1986 British motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1986 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the ninth round of the 1986 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 1–3 August 1986 at the Silverstone Circuit. This was the last motorcycle race held at Silverstone, before the race was moved to Donington Park for the 1987 season.

  1986 British Grand Prix

Race details
Race 9 of 12 races in the 1986 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	3 August 1986
Official name	Shell Oils British Motorcycle Grand Prix
Location	Silverstone Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.711 km (2.927 mi)
500 cc
Pole position Rider Wayne Gardner Honda Time 1:28.160 Fastest lap Rider Eddie Lawson Podium First Wayne Gardner Honda Second Didier de Radiguès Honda Third Eddie Lawson Yamaha
250 cc
Pole position Rider Carlos Lavado Time 1:31.500 Fastest lap Rider Carlos Lavado Podium First Dominique Sarron Honda Second Carlos Lavado Yamaha Third Sito Pons Honda
125 cc
Pole position Rider Bruno Kneubühler Time 1:37.790 Fastest lap Rider August Auinger Podium First August Auinger Bartol Second Domenico Brigaglia Ducados Third Luca Cadalora Garelli
80 cc
Pole position Rider Stefan Dörflinger Fastest lap Rider Stefan Dörflinger Podium First Ian McConnachie Krauser Second Stefan Dörflinger Krauser Third Jorge Martínez Derbi

Classification

500 cc

Pos.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Wayne Gardner	Rothmans Team HRC	Honda	51'24.030	15
2	Didier de Radiguès	Rollstar Honda Racing Team	Honda	+9.360	12
3	Eddie Lawson	Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini	Yamaha	+10.630	10
4	Rob McElnea	Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini	Yamaha	+22.350	8
5	Randy Mamola	Team Lucky Strike Roberts	Yamaha	+47.560	6
6	Raymond Roche	Racing Team Katayama	Honda	+1'06.330	5
7	Niall Mackenzie	Skoal Bandit Heron Suzuki	Suzuki	+1'40.250	4
8	Kenny Irons		Yamaha	+1'41.110	3
9	Ron Haslam	Team ROC	Honda	+1'44.240	2
10	Wolfgang Von Muralt	Frankonia-Suzuki	Suzuki	+1'49.310	1
11	Roger Burnett	Rothmans Honda Britain	Honda	+1 lap
12	Boet van Dulmen		Honda	+1 lap
13	Ray Swann		Suzuki	+1 lap
14	Maarten Duyzers		Suzuki	+1 lap
15	Henk van der Mark		Honda	+2 laps
16	Glenn Williams		Suzuki	+2 laps
17	David Griffith		Suzuki	+2 laps
18	Mike Baldwin	Team Lucky Strike Roberts	Yamaha	+2 laps
19	Manfred Fischer	Team Hein Gericke	Honda	+2 laps
20	Barry Woodland		Suzuki	+3 laps
21	Steve Manley		Suzuki	+3 laps
22	Alan Jeffery		Suzuki	+3 laps
23	Helmut Schütz	Rallye Sport	Honda	+5 laps
Ret	Gary Lingham		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Christopher Bürki		Honda	Retired
Ret	Dennis Ireland		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Christian le Liard	Team ROC	Honda	Retired
Ret	Hennie Boerman		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Juan Garriga		Cagiva	Retired
Ret	Simon Buckmaster		Honda	Retired
Ret	Mile Pajic	Stichting Netherlands Racing Team	Honda	Accident
Ret	Fabio Biliotti	Team Italia	Honda	Retired
Ret	Christian Sarron	Team Gauloises Blondes Yamaha	Yamaha	Accident
Ret	Trever Nation		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Marco Gentile	Fior	Fior	Retired
Ret	Shunji Yatsushiro	Team HRC	Honda	Accident
Ret	Roger Marshall	Rothmans Honda Britain	Honda	Retired
Ret	Lars Johansson		Suzuki	Retired
Ret	Paul Lewis	Skoal Bandit Heron Suzuki	Honda	Accident
DNS	Dave Petersen	HB Suzuki GP Team	Suzuki	Did not start
DNS	Pierfrancesco Chili	HB Suzuki GP Team	Honda	Did not start
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