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1986 / PROST

A scrolling recap of 1986 in six acts. The champion, the constructor, the bump chart, and the race-by-race podiums.

ACT 1 CUMULATIVE TRAJECTORY

The points reel out, race after race.

Every line is a driver's running championship total. The heaviest three at the top are the ones who mattered. Alain Prost closed the year on 72 points, a 2-point gap over P2.

DATA TABLE · CUMULATIVE POINTS

Cumulative points by driver and round for 1986
DRIVER	R01	R02	R03	R04	R05	R06	R07	R08	R09	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14	R15	R16
Alain Prost	0	4	13	22	23	29	33	39	43	44	44	53	53	59	64	72
Nigel Mansell	0	6	6	9	18	27	29	38	47	51	55	55	61	70	70	70
Nelson Piquet	9	9	15	15	15	19	19	23	29	38	47	47	56	60	63	69
Ayrton Senna	6	15	15	19	25	27	36	36	36	42	48	48	48	51	55	55
Stefan Johansson	0	0	3	3	7	7	7	7	7	7	10	14	18	19	19	23
Keke Rosberg	0	3	5	11	11	14	14	17	17	19	19	19	22	22	22	22
Gerhard Berger	1	2	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	8	8	17	17
Jacques Laffite	4	4	4	5	7	7	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Michele Alboreto	0	0	0	0	3	3	6	6	6	6	6	12	12	14	14	14
René Arnoux	3	3	3	5	5	6	6	8	11	14	14	14	14	14	14	14

ACT 2 CONSTRUCTORS

Two-car teams, one trophy.

The constructors' championship is a different game — both cars score. A team can win it with consistent doubles even when neither driver leads the standings. Williams–Honda ended on 141 points.

DATA

Constructor championship standings for 1986
POS	CONSTRUCTOR	PTS
P1	WILLIAMS–HONDA	141
P2	MCLAREN–TAG	96
P3	LOTUS–RENAULT	58
P4	FERRARI	37
P5	LIGIER–RENAULT	29
P6	BENETTON–BMW	19
P7	TYRRELL–RENAULT	11
P8	LOLA–FORD	6
P9	BRABHAM–BMW	2
P10	ARROWS–BMW	1

ACT 3 STANDINGS BUMP

Position by position, week to week.

Cumulative points hide where the order actually changed. The bump chart ranks every driver after each race — every crossing of lines is somebody passing somebody in the table.

DRIVER TRACES · TAP TO ISOLATE

DATA TABLE · OFFICIAL RANK BY ROUND

Official championship rank by driver and round for 1986
DRIVER	R01	R02	R03	R04	R05	R06	R07	R08	R09	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14	R15	R16
Alain Prost	—	P4	P3	P1	P2	P1	P2	P1	P2	P2	P4	P2	P3	P3	P2	P1
Nigel Mansell	—	P3	P4	P5	P3	P2	P3	P2	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P2
Nelson Piquet	P1	P2	P1	P3	P4	P4	P4	P4	P4	P4	P3	P4	P2	P2	P3	P3
Ayrton Senna	P2	P1	P1	P2	P1	P3	P1	P3	P3	P3	P2	P3	P4	P4	P4	P4
Stefan Johansson	—	—	P8	P9	P6	P6	P7	P8	P8	P8	P8	P7	P6	P6	P6	P5
Keke Rosberg	—	P6	P6	P4	P5	P5	P5	P5	P5	P5	P5	P5	P5	P5	P5	P6
Gerhard Berger	P6	P10	P5	P6	P8	P8	P8	P9	P9	P9	P9	P10	P10	P10	P7	P7
Jacques Laffite	P3	P4	P7	P7	P7	P7	P6	P6	P6	P6	P6	P6	P7	P7	P8	P8
Michele Alboreto	—	—	—	—	P10	P10	P9	P10	P10	P10	P10	P9	P9	P8	P9	P9
René Arnoux	P4	P6	P8	P8	P9	P9	P10	P7	P7	P7	P7	P8	P8	P9	P10	P10
Martin Brundle	P5	P8	P10	P10	P11	P11	P11	P11	P11	P11	P11	P11	P11	P11	P11	P11
Alan Jones	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	P12	P12	P12	P12	P12
Johnny Dumfries	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	P12	P13	P13	P13	P13	P13
Philippe Streiff	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	P14	P14	P15	P17	P17	P17	P17	P13
Patrick Tambay	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	P13	P13	P13	P13	P15

ACT 4 RACE-BY-RACE

9 drivers stood on a podium.

