1986 Belgian Grand Prix

 1986 Belgian Grand Prix

Racing data
5th of 16 races in the 1986 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	XLIV Belgian Grand Prix
Date:	May 25, 1986
Place:	spa
Course:	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Length:	298.42 km in 43 laps of 6.94 km
Weather:	sunny and warm
Spectator:	~ 40,000
Pole position
Driver:	Nelson Piquet	Williams
Time:	1: 54.331 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Alain Prost	McLaren
Time:	1: 59.282 min
Podium
First:	Nigel Mansell	Williams
Second:	Ayrton Senna	lotus
Third:	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari

The 1986 Belgian Grand Prix took place on May 25th at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps near Spa and was the fifth race of the 1986 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

In the week before the fifth round of the World Championship, test drives took place on the Circuit Paul Ricard in southern France. Elio de Angelis had a serious accident in the course of this. His recovery took a comparatively long time due to the poorly equipped security forces. Driver colleagues had to help. In addition, there was no rescue helicopter on site, but had to be requested first. De Angelis later succumbed to his injuries in a hospital in Marseille , whereupon discussions arose about urgently needed improvements to safety standards during test drives.

At Brabham , de Angelis was initially not replaced. The team competed with only one car for Riccardo Patrese . Otherwise there were no further changes in the field of participants compared to the Monaco Grand Prix two weeks earlier.

training

In addition to pole-setter Nelson Piquet , Gerhard Berger , who competed for the up-and-coming Benetton team, qualified for second starting position. The second row was the defending champion Alain Prost together with Ayrton Senna, who was leading in the World Cup at the time . Williams driver Nigel Mansell followed ahead of Teo Fabi in the second Benetton B186 .

run

While Piquet was able to convert his pole position into a lead, Senna and Prost caught up with the badly started Berger before the La Source hairpin . This collided with Prost, whereupon the following pilots had to swerve abruptly. Except for Patrick Tambay , who damaged the suspension of his car, all drivers were able to continue the race without major damage. Nigel Mansell followed behind Piquet and Senna in front of Stefan Johansson and Johnny Dumfries .

On the third lap Mansell passed Senna into second place, but spun two laps later, so that Senna and Johansson relegated him to fourth place.

Senna took the lead on lap 17 due to a damage to Piquet's engine. In the course of the pit stops to change tires that followed shortly thereafter, Johansson led the race for a short time and, from the 24th lap, Mansell led the race. Ayrton Senna followed in second place in front of the two Ferraris owned by Stefan Johansson and Michele Alboreto . Jacques Laffite crossed the finish line in fifth ahead of Alain Prost, who had fought his way back to sixth within 32 laps after finishing the first lap in 23rd as a result of the collision with Berger.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Marlboro McLaren International	1	Alain Prost	McLaren MP4 / 2C	TAG / Porsche TTE PO1 1.5 V6 t	G
	2	Keke Rosberg
Data General Team Tyrrell	3	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell 015	Renault EF15 1.5 V6 t	G
	4th	Philippe Streiff
Canon Williams Honda Team	5	Nigel Mansell	Williams FW11	Honda RA166E 1.5 V6 t	G
	6th	Nelson Piquet
Motor Racing Developments	7th	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham BT55	BMW M12 / 13 1.5 L4 t	P
John Player Special Team Lotus	11	Johnny Dumfries	Lotus 98T	Renault EF15B 1.5 V6 t	G
	12	Ayrton Senna
West Zakspeed Racing	14th	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed 861	Zakspeed 1500/4 1.5 L4 t	G
	29	Huub Rothengatter
Team Haas (USA) Ltd	15th	Alan Jones	Lola THL2	Ford Cosworth GBA 1.5 V6 t	G
	16	Patrick Tambay
Barclay Arrows BMW	17th	Marc Surer	Arrows A8	BMW M12 / 13 1.5 L4 t	G
	18th	Thierry Boutsen
Benetton Formula Ltd	19th	Teo Fabi	Benetton B186		P
	20th	Gerhard Berger
Osella Squadra Corse	21st	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella FA1G	Alfa Romeo 890T 1.5 V8 t	P
	22nd	Christian Danner	Osella FA1H
Minardi F1 team	23	Andrea de Cesaris	Minardi M185B	Motori Moderni 615-90 1.5 V6 t	P
	24	Alessandro Nannini
Team Ligier	25th	René Arnoux	Ligier JS27	Renault EF15 1.5 V6 t	P
	26th	Jacques Laffite
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	27	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari F1 / 86	Ferrari 032 1.5 V6 t	G
	28	Stefan Johansson

