1986 Formula One World Championship

The 1986 Formula One season was the 37th of the championship. The champion was Alain Prost, who had won the championship after a very tight title fight between Williams' Nigel Mansell. The 1986 season started on March 23, and ended on October 26 after sixteen races.

1986 FIA Formula One World Championship
Previous:	1985	Next:	1987
Races by country Races by season

This was the first year that turbocharged engines were required. Formula One had banned naturally aspirated (atmospheric) engines. Until the planned engine change in 2014,^[1] this was the only year where turbochargers were required. The ban on atmospheric engines was lifted in 1987. In 1989, all forced induction engines (turbochargers or supercharge) were banned.^[2]

Drivers and constructors

Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	No	Driver	Rounds	Test driver(s)
Marlboro McLaren International	McLaren	McLaren MP4/2C	TAG TTE PO1 1.5 L V6t	G	1	Alain Prost	All	n/a
					2	Keke Rosberg	All
Data General Team Tyrrell	Tyrrell	Tyrrell 014 Tyrrell 015	Renault EF4B 1.5 L V6t	G	3	Martin Brundle	All	n/a
					4	Philippe Streiff	All
Canon Williams Honda Team	Williams	Williams FW11	Honda RA166E 1.5 L V6t	G	5	Nigel Mansell	All	n/a
					6	Nelson Piquet	All
Motor Racing Developments	Brabham	Brabham BT55	BMW M12/13/1 1.5 L L4t	P	7	Riccardo Patrese	All	Josele Garza
					8	Elio de Angelis	1-4
						Derek Warwick	6-16
John Player Special Team Lotus	Lotus	Lotus 98T	Renault EF15B 1.5 L V6t	G	11	Johnny Dumfries	All	Derek Warwick
					12	Ayrton Senna	All
West Zakspeed Racing	Zakspeed	Zakspeed 861	Zakspeed 1500/4 1.5 L L4t	G	14	Jonathan Palmer	All	Luis Perez-Sala
					29	Huub Rothengatter	3-16
Team Haas (USA) Ltd	Lola	Lola THL1 Lola THL2	Hart 415T 1.5 L L4t Ford Cosworth GBA 1.5 L V6t	G	15	Alan Jones	All	n/a
					16	Patrick Tambay	1-6, 8-16
						Eddie Cheever	7
Barclay Arrows BMW	Arrows	Arrows A8 Arrows A9	BMW M12/13 1.5 L L4t	G	17	Marc Surer	1-5	Jari Nurminen
						Christian Danner	7-16
					18	Thierry Boutsen	All
Benetton Formula Ltd	Benetton	Benetton B186	BMW M12/13 1.5 L L4t	P	19	Teo Fabi	All	Andy Wallace Giovanna Amati Paolo Barilla
					20	Gerhard Berger	All
Osella Squadra Corse	Osella	Osella FA1G Osella FA1F Osella FA1H	Alfa Romeo 890T 1.5 L V8t	P	21	Piercarlo Ghinzani	All	n/a
					22	Christian Danner	1-6
						Allen Berg	7-12, 14-16
						Alex Caffi	13
Minardi Team SpA	Minardi	Minardi M185B Minardi M186	Motori Moderni Tipo 615-90 1.5 L V6t	P	23	Andrea de Cesaris	All	n/a
					24	Alessandro Nannini	All
Equipe Ligier	Ligier	Ligier JS27	Renault EF4B 1.5 L V6t	P	25	René Arnoux	All	n/a
					26	Jacques Laffite	1-9
						Philippe Alliot	10-16
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	Ferrari	Ferrari F1/86	Ferrari 032 1.5 L V6t	G	27	Michele Alboreto	All	n/a
					28	Stefan Johansson	All
Team El Charro AGS	AGS	AGS JH21C	Motori Moderni Tipo 615-90 1.5 L V6t	G	31	Ivan Capelli	13-14	n/a

