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1986 International Formula 3000 Championship
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Motor racing competition
December 2025
1986 FIA International Formula 3000 Championship 1985 1987
The 1986 International Formula 3000 Championship was contested over an eleven-round series.Automobile Year, 1986/87, Pages 213-217 A total of 28 different teams, 71 different drivers, 7 different chassis and 2 different engines competed.
Drivers and teams
Team Chassis Engine No. Car number Drivers Rounds UK BS Automotive Lola T86/50 Cosworth 1 SWE Tomas Kaiser All 2 USA Ken Johnson 1-5 ITA Claudio Langes 6-11 3 UK Andrew Gilbert-Scott 1-10 ITA Gabriele Tarquini 11 UK Ralt Racing Ltd Ralt RT20 Honda 4 DEN John Nielsen All 5 JPN Satoru Nakajima 1-2, 5-9 NZL Mike Thackwell 3, 11 UK James Weaver 4, 10 UK Onyx Race Engineering March 86B Cosworth 6 ITA Emanuele Pirro All 7 CAN John Jones All 8 USA Cary Bren 1-4 South Africa 1928 Wayne Taylor 7 UK Russell Spence 8-11 FRA 1974 Oreca Motorsport March 86B Cosworth 9 FRA 1974 Philippe Alliot 1-6 FRA 1974 Pierre-Henri Raphanel 7-11 10 FRA 1974 Michel Ferté All 11 FRA 1974 Pierre-Henri Raphanel 1-6 FRA 1974 Cathy Muller 8, 11 FRA 1974 Alain Ferté 9 FRA 1974 Yannick Dalmas 10 ITA ITI 3000 March 86B Cosworth 12 ITA Lamberto Leoni 1-8 ITA Beppe Gabbiani 10 SUI Marzio Romano 11 14 ITA Franco Scapini 1-5 March 85B ITA Aldo Bertuzzi 10-11 March 86B 15 FRA 1974 Alain Ferté 1-7 ITA Guido Daccò 8-11 UK Bromley Motorsport with Rial Ralt RT20 Cosworth 16 GER Volker Weidler 1-4, 6-8 UK Bromley Motorsport BRA Roberto Moreno 9 ITA San Remo Racing March 86B Cosworth 17 ITA Claudio Antonioli 1-4 SUI Franco Forini 5-9 ITA Alessandro Santin 10-11 18 ITA Guido Dacco 1 ITA Gianfranco Tacchino 9 March 85B 2-7 ITA Oscar Pedersoli 8 ITA Paolo Barilla 10 UK Andrew Gilbert-Scott 11 UK Lola Motorsport Lola T86/50 Cosworth 19 FRA 1974 Pascal Fabre 1-9 ESP Adrián Campos 10-11 20 ITA Alessandro Santin 1-4, 6 ITA Marco Lucchinelli 5 ITA Franco Scapini 7-8 CHI Eliseo Salazar 9-11 UK Eddie Jordan Racing March 86B Cosworth 21 UK Russell Spence 1-7 UK Kenny Acheson 8 IRL Tommy Byrne 9 NED Jan Lammers 10 SUI Bernard Santal 11 22 BEL Thierry Tassin 1 AUT Pierre Chauvet 2-6, 8, 10-11 ITA Alessandro Santin 7 USA Ross Cheever 9 GBR Colin Bennet Racing March 86B Cosworth 23 USA Jeff MacPherson 1-7 GBR Tim Davies 9 IRL Marc Galvin 10 NED Cor Euser 11 SUI Horag Hotz Racing Lola T86/50 Cosworth 24 NZL Mike Thackwell 1 ITA Guido Daccò 2 FRA 1974 Cathy Muller 3-7 SWI Bernard Santal 8 SWI Gregor Foitek 11 GBR West Surrey Racing March 86B Cosworth 26 BRA Maurício Gugelmin All ITA Arno International March 85B Cosworth 27 SWI Mario Hytten 1-3 Ralt RT20 7-9, 11 GER Bertram Schäfer Racing March 85B Cosworth 28 GER Altfrid Heger 1-3, 5 March 86B 4 Ralt RT20 6-11 ITA Équipe Dollop March 85B Cosworth 30 SUI Jean-Pierre Frey 1-7, 9 