Nigel Mansell 1986 Drivers' Championship
The 1986 Formula One World Drivers' Champion with Williams Racing.
Nigel Mansell won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1986 with Williams.
Quick Facts
- Champion
- Alain Prost
- Team
- Williams Racing
- Car model
- FW11
- Engine supplier
- Honda
- Points scored
- 72
- Wins
- 6
- Season result
- 2nd in Drivers' Championship
Lore & Background
Mansell's 1986 title was the third World Drivers' Championship won by a Williams car; Williams' previous Drivers' Champions were Alan Jones (1980) and Keke Rosberg (1982).
Reader's Guide
Mansell won 31 Grands Prix across 15 seasons in Formula One. He remains the only driver to have simultaneously held both the World Drivers' Championship and the American open-wheel National Championship.
Did You Know?
- Mansell won the IndyCar World Series in 1993 with Newman/Haas Racing.
- He was the reigning F1 champion when he moved to CART, becoming the first person to win the CART title in his debut season.
- He held the record for the most pole positions set in a single season, which was broken in a later year by Sebastian Vettel.
- He was the last Formula One driver to win a Grand Prix over the age of 40 until Lewis Hamilton's win at the 2026 Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix.
More in Championships & Records
1981 Drivers' Championship (Alan Jones)1993 Drivers' Championship (Alain Prost)1992 Constructors' ChampionshipNigel Mansell's 5 Pole Positions (1987)Damon Hill's First Race Win (1993 Hungarian GP)1998 Drivers' Championship (Jacques Villeneuve)Alain Prost's 4 World Titles with WilliamsNigel Mansell 1992 Drivers' ChampionshipDamon Hill 1996 Drivers' ChampionshipCarlos Reutemann 1979 First VictoryPatrick Head Technical Director TenureNigel Mansell Pole Position Record
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