1986 German Grand Prix

  1986 German Grand Prix

Race details
Race 10 of 16 in the 1986 Formula One season
Date	July 27, 1986
Official name	XLII Großer Preis von Deutschland
Location	Hockenheimring, Hockenheim, West Germany
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	6.797 km (4.223 mi)
Distance	45 laps, 299.068 km (185.832 mi)
Weather	Dry
Pole position
Driver	Keke Rosberg	McLaren-TAG
Time	1:42.013
Fastest lap
Driver	Gerhard Berger	Benetton-BMW
Time	1:46.604 on lap 35
Podium
First	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda
Second	Ayrton Senna	Lotus-Renault
Third	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda

The 1986 German Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Hockenheimring on July 27, 1986. It was the tenth race of the 1986 Formula One season.

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
Source:[2]

Notes

• Alain Prost's car ran out of fuel on the finishing straight of the last lap. Instead of retiring, Prost got out of his car and tried to push it to the finish, to great applause from the crowd. The finish line was too far, though, and he never reached it. He was classified sixth in the race, and he was running third when his car ran out of fuel, and he was passed by Nigel Mansell and René Arnoux. as the seventh-placed car was a lap behind. Rosberg entered the last lap ahead of Prost so was classified 5th despite stopping first.
• Nelson Piquet, Ayrton Senna, Keke Rosberg and Alain Prost were all running out of fuel right at the end of the race- and all barely made it to the finish line except Prost, who did not make it after trying to push his car to the finish line and lost 3 places. Senna swerved his Lotus sideways frantically to the finish line on the pit straight to get the last drops of fuel into the valves of his Lotus's Renault engine. Piquet was running out of fuel on the straight after the second chicane and he too frantically swerved his Williams sideways and had to turn his Honda engine's boost way down to get the car to finish, which he did.
• The grid represented the first all-McLaren front row since the 1972 Canadian Grand Prix. It was also Keke Rosberg's only pole position with the team and the 5th and last pole of his F1 career.

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Nigel Mansell 51 2 Alain Prost 44 3 Ayrton Senna 42 4 Nelson Piquet 38 5 Keke Rosberg 19

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Williams-Honda 89 2 McLaren-TAG 63 3 Lotus-Renault 42 4 Ligier-Renault 28 5 Ferrari 13

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

References

1. Anthony, Pritchard (March 2006). Lotus: The Competition Cars. Haynes Publishing. p. 246. ISBN 1-84425-006-7.
2. "1986 German Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.