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1986

16 championship rounds

World Drivers' Championship

Driver standings

32 classified

1 Alain Prost McLaren 72 points · 4 wins

2 Nigel Mansell Williams 70 points · 5 wins

3 Nelson Piquet Williams 69 points · 4 wins

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4 Ayrton Senna Team Lotus 55 points · 2 wins

5 Stefan Johansson Ferrari 23 points · 0 wins

6 Keke Rosberg McLaren 22 points · 0 wins

7 Gerhard Berger Benetton 17 points · 1 wins

8 Jacques Laffite Ligier 14 points · 0 wins

9 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 14 points · 0 wins

10 René Arnoux Ligier 14 points · 0 wins

11 Martin Brundle Tyrrell 8 points · 0 wins

12 Alan Jones Lola 4 points · 0 wins

13 Johnny Dumfries Team Lotus 3 points · 0 wins

14 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell 3 points · 0 wins

15 Patrick Tambay Lola 2 points · 0 wins

16 Teo Fabi Benetton 2 points · 0 wins

17 Riccardo Patrese Brabham 2 points · 0 wins

18 Christian Danner Arrows 1 points · 0 wins

19 Philippe Alliot Ligier 1 points · 0 wins

- Thierry Boutsen Arrows 0 points · 0 wins

- Derek Warwick Brabham 0 points · 0 wins

- Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 0 points · 0 wins

- Huub Rothengatter Zakspeed 0 points · 0 wins

- Andrea de Cesaris Minardi 0 points · 0 wins

- Elio de Angelis Brabham 0 points · 0 wins

- Marc Surer Arrows 0 points · 0 wins

- Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella 0 points · 0 wins

- Allen Berg Osella 0 points · 0 wins

- Alessandro Nannini Minardi 0 points · 0 wins

- Alex Caffi Osella 0 points · 0 wins

- Ivan Capelli AGS 0 points · 0 wins

- Eddie Cheever Lola 0 points · 0 wins

World Constructors' Championship

Team standings

14 classified

1 Williams British 141 points · 9 wins

2 McLaren British 96 points · 4 wins

3 Team Lotus British 58 points · 2 wins

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4 Ferrari Italian 37 points · 0 wins

5 Ligier French 29 points · 0 wins

6 Benetton Italian 19 points · 1 wins

7 Tyrrell British 11 points · 0 wins

8 Lola British 6 points · 0 wins

9 Brabham British 2 points · 0 wins

10 Arrows British 1 points · 0 wins

- Zakspeed German 0 points · 0 wins

- Minardi Italian 0 points · 0 wins

- Osella Italian 0 points · 0 wins

- AGS French 0 points · 0 wins

Season story

Championship progression

Position after each round

Follow how the Drivers' Championship order changed throughout 1986. First place is shown at the top.

Championship calendar

Race results

16 rounds

01 Brazilian Grand Prix Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet · Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 23 March 1986 → 02 Spanish Grand Prix Circuito de Jerez · Jerez de la Frontera, Spain 13 April 1986 → 03 San Marino Grand Prix Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari · Imola, Italy 27 April 1986 → 04 Monaco Grand Prix Circuit de Monaco · Monte Carlo, Monaco 11 May 1986 → 05 Belgian Grand Prix Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps · Spa, Belgium 25 May 1986 → 06 Canadian Grand Prix Circuit Gilles Villeneuve · Montreal, Canada 15 June 1986 → 07 Detroit Grand Prix Detroit Street Circuit · Detroit, USA 22 June 1986 → 08 French Grand Prix Circuit Paul Ricard · Le Castellet, France 6 July 1986 → 09 British Grand Prix Brands Hatch · Kent, UK 13 July 1986 → 10 German Grand Prix Hockenheimring · Hockenheim, Germany 27 July 1986 → 11 Hungarian Grand Prix Hungaroring · Budapest, Hungary 10 August 1986 → 12 Austrian Grand Prix Red Bull Ring · Spielberg, Austria 17 August 1986 → 13 Italian Grand Prix Autodromo Nazionale di Monza · Monza, Italy 7 September 1986 → 14 Portuguese Grand Prix Autódromo do Estoril · Estoril, Portugal 21 September 1986 → 15 Mexican Grand Prix Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez · Mexico City, Mexico 12 October 1986 → 16 Australian Grand Prix Adelaide Street Circuit · Adelaide, Australia 26 October 1986 →