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.

1986 FIA International Formula 3000 Championship

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Drivers and teams

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

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

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

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

• Results in bold indicate pole position.
• Results in italics indicate fastest lap.

References

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.