1986 German Grand Prix

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1986 German Grand Prix
Race 10 of 16 in the 1986 Formula One World Championship
Race details
Date 27 July 1986
Official name XLVIII Großer Preis von Deutschland
Location Hockenheimring
Hockenheim, West Germany
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 6.802 km (4.227[1] miles)
Distance 44 laps, 299.068 km (185.832 miles)
Weather Dry
Pole position
Driver McLaren-TAG
Time 1:42.013
Fastest lap
Driver Austria Gerhard Berger Benetton-BMW
Time 1:46.604 on lap 35
Podium
First Williams-Honda
Second Lotus-Renault
Third Williams-Honda
Lap leaders

The 1986 German Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Hockenheimring on 27 July 1986. It was the tenth race of the 1986 Formula One World Championship.

The 45-lap race was won by Brazilian driver Nelson Piquet, driving a Williams-Honda. Compatriot Ayrton Senna was second in a Lotus-Renault, with Briton Nigel Mansell third in the other Williams-Honda. Frenchman Alain Prost was running third in his McLaren-TAG in the closing laps when he ran out of fuel, dropping him to sixth and thus allowing Mansell to extend his lead in the Drivers' Championship to seven points.

Pre-race[edit]

In the run-up to the race, Keke Rosberg announced that he would be retiring from Formula One at the end of the season, while Lotus announced that they would be using Honda engines in 1987, following Renault's withdrawal from the sport, with Japanese driver Satoru Nakajima replacing Johnny Dumfries. Meanwhile, Ligier drafted in Philippe Alliot to replace the injured Jacques Laffite.

Classification[edit]

Qualifying[edit]

Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap
1 2 Finland Keke Rosberg McLaren-TAG 1:42.478 1:42.013
2 1 France Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 1:43.373 1:42.166 +0.153
3 12 Brazil Ayrton Senna Lotus-Renault 1:45.212 1:42.329 +0.316
4 20 Austria Gerhard Berger Benetton-BMW 1:44.493 1:42.541 +0.528
5 6 Brazil Nelson Piquet Williams-Honda 1:43.852 1:42.545 +0.532
6 5 United Kingdom Nigel Mansell Williams-Honda 1:42.696 1:43.086 +0.683
7 7 Italy Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW 1:46.094 1:43.348 +1.335
8 25 France René Arnoux Ligier-Renault 1:43.991 1:43.693 +1.680
9 19 Italy Teo Fabi Benetton-BMW 12:12.563 1:44.001 +1.998
10 27 Italy Michele Alboreto Ferrari 1:46.319 1:44.308 +2.295
11 28 Sweden Stefan Johansson Ferrari 1:46.847 1:44.346 +2.333
12 11 United Kingdom Johnny Dumfries Lotus-Renault 1:47.845 1:44.768 +2.755
13 16 France Patrick Tambay Lola-Ford 1:47.221 1:44.979 +2.966
14 26 France Philippe Alliot Ligier-Renault 1:45.047 1:45.905 +3.034
15 3 United Kingdom Martin Brundle Tyrrell-Renault 1:49.406 1:45.432 +3.419
16 14 United Kingdom Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 1:47.167 1:45.887 +3.874
17 17 West Germany Christian Danner Arrows-BMW 1:49.439 1:46.355 +4.342
18 4 France Philippe Streiff Tyrrell-Renault 1:47.371 1:48.397 +5.358
19 15 Australia Alan Jones Lola-Ford 1:51.918 1:47.517 +5.505
20 8 United Kingdom Derek Warwick Brabham-BMW 1:48.206 53:52.766 +6.193
21 18 Belgium Thierry Boutsen Arrows-BMW 1:49.240 2:03.702 +7.227
22 24 Italy Alessandro Nannini Minardi-Motori Moderni 1:50.224 1:49.369 +7.356
23 23 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Minardi-Motori Moderni 1:50.900 1:50.066 +8.053
24 29 Netherlands Huub Rothengatter Zakspeed 1:52.461 1:50.918 +8.905
25 21 Italy Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Alfa Romeo 1:56.468 +14.455
26 22 Canada Allen Berg Osella-Alfa Romeo 1:56.959 +14.946

Race[edit]

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 6 Brazil Nelson Piquet Williams-Honda 44 1:22:08.263 5 9
2 12 Brazil Ayrton Senna Lotus-Renault 44 + 15.437 3 6
3 5 United Kingdom Nigel Mansell Williams-Honda 44 + 44.580 6 4
4 25 France René Arnoux Ligier-Renault 44 + 1:15.176 8 3
5 2 Finland Keke Rosberg McLaren-TAG 43 Out of fuel 1 2
6 1 France Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 43 Out of fuel 2 1
7 8 United Kingdom Derek Warwick Brabham-BMW 43 + 1 Lap 20  
8 16 France Patrick Tambay Lola-Ford 43 + 1 Lap 13  
9 15 Australia Alan Jones Lola-Ford 42 + 2 Laps 19  
10 20 Austria Gerhard Berger Benetton-BMW 42 + 2 Laps 4  
11 28 Sweden Stefan Johansson Ferrari 41 Broken wing 11  
12 22 Canada Allen Berg Osella-Alfa Romeo 40 + 4 Laps 26  
Ret 17 West Germany Christian Danner Arrows-BMW 38 Turbo 17  
Ret 29 Netherlands Huub Rothengatter Zakspeed 38 Gearbox 24  
Ret 14 United Kingdom Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 37 Engine 16  
Ret 3 United Kingdom Martin Brundle Tyrrell-Renault 34 Electrical 15  
Ret 7 Italy Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW 22 Turbo 7  
Ret 23 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Minardi-Motori Moderni 20 Gearbox 23  
Ret 24 Italy Alessandro Nannini Minardi-Motori Moderni 19 Overheating 22  
Ret 11 United Kingdom Johnny Dumfries Lotus-Renault 17 Water radiator[2] 12  
Ret 18 Belgium Thierry Boutsen Arrows-BMW 13 Turbo 21  
Ret 26 France Philippe Alliot Ligier-Renault 11 Engine 14  
Ret 21 Italy Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Alfa Romeo 10 Clutch 25  
Ret 4 France Philippe Streiff Tyrrell-Renault 7 Engine 18  
Ret 27 Italy Michele Alboreto Ferrari 6 Transmission 10  
Ret 19 Italy Teo Fabi Benetton-BMW 0 Collision 9  
Source:[3]

Championship standings after the race[edit]

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "1986 German Grand Prix race report".
  2. ^ Pritchard, Anthony (March 2006). Lotus: The Competition Cars. Haynes Publishing. p. 246. ISBN 1-84425-006-7.
  3. ^ "1986 German Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  4. ^ a b "Germany 1986 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 18 March 2019.


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