Brands Hatch · 13 July 1986
Nigel Mansell won the 1986 British Grand Prix for Williams from 2nd on the grid, 5.574s ahead of Nelson Piquet. Jonathan Palmer gained the most places, from 22nd on the grid to 9th.
| Pos | Team | Points Breakdown | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Williams Mansell 9 + Piquet 6 | Mansell 9 + Piquet 6 | 15 | |
| 2 | McLaren Prost 4 + Rosberg 0 | Prost 4 + Rosberg 0 | 4 | |
| 3 | Ligier Arnoux 3 + Laffite 0 | Arnoux 3 + Laffite 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Tyrrell Brundle 2 + Streiff 1 | Brundle 2 + Streiff 1 | 3 | |
| 5 | Team Lotus Dumfries 0 + Senna 0 | Dumfries 0 + Senna 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | Brabham Warwick 0 + Patrese 0 | Warwick 0 + Patrese 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Zakspeed Palmer 0 + Rothengatter 0 | Palmer 0 + Rothengatter 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Arrows Boutsen 0 + Danner 0 | Boutsen 0 + Danner 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Lola Tambay 0 + Jones 0 | Tambay 0 + Jones 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Ferrari Alboreto 0 + Johansson 0 | Alboreto 0 + Johansson 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Minardi Nannini 0 + de Cesaris 0 | Nannini 0 + de Cesaris 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Benetton Fabi 0 + Berger 0 | Fabi 0 + Berger 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | Osella Ghinzani 0 + Berg 0 | Ghinzani 0 + Berg 0 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Race time / Gap | Laps | Stops | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigel Mansell Williams | Williams | 1:30:38.471 | 75 | — | 9 | |
| 2 | Nelson Piquet Williams | Williams | +5.574s | 75 | — | 6 | |
| 3 | Alain Prost McLaren | McLaren | +1 Lap | 74 | — | 4 | |
| 4 | René Arnoux Ligier | Ligier | +2 Laps | 73 | — | 3 | |
| 5 | Martin Brundle Tyrrell | Tyrrell | +3 Laps | 72 | — | 2 | |
| 6 | Philippe Streiff Tyrrell | Tyrrell | +3 Laps | 72 | — | 1 | |
| 7 | Johnny Dumfries Team Lotus | Team Lotus | +3 Laps | 72 | — | — | |
| 8 | Derek Warwick Brabham | Brabham | +3 Laps | 72 | — | — | |
| 9 | Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed | Zakspeed | +6 Laps | 69 | — | — | |
| NC | Thierry Boutsen Arrows | Arrows | NC | 62 | — | — | |
| DNF | Patrick Tambay Lola | Lola | DNF Gearbox | 60 | — | — | |
| DNF | Michele Alboreto Ferrari | Ferrari | DNF Turbo | 51 | — | — | |
| DNF | Alessandro Nannini Minardi | Minardi | DNF Steering | 50 | — | — | |
| DNF | Teo Fabi Benetton | Benetton | DNF Fuel system | 45 | — | — | |
| DNF | Riccardo Patrese Brabham | Brabham | DNF Engine | 39 | — | — | |
| DNF | Ayrton Senna Team Lotus | Team Lotus | DNF Gearbox | 27 | — | — | |
| DNF | Huub Rothengatter Zakspeed | Zakspeed | DNF Engine | 24 | — | — | |
| DNF | Andrea de Cesaris Minardi | Minardi | DNF Electrical | 23 | — | — | |
| DNF | Gerhard Berger Benetton | Benetton | DNF Electrical | 22 | — | — | |
| DNF | Alan Jones Lola | Lola | DNF Throttle | 22 | — | — | |
| DNF | Stefan Johansson Ferrari | Ferrari | DNF Engine | 20 | — | — | |
| DNF | Keke Rosberg McLaren | McLaren | DNF Gearbox | 7 | — | — | |
| DNF | Jacques Laffite Ligier | Ligier | DNF Collision | 0 | — | — | |
| DNF | Christian Danner Arrows | Arrows | DNF Collision | 0 | — | — | |
| DNF | Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella | Osella | DNF Collision | 0 | — | — | |
| DNF | Allen Berg Osella | Osella | DNF Collision | 0 | — | — |