1986 1000 km of Nürburgring

The 1986 ADAC Kouros 1000 km Nürburgring was the seventh round of the 1986 World Sports-Prototype Championship. It took place at the Nürburgring, West Germany on August 24, 1986.

Race report [edit]

Rain fell on the circuit throughout the beginning of the race, causing a multitude of accidents and spins. A collision between the Martin Schanche Argo-Zakspeed and Roy Baker Tiga-Ford required the deployment of the safety car on Lap 22. As the safety car was deployed however, low visibility and confusion over the state of the caution led to the two Rothmans Porsches colliding on the front stretch, heavily damaging both cars. Due to the amount of debris littering the track, the event was stopped for two hours.

Believing the track to be unsafe in the continuing wet conditions, three Porsche teams chose to withdraw from the event. These included the three Brun cars, as well as the Joest and Kremer car. The race was restarted behind the pace car, but timing was on aggregate. The remaining Porsche teams were unable to keep up with the Mercedes-Benz or Jaguar, but the latter suffered a mechanical failure, leaving the Kouros team to win the race. It marked the first victory by a Mercedes-Benz in the World Championship since the 1955 24 Hours of Le Mans.^[1]

Official results [edit]

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of the winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre	Laps
Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Engine	Tyre	Laps
1	C1	61	Kouros Racing Team	Henri Pescarolo Mike Thackwell	Sauber C8	G	121
1	C1	61	Kouros Racing Team	Henri Pescarolo Mike Thackwell	Mercedes-Benz M117 5.0L Turbo V8	G	121
2	C1	14	Liqui Moly Equipe	Klaus Niedzwiedz Mauro Baldi	Porsche 956 GTi	G	119
2	C1	14	Liqui Moly Equipe	Klaus Niedzwiedz Mauro Baldi	Porsche Type-935 2.8L Turbo Flat-6	G	119
3	C1	33	Danone Porsche España John Fitzpatrick Racing	Emilio de Villota Fermín Vélez	Porsche 956B	G	119
3	C1	33	Danone Porsche España John Fitzpatrick Racing	Emilio de Villota Fermín Vélez	Porsche Type-935 2.6L Turbo Flat-6	G	119
4	C1	9	Obermaier Racing Team	Jürgen Lässig Fulvio Ballabio Harold Grohs	Porsche 956	G	115
4	C1	9	Obermaier Racing Team	Jürgen Lässig Fulvio Ballabio Harold Grohs	Porsche Type-935 2.6L Turbo Flat-6	G	115
5	C2	79	Ecurie Ecosse	Ray Mallock Marc Duez	Ecosse C286	A	115
5	C2	79	Ecurie Ecosse	Ray Mallock Marc Duez	Rover V64V 3.0L V6	A	115
6	C2	74	Gebhardt Motorsport	Walter Lechner Ernst Franzmaier	Gebhardt JC853	A	112
6	C2	74	Gebhardt Motorsport	Walter Lechner Ernst Franzmaier	Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	A	112
7	C2	70	Spice Engineering	Gordon Spice Ray Bellm	Spice SE86C	A	110
7	C2	70	Spice Engineering	Gordon Spice Ray Bellm	Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	A	110
8	C2	75	ADA Engineering	Evan Clements Ian Harrower	Gebhardt JC843	A	107
8	C2	75	ADA Engineering	Evan Clements Ian Harrower	Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	A	107
9	C2	90	Jens Winther Denmark	Jens Winther Angelo Pallavicini	URD C83	A	107
9	C2	90	Jens Winther Denmark	Jens Winther Angelo Pallavicini	BMW M88 3.5L I6	A	107
10	C1	66	Cosmic Racing	Costas Los Volker Weidler	March 84G	A	106
10	C1	66	Cosmic Racing	Costas Los Volker Weidler	Porsche Type-935 2.6L Turbo Flat-6	A	106
11	C1	20	Tiga Team	Tim Lee-Davey Neil Crang	Tiga GC86	D	105
11	C1	20	Tiga Team	Tim Lee-Davey Neil Crang	Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L Turbo V8	D	105
12	C2	95	Roland Bassaler	Dominique Lacaud Roland Bassaler	Sauber SHS C6	A	101
12	C2	95	Roland Bassaler	Dominique Lacaud Roland Bassaler	BMW M88 3.5L I6	A	101
13	C2	99	Roy Baker Promotions	Duncan Bain Thorkild Thyrring	Tiga GC286	A	99
13	C2	99	Roy Baker Promotions	Duncan Bain Thorkild Thyrring	Ford Cosworth BDT 1.7L Turbo I4	A	99
