1986 International Formula 3000 Championship

The 1986 International Formula 3000 Championship was contested over an eleven-round series. 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
United Kingdom BS Automotive	Lola T86/50	Cosworth	1	Sweden Tomas Kaiser	All
2	United States Ken Johnson	1-5
Italy Claudio Langes	6-11
3	United Kingdom Andrew Gilbert-Scott	1-10
Italy Gabriele Tarquini	11
United Kingdom Ralt Racing Ltd	Ralt RT20	Honda	4	Denmark John Nielsen	All
5	Japan Satoru Nakajima	1-2, 5-9
New Zealand Mike Thackwell	3, 11
United Kingdom James Weaver	4, 10
United Kingdom Onyx Race Engineering	March 86B	Cosworth	6	Italy Emanuele Pirro	All
7	Canada John Jones	All
8	United States Cary Bren	1-4
South Africa Wayne Taylor	7
United Kingdom Russell Spence	8-11
France Oreca Motorsport	March 86B	Cosworth	9	France Philippe Alliot	1-6
France Pierre-Henri Raphanel	7-11
10	France Michel Ferté	All
11	France Pierre-Henri Raphanel	1-6
France Cathy Muller	8, 11
France Alain Ferté	9
France Yannick Dalmas	10
Italy ITI 3000	March 86B	Cosworth	12	Italy Lamberto Leoni	1-8
Italy Beppe Gabbiani	10
Switzerland Marzio Romano	11
14	Italy Franco Scapini	1-5
March 85B	Italy Aldo Bertuzzi	10-11
March 86B	15	France Alain Ferté	1-7
Italy Guido Daccò	8-11
United Kingdom Bromley Motorsport with Rial	Ralt RT20	Cosworth	16	Germany Volker Weidler	1-4, 6-8
United Kingdom Bromley Motorsport	Brazil Roberto Moreno	9
Italy San Remo Racing	March 86B	Cosworth	17	Italy Claudio Antonioli	1-4
Switzerland Franco Forini	5-9
Italy Alessandro Santin	10-11
18	Italy Guido Dacco	1
Italy Gianfranco Tacchino	9
March 85B	2-7
Italy Oscar Pedersoli	8
Italy Paolo Barilla	10
United Kingdom Andrew Gilbert-Scott	11
United Kingdom Lola Motorsport	Lola T86/50	Cosworth	19	France Pascal Fabre	1-9
Spain Adrián Campos	10-11
20	Italy Alessandro Santin	1-4, 6
Italy Marco Lucchinelli	5
Italy Franco Scapini	7-8
Chile Eliseo Salazar	9-11
United Kingdom Eddie Jordan Racing	March 86B	Cosworth	21	United Kingdom Russell Spence	1-7
United Kingdom Kenny Acheson	8
Republic of Ireland Tommy Byrne	9
Netherlands Jan Lammers	10
Switzerland Bernard Santal	11
22	Belgium Thierry Tassin	1
Austria Pierre Chauvet	2-6, 8, 10-11
Italy Alessandro Santin	7
United States Ross Cheever	9
United Kingdom Colin Bennet Racing	March 86B	Cosworth	23	United States Jeff MacPherson	1-7
United Kingdom Tim Davies	9
Republic of Ireland Marc Galvin	10
Netherlands Cor Euser	11
Switzerland Horag Hotz Racing	Lola T86/50	Cosworth	24	New Zealand Mike Thackwell	1
Italy Guido Daccò	2
France Cathy Muller	3-7
Switzerland Bernard Santal	8
Switzerland Gregor Foitek	11
United Kingdom West Surrey Racing	March 86B	Cosworth	26	Brazil Maurício Gugelmin	All
Italy Arno International	March 85B	Cosworth	27	Switzerland Mario Hytten	1-3
Ralt RT20	7-9, 11
Germany Bertram Schäfer Racing	March 85B	Cosworth	28	Germany Altfrid Heger	1-3, 5
March 86B	4
Ralt RT20	6-11
Italy Équipe Dollop	March 85B	Cosworth	30	Switzerland Jean-Pierre Frey	1-7, 9
March 86B	8, 10-11
March 85B	31	France Marcel Tarrés	3
Italy Aldo Bertuzzi	5-6
50	France Marcel Tarrés	9
United Kingdom Roni Motorsport	March 85B	Cosworth	32	Sweden Steven Andskär	1, 4, 6, 8, 10
United Kingdom GEM Motorsport	Lola T86/50	Cosworth	33	United Kingdom Gary Evans	All
Italy Coloni Racing	March 85B	Cosworth	34	Italy Gabriele Tarquini	2-10
35	Switzerland Franco Forini	2
Italy Guido Daccò	5-6
Italy Nicola Larini	7
Italy Alessandro Santin	8-9
Italy Nicola Tesini	10-11
Italy Genoa Racing	March 86B	Cosworth	36	Italy Ivan Capelli	All
United Kingdom RAM Motorsport	RAM 04	Cosworth	39	United Kingdom James Weaver	1
Chile Eliseo Salazar	2-7
Italy Pavesi Racing	Ralt RT20	Cosworth	40	Spain Luis Pérez-Sala	All
Ralt RB20	41	Italy Pierluigi Martini	1-4
Ralt RT20	5-11
United Kingdom Peter Gethin Racing	March 86B	Cosworth	42	Spain Adrián Campos	1-7
Spain Alfonso de Vinuesa	11
43	United Kingdom Dave Scott	9
France Cathy Muller	10
Italy EuroVenturini	March 86B	Cosworth	44	Finland Jari Nurminen	All
United Kingdom Roger Cowman Racing	March 85B	Cosworth	45	Netherlands Cor Euser	1
Switzerland Formula Team Ltd	Lola T86/50	Cosworth	46	France Dominique Delestre	1
Italy Guido Daccò	4
Italy Alessandro Santin	5
France Olivier Grouillard	6, 8-9, 11
New Zealand Mike Thackwell	7
Switzerland Benoît Morand	10
Italy Minardi Team Adolfo	Minardi M3085	Cosworth	47	Italy Aldo Bertuzzi	2-3
Italy Bruno Corradi	8
France Équipe Danielson	AGS JH20B	Cosworth	48	France Richard Dallest	3-5, 10
49	France Alain Ferté	10-11
Italy Giorgio Cajelli Racing	March 85B	Cosworth	51	Italy Guido Daccò	7
Monaco Écurie Monaco	Monte Carlo MC001	Cosworth	51	Italy Fulvio Ballabio	5
Sources:

Calendar

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

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.

Championship standings

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top 6 classified finishers.

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

Final point standings

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