March 86B 8, 10-11 March 85B 31 FRA 1974 Marcel Tarrés 3 ITA Aldo Bertuzzi 5-6 50 FRA 1974 Marcel Tarrés 9 GBR Roni Motorsport March 85B Cosworth 32 SWE Steven Andskär 1, 4, 6, 8, 10 GBR GEM Motorsport Lola T86/50 Cosworth 33 GBR Gary Evans All ITA Coloni Racing March 85B Cosworth 34 ITA Gabriele Tarquini 2-10 35 SWI Franco Forini 2 ITA Guido Daccò 5-6 ITA Nicola Larini 7 ITA Alessandro Santin 8-9 ITA Nicola Tesini 10-11 ITA Genoa Racing March 86B Cosworth 36 ITA Ivan Capelli All GBR RAM Motorsport RAM 04 Cosworth 39 GBR James Weaver 1 CHI Eliseo Salazar 2-7 ITA Pavesi Racing Ralt RT20 Cosworth 40 SPA Luis Pérez-Sala All Ralt RB20 41 ITA Pierluigi Martini 1-4 Ralt RT20 5-11 GBR Peter Gethin Racing March 86B Cosworth 42 SPA Adrián Campos 1-7 SPA Alfonso de Vinuesa 11 43 GBR Dave Scott 9 FRA 1974 Cathy Muller 10 ITA EuroVenturini March 86B Cosworth 44 FIN Jari Nurminen All GBR Roger Cowman Racing March 85B Cosworth 45 NED Cor Euser 1 SUI Formula Team Ltd Lola T86/50 Cosworth 46 FRA 1974 Dominique Delestre 1 ITA Guido Daccò 4 ITA Alessandro Santin 5 FRA 1974 Olivier Grouillard 6, 8-9, 11 NZL Mike Thackwell 7 SWI Benoît Morand 10 ITA Minardi Team Adolfo Minardi M3085 Cosworth 47 ITA Aldo Bertuzzi 2-3 ITA Bruno Corradi 8 FRA 1974 Équipe Danielson AGS JH20B Cosworth 48 FRA 1974 Richard Dallest 3-5, 10 49 FRA 1974 Alain Ferté 10-11 ITA Giorgio Cajelli Racing March 85B Cosworth 51 ITA Guido Daccò 7 MON Écurie Monaco Monte Carlo MC001 Cosworth 51 ITA Fulvio Ballabio 5Sources:FIA Formula 3000 Int. Championship - 1986: Entrylist https://www.speedsport-magazine.com/motorsport/formula-level2/gp2-series-formula-3000/1986-entrylist.html Speedsport Magazine 30 December 2023F3000 International Championship Entry List 1986 https://motorsportstats.com/series/f3000-international-championship/summary/1986 Motorsport Stats 30 December 2023
Calendar
Round RacePeter Higham, The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing, 1995, Pages 86-87 Circuit Date Laps Distance Time Speed Pole position Fastest lap Winner 1 Daily Express International Trophy GBR Silverstone Circuit 13 April 12+12 4.719=113.256 km 0'35:33.97 193.062 km/h FRA 1974 Pascal Fabre FRA 1974 Pascal Fabre FRA 1974 Pascal Fabre 2 Gran Premio di Roma ITA ACI Vallelunga Circuit 4 May 64 3.2=204.8 km 1'14:24.22 165.153 km/h ITA Ivan Capelli ITA Ivan Capelli ITA Ivan Capelli 3 Pau Grand Prix FRA 1974 Pau Grand Prix 19 May 73 2.76=201.48 km 1'31:17.92 132.409 km/h ITA Emanuele Pirro ITA Emanuele Pirro NZL Mike Thackwell 4 Grand Prix de Belgique Formule 3000 BEL Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 24 May 28 6.949=194.572 km 1'02:03.562 187.872 km/h FRA 1974 Philippe Alliot DNK John Nielsen FRA 1974 Philippe Alliot 5 Trofeo Elio de Angelis ITA Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 8 June 39 5.04=196.56 km 1.05:48.56 179.209 km/h ITA Ivan Capelli FRA 1974 Michel Ferté ITA Pierluigi Martini 6 