The 1986 FIA Formula One World Championship was the 40th season of FIA Formula One motor racing. It featured the 1986 Formula One World Championship for Drivers and the 1986 Formula One World Championship for Manufacturers, both of which commenced on 23 March and ended on 26 October after sixteen races. The Drivers' Championship was won by Alain Prost, Prost was the first driver to win back-to-back Drivers' Championships since Jack Brabham in 1959 and 1960. Together with Prost, Nigel Mansell, Nelson Piquet and Ayrton Senna dominated throughout the season and formed what was dubbed as the "Gang of Four".
Nigel Mansell, driving for Williams, finished runner-up to Prost after dramatically retiring from the final race.
Mansell's Williams teammate Nelson Piquet (pictured in 1983) finished third.
Benetton Formula made their entrance in F1.
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Nelson Piquet Souto Maior is a Brazilian retired racing driver and businessman who won the World Drivers' Championship three times in the years 1981, 1983 and 1987.
Piquet driving for Brabham at the 1980 Dutch Grand Prix
Piquet driving the Cosworth powered Brabham BT49C at the 1981 Monaco Grand Prix.