1986 Formula One season

The 1986 Formula One season was the 37th FIA Formula One World Championship season. It commenced on March 23, 1986, and ended on October 26 after sixteen races.

The season culminated in a points battle between the Williams duo of Nelson Piquet and Nigel Mansell versus McLaren's Alain Prost at the final race, the 1986 Australian Grand Prix. Mansell's tyre blew in spectacular fashion and Piquet, in the lead at the time of the incident, was brought in for an unscheduled pit stop soon afterward by Williams to prevent the same happening to his tyres. Prost won the championship.^[1]

Drivers and constructors

Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	No	Driver	Test driver(s)
Marlboro McLaren International	McLaren	MP4/2C	TAG TTE PO1 1.5 V6T	G	1	Alain Prost	n/a
					2	Keke Rosberg
Data General Team Tyrrell	Tyrrell	014 015	Renault EF4B 1.5 V6T	G	3	Martin Brundle	n/a
					4	Philippe Streiff
Canon Williams Honda Team	Williams	FW11	Honda RA166E 1.5 V6T	G	5	Nigel Mansell	n/a
					6	Nelson Piquet
Motor Racing Developments	Brabham	BT55	BMW M12/13/1 1.5 L4T	P	7	Riccardo Patrese	Josele Garza
					8	Elio de Angelis
						Derek Warwick
John Player Special Team Lotus	Lotus	98T	Renault EF15B 1.5 V6T	G	11	Johnny Dumfries	Derek Warwick
					12	Ayrton Senna
West Zakspeed Racing	Zakspeed	861	Zakspeed 1500/4 1.5 L4T	G	14	Jonathan Palmer	Luis Perez-Sala
					29	Huub Rothengatter
Team Haas (USA) Ltd	Lola	THL1 THL2	Hart 415T 1.5 L4T Ford Cosworth DBA 1.5 L V6T	G	15	Alan Jones	n/a
					16	Patrick Tambay
						Eddie Cheever
Barclay Arrows BMW	Arrows	A8 A9	BMW M12/13 1.5 L4T	G	17	Marc Surer	Jari Nurminen
						Christian Danner
					18	Thierry Boutsen
Benetton Formula Ltd	Benetton	B186	BMW M12/13 1.5 L4T	P	19	Teo Fabi	Andy Wallace Giovanni Amati Paolo Barilla
					20	Gerhard Berger
Osella Squadra Corse	Osella	FA1G FA1F FA1H	Alfa Romeo 890T 1.5 V8T	P	21	Piercarlo Ghinzani	n/a
					22	Christian Danner
						Alex Caffi
						Allen Berg
Minardi Team SpA	Minardi	M185B M186	Motori Moderni Tipo 615-90 1.5 V6T	P	23	Andrea de Cesaris	n/a
					24	Alessandro Nannini
Equipe Ligier	Ligier	JS27	Renault EF4B 1.5 V6T	P	25	René Arnoux	n/a
					26	Jacques Laffite
						Philippe Alliot
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	Ferrari	F1/86	Ferrari 032 1.5 V6T	G	27	Michele Alboreto	n/a
					28	Stefan Johansson
Team El Charro AGS	AGS	JH21C	Motori Moderni Tipo 615-90 1.5 V6T	G	31	Ivan Capelli

Season review

Round	Race	Date	Location	Winning driver	Constructor	Report
1	Brazilian Grand Prix	March 23	Jacarepaguá	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	Report
2	Spanish Grand Prix	April 13	Jerez	Ayrton Senna	Lotus-Renault	Report
3	San Marino Grand Prix	April 27	Imola	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	Report
4	Monaco Grand Prix	May 11	Monaco	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	Report
5	Belgian Grand Prix	May 25	Spa-Francorchamps	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	Report
6	Canadian Grand Prix	June 15	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	Report
7	Detroit Grand Prix	June 22	Detroit	Ayrton Senna	Lotus-Renault	Report
8	French Grand Prix	July 6	Paul Ricard	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	Report
9	British Grand Prix	July 13	Brands Hatch	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	Report
10	German Grand Prix	July 27	Hockenheimring	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	Report
11	Hungarian Grand Prix	August 10	Hungaroring	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	Report
12	Austrian Grand Prix	August 17	Österreichring	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	Report
13	Italian Grand Prix	September 7	Monza	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	Report
14	Portuguese Grand Prix	September 21	Estoril	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	Report
15	Mexican Grand Prix	October 12	Hermanos Rodriguez	Gerhard Berger	Benetton-BMW	Report
16	Australian Grand Prix	October 26	Adelaide	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	Report

