Race · Round 12 of 16 · 17 August 1986

1986 Austrian Grand Prix

Alain Prost won for McLaren from 5th on the grid at Red Bull Ring. 14 of the starters were not classified.

Circuit: Red Bull RingSpielberg, Austria
Winner: Alain ProstMcLaren
Pole: Teo Fabi
Fastest lap: Gerhard Berger
Entries: 2611 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Alain Prost	McLaren	MP4/2C	5	52	Finished	9
2	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	F1/86	9	51	Finished	6
3	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	F1/86	14	50	Finished	4
4	Alan Jones	Lola	THL2	16	50	Finished	3
5	Patrick Tambay	Lola	THL2	13	50	Finished	2
6	Christian Danner	Arrows	—	22	49	Finished	1
7	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	B186	2	49	Finished	0	fastest lap
8	Huub Rothengatter	Zakspeed	861	24	48	Finished	0
9	Keke Rosberg	McLaren	MP4/2C	3	47	Electrical	0
10	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	JS27	12	47	Finished	0
11	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	—	25	46	Finished	0
DNF	Nigel Mansell	Williams	FW11	6	32	Halfshaft	0
DNF	Nelson Piquet	Williams	FW11	7	29	Engine	0
DNF	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	—	18	25	Turbo	0
DNF	Teo Fabi	Benetton	B186	1	17	Engine	0
DNF	Philippe Alliot	Ligier	JS27	11	16	Engine	0
DNF	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	—	19	13	Suspension	0
DNF	Andrea de Cesaris	Minardi	—	23	13	Clutch	0
DNF	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	98T	8	13	Engine	0
DNF	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell	—	17	12	Turbo	0
DNF	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	—	20	10	Engine	0
DNF	Johnny Dumfries	Team Lotus	98T	15	9	Engine	0
DNF	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	861	21	8	Engine	0
DNF	Allen Berg	Osella	—	26	6	Electrical	0
DNF	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	—	4	2	Engine	0
DNS	Derek Warwick	Brabham	—	10	—	Car raced by Patrese	0

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

F1DB layout spielberg-2 · 5.942 km · 18 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
Alain Prost	5	1	52
Michele Alboreto	9	2	51
Stefan Johansson	14	3	50
Alan Jones	16	4	50
Patrick Tambay	13	5	50
Christian Danner	22	6	49
Gerhard Berger	2	7	49
Huub Rothengatter	24	8	48
Keke Rosberg	3	9	47
Rene Arnoux	12	10	47
Piercarlo Ghinzani	25	11	46
Nigel Mansell	6	DNF	32
Nelson Piquet	7	DNF	29
Thierry Boutsen	18	DNF	25
Teo Fabi	1	DNF	17
Philippe Alliot	11	DNF	16
Alessandro Nannini	19	DNF	13
Andrea de Cesaris	23	DNF	13
Ayrton Senna	8	DNF	13
Martin Brundle	17	DNF	12
Philippe Streiff	20	DNF	10
Johnny Dumfries	15	DNF	9
Jonathan Palmer	21	DNF	8
Allen Berg	26	DNF	6
Riccardo Patrese	4	DNF	2

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Teo Fabi	Benetton	19	1:23.549	—	—
2	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	20	1:23.743	+0.194	+0.194
3	Keke Rosberg	McLaren	2	1:23.903	+0.354	+0.160
4	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	7	1:24.044	+0.495	+0.141
5	Alain Prost	McLaren	1	1:24.346	+0.797	+0.302
6	Nigel Mansell	Williams	5	1:24.635	+1.086	+0.289
7	Nelson Piquet	Williams	6	1:24.697	+1.148	+0.062
8	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	12	1:25.249	+1.700	+0.552
9	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:25.561	+2.012	+0.312
10	Derek Warwick	Brabham	8	1:25.726	+2.177	+0.165
11	Philippe Alliot	Ligier	26	1:25.917	+2.368	+0.191
12	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	25	1:26.312	+2.763	+0.395
13	Patrick Tambay	Lola	16	1:26.489	+2.940	+0.177
14	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	28	1:26.646	+3.097	+0.157
15	Johnny Dumfries	Team Lotus	11	1:27.212	+3.663	+0.566
16	Alan Jones	Lola	15	1:27.420	+3.871	+0.208
17	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell	3	1:28.018	+4.469	+0.598
18	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	18	1:28.598	+5.049	+0.580
19	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	24	1:28.645	+5.096	+0.047
20	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	4	1:28.951	+5.402	+0.306
21	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	14	1:29.073	+5.524	+0.122
22	Christian Danner	Arrows	17	1:29.430	+5.881	+0.357
23	Andrea de Cesaris	Minardi	23	1:29.615	+6.066	+0.185
24	Huub Rothengatter	Zakspeed	29	1:32.512	+8.963	+2.897
25	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	21	1:33.988	+10.439	+1.476
26	Allen Berg	Osella	22	1:36.150	+12.601	+2.162

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

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	Interval	Laps
1	Nigel Mansell	Williams	5	1:29.372	—	—	—
2	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	7	1:29.680	+0.308	+0.308	—
3	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	20	1:29.689	+0.317	+0.009	—
4	Keke Rosberg	McLaren	2	1:29.974	+0.602	+0.285	—
5	Teo Fabi	Benetton	19	1:30.302	+0.930	+0.328	—
6	Nelson Piquet	Williams	6	1:30.339	+0.967	+0.037	—
7	Alain Prost	McLaren	1	1:30.570	+1.198	+0.231	—
8	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	25	1:30.624	+1.252	+0.054	—
9	Philippe Alliot	Ligier	26	1:31.072	+1.700	+0.448	—
10	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	28	1:31.601	+2.229	+0.529	—
11	Derek Warwick	Brabham	8	1:31.782	+2.410	+0.181	—
12	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	12	1:31.824	+2.452	+0.042	—
13	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:32.059	+2.687	+0.235	—
14	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell	3	1:32.375	+3.003	+0.316	—
15	Alan Jones	Lola	15	1:32.403	+3.031	+0.028	—
16	Patrick Tambay	Lola	16	1:33.081	+3.709	+0.678	—
17	Johnny Dumfries	Team Lotus	11	1:33.832	+4.460	+0.751	—
18	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	4	1:33.949	+4.577	+0.117	—
19	Christian Danner	Arrows	17	1:33.973	+4.601	+0.024	—
20	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	14	1:34.380	+5.008	+0.407	—
21	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	24	1:35.095	+5.723	+0.715	—
22	Huub Rothengatter	Zakspeed	29	1:35.199	+5.827	+0.104	—
23	Andrea de Cesaris	Minardi	23	1:35.523	+6.151	+0.324	—
24	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	18	1:35.681	+6.309	+0.158	—
25	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	21	1:37.293	+7.921	+1.612	—
26	Allen Berg	Osella	22	1:38.386	+9.014	+1.093	—

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

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.

Zakspeed 861
Zakspeed-861-f1-1986 · CAR blueprints · CC BY-SA 4.0

Lotus 98T
Senna Brands 1986 · Peterhanna · CC BY-SA 3.0 · unchecked

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: 12 of 1986
Grand Prix: Austrian Grand Prix
Dates: 17 Aug 1986
Layout raced: Osterreichring · 5.942 km · 12 turns
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: McLaren
Entrant: McLaren-TAG
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.