# 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 |
| BS Automotive | Lola T86/50 | Cosworth | 1 | Tomas Kaiser | All |
| BS Automotive | Lola T86/50 | Cosworth | 2 | Ken Johnson | 1-5 |
| BS Automotive | Lola T86/50 | Cosworth | 2 | Claudio Langes | 6-11 |
| BS Automotive | Lola T86/50 | Cosworth | 3 | Andrew Gilbert-Scott | 1-10 |
| BS Automotive | Lola T86/50 | Cosworth | 3 | Gabriele Tarquini | 11 |
| Ralt Racing Ltd | Ralt RT20 | Honda | 4 | John Nielsen | All |
| Ralt Racing Ltd | Ralt RT20 | Honda | 5 | Satoru Nakajima | 1-2, 5-9 |
| Ralt Racing Ltd | Ralt RT20 | Honda | 5 | Mike Thackwell | 3, 11 |
| Ralt Racing Ltd | Ralt RT20 | Honda | 5 | James Weaver | 4, 10 |
| Onyx Race Engineering | March 86B | Cosworth | 6 | Emanuele Pirro | All |
| Onyx Race Engineering | March 86B | Cosworth | 7 | John Jones | All |
| Onyx Race Engineering | March 86B | Cosworth | 8 | Cary Bren | 1-4 |
| Onyx Race Engineering | March 86B | Cosworth | 8 | Wayne Taylor | 7 |
| Onyx Race Engineering | March 86B | Cosworth | 8 | Russell Spence | 8-11 |
| Oreca Motorsport | March 86B | Cosworth | 9 | Philippe Alliot | 1-6 |
| Oreca Motorsport | March 86B | Cosworth | 9 | Pierre-Henri Raphanel | 7-11 |
| Oreca Motorsport | March 86B | Cosworth | 10 | Michel Ferté | All |
| Oreca Motorsport | March 86B | Cosworth | 11 | Pierre-Henri Raphanel | 1-6 |
| Oreca Motorsport | March 86B | Cosworth | 11 | Cathy Muller | 8, 11 |
| Oreca Motorsport | March 86B | Cosworth | 11 | Alain Ferté | 9 |
| Oreca Motorsport | March 86B | Cosworth | 11 | Yannick Dalmas | 10 |
| ITI 3000 | March 86B | Cosworth | 12 | Lamberto Leoni | 1-8 |
| ITI 3000 | March 86B | Cosworth | 12 | Beppe Gabbiani | 10 |
| ITI 3000 | March 86B | Cosworth | 12 | Marzio Romano | 11 |
| ITI 3000 | March 86B | Cosworth | 14 | Franco Scapini | 1-5 |
| ITI 3000 | March 85B | Cosworth | 14 | Aldo Bertuzzi | 10-11 |
| ITI 3000 | March 86B | Cosworth | 15 | Alain Ferté | 1-7 |
| ITI 3000 | March 86B | Cosworth | 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 |
| San Remo Racing | March 86B | Cosworth | 17 | Franco Forini | 5-9 |
| San Remo Racing | March 86B | Cosworth | 17 | Alessandro Santin | 10-11 |
| San Remo Racing | March 86B | Cosworth | 18 | Guido Dacco | 1 |
| San Remo Racing | March 86B | Cosworth | 18 | Gianfranco Tacchino | 9 |
| San Remo Racing | March 85B | Cosworth | 18 | Gianfranco Tacchino | 2-7 |
| San Remo Racing | March 85B | Cosworth | 18 | Oscar Pedersoli | 8 |
| San Remo Racing | March 85B | Cosworth | 18 | Paolo Barilla | 10 |
| San Remo Racing | March 85B | Cosworth | 18 | Andrew Gilbert-Scott | 11 |
| Lola Motorsport | Lola T86/50 | Cosworth | 19 | Pascal Fabre | 1-9 |
| Lola Motorsport | Lola T86/50 | Cosworth | 19 | Adrian Campos | 10-11 |
| Lola Motorsport | Lola T86/50 | Cosworth | 20 | Alessandro Santin | 1-4, 6 |
| Lola Motorsport | Lola T86/50 | Cosworth | 20 | Marco Lucchinelli | 5 |
| Lola Motorsport | Lola T86/50 | Cosworth | 20 | Franco Scapini | 7-8 |
| Lola Motorsport | Lola T86/50 | Cosworth | 20 | Eliseo Salazar | 9-11 |
| Eddie Jordan Racing | March 86B | Cosworth | 21 | Russell Spence | 1-7 |
| Eddie Jordan Racing | March 86B | Cosworth | 21 | Kenny Acheson | 8 |
| Eddie Jordan Racing | March 86B | Cosworth | 21 | Tommy Byrne | 9 |
| Eddie Jordan Racing | March 86B | Cosworth | 21 | Jan Lammers | 10 |