14	C2	92	Automobiles Louis Descartes	Louis Descartes Jacques Heuclin Hubert Striebig	ALD 02	A	98
14	C2	92	Automobiles Louis Descartes	Louis Descartes Jacques Heuclin Hubert Striebig	BMW M88 3.5L I6	A	98
15 DNF	C1	53	Silk Cut Jaguar	Jan Lammers Derek Warwick Gianfranco Brancatelli	Jaguar XJR-6	D	92
15 DNF	C1	53	Silk Cut Jaguar	Jan Lammers Derek Warwick Gianfranco Brancatelli	Jaguar 6.5L V12	D	92
16 DNF	B	151	MK Motorsport	Helmut Gall Harald Becker Michael Krankenberg	BMW M1	D	68
16 DNF	B	151	MK Motorsport	Helmut Gall Harald Becker Michael Krankenberg	BMW M88 3.5L I6	D	68
17 DNF	C2	72	John Bartlett Racing	David Mercer Kenneth Leim	Bardon DB1	?	60
17 DNF	C2	72	John Bartlett Racing	David Mercer Kenneth Leim	Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	?	60
18 DNF	C2	105	Kelmar Racing	Pasquale Barberio Maurizio Gellini	Tiga GC85	A	59
18 DNF	C2	105	Kelmar Racing	Pasquale Barberio Maurizio Gellini	Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	A	59
19 DNF	C1	1	Rothmans Porsche	Hans-Joachim Stuck Derek Bell	Porsche 962C	D	22
19 DNF	C1	1	Rothmans Porsche	Hans-Joachim Stuck Derek Bell	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	D	22
20 WD	C1	7	Joest Racing	"John Winter" Kris Nissen Piercarlo Ghinzani	Porsche 956B	G	22
20 WD	C1	7	Joest Racing	"John Winter" Kris Nissen Piercarlo Ghinzani	Porsche Type-935 2.8L Turbo Flat-6	G	22
21 WD	C1	17	Brun Motorsport	Thierry Boutsen Walter Brun	Porsche 962C	M	22
21 WD	C1	17	Brun Motorsport	Thierry Boutsen Walter Brun	Porsche Type-935 2.8L Turbo Flat-6	M	22
22 DNF	C1	2	Rothmans Porsche	Jochen Mass Bob Wollek	Porsche 962C	D	21
22 DNF	C1	2	Rothmans Porsche	Jochen Mass Bob Wollek	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	D	21
23 WD	C1	10	Porsche Kremer Racing	Alessandro Nannini James Weaver	Porsche 962C	Y	21
23 WD	C1	10	Porsche Kremer Racing	Alessandro Nannini James Weaver	Porsche Type-935 2.8L Turbo Flat-6	Y	21
24 WD	C1	18	Brun Motorsport	Oscar Larrauri Jesús Pareja	Porsche 962C	M	21
24 WD	C1	18	Brun Motorsport	Oscar Larrauri Jesús Pareja	Porsche Type-935 2.8L Turbo Flat-6	M	21
25 WD	C1	19	Brun Motorsport	Stanley Dickens Frank Jelinski	Porsche 956	M	21
25 WD	C1	19	Brun Motorsport	Stanley Dickens Frank Jelinski	Porsche Type-935 2.8L Turbo Flat-6	M	21
26 DNF	C2	89	Martin Schanche Racing	Martin Schanche Torgye Kleppe "Pierre Chauvet"	Argo JM19	G	19
26 DNF	C2	89	Martin Schanche Racing	Martin Schanche Torgye Kleppe "Pierre Chauvet"	Zakspeed 1.9L Turbo I4	G	19
27 DNF	C2	98	Roy Baker Promotions	Max Cohen-Olivar David Andrews	Tiga GC286	A	16
27 DNF	C2	98	Roy Baker Promotions	Max Cohen-Olivar David Andrews	Ford Cosworth BDT 1.7L Turbo I4	A	16
28 DNF	GTP	21	Richard Cleare Racing	Richard Cleare David Leslie	March 85G	G	11
28 DNF	GTP	21	Richard Cleare Racing	Richard Cleare David Leslie	Porsche Type-962 3.2L Turbo Flat-6	G	11
29 DNF	C2	104	Jean-Claude Ferrarin	Jean-Claude Ferrarin Philippe Mazué	Isolia 001	?	9
29 DNF	C2	104	Jean-Claude Ferrarin	Jean-Claude Ferrarin Philippe Mazué	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0L V8	?	9
30 DNF	C1	51	Silk Cut Jaguar	Jean-Louis Schlesser Eddie Cheever Hans Heyer	Jaguar XJR-6	D	6
30 DNF	C1	51	Silk Cut Jaguar	Jean-Louis Schlesser Eddie Cheever Hans Heyer	Jaguar 6.5L V12	D	6
31 DNF	C1	63	Ernst Schuster	Ernst Schuster Rudi Seher Siegfried Brunn	Porsche 936C	D	4
31 DNF	C1	63	Ernst Schuster	Ernst Schuster Rudi Seher Siegfried Brunn	Porsche Type-962 2.8L Turbo Flat-6	D	4
DNS	C1	52	Silk Cut Jaguar	Jan Lammers Derek Warwick	Jaguar XJR-6	D	-
DNS	C1	52	Silk Cut Jaguar	Jan Lammers Derek Warwick	Jaguar 6.5L V12	D	-
DNS	GTP	174	Erwin Derichs	Martin Wegenstetter Kurt Hild	Derichs TCS	?	-
DNS	GTP	174	Erwin Derichs	Martin Wegenstetter Kurt Hild	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0L V8	?	-