Sports car world championship 1986

Sauber C8 , Mike Thackwell and Henri Pescarolo's winning car in the 1000 km race on the Nürburgring

The 1986 World Sports Car Championship was the 34th season of this championship. It started on April 20th and ended on October 5th.

championship

In 1986, the years of hegemony of the Porsche works team in the sports car world championship came to an end. In addition to the in-house competition that the works team grew up with from Brun and Joest's racing teams , there were new, equally competitive Group C vehicles on the racetracks. Since 1982 , Lancia had been the only opponent with the LC2 to win against the Porsche models Porsche 956 and 962 . 1985 saw the addition of the Sauber C8 and the Jaguar XJR-6 . The Sauber C8 was the successor to the unsuccessful C7 and the first Sauber racing car with a Mercedes engine . The Jaguar XJR-6, which made its racing debut in 1985, was developed by Tom Walkinshaw and is powered by a 6.5-liter V12 engine .

Since the previous year , there has been no manufacturer rating in the brand world championship. The racing team with the most championship points became world champions. This further intensified the competition between the Porsche teams, which Brun won by four points ahead of Joest at the end of the year. The Porsche team retained the prestigious success at the Le Mans 24-hour race and the drivers' title. Jaguar and Sauber each achieve a win of the season. Derek Warwick and Eddie Cheever won the home race at Silverstone in the XJR-6 and Sauber was successful in the rainy 1000 km race at the Nürburgring .

The drivers' world championship ended very close. The two Porsche works drivers and team partners Derek Bell and Hans-Joachim Stuck achieved the same number of points in the championship with 82 points. Decisive for the title was their participation in the 200-mile race in Nuremberg , a race without changing drivers. Derek Bell finished the race in eleventh place while Stuck was only fifteenth. Although there were no championship points for either driver (these were only awarded to the top ten), Bell finished eleventh to the title. Jaguar driver Derek Warwick finished third in the World Championship, just one point behind.

Racing calendar

No.	date	Race name / circuit	team	Overall winner	vehicle	championship
1	20th of April	Monza 360 km race ( Autodromo Nazionale di Monza )	Rothmans Porsche	Hans-Joachim Stuck Derek Bell	Porsche 962C	driver
2	May 4th	Silverstone 1000km Race ( Silverstone Circuit )	Silk Cut Jaguar	Derek Warwick Eddie Cheever	Jaguar XJR-6	Brands and drivers
3	May 31st - June 1st	24 Hours of Le Mans ( Circuit des 24 Heures )	Rothmans Porsche	Hans-Joachim Stuck Derek Bell Al Holbert	Porsche 962C	Brands and drivers
4th	June 29th	200-mile race from Nuremberg ( Norisring )	Blaupunkt-Joest Racing	Klaus Ludwig	Porsche 956B	driver
5	20th of July	Brands Hatch 1000km race ( Brands Hatch )	Liqui Moly Richard Lloyd Racing	Bob Wollek Mauro Baldi	Porsche 956 GTi	driver
6th	3rd August	360km race of Jerez ( Circuito de Jerez )	Brun Motorsport	Oscar Larrauri Jesús Pareja	Porsche 962C	driver
7th	August 24th	1000 km race on the Nürburgring ( Nürburgring )	Kouros Racing Team	Mike Thackwell Henri Pescarolo	Clean C8	Brands and drivers
8th	September 15th	Spa-Francorchamps 1000 km race ( Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps )	Brun Motorsport	Thierry Boutsen Frank Jelinski	Porsche 962C	Brands and drivers
9	5th October	Fuji 1000K Race ( Fuji Speedway )	Joest Racing	Paolo Barilla Piercarlo Ghinzani	Porsche 956B	Brands and drivers

Brand world championship for racing teams

Overall rating

position	team	vehicle	1	2	3	4th	5	total
1	Brun Motorsport	Porsche 956B Porsche 962C	2	15th		20th	15th	52
2	Joest Racing	Porsche 956B	6th	12		10	20th	48
3 =	TWR Silk Cut Jaguar	Jaguar XJR-6	20th			15th	12	47
3 =	Rothmans Porsche	Jaguar XJR-6	15th	20th		12		47
5	John Fitzpatrick Racing	Porsche 956B Porsche 962C	8th	10	12			30th
6th	Kouros Racing Team	Clean C8	3		20th	6th		29
7th	Richard Lloyd Racing	Porsche 956 GTi	10	2	15th	1		28
8th	Porsche Kremer Racing	Porsche 956B Porsche 962C	12				10	22nd
9	Obermaier Racing	Porsche 956B		8th	10			18th
10	Ecurie Ecosse	Ecosse C285 Ecosse C286			8th			8th
11 =	Porsche Ernst Schuster	Porsche 936C		6th				6th
11 =	Gebhardt Motorsport	Gebhardt JC853			6th			6th
11 =	Trust Racing Team	Porsche 956					6th	6th
11 =	ADA engineering	Porsche 956		3	3			6th
15 =	Porsche AG	Porsche 961		4th				4th
15 =	Spice engineering	Spice SE86C			4th			4th
17th	Advan Sports Nova	Porsche 962C					3	3
18 =	Jens Winther	URD C83			2			2
18 =	Tom's Toyota	Tom's 86C					2	2
20 =	Hoshino Racing	March 86S					1	1
20 =	Cosmik Racing	March 84G			1			1

