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33e Grand Prix de Belgique

23 May 1986Spa-Francorchamps298.420 km (6940 m x 43 Laps)

 Pole Position: Nelson Piquet, Williams FW11-Honda, 1:54.331 (218.523 km/h) Fastest Lap: Alain Prost, McLaren MP4/2C-TAG, 1:59.282 (209.453 km/h lap 31) Race Results: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 5 Nigel Mansell Williams FW11-Honda 1:27:57.925 203.548 km/h 2 12 Ayrton Senna Lotus 98T-Renault 1:28:17.752 202.786 km/h 3 28 Stefan Johansson Ferrari F1-86 1:28:24.517 202.528 km/h 4 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari F1-86 1:28:27.559 202.412 km/h 5 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier JS27-Renault 1:29:08.615 200.858 km/h 6 1 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/2C-TAG 1:30:15.697 198.370 km/h 7 19 Teo Fabi Benetton B186-BMW -1 Lap 8 7 Riccardo Patrese Brabham BT55-BMW -1 Lap 9 17 Marc Surer Arrows A8-BMW -2 Laps 10 20 Gerhard Berger Benetton B186-BMW -2 Laps 11 15 Alan Jones Lola THL2-Ford 40 Out of fuel 12 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell 015-Renault -3 Laps 13 14 Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 861 -6 Laps Did Not Finish: 23 Andrea de Cesaris Minardi M185B-Motori Moderni 35 Out of fuel 29 Huub Rothengatter Zakspeed 861 25 Electrical 3 Martin Brundle Tyrrell 015-Renault 25 Gearbox 24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi M185B-Motori Moderni 24 Gearbox 25 René Arnoux Ligier JS27-Renault 23 Engine 6 Nelson Piquet Williams FW11-Honda 16 Turbo 18 Thierry Boutsen Arrows A8-BMW 7 Electrical 11 Johnny Dumfries Lotus 98T-Renault 7 Spun off/Radiator 2 Keke Rosberg McLaren MP4/2C-TAG 6 Engine 21 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella FA1G-Alfa Romeo 3 Engine 22 Christian Danner Osella FA1F-Alfa Romeo 2 Engine 16 Patrick Tambay Lola THL2-Ford 0 Collision with Fabi Lap Leaders: Car# Driver Car Laps Total 6 Nelson Piquet Williams FW11-Honda 1-16 16 12 Ayrton Senna Lotus 98T-Renault 17-21 5 28 Stefan Johansson Ferrari F1-86 22-23 2 5 Nigel Mansell Williams FW11-Honda 24-43 20 Fastest Laps: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Lap 1 1 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/2C-TAG 1:59.282 209.453 31 2 12 Ayrton Senna Lotus 98T-Renault 1:59.867 208.431 28 3 5 Nigel Mansell Williams FW11-Honda 1:59.879 208.410 40 4 28 Stefan Johansson Ferrari F1-86 2:00.221 207.817 34 5 25 René Arnoux Ligier JS27-Renault 2:00.751 206.905 20 6 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari F1-86 2:00.828 206.773 32 7 20 Gerhard Berger Benetton B186-BMW 2:00.877 206.689 25 8 19 Teo Fabi Benetton B186-BMW 2:01.204 206.132 23 9 7 Riccardo Patrese Brabham BT55-BMW 2:01.241 206.069 30 10 3 Martin Brundle Tyrrell 015-Renault 2:01.555 205.537 22 11 15 Alan Jones Lola THL2-Ford 2:01.584 205.488 36 12 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier JS27-Renault 2:01.655 205.368 35 13 6 Nelson Piquet Williams FW11-Honda 2:01.663 205.354 4 14 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell 015-Renault 2:03.183 202.820 35 15 23 Andrea de Cesaris Minardi M185B-Motori Moderni 2:03.916 201.620 27 16 14 Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 861 2:04.287 201.019 28 17 17 Marc Surer Arrows A8-BMW 2:04.435 200.780 36 18 2 Keke Rosberg McLaren MP4/2C-TAG 2:04.546 200.601 2 19 11 Johnny Dumfries Lotus 98T-Renault 2:04.781 200.223 6 20 18 Thierry Boutsen Arrows A8-BMW 2:05.545 199.004 2 21 24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi M185B-Motori Moderni 2:07.875 195.378 19 22 29 Huub Rothengatter Zakspeed 861 2:08.018 195.160 7 23 21 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella FA1G-Alfa Romeo 2:17.068 182.274 3 24 22 Christian Danner Osella FA1F-Alfa Romeo 2:34.035 162.197 2 Final Qualifying Times: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Entrant 1 6 Nelson Piquet Williams FW11-Honda 1:54.331 218.523 Canon Williams Honda Team 2 20 Gerhard Berger Benetton B186-BMW 1:54.468 218.262 Benetton Formula Ltd 3 1 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/2C-TAG 1:54.501 218.199 Marlboro McLaren International 4 12 Ayrton Senna Lotus 98T-Renault 1:54.576 218.056 John Player Special