1986 International Formula 3000 Championship

The 1986 International Formula 3000 Championship was contested over an eleven-round series.[1] A total of 28 different teams, 71 different drivers, 7 different chassis and 2 different engines competed.

Drivers and teams

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Team Chassis Engine No. Drivers Rounds
  BS Automotive Lola T86/50 Cosworth 1   Tomas Kaiser All
2   Ken Johnson 1-5
  Claudio Langes 6-11
3   Andrew Gilbert-Scott 1-10
  Gabriele Tarquini 11
  Ralt Racing Ltd Ralt RT20 Honda 4   John Nielsen All
5   Satoru Nakajima 1-2, 5-9
  Mike Thackwell 3, 11
  James Weaver 4, 10
  Onyx Race Engineering March 86B Cosworth 6   Emanuele Pirro All
7   John Jones All
8   Cary Bren 1-4
  Wayne Taylor 7
  Russell Spence 8-11
  Oreca Motorsport March 86B Cosworth 9   Philippe Alliot 1-6
  Pierre-Henri Raphanel 7-11
10   Michel Ferté All
11   Pierre-Henri Raphanel 1-6
  Cathy Muller 8, 11
  Alain Ferté 9
  Yannick Dalmas 10
  ITI 3000 March 86B Cosworth 12   Lamberto Leoni 1-8
  Beppe Gabbiani 10
  Marzio Romano 11
14   Franco Scapini 1-5
March 85B   Aldo Bertuzzi 10-11
March 86B 15   Alain Ferté 1-7
  Guido Daccò 8-11
  Bromley Motorsport with Rial Ralt RT20 Cosworth 16   Volker Weidler 1-4, 6-8
  Bromley Motorsport   Roberto Moreno 9
  San Remo Racing March 86B Cosworth 17   Claudio Antonioli 1-4
  Franco Forini 5-9
  Alessandro Santin 10-11
18   Guido Dacco 1
  Gianfranco Tacchino 9
March 85B 2-7
  Oscar Pedersoli 8
  Paolo Barilla 10
  Andrew Gilbert-Scott 11
  Lola Motorsport Lola T86/50 Cosworth 19   Pascal Fabre 1-9
  Adrian Campos 10-11
20   Alessandro Santin 1-4, 6
  Marco Lucchinelli 5
  Franco Scapini 7-8
  Eliseo Salazar 9-11
  Eddie Jordan Racing March 86B Cosworth 21   Russell Spence 1-7
  Kenny Acheson 8
  Tommy Byrne 9
  Jan Lammers 10
  Bernard Santal 11
22   Thierry Tassin 1
  Pierre Chauvet 2-6, 8, 10-11
  Alessandro Santin 7
  Ross Cheever 9
  Colin Bennet Racing March 86B Cosworth 23   Jeff MacPherson 1-7
  Tim Davies 9
  Marc Galvin 10
  Cor Euser 11
  Horag Hotz Racing Lola T86/50 Cosworth 24   Mike Thackwell 1
  Guido Daccò 2
  Cathy Muller 3-7
  Bernard Santal 8
  Gregor Foitek 11
  West Surrey Racing March 86B Cosworth 26   Maurício Gugelmin All
  Arno International March 85B Cosworth 27   Mario Hytten 1-3
Ralt RT20 7-9, 11
  Bertram Schäfer Racing March 85B Cosworth 28   Altfrid Heger 1-3, 5
March 86B 4
Ralt RT20 6-11
  Équipe Dollop March 85B Cosworth 30   Jean-Pierre Frey 1-7, 9
March 86B 8, 10-11
March 85B 31   Marcel Tarrés 3
  Aldo Bertuzzi 5-6
50   Marcel Tarrés 9
  Roni Motorsport March 85B Cosworth 32   Steven Andskär 1, 4, 6, 8, 10
  GEM Motorsport Lola T86/50 Cosworth 33   Gary Evans All
  Coloni Racing March 85B Cosworth 34   Gabriele Tarquini 2-10
35   Franco Forini 2
  Guido Daccò 5-6
  Nicola Larini 7
  Alessandro Santin 8-9
  Nicola Tesini 10-11
  Genoa Racing March 86B Cosworth 36   Ivan Capelli All
  RAM Motorsport RAM 04 Cosworth 39   James Weaver 1
  Eliseo Salazar 2-7
  Pavesi Racing Ralt RT20 Cosworth 40   Luis Pérez-Sala All
Ralt RB20 41   Pierluigi Martini 1-4
Ralt RT20 5-11
  Peter Gethin Racing March 86B Cosworth 42   Adrián Campos 1-7
  Alfonso de Vinuesa 11
43   Dave Scott 9
  Cathy Muller 10
  EuroVenturini March 86B Cosworth 44   Jari Nurminen All
  Roger Cowman Racing March 85B Cosworth 45   Cor Euser 1
  Formula Team Ltd Lola T86/50 Cosworth 46   Dominique Delestre 1
  Guido Daccò 4
  Alessandro Santin 5
  Olivier Grouillard 6, 8-9, 11
  Mike Thackwell 7
  Benoît Morand 10
  Minardi Team Adolfo Minardi M3085 Cosworth 47   Aldo Bertuzzi 2-3
  Bruno Corradi 8
  Équipe Danielson AGS JH20B Cosworth 48   Richard Dallest 3-5, 10
49   Alain Ferté 10-11
  Giorgio Cajelli Racing March 85B Cosworth 51   Guido Daccò 7
  Écurie Monaco Monte Carlo MRS1 Cosworth 51   Fulvio Ballabio 5
Sources:[2][3]

