1986 Spanish Grand Prix

The 1986 Spanish Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Jerez on 13 April 1986. This was the first Formula One Spanish Grand Prix since the 1981 race was held at Jarama.

This race featured a 3 car battle for the lead over the last half of the race. Ayrton Senna (Lotus-Renault), Nigel Mansell (Williams-Honda) and reigning World Champion Alain Prost (McLaren-TAG) all had opportunities to take the win, with close nose to tail racing around the circuit. Once Mansell pitted for fresh tyres he charged back into the fight making up over 19 seconds in the final 10 laps on his fresh rubber. It was not quite sufficient to take the win, but it was very close with Senna and Mansell taking the chequered flag almost side by side, Senna only 0.014 s in front of Mansell in one of the closest finishes in Formula One history. This was the third-closest finish in Formula One history, after Mansell's spectacular charge allowed him to pull alongside Senna on the final straight.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In an interview after the race, Mansell said he had no problems with Senna's defensive driving (blocking) at the end of the race when the Williams was clearly the quicker car, saying that Senna was entitled to protect his lead. He then jokingly added that the finish was so close they should give them both 7Template:Frac points each (which is the average between the winner's 9 points and second place's 6).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Q1	Q2	Gap
1	12	Template:Flagicon Ayrton Senna	Lotus-Renault	1:21.605	1:21.924	—
2	6	Template:Flagicon Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	1:23.097	1:22.431	+0.826
3	5	Template:Flagicon Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	1:23.024	1:22.576	+0.971
4	1	Template:Flagicon Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	1:23.702	1:22.886	+1.281
5	2	Template:Flagicon Keke Rosberg	McLaren-TAG	1:23.948	1:23.004	+1.399
6	25	Template:Flagicon René Arnoux	Ligier-Renault	1:24.566	1:24.274	+2.669
7	20	Template:Flagicon Gerhard Berger	Benetton-BMW	1:24.501	1:25.235	+2.896
8	26	Template:Flagicon Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Renault	1:24.817	1:25.863	+3.212
9	19	Template:Flagicon Teo Fabi	Benetton-BMW	1:25.052	1:26.196	+3.447
10	11	Template:Flagicon Johnny Dumfries	Lotus-Renault	1:29.093	1:25.107	+3.502
11	28	Template:Flagicon Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	1:25.466	1:25.655	+3.861
12	3	Template:Flagicon Martin Brundle	Tyrrell-Renault	1:25.831	1:41.631	+4.226
13	27	Template:Flagicon Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	1:26.554	1:26.094	+4.489
14	7	Template:Flagicon Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	1:26.231	1:29.911	+4.626
15	8	Template:Flagicon Elio de Angelis	Brabham-BMW	1:27.300	1:26.550	+4.945
16	14	Template:Flagicon Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	1:27.600	1:26.918	+5.313
17	15	Template:Flagicon Alan Jones	Lola-Hart	1:28.645	1:26.946	+5.341
18	16	Template:Flagicon Patrick Tambay	Lola-Hart	1:27.045	1:26.992	+5.387
19	18	Template:Flagicon Thierry Boutsen	Arrows-BMW	1:28.812	1:27.169	+5.564
20	4	Template:Flagicon Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell-Renault	1:27.637	1:28.086	+6.032
21	21	Template:Flagicon Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Alfa Romeo	1:28.894	1:28.423	+6.818
22	17	Template:Flagicon Marc Surer	Arrows-BMW	1:28.803	1:28.443	+6.838
23	22	Template:Flagicon Christian Danner	Osella-Alfa Romeo	1:29.046		+7.441
24	23	Template:Flagicon Andrea de Cesaris	Minardi-Motori Moderni	1:29.195	17:53.811	+7.590
25	24	Template:Flagicon Alessandro Nannini	Minardi-Motori Moderni		1:30.062	+8.457

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Tyre	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Pts
1	12	Template:Flagicon Ayrton Senna	Lotus-Renault	Template:Goodyear	72	1:48:47.735	1	9
2	5	Template:Flagicon Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	Template:Goodyear	72	+ 0.014	3	6
3	1	Template:Flagicon Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	Template:Goodyear	72	+ 21.552	4	4
4	2	Template:Flagicon Keke Rosberg	McLaren-TAG	Template:Goodyear	71	+ 1 lap	5	3
5	19	Template:Flagicon Teo Fabi	Benetton-BMW	Template:Pirelli	71	+ 1 lap	9	2
6	20	Template:Flagicon Gerhard Berger	Benetton-BMW	Template:Pirelli	71	+ 1 lap	7	1
7	18	Template:Flagicon Thierry Boutsen	Arrows-BMW	Template:Goodyear	68	+ 4 laps	19
8	16	Template:Flagicon Patrick Tambay	Lola-Hart	Template:Goodyear	66	+ 6 laps	18
Ret	11	Template:Flagicon Johnny Dumfries	Lotus-Renault	Template:Goodyear	52	Gearbox	10
Ret	3	Template:Flagicon Martin Brundle	Tyrrell-Renault	Template:Goodyear	41	Engine	12
Ret	26	Template:Flagicon Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Renault	Template:Pirelli	40	Halfshaft	8
Ret	17	Template:Flagicon Marc Surer	Arrows-BMW	Template:Goodyear	39	Fuel system	22
Ret	6	Template:Flagicon Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	Template:Goodyear	39	Engine	2
Ret	8	Template:Flagicon Elio de Angelis	Brabham-BMW	Template:Pirelli	29	Gearbox	15
Ret	25	Template:Flagicon René Arnoux	Ligier-Renault	Template:Pirelli	29	Halfshaft	6
Ret	27	Template:Flagicon Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	Template:Goodyear	22	Wheel bearing	13
Ret	4	Template:Flagicon Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell-Renault	Template:Goodyear	22	Engine	20
Ret	22	Template:Flagicon Christian Danner	Osella-Alfa Romeo	Template:Pirelli	14	Engine	23
Ret	28	Template:Flagicon Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	Template:Goodyear	11	Brakes	11
Ret	21	Template:Flagicon Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella-Alfa Romeo	Template:Pirelli	10	Engine	21
Ret	7	Template:Flagicon Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	Template:Pirelli	8	Gearbox	14
Ret	23	Template:Flagicon Andrea de Cesaris	Minardi-Motori Moderni	Template:Pirelli	1	Differential	24
Ret	14	Template:Flagicon Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	Template:Goodyear	0	Collision	16
Ret	15	Template:Flagicon Alan Jones	Lola-Hart	Template:Goodyear	0	Collision	17
DNS	24	Template:Flagicon Alessandro Nannini	Minardi-Motori Moderni	Template:Pirelli	0	Differential	25
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Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Template:Flagicon Ayrton Senna	15
2	Template:Flagicon Nelson Piquet	9
3	Template:Flagicon Nigel Mansell	6
4	Template:Flagicon Jacques Laffite	4
4	Template:Flagicon Alain Prost	4
Source:<ref name="Championship">Template:Cite web</ref>

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Template:Flagicon Williams-Honda	15
1	Template:Flagicon Lotus-Renault	15
3	Template:Flagicon Ligier-Renault	7
3	Template:Flagicon McLaren-TAG	7
5	Template:Flagicon Benetton-BMW	4
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• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

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