Race · Round 2 of 16 · 13 April 1986

1986 Spanish Grand Prix

Ayrton Senna won for Team Lotus from pole at Circuito de Jerez. 17 of the starters were not classified.

Dry · High of 18 °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: Circuito de JerezJerez de la Frontera, Spain
Winner: Ayrton SennaTeam Lotus
Pole: Ayrton Senna
Fastest lap: Nigel Mansell
Entries: 258 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	98T	1	72	Finished	9
2	Nigel Mansell	Williams	FW11	3	72	Finished	6	fastest lap
3	Alain Prost	McLaren	MP4/2C	4	72	Finished	4
4	Keke Rosberg	McLaren	MP4/2C	5	71	Finished	3
5	Teo Fabi	Benetton	B186	9	71	Finished	2
6	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	B186	7	71	Finished	1
7	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	—	19	68	Finished	0
8	Patrick Tambay	Lola	THL1	18	66	Finished	0
DNF	Johnny Dumfries	Team Lotus	98T	10	52	Gearbox	0
DNF	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell	—	12	41	Engine	0
DNF	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	JS27	8	40	Halfshaft	0
DNF	Nelson Piquet	Williams	FW11	2	39	Engine	0
DNF	Marc Surer	Arrows	—	22	39	Fuel system	0
DNF	Elio de Angelis	Brabham	—	15	29	Gearbox	0
DNF	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	JS27	6	29	Halfshaft	0
DNF	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	F1/86	13	22	Wheel bearing	0
DNF	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	—	20	22	Engine	0
DNF	Christian Danner	Osella	—	23	14	Engine	0
DNF	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	F1/86	11	11	Brakes	0
DNF	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	—	21	10	Engine	0
DNF	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	—	14	8	Gearbox	0
DNF	Andrea de Cesaris	Minardi	—	24	1	Differential	0
DNF	Alan Jones	Lola	THL1	17	0	Collision	0
DNF	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	861	16	0	Collision	0
DNF	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	—	25	0	Differential	0

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

F1DB layout jerez-1 · 4.218 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
Ayrton Senna	1	1	72
Nigel Mansell	3	2	72
Alain Prost	4	3	72
Keke Rosberg	5	4	71
Teo Fabi	9	5	71
Gerhard Berger	7	6	71
Thierry Boutsen	19	7	68
Patrick Tambay	18	8	66
Johnny Dumfries	10	DNF	52
Martin Brundle	12	DNF	41
Jacques Laffite	8	DNF	40
Nelson Piquet	2	DNF	39
Marc Surer	22	DNF	39
Elio de Angelis	15	DNF	29
Rene Arnoux	6	DNF	29
Michele Alboreto	13	DNF	22
Philippe Streiff	20	DNF	22
Christian Danner	23	DNF	14
Stefan Johansson	11	DNF	11
Piercarlo Ghinzani	21	DNF	10
Riccardo Patrese	14	DNF	8
Andrea de Cesaris	24	DNF	1
Alan Jones	17	DNF	0
Jonathan Palmer	16	DNF	0
Alessandro Nannini	25	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	12	1:21.605	—	0 m	—
2	Nelson Piquet	Williams	6	1:22.431	+0.826	43 m	+0.826
3	Nigel Mansell	Williams	5	1:22.576	+0.971	50 m	+0.145
4	Alain Prost	McLaren	1	1:22.886	+1.281	66 m	+0.310
5	Keke Rosberg	McLaren	2	1:23.004	+1.399	72 m	+0.118
6	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	25	1:24.274	+2.669	138 m	+1.270
7	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	20	1:24.501	+2.896	150 m	+0.227
8	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	26	1:24.817	+3.212	166 m	+0.316
9	Teo Fabi	Benetton	19	1:25.052	+3.447	178 m	+0.235
10	Johnny Dumfries	Team Lotus	11	1:25.107	+3.502	181 m	+0.055
11	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	28	1:25.466	+3.861	200 m	+0.359
12	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell	3	1:25.831	+4.226	218 m	+0.365
13	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:26.094	+4.489	232 m	+0.263
14	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	7	1:26.231	+4.626	239 m	+0.137
15	Elio de Angelis	Brabham	8	1:26.550	+4.945	256 m	+0.319
16	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	14	1:26.918	+5.313	275 m	+0.368
17	Alan Jones	Lola	15	1:26.946	+5.341	276 m	+0.028
18	Patrick Tambay	Lola	16	1:26.992	+5.387	278 m	+0.046
19	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	18	1:27.169	+5.564	288 m	+0.177
20	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	4	1:27.637	+6.032	312 m	+0.468
21	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	21	1:28.423	+6.818	352 m	+0.786
22	Marc Surer	Arrows	17	1:28.443	+6.838	353 m	+0.020
23	Christian Danner	Osella	22	1:29.046	+7.441	385 m	+0.603
24	Andrea de Cesaris	Minardi	23	1:29.195	+7.590	392 m	+0.149
25	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	24	1:30.062	+8.457	437 m	+0.867

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	Alain Prost	McLaren	1	1:27.390	—	0 m	—	—
2	Keke Rosberg	McLaren	2	1:28.213	+0.823	40 m	+0.823	—
3	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	12	1:28.964	+1.574	76 m	+0.751	—
4	Nelson Piquet	Williams	6	1:28.965	+1.575	76 m	+0.001	—
5	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:29.161	+1.771	85 m	+0.196	—
6	Nigel Mansell	Williams	5	1:29.199	+1.809	87 m	+0.038	—
7	Elio de Angelis	Brabham	8	1:29.349	+1.959	95 m	+0.150	—
8	Teo Fabi	Benetton	19	1:29.964	+2.574	124 m	+0.615	—
9	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	7	1:30.781	+3.391	164 m	+0.817	—
10	Alan Jones	Lola	15	1:31.293	+3.903	188 m	+0.512	—
11	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	25	1:31.304	+3.914	189 m	+0.011	—
12	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	26	1:31.844	+4.454	215 m	+0.540	—
13	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	14	1:32.551	+5.161	249 m	+0.707	—
14	Patrick Tambay	Lola	16	1:32.753	+5.363	259 m	+0.202	—
15	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	28	1:32.990	+5.600	270 m	+0.237	—
16	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	18	1:33.141	+5.751	278 m	+0.151	—
17	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell	3	1:33.152	+5.762	278 m	+0.011	—
18	Marc Surer	Arrows	17	1:33.926	+6.536	315 m	+0.774	—
19	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	4	1:34.347	+6.957	336 m	+0.421	—
20	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	21	1:34.773	+7.383	356 m	+0.426	—
21	Johnny Dumfries	Team Lotus	11	1:35.349	+7.959	384 m	+0.576	—
22	Christian Danner	Osella	22	1:38.726	+11.336	547 m	+3.377	—
23	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	20	1:40.391	+13.001	628 m	+1.665	—
24	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	24	1:47.727	+20.337	982 m	+7.336	—

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: 2 of 1986
Grand Prix: Spanish Grand Prix
Dates: 13 Apr 1986
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Team Lotus
Entrant: Lotus-Renault
Confidence: reference

No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.