1986 Belgian Grand Prix

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1986 Belgian Grand Prix
Race 5 of 16 in the 1986 Formula One World Championship
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Race details
Date25 May 1986
Location Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Francorchamps, Wallonia, Belgium [1]
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 6.940 km (4.312 [2] miles)
Distance 43 laps, 301.172 km (187.136 miles)
Weather Dry
Pole position
Driver Williams-Honda
Time 1:54.331
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of France.svg Alain Prost McLaren-TAG
Time 1:59.282 on lap 31
Podium
First Williams-Honda
Second Lotus-Renault
Third Ferrari
Lap leaders
  • 1986 Belgian Grand Prix

The 1986 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps on 25 May 1986. It was the fifth race of the 1986 FIA Formula One World Championship. The race was the 44th Belgian Grand Prix and the 32nd to be held at Spa-Francorchamps. It was held over 43 laps of the 7-kilometre (4.35 mi) circuit for a total race distance of 301 kilometres (187 mi).

Contents

The race was won by British driver Nigel Mansell, driving a Williams-Honda. It was Mansell's first victory of the season. Brazilian driver Ayrton Senna finished second in a Lotus-Renault, with Sweden's Stefan Johansson third in a Ferrari. Senna's result allowed him to take the lead of the Drivers' Championship from Frenchman Alain Prost, who could only manage sixth in his McLaren-TAG.

Qualifying

Brabham entered only one BT55, the car of Riccardo Patrese. Elio de Angelis had been killed in a testing accident at Circuit Paul Ricard just over a week before the race. Williams-Honda driver Nelson Piquet took pole late in the qualifying session using the team's spare car. Piquet's engine blew up in his race car during qualifying forcing him into the spare. [3] Austrian Gerhard Berger scored his first front row start and the first for the BMW powered Benetton after being fastest in Friday qualifying. His Friday time of 1:54.468 was half a second faster than his Saturday time but still good enough for the front row. [3] World Champion Alain Prost was third in his McLaren-TAG with the Lotus-Renault of Ayrton Senna completing the second row. Nigel Mansell qualified fifth in his Williams-Honda with Teo Fabi completing the top 6 in his Benetton-BMW.

Race

Piquet won the start and led the field into the La Source hairpin but behind him was chaos. Senna had made a good start from the 2nd row and when Berger's car twitched under brakes Senna went to the outside and then turned hard into the right hand corner. In doing so he squeezed out Berger who in turn squeezed out Prost while avoiding Senna. Prost, who had gone inside when the Benetton twitched, hit the inside barrier damaging the nose of his car with the right front wing drooping on the ground. He then drove over Berger's wheel launching the rear of his McLaren into the air. Other drivers were forced to take avoiding action with Berger's teammate Fabi having to stop to avoid hitting his teammates damaged car while Prost's teammate Keke Rosberg had to do a complete 180 degree turn the wrong way to avoid the Benettons. However, the only car that retired from the crash was the Lola-Ford of Patrick Tambay who went inside the stopped Fabi but hit his right rear with his left front wheel and damaged the left front suspension putting him out on the spot. Through it all Senna emerged unscathed in 2nd place followed by Mansell and the two Ferraris of Stefan Johansson and Michele Alboreto.

Both Berger and Prost pitted at the end of lap 1 with Berger in for a long stop for repairs and Prost for a new nose cone, his rear suspension survived intact despite its unscheduled first corner flight. Mansell disposed of Senna on lap 2, but spun on lap 5, [4] falling back to 4th place. Piquet led until suffering turbo failure on lap 16 leaving Senna in front from Mansell, who shortly overtook Senna during pitstops. Prost emerged last on the road and only a few hundred metres in front of the leading Williams. On his way to being the last car on the lead lap and finishing in sixth place he set a new lap record of 1:59.282 on lap 31.

Nigel Mansell scored his first win of 1986 and the third win of his career. Senna, the cause of the first corner crash finished 20 seconds behind in second with Stefan Johansson finishing third after passing team leader Alboreto only two laps from home. Jacques Laffite finished fifth in his Ligier-Renault with Prost gaining a vital World Championship point for finishing sixth. Swiss driver Marc Surer finished ninth in his Arrows A8. It would be the last Grand Prix of Surer's career as he would be seriously injured testing a Ford RS200 rally car a week later. Post race Mansell dedicated his win to his friend and former team mate Elio de Angelis who died just ten days prior to Spa in a testing accident at Paul Ricard.

