1986 Belgian Grand Prix

The Belgian Grand Prix 1986 was the 5th round of the 1986 F1 season, and took place at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Spa, Belgium, on May 25th.

Nigel Mansell won the race after starting in the 5th position, followed by Ayrton Senna, and Stefan Johansson completing the podium with an expectacular comeback, all the way from the 11th position of the grid.

Nelson Piquet started from the pole position, but didn't manage to cross the finish line, as he had a turbo failure, and had to retire on lap 16th.

Final results

Race evolution

Pit Stops

Strategy

Unfortunately we do not have strategy information for this race..

Incidents

The reace did not end without incidents... 14 drivers out of the original 25 who started did not managed to cross the finish line.

These included, Alan Jones, and Andrea de Cesaris, both run out of fuel, Huub Rothengatter, and Thierry Boutsen, both suffered from electrical problems, Martin Brundle, and Alessandro Nannini, both experienced issues with the gearbox, René Arnoux, Keke Rosberg, Piercarlo Ghinzani, and Christian Danner, all of whom suffered an engine malfunction, Nelson Piquet, who had a turbo failure on lap 16, Johnny Dumfries, who lost control and spun off the track on lap 7, and Patrick Tambay, who had to retire due to an accident on lap 0.

Qualifying