The 1986 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Monaco on 11 May 1986. It was the fourth race of the 1986 Formula One World Championship. The Monaco circuit had been modified from the year before: the chicane after the tunnel now had three turns and was renamed the Nouvelle Chicane. The end result was that the chicane was slowed considerably from the old left-right flick it was previously, plus it added 16 metres to the circuit length.
Patrick Tambay had an accident in which he and Martin Brundle tangled at Mirabeau, and Tambay's Lola-Ford went right over Brundle's Tyrrell-Renault, caught six feet of air and barrel-rolled into the protective Armco right next to some spectators, and in the process almost went over the Armco into a bar next to the track. The Lola landed upright, and Tambay was able to walk away from the accident unscathed.
The 78-lap race was won from pole position by Frenchman Alain Prost, driving a McLaren-TAG. This was Prost's third consecutive Monaco win. His Finnish teammate Keke Rosberg finished second, with Brazilian Ayrton Senna third in a Lotus-Renault.
This was also the last Grand Prix for Italian Elio de Angelis, before his fatal testing accident at Paul Ricard three days later.
This was the last Monaco Grand Prix where only 20 cars would be allowed to start. From the 1987 race the available grid size would be the same 26 cars as every other race.
Classification
Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap 1 1 Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 1:26.059 1:22.627 2 5 Nigel Mansell Williams-Honda 1:30.919 1:23.047 +0.420 3 12 Ayrton Senna Lotus-Renault 1:25.222 1:23.175 +0.548 4 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 1:26.839 1:23.904 +1.277 5 20 Gerhard Berger Benetton-BMW 1:26.280 1:23.960 +1.333 6 7 Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW 1:26.872 1:24.102 +1.475 7 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier-Renault 1:26.702 1:24.402 +1.775 8 16 Patrick Tambay Lola-Ford 1:27.038 1:24.686 +2.059 9 2 Keke Rosberg McLaren-TAG 1:25.662 1:24.701 +2.074 10 3 Martin Brundle Tyrrell-Renault 1:28.564 1:24.860 +2.233 11 6 Nelson Piquet Williams-Honda 1:27.919 1:25.287 +2.660 12 25 René Arnoux Ligier-Renault 1:25.900 1:25.538 +2.911 13 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell-Renault 1:32.646 1:25.720 +3.093 14 18 Thierry Boutsen Arrows-BMW 1:29.244 1:25.832 +3.205 15 28 Stefan Johansson Ferrari 1:27.005 1:25.907 +3.280 16 19 Teo Fabi Benetton-BMW 1:29.397 1:25.926 +3.299 17 17 Marc Surer Arrows-BMW 1:28.878 1:26.300 +3.673 18 15 Alan Jones Lola-Ford 1:26.663 1:26.456 +3.829 19 14 Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 1:30.152 1:26.644 +4.017 20 8 Elio de Angelis Brabham-BMW 1:27.191 1:28.191 +4.564 21 Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella-Alfa Romeo 1:29.282 1:27.288 +4.661 11 Johnny Dumfries Lotus-Renault 1:35.027 1:27.826 +5.199 29 Huub Rothengatter Zakspeed 1:36.814 1:28.060 +5.433 22 Christian Danner Osella-Alfa Romeo 1:30.986 1:28.132 +5.505 23 Andrea de Cesaris Minardi-Motori Moderni 1:28.962 2:22.479 +6.335 24 Alessandro Nannini Minardi-Motori Moderni 1:29.447 2:27.098 +6.820
Race Pos No Driver Constructor Tyre Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 Alain Prost McLaren-TAG 78 1:55:41.060 1 9 2 2 Keke Rosberg McLaren-TAG 78 +25.022 9 6 3 12 Ayrton Senna Lotus-Renault 78 +53.646 3 4 4 5 Nigel Mansell Williams-Honda 78 +1:11.402 2 3 5 25 René Arnoux Ligier-Renault 77 +1 lap 12 2 6 26 Jacques Laffite Ligier-Renault 77 +1 lap 7 1 7 6 Nelson Piquet Williams-Honda 77 +1 lap 11 8 18 Thierry Boutsen Arrows-BMW 75 +3 laps 14 9 17 Marc Surer Arrows-BMW 75 +3 laps 17 10 28 Stefan Johansson Ferrari 75 +3 laps 15 11 4 Philippe Streiff Tyrrell-Renault 74 +4 laps 13 12 14 Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed 74 +4 laps 19 3 Martin Brundle Tyrrell-Renault 67 Collision 10 16 Patrick Tambay Lola-Ford 67 Collision 8 20 Gerhard Berger Benetton-BMW 42 Steering 5 7 Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW 38 Fuel pump 6 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 38 Turbo 4 8 Elio de Angelis Brabham-BMW 31 Engine 20 19 Teo Fabi Benetton-BMW 17 Brakes 16 15 Alan Jones Lola-Ford 2 Accident 18
Championship standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings PosDriverPoints 1 Alain Prost 22 2 Ayrton Senna 19 3 Nelson Piquet 15 4 Keke Rosberg 11 5 Nigel Mansell 9Source:
Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 McLaren-TAG33 2 Williams-Honda24 3 Lotus-Renault19 4 Ligier-Renault10 5 Benetton-BMW8Source:
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