Countdown to
000d 00h 00m 00s1986 British Grand Prix
| P | No | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Avg Speed | Grid | Pts | ||
| 1 | 5 | Nigel Mansell | Williams-Honda | 75 | 1:30:38.471 | 208.862 | 2 | 9 | ||
| 2 | 6 | Nelson Piquet | Williams-Honda | 75 | + 5.574 secs | 208.648 | 1 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Alain Prost | McLaren-TAG | 74 | + 1 Lap | 203.362 | 6 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 25 | René Arnoux | Ligier-Renault | 73 | + 2 Laps | 201.214 | 8 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Martin Brundle | Tyrrell-Renault | 72 | + 3 Laps | 200.136 | 11 | 2 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Philippe Streiff | Tyrrell-Renault | 72 | + 3 Laps | 199.370 | 16 | 1 | ||
| 7 | 11 | Johnny Dumfries | Lotus-Renault | 72 | + 3 Laps | 199.358 | 10 | |||
| 8 | 8 | Derek Warwick | Brabham-BMW | 72 | + 3 Laps | 199.331 | 9 | |||
| 9 | 14 | Jonathan Palmer | Zakspeed | 69 | + 6 Laps | 189.990 | 22 | |||
| NC | 18 | Thierry Boutsen | Arrows-BMW | 62 | + 13 Laps | 170.464 | 13 | |||
| Ret | 16 | Patrick Tambay | Lola-Hart | 60 | Gearbox | 198.675 | 17 | |||
| Ret | 27 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 51 | Turbo | 201.116 | 12 | |||
| Ret | 24 | Alessandro Nannini | Minardi-Motori Moderni | 50 | Steering | 188.812 | 20 | |||
| Ret | 19 | Teo Fabi | Benetton-BMW | 45 | Fuel system | 199.985 | 7 | |||
| Ret | 7 | Riccardo Patrese | Brabham-BMW | 39 | Engine | 194.679 | 15 | |||
| Ret | 12 | Ayrton Senna | Lotus-Renault | 27 | Gearbox | 177.144 | 3 | |||
| Ret | 29 | Huub Rothengatter | Zakspeed | 24 | Engine | 186.685 | 25 | |||
| Ret | 23 | Andrea de Cesaris | Minardi-Motori Moderni | 23 | Electrical | 190.049 | 21 | |||
| Ret | 20 | Gerhard Berger | Benetton-BMW | 22 | Electrical | 202.671 | 4 | |||
| Ret | 15 | Alan Jones | Lola-Hart | 22 | Throttle | 197.552 | 14 | |||
| Ret | 28 | Stefan Johansson | Ferrari | 20 | Engine | 195.488 | 18 | |||
| Ret | 2 | Keke Rosberg | McLaren-TAG | 7 | Gearbox | 197.767 | 5 | |||
| DNS | 26 | Jacques Laffite | Ligier-Renault | Collision * | 19 | |||||
| DNS | 17 | Christian Danner | Arrows-BMW | Collision * | 23 | |||||
| DNS | 21 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Osella-Alfa Romeo | Collision * | 24 | |||||
| DNS | 22 | Allen Berg | Osella-Alfa Romeo | Collision * | 26 | |||||
| Fastest lap: 1:09.593 - Nigel Mansell (Lap 69) | ||||||||||
| Notes: | Race interrupted after accident on lap 1. Restarted for original distance. (* Retired after first start) | |||||||||