Classification

Qualifying

PosNoDriverConstructorQ1Q2Gap
16 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Nelson Piquet Williams-Honda 1:54.6371:54.331
220 Flag of Austria.svg Gerhard Berger Benetton-BMW 1:54.4681:54.939+0.137
31 Flag of France.svg Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 1:55.0391:54.501+0.170
412 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Ayrton Senna Lotus-Renault 1:55.7761:54.576+0.245
55 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nigel Mansell Williams-Honda 1:55.3451:54.582+0.251
619 Flag of Italy.svg Teo Fabi Benetton-BMW 1:57.4401:54.765+0.434
725 Flag of France.svg René Arnoux Ligier-Renault 1:57.2691:55.576+1.245
82 Flag of Finland.svg Keke Rosberg McLaren-TAG 1:56.5341:55.662+1.331
927 Flag of Italy.svg Michele Alboreto Ferrari 1:56.2941:56.242+1.911
1016 Flag of France.svg Patrick Tambay Lola-Ford 1:58.5741:56.309+1.978
1128 Flag of Sweden.svg Stefan Johansson Ferrari 1:57.6971:56.496+2.165
123 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Martin Brundle Tyrrell-Renault 1:57.7971:56.537+2.206
1311 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Johnny Dumfries Lotus-Renault 1:58.6191:57.462+3.131
1418 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thierry Boutsen Arrows-BMW 1:57.9181:57.612+3.281
157 Flag of Italy.svg Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW 2:00.3571:57.612+3.281
1615 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alan Jones Lola-Ford 1:59.1801:57.815+3.484
1726 Flag of France.svg Jacques Laffite Ligier-Renault 1:58.2382:27.817+3.907
184 Flag of France.svg Philippe Streiff Tyrrell-Renault 1:59.3471:58.603+4.272
1923 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea de Cesaris Minardi-Motori Moderni 2:00.9841:59.960+5.629
2014 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 2:02.3072:00.148+5.817
2117 Flag of Switzerland.svg Marc Surer Arrows-BMW 2:01.3202:01.415+4.661
2224 Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Nannini Minardi-Motori Moderni 2:01.5282:01.354+7.023
2329 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Huub Rothengatter Zakspeed 2:06.0062:03.842+9.511
2421 Flag of Italy.svg Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Alfa Romeo 2:05.0923:38.767+10.761
2522 Flag of Germany.svg Christian Danner Osella-Alfa Romeo 2:09.4652:06.219+11.888

Race

PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
15 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nigel Mansell Williams-Honda 431:27:57.92559
212 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Ayrton Senna Lotus-Renault 43+ 19.82746
328 Flag of Sweden.svg Stefan Johansson Ferrari 43+ 23.592114
427 Flag of Italy.svg Michele Alboreto Ferrari 43+ 29.63493
526 Flag of France.svg Jacques Laffite Ligier-Renault 43+ 1:10.690172
61 Flag of France.svg Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 43+ 2:17.77231
719 Flag of Italy.svg Teo Fabi Benetton-BMW 42+ 1 Lap6 
87 Flag of Italy.svg Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW 42+ 1 Lap15 
917 Flag of Switzerland.svg Marc Surer Arrows-BMW 41+ 2 Laps21 
1020 Flag of Austria.svg Gerhard Berger Benetton-BMW 41+ 2 Laps2 
1115 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alan Jones Lola-Ford 40Out of Fuel16 
124 Flag of France.svg Philippe Streiff Tyrrell-Renault 40+ 3 Laps18 
1314 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 37+ 6 Laps20 
Ret23 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea de Cesaris Minardi-Motori Moderni 35Out of Fuel19 
Ret29 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Huub Rothengatter Zakspeed 25Electrical23 
Ret3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Martin Brundle Tyrrell-Renault 25Gearbox12 
Ret24 Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Nannini Minardi-Motori Moderni 24Gearbox22 
Ret25 Flag of France.svg René Arnoux Ligier-Renault 23Engine7 
Ret6 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Nelson Piquet Williams-Honda 16Turbo1 
Ret18 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thierry Boutsen Arrows-BMW 7Electrical14 
Ret11 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Johnny Dumfries Lotus-Renault 7Spun Off13 
Ret2 Flag of Finland.svg Keke Rosberg McLaren-TAG 6Engine8 
Ret21 Flag of Italy.svg Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Alfa Romeo 3Engine24 
Ret22 Flag of Germany.svg Christian Danner Osella-Alfa Romeo 2Engine25 
Ret16 Flag of France.svg Patrick Tambay Lola-Ford 0Accident10 
Source: [5]

Championship standings after the race

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