Race · Round 6 of 16 · 15 June 1986

1986 Canadian Grand Prix

Nigel Mansell won for Williams from pole at Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve. 12 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: Circuit Gilles-VilleneuveMontreal, Canada
Winner: Nigel MansellWilliams
Pole: Nigel Mansell
Fastest lap: Nelson Piquet
Entries: 2512 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Nigel Mansell	Williams	FW11	1	69	Finished	9
2	Alain Prost	McLaren	MP4/2C	4	69	Finished	6
3	Nelson Piquet	Williams	FW11	3	69	Finished	4	fastest lap
4	Keke Rosberg	McLaren	MP4/2C	6	69	Finished	3
5	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	98T	2	68	Finished	2
6	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	JS27	5	68	Finished	1
7	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	JS27	8	68	Finished	0
8	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	F1/86	11	68	Finished	0
9	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell	—	18	67	Finished	0
10	Alan Jones	Lola	THL2	13	66	Finished	0
11	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	—	16	65	Finished	0
12	Huub Rothengatter	Zakspeed	861	23	63	Finished	0
DNF	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	—	9	44	Turbo	0
DNF	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	—	22	43	Gearbox	0
DNF	Andrea de Cesaris	Minardi	—	20	40	Gearbox	0
DNF	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	—	12	38	Electrical	0
DNF	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	B186	7	34	Turbo	0
DNF	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	F1/86	17	29	Accident	0
DNF	Johnny Dumfries	Team Lotus	98T	15	28	Accident	0
DNF	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	861	21	24	Engine	0
DNF	Derek Warwick	Brabham	—	10	20	Engine	0
DNF	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	—	19	17	Turbo	0
DNF	Teo Fabi	Benetton	B186	14	13	Battery	0
DNF	Christian Danner	Osella	—	24	6	Turbo	0
DNS	Patrick Tambay	Lola	THL2	—	—	Accident in warm-up	0

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

F1DB layout montreal-2 · 4.41 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	1	1	69
Alain Prost	4	2	69
Nelson Piquet	3	3	69
Keke Rosberg	6	4	69
Ayrton Senna	2	5	68
Rene Arnoux	5	6	68
Jacques Laffite	8	7	68
Michele Alboreto	11	8	68
Martin Brundle	18	9	67
Alan Jones	13	10	66
Philippe Streiff	16	11	65
Huub Rothengatter	23	12	63
Riccardo Patrese	9	DNF	44
Piercarlo Ghinzani	22	DNF	43
Andrea de Cesaris	20	DNF	40
Thierry Boutsen	12	DNF	38
Gerhard Berger	7	DNF	34
Stefan Johansson	17	DNF	29
Johnny Dumfries	15	DNF	28
Jonathan Palmer	21	DNF	24
Derek Warwick	10	DNF	20
Alessandro Nannini	19	DNF	17
Teo Fabi	14	DNF	13
Christian Danner	24	DNF	6

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Nigel Mansell	Williams	5	1:24.118	—	0 m	—
2	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	12	1:24.188	+0.070	4 m	+0.070
3	Nelson Piquet	Williams	6	1:24.384	+0.266	14 m	+0.196
4	Alain Prost	McLaren	1	1:25.192	+1.074	56 m	+0.808
5	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	25	1:25.224	+1.106	58 m	+0.032
6	Keke Rosberg	McLaren	2	1:25.533	+1.415	74 m	+0.309
7	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	20	1:26.439	+2.321	122 m	+0.906
8	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	26	1:26.447	+2.329	122 m	+0.008
9	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	7	1:26.483	+2.365	124 m	+0.036
10	Derek Warwick	Brabham	8	1:27.413	+3.295	173 m	+0.930
11	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:27.495	+3.377	177 m	+0.082
12	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	18	1:27.614	+3.496	183 m	+0.119
13	Alan Jones	Lola	15	1:28.058	+3.940	207 m	+0.444
14	Patrick Tambay	Lola	16	1:28.095	+3.977	208 m	+0.037
15	Teo Fabi	Benetton	19	1:28.102	+3.984	209 m	+0.007
16	Johnny Dumfries	Team Lotus	11	1:28.521	+4.403	231 m	+0.419
17	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	4	1:28.639	+4.521	237 m	+0.118
18	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	28	1:28.881	+4.763	250 m	+0.242
19	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell	3	1:29.111	+4.993	262 m	+0.230
20	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	24	1:29.653	+5.535	290 m	+0.542
21	Andrea de Cesaris	Minardi	23	1:29.854	+5.736	301 m	+0.201
22	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	14	1:30.005	+5.887	309 m	+0.151
23	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	21	1:31.479	+7.361	386 m	+1.474
24	Huub Rothengatter	Zakspeed	29	1:32.113	+7.995	419 m	+0.634
25	Christian Danner	Osella	22	1:41.436	+17.318	908 m	+9.323

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	1:27.310	—	0 m	—	—
2	Alain Prost	McLaren	1	1:27.599	+0.289	15 m	+0.289	—
3	Nigel Mansell	Williams	5	1:27.927	+0.617	31 m	+0.328	—
4	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	25	1:28.010	+0.700	35 m	+0.083	—
5	Nelson Piquet	Williams	6	1:28.519	+1.209	61 m	+0.509	—
6	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	28	1:29.130	+1.820	92 m	+0.611	—
7	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:29.772	+2.462	124 m	+0.642	—
8	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	26	1:29.793	+2.483	125 m	+0.021	—
9	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	7	1:30.035	+2.725	138 m	+0.242	—
10	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	20	1:30.104	+2.794	141 m	+0.069	—
11	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	12	1:30.168	+2.858	144 m	+0.064	—
12	Derek Warwick	Brabham	8	1:30.569	+3.259	165 m	+0.401	—
13	Teo Fabi	Benetton	19	1:30.602	+3.292	166 m	+0.033	—
14	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell	3	1:31.036	+3.726	188 m	+0.434	—
15	Alan Jones	Lola	15	1:31.187	+3.877	196 m	+0.151	—
16	Andrea de Cesaris	Minardi	23	1:31.370	+4.060	205 m	+0.183	—
17	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	18	1:31.665	+4.355	220 m	+0.295	—
18	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	4	1:31.807	+4.497	227 m	+0.142	—
19	Patrick Tambay	Lola	16	1:31.960	+4.650	235 m	+0.153	—
20	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	21	1:32.569	+5.259	266 m	+0.609	—
21	Johnny Dumfries	Team Lotus	11	1:32.656	+5.346	270 m	+0.087	—
22	Huub Rothengatter	Zakspeed	29	1:33.010	+5.700	288 m	+0.354	—
23	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	14	1:33.520	+6.210	314 m	+0.510	—
24	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	24	1:34.735	+7.425	375 m	+1.215	—
25	Christian Danner	Osella	22	1:37.508	+10.198	515 m	+2.773	—

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: 6 of 1986
Grand Prix: Canadian Grand Prix
Dates: 15 Jun 1986
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Williams
Entrant: Williams-Honda
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.