Hockenheimring · 27 July 1986
Nelson Piquet won the 1986 German Grand Prix for Williams from 5th on the grid, 15.437s ahead of Ayrton Senna. Allen Berg gained the most places, from 26th on the grid to 12th.
| Pos | Team | Points Breakdown | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Williams Piquet 9 + Mansell 4 | Piquet 9 + Mansell 4 | 13 | |
| 2 | Team Lotus Senna 6 + Dumfries 0 | Senna 6 + Dumfries 0 | 6 | |
| 3 | Ligier Arnoux 3 + Alliot 0 | Arnoux 3 + Alliot 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | McLaren Rosberg 2 + Prost 1 | Rosberg 2 + Prost 1 | 3 | |
| 5 | Brabham Warwick 0 + Patrese 0 | Warwick 0 + Patrese 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | Lola Tambay 0 + Jones 0 | Tambay 0 + Jones 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Benetton Berger 0 + Fabi 0 | Berger 0 + Fabi 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Ferrari Johansson 0 + Alboreto 0 | Johansson 0 + Alboreto 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Osella Berg 0 + Ghinzani 0 | Berg 0 + Ghinzani 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Arrows Danner 0 + Boutsen 0 | Danner 0 + Boutsen 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Zakspeed Rothengatter 0 + Palmer 0 | Rothengatter 0 + Palmer 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Tyrrell Brundle 0 + Streiff 0 | Brundle 0 + Streiff 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | Minardi de Cesaris 0 + Nannini 0 | de Cesaris 0 + Nannini 0 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Race time / Gap | Laps | Stops | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nelson Piquet Williams | Williams | 1:22:08.263 | 44 | — | 9 | |
| 2 | Ayrton Senna Team Lotus | Team Lotus | +15.437s | 44 | — | 6 | |
| 3 | Nigel Mansell Williams | Williams | +44.580s | 44 | — | 4 | |
| 4 | René Arnoux Ligier | Ligier | +1:15.176 | 44 | — | 3 | |
| 5 | Keke Rosberg McLaren | McLaren | DNF Out of fuel | 43 | — | 2 | |
| 6 | Alain Prost McLaren | McLaren | DNF Out of fuel | 43 | — | 1 | |
| 7 | Derek Warwick Brabham | Brabham | +1 Lap | 43 | — | — | |
| 8 | Patrick Tambay Lola | Lola | +1 Lap | 43 | — | — | |
| 9 | Alan Jones Lola | Lola | +2 Laps | 42 | — | — | |
| 10 | Gerhard Berger Benetton | Benetton | +2 Laps | 42 | — | — | |
| 11 | Stefan Johansson Ferrari | Ferrari | DNF Broken wing | 41 | — | — | |
| 12 | Allen Berg Osella | Osella | +4 Laps | 40 | — | — | |
| DNF | Christian Danner Arrows | Arrows | DNF Turbo | 38 | — | — | |
| DNF | Huub Rothengatter Zakspeed | Zakspeed | DNF Gearbox | 38 | — | — | |
| DNF | Jonathan Palmer Zakspeed | Zakspeed | DNF Engine | 37 | — | — | |
| DNF | Martin Brundle Tyrrell | Tyrrell | DNF Electrical | 34 | — | — | |
| DNF | Riccardo Patrese Brabham | Brabham | DNF Turbo | 22 | — | — | |
| DNF | Andrea de Cesaris Minardi | Minardi | DNF Gearbox | 20 | — | — | |
| DNF | Alessandro Nannini Minardi | Minardi | DNF Overheating | 19 | — | — | |
| DNF | Johnny Dumfries Team Lotus | Team Lotus | DNF Radiator | 17 | — | — | |
| DNF | Thierry Boutsen Arrows | Arrows | DNF Turbo | 13 | — | — | |
| DNF | Philippe Alliot Ligier | Ligier | DNF Engine | 11 | — | — | |
| DNF | Piercarlo Ghinzani Osella | Osella | DNF Clutch | 10 | — | — | |
| DNF | Philippe Streiff Tyrrell | Tyrrell | DNF Engine | 7 | — | — | |
| DNF | Michele Alboreto Ferrari | Ferrari | DNF Transmission | 6 | — | — | |
| DNF | Teo Fabi Benetton | Benetton | DNF Accident | 0 | — | — |