Season 1986 · Round 5

Belgian Grand Prix

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1986-05-25 · Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps · Belgium · Belgian Grand Prix · 43Lap · 301.172km
5 Nigel Mansell
Williams 1:27:57.925
Team win 9pt P1 · P19
12 Ayrton Senna
Team Lotus +19.827
28 Stefan Johansson
Ferrari +23.592
Fastest Lap
—
DNF
12
Andrea de Cesaris L35 Huub Rothengatter L25 Martin Brundle L25 Alessandro Nannini L24 René Arnoux L23 Nelson Piquet L16 Thierry Boutsen L7 Johnny Dumfries L7 Keke Rosberg L6 Piercarlo Ghinzani L3 +2
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Ayrton Senna active 5 wins
Pole-to-win rate 22/59 37.3%
Most DNFs · all-time P30
Most SC/VSC · all-time P6
Most lead changes · all-time P4
Circuit Info
43Lap 301.172km 59 races held (1950–) Lap record 1:44.701 · Sergio Pérez (2024)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P2 Ayrton Senna 5 wins · → Michael Schumacher -1
P10 Alain Prost 2 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
P14 Nigel Mansell 1 wins · → Alain Prost -1
Starts
P3 Riccardo Patrese 17 starts · → Lewis Hamilton -3
P12 Alain Prost 13 starts · → Graham Hill -1
P12 Andrea de Cesaris 13 starts · → Graham Hill -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 L43 Mansell · P5 → P1 · +4 5 Mansell MAN 1 Mansell MAN Senna · P4 → P2 · +2 4 Senna SEN 2 Senna SEN Johansson · P11 → P3 · +8 11 Johansson JOH 3 Johansson JOH Alboreto · P9 → P4 · +5 9 Alboreto ALB 4 Alboreto ALB Laffite · P17 → P5 · +12 17 Laffite LAF 5 Laffite LAF Prost · P3 → P6 · -3 3 Prost PRO 6 Prost PRO Fabi · P6 → P7 · -1 6 Fabi FAB 7 Fabi FAB Patrese · P15 → P8 · +7 15 Patrese PAT 8 Patrese PAT Surer · P21 → P9 · +12 21 Surer SUR 9 Surer SUR Berger · P2 → P10 · -8 2 Berger BER 10 Berger BER Jones · P16 → P11 · +5 16 Jones JON 11 Jones JON Streiff · P18 → P12 · +6 18 Streiff STR 12 Streiff STR Palmer · P20 → P13 · +7 20 Palmer PAL 13 Palmer PAL de Cesaris · P19 → retired L35 de Cesaris · retired L35 19 de Cesaris DE R de Cesaris DE Rothengatter · P23 → retired L25 Rothengatter · retired L25 23 Rothengatter ROT R Rothengatter ROT Brundle · P12 → retired L25 Brundle · retired L25 12 Brundle BRU R Brundle BRU Nannini · P22 → retired L24 Nannini · retired L24 22 Nannini NAN R Nannini NAN Arnoux · P7 → retired L23 Arnoux · retired L23 7 Arnoux ARN R Arnoux ARN Piquet · P1 → retired L16 Piquet · retired L16 1 Piquet PIQ R Piquet PIQ Boutsen · P14 → retired L7 Boutsen · retired L7 14 Boutsen BOU R Boutsen BOU Dumfries · P13 → retired L7 Dumfries · retired L7 13 Dumfries DUM R Dumfries DUM Rosberg · P8 → retired L6 Rosberg · retired L6 8 Rosberg ROS R Rosberg ROS Ghinzani · P24 → retired L3 Ghinzani · retired L3 24 Ghinzani GHI R Ghinzani GHI Danner · P25 → retired L2 Danner · retired L2 25 Danner DAN R Danner DAN Tambay · P10 → retired L0 Tambay · retired L0 10 Tambay TAM R Tambay TAM
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 5 Nigel Mansell Williams 5 43 1:27:57.925 9
2 12 Ayrton Senna Team Lotus 4 43 +19.827 6
3 28 Stefan Johansson Ferrari 11 43 +23.592 4
4 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 9 43 +29.634 3
5 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier 17 43 +1:10.690 2
6 1 Alain Prost McLaren 3 43 +2:17.772 1
7 19 Teo Fabi Benetton 6 42 +1 Lap
8 7 Riccardo Patrese Brabham 15 42 +1 Lap
9 17 Marc Surer Arrows 21 41 +2 Laps
10 20 Gerhard Berger Benetton 2 41 +2 Laps
11 15 Alan Jones Lola 16 40 Out of fuel
12 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell 18 40 +3 Laps
13 14 Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 20 37 +6 Laps
R 23 Andrea de Cesaris Minardi 19 35 Out of fuel
R 29 Huub Rothengatter Zakspeed 23 25 Electrical
R 3 Martin Brundle Tyrrell 12 25 Gearbox
R 24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi 22 24 Gearbox
R 25 René Arnoux Ligier 7 23 Engine
R 6 Nelson Piquet Williams 1 16 Turbo
R 18 Thierry Boutsen Arrows 14 7 Electrical
R 11 Johnny Dumfries Team Lotus 13 7 Spun off
R 2 Keke Rosberg McLaren 8 6 Engine
R 21 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella 24 3 Engine
R 17 Christian Danner Osella 25 2 Engine
R 16 Patrick Tambay Lola 10 0 Accident
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
6 Nelson Piquet
2
20 Gerhard Berger
3
1 Alain Prost
4
12 Ayrton Senna
5
5 Nigel Mansell
6
19 Teo Fabi
7
25 René Arnoux
8
2 Keke Rosberg
9
27 Michele Alboreto
10
16 Patrick Tambay
11
28 Stefan Johansson
12
3 Martin Brundle
13
11 Johnny Dumfries
14
18 Thierry Boutsen
15
7 Riccardo Patrese
16
15 Alan Jones
17
26 Jacques Laffite
18
4 Philippe Streiff
19
23 Andrea de Cesaris
20
14 Jonathan Palmer
21
17 Marc Surer
22
24 Alessandro Nannini
23
29 Huub Rothengatter
24
21 Piercarlo Ghinzani
25
17 Christian Danner
Final grid as classified, including any pit lane starts. Source: Jolpica-F1. The arrow compares the grid slot with the qualifying classification; hover a drop to see the stewards document behind it.
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Record Basis · Calculation basis
Race order is the final classification(post-race penalties applied) · qualifying session data 2003+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished statuses
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-09-05 14:15