| Eddie Jordan Racing | March 86B | Cosworth | 21 | Bernard Santal | 11 |
| Eddie Jordan Racing | March 86B | Cosworth | 22 | Thierry Tassin | 1 |
| Eddie Jordan Racing | March 86B | Cosworth | 22 | Pierre Chauvet | 2-6, 8, 10-11 |
| Eddie Jordan Racing | March 86B | Cosworth | 22 | Alessandro Santin | 7 |
| Eddie Jordan Racing | March 86B | Cosworth | 22 | Ross Cheever | 9 |
| Colin Bennet Racing | March 86B | Cosworth | 23 | Jeff MacPherson | 1-7 |
| Colin Bennet Racing | March 86B | Cosworth | 23 | Tim Davies | 9 |
| Colin Bennet Racing | March 86B | Cosworth | 23 | Marc Galvin | 10 |
| Colin Bennet Racing | March 86B | Cosworth | 23 | Cor Euser | 11 |
| Horag Hotz Racing | Lola T86/50 | Cosworth | 24 | Mike Thackwell | 1 |
| Horag Hotz Racing | Lola T86/50 | Cosworth | 24 | Guido Daccò | 2 |
| Horag Hotz Racing | Lola T86/50 | Cosworth | 24 | Cathy Muller | 3-7 |
| Horag Hotz Racing | Lola T86/50 | Cosworth | 24 | Bernard Santal | 8 |
| Horag Hotz Racing | Lola T86/50 | Cosworth | 24 | 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 |
| Bertram Schäfer Racing | March 86B | Cosworth | 28 | Altfrid Heger | 4 |
| Bertram Schäfer Racing | Ralt RT20 | Cosworth | 28 | Altfrid Heger | 6-11 |
| Équipe Dollop | March 85B | Cosworth | 30 | Jean-Pierre Frey | 1-7, 9 |
| Équipe Dollop | March 86B | Cosworth | 30 | Jean-Pierre Frey | 8, 10-11 |
| Équipe Dollop | March 85B | Cosworth | 31 | Marcel Tarrés | 3 |
| Équipe Dollop | March 85B | Cosworth | 31 | Aldo Bertuzzi | 5-6 |
| Équipe Dollop | March 85B | Cosworth | 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 |
| Coloni Racing | March 85B | Cosworth | 35 | Franco Forini | 2 |
| Coloni Racing | March 85B | Cosworth | 35 | Guido Daccò | 5-6 |
| Coloni Racing | March 85B | Cosworth | 35 | Nicola Larini | 7 |
| Coloni Racing | March 85B | Cosworth | 35 | Alessandro Santin | 8-9 |
| Coloni Racing | March 85B | Cosworth | 35 | 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 |
| Pavesi Racing | Ralt RB20 | Cosworth | 41 | Pierluigi Martini | 1-4 |
| Pavesi Racing | Ralt RT20 | Cosworth | 41 | Pierluigi Martini | 5-11 |
| Peter Gethin Racing | March 86B | Cosworth | 42 | Adrián Campos | 1-7 |
| Peter Gethin Racing | March 86B | Cosworth | 42 | Alfonso de Vinuesa | 11 |
| Peter Gethin Racing | March 86B | Cosworth | 43 | Dave Scott | 9 |
| Peter Gethin Racing | March 86B | Cosworth | 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 |
| Formula Team Ltd | Lola T86/50 | Cosworth | 46 | Guido Daccò | 4 |
| Formula Team Ltd | Lola T86/50 | Cosworth | 46 | Alessandro Santin | 5 |
| Formula Team Ltd | Lola T86/50 | Cosworth | 46 | Olivier Grouillard | 6, 8-9, 11 |
| Formula Team Ltd | Lola T86/50 | Cosworth | 46 | Mike Thackwell | 7 |
| Formula Team Ltd | Lola T86/50 | Cosworth | 46 | 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 MC001 | Cosworth | 51 | Fulvio Ballabio | 5 |
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## Calendar

| Round | Race | 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 |
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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$^‡$ | VLL | 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 |
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| 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) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |