Race · Round 4 of 16 · 11 May 1986

1986 Monaco Grand Prix

Alain Prost won for McLaren from pole at Circuit de Monaco. 8 of the starters were not classified.

Circuit: Circuit de MonacoMonte Carlo, Monaco
Winner: Alain ProstMcLaren
Pole: Alain Prost
Fastest lap: Alain Prost
Entries: 2612 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Alain Prost	McLaren	MP4/2C	1	78	Finished	9	fastest lap
2	Keke Rosberg	McLaren	MP4/2C	9	78	Finished	6
3	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	98T	3	78	Finished	4
4	Nigel Mansell	Williams	FW11	2	78	Finished	3
5	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	JS27	12	77	Finished	2
6	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	JS27	7	77	Finished	1
7	Nelson Piquet	Williams	FW11	11	77	Finished	0
8	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	—	14	75	Finished	0
9	Marc Surer	Arrows	—	17	75	Finished	0
10	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	F1/86	15	75	Finished	0
11	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	—	13	74	Finished	0
12	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	861	19	74	Finished	0
DNF	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell	—	10	67	Collision	0
DNF	Patrick Tambay	Lola	THL2	8	67	Collision	0
DNF	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	B186	5	42	Steering	0
DNF	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	F1/86	4	38	Turbo	0
DNF	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	—	6	38	Fuel pump	0
DNF	Elio de Angelis	Brabham	—	20	31	Engine	0
DNF	Teo Fabi	Benetton	B186	16	17	Brakes	0
DNF	Alan Jones	Lola	THL2	18	2	Accident	0
DNQ	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	—	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Johnny Dumfries	Team Lotus	98T	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Huub Rothengatter	Zakspeed	861	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Christian Danner	Osella	—	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Andrea de Cesaris	Minardi	—	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	—	—	—	DNQ	0

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

F1DB layout monaco-5 · 3.328 km · 20 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	1	1	78
Keke Rosberg	9	2	78
Ayrton Senna	3	3	78
Nigel Mansell	2	4	78
Rene Arnoux	12	5	77
Jacques Laffite	7	6	77
Nelson Piquet	11	7	77
Thierry Boutsen	14	8	75
Marc Surer	17	9	75
Stefan Johansson	15	10	75
Philippe Streiff	13	11	74
Jonathan Palmer	19	12	74
Martin Brundle	10	DNF	67
Patrick Tambay	8	DNF	67
Gerhard Berger	5	DNF	42
Michele Alboreto	4	DNF	38
Riccardo Patrese	6	DNF	38
Elio de Angelis	20	DNF	31
Teo Fabi	16	DNF	17
Alan Jones	18	DNF	2

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Alain Prost	McLaren	1	1:22.627	—	—
2	Nigel Mansell	Williams	5	1:23.047	+0.420	+0.420
3	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	12	1:23.175	+0.548	+0.128
4	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:23.904	+1.277	+0.729
5	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	20	1:23.960	+1.333	+0.056
6	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	7	1:24.102	+1.475	+0.142
7	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	26	1:24.402	+1.775	+0.300
8	Patrick Tambay	Lola	16	1:24.686	+2.059	+0.284
9	Keke Rosberg	McLaren	2	1:24.701	+2.074	+0.015
10	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell	3	1:24.860	+2.233	+0.159
11	Nelson Piquet	Williams	6	1:25.287	+2.660	+0.427
12	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	25	1:25.538	+2.911	+0.251
13	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	4	1:25.720	+3.093	+0.182
14	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	18	1:25.832	+3.205	+0.112
15	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	28	1:25.907	+3.280	+0.075
16	Teo Fabi	Benetton	19	1:25.926	+3.299	+0.019
17	Marc Surer	Arrows	17	1:26.300	+3.673	+0.374
18	Alan Jones	Lola	15	1:26.456	+3.829	+0.156
19	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	14	1:26.644	+4.017	+0.188
20	Elio de Angelis	Brabham	8	1:27.191	+4.564	+0.547
21	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	21	1:27.288	+4.661	+0.097
22	Johnny Dumfries	Team Lotus	11	1:27.826	+5.199	+0.538
23	Huub Rothengatter	Zakspeed	29	1:28.060	+5.433	+0.234
24	Christian Danner	Osella	22	1:28.132	+5.505	+0.072
25	Andrea de Cesaris	Minardi	23	1:28.962	+6.335	+0.830
26	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	24	1:29.447	+6.820	+0.485

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	Alain Prost	McLaren	1	1:26.316	—	—	—
2	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	7	1:27.154	+0.838	+0.838	—
3	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	25	1:27.777	+1.461	+0.623	—
4	Keke Rosberg	McLaren	2	1:27.797	+1.481	+0.020	—
5	Elio de Angelis	Brabham	8	1:28.214	+1.898	+0.417	—
6	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	12	1:28.376	+2.060	+0.162	—
7	Nelson Piquet	Williams	6	1:28.395	+2.079	+0.019	—
8	Nigel Mansell	Williams	5	1:28.406	+2.090	+0.011	—
9	Patrick Tambay	Lola	16	1:28.552	+2.236	+0.146	—
10	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	26	1:28.625	+2.309	+0.073	—
11	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:29.013	+2.697	+0.388	—
12	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	20	1:29.052	+2.736	+0.039	—
13	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	28	1:29.190	+2.874	+0.138	—
14	Alan Jones	Lola	15	1:30.042	+3.726	+0.852	—
15	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	14	1:30.492	+4.176	+0.450	—
16	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	18	1:30.592	+4.276	+0.100	—
17	Marc Surer	Arrows	17	1:31.119	+4.803	+0.527	—
18	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell	3	1:31.611	+5.295	+0.492	—
19	Teo Fabi	Benetton	19	1:35.310	+8.994	+3.699	—
20	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	4	1:36.263	+9.947	+0.953	—

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.

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: 4 of 1986
Grand Prix: Monaco Grand Prix
Dates: 11 May 1986
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: McLaren
Entrant: McLaren-TAG
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.