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	Qualification training 1		Qualification training 2		begin
			time	Ø speed	time	Ø speed
01	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	1: 54.637	217.940 km / h	1: 54.331	218.523 km / h	01
02	Gerhard Berger	Benetton BMW	1: 54.468	218.262 km / h	1: 54.939	217.367 km / h	02
03	Alain Prost	McLaren TAG Porsche	1: 55.039	217.179 km / h	1: 54.501	218.199 km / h	03
04th	Ayrton Senna	Lotus Renault	1: 55.776	215.796 km / h	1: 54.576	218.056 km / h	04th
05	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	1: 55.345	216.602 km / h	1: 54.582	218.045 km / h	05
06th	Teo Fabi	Benetton BMW	1: 57.440	212.738 km / h	1: 54.765	217.697 km / h	06th
07th	René Arnoux	Ligier-Renault	1: 57.269	213.049 km / h	1: 55.576	216.169 km / h	07th
08th	Keke Rosberg	McLaren TAG Porsche	1: 56.354	214.724 km / h	1: 55.662	216.009 km / h	08th
09	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	1: 56.294	214.835 km / h	1: 56.242	214.931 km / h	09
10	Patrick Tambay	Lola Ford	1: 58.574	210.704 km / h	1: 56.309	214.807 km / h	10
11	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	1: 57.697	212.274 km / h	1: 56.496	214.462 km / h	11
12	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell Renault	1: 57.797	212.094 km / h	1: 56.537	214.387 km / h	12
13	Johnny Dumfries	Lotus Renault	1: 58.619	210.624 km / h	1: 57.462	212.699 km / h	13
14th	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows BMW	1: 57.918	211.876 km / h	1: 57.612	212.427 km / h	14th
15th	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	2: 00.357	207.582 km / h	1: 57.612	212.427 km / h	15th
16	Alan Jones	Lola Ford	1: 59.180	209.632 km / h	1: 57.815	212.061 km / h	16
17th	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Renault	1: 58.238	211.303 km / h	2: 27.817	169.020 km / h	17th
18th	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell Renault	1: 59.347	209.339 km / h	1: 58.603	210.652 km / h	18th
19th	Andrea de Cesaris	Minardi-Motori Moderni	2: 00.984	206.507 km / h	1: 59.960	208.269 km / h	19th
20th	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	2: 02,307	204.273 km / h	2: 00.148	207.944 km / h	20th
21st	Marc Surer	Arrows BMW	2: 01.320	205.935 km / h	2: 01.415	205.774 km / h	21st
22nd	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi-Motori Moderni	2: 01.528	205.582 km / h	2: 01.354	205.877 km / h	22nd
23	Huub Rothengatter	Zakspeed	2: 06.006	198.276 km / h	2: 03.842	201.741 km / h	23
24	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Alfa Romeo	2: 05.092	199.725 km / h	3: 38.767	114.204 km / h	24
25th	Christian Danner	Osella-Alfa Romeo	2: 09.465	192.979 km / h	2: 06.219	197.942 km / h	25th

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	43	1	1: 27: 57.925	05	1: 59.879
02	Ayrton Senna	Lotus Renault	43	0	+ 19.827	04th	1: 59.867
03	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	43	0	+ 26,592	11	2: 00.221
04th	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	43	0	+ 29.634	09	2: 00.828
05	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Renault	43	0	+1: 10.690	17th	2: 01.655
06th	Alain Prost	McLaren TAG Porsche	43	1	+ 2: 17.772	03	1: 59.282
07th	Teo Fabi	Benetton BMW	42	0	+ 1 lap	06th	2: 01.204
08th	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	42	0	+ 1 lap	15th	2: 01.241
09	Marc Surer	Arrows BMW	41	0	DNF	21st	2: 04.435	Lack of fuel
10	Gerhard Berger	Benetton BMW	41	1	+ 2 rounds	02	2: 00.877
11	Alan Jones	Lola Ford	40	0	DNF	16	2: 01.584	Lack of fuel
12	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell Renault	40	0	+ 3 rounds	18th	2: 03.183
13	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	37	5	DNF	20th	2: 04.287	task
-	Andrea de Cesaris	Minardi-Motori Moderni	35	0	DNF	19th	2: 03.916	Engine failure
-	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell Renault	25th	0	DNF	12	2: 01.555	Gearbox damage
-	Huub Rothengatter	Zakspeed	25th	0	DNF	23	2: 08.018	defective water pipe
-	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi-Motori Moderni	24	0	DNF	22nd	2: 07.875	Gearbox damage
-	René Arnoux	Ligier-Renault	23	1	DNF	07th	2: 00.751	Engine failure
-	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	16	0	DNF	01	2: 01.663	Engine failure
-	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows BMW	07th	0	DNF	14th	2: 05.545	Electrical damage
-	Johnny Dumfries	Lotus Renault	07th	0	DNF	13	2: 04.781	Lathe operator
-	Keke Rosberg	McLaren TAG Porsche	06th	0	DNF	08th	2: 04.546	Engine failure
-	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Alfa Romeo	03	0	DNF	24	2: 17.068	Engine failure
-	Christian Danner	Osella-Alfa Romeo	02	0	DNF	25th	2: 34.035	Engine failure
-	Patrick Tambay	Lola Ford	00	0	DNF	10	-	collision

World Cup stands after the race

The first six of the race got 9, 6, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point (s) respectively.

Driver ranking

Item driver constructor Points 01  Ayrton Senna lotus 25th 02  Alain Prost McLaren 23 03  Nigel Mansell Williams 18th 04th  Nelson Piquet Williams 15th 05  Keke Rosberg McLaren 11 06th  Jacques Laffite Ligier 7th 07th  Stefan Johansson Ferrari 7th

Item driver constructor Points 08th  Gerhard Berger Benetton 6th 09  René Arnoux Ligier 5 10  Michele Alboreto Ferrari 3 11  Martin Brundle Tyrrell 2 12  Teo Fabi Benetton 2 13  Riccardo Patrese Brabham 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  McLaren 34 02  Williams 33 03  lotus 25th 04th  Ligier 12

Item constructor Points 05  Ferrari 10 06th  Benetton 8th 07th  Tyrrell 2 08th  Brabham 1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Training" ( Memento of the original from May 5, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on May 19, 2013)  
2. ^ "Report" (accessed on May 19, 2013)
3. ↑ “World Cup stands” ( Memento of the original from June 22, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on May 19, 2013)  

Web links

• Race result on the official Formula 1 website