1986 Canadian Grand Prix

The 1986 Canadian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal on 15 June 1986. It was the sixth race of the 1986 Formula One World Championship.

1986 Canadian Grand Prix
Race 6 of 16 in the 1986 Formula One World Championship
Race details
Date 15 June 1986
Official name XXV Grand Prix du Canada
Location Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Course Temporary street circuit
Course length 4.410 km (2.740 miles)
Distance 69 laps, 304.290 km (189.077 miles)
Weather Dry with temperatures approaching 25 °C (77 °F); wind speeds up to 20.5 km/h (12.7 mph)[1]
Pole position
Driver Williams-Honda
Time 1:24.118
Fastest lap
Driver Brazil Nelson Piquet Williams-Honda
Time 1:25.443 on lap 63 (lap record)
Podium
First Williams-Honda
Second McLaren-TAG
Third Williams-Honda
Lap leaders

The 69-lap race was won from pole position by Briton Nigel Mansell, driving a Williams-Honda. Frenchman Alain Prost finished second in a McLaren-TAG, with Mansell's Brazilian teammate Nelson Piquet third. Prost took the lead of the Drivers' Championship by two points from Mansell and another Brazilian, Ayrton Senna, who finished fifth in his Lotus-Renault.

Classification edit

Qualifying edit

Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap
1 5   Nigel Mansell Williams-Honda 1:28.829 1:24.118
2 12   Ayrton Senna Lotus-Renault 1:27.422 1:24.188 +0.070
3 6   Nelson Piquet Williams-Honda 1:28.588 1:24.384 +0.266
4 1   Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 1:29.541 1:25.192 +1.074
5 25   René Arnoux Ligier-Renault 1:30.200 1:25.224 +1.106
6 2   Keke Rosberg McLaren-TAG 1:29.384 1:25.533 +1.415
7 20   Gerhard Berger Benetton-BMW 1:29.471 1:26.439 +2.321
8 26   Jacques Laffite Ligier-Renault 1:30.171 1:26.447 +2.329
9 7   Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW 1:32.692 1:26.483 +2.365
10 8   Derek Warwick Brabham-BMW 1:33.231 1:27.413 +3.295
11 27   Michele Alboreto Ferrari 1:45.740 1:27.495 +3.377
12 18   Thierry Boutsen Arrows-BMW 1:35.843 1:27.614 +3.496
13 15   Alan Jones Lola-Ford 1:33.291 1:28.058 +3.940
14 16   Patrick Tambay Lola-Ford 1:31.487 1:28.095 +3.977
15 19   Teo Fabi Benetton-BMW 1:51.056 1:28.102 +3.984
16 11   Johnny Dumfries Lotus-Renault 1:32.144 1:28.521 +4.403
17 4   Philippe Streiff Tyrrell-Renault 1:32.307 1:28.639 +4.521
18 28   Stefan Johansson Ferrari 1:28.881 1:29.078 +4.763
19 3   Martin Brundle Tyrrell-Renault 1:34.233 1:29.111 +4.993
20 24   Alessandro Nannini Minardi-Motori Moderni 1:35.789 1:29.653 +5.535
21 23   Andrea de Cesaris Minardi-Motori Moderni 1:32.619 1:29.854 +5.736
22 14   Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 1:31.856 1:30.005 +5.887
23 21   Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Alfa Romeo 1:36.575 1:31.479 +7.361
24 29   Huub Rothengatter Zakspeed 1:46.280 1:32.113 +7.995
25 22   Christian Danner Osella-Alfa Romeo 1:41.436 no time +17.318

Race edit

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 5   Nigel Mansell Williams-Honda 69 1:42:26.415 1 9
2 1   Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 69 + 20.659 4 6
3 6   Nelson Piquet Williams-Honda 69 + 36.262 3 4
4 2   Keke Rosberg McLaren-TAG 69 + 1:35.673 6 3
5 12   Ayrton Senna Lotus-Renault 68 + 1 lap 2 2
6 25   René Arnoux Ligier-Renault 68 + 1 lap 5 1
7 26   Jacques Laffite Ligier-Renault 68 + 1 lap 8  
8 27   Michele Alboreto Ferrari 68 + 1 lap 11  
9 3   Martin Brundle Tyrrell-Renault 67 + 2 laps 19  
10 15   Alan Jones Lola-Ford 66 + 3 laps 13  
11 4   Philippe Streiff Tyrrell-Renault 65 + 4 laps 17  
12 29   Huub Rothengatter Zakspeed 63 + 6 laps 24  
Ret 7   Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW 44 Turbo 9  
Ret 21   Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Alfa Romeo 43 Gearbox 23  
Ret 23   Andrea de Cesaris Minardi-Motori Moderni 40 Gearbox 21  
Ret 18   Thierry Boutsen Arrows-BMW 38 Electrical 12  
Ret 20   Gerhard Berger Benetton-BMW 34 Turbo 7  
Ret 28   Stefan Johansson Ferrari 29 Accident 18  
Ret 11   Johnny Dumfries Lotus-Renault 28 Accident 16  
Ret 14   Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 24 Engine 22  
Ret 8   Derek Warwick Brabham-BMW 20 Engine 10  
Ret 24   Alessandro Nannini Minardi-Motori Moderni 17 Turbo 20  
Ret 19   Teo Fabi Benetton-BMW 13 Battery 15  
Ret 22   Christian Danner Osella-Alfa Romeo 6 Turbo 25  
DNS 16   Patrick Tambay Lola-Ford 0 Accident in morning warmup 14  
Source:[2]

Championship standings after the race edit

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

References edit

  1. ^ "Weather information for the "1986 Canadian Grand Prix"". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  2. ^ "1986 Canadian Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Canada 1986 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 14 March 2019.


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