Belgian Grand Prix 1986

Spa-Francorchamps
Spa
25 May 1986
43 laps
298.4 km
6.940 km a lap

Pole positionNelson PiquetWilliams · 1:54.331
Fastest lapAlain Prost1:59.282 · lap 31
Winner started fromP5on the grid

Result

Pos	Driver	No.	Team · engine	Grid	Laps	Time / reason	Points
1	Nigel Mansell	5	Williams · Honda	5	43	1:27:57.925	9
2	Ayrton Senna	12	Lotus · Renault	4	43	+19.827	6
3	Stefan Johansson	28	Ferrari	11	43	+26.592	4
4	Michele Alboreto	27	Ferrari	9	43	+29.634	3
5	Jacques Laffite	26	Ligier · Renault	17	43	+1:10.690	2
6	Alain Prostfastest lap	1	McLaren · TAG	3	43	+2:17.772	1
7	Teo Fabi	19	Benetton · BMW	6	42	+1 lap
8	Riccardo Patrese	7	Brabham · BMW	15	42	+1 lap
9	Marc Surer	17	Arrows · BMW	21	41	+2 laps
10	Gerhard Berger	20	Benetton · BMW	2	41	+2 laps
11	Alan Jones	15	Lola · Ford	16	40	Out of fuel
12	Philippe Streiff	4	Tyrrell · Renault	18	40	+3 laps
NC	Jonathan Palmer	14	Zakspeed	20	37	+6 laps
DNF	Andrea de Cesaris	23	Minardi · Motori Moderni	19	35	Out of fuel
DNF	Martin Brundle	3	Tyrrell · Renault	12	25	Gearbox
DNF	Huub Rothengatter	29	Zakspeed	23	25	Electrical
DNF	Alessandro Nannini	24	Minardi · Motori Moderni	22	24	Gearbox
DNF	René Arnoux	25	Ligier · Renault	7	23	Engine
DNF	Nelson Piquet	6	Williams · Honda	1	16	Turbo
DNF	Thierry Boutsen	18	Arrows · BMW	14	7	Electrical
DNF	Johnny Dumfries	11	Lotus · Renault	13	7	Spun off
DNF	Keke Rosberg	2	McLaren · TAG	8	6	Engine
DNF	Piercarlo Ghinzani	21	Osella · Alfa Romeo	24	3	Engine
DNF	Christian Danner	22	Osella · Alfa Romeo	25	2	Engine
DNF	Patrick Tambay	16	Lola · Ford	10	0	Accident

A number in the first column means classified. DNF, DNQ and DNS stand for retirement, did not qualify and did not start. ‘shared’ marks a car that two drivers shared between them – permitted in the 1950s, and both were classified.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	Nelson Piquet	Williams	1:54.331
2	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	1:54.468	+0.137
3	Alain Prost	McLaren	1:54.501	+0.170
4	Ayrton Senna	Lotus	1:54.576	+0.245
5	Nigel Mansell	Williams	1:54.582	+0.251
6	Teo Fabi	Benetton	1:54.765	+0.434
7	René Arnoux	Ligier	1:55.576	+1.245
8	Keke Rosberg	McLaren	1:55.662	+1.331
9	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	1:56.242	+1.911
10	Patrick Tambay	Lola	1:56.309	+1.978
11	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	1:56.496	+2.165
12	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell	1:56.537	+2.206
13	Johnny Dumfries	Lotus	1:57.462	+3.131
14	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	1:57.612	+3.281
15	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	1:57.612	+3.281
16	Alan Jones	Lola	1:57.815	+3.484
17	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	1:58.238	+3.907
18	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	1:58.603	+4.272
19	Andrea de Cesaris	Minardi	1:59.960	+5.629
20	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	2:00.148	+5.817
21	Marc Surer	Arrows	2:01.320	+6.989
22	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	2:01.354	+7.023
23	Huub Rothengatter	Zakspeed	2:03.842	+9.511
24	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	2:05.092	+10.761
25	Christian Danner	Osella	2:06.219	+11.888

Fastest laps

Each driver's quickest lap of the race.

Pos	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Alain Prost	31	1:59.282
2	Ayrton Senna	28	1:59.867	+0.585
3	Nigel Mansell	40	1:59.879	+0.597
4	Stefan Johansson	34	2:00.221	+0.939
5	René Arnoux	20	2:00.751	+1.469
6	Michele Alboreto	32	2:00.828	+1.546
7	Gerhard Berger	25	2:00.877	+1.595
8	Teo Fabi	23	2:01.204	+1.922
9	Riccardo Patrese	30	2:01.241	+1.959
10	Martin Brundle	22	2:01.555	+2.273

Championship after this race

The official standings after round 5. Arrows show the change against the round before.

The whole season

Drivers' championship after round 5
Pos	Driver	Points	Change
1	Ayrton Senna	25	▲1
2	Alain Prost	23	▼1
3	Nigel Mansell	18	▲2
4	Nelson Piquet	15	▼1
5	Keke Rosberg	11	▼1
6	Stefan Johansson	7	▲3
7	Jacques Laffite	7
8	Gerhard Berger	6	▼2
9	René Arnoux	5	▼1
10	Michele Alboreto	3

Constructors' championship after round 5
Pos	Team	Points	Change
1	McLaren	34
2	Williams	33
3	Lotus	25
4	Ligier	12
5	Ferrari	10	▲1
6	Benetton	8	▼1
7	Tyrrell	2
8	Brabham	1