1986 German Grand Prix
| 1986 German Grand Prix | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 10 of 16 in the 1986 Formula One World Championship | |||
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| Race details | |||
| Date | 27 July 1986 | ||
| Official name | XLVIII Großer Preis von Deutschland | ||
| Location |
Hockenheimring Hockenheim, West Germany | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 6.797 km (4.223 miles) | ||
| Distance | 44 laps, 299.068 km (185.832 miles) | ||
| Weather | Dry | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | McLaren-TAG | ||
| Time | 1:42.013 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Gerhard Berger | Benetton-BMW | |
| Time | 1:46.604 on lap 35 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Williams-Honda | ||
| Second | Lotus-Renault | ||
| Third | Williams-Honda | ||
|
Lap leaders | |||
The 1986 German Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Hockenheimring on 27 July 1986. It was the tenth race of the 1986 FIA Formula One World Championship.
The 45-lap race was won by Brazilian driver Nelson Piquet, driving a Williams-Honda. Compatriot Ayrton Senna was second in a Lotus-Renault, with Englishman Nigel Mansell third in the other Williams-Honda. Frenchman Alain Prost was running third in his McLaren-TAG in the closing laps when he ran out of fuel, dropping him to sixth and thus allowing Mansell to extend his lead in the Drivers' Championship to seven points.
Pre-race
In the run-up to the race, Keke Rosberg announced that he would be retiring from Formula One at the end of the season, while Lotus announced that they would be using Honda engines in 1987, following Renault's withdrawal from the sport, with Japanese driver Satoru Nakajima replacing Johnny Dumfries. Meanwhile, Ligier drafted in Philippe Alliot to replace the injured Jacques Laffite.
Classification
Qualifying
| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Q1 | Q2 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 |  Keke Rosberg
|
McLaren-TAG | 1:42.478 | 1:42.013 | — |
| 2 | 1 |  Alain Prost
|
McLaren-TAG | 1:43.373 | 1:42.166 | +0.153 |
| 3 | 12 |  Ayrton Senna
|
Lotus-Renault | 1:45.212 | 1:42.329 | +0.316 |
| 4 | 20 | Gerhard Berger
|
Benetton-BMW | 1:44.493 | 1:42.541 | +0.528 |
| 5 | 6 | Nelson Piquet
|
Williams-Honda | 1:43.852 | 1:42.545 | +0.532 |
| 6 | 5 |  Nigel Mansell
|
Williams-Honda | 1:42.696 | 1:43.086 | +0.683 |
| 7 | 7 |  Riccardo Patrese
|
Brabham-BMW | 1:46.094 | 1:43.348 | +1.335 |
| 8 | 25 | René Arnoux
|
Ligier-Renault | 1:43.991 | 1:43.693 | +1.680 |
| 9 | 19 | Teo Fabi
|
Benetton-BMW | 12:12.563 | 1:44.001 | +1.998 |
| 10 | 27 | Michele Alboreto
|
Ferrari | 1:46.319 | 1:44.308 | +2.295 |
| 11 | 28 |  Stefan Johansson
|
Ferrari | 1:46.847 | 1:44.346 | +2.333 |
| 12 | 11 | Johnny Dumfries
|
Lotus-Renault | 1:47.845 | 1:44.768 | +2.755 |
| 13 | 16 | Patrick Tambay
|
Lola-Ford | 1:47.221 | 1:44.979 | +2.966 |
| 14 | 26 | Philippe Alliot
|
Ligier-Renault | 1:45.047 | 1:45.905 | +3.034 |
| 15 | 3 | Martin Brundle
|
Tyrrell-Renault | 1:49.406 | 1:45.432 | +3.419 |
| 16 | 14 | Jonathan Palmer
|
Zakspeed | 1:47.167 | 1:45.887 | +3.874 |
| 17 | 17 |  Christian Danner
|
Arrows-BMW | 1:49.439 | 1:46.355 | +4.342 |
| 18 | 4 | Philippe Streiff
|
Tyrrell-Renault | 1:47.371 | 1:48.397 | +5.358 |
| 19 | 15 |  Alan Jones
|
Lola-Ford | 1:51.918 | 1:47.517 | +5.505 |
| 20 | 8 | Derek Warwick
|
Brabham-BMW | 1:48.206 | 53:52.766 | +6.193 |
| 21 | 18 |  Thierry Boutsen
|
Arrows-BMW | 1:49.240 | 2:03.702 | +7.227 |
| 22 | 24 | Alessandro Nannini
|
Minardi-Motori Moderni | 1:50.224 | 1:49.369 | +7.356 |
| 23 | 23 | Andrea de Cesaris
|
Minardi-Motori Moderni | 1:50.900 | 1:50.066 | +8.053 |
| 24 | 29 |  Huub Rothengatter
|
Zakspeed | 1:52.461 | 1:50.918 | +8.905 |
| 25 | 21 | Piercarlo Ghinzani
|
Osella-Alfa Romeo | 1:56.468 | +14.455 | |