1986 Constructors Championship final standings

Place	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	Points	Wins	Podiums	Poles
1	Williams-Honda	FW11	Honda RA166E	G	141	9	19	4
2	McLaren-TAG	MP4/2C	TAG Porsche P01	G	96	4	12	2
3	Lotus-Renault	98T	Renault EF15B	G	58	2	8	8
4	Ferrari	F1/86	Ferrari 032	G	37		5
5	Ligier-Renault	JS27	Renault EF4B Renault EF15	P	29		2
6	Benetton-BMW	B186	BMW M12/13	P	19	1	2	2
7	Tyrrell-Renault	014 015	Renault EF4B Renault EF15	G	11
8	Haas Lola-Ford	THL2	Ford GBA	G	6
9	Brabham-BMW	BT54 BT55	BMW M12/13	P	2
10	Arrows-BMW	A8 A9	BMW M12/13	G	1
11	Zakspeed	861	Zakspeed 1500/4	G
12	Osella-Alfa Romeo	FA1F FA1G FA1H	Alfa Romeo 890T	P
13	Haas Lola-Hart	THL1	Hart 415T	G
14	AGS-Motori Moderni	JH21C	Motori Moderni Tipo 615-90	P
15	Minardi-Motori Moderni	M185B M186	Motori Moderni Tipo 615-90	P

1986 Drivers Championship final standings

Pos Driver BRA ESP SMR MON BEL CAN DET FRA GBR GER HUN AUT ITA POR MEX AUS Points[2] 1 Alain Prost Ret 3 1 1 6 2 3 2 3 6 Ret 1 DSQ 2 2 1 72 (74) 2 Nigel Mansell Ret 2 Ret 4 1 1 5 1 1 3 3 Ret 2 1 5 Ret 70 (72) 3 Nelson Piquet 1 Ret 2 7 Ret 3 Ret 3 2 1 1 Ret 1 3 4 2 69 4 Ayrton Senna 2 1 Ret 3 2 5 1 Ret Ret 2 2 Ret Ret 4 3 Ret 55 5 Stefan Johansson Ret Ret 4 10 3 Ret Ret Ret Ret 11 4 3 3 6 12 3 23 6 Keke Rosberg Ret 4 5 2 Ret 4 Ret 4 Ret 5 Ret 9 4 Ret Ret Ret 22 7 Gerhard Berger 6 6 3 Ret 10 Ret Ret Ret Ret 10 Ret 7 5 Ret 1 Ret 17 8 Jacques Laffite 3 Ret Ret 6 5 7 2 6 Ret 14 9 Michele Alboreto Ret Ret 10 Ret 4 8 4 8 Ret Ret Ret 2 Ret 5 Ret Ret 14 10 René Arnoux 4 Ret Ret 5 Ret 6 Ret 5 4 4 Ret 10 Ret 7 15 7 14 11 Martin Brundle 5 Ret 8 Ret Ret 9 Ret 10 5 Ret 6 Ret 10 Ret 11 4 8 12 Alan Jones Ret Ret Ret Ret 11 10 Ret Ret Ret 9 Ret 4 6 Ret Ret Ret 4 13 Johnny Dumfries 9 Ret Ret DNQ Ret Ret 7 Ret 7 Ret 5 Ret Ret 9 Ret 6 3 14 Philippe Streiff 7 Ret Ret 11 12 11 9 Ret 6 Ret 8 Ret 9 Ret Ret 5 3 15 Patrick Tambay Ret 8 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 8 7 5 Ret NC Ret NC 2 16 Teo Fabi 10 5 Ret Ret 7 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 8 Ret 10 2 17 Riccardo Patrese Ret Ret 6 Ret 8 Ret 6 7 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 13 Ret 2 18 Christian Danner Ret Ret Ret DNQ Ret Ret Ret 11 Ret Ret Ret 6 8 11 9 Ret 1 19 Philippe Alliot Ret 9 Ret Ret Ret 6 8 1 NC Thierry Boutsen Ret 7 7 8 Ret Ret Ret NC NC Ret Ret Ret 7 10 7 Ret 0 NC Derek Warwick Ret 10 9 8 7 Ret DNS Ret Ret Ret Ret 0 NC Jonathan Palmer Ret Ret Ret 12 13 Ret 8 Ret 9 Ret 10 Ret Ret 12 10 9 0 NC Huub Rothengatter Ret DNQ Ret 12 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 8 Ret Ret Ret 0 NC Andrea de Cesaris Ret Ret Ret DNQ Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 8 Ret 0 NC Elio de Angelis 8 Ret Ret Ret 0 NC Marc Surer Ret Ret 9 9 9 0 NC Piercarlo Ghinzani Ret Ret Ret DNQ Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 11 Ret Ret Ret Ret 0 NC Allen Berg Ret Ret Ret 12 Ret Ret 13 16 NC 0 NC Alessandro Nannini Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret NC 14 Ret 0 NC Alex Caffi NC 0 NC Ivan Capelli Ret Ret 0 NC Eddie Cheever Ret 0 Pos Driver BRA ESP SMR MON BEL CAN DET FRA GBR GER HUN AUT ITA POR MEX AUS Points

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Light blue Practiced only (PO) Friday test driver (TD) (from 2003 onwards) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Excluded (EX) Did not arrive (DNA) Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

Drivers' Championship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the top six finishers in each round.^[3]

Place	Driver	Number	Country	Constructor	Points[2]	Wins	Podiums	Poles
1	Alain Prost	1	France	McLaren-TAG	72 (74)	4	11	1
2	Nigel Mansell	5	Britain	Williams-Honda	70 (72)	5	9	2
3	Nelson Piquet	6	Brazil	Williams-Honda	69	4	10	2
4	Ayrton Senna	12	Brazil	Lotus-Renault	55	2	8	8
5	Stefan Johansson	28	Sweden	Ferrari	23		4
6	Keke Rosberg	2	Finland	McLaren-TAG	22		1	1
7	Gerhard Berger	20	Austria	Benetton-BMW	17	1	2
8	Jacques Laffite	26	France	Ligier-Renault	14		2
9	Michele Alboreto	27	Italy	Ferrari	14		1
10	René Arnoux	25	France	Ligier-Renault	14
11	Martin Brundle	3	Britain	Tyrrell-Renault	8
12	Alan Jones	15	Australia	Haas Lola-Hart Haas Lola-Ford	4
13	Johnny Dumfries	11	Britain	Lotus-Renault	3
14	Philippe Streiff	4	France	Tyrrell-Renault	3
15	Patrick Tambay	16	France	Haas Lola-Hart Haas Lola-Ford	2
16	Teo Fabi	19	Italy	Benetton-BMW	2			2
17	Riccardo Patrese	7	Italy	Brabham-BMW	2
18	Christian Danner	17	Germany	Arrows-BMW	1
19	Philippe Alliot	26	France	Ligier-Renault	1
20	Thierry Boutsen	18	Belgium	Arrows-BMW	0
21	Derek Warwick	8	Britain	Brabham-BMW	0
22	Jonathan Palmer	14	Britain	Zakspeed	0
23	Huub Rothengatter	29	Netherlands	Zakspeed	0
24	Andrea de Cesaris	23	Italy	Minardi-Motori Moderni	0
25	Elio de Angelis	8	Italy	Brabham-BMW	0
26	Marc Surer	17	Switzerland	Arrows-BMW	0
27	Piercarlo Ghinzani	21	Italy	Osella-Alfa Romeo	0
28	Allen Berg	22	Canada	Osella-Alfa Romeo	0
29	Alessandro Nannini	24	Italy	Minardi-Motori Moderni	0
—	Ivan Capelli	31	Italy	AGS-Motori Moderni	0
—	Eddie Cheever	16	USA	Haas Lola-Ford	0
—	Alex Caffi	22	Italy	Osella-Alfa Romeo	0

Notes and references

1. ^ ESPN coverage of the 1997 Japanese Grand Prix, end-of-year F1 championship battles segment narrated by Bob Varsha
2. ^ ^{a b} Only the best 11 results counted towards the Drivers' Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.
3. ^ Peter Higham, The Guinness Guide To International Motor Racing, 1995, page 6

External links

• 1986 Formula 1 review
• 1986 Formula 1 results & images Retrieved from f1-facts.com on 4 September 2008