Race · Round 9 of 16 · 13 July 1986

1986 British Grand Prix

Nigel Mansell won for Williams from 2nd on the grid at Brands Hatch. 17 of the starters were not classified.

Circuit: Brands HatchWest Kingsdown, Kent, United Kingdom
Winner: Nigel MansellWilliams
Pole: Nelson Piquet
Fastest lap: Nigel Mansell
Entries: 269 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Nigel Mansell	Williams	FW11	2	75	Finished	9	fastest lap
2	Nelson Piquet	Williams	FW11	1	75	Finished	6
3	Alain Prost	McLaren	MP4/2C	6	74	Finished	4
4	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	JS27	8	73	Finished	3
5	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell	—	11	72	Finished	2
6	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	—	16	72	Finished	1
7	Johnny Dumfries	Team Lotus	98T	10	72	Finished	0
8	Derek Warwick	Brabham	—	9	72	Finished	0
9	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	861	22	69	Finished	0
NC	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	—	13	62	NC	0
DNF	Patrick Tambay	Lola	THL2	17	60	Gearbox	0
DNF	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	F1/86	12	51	Turbo	0
DNF	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	—	20	50	Steering	0
DNF	Teo Fabi	Benetton	B186	7	45	Fuel system	0
DNF	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	—	15	39	Engine	0
DNF	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	98T	3	27	Gearbox	0
DNF	Huub Rothengatter	Zakspeed	861	25	24	Engine	0
DNF	Andrea de Cesaris	Minardi	—	21	23	Electrical	0
DNF	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	B186	4	22	Electrical	0
DNF	Alan Jones	Lola	THL2	14	22	Throttle	0
DNF	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	F1/86	18	20	Engine	0
DNF	Keke Rosberg	McLaren	MP4/2C	5	7	Gearbox	0
DNF	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	JS27	19	0	Collision	0
DNF	Christian Danner	Arrows	—	23	0	Collision	0
DNF	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	—	24	0	Collision	0
DNF	Allen Berg	Osella	—	26	0	Collision	0

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

F1DB layout brands-hatch-2 · 4.207 km · 9 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	2	1	75
Nelson Piquet	1	2	75
Alain Prost	6	3	74
Rene Arnoux	8	4	73
Martin Brundle	11	5	72
Philippe Streiff	16	6	72
Johnny Dumfries	10	7	72
Derek Warwick	9	8	72
Jonathan Palmer	22	9	69
Thierry Boutsen	13	NC	62
Patrick Tambay	17	DNF	60
Michele Alboreto	12	DNF	51
Alessandro Nannini	20	DNF	50
Teo Fabi	7	DNF	45
Riccardo Patrese	15	DNF	39
Ayrton Senna	3	DNF	27
Huub Rothengatter	25	DNF	24
Andrea de Cesaris	21	DNF	23
Gerhard Berger	4	DNF	22
Alan Jones	14	DNF	22
Stefan Johansson	18	DNF	20
Keke Rosberg	5	DNF	7
Jacques Laffite	19	DNF	0
Christian Danner	23	DNF	0
Piercarlo Ghinzani	24	DNF	0
Allen Berg	26	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Nelson Piquet	Williams	6	1:06.961	—	—
2	Nigel Mansell	Williams	5	1:07.399	+0.438	+0.438
3	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	12	1:07.524	+0.563	+0.125
4	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	20	1:08.196	+1.235	+0.672
5	Keke Rosberg	McLaren	2	1:08.477	+1.516	+0.281
6	Alain Prost	McLaren	1	1:09.334	+2.373	+0.857
7	Teo Fabi	Benetton	19	1:09.409	+2.448	+0.075
8	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	25	1:09.543	+2.582	+0.134
9	Derek Warwick	Brabham	8	1:10.209	+3.248	+0.666
10	Johnny Dumfries	Team Lotus	11	1:10.304	+3.343	+0.095
11	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell	3	1:10.334	+3.373	+0.030
12	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:10.338	+3.377	+0.004
13	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	18	1:10.941	+3.980	+0.603
14	Alan Jones	Lola	15	1:11.121	+4.160	+0.180
15	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	7	1:11.267	+4.306	+0.146
16	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	4	1:11.450	+4.489	+0.183
17	Patrick Tambay	Lola	16	1:11.458	+4.497	+0.008
18	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	28	1:11.500	+4.539	+0.042
19	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	26	1:12.281	+5.320	+0.781
20	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	24	1:12.848	+5.887	+0.567
21	Andrea de Cesaris	Minardi	23	1:12.980	+6.019	+0.132
22	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	14	1:13.009	+6.048	+0.029
23	Christian Danner	Arrows	17	1:13.261	+6.300	+0.252
24	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	21	1:16.134	+9.173	+2.873
25	Huub Rothengatter	Zakspeed	29	1:16.854	+9.893	+0.720
26	Allen Berg	Osella	22	1:18.319	+11.358	+1.465

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	Keke Rosberg	McLaren	2	1:11.733	—	—	—
2	Nigel Mansell	Williams	5	1:11.993	+0.260	+0.260	—
3	Alain Prost	McLaren	1	1:12.617	+0.884	+0.624	—
4	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	12	1:13.095	+1.362	+0.478	—
5	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	7	1:13.274	+1.541	+0.179	—
6	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	20	1:13.561	+1.828	+0.287	—
7	Teo Fabi	Benetton	19	1:13.826	+2.093	+0.265	—
8	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:13.913	+2.180	+0.087	—
9	Derek Warwick	Brabham	8	1:13.934	+2.201	+0.021	—
10	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	28	1:14.209	+2.476	+0.275	—
11	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	25	1:14.242	+2.509	+0.033	—
12	Patrick Tambay	Lola	16	1:14.469	+2.736	+0.227	—
13	Alan Jones	Lola	15	1:14.854	+3.121	+0.385	—
14	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	26	1:15.005	+3.272	+0.151	—
15	Johnny Dumfries	Team Lotus	11	1:15.096	+3.363	+0.091	—
16	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell	3	1:15.769	+4.036	+0.673	—
17	Andrea de Cesaris	Minardi	23	1:16.397	+4.664	+0.628	—
18	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	4	1:16.436	+4.703	+0.039	—
19	Christian Danner	Arrows	17	1:16.904	+5.171	+0.468	—
20	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	24	1:16.927	+5.194	+0.023	—
21	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	14	1:17.857	+6.124	+0.930	—
22	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	21	1:18.385	+6.652	+0.528	—
23	Nelson Piquet	Williams	6	1:20.226	+8.493	+1.841	—
24	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	18	1:21.305	+9.572	+1.079	—
25	Huub Rothengatter	Zakspeed	29	1:23.274	+11.541	+1.969	—
26	Allen Berg	Osella	22	6:26.393	+5:14.660	+5:03.119	—

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

Photographs from this race

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The cars in this race

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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: 9 of 1986
Grand Prix: British Grand Prix
Dates: 13 Jul 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.