Race · Round 5 of 16 · 25 May 1986

1986 Belgian Grand Prix

Nigel Mansell won for Williams from 5th on the grid at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. 13 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: Circuit de Spa-FrancorchampsStavelot, Belgium
Winner: Nigel MansellWilliams
Pole: Nelson Piquet
Fastest lap: Alain Prost
Entries: 2512 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Nigel Mansell	Williams	FW11	5	43	Finished	9
2	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	98T	4	43	Finished	6
3	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	F1/86	11	43	Finished	4
4	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	F1/86	9	43	Finished	3
5	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	JS27	17	43	Finished	2
6	Alain Prost	McLaren	MP4/2C	3	43	Finished	1	fastest lap
7	Teo Fabi	Benetton	B186	6	42	Finished	0
8	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	—	15	42	Finished	0
9	Marc Surer	Arrows	—	21	41	Finished	0
10	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	B186	2	41	Finished	0
11	Alan Jones	Lola	THL2	16	40	Out of fuel	0
12	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	—	18	40	Finished	0
NC	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	861	20	37	NC	0
DNF	Andrea de Cesaris	Minardi	—	19	35	Out of fuel	0
DNF	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell	—	12	25	Gearbox	0
DNF	Huub Rothengatter	Zakspeed	861	23	25	Electrical	0
DNF	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	—	22	24	Gearbox	0
DNF	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	JS27	7	23	Engine	0
DNF	Nelson Piquet	Williams	FW11	1	16	Turbo	0
DNF	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	—	14	7	Electrical	0
DNF	Johnny Dumfries	Team Lotus	98T	13	7	Spun off	0
DNF	Keke Rosberg	McLaren	MP4/2C	8	6	Engine	0
DNF	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	—	24	3	Engine	0
DNF	Christian Danner	Osella	—	25	2	Engine	0
DNF	Patrick Tambay	Lola	THL2	10	0	Accident	0

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

F1DB layout spa-francorchamps-2 · 6.94 km · 19 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
Nigel Mansell	5	1	43
Ayrton Senna	4	2	43
Stefan Johansson	11	3	43
Michele Alboreto	9	4	43
Jacques Laffite	17	5	43
Alain Prost	3	6	43
Teo Fabi	6	7	42
Riccardo Patrese	15	8	42
Marc Surer	21	9	41
Gerhard Berger	2	10	41
Alan Jones	16	11	40
Philippe Streiff	18	12	40
Jonathan Palmer	20	NC	37
Andrea de Cesaris	19	DNF	35
Martin Brundle	12	DNF	25
Huub Rothengatter	23	DNF	25
Alessandro Nannini	22	DNF	24
Rene Arnoux	7	DNF	23
Nelson Piquet	1	DNF	16
Thierry Boutsen	14	DNF	7
Johnny Dumfries	13	DNF	7
Keke Rosberg	8	DNF	6
Piercarlo Ghinzani	24	DNF	3
Christian Danner	25	DNF	2
Patrick Tambay	10	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Nelson Piquet	Williams	6	1:54.331	—	0 m	—
2	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	20	1:54.468	+0.137	8 m	+0.137
3	Alain Prost	McLaren	1	1:54.501	+0.170	10 m	+0.033
4	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	12	1:54.576	+0.245	15 m	+0.075
5	Nigel Mansell	Williams	5	1:54.582	+0.251	15 m	+0.006
6	Teo Fabi	Benetton	19	1:54.765	+0.434	27 m	+0.183
7	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	25	1:55.576	+1.245	76 m	+0.811
8	Keke Rosberg	McLaren	2	1:55.662	+1.331	82 m	+0.086
9	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:56.242	+1.911	117 m	+0.580
10	Patrick Tambay	Lola	16	1:56.309	+1.978	121 m	+0.067
11	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	28	1:56.496	+2.165	133 m	+0.187
12	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell	3	1:56.537	+2.206	135 m	+0.041
13	Johnny Dumfries	Team Lotus	11	1:57.462	+3.131	192 m	+0.925
14	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	18	1:57.612	+3.281	201 m	+0.150
15	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	7	1:57.612	+3.281	201 m	+0.000
16	Alan Jones	Lola	15	1:57.815	+3.484	213 m	+0.203
17	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	26	1:58.238	+3.907	239 m	+0.423
18	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	4	1:58.603	+4.272	262 m	+0.365
19	Andrea de Cesaris	Minardi	23	1:59.960	+5.629	345 m	+1.357
20	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	14	2:00.148	+5.817	356 m	+0.188
21	Marc Surer	Arrows	17	2:01.320	+6.989	428 m	+1.172
22	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	24	2:01.354	+7.023	430 m	+0.034
23	Huub Rothengatter	Zakspeed	29	2:03.842	+9.511	583 m	+2.488
24	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	21	2:05.092	+10.761	659 m	+1.250
25	Christian Danner	Osella	22	2:06.219	+11.888	728 m	+1.127

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	Keke Rosberg	McLaren	2	1:59.590	—	0 m	—	—
2	Alain Prost	McLaren	1	1:59.601	+0.011	1 m	+0.011	—
3	Nigel Mansell	Williams	5	2:00.054	+0.464	27 m	+0.453	—
4	Nelson Piquet	Williams	6	2:00.256	+0.666	39 m	+0.202	—
5	Patrick Tambay	Lola	16	2:00.724	+1.134	66 m	+0.468	—
6	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	28	2:01.428	+1.838	108 m	+0.704	—
7	Teo Fabi	Benetton	19	2:01.732	+2.142	125 m	+0.304	—
8	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	25	2:01.743	+2.153	126 m	+0.011	—
9	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	2:01.902	+2.312	135 m	+0.159	—
10	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	12	2:01.950	+2.360	138 m	+0.048	—
11	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	20	2:02.151	+2.561	150 m	+0.201	—
12	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell	3	2:03.390	+3.800	223 m	+1.239	—
13	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	18	2:03.399	+3.809	223 m	+0.009	—
14	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	7	2:04.191	+4.601	269 m	+0.792	—
15	Johnny Dumfries	Team Lotus	11	2:04.684	+5.094	298 m	+0.493	—
16	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	26	2:05.233	+5.643	330 m	+0.549	—
17	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	4	2:05.821	+6.231	365 m	+0.588	—
18	Andrea de Cesaris	Minardi	23	2:07.262	+7.672	449 m	+1.441	—
19	Marc Surer	Arrows	17	2:07.480	+7.890	462 m	+0.218	—
20	Huub Rothengatter	Zakspeed	29	2:08.572	+8.982	526 m	+1.092	—
21	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	24	2:09.402	+9.812	575 m	+0.830	—
22	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	14	2:14.177	+14.587	854 m	+4.775	—
23	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	21	2:14.573	+14.983	878 m	+0.396	—
24	Alan Jones	Lola	15	14:02.706	+12:03.116	42,351 m	+11:48.133	—

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: 5 of 1986
Grand Prix: Belgian Grand Prix
Dates: 25 May 1986
Layout raced: Modern circuit · 7.004 km · 19 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.