Euro Mugello ITA Mugello Circuit 29 June 38 5.245=199.31 km 1'10:48.43 168.890 km/h ITA Pierluigi Martini ITA Pierluigi Martini ITA Pierluigi Martini 7 Gran Premio del Mediterraneo ITA Autodromo di Pergusa 20 July 40 4.95=198.0 km 1'01:42.72 192.507 km/h ITA Ivan Capelli NZL Mike Thackwell ESP Luis Pérez-Sala 8 Österreichring F3000 AUT Österreichring 16 August 34 5.942=202.028 km 0'58:47.530 206.178 km/h DNK John Nielsen DNK John Nielsen ITA Ivan Capelli 9 Halfords Birmingham Superprix GBR Birmingham 25 August 24 3.975=95.4 km 0'42:24.40 134.979 km/h ITA Pierluigi Martini CHL Eliseo Salazar ESP Luis Pérez-Sala 10 Le Mans F3000 FRA 1974 Bugatti Circuit 28 September 47 4.24=199.28 km 1'30:36.4 170.141 km/h ITA Emanuele Pirro ITA Emanuele Pirro ITA Emanuele Pirro 11 Jarama F3000 ESP Circuito del Jarama 5 October 42+16 3.312=192.096 km 1'18:05.49 147.593 km/h ITA Emanuele Pirro FRA 1974 Michel Ferté ITA Pierluigi MartiniSource:F3000 International Championship Results 1986 https://motorsportstats.com/series/f3000-international-championship/results/1986 Motorsport Stats 30 December 2023
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.https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1986-jarama-f3000 1986 Jarama F3000 - FIA International F3000 Championship motorsportmagazine.com February 13, 2018
Championship standings
Scoring system
Points are awarded to the top 6 classified finishers.FIA Formula 3000 Int. Championship - Season 1986: Points standings https://www.speedsport-magazine.com/motorsport/formula-level2/gp2-series-formula-3000/1986-points.html Speedsport Magazine 30 December 2023
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th Points 9 6 4 3 2 1
Final point standings
Pos Driver SIL‡GBR VLLITA PAUFRA 1974 SPABEL IMOITA MUGITA PERITA ÖSTAUT BIR‡GBR BUGFRA 1974 JARESP Pts 1 ITA Ivan Capelli Ret 1 Ret 3 2 3 Ret 1 Ret 4 4 38 2 ITA Pierluigi Martini 19 10 DNQ 11 1 1 2 7 2 Ret 1 36 3 ITA Emanuele Pirro 2 3 2 19 Ret 6 13 Ret Ret 1 2 29 4 ESP Luis Pérez-Sala 12 Ret 5 4 5 DNQ 1 5 1 5 8 24.5 5 FRA 1974 Michel Ferté 9 12 3 5 12 2 12 Ret 3 2 3 24 6 DEN John Nielsen 3 Ret Ret 2 Ret Ret 6 2 11 7 5 17 7 FRA 1974 Pascal Fabre 1 2 Ret 9 10 Ret 3 Ret 5 15.5 8 NZL Mike Thackwell 4 1 9 Ret 10.5 9 FRA 1974 Philippe Alliot Ret 8 Ret 1 13 Ret 9 10 ITA Gabriele Tarquini 13 Ret 8 4 Ret Ret 3 13 Ret 14 7 11 JPN Satoru Nakajima Ret 5 8 5 10 4 8 7 12 FRA 1974 Pierre-Henri Raphanel Ret 14 Ret 6 15 8 7 12 Ret 3 15 5 13 FRA 1974 Alain Ferté 13 Ret Ret 14 3 7 18 Ret Ret Ret 4 14 SWE Tomas Kaiser 5 18 Ret 12 Ret 11 4 Ret 9 13 10 4 15 BRA Maurício Gugelmin 14 4 DNS 7 Ret DNQ Ret 8 14 9 6 4 16 FRA 1974 Olivier Grouillard 4 6 Ret 9 4 17 FRA 1974 Richard Dallest 4 13 DNQ Ret 3 18 ITA Claudio Langes 9 5 Ret Ret 6 12 3 19 CHI Eliseo Salazar 11 DNQ 21 Ret DNQ DNQ 4 12 Ret 1.5 20 ITA Alessandro Santin 6 6 Ret 10 7 Ret 8 17 12 Ret Ret 1.5 21 CAN John Jones 20 DNQ 6 22 DNQ 12 11 