Team Lotus 5 5 Nigel Mansell Williams FW11-Honda 1:54.582 218.045 Canon Williams Honda Team 6 19 Teo Fabi Benetton B186-BMW 1:54.765 217.697 Benetton Formula Ltd 7 25 René Arnoux Ligier JS27-Renault 1:55.576 216.169 Equipe Ligier 8 2 Keke Rosberg McLaren MP4/2C-TAG 1:55.662 216.009 Marlboro McLaren International 9 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari F1-86 1:56.242 214.931 Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC 10 16 Patrick Tambay Lola THL2-Ford 1:56.309 214.807 Team Haas (USA) Ltd 11 28 Stefan Johansson Ferrari F1-86 1:56.496 214.462 Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC 12 3 Martin Brundle Tyrrell 015-Renault 1:56.537 214.387 Data General Team Tyrrell 13 11 Johnny Dumfries Lotus 98T-Renault 1:57.462 212.699 John Player Special Team Lotus 14 18 Thierry Boutsen Arrows A8-BMW 1:57.612 212.427 Barclay Arrows BMW 15 7 Riccardo Patrese Brabham BT55-BMW 1:57.612 212.427 Motor Racing Developments Ltd 16 15 Alan Jones Lola THL2-Ford 1:57.815 212.061 Team Haas (USA) Ltd 17 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier JS27-Renault 1:58.238 211.303 Equipe Ligier 18 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell 015-Renault 1:58.603 210.652 Data General Team Tyrrell 19 23 Andrea de Cesaris Minardi M185B-Motori Moderni 1:59.960 208.269 Minardi Team 20 14 Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 861 2:00.148 207.944 West Zakspeed Racing 21 17 Marc Surer Arrows A8-BMW 2:01.320 205.935 Barclay Arrows BMW 22 24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi M185B-Motori Moderni 2:01.354 205.877 Minardi Team 23 29 Huub Rothengatter Zakspeed 861 2:03.842 201.741 West Zakspeed Racing 24 21 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella FA1G-Alfa Romeo 2:05.092 199.725 Osella Squadra Corse 25 22 Christian Danner Osella FA1F-Alfa Romeo 2:06.219 197.942 Osella Squadra Corse Friday Qualification: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 20 Gerhard Berger Benetton B186-BMW 1:54.468 218.262 2 6 Nelson Piquet Williams FW11-Honda 1:54.637 217.940 3 1 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/2C-TAG 1:55.039 217.179 4 5 Nigel Mansell Williams FW11-Honda 1:55.345 216.602 5 12 Ayrton Senna Lotus 98T-Renault 1:55.776 215.796 6 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari F1-86 1:56.294 214.835 7 2 Keke Rosberg McLaren MP4/2C-TAG 1:56.354 214.724 8 25 René Arnoux Ligier JS27-Renault 1:57.269 213.049 9 19 Teo Fabi Benetton B186-BMW 1:57.440 212.738 10 28 Stefan Johansson Ferrari F1-86 1:57.697 212.274 11 3 Martin Brundle Tyrrell 015-Renault 1:57.797 212.094 12 18 Thierry Boutsen Arrows A8-BMW 1:57.918 211.876 13 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier JS27-Renault 1:58.238 211.303 14 16 Patrick Tambay Lola THL2-Ford 1:58.574 210.704 15 11 Johnny Dumfries Lotus 98T-Renault 1:58.619 210.624 16 15 Alan Jones Lola THL2-Ford 1:59.180 209.632 17 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell 015-Renault 1:59.347 209.339 18 7 Riccardo Patrese Brabham BT55-BMW 2:00.357 207.582 19 23 Andrea de Cesaris Minardi M185B-Motori Moderni 2:00.984 206.507 20 17 Marc Surer Arrows A8-BMW 2:01.320 205.935 21 24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi M185B-Motori Moderni 2:01.528 205.582 22 14 Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 861 2:02.307 204.273 23 21 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella FA1G-Alfa Romeo 2:05.092 199.725 24 29 Huub Rothengatter Zakspeed 861 2:06.006 198.276 25 22 Christian Danner Osella FA1F-Alfa Romeo 2:09.465 192.979 Saturday Qualification: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 6 Nelson Piquet Williams FW11-Honda 1:54.331 218.523 2 1 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/2C-TAG 1:54.501 218.199 3 12 Ayrton Senna Lotus 98T-Renault 1:54.576 218.056 4 5 Nigel Mansell Williams FW11-Honda 1:54.582 218.045 5 19 Teo Fabi Benetton B186-BMW 1:54.765 217.697 6 20 Gerhard Berger Benetton B186-BMW 1:54.939 217.367 7 25 René Arnoux Ligier JS27-Renault 1:55.576 216.169 8 2 Keke Rosberg McLaren MP4/2C-TAG 1:55.662 216.009 9 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari F1-86 1:56.242 214.931 10 16 Patrick Tambay Lola THL2-Ford 