1986 German Grand Prix

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

The 45-lap race was won by Brazilian driver Nelson Piquet, driving a Williams-Honda. Compatriot Ayrton Senna was second in a Lotus-Renault, with Briton Nigel Mansell third in the other Williams-Honda. Frenchman Alain Prost was running third in his McLaren-TAG in the closing laps when he ran out of fuel, dropping him to sixth and thus allowing Mansell to extend his lead in the Drivers' Championship to seven points.

Pre-race

In the run-up to the race, Keke Rosberg announced that he would be retiring from Formula One at the end of the season, while Lotus announced that they would be using Honda engines in 1987, following Renault's withdrawal from the sport, with Japanese driver Satoru Nakajima replacing Johnny Dumfries. Meanwhile, Ligier drafted in Philippe Alliot to replace the injured Jacques Laffite.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Q1	Q2	Gap
1	2	Template:Flagicon Keke Rosberg	McLaren-TAG	1:42.478	1:42.013	—
2	1	Template:Flagicon Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	1:43.373	1:42.166	+0.153
3	12	Template:Flagicon Ayrton Senna	Lotus-Renault	1:45.212	1:42.329	+0.316
4	20	Template:Flagicon Gerhard Berger	Benetton-BMW	1:44.493	1:42.541	+0.528
5	6	Template:Flagicon Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	1:43.852	1:42.545	+0.532
6	5	Template:Flagicon Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	1:42.696	1:43.086	+0.683
7	7	Template:Flagicon Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	1:46.094	1:43.348	+1.335
8	25	Template:Flagicon René Arnoux	Ligier-Renault	1:43.991	1:43.693	+1.680
9	19	Template:Flagicon Teo Fabi	Benetton-BMW	12:12.563	1:44.001	+1.998
10	27	Template:Flagicon Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	1:46.319	1:44.308	+2.295
11	28	Template:Flagicon Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	1:46.847	1:44.346	+2.333
12	11	Template:Flagicon Johnny Dumfries	Lotus-Renault	1:47.845	1:44.768	+2.755
13	16	Template:Flagicon Patrick Tambay	Lola-Ford	1:47.221	1:44.979	+2.966
14	26	Template:Flagicon Philippe Alliot	Ligier-Renault	1:45.047	1:45.905	+3.034
15	3	Template:Flagicon Martin Brundle	Tyrrell-Renault	1:49.406	1:45.432	+3.419
16	14	Template:Flagicon Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	1:47.167	1:45.887	+3.874
17	17	Template:Flagicon Christian Danner	Arrows-BMW	1:49.439	1:46.355	+4.342
18	4	Template:Flagicon Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell-Renault	1:47.371	1:48.397	+5.358
19	15	Template:Flagicon Alan Jones	Lola-Ford	1:51.918	1:47.517	+5.505
20	8	Template:Flagicon Derek Warwick	Brabham-BMW	1:48.206	53:52.766	+6.193
21	18	Template:Flagicon Thierry Boutsen	Arrows-BMW	1:49.240	2:03.702	+7.227
22	24	Template:Flagicon Alessandro Nannini	Minardi-Motori Moderni	1:50.224	1:49.369	+7.356
23	23	Template:Flagicon Andrea de Cesaris	Minardi-Motori Moderni	1:50.900	1:50.066	+8.053
24	29	Template:Flagicon Huub Rothengatter	Zakspeed	1:52.461	1:50.918	+8.905
25	21	Template:Flagicon Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Alfa Romeo		1:56.468	+14.455
26	22	Template:Flagicon Allen Berg	Osella-Alfa Romeo	1:56.959		+14.946

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	6	Template:Flagicon Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	44	1:22:08.263	5	9
2	12	Template:Flagicon Ayrton Senna	Lotus-Renault	44	+ 15.437	3	6
3	5	Template:Flagicon Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	44	+ 44.580	6	4
4	25	Template:Flagicon René Arnoux	Ligier-Renault	44	+ 1:15.176	8	3
5	2	Template:Flagicon Keke Rosberg	McLaren-TAG	43	Out of fuel	1	2
6	1	Template:Flagicon Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	43	Out of fuel	2	1
7	8	Template:Flagicon Derek Warwick	Brabham-BMW	43	+ 1 Lap	20
8	16	Template:Flagicon Patrick Tambay	Lola-Ford	43	+ 1 Lap	13
9	15	Template:Flagicon Alan Jones	Lola-Ford	42	+ 2 Laps	19
10	20	Template:Flagicon Gerhard Berger	Benetton-BMW	42	+ 2 Laps	4
11	28	Template:Flagicon Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	41	Broken wing	11
12	22	Template:Flagicon Allen Berg	Osella-Alfa Romeo	40	+ 4 Laps	26
Ret	17	Template:Flagicon Christian Danner	Arrows-BMW	38	Turbo	17
Ret	29	Template:Flagicon Huub Rothengatter	Zakspeed	38	Gearbox	24
Ret	14	Template:Flagicon Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	37	Engine	16
Ret	3	Template:Flagicon Martin Brundle	Tyrrell-Renault	34	Electrical	15
Ret	7	Template:Flagicon Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	22	Turbo	7
Ret	23	Template:Flagicon Andrea de Cesaris	Minardi-Motori Moderni	20	Gearbox	23
Ret	24	Template:Flagicon Alessandro Nannini	Minardi-Motori Moderni	19	Overheating	22
Ret	11	Template:Flagicon Johnny Dumfries	Lotus-Renault	17	Water radiator<ref name="Lotusp246">Template:Cite book</ref>	12
Ret	18	Template:Flagicon Thierry Boutsen	Arrows-BMW	13	Turbo	21
Ret	26	Template:Flagicon Philippe Alliot	Ligier-Renault	11	Engine	14
Ret	21	Template:Flagicon Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Alfa Romeo	10	Clutch	25
Ret	4	Template:Flagicon Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell-Renault	7	Engine	18
Ret	27	Template:Flagicon Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	6	Transmission	10
Ret	19	Template:Flagicon Teo Fabi	Benetton-BMW	0	Collision	9
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Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

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

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Template:Flagicon Williams-Honda	89
2	Template:Flagicon McLaren-TAG	63
3	Template:Flagicon Lotus-Renault	42
4	Template:Flagicon Ligier-Renault	28
5	Template:Flagicon Ferrari	13
Source: <ref name="Championship standings"/>

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