Race · Round 10 of 16 · 27 July 1986

1986 German Grand Prix

Nelson Piquet won for Williams from 5th on the grid at Hockenheimring. 14 of the starters were not classified.

Dry · High of 24 °C, no rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)

How it is modelled

ERA5's reanalysis, through Open-Meteo, of the circuit's whole local day and not the race's hours, for the grid cell the circuit sits in and not the track, so a shower can be missing from it. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.

Circuit: HockenheimringHockenheim, Germany
Winner: Nelson PiquetWilliams
Pole: Keke Rosberg
Fastest lap: Gerhard Berger
Entries: 2612 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Nelson Piquet	Williams	FW11	5	44	Finished	9
2	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	98T	3	44	Finished	6
3	Nigel Mansell	Williams	FW11	6	44	Finished	4
4	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	JS27	8	44	Finished	3
5	Keke Rosberg	McLaren	MP4/2C	1	43	Out of fuel	2
6	Alain Prost	McLaren	MP4/2C	2	43	Out of fuel	1
7	Derek Warwick	Brabham	—	20	43	Finished	0
8	Patrick Tambay	Lola	THL2	13	43	Finished	0
9	Alan Jones	Lola	THL2	19	42	Finished	0
10	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	B186	4	42	Finished	0	fastest lap
11	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	F1/86	11	41	Broken wing	0
12	Allen Berg	Osella	—	26	40	Finished	0
DNF	Christian Danner	Arrows	—	17	38	Turbo	0
NC	Huub Rothengatter	Zakspeed	861	24	38	NC	0
DNF	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	861	16	37	Engine	0
DNF	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell	—	15	34	Electrical	0
DNF	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	—	7	22	Turbo	0
DNF	Andrea de Cesaris	Minardi	—	23	20	Gearbox	0
DNF	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	—	22	19	Overheating	0
DNF	Johnny Dumfries	Team Lotus	98T	12	17	Water radiator	0
DNF	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	—	21	13	Turbo	0
DNF	Philippe Alliot	Ligier	JS27	14	11	Engine	0
DNF	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	—	25	10	Clutch	0
DNF	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	—	18	7	Engine	0
DNF	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	F1/86	10	6	Transmission	0
DNF	Teo Fabi	Benetton	B186	9	0	Collision	0

A blank chassis is a season the team ran more than one design and no source says which car raced here.

F1DB layout hockenheimring-2 · 6.802 km · 16 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Nelson Piquet	5	1	44
Ayrton Senna	3	2	44
Nigel Mansell	6	3	44
Rene Arnoux	8	4	44
Keke Rosberg	1	5	43
Alain Prost	2	6	43
Derek Warwick	20	7	43
Patrick Tambay	13	8	43
Alan Jones	19	9	42
Gerhard Berger	4	10	42
Stefan Johansson	11	11	41
Allen Berg	26	12	40
Christian Danner	17	DNF	38
Huub Rothengatter	24	NC	38
Jonathan Palmer	16	DNF	37
Martin Brundle	15	DNF	34
Riccardo Patrese	7	DNF	22
Andrea de Cesaris	23	DNF	20
Alessandro Nannini	22	DNF	19
Johnny Dumfries	12	DNF	17
Thierry Boutsen	21	DNF	13
Philippe Alliot	14	DNF	11
Piercarlo Ghinzani	25	DNF	10
Philippe Streiff	18	DNF	7
Michele Alboreto	10	DNF	6
Teo Fabi	9	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Keke Rosberg	McLaren	2	1:42.013	—	0 m	—
2	Alain Prost	McLaren	1	1:42.166	+0.153	10 m	+0.153
3	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	12	1:42.329	+0.316	21 m	+0.163
4	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	20	1:42.541	+0.528	35 m	+0.212
5	Nelson Piquet	Williams	6	1:42.545	+0.532	35 m	+0.004
6	Nigel Mansell	Williams	5	1:42.696	+0.683	46 m	+0.151
7	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	7	1:43.348	+1.335	89 m	+0.652
8	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	25	1:43.693	+1.680	112 m	+0.345
9	Teo Fabi	Benetton	19	1:44.001	+1.988	133 m	+0.308
10	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:44.308	+2.295	153 m	+0.307
11	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	28	1:44.346	+2.333	156 m	+0.038
12	Johnny Dumfries	Team Lotus	11	1:44.768	+2.755	184 m	+0.422
13	Patrick Tambay	Lola	16	1:44.979	+2.966	198 m	+0.211
14	Philippe Alliot	Ligier	26	1:45.047	+3.034	202 m	+0.068
15	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell	3	1:45.432	+3.419	228 m	+0.385
16	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	14	1:45.887	+3.874	258 m	+0.455
17	Christian Danner	Arrows	17	1:46.355	+4.342	290 m	+0.468
18	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	4	1:47.371	+5.358	357 m	+1.016
19	Alan Jones	Lola	15	1:47.518	+5.505	367 m	+0.147
20	Derek Warwick	Brabham	8	1:48.206	+6.193	413 m	+0.688
21	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	18	1:49.240	+7.227	482 m	+1.034
22	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	24	1:49.369	+7.356	490 m	+0.129
23	Andrea de Cesaris	Minardi	23	1:50.066	+8.053	537 m	+0.697
24	Huub Rothengatter	Zakspeed	29	1:50.918	+8.905	594 m	+0.852
25	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	21	1:56.468	+14.455	964 m	+5.550
26	Allen Berg	Osella	22	1:56.959	+14.946	997 m	+0.491