Calendar

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Round Race[4] Circuit Date Laps Distance Time Speed Pole Position Fastest Lap Winner
1 Daily Express International Trophy   Silverstone Circuit 13 April 12+12 4.719=113.256 km 0'35:33.97 193.062 km/h   Pascal Fabre   Pascal Fabre   Pascal Fabre
2 Gran Premio di Roma   ACI Vallelunga Circuit 4 May 64 3.2=204.8 km 1'14:24.22 165.153 km/h   Ivan Capelli   Ivan Capelli   Ivan Capelli
3 Pau Grand Prix   Pau Grand Prix 19 May 73 2.76=201.48 km 1'31:17.92 132.409 km/h   Emanuele Pirro   Emanuele Pirro   Mike Thackwell
4 Grand Prix de Belgique Formule 3000   Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 24 May 28 6.949=194.572 km 1'02:03.562 187.872 km/h   Philippe Alliot   John Nielsen   Philippe Alliot
5 Trofeo Elio de Angelis   Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 8 June 39 5.04=196.56 km 1.05:48.56 179.209 km/h   Ivan Capelli   Michel Ferté   Pierluigi Martini
6 Euro Mugello   Mugello Circuit 29 June 38 5.245=199.31 km 1'10:48.43 168.890 km/h   Pierluigi Martini   Pierluigi Martini   Pierluigi Martini
7 Gran Premio del Mediterraneo   Autodromo di Pergusa 20 July 40 4.95=198.0 km 1'01:42.72 192.507 km/h   Ivan Capelli   Mike Thackwell   Luis Pérez-Sala
8 Österreichring F3000   Österreichring 16 August 34 5.942=202.028 km 0'58:47.530 206.178 km/h   John Nielsen   John Nielsen   Ivan Capelli
9 Halfords Birmingham Superprix   Birmingham 25 August 24 3.975=95.4 km 0'42:24.40 134.979 km/h   Pierluigi Martini   Eliseo Salazar   Luis Pérez-Sala
10 Le Mans F3000   Bugatti Circuit 28 September 47 4.24=199.28 km 1'30:36.4 170.141 km/h   Emanuele Pirro   Emanuele Pirro   Emanuele Pirro
11 Jarama F3000   Circuito del Jarama 5 October 42+16 3.312=192.096 km 1'18:05.49 147.593 km/h   Emanuele Pirro   Michel Ferté   Pierluigi Martini
Source:[5]

Note:

Race 1 stopped and restarted and stopped again earlier due to an accident involving Dominique Delestre and Thierry Tassin. Only half-points were awarded.

Race 9 stopped earlier due to an accident involving Andrew Gilbert-Scott and Alain Ferté in heavy rain. Only half-points were awarded.

Race 11 stopped and restarted. Pierluigi Martini was disqualified from victory as his mechanics had worked on his car between starts. He was later reinstated as the winner.[6] [7]

Championship standings

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Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top 6 classified finishers.[8]