Race schedule

Round	Official Race Title	Grand Prix	Circuit	City / Location	Date
1	Grande Prêmio do Brasil	Jacarepaguá	Brazilian Grand Prix	Jacarepaguá	March 23
2	Gran Premio Tio Pepe de España	Jerez	Spanish Grand Prix	Jerez	April 13
3	Gran Premio di San Marino	Imola	San Marino Grand Prix	Imola	April 27
4	Grand Prix Automobile de Monaco	Monaco	Monaco Grand Prix	Monte Carlo	May 11
5	Belgian Grand Prix	Spa-Francorchamps	Belgian Grand Prix	Spa-Francorchamps	May 25
6	Grand Prix du Canada	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve	Canadian Grand Prix	Montreal	June 15
7	Detroit Grand Prix	Detroit	Detroit Grand Prix	Detroit	June 22
8	French Grand Prix	Paul Ricard	French Grand Prix	Le Castellet	July 6
9	Shell Oils British Grand Prix	Brands Hatch	British Grand Prix	Kent	July 13
10	Großer Preis von Deutschland	Hockenheimring	German Grand Prix	Hockenheim	July 27
11	Hungarian Grand Prix	Hungaroring	Hungarian Grand Prix	Budapest	August 10
12	Holiday Großer Preis von Osterreich	Österreichring	Austrian Grand Prix	Spielberg	August 17
13	Gran Premio d'Italia	Monza	Italian Grand Prix	Monza	September 7
14	Grande Prémio de Portugal	Estoril	Portuguese Grand Prix	Estoril	September 21
15	Gran Premio de Mexico	Hermanos Rodríguez	Mexican Grand Prix	Mexico City	October 12
16	Foster's Australian Grand Prix	Adelaide	Australian Grand Prix	Adelaide	October 26

Results and standings

Race results

Round	Grand Prix	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning constructor
1	Brazilian Grand Prix	Ayrton Senna	Nelson Piquet	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda
2	Spanish Grand Prix	Ayrton Senna	Nigel Mansell	Ayrton Senna	Lotus-Renault
3	San Marino Grand Prix	Ayrton Senna	Nelson Piquet	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG
4	Monaco Grand Prix	Alain Prost	Alain Prost	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG
5	Belgian Grand Prix	Nelson Piquet	Alain Prost	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda
6	Canadian Grand Prix	Nigel Mansell	Nelson Piquet	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda
7	Detroit Grand Prix	Ayrton Senna	Nelson Piquet	Ayrton Senna	Lotus-Renault
8	French Grand Prix	Ayrton Senna	Nigel Mansell	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda
9	British Grand Prix	Nelson Piquet	Nigel Mansell	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda
10	German Grand Prix	Keke Rosberg	Gerhard Berger	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda
11	Hungarian Grand Prix	Ayrton Senna	Nelson Piquet	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda
12	Austrian Grand Prix	Teo Fabi	Gerhard Berger	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG
13	Italian Grand Prix	Teo Fabi	Teo Fabi	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda
14	Portuguese Grand Prix	Ayrton Senna	Nigel Mansell	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda
15	Mexican Grand Prix	Ayrton Senna	Nelson Piquet	Gerhard Berger	Benetton-BMW
16	Australian Grand Prix	Nigel Mansell	Nelson Piquet	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG

Scoring system

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
Points	9	6	4	3	2	1

• Points are awarded to the top 6 finishers.
  
• The best 11 results count for the Drivers' Championship.
• Half points are awarded if the race is stopped with less than 75% of distance finished.
  
• When a team officially enters only one car, the second driver for that team cannot earn any points.
  
• All races count for the Constructors' Championship.
  

Drivers standings

Pos	Driver	BRA	ESP	SMR	MON	BEL	CAN	DET	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	AUT	ITA	POR	MEX	AUS	Points
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
20	Thierry Boutsen	Ret	7	7	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	NC	NC	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	10	7	Ret	0
21	Derek Warwick						Ret	10	9	8	7	Ret	DNS	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	0
22	Jonathan Palmer	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	13	Ret	8	Ret	9	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	12	10†	9	0
23	Huub Rothengatter			Ret	DNQ	Ret	12	DNS	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	DNS	Ret	0
24	Andrea de Cesaris	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	0
25	Elio de Angelis	8	Ret	Ret	Ret													0
26	Marc Surer	Ret	Ret	9	9	9												0
27	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	0
28	Allen Berg							Ret	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	Ret		13	16	NC	0
29	Alessandro Nannini	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	NC	14	Ret	0
30	Alex Caffi													NC				0
31	Ivan Capelli													Ret	Ret			0
32	Eddie Cheever							Ret										0
Pos	Driver	BRA	ESP	SMR	MON	BEL	CAN	DET	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	AUT	ITA	POR	MEX	AUS	Points

• Pole position in Bold.
• Fastest lap in Italics.
• ^† Drivers did not finish the Grand Prix, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.
• Numbers without parentheses are Championship points. Numbers in parentheses are total points scored from the best 11 finishes.

