Drivers' championship 1986Final standings

1986Drivers’ championship

Alain Prost took the 1986 title by 2 points from Mansell, with 4 wins.

1986 World Champion

AlainProst

McLaren

72Points

4Wins

Champion: 72; points · Prost
Margin: 2; points to Mansell
Rounds: 16; in the season
Winners: 5; different race winners

Round-by-round chart

This season's official totals can't be rebuilt round by round (for example because of dropped scores, shared drives or penalties), so the progression chart is not shown.

Timing sheet

Standings

Official 1986 drivers’ championship table, after round 16.

1986 drivers' championship standings
Pos	Driver	Team	Wins	Gap	Pts
1 (champion)	Alain Prost McLaren	McLaren	4	Champion	72Champion
2	Nigel Mansell Williams	Williams	5	+2	70+2
3	Nelson Piquet Williams	Williams	4	+3	69+3
4	Ayrton Senna Team Lotus	Team Lotus	2	+17	55+17
5	Stefan Johansson Ferrari	Ferrari	0	+49	23+49
6	Keke Rosberg McLaren	McLaren	0	+50	22+50
7	Gerhard Berger Benetton	Benetton	1	+55	17+55
8	Jacques Laffite Ligier	Ligier	0	+58	14+58
9	Michele Alboreto Ferrari	Ferrari	0	+58	14+58
10	René Arnoux Ligier	Ligier	0	+58	14+58
11	Martin Brundle Tyrrell	Tyrrell	0	+64	8+64
12	Alan Jones Lola	Lola	0	+68	4+68
13	Johnny Dumfries Team Lotus	Team Lotus	0	+69	3+69
14	Philippe Streiff Tyrrell	Tyrrell	0	+69	3+69
15	Patrick Tambay Lola	Lola	0	+70	2+70
16	Teo Fabi Benetton	Benetton	0	+70	2+70
17	Riccardo Patrese Brabham	Brabham	0	+70	2+70
18	Christian DannerOsella / Arrows	Osella / Arrows	0	+71	1+71
19	Philippe Alliot Ligier	Ligier	0	+71	1+71
–	Thierry Boutsen Arrows	Arrows	0	+72	0+72
–	Derek Warwick Brabham	Brabham	0	+72	0+72
–	Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed	Zakspeed	0	+72	0+72
–	Huub Rothengatter Zakspeed	Zakspeed	0	+72	0+72
–	Andrea de Cesaris Minardi	Minardi	0	+72	0+72
–	Elio de Angelis Brabham	Brabham	0	+72	0+72
–	Marc Surer Arrows	Arrows	0	+72	0+72
–	Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella	Osella	0	+72	0+72
–	Allen Berg Osella	Osella	0	+72	0+72
–	Alessandro Nannini Minardi	Minardi	0	+72	0+72
–	Alex Caffi Osella	Osella	0	+72	0+72
–	Ivan Capelli AGS	AGS	0	+72	0+72
–	Eddie Cheever Lola	Lola	0	+72	0+72

A dash in the position column means the entry is not ranked in the 1986 championship.

Standings after round 16