | R | R | R | 6 | 8 | 11 | 9 | R | 1 |
| (BEL) Thierry Boutsen (Arrows) | R | 7 | 7 | 8 | R | R | R | NC | NC | R | R | R | 7 | 10 | 7 | R | ||
| (GBR) Derek Warwick (Brabham) | R | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | R | DNS | R | R | R | R | |||||||
| (GBR) Jonathan Palmer (Zakspeed) | R | R | R | 12 | R | R | 8 | R | 9 | R | 10 | R | R | 12 | 10R | 9 | ||
| (NLD) Huub Rothengatter (Zakspeed) | R | DNQ | R | 12 | DNS | R | R | R | R | 8R | R | R | DNS | R | ||||
| (ITA) Andrea de Cesaris (Minardi) | R | R | R | DNQ | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | 8 | R | ||
| (ITA) Elio de Angelis (Brabham) | 8 | R | R | R | ||||||||||||||
| (CHE) Marc Surer (Arrows) | R | R | 9R | 9 | 9 | |||||||||||||
| (ITA) Piercarlo Ghinzani (Osella) | R | R | R | DNQ | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | 11 | R | R | R | R | ||
| (CAN) Allen Berg (Osella) | R | R | R | 12 | R | R | 13 | 16 | NC | |||||||||
| (ITA) Alessandro Nannini (Minardi) | R | DNS | R | DNQ | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | 14 | R | ||
| (ITA) Alex Caffi (Osella) | NC | |||||||||||||||||
| (ITA) Ivan Capelli (AGS) | R | R | ||||||||||||||||
| (USA) Eddie Cheever (Lola) | R | |||||||||||||||||
| # | Driver | BRA | ESP | SMR | MCO | BEL | CAN | DET | FRA | GBR | DEU | HUN | AUT | ITA | PRT | MEX | AUS | Points |
Table key, points system and championship rules
- Highlight: Rookie
- Bold: pole position
- Underline: fastest lap
- Bold & underline: pole & fastest lap
- DNQ: Did not qualify
- NC: Not classified
- DSQ: Disqualified
- DNS: Did not start
The top six classified finishers of each race were awarded points on the following basis:
- 1st (9)
- 2nd (6)
- 3rd (4)
- 4th (3)
- 5th (2)
- 6th (1)
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.
Race to the title
The Race to the title graph shows how the title race played out over the course of the season between the top five drivers of 1986.
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