1:56.309 214.807 11 28 Stefan Johansson Ferrari F1-86 1:56.496 214.462 12 3 Martin Brundle Tyrrell 015-Renault 1:56.537 214.387 13 11 Johnny Dumfries Lotus 98T-Renault 1:57.462 212.699 14 7 Riccardo Patrese Brabham BT55-BMW 1:57.612 212.427 15 18 Thierry Boutsen Arrows A8-BMW 1:57.612 212.427 16 15 Alan Jones Lola THL2-Ford 1:57.815 212.061 17 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell 015-Renault 1:58.603 210.652 18 23 Andrea de Cesaris Minardi M185B-Motori Moderni 1:59.960 208.269 19 14 Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 861 2:00.148 207.944 20 24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi M185B-Motori Moderni 2:01.354 205.877 21 17 Marc Surer Arrows A8-BMW 2:01.415 205.774 22 29 Huub Rothengatter Zakspeed 861 2:03.842 201.741 23 22 Christian Danner Osella FA1F-Alfa Romeo 2:06.219 197.942 24 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier JS27-Renault 2:27.817 169.020 25 21 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella FA1G-Alfa Romeo 3:38.767 114.204 Friday Practice: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 1 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/2C-TAG 1:56.098 215.197 2 5 Nigel Mansell Williams FW11-Honda 1:56.515 214.427 3 2 Keke Rosberg McLaren MP4/2C-TAG 1:58.969 210.004 4 12 Ayrton Senna Lotus 98T-Renault 1:59.485 209.097 5 6 Nelson Piquet Williams FW11-Honda 1:59.679 208.758 6 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari F1-86 2:00.645 207.086 7 18 Thierry Boutsen Arrows A8-BMW 2:00.783 206.850 8 3 Martin Brundle Tyrrell 015-Renault 2:01.007 206.467 9 11 Johnny Dumfries Lotus 98T-Renault 2:01.047 206.399 10 19 Teo Fabi Benetton B186-BMW 2:01.279 206.004 11 25 René Arnoux Ligier JS27-Renault 2:01.541 205.560 12 16 Patrick Tambay Lola THL2-Ford 2:01.796 205.129 13 20 Gerhard Berger Benetton B186-BMW 2:02.051 204.701 14 7 Riccardo Patrese Brabham BT55-BMW 2:02.310 204.267 15 15 Alan Jones Lola THL2-Ford 2:02.381 204.149 16 28 Stefan Johansson Ferrari F1-86 2:02.398 204.120 17 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier JS27-Renault 2:02.781 203.484 18 23 Andrea de Cesaris Minardi M185B-Motori Moderni 2:03.927 201.602 19 14 Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 861 2:04.289 201.015 20 24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi M185B-Motori Moderni 2:04.315 200.973 21 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell 015-Renault 2:04.738 200.291 22 17 Marc Surer Arrows A8-BMW 2:07.768 195.541 23 21 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella FA1G-Alfa Romeo 2:09.899 192.334 24 29 Huub Rothengatter Zakspeed 861 2:10.033 192.135 25 22 Christian Danner Osella FA1F-Alfa Romeo 2:12.201 188.984 Saturday Practice: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 1 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/2C-TAG 1:56.028 215.327 2 12 Ayrton Senna Lotus 98T-Renault 1:56.518 214.421 3 5 Nigel Mansell Williams FW11-Honda 1:56.531 214.397 4 6 Nelson Piquet Williams FW11-Honda 1:56.850 213.812 5 3 Martin Brundle Tyrrell 015-Renault 1:57.095 213.365 6 16 Patrick Tambay Lola THL2-Ford 1:57.298 212.995 7 25 René Arnoux Ligier JS27-Renault 1:58.640 210.586 8 20 Gerhard Berger Benetton B186-BMW 1:59.813 208.524 9 18 Thierry Boutsen Arrows A8-BMW 2:00.040 208.130 10 7 Riccardo Patrese Brabham BT55-BMW 2:00.402 207.504 11 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell 015-Renault 2:00.417 207.479 12 15 Alan Jones Lola THL2-Ford 2:00.659 207.062 13 11 Johnny Dumfries Lotus 98T-Renault 2:00.683 207.021 14 2 Keke Rosberg McLaren MP4/2C-TAG 2:01.059 206.378 15 17 Marc Surer Arrows A8-BMW 2:01.185 206.164 16 19 Teo Fabi Benetton B186-BMW 2:01.186 206.162 17 28 Stefan Johansson Ferrari F1-86 2:01.296 205.975 18 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari F1-86 2:01.701 205.290 19 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier JS27-Renault 2:02.549 203.869 20 14 Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 861 2:03.797 201.814 21 29 Huub Rothengatter Zakspeed 861 2:03.824 201.770 22 23 Andrea de Cesaris Minardi M185B-Motori Moderni 2:05.170 199.600 23 21 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella FA1G-Alfa Romeo 