Race · Round 12 of 16 · 17 August 1986

1986 Austrian Grand Prix

Alain Prost won for McLaren from 5th on the grid at Red Bull Ring. 14 of the starters were not classified.

Dry · High of 28 °C, 0.8 mm of 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: Red Bull RingSpielberg, Austria
Winner: Alain ProstMcLaren
Pole: Teo Fabi
Fastest lap: Gerhard Berger
Entries: 2611 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Alain Prost	McLaren	MP4/2C	5	52	Finished	9
2	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	F1/86	9	51	Finished	6
3	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	F1/86	14	50	Finished	4
4	Alan Jones	Lola	THL2	16	50	Finished	3
5	Patrick Tambay	Lola	THL2	13	50	Finished	2
6	Christian Danner	Arrows	—	22	49	Finished	1
7	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	B186	2	49	Finished	0	fastest lap
8	Huub Rothengatter	Zakspeed	861	24	48	Finished	0
9	Keke Rosberg	McLaren	MP4/2C	3	47	Electrical	0
10	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	JS27	12	47	Finished	0
11	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	—	25	46	Finished	0
DNF	Nigel Mansell	Williams	FW11	6	32	Halfshaft	0
DNF	Nelson Piquet	Williams	FW11	7	29	Engine	0
DNF	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	—	18	25	Turbo	0
DNF	Teo Fabi	Benetton	B186	1	17	Engine	0
DNF	Philippe Alliot	Ligier	JS27	11	16	Engine	0
DNF	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	—	19	13	Suspension	0
DNF	Andrea de Cesaris	Minardi	—	23	13	Clutch	0
DNF	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	98T	8	13	Engine	0
DNF	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell	—	17	12	Turbo	0
DNF	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	—	20	10	Engine	0
DNF	Johnny Dumfries	Team Lotus	98T	15	9	Engine	0
DNF	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	861	21	8	Engine	0
DNF	Allen Berg	Osella	—	26	6	Electrical	0
DNF	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	—	4	2	Engine	0
DNS	Derek Warwick	Brabham	—	10	—	Car raced by Patrese	0

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

F1DB layout spielberg-2 · 5.942 km · 18 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
Alain Prost	5	1	52
Michele Alboreto	9	2	51
Stefan Johansson	14	3	50
Alan Jones	16	4	50
Patrick Tambay	13	5	50
Christian Danner	22	6	49
Gerhard Berger	2	7	49
Huub Rothengatter	24	8	48
Keke Rosberg	3	9	47
Rene Arnoux	12	10	47
Piercarlo Ghinzani	25	11	46
Nigel Mansell	6	DNF	32
Nelson Piquet	7	DNF	29
Thierry Boutsen	18	DNF	25
Teo Fabi	1	DNF	17
Philippe Alliot	11	DNF	16
Alessandro Nannini	19	DNF	13
Andrea de Cesaris	23	DNF	13
Ayrton Senna	8	DNF	13
Martin Brundle	17	DNF	12
Philippe Streiff	20	DNF	10
Johnny Dumfries	15	DNF	9
Jonathan Palmer	21	DNF	8
Allen Berg	26	DNF	6
Riccardo Patrese	4	DNF	2

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Teo Fabi	Benetton	19	1:23.549	—	0 m	—
2	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	20	1:23.743	+0.194	14 m	+0.194
3	Keke Rosberg	McLaren	2	1:23.903	+0.354	25 m	+0.160
4	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	7	1:24.044	+0.495	35 m	+0.141
5	Alain Prost	McLaren	1	1:24.346	+0.797	57 m	+0.302
6	Nigel Mansell	Williams	5	1:24.635	+1.086	77 m	+0.289
7	Nelson Piquet	Williams	6	1:24.697	+1.148	82 m	+0.062
8	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	12	1:25.249	+1.700	121 m	+0.552
9	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:25.561	+2.012	143 m	+0.312
10	Derek Warwick	Brabham	8	1:25.726	+2.177	155 m	+0.165
11	Philippe Alliot	Ligier	26	1:25.917	+2.368	168 m	+0.191
12	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	25	1:26.312	+2.763	197 m	+0.395
13	Patrick Tambay	Lola	16	1:26.489	+2.940	209 m	+0.177
14	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	28	1:26.646	+3.097	220 m	+0.157
15	Johnny Dumfries	Team Lotus	11	1:27.212	+3.663	261 m	+0.566
16	Alan Jones	Lola	15	1:27.420	+3.871	275 m	+0.208
17	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell	3	1:28.018	+4.469	318 m	+0.598
18	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	18	1:28.598	+5.049	359 m	+0.580
19	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	24	1:28.645	+5.096	362 m	+0.047
20	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	4	1:28.951	+5.402	384 m	+0.306
21	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	14	1:29.073	+5.524	393 m	+0.122
22	Christian Danner	Arrows	17	1:29.430	+5.881	418 m	+0.357
23	Andrea de Cesaris	Minardi	23	1:29.615	+6.066	431 m	+0.185
24	Huub Rothengatter	Zakspeed	29	1:32.512	+8.963	637 m	+2.897
25	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	21	1:33.988	+10.439	742 m	+1.476
26	Allen Berg	Osella	22	1:36.150	+12.601	896 m	+2.162

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	Nigel Mansell	Williams	5	1:29.372	—	0 m	—	—
2	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	7	1:29.680	+0.308	20 m	+0.308	—
3	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	20	1:29.689	+0.317	21 m	+0.009	—
4	Keke Rosberg	McLaren	2	1:29.974	+0.602	40 m	+0.285	—
5	Teo Fabi	Benetton	19	1:30.302	+0.930	62 m	+0.328	—
6	Nelson Piquet	Williams	6	1:30.339	+0.967	64 m	+0.037	—
7	Alain Prost	McLaren	1	1:30.570	+1.198	80 m	+0.231	—
8	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	25	1:30.624	+1.252	83 m	+0.054	—
9	Philippe Alliot	Ligier	26	1:31.072	+1.700	113 m	+0.448	—
10	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	28	1:31.601	+2.229	148 m	+0.529	—
11	Derek Warwick	Brabham	8	1:31.782	+2.410	160 m	+0.181	—
12	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	12	1:31.824	+2.452	163 m	+0.042	—
13	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:32.059	+2.687	179 m	+0.235	—
14	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell	3	1:32.375	+3.003	200 m	+0.316	—
15	Alan Jones	Lola	15	1:32.403	+3.031	202 m	+0.028	—
16	Patrick Tambay	Lola	16	1:33.081	+3.709	247 m	+0.678	—
17	Johnny Dumfries	Team Lotus	11	1:33.832	+4.460	297 m	+0.751	—
18	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	4	1:33.949	+4.577	304 m	+0.117	—
19	Christian Danner	Arrows	17	1:33.973	+4.601	306 m	+0.024	—
20	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	14	1:34.380	+5.008	333 m	+0.407	—
21	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	24	1:35.095	+5.723	381 m	+0.715	—
22	Huub Rothengatter	Zakspeed	29	1:35.199	+5.827	387 m	+0.104	—
23	Andrea de Cesaris	Minardi	23	1:35.523	+6.151	409 m	+0.324	—
24	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	18	1:35.681	+6.309	419 m	+0.158	—
25	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	21	1:37.293	+7.921	527 m	+1.612	—
26	Allen Berg	Osella	22	1:38.386	+9.014	599 m	+1.093	—

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.

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

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

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: 12 of 1986
Grand Prix: Austrian Grand Prix
Dates: 17 Aug 1986
Layout raced: Osterreichring · 5.942 km · 12 turns
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: McLaren
Entrant: McLaren-TAG
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.