1986 Season

16 rounds. Prost won the title by 2 points over Mansell; Williams won the constructors' championship by 45.

1986 race calendar with winners
Rd	Grand Prix	Date	Winner	Team	Laps	Time
1	Brazilian Grand Prix	23 Mar	Nelson Piquet	Williams	61	1:39:32.583
2	Spanish Grand Prix	13 Apr	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	72	1:48:47.735
3	San Marino Grand Prix	27 Apr	Alain Prost	McLaren	60	1:32:28.408
4	Monaco Grand Prix	11 May	Alain Prost	McLaren	78	1:55:41.060
5	Belgian Grand Prix	25 May	Nigel Mansell	Williams	43	1:27:57.925
6	Canadian Grand Prix	15 Jun	Nigel Mansell	Williams	69	1:42:26.415
7	Detroit Grand Prix	22 Jun	Ayrton Senna	Team Lotus	63	1:51:12.847
8	French Grand Prix	6 Jul	Nigel Mansell	Williams	80	1:37:19.272
9	British Grand Prix	13 Jul	Nigel Mansell	Williams	75	1:30:38.471
10	German Grand Prix	27 Jul	Nelson Piquet	Williams	44	1:22:08.263
11	Hungarian Grand Prix	10 Aug	Nelson Piquet	Williams	76	2:00:34.508
12	Austrian Grand Prix	17 Aug	Alain Prost	McLaren	52	1:21:22.531
13	Italian Grand Prix	7 Sep	Nelson Piquet	Williams	51	1:17:42.889
14	Portuguese Grand Prix	21 Sep	Nigel Mansell	Williams	70	1:37:21.900
15	Mexican Grand Prix	12 Oct	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	68	1:33:18.700
16	Australian Grand Prix	26 Oct	Alain Prost	McLaren	82	1:54:20.388

1986 drivers' championship standings
Pos	Driver	Nationality	Team	Pts	Gap
1	Alain Prost	French	McLaren	72
2	Nigel Mansell	British	Williams	70	−2
3	Nelson Piquet	Brazilian	Williams	69	−3
4	Ayrton Senna	Brazilian	Team Lotus	55	−17
5	Stefan Johansson	Swedish	Ferrari	23	−49
6	Keke Rosberg	Finnish	McLaren	22	−50
7	Gerhard Berger	Austrian	Benetton	17	−55
8	Jacques Laffite	French	Ligier	14	−58
9	Michele Alboreto	Italian	Ferrari	14	−58
10	René Arnoux	French	Ligier	14	−58
11	Martin Brundle	British	Tyrrell	8	−64
12	Alan Jones	Australian	Lola	4	−68
13	Johnny Dumfries	British	Team Lotus	3	−69
14	Philippe Streiff	French	Tyrrell	3	−69
15	Patrick Tambay	French	Lola	2	−70
16	Teo Fabi	Italian	Benetton	2	−70
17	Riccardo Patrese	Italian	Brabham	2	−70
18	Christian Danner	German	Arrows	1	−71
19	Philippe Alliot	French	Ligier	1	−71
20	Thierry Boutsen	Belgian	Arrows	0	−72
21	Derek Warwick	British	Brabham	0	−72
22	Jonathan Palmer	British	Zakspeed	0	−72
23	Huub Rothengatter	Dutch	Zakspeed	0	−72
24	Andrea de Cesaris	Italian	Minardi	0	−72
25	Elio de Angelis	Italian	Brabham	0	−72
26	Marc Surer	Swiss	Arrows	0	−72
27	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Italian	Osella	0	−72
28	Allen Berg	Canadian	Osella	0	−72
29	Alessandro Nannini	Italian	Minardi	0	−72
30	Alex Caffi	Italian	Osella	0	−72
31	Ivan Capelli	Italian	AGS	0	−72
32	Eddie Cheever	American	Lola	0	−72