Season 1986 · Round 9
British Grand Prix
Williams
+5.574
Fastest Lap
—
DNF
17
L62
L60
L51
L50
L45
L39
L27
L24
L23
L22
+7
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Pole-to-win rate 4/14
28.6%
Most DNFs · all-time P13
1986 British Grand Prix
17 cars
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
P2 Alain Prost
5 wins
· → Lewis Hamilton -4
P4 Nigel Mansell
4 wins
· → Alain Prost -1
P17 Alan Jones
1 wins
· → Sebastian Vettel -1
P4 Nelson Piquet
3
· → Stirling Moss -1
P4 Nigel Mansell
3
· → Stirling Moss -1
P10 René Arnoux
2
· → Damon Hill -1
P2 Alain Prost
7
· → Lewis Hamilton -8
P5 Nigel Mansell
6
· → Kimi Räikkönen -1
P14 Nelson Piquet
4
· → Sebastian Vettel -1
P6 Riccardo Patrese
17 starts
· → Michael Schumacher -1
P14 Andrea de Cesaris
14 starts
· → Sebastian Vettel -1
P18 Nelson Piquet
13 starts
· → Giancarlo Fisichella -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Lap | Time / Status | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 Nigel Mansell | Williams | 2 | 75 | 1:30:38.471 | 9 |
| 2 | 6 Nelson Piquet | Williams | 1 | 75 | +5.574 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 Alain Prost | McLaren | 6 | 74 | +1 Lap | 4 |
| 4 | 25 René Arnoux | Ligier | 8 | 73 | +2 Laps | 3 |
| 5 | 3 Martin Brundle | Tyrrell | 11 | 72 | +3 Laps | 2 |
| 6 | 4 Philippe Streiff | Tyrrell | 16 | 72 | +3 Laps | 1 |
| 7 | 11 Johnny Dumfries | Team Lotus | 10 | 72 | +3 Laps | |
| 8 | 8 Derek Warwick | Brabham | 9 | 72 | +3 Laps | |
| 9 | 14 Jonathan Palmer | Zakspeed | 22 | 69 | +6 Laps | |
| R | 18 Thierry Boutsen | Arrows | 13 | 62 | Not classified | |
| R | 16 Patrick Tambay | Lola | 17 | 60 | Gearbox | |
| R | 27 Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 12 | 51 | Turbo | |
| R | 24 Alessandro Nannini | Minardi | 20 | 50 | Steering | |
| R | 19 Teo Fabi | Benetton | 7 | 45 | Fuel system | |
| R | 7 Riccardo Patrese | Brabham | 15 | 39 | Engine | |
| R | 12 Ayrton Senna | Team Lotus | 3 | 27 | Gearbox | |
| R | 29 Huub Rothengatter | Zakspeed | 25 | 24 | Engine | |
| R | 23 Andrea de Cesaris | Minardi | 21 | 23 | Electrical | |
| R | 20 Gerhard Berger | Benetton | 4 | 22 | Electrical | |
| R | 15 Alan Jones | Lola | 14 | 22 | Throttle | |
| R | 28 Stefan Johansson | Ferrari | 18 | 20 | Engine | |
| R | 2 Keke Rosberg | McLaren | 5 | 7 | Gearbox | |
| R | 26 Jacques Laffite | Ligier | 19 | 0 | Collision | |
| R | 17 Christian Danner | Arrows | 23 | 0 | Collision | |
| R | 21 Piercarlo Ghinzani | Osella | 24 | 0 | Collision | |
| R | 22 Allen Berg | Osella | 26 | 0 | Collision |
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
2
3
12 Ayrton Senna
4
5
6
7
19 Teo Fabi
8
25 René Arnoux
9
10
11
12
13
14
15 Alan Jones
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
22 Allen Berg
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.
No data for this session.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2012 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2019 onwards.
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
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-09-05 14:15