2:05.360 199.298 24 22 Christian Danner Osella FA1F-Alfa Romeo 2:06.742 197.124 25 24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi M185B-Motori Moderni 2:26.202 170.886 Warm Up: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 2 Keke Rosberg McLaren MP4/2C-TAG 1:59.590 208.914 2 1 Alain Prost McLaren MP4/2C-TAG 1:59.601 208.895 3 5 Nigel Mansell Williams FW11-Honda 2:00.054 208.106 4 6 Nelson Piquet Williams FW11-Honda 2:00.256 207.757 5 16 Patrick Tambay Lola THL2-Ford 2:00.724 206.951 6 28 Stefan Johansson Ferrari F1-86 2:01.428 205.752 7 19 Teo Fabi Benetton B186-BMW 2:01.732 205.238 8 25 René Arnoux Ligier JS27-Renault 2:01.743 205.219 9 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari F1-86 2:01.902 204.952 10 12 Ayrton Senna Lotus 98T-Renault 2:01.950 204.871 11 20 Gerhard Berger Benetton B186-BMW 2:02.151 204.534 12 3 Martin Brundle Tyrrell 015-Renault 2:03.390 202.480 13 18 Thierry Boutsen Arrows A8-BMW 2:03.399 202.465 14 7 Riccardo Patrese Brabham BT55-BMW 2:04.191 201.174 15 11 Johnny Dumfries Lotus 98T-Renault 2:04.684 200.379 16 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier JS27-Renault 2:05.233 199.500 17 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell 015-Renault 2:05.821 198.568 18 23 Andrea de Cesaris Minardi M185B-Motori Moderni 2:07.262 196.319 19 17 Marc Surer Arrows A8-BMW 2:07.480 195.984 20 29 Huub Rothengatter Zakspeed 861 2:08.572 194.319 21 24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi M185B-Motori Moderni 2:09.402 193.073 22 14 Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 861 2:14.177 186.202 23 21 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella FA1G-Alfa Romeo 2:14.573 185.654 Notes:
  • Danner and Patrese started from pit lane.
  • Weather: Sunny, Hot, Dry.
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    Race Review:

    In the fortnight between Monaco and Belgium, there was a test at Paul Ricard and a rear wing failure on his Brabham caused Elio de Angelis to crash. The car cartwheeled over the barriers and landed upside down. The ill-equipped marshals were unable to turn it over and a fire broke out. This was put out and de Angelis was released and, after a lengthy wait for a helicopter, he was flown to hospital in Marseilles where he died. It was a shameful incident and one which led to the introduction of new safety standards for F1 tests but the sport had again lost one of its leading names. The Brabham team decided to run only Riccardo Patrese for the Belgian race. The field was otherwise unchanged.

    There was a big surprise in qualifying as Gerhard Berger qualified his Brabham-BMW second behind Nelson Piquet's Williams-Honda. Alain Prost was third in his McLaren ahead of World Championship leader Ayrton Senna. Nigel Mansell was fifth in his Williams-Honda with Teo Fabi (Benetton), René Arnoux (Ligier-Renault), Keke Rosberg (McLaren), Michele Alboreto (Ferrari) and Patrick Tambay (Lola-Ford) completing the top 10.

    Piquet made a good start to take the lead to go into the lead while Berger was slow away and found was between Senna and Prost at the hairpin. Prost and Berger collided and there was chaos behind them. When the dust settled Tambay was out with a broken suspension but everyone else was still going, albeit with some damage. This meant that Piquet was clear of Senna with Mansell third, Stefan Johansson (Ferrari) fourth, Johnny Dumfries (Lotus) fifth and Jacques Laffite (Ligier) sixth. Mansell quickly overhauled Senna but on lap five he spun and was overtaken by Senna and Johansson. Dumfries spun off and so Alboreto moved to fifth having passed the Ligiers, Arnoux having overtaken Laffite. René's race would end soon afterwards with a blown engine. Soon afterwards Piquet disappeared with another BMW engine failure and so Senna went into the lead with Mansell closing in. The pit stops resulted in Mansell getting ahead of Senna with Alboreto third and Johansson fourth. Senna closed in on Mansell but after a battle Mansell pulled away to win. Senna was second while the two Ferraris battled for third, Johansson eventually coming out ahead of Alboreto. Laffite was fifth with Prost salvaging one point for sixth place.