FIA Cup for group C2 teams

position	team	vehicle	1	2	3	4th	5	total
1	Ecurie Ecosse	Ecosse C285 Ecosse C286		10	20th	20th	20th	70
2	Spice engineering	Spice SE86C	20th	6th	12	15th	15th	68
3	ADA engineering	Gebhardt JC843	12	20th	10	12	10	64
4th	Jens Winther	URD C83	10	15th	8th	10		43
5 =	Kelmar Racing	Tiga GC85	15th					15th
5 =	Gebhardt Motorsport	Gebhardt JC853			15th			15th
7th	Lucien Rossiaud	Rondeau M379C		8th		6th		14th
8 =	Automobiles Louis Descartes	ALD 02	8th		3	2		13
8 =	Roy Baker Racing	Tiga GC285 Tiga GC286			4th	3	6th	13
10 =	WM Secateva	WM P85		12				12
10 =	Martin Schanche Racing	Argo JM19					12	12
12 =	Shizumatsu Racing	Mazda 737C					8th	8th
12 =	John Bartlett Racing	Bardon DB1				8th		8th
14 =	Simpson Engineering	Simpson C286	6th					6th
14 =	Roland Bassaler	Clean SHS C6			6th			6th
16	Chamberlain Engineering	Tiga TS85				4th		4th

Drivers World Championship

Overall rating

In this table the first 20 positions of the world championship are recorded. The points were awarded in the following order: 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1.

position	driver	constructor	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	total
1	Derek Bell	Porsche	20th	15th	20th		15th			12		82
2	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Porsche	20th	15th	20th		15th			12		82
3	Derek Warwick	jaguar		20th		12	10	12		15th	12	81
4th	Frank Jelinski	Porsche Gebhardt		2		10	12	15th		20th	15th	74
5	Eddie Cheever	jaguar		20th		15th	6th			8th	12	61
6th	Oscar Larrauri	Porsche	10	1	15th			20th			4th	50
7th	Paolo Barilla	Porsche		6th			8th			10	20th	44
8th	Thierry Boutsen	Porsche	8th			1	12			20th		41
9	Mauro Baldi	Porsche			2		20th		15th	1		38
10 =	Jesús Pareja	Porsche	10	1	(15)			20th			4th	35
10 =	Walter Brun	Porsche	12	2		6th		15th		(2)		35
10 =	Jürgen Lässig	Porsche	(4)		8th	4th	3	10	10			35
13	Emilio de Villota	Porsche	1	8th	10			3	12			34
14 =	Klaus Ludwig	Porsche				20th	(15)			10		30th
14 =	Bob Wollek	Porsche	6th				20th			4th		30th
16	Mike Thackwell	Clean		3					20th	6th		29
17 =	Klaus Niedzwiedz	Porsche	3	10				15th				28
17 =	Henri Pescarolo	Clean Porsche	2	(3)					20th	6th		28
19th	Fermín Vélez	Porsche	1	8th	(10)			3	12			24
20th	Jean-Louis Schlesser	jaguar		4th			10			8th		22nd

FIA Cup for Group C2 drivers

In this table the first 20 positions of the world championship are recorded.

position	driver	constructor	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	total
1 =	Gordon Spice	Spice	15th	20th	6th		12	20th	12	15th	15th	99
1 =	Ray Bellm	Spice	15th	20th	6th		12	20th	12	15th	15th	99
3	Ray Mallock	Ecosse					20th		20th	20th	20th	80
4 =	Evan Clements	Gebhardt		12	20th			15th	10	12	10	79
4 =	Ian Harrower	Gebhardt		12	20th			15th	10	12	10	79
6th	Marc Duez	Ecosse Porsche							20th	20th	20th	60
7th	Jens Winther	URD		10	15th		10			8th		53
8th	Pasquale Barberio	Tiga	10	15th			15th	12				52
9	David Mercer	URD Bardon		10	15th		10			8th		43
10	Stanley Dickens	Gebhardt Porsche	20th			20th						40
11	Martin Schanche	Argo	12			12					12	36
12	Maurizio Gellini	Tiga		(15)			15th	12				27
13 =	Frank Jelinski	Porsche Gebhardt	20th									20th
13 =	David Leslie	March Ecosse					20th					20th
15 =	Duncan Bain	Tiga					8th		10			18th
15 =	Angelo Pallavicini	URD							8th	10		18th
17th	Max Payne	Gebhardt							15th			15th
17th	John Nicholson	Tiga		15th								15th
17th	Walter Lechner	Gebhardt							15th			15th
20th	Pascal Pessiot	World Cup clean	2		12							14th

literature

• Peter Higham: The Guinness Guide to international Motor Racing. A Complete Reference from Formula One to Touring Cars. Guinness Publishing Ltd., London 1995, ISBN 0-85112-642-1 .

Web links

• Driver ranking
• Results at Wrsp.cz