1986 Pau Grand Prix
Race details
Date	19 May 1986
Official name	XLVI Pau Grand Prix
Location	Pau, France
Course	Temporary Street Circuit
Course length	2.760 km (1.720 miles)
Distance	73 laps, 201.480 km (125.560 miles)
Pole position
Driver	Emanuele Pirro	Onyx Racing
Fastest lap
Driver	Emanuele Pirro	Onyx Racing
Time	1:13.700
Podium
First	Mike Thackwell	Team Ralt
Second	Emanuele Pirro	Onyx Racing
Third	Michel Ferté	Oreca Motorsport

The 46th Grand Prix Automobile de Pau (Pau Grand Prix), was the third round of the 1986 International Formula 3000. This race was held around the streets of the city of Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, south-western France, on 19 May.^[1][2]

For this round, a total of 37 arrived in Pau for the race, with just 21 spaces available on the grid for the race.^[3]

Emanuele Pirro took pole position for Onyx Racing, in their March-Cosworth 86B, averaging a speed of 86.239 mph.^[4]

The race was held over 73 laps of the Circuit de Pau-Ville. Mike Thackwell took the winner spoils for works Ralt team, driving their Ralt-Honda RT20. The Kiwi won in a time of 1hr 31:17.92., averaging a speed of 82.276 mph. Second place went to the poleman, Emanuele Pirro aboard the Onyx Racing entered March-Cosworth 86B, who was 6.15 seconds adrift. The podium was completed by the Frenchman, Michel Ferté in the Team Oreca’s March-Cosworth 86B, a further 20 seconds behind.^[5]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Car	Laps	Time
1	5	Mike Thackwell	Team Ralt	Ralt-Honda	73	1hr 31min 17.92sec
2	6	Emanuele Pirro	Onyx Racing	March-Cosworth	73	+ 53.15 s
3	10	Michel Ferté	Oreca Motorsport	March-Cosworth	73	+ 1:13.22 s
4	48	Richard Dallest	Equipe Danielson	AGS-Cosworth	72	+ 1 lap
5	40	Luis Pérez-Sala	Pavesi Racing	Ralt-Cosworth	72	+ 1 lap
6	7	John Jones	Onyx Racing	March-Cosworth	71	+ 2 laps
7	12	Lamberto Leoni	ITI F3000/FIRST	March-Cosworth	71	+ 2 laps
Ret	1	Tomas Kaiser	BS Automotive	Lola-Cosworth	51	Driveshaft
Ret	11	Pierre-Henri Raphanel	Oreca Motorsport	March-Cosworth	51	Gearbox
Ret	36	Ivan Capelli	Genoa Racing	March-Cosworth	35	Accident
Ret	15	Alain Ferté	ITI F3000/FIRST	March-Cosworth	29	Engine
Ret	9	Philippe Alliot	Oreca Motorsport	March-Cosworth	21	Accident
Ret	19	Pascal Fabre	Lola Motorsport	Lola-Cosworth	20	Throttle
Ret	42	Adrián Campos	Peter Gethin Racing	March-Cosworth	17	Accident
Ret	34	Gabriele Tarquini	Coloni Racing	March-Cosworth	6	Wheel Bearing
Ret	4	John Nielsen	Team Ralt	Ralt-Honda	2	Electrical
Ret	16	Volker Weidler	Bromley Motorsport	Ralt-Cosworth	0	Accident
Ret	21	Russell Spence	Eddie Jordan Racing	March-Cosworth 86B	0	Accident
Ret	27	Mario Hytten	Arno International	Ralt-Cosworth	0	Accident
DNS	26	Maurício Gugelmin	West Surrey Racing	March-Cosworth		Did not start
Participants below did not qualify
DNQ	2	Ken Johnson	BS Automotive	Lola-Cosworth		Did not qualify
DNQ	23	Jeff MacPherson	Colin Bennett Racing	March-Cosworth		Did not qualify
DNQ	41	Pierluigi Martini	Pavesi Racing	Ralt-Cosworth		Did not qualify
DNQ	3	Andrew Gilbert-Scott	BS Automotive	Lola-Cosworth		Did not qualify
DNQ	33	Gary Evans	GEM	Lola-Cosworth		Did not qualify
DNQ	38	Eliseo Salazar	RAM Motorsport	RAM-Cosworth		Did not qualify
DNQ	17	Claudio Antonioli	San Remo Racing Srl	March-Cosworth		Did not qualify
DNQ	44	Jari Nurminen	Venturini Racing	March-Cosworth		Did not qualify
DNQ	47	Aldo Bertuzzi	Minardi Team Alfonso	Minardi-Cosworth		Did not qualify
DNQ	22	”Pierre Chauvet”	Eddie Jordan Racing	March-Cosworth		Did not qualify
DNQ	24	Cathy Muller	Horag Racing	Lola-Cosworth		Did not qualify
DNQ	18	Franco Tacchino	San Remo Racing Srl	March-Cosworth		Did not qualify
DNQ	28	Altfrid Heger	Bertram Schäfer Racing	Ralt-Cosworth		Did not qualify
DNQ	14	Franco Scapini	ITI F3000/FIRST	March-Cosworth		Did not qualify
DNQ	8	Cary Bren	Onyx Racing	March-Cosworth		Did not qualify
DNQ	30	Jean-Pierre Frey	Team Dollop	March-Cosworth		Did not qualify
Fastest Lap: Emanuele Pirro (Onyx Racing) – 1:13.700 or (83.772 mph)
Source(s): [6][7]