1986 Austrian Grand Prix

  1986 Austrian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 12 of 16 in the 1986 Formula One season
The Österreichring (last modified in 1977)
Date	August 17, 1986
Official name	XIX Holiday Großer Preis von Osterreich
Location	Österreichring, Spielberg, Styria, Austria
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	5.942 km (3.692 mi)
Distance	52 laps, 308.984 km (191.984 mi)
Weather	Dry
Pole position
Driver	Teo Fabi	Benetton-BMW
Time	1:23.549
Fastest lap
Driver	Gerhard Berger	Benetton-BMW
Time	1:29.444 on lap 49
Podium
First	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG
Second	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari
Third	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari

The 1986 Austrian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Österreichring on 17 August 1986.

While Gerhard Berger had led for a while, his teammate Teo Fabi eventually took the lead from Berger for about 5-6 seconds at the Bosch-Kurve and the BMW engine in Fabi's car failed right after he passed Berger, and Berger immediately re-took the lead through the Bosch-Kurve. Berger later pitted and lost 4 laps as his team repaired an issue with his battery.

Derek Warwick was a non-starter. In the morning warmup, the gearbox on his Brabham broke, which over-revved the BMW. The car was repaired, the BMW's cylinder head was changed, and Warwick took his place on the grid. When Riccardo Patrese took his place on the grid, the gearbox in his car broke leaving him with no 2nd or 3rd gears. As Patrese's car was in fact the spare since he had crashed his race car which was then destroyed by fire in qualifying, and as not only senior driver but the faster qualifier of the two, the decision was made on the grid to hand Warwick's car to Patrese for the race. Warwick later admitted that team owner Bernie Ecclestone had to physically drag him from the car as he refused to hand it over. Patrese promptly retired from the race after just two laps, a legacy of the over-revved engine, completing what 1976 World Champion James Hunt said in television commentary, was a "Miserable race for Brabham".

Despite Brabham's problems, the Österreichring with its lack of slow corners showed the power of the BMW and the worth of the BT55's lowline aerodynamics with Warwick's car being the fastest through the speed trap (approaching the Bosch-Kurve) at 344 km/h (214 mph) during qualifying.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Q1	Q2	Gap
1	19	Teo Fabi	Benetton-BMW	1:26.421	1:23.549	—
2	20	Gerhard Berger	Benetton-BMW	1:25.638	1:23.743	+0.194
3	2	Keke Rosberg	McLaren-TAG	1:23.956	1:23.903	+0.354
4	7	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	1:26.648	1:24.044	+0.495
5	1	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	1:24.346	1:25.285	+0.797
6	5	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	1:25.515	1:24.635	+1.086
7	6	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	1:25.090	1:24.697	+1.148
8	12	Ayrton Senna	Lotus-Renault	1:26.650	1:25.249	+1.700
9	27	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	1:26.152	1:25.561	+2.012
10	8	Derek Warwick	Brabham-BMW	1:26.892	1:25.726	+2.177
11	26	Philippe Alliot	Ligier-Renault	1:26.999	1:25.917	+2.368
12	25	René Arnoux	Ligier-Renault	1:26.797	1:26.312	+2.763
13	16	Patrick Tambay	Lola-Ford	1:27.628	1:26.489	+2.940
14	28	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	1:27.263	1:26.646	+3.097
15	11	Johnny Dumfries	Lotus-Renault	1:27.212	1:27.833	+3.663
16	15	Alan Jones	Lola-Ford	1:27.420	1:27.476	+3.871
17	3	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell-Renault	1:28.572	1:28.018	+4.469
18	18	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows-BMW	1:29.155	1:28.598	+5.049
19	24	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi-Motori Moderni	1:31.974	1:28.645	+5.096
20	4	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell-Renault	1:31.455	1:28.951	+5.402
21	14	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	1:29.073	1:29.583	+5.524
22	17	Christian Danner	Arrows-BMW	1:29.430	1:40.236	+5.881
23	23	Andrea de Cesaris	Minardi-Motori Moderni	1:33.263	1:29.615	+6.066
24	29	Huub Rothengatter	Zakspeed	2:21.202	1:32.512	+8.963
25	21	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Alfa Romeo	1:35.070	1:33.988	+10.439
26	22	Allen Berg	Osella-Alfa Romeo	1:38.731	1:36.150	+12.601

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	52	1:21:22.531	5	9
2	27	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	51	+ 1 Lap	9	6
3	28	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	50	+2 Laps	14	4
4	15	Alan Jones	Lola-Ford	50	+2 Laps	16	3
5	16	Patrick Tambay	Lola-Ford	50	+2 Laps	13	2
6	17	Christian Danner	Arrows-BMW	49	+3 Laps	22	1
7	20	Gerhard Berger	Benetton-BMW	49	+3 Laps	2
8	29	Huub Rothengatter	Zakspeed	48	+4 Laps	24
9	2	Keke Rosberg	McLaren-TAG	47	Electrical	3
10	25	René Arnoux	Ligier-Renault	47	+5 Laps	12
11	21	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Alfa Romeo	46	+6 Laps	25
Ret	5	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	32	Halfshaft	6
Ret	6	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	29	Engine	7
Ret	18	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows-BMW	25	Turbo	18
Ret	19	Teo Fabi	Benetton-BMW	17	Engine	1
Ret	26	Philippe Alliot	Ligier-Renault	16	Engine	11
Ret	24	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi-Motori Moderni	13	Suspension	19
Ret	23	Andrea de Cesaris	Minardi-Motori Moderni	13	Clutch	23
Ret	12	Ayrton Senna	Lotus-Renault	13	Engine	8
Ret	3	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell-Renault	12	Turbo	17
Ret	4	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell-Renault	10	Engine	20
Ret	11	Johnny Dumfries	Lotus-Renault	9	Engine	15
Ret	14	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	8	Engine	21
Ret	22	Allen Berg	Osella-Alfa Romeo	6	Electrical	26
Ret	7	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	2	Engine	4
DNS	8	Derek Warwick	Brabham-BMW	0	Non Starter	10
Source:[1]

Lap leaders

Gerhard Berger (1-25), Nigel Mansell (26-28), Alain Prost (29-53)

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Nigel Mansell 55 2 Alain Prost 53 3 Ayrton Senna 48 4 Nelson Piquet 47 5 Keke Rosberg 19

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Williams-Honda 102 2 McLaren-TAG 72 3 Lotus-Renault 50 4 Ligier-Renault 28 5 Ferrari 26

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

1. "1986 Austrian Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.