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

Team	Chassis	Engine	No.	Drivers	Rounds
BS Automotive	Lola T86/50	Cosworth	1	Tomas Kaiser	All
			2	Ken Johnson	1-5
			2	Claudio Langes	6-11
			3	Andrew Gilbert-Scott	1-10
			3	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
			9	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		14	Aldo Bertuzzi	10-11
	March 86B		15	Alain Ferté	1-7
	March 86B		15	Guido Daccò	8-11
Bromley Motorsport with Rial	Ralt RT20	Cosworth	16	Volker Weidler	1-4, 6-8
Bromley Motorsport	Ralt RT20	Cosworth	16	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			Gianfranco Tacchino	2-7
				Oscar Pedersoli	8
				Paolo Barilla	10
				Andrew Gilbert-Scott	11
Lola Motorsport	Lola T86/50	Cosworth	19	Pascal Fabre	1-9
			19	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
Arno International	Ralt RT20	Cosworth	27	Mario Hytten	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		30	Jean-Pierre Frey	8, 10-11
	March 85B		31	Marcel Tarrés	3
			31	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
RAM Motorsport	RAM 04	Cosworth	39	Eliseo Salazar	2-7
Pavesi Racing	Ralt RT20	Cosworth	40	Luis Pérez-Sala	All
	Ralt RB20		41	Pierluigi Martini	1-4
	Ralt RT20		41	Pierluigi Martini	5-11
Peter Gethin Racing	March 86B	Cosworth	42	Adrián Campos	1-7
			42	Alfonso de Vinuesa	11
			43	Dave Scott	9
			43	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
Minardi Team Adolfo	Minardi M3085	Cosworth	47	Bruno Corradi	8
Équipe Danielson	AGS JH20B	Cosworth	48	Richard Dallest	3-5, 10
Équipe Danielson	AGS JH20B	Cosworth	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
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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

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

[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.

[Guinness-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.

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