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1986 Belgian Grand Prix · qualifying

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THE HISTORICAL RECORD

Profile & context

Name: 1986 Belgian Grand Prix · qualifying

PROVENANCE

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F1DB

v2026.17.0 · session/425-qualifying

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Historical source & scope

F1DB v2026.17.0 · CC BY 4.0. Normalisation, links and calculations by MotorPedia. Original source observations retained.

Source-reported facts are not independent historical confirmation. Missing times and points remain unknown; source-rounded points retain their published precision. Constructor, entrant and team identities are kept distinct.

Grand Prix context

1986 Belgian Grand Prix · Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps

Technical formula: Formula 1. World Championship membership is separate from technical regulations.

1986 Formula 1 World Championship · round 5

Race classification

Source participant rows: shared cars and nonstarters retained
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Nigel Mansell	Williams	1:27:57.925 · 43 laps · honda	9
2	Ayrton Senna	Lotus	1:28:17.752 · 43 laps · renault	6
3	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	1:28:24.517 · 43 laps · ferrari	4
4	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	1:28:27.559 · 43 laps · ferrari	3
5	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	1:29:08.615 · 43 laps · renault	2
6	Alain Prost	McLaren	1:30:15.697 · 43 laps · tag	1
7	Teo Fabi	Benetton	Time not recorded · 42 laps · bmw	Unknown / not applicable
8	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	Time not recorded · 42 laps · bmw	Unknown / not applicable
9	Marc Surer	Arrows	Time not recorded · 41 laps · bmw	Unknown / not applicable
10	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	Time not recorded · 41 laps · bmw	Unknown / not applicable
11	Alan Jones	Lola	Out of fuel · Time not recorded · 40 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
12	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	Time not recorded · 40 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
NC	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	Time not recorded · 37 laps · zakspeed	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Andrea de Cesaris	Minardi	Out of fuel · Time not recorded · 35 laps · motori-moderni	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell	Gearbox · Time not recorded · 25 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Huub Rothengatter	Zakspeed	Electrical · Time not recorded · 25 laps · zakspeed	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	Gearbox · Time not recorded · 24 laps · motori-moderni	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	René Arnoux	Ligier	Engine · Time not recorded · 23 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Nelson Piquet	Williams	Turbo · Time not recorded · 16 laps · honda	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	Electrical · Time not recorded · 7 laps · bmw	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Johnny Dumfries	Lotus	Spun off · Time not recorded · 7 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Keke Rosberg	McLaren	Engine · Time not recorded · 6 laps · tag	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	Engine · Time not recorded · 3 laps · alfa-romeo	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Christian Danner	Osella	Engine · Time not recorded · 2 laps · alfa-romeo	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Patrick Tambay	Lola	Accident · Time not recorded · 0 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable

Qualifying

Recorded qualifying order; Q1/Q2/Q3 and earlier formats remain distinct in original evidence
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Nelson Piquet	Williams	1:54.331 · honda
2	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	1:54.468 · bmw
3	Alain Prost	McLaren	1:54.501 · tag
4	Ayrton Senna	Lotus	1:54.576 · renault
5	Nigel Mansell	Williams	1:54.582 · honda
6	Teo Fabi	Benetton	1:54.765 · bmw
7	René Arnoux	Ligier	1:55.576 · renault
8	Keke Rosberg	McLaren	1:55.662 · tag
9	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	1:56.242 · ferrari
10	Patrick Tambay	Lola	1:56.309 · ford
11	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	1:56.496 · ferrari
12	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell	1:56.537 · renault
13	Johnny Dumfries	Lotus	1:57.462 · renault
14	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	1:57.612 · bmw
15	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	1:57.612 · bmw
16	Alan Jones	Lola	1:57.815 · ford
17	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	1:58.238 · renault
18	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	1:58.603 · renault
19	Andrea de Cesaris	Minardi	1:59.960 · motori-moderni
20	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	2:00.148 · zakspeed
21	Marc Surer	Arrows	2:01.320 · bmw
22	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	2:01.354 · motori-moderni
23	Huub Rothengatter	Zakspeed	2:03.842 · zakspeed
24	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	2:05.092 · alfa-romeo
25	Christian Danner	Osella	2:06.219 · alfa-romeo