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Pit stops

Pit stops are recorded from 1994. F1DB, the source of every stop here, holds none before then, so this race has no stints to draw.

Practice sessions Warm-up

Warm-up

Warm-up
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	7	1:46.321	—	0 m	—	—
2	Nigel Mansell	Williams	5	1:49.353	+3.032	194 m	+3.032	—
3	Alain Prost	McLaren	1	1:49.383	+3.062	196 m	+0.030	—
4	Nelson Piquet	Williams	6	1:49.759	+3.438	220 m	+0.376	—
5	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	20	1:50.946	+4.625	296 m	+1.187	—
6	Keke Rosberg	McLaren	2	1:51.314	+4.993	319 m	+0.368	—
7	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	25	1:51.452	+5.131	328 m	+0.138	—
8	Patrick Tambay	Lola	16	1:51.645	+5.324	341 m	+0.193	—
9	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	12	1:51.863	+5.542	355 m	+0.218	—
10	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:52.031	+5.710	365 m	+0.168	—
11	Teo Fabi	Benetton	19	1:52.114	+5.793	371 m	+0.083	—
12	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	28	1:52.191	+5.870	376 m	+0.077	—
13	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell	3	1:52.361	+6.040	386 m	+0.170	—
14	Derek Warwick	Brabham	8	1:53.270	+6.949	445 m	+0.909	—
15	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	4	1:53.403	+7.082	453 m	+0.133	—
16	Philippe Alliot	Ligier	26	1:53.457	+7.136	457 m	+0.054	—
17	Alan Jones	Lola	15	1:53.460	+7.139	457 m	+0.003	—
18	Christian Danner	Arrows	17	1:54.497	+8.176	523 m	+1.037	—
19	Johnny Dumfries	Team Lotus	11	1:54.543	+8.222	526 m	+0.046	—
20	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	14	1:55.142	+8.821	564 m	+0.599	—
21	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	18	1:55.292	+8.971	574 m	+0.150	—
22	Andrea de Cesaris	Minardi	23	1:56.106	+9.785	626 m	+0.814	—
23	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	24	1:56.224	+9.903	634 m	+0.118	—
24	Huub Rothengatter	Zakspeed	29	1:56.244	+9.923	635 m	+0.020	—
25	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	21	1:59.659	+13.338	853 m	+3.415	—
26	Allen Berg	Osella	22	2:00.276	+13.955	893 m	+0.617	—

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

The cars in this race

The photograph each car's Wikipedia article leads with, from Wikimedia Commons: taken wherever and whenever that was, not necessarily at this race.

Lotus 98T
Senna Brands 1986 · Peterhanna · CC BY-SA 3.0 · unchecked

Zakspeed 861
Zakspeed-861-f1-1986 · CAR blueprints · CC BY-SA 4.0

A photograph marked unchecked has a file name that does not name the car it is shown for. Most are still the right car, filed under the driver rather than the machine — but nobody has confirmed these one by one.

Where this comes from

Round: 10 of 1986
Grand Prix: German Grand Prix
Dates: 27 Jul 1986
Layout raced: Forest circuit, Ostkurve chicane · 6.802 km · 16 turns
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Williams
Entrant: Williams-Honda
Confidence: reference

The layout raced and its figures are this register’s, from its own sources; the figures under the race’s drawing are F1DB’s, and at some circuits the two disagree.