1986 1000km of Nürburgring

The 1986 ADAC Kouros 1000 km Nürburgring was the seventh round of the 1986 World Sports-Prototype Championship. It took place at the Nürburgring, West Germany on August 8, 1986.

Race report

Rain fell on the circuit throughout the beginning of the race, causing a multitude of accidents and spins. A collision between the Martin Schanche Argo-Zakspeed and Roy Baker Tiga-Ford required the deployment of the safety car on Lap 22. As the safety car was deployed however, low visibility and confusion over the state of the caution led to the two Rothmans Porsches colliding on the front stretch, heavily damaging both cars. Due to the amount of debris littering the track, the event was stopped for two hours.

Believing the track to be unsafe in the continuing wet conditions, three Porsche teams chose to withdraw from the event. These included the three Brun cars, as well as the Joest and Kremer car. The race was restarted behind the pace car, but timing was on aggregate. The remaining Porsche teams were unable to keep up with the Mercedes-Benz or Jaguar, but the latter suffered a mechanical failure, leaving the Kouros team to win the race. It marked the first victory by a Mercedes-Benz in the World Championship since the 1955 24 Hours of Le Mans. [cite video | url = http://www.dailymotion.com/dric76/video/xy483_1986-r7-nurburgring_sport | title = 1987 R7 Nurburgring | accessdate = 2008-06-26]

Official results

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of the winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).

tatistics

* Pole Position - #17 Brun Motorsport - 1:27.270
* Fastest Lap - #14 Liqui Moly Equipe - 1:34.820
* Average Speed - 148.202 km/h

References

:* citeweb | url = http://wsrp.ic.cz/wsc1986.html#7 | title = FIA World Sports-Prototype Championship 1986 - 1000 km Nürburgring | publisher = World Sports Racing Prototypes | date = 2 October 2005 | accessdate = 2008-06-26:* citeweb | url = http://www.racingsportscars.com/photo/Nurburgring-1986-08-24-photo.html | title = Nürburgring 1000 Kilometres 1986 | publisher = Racing Sports Cars | date = 2004-05-16 | accessdate = 2008-06-26

Sportscar Race Report
Year_of_race = 1986
Sportscar_Series = World Sportscar Championship
Previous_race_in_season = 1986 360km of Jerez
Next_race_in_season = 1986 1000km of Spa