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Nelson Piquet won the 1986 German Grand Prix

Nelson Piquet won the 1986 German Grand Prix for Williams, ahead of Ayrton Senna and Nigel Mansell at Hockenheimring.

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Race recap

Winner
Nelson Piquet
Team
Williams
Top listed
Nelson Piquet, Ayrton Senna, and Nigel Mansell
Race date
July 27, 1986
Pole
Keke Rosberg
Fastest lap
Gerhard Berger
Classified drivers
26
Circuit
Hockenheimring

The decisive result

Nelson Piquet finished first for Williams. Ayrton Senna is listed 2 for Team Lotus, with Nigel Mansell 3 for Williams.

Grid to finish

Allen Berg from P26 to P12 (+14), Derek Warwick from P20 to P7 (+13), and Alan Jones from P19 to P9 (+10) recorded the largest positive grid-to-finish changes in the classification. Keke Rosberg started from the listed P1 grid position.

Status and fastest lap

The classification lists 4 Finished, 3 Engine, 3 Turbo, 2 +1 lap, and 2 +2 laps. Gerhard Berger holds the fastest-lap entry at 1:46.604 on lap 35. It records the result without speculating about incidents or strategy.

This summary sticks to the classification and does not speculate about incidents, strategy, weather, or causes. Source: F1DB (CC BY 4.0) · updated Jul 26, 2026.

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Race classification
PosDriverConstructorTime / statusPoints
1Nelson PiquetWilliams1:22:08.2639
2Ayrton SennaTeam Lotus1:22:23.7006
3Nigel MansellWilliams1:22:52.8434
4René ArnouxLigier1:23:23.4393
5Keke RosbergMcLarenOut of fuel2
6Alain ProstMcLarenOut of fuel1
7Derek WarwickBrabham+1 lap0
8Patrick TambayLola+1 lap0
9Alan JonesLola+2 laps0
10Gerhard BergerBenetton+2 laps0
11Stefan JohanssonFerrariBroken wing0
12Allen BergOsella+4 laps0
DNFChristian DannerArrowsTurbo0
NCHuub RothengatterZakspeed+6 laps0
DNFJonathan PalmerZakspeedEngine0
DNFMartin BrundleTyrrellElectrical0
DNFRiccardo PatreseBrabhamTurbo0
DNFAndrea de CesarisMinardiGearbox0
DNFAlessandro NanniniMinardiOverheating0
DNFJohnny DumfriesTeam LotusWater radiator0