| 26 | 22 |  Allen Berg
|
Osella-Alfa Romeo | 1:56.959 | +14.946 |
Race
| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Nelson Piquet
|
Williams-Honda | 44 | 1:22:08.263 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | 12 | Ayrton Senna
|
Lotus-Renault | 44 | + 15.437 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 5 | Nigel Mansell
|
Williams-Honda | 44 | + 44.580 | 6 | 4 |
| 4 | 25 | René Arnoux
|
Ligier-Renault | 44 | + 1:15.176 | 8 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | Keke Rosberg
|
McLaren-TAG | 43 | Out of fuel | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 1 | Alain Prost
|
McLaren-TAG | 43 | Out of fuel | 2 | 1 |
| 7 | 8 | Derek Warwick
|
Brabham-BMW | 43 | + 1 Lap | 20 | |
| 8 | 16 | Patrick Tambay
|
Lola-Ford | 43 | + 1 Lap | 13 | |
| 9 | 15 | Alan Jones
|
Lola-Ford | 42 | + 2 Laps | 19 | |
| 10 | 20 | Gerhard Berger
|
Benetton-BMW | 42 | + 2 Laps | 4 | |
| 11 | 28 | Stefan Johansson
|
Ferrari | 41 | Broken wing | 11 | |
| 12 | 22 | Allen Berg
|
Osella-Alfa Romeo | 40 | + 4 Laps | 26 | |
| Ret | 17 | Christian Danner
|
Arrows-BMW | 38 | Turbo | 17 | |
| Ret | 29 | Huub Rothengatter
|
Zakspeed | 38 | Gearbox | 24 | |
| Ret | 14 | Jonathan Palmer
|
Zakspeed | 37 | Engine | 16 | |
| Ret | 3 | Martin Brundle
|
Tyrrell-Renault | 34 | Electrical | 15 | |
| Ret | 7 | Riccardo Patrese
|
Brabham-BMW | 22 | Turbo | 7 | |
| Ret | 23 | Andrea de Cesaris
|
Minardi-Motori Moderni | 20 | Gearbox | 23 | |
| Ret | 24 | Alessandro Nannini
|
Minardi-Motori Moderni | 19 | Overheating | 22 | |
| Ret | 11 | Johnny Dumfries
|
Lotus-Renault | 17 | Water radiator[1] | 12 | |
| Ret | 18 | Thierry Boutsen
|
Arrows-BMW | 13 | Turbo | 21 | |
| Ret | 26 | Philippe Alliot
|
Ligier-Renault | 11 | Engine | 14 | |
| Ret | 21 | Piercarlo Ghinzani
|
Osella-Alfa Romeo | 10 | Clutch | 25 | |
| Ret | 4 | Philippe Streiff
|
Tyrrell-Renault | 7 | Engine | 18 | |
| Ret | 27 | Michele Alboreto
|
Ferrari | 6 | Transmission | 10 | |
| Ret | 19 | Teo Fabi
|
Benetton-BMW | 0 | Collision | 9 | |
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Notes
- The McLarens of Keke Rosberg and Alain Prost both ran out of fuel on the final lap. Rosberg was running second, just behind Nelson Piquet's Williams, when his car stopped just after the Ostkurve chicane. Prost was running third, behind Piquet and Ayrton Senna's Lotus, when his car came to a halt on the finishing straight. The Frenchman got out of his car and tried to push it over the finish line, to great applause from the crowd, but was unsuccessful. Both drivers were passed by Nigel Mansell's Williams and René Arnoux's Ligier, who thus finished third and fourth respectively. Rosberg was eventually classified fifth with Prost sixth, as Rosberg had been ahead of Prost at the start of the final lap (although Prost had made it further around the final lap than Rosberg did), while the seventh-placed car, Derek Warwick's Brabham, was a lap behind.
- Piquet and Senna were also running out of fuel at the end of the race: Piquet had to turn his Honda engine's boost way down after the Ostkurve chicane in order to get his car to the finish, while Senna had to swerve sideways on the finishing straight to get the last drops of fuel into his car's Renault engine.
- The grid saw the first all-McLaren front row since Peter Revson and Denny Hulme at the 1972 Canadian Grand Prix. It was also Keke Rosberg's only pole position with the team, and the fifth and last pole of his F1 career.
Championship standings after the race
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References
- ^ Pritchard, Anthony (March 2006). Lotus: The Competition Cars. Haynes Publishing. p. 246. ISBN 1-84425-006-7.
- ^ "1986 German Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- ^ a b "Germany 1986 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 18 March 2019.