1986 Belgian Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
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| Race 5 of 16 in the 1986 Formula One season | |||
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| Date | May 25, 1986 | ||
| Location | Spa-Francorchamps, Spa, Belgium | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 7.004 km (4.352 mi) | ||
| Distance | 43 laps, 301.172 km (187.136 mi) | ||
| Weather | Dry | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Williams-Honda | ||
| Time | 1:54.331 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Alain Prost
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McLaren-TAG | |
| Time | 1:59.282 on lap 31 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Williams-Honda | ||
| Second | Lotus-Renault | ||
| Third | Ferrari | ||
The 1986 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps on May 25, 1986. It was the fifth round of the 1986 Formula One season. The race was the 44th Belgian Grand Prix and the 32nd to be held at Spa-Francorchamps. The race was held over 43 laps of the 7.0-kilometre circuit for a total race distance of 301 kilometres.
The race was won by British driver Nigel Mansell driving a Williams FW11. It was Mansell's third Grand Prix victory after his two breakthrough wins at the end of the previous season and his first in 1986. Mansell won by 19 seconds over Brazilian driver Ayrton Senna driving a Lotus 98T. Third was Swedish driver Stefan Johansson driving a Ferrari F1/86. It was Johansson's first top three finish in a year after finishing second at the 1985 Detroit Grand Prix.
Brabham entered only one BT55, the car of Riccardo Patrese. Elio de Angelis had been killed in a testing accident at Circuit Paul Ricard just over a week before the race. Williams-Honda driver Nelson Piquet took pole late in the qualifying session using the teams spare car. Piquet's engine blew up in his race car during qualifying forcing him into the spare.Austrian Gerhard Berger scored his first front row start and the first for the BMW powered Benetton after being fastest in Friday qualifying. His Friday time of 1:54.468 was half a second faster than his Saturday time but still good enough for the front row. World Champion Alain Prost was third in his McLaren-TAG with the Lotus-Renault of Ayrton Senna completing the second row. Nigel Mansell qualified fifth in his Williams-Honda with Teo Fabi completing the top 6 in his Benetton-BMW.
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