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th 
Points 9 6 4 3 2 1

Final point standings

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Pos Driver SIL
 
VAL
 
PAU
 
SPA
 
IMO
 
MUG
 
PER
 
ÖST
 
BIR
 
BUG
 
JAR
 
Pts
1   Ivan Capelli Ret 1 Ret 3 2 3 Ret 1 Ret 4 4 38
2   Pierluigi Martini 19 10 DNQ 11 1 1 2 7 2 Ret 1 36
3   Emanuele Pirro 2 3 2 19 Ret 6 13 Ret Ret 1 2 29
4   Luis Pérez-Sala 12 Ret 5 4 5 DNQ 1 5 1 5 8 24.5
5   Michel Ferté 9 12 3 5 12 2 12 Ret 3 2 3 24
6   John Nielsen 3 Ret Ret 2 Ret Ret 6 2 11 7 5 17
7   Pascal Fabre 1 2 Ret 9 10 Ret 3 Ret 5 15.5
8   Mike Thackwell 4 1 9 Ret 10.5
9   Philippe Alliot Ret 8 Ret 1 13 Ret 9
10   Gabriele Tarquini 13 Ret 8 4 Ret Ret 3 13 Ret 14 7
11   Satoru Nakajima Ret 5 8 5 10 4 8 7
12   Pierre-Henri Raphanel Ret 14 Ret 6 15 8 7 12 Ret 3 15 5
13   Alain Ferté 13 Ret Ret 14 3 7 18 Ret Ret Ret 4
14   Tomas Kaiser 5 18 Ret 12 Ret 11 4 Ret 9 13 10 4
15   Maurício Gugelmin 14 4 DNS 7 Ret DNQ Ret 8 14 9 6 4
16   Olivier Grouillard 4 6 Ret 9 4
17   Richard Dallest 4 13 DNQ Ret 3
18   Claudio Langes 9 5 Ret Ret 6 12 3
19   Eliseo Salazar 11 DNQ 21 Ret DNQ DNQ 4 12 Ret 1.5
20   Alessandro Santin 6 6 Ret 10 7 Ret 8 17 12 Ret Ret 1.5
21   John Jones 20 DNQ 6 22 DNQ 12 11 14 7 15 11 1
22   Franco Forini DNQ 6 14 DNQ DNQ DNQ 1
23   Russell Spence 18 DNQ Ret 15 Ret DNQ Ret 11 6 10 Ret 0.5
24   Volker Weidler 10 7 Ret DNQ 16 DNQ 9 0
25   Lamberto Leoni 11 Ret 7 Ret 9 DNQ 15 DNS 0
26   Gary Evans 7 16 DNQ 20 DNQ 10 10 10 16 DNQ Ret 0
27   Adrian Campos 16 DNQ Ret DNQ Ret DNS DNQ Ret 7 0
28   Jeff MacPherson 8 DNQ DNQ DNQ Ret Ret 14 0
29   James Weaver DNQ Ret 8 0
30   Ken Johnson Ret 9 DNQ 18 DNQ 0
31   Roberto Moreno 10 0
32   Marco Lucchinelli 11 0
33   Jan Lammers 11 0
34   Altfrid Heger 23 DNQ DNQ DNS Ret 13 DNQ DNQ Ret Ret 13 0
35   Franco Scapini 17 Ret DNQ DNQ DNQ Ret 13 0
36   Guido Daccò DNQ 15 DNQ 14 DNQ 16 16 DNQ 16 DNQ 0
37   Pierre Chauvet Ret DNQ Ret Ret 18 DNQ 14 Ret 0
38   Andrew Gilbert-Scott Ret Ret DNQ 16 DNQ 15 17 DNQ 17 Ret Ret 0
39   Mario Hytten 15 Ret DNS DNQ Ret DNQ DNQ 0
40   Jari Nurminen Ret DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 15 DNQ DNQ DNQ 0
41   Tommy Byrne 15 0
42   Cathy Muller DNQ 17 Ret 17 DNQ DNQ 17 DNQ 0
43   Claudio Antonioli DNQ 17 DNQ DNQ 0
44   Gianfranco Tacchino DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ Ret 19 DNQ 0
45   Cary Bren 21 DNQ DNQ DNQ 0
46   Thierry Tassin 22 0
  Marcel Tarrés DNQ Ret DNQ
  Bernard Santal Ret DNQ
  Cor Euser DNQ Ret
  Dominique Delestre Ret
  Nicola Larini Ret
  Kenny Acheson Ret
  Tim Davies Ret
  Yannick Dalmas Ret
  Alfonso de Vinuesa Ret
  Gregor Foitek Ret
  Jean-Pierre Frey DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
  Aldo Bertuzzi DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
  Steven Andskär DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
  Nicola Tesini DNQ DNQ
  Fulvio Ballabio DNQ
  Wayne Taylor DNQ
  Oscar Pedersoli DNQ
  Bruno Corradi DNQ
  Dave Scott DNQ
  Ross Cheever DNQ
  Beppe Gabbiani DNQ
  Benoît Morand DNQ
  Marc Galvin DNQ
  Paolo Barilla DNQ
  Marzio Romano DNQ
Pos Driver SIL
 
VAL
 
PAU
 
SPA
 
IMO
 
MUG
 
PER
 
ÖST
 
BIR
 
BUG
 
JAR
 
Pts
Sources:[9][10][11]
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ Automobile Year, 1986/87, Pages 213-217
  2. ^ "FIA Formula 3000 Int. Championship - 1986: Entrylist". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  3. ^ "F3000 International Championship Entry List 1986". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  4. ^ Peter Higham, The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing, 1995, Pages 86-87
  5. ^ "F3000 International Championship Results 1986". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  6. ^ "1986 Jarama F3000 - FIA International F3000 Championship". motorsportmagazine.com. Retrieved February 13, 2018.
  7. ^ "F3000 at Jarama". tentenths.com. Retrieved February 13, 2018.
  8. ^ "FIA Formula 3000 Int. Championship - Season 1986: Points standings". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  9. ^ "F3000 International Championship Standings 1986". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  10. ^ "FIA Formula 3000 Int. Championship - Season 1986: Results". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  11. ^ "1986 FIA International F3000 Championship". Motor Sport. Retrieved 30 December 2023.