14 7 15 11 1 22 SUI Franco Forini DNQ 6 14 DNQ DNQ DNQ 1 23 GBR Russell Spence 18 DNQ Ret 15 Ret DNQ Ret 11 6 10 Ret 0.5 24 FRG Volker Weidler 10 7 Ret DNQ 16 DNQ 9 0 25 ITA Lamberto Leoni 11 Ret 7 Ret 9 DNQ 15 DNS 0 26 GBR Gary Evans 7 16 DNQ 20 DNQ 10 10 10 16 DNQ Ret 0 27 ESP Adrián Campos 16 DNQ Ret DNQ Ret DNS DNQ Ret 7 0 28 USA Jeff MacPherson 8 DNQ DNQ DNQ Ret Ret 14 0 29 GBR James Weaver DNQ Ret 8 0 30 USA Ken Johnson Ret 9 DNQ 18 DNQ 0 31 BRA Roberto Moreno 10 0 32 ITA Marco Lucchinelli 11 0 33 NED Jan Lammers 11 0 34 FRG Altfrid Heger 23 DNQ DNQ DNS Ret 13 DNQ DNQ Ret Ret 13 0 35 ITA Franco Scapini 17 Ret DNQ DNQ DNQ Ret 13 0 36 ITA Guido Daccò DNQ 15 DNQ 14 DNQ 16 16 DNQ 16 DNQ 0 37 AUT Pierre Chauvet Ret DNQ Ret Ret 18 DNQ 14 Ret 0 38 GBR Andrew Gilbert-Scott Ret Ret DNQ 16 DNQ 15 17 DNQ 17 Ret Ret 0 39 SUI Mario Hytten 15 Ret DNS DNQ Ret DNQ DNQ 0 40 FIN Jari Nurminen Ret DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 15 DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 41 IRL Tommy Byrne 15 0 42 FRA 1974 Cathy Muller DNQ 17 Ret 17 DNQ DNQ 17 DNQ 0 43 ITA Claudio Antonioli DNQ 17 DNQ DNQ 0 44 ITA Gianfranco Tacchino DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ Ret 19 DNQ 0 45 USA Cary Bren 21 DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 46 BEL Thierry Tassin 22 0 FRA 1974 Marcel Tarrés DNQ Ret DNQ SUI Bernard Santal Ret DNQ NED Cor Euser DNQ Ret FRA 1974 Dominique Delestre Ret ITA Nicola Larini Ret GBR Kenny Acheson Ret GBR Tim Davies Ret FRA 1974 Yannick Dalmas Ret ESP Alfonso de Vinuesa Ret SUI Gregor Foitek Ret SUI Jean-Pierre Frey DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ ITA Aldo Bertuzzi DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ SWE Steven Andskär DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ ITA Nicola Tesini DNQ DNQ ITA Fulvio Ballabio DNQ South Africa 1928 Wayne Taylor DNQ ITA Oscar Pedersoli DNQ ITA Bruno Corradi DNQ GBR Dave Scott DNQ USA Ross Cheever DNQ ITA Beppe Gabbiani DNQ SUI Benoît Morand DNQ IRL Marc Galvin DNQ ITA Paolo Barilla DNQ SUI Marzio Romano DNQ Pos Driver SILGBR VALITA PAUFRA 1974 SPABEL IMOITA MUGITA PERITA ÖSTAUT BIRGBR BUGFRA 1974 JARESP PtsSources:F3000 International Championship Standings 1986 https://motorsportstats.com/series/f3000-international-championship/standings/1986 Motorsport Stats 30 December 2023FIA Formula 3000 Int. Championship - Season 1986: Results https://www.speedsport-magazine.com/motorsport/formula-level2/gp2-series-formula-3000/1986-results.html Speedsport Magazine 30 December 20231986 FIA International F3000 Championship https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/championships/1986-fia-international-f3000-championship/ Motor Sport 30 December 2023
Notes
Results in bold indicate pole position.
Results in italics indicate fastest lap.
References
International Formula 3000
Category:International Formula 3000 seasons