Starting grid

Recorded grid; pole awards are not inferred from starting position
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Nelson Piquet	Williams	1:54.331 · honda
2	Gerhard Berger	Benetton	1:54.468 · bmw
3	Alain Prost	McLaren	1:54.501 · tag
4	Ayrton Senna	Lotus	1:54.576 · renault
5	Nigel Mansell	Williams	1:54.582 · honda
6	Teo Fabi	Benetton	1:54.765 · bmw
7	René Arnoux	Ligier	1:55.576 · renault
8	Keke Rosberg	McLaren	1:55.662 · tag
9	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	1:56.242 · ferrari
10	Patrick Tambay	Lola	1:56.309 · ford
11	Stefan Johansson	Ferrari	1:56.496 · ferrari
12	Martin Brundle	Tyrrell	1:56.537 · renault
13	Johnny Dumfries	Lotus	1:57.462 · renault
14	Thierry Boutsen	Arrows	1:57.612 · bmw
15	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham	1:57.612 · bmw
16	Alan Jones	Lola	1:57.815 · ford
17	Jacques Laffite	Ligier	1:58.238 · renault
18	Philippe Streiff	Tyrrell	1:58.603 · renault
19	Andrea de Cesaris	Minardi	1:59.960 · motori-moderni
20	Jonathan Palmer	Zakspeed	2:00.148 · zakspeed
21	Marc Surer	Arrows	2:01.320 · bmw
22	Alessandro Nannini	Minardi	2:01.354 · motori-moderni
23	Huub Rothengatter	Zakspeed	2:03.842 · zakspeed
24	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Osella	2:05.092 · alfa-romeo
25	Christian Danner	Osella	2:06.219 · alfa-romeo

Championship progression

Driver standings after this championship round
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Ayrton Senna	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	25
2	Alain Prost	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	23
3	Nigel Mansell	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	18
4	Nelson Piquet	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	15
5	Keke Rosberg	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	11
6	Stefan Johansson	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	7
7	Jacques Laffite	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	7
8	Gerhard Berger	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	6
9	René Arnoux	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	5
10	Michele Alboreto	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	3
11	Martin Brundle	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	2
11	Teo Fabi	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	2
13	Riccardo Patrese	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	1

Practice & warm-up observations

Original F1DB session observations; bounded to 120 rows. Missing times remain unknown. Not qualifying or race classifications.

Session	Driver	Position	Time
warmingUpResults	Keke Rosberg	1	1:59.590
warmingUpResults	Alain Prost	2	1:59.601
warmingUpResults	Nigel Mansell	3	2:00.054
warmingUpResults	Nelson Piquet	4	2:00.256
warmingUpResults	Patrick Tambay	5	2:00.724
warmingUpResults	Stefan Johansson	6	2:01.428
warmingUpResults	Teo Fabi	7	2:01.732
warmingUpResults	René Arnoux	8	2:01.743
warmingUpResults	Michele Alboreto	9	2:01.902
warmingUpResults	Ayrton Senna	10	2:01.950
warmingUpResults	Gerhard Berger	11	2:02.151
warmingUpResults	Martin Brundle	12	2:03.390
warmingUpResults	Thierry Boutsen	13	2:03.399
warmingUpResults	Riccardo Patrese	14	2:04.191
warmingUpResults	Johnny Dumfries	15	2:04.684
warmingUpResults	Jacques Laffite	16	2:05.233
warmingUpResults	Philippe Streiff	17	2:05.821
warmingUpResults	Andrea de Cesaris	18	2:07.262
warmingUpResults	Marc Surer	19	2:07.480
warmingUpResults	Huub Rothengatter	20	2:08.572
warmingUpResults	Alessandro Nannini	21	2:09.402
warmingUpResults	Jonathan Palmer	22	2:14.177
warmingUpResults	Piercarlo Ghinzani	23	2:14.573
warmingUpResults	Alan Jones	24	14:02.706