5 different drivers won a race. Tap any chip to pin a driver's appearances across the calendar — the matching tiles light up. Empty bars mean a race where the chosen driver missed the top three.

PODIUM DRIVERS

R01 BRAZIL

1 PIQUET

2 SENNA

3 LAFFITE

R02 SPAIN

1 SENNA

2 MANSELL

3 PROST

R03 SAN MARI

1 PROST

2 PIQUET

3 BERGER

R04 MONACO

1 PROST

2 ROSBERG

3 SENNA

R05 BELGIUM

1 MANSELL

2 SENNA

3 JOHANSSON

R06 CANADA

1 MANSELL

2 PROST

3 PIQUET

R07 DETROIT

1 SENNA

2 LAFFITE

3 PROST

R08 FRANCE

1 MANSELL

2 PROST

3 PIQUET

R09 GREAT BR

1 MANSELL

2 PIQUET

3 PROST

R10 GERMANY

1 PIQUET

2 SENNA

3 MANSELL

R11 HUNGARY

1 PIQUET

2 SENNA

3 MANSELL

R12 AUSTRIA

1 PROST

2 ALBORETO

3 JOHANSSON

R13 ITALY

1 PIQUET

2 MANSELL

3 JOHANSSON

R14 PORTUGAL

1 MANSELL

2 PROST

3 PIQUET

R15 MEXICO

1 BERGER

2 PROST

3 SENNA

R16 AUSTRALI

1 PROST

2 PIQUET

3 JOHANSSON

DATA TABLE · RACE PODIUMS

Race-by-race podium finishers for 1986
ROUND	RACE	P1	P2	P3
R01 · Grande Prêmio do Brasil 1986	Grande Prêmio do Brasil 1986	PIQUET	SENNA	LAFFITE
R02 · Gran Premio Tio Pepe de España 1986	Gran Premio Tio Pepe de España 1986	SENNA	MANSELL	PROST
R03 · Gran Premio di San Marino 1986	Gran Premio di San Marino 1986	PROST	PIQUET	BERGER
R04 · Grand Prix de Monaco 1986	Grand Prix de Monaco 1986	PROST	ROSBERG	SENNA
R05 · 1986 Belgian Grand Prix	1986 Belgian Grand Prix	MANSELL	SENNA	JOHANSSON
R06 · Grand Prix Labatt du Canada 1986	Grand Prix Labatt du Canada 1986	MANSELL	PROST	PIQUET
R07 · 1986 Detroit Grand Prix	1986 Detroit Grand Prix	SENNA	LAFFITE	PROST
R08 · Grand Prix de France 1986	Grand Prix de France 1986	MANSELL	PROST	PIQUET
R09 · 1986 Shell Oils British Grand Prix	1986 Shell Oils British Grand Prix	MANSELL	PIQUET	PROST
R10 · Grosser Preis von Deutschland 1986	Grosser Preis von Deutschland 1986	PIQUET	SENNA	MANSELL
R11 · Magyar Nagydíj 1986	Magyar Nagydíj 1986	PIQUET	SENNA	MANSELL
R12 · Grosser Preis von Österreich 1986	Grosser Preis von Österreich 1986	PROST	ALBORETO	JOHANSSON
R13 · Gran Premio d'Italia 1986	Gran Premio d'Italia 1986	PIQUET	MANSELL	JOHANSSON
R14 · Grande Prémio de Portugal 1986	Grande Prémio de Portugal 1986	MANSELL	PROST	PIQUET
R15 · Gran Premio de México 1986	Gran Premio de México 1986	BERGER	PROST	SENNA
R16 · 1986 Foster's Australian Grand Prix	1986 Foster's Australian Grand Prix	PROST	PIQUET	JOHANSSON

EPILOGUE BY THE NUMBERS

The year in five numbers.

ROUNDS

16

DRIVERS

19

WINNERS

5

PODIUM·DRIVERS

9

POINTS·SHARED

396

CHAMPION

Alain Prost

72 PTS · 4 WINS

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