Key

Colour	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Green	Blue	Purple	Red	Black	White	Light blue
Result	Winner	2nd place	3rd place	Points finish	Non-points finish	Did not finish (Ret)	Did not qualify (DNQ)	Disqualified (DSQ)	Did not start (DNS)	Practiced only (PO)
					Non-classified finish (NC)		Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)		Race cancelled (C)	Friday test driver (TD) (starting in 2003)

Blank

Did not practice (DNP)

Excluded (EX)

Did not arrive (DNA)

Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

Championship standings

Pos	Constructor	Car no.	BRA	ESP	SMR	MON	BEL	CAN	DET	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	AUT	ITA	POR	MEX	AUS	Pts
1	Williams-Honda	5	Ret	2	Ret	4	1	1	5	1	1	3	3	Ret	2	1	5	Ret	141
		6	1	Ret	2	7	Ret	3	Ret	3	2	1	1	Ret	1	3	4	2
2	McLaren-TAG	1	Ret	3	1	1	6	2	3	2	3	6†	Ret	1	DSQ	2	2	1	96
		2	Ret	4	5†	2	Ret	4	Ret	4	Ret	5†	Ret	9†	4	Ret	Ret	Ret
3	Lotus-Renault	11	9	Ret	Ret	DNQ	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	7	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	6	58
		12	2	1	Ret	3	2	5	1	Ret	Ret	2	2	Ret	Ret	4†	3	Ret
4	Ferrari	27	Ret	Ret	10†	Ret	4	8	4	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	37
		28	Ret	Ret	5	10	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	11†	4	3	3	6	12†	3
5	Ligier-Renault	25	4	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	6	Ret	5	4	4	Ret	10	Ret	7	15†	7	29
		26	3	Ret	Ret	6	5	7	2	6	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	8
6	Benetton-BMW	19	10	5	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	10	19
		20	6	6	3	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	7	5	Ret	1	Ret
7	Tyrrell-Renault	3	5	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	10	5	Ret	6	Ret	10	Ret	11	4	11
		4	7	Ret	Ret	11	12	11	9	Ret	6	Ret	8	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	5†
8	Haas Lola-Ford	15			Ret	Ret	11†	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	4	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	6
		16				Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	7	5	Ret	NC	Ret	NC
9	Brabham-BMW	7	Ret	Ret	6†	Ret	8	Ret	6	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	13†	Ret	2
		8	8	Ret	Ret	Ret		Ret	10	9	8	7	Ret	DNS	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret
10	Arrows-BMW	17	Ret	Ret	9	9	9		Ret	11	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	8	11	9	Ret	1
		18	Ret	7	7	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	NC	NC	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	10	7	Ret
11	Zakspeed	14	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	13	Ret	8	Ret	9	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	12	10†	9	0
		29			Ret	DNQ	Ret	12	DNS	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	DNS	Ret
12	Minardi-Motori Moderni	23	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	0
		24	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	NC	14	Ret
13	Haas Lola-Hart	15	Ret	Ret															0
		16	Ret	8	Ret
14	Osella-Alfa Romeo	21	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	0
		22	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	Ret	NC	13	16	NC
15	AGS-Motori Moderni	31													Ret	Ret			0
Pos	Constructor	Car no.	BRA	ESP	SMR	MON	BEL	CAN	DET	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	AUT	ITA	POR	MEX	AUS	Pts

• Pole position in Bold.
• Fastest lap in Italics.
• ^† Car did not finish the Grand Prix. Car was classified (ranked) because it finished over 90% of the race distance.

Key

Colour	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Green	Blue	Purple	Red	Black	White	Light blue
Result	Winner	2nd place	3rd place	Points finish	Non-points finish	Did not finish (Ret)	Did not qualify (DNQ)	Disqualified (DSQ)	Did not start (DNS)	Practiced only (PO)
					Non-classified finish (NC)		Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)		Race cancelled (C)	Friday test driver (TD) (starting in 2003)

Blank

Did not practice (DNP)

Excluded (EX)

Did not arrive (DNA)